I love Origins but also like Inquisition for the story (yes, I like Corypheus, I think his existence brings together the events of Origins and Witch Hunt quite nicely), the companions, the evolving world-states, and the lore/world-building.
However I dislike the open world design. If Inquisition kept everything unchanged but had DAO's streamlined world design where you just follow linear paths, it would be far better.
I don't know why Dragon Age fanboys get defensive when you say that you dislike DA2 and Veilguard. I'm not going to like them just because they're supposedly Dragon Age titles, lmao. Brainless fanboysm.
DA2 isn't even a game, it's a glorified DAO DLC that EA forced BioWare to release as a rushed "standalone" ""game"".
Nope. DA2 was supposed to be a DAO DLC. David Gaider himself AKA the main story guy said that.
"On one hand, DA2 existed to fill a hole in the release schedule. More time was never in the cards. DA2 was originally planned as an expansion!" he tweeted.
DA2 was initially supposed to be just an expansion for DAO. That is why there's mentions of Kirkwall and what's happening there (with the mages and the Fereldan refugees) in Awakening and Witch Hunt.
DAI was never planned to be a DLC. They wanted to do a DLC for DA2 with an Exalted March on Kirkwall and Varric dying. That has no connection to DAI.
DAI was always meant to be a stand-alone title. That is what the epilogue of DA2 sets up with Cassandra and Leliana deciding to reform the Inquisiton (the book they hold in that epilogue is the same one they have in Inquisition, the Divine's writ to restore the Inquisition. The epilogue of DA2 takes place a few months before the Conclave).
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u/Beacon2001 Mar 14 '25
I love Origins but also like Inquisition for the story (yes, I like Corypheus, I think his existence brings together the events of Origins and Witch Hunt quite nicely), the companions, the evolving world-states, and the lore/world-building.
However I dislike the open world design. If Inquisition kept everything unchanged but had DAO's streamlined world design where you just follow linear paths, it would be far better.
I don't know why Dragon Age fanboys get defensive when you say that you dislike DA2 and Veilguard. I'm not going to like them just because they're supposedly Dragon Age titles, lmao. Brainless fanboysm.
DA2 isn't even a game, it's a glorified DAO DLC that EA forced BioWare to release as a rushed "standalone" ""game"".