Just Three Decisions from Dragon Age: Inquisition Will Carry Over to The Veilguard

This whole simplification of battle system, cartoonizаtion of visual style and disregard to the lore is a no go. Also, new Qunari design!

And how is the fact who was PC's love interest is more important if Solas was saved or not?

3 choices that only my inquisition save file can remember that I made. Did i disband? 🤷🏼 solas? Who’s solas. who did I hump? someone with boobs probably?🤷🏻‍♂️

I should watch a refresher video before I play

Not surprising since the whole trend with these over the years has been towards simplification first and foremost, although I thought Dorian would have some role in this, and potentially the decisions made in Orlais. Let’s see how it goes, but I have so many doubts about this game, which I think should be warranted - BioWare needs to earn back trust in their quality.

A decade later and bioware basically repeats star child and left door right door middle door?

@NEStalgia
That's the state games have been in in the last 10+ years.

@Fartingale
Solas is the most important character in Inquisition.

I mean - what other choices would there be to carry over? I played through Inquisition several times and I'm fairly certain these three are the most important ones.

.... But I better see Dorian again in Veilguard, or Maker so help me..

@Maubari
What about the choices from the first two games?

My cheesy dream would be for Bioware to have a suprise showcase for Dragon Age. Starts with footage from the game we've seen so far, but after a few seconds of gameplay a deep laughter starts interrupting the video.

The footage fades away as some epic metal music amps up and a platform rises up two guys wrapped in shadow. Some pyrotechinc awesomness light up the stage and it's revealed that the two guys are the dynamic Doc-duo Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk.

They announce that they've bought back the company from EA as the crowd goes wild. On a screen behind them we see the EA logo on fire as our boys start to speak.

"Did you really think the safe, quirky, weak ass hack'n'slash casual slop of Veilguard would be our next game?" They both laugh as they in unsion say "F**ck no! Here's the real Dreadwolf."

Then we see glimses of terrifying demons before they show us tactical gameplay, deep rpg mechanics, grounded companions and a taste of the difficult chioces we would have to make on our journey.

Ah well, a man can but dream. 😋

@LuXifer

Epic metal music and pyrotechnics sounds like casual slop to me...

@LuXifer Wow man, if I had a billion dollars, I´d totally fund your ideas. I try to be more positive these days but it sure is a shame that they went further into the action combat direction, instead of heading back to a more strategic type of gameplay.
I did not once in my life think: "oh wow, these BioWare games have such engaging mechanical gameplay, I wish they did more like that". Even when playing Mass Effect, the combat was always just a vehicle to get to the actual good parts (character interactions, engaging dialogues, you know.. role playing)

By no means do I dislike action gameplay, but I don´t believe BioWare to be the developer of choice when it comes to that.

@Yagami
BioWare games never had a strategic gameplay, it was tactical.

I´m disappointed to hear that, honestly. It´s not like the previous games were mind-blowingly different with their save game imports, but man. At least going into Inquisition, you could spend like half an hour on their dedicated website, making a whole bunch of choices.
That said I don´t believe these choices will matter at all in affecting the main plot.

I´ll still play it and probably enjoy it, but my expectations are very low at this point.

On another note, the music they had at the dragon boss fight shown at the Sony State of play a few days ago was super lame and generic sounding. More orchestral slop with no real real personality

@ZhuckelDror Aren't "tactics" and "strategy" basically synonymous? I was not referencing a specific genre of video game by calling it strategic

@Yagami
No, they are not.

Makes sense, all other decisions in DAI were character centric or not related to the area in Thedas this game is set in

@Chupa_loyzer probably because the Inquisitor could romance Solas if they were an Elf and apart from being heartbreaking the relationship featured a lot important info about the elves past and their so-called Gods

@ZhuckelDror If you google "tactics synonym", one of the first results will be "strategy". They are literally interchangable

@Yagami It is what it is. It's not what I'd want in a DA game. But as we can clearly see, DA is a lot of different things to different people. Let's just hope they can finish the story with some competence.

@Chupa_loyzer Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. 😁

@LuXifer

I am performing a civil hiring of you. Let's worry about litigation another day, start working on the title asap!

The combat system just is Inquisitions with a new UI that's it and I hated that a out Inquisition the combat system was boring. Then on top of that each character did the same moves their was no variation at all so I gave up on the game

"Hey gamers, I know you've spent the last 15 years building your world within Dragon Age, but none of that matters, play our new Fortnite skinned version!"

@Yagami
I suggest you look for the differences between these two words to properly understand their meaning.

@EfYI Hehe, sure thing. I'll just send EA an email proclaiming the congressional "you-suck-therefore-we-own-the-IP-now" enactment of 1876 and get right to work. Just need to look under the sofa cushions for some funds first. 😅

Let's be honest, what percentage of gamers have played and completed a DA game?

It's 2024 now remember....

A lot of gamers were little kids when Inquisition came out, and most people (me included) lost the will to live in the Hinterlands and quit.

Percentage wise, of the prospective audience, very few played any of the previous games, especially those before Inquisition.

That's why it's smart not to call it DA 3 or something.

Make something that gives new gamers the feeling of starting something fresh from the beginning. Nothing puts me off a new game more, than it being the 7th in the series or whatever as I feel I've missed so much I won't really get it.

Nothing should carry over. It should have been a fresh start.

A more accessible and casual Dragon's Dogma type game, with some Shadow of Mordor type combat. But alas it was not to be... By still trying to appeal to the die hards, I fear they have limited the appeal.

@ZhuckelDror In the context of how I used the word in my original post, "strategic" and "tactical" would deliver the same meaning. It´s just an expression used as an opposite to "action", denoting a more thoughtful and slow approach to combat instead of frantic, moment to moment gameplay.

@CrashBandicoat

Hot take!

@CrashBandicoat I think you´re completely wrong.
Actually catering to people like you, who can´t be bothered to start a series at the starting point and instead go at it at the newest title just fundamentally dilutes and limits the experience a game/movie/whatever can provide. You are turning something unique into something generic. By broadening it´s appeal, you effectively eliminate the appeal.
Imagine Star Wars, but instead of a trilogy of movies building on each other toward a satisfying climax, every single movie is completely disconnected and doesn´t share anything but maybe the basic setting. How awful would that be?
I hope you can reconsider your stance

@LuXifer. Nice Lebowski reference, man.

"Every single movie is completely disconnected and doesn´t share anything but maybe the basic setting".
As a lifelong Star Wars fan you just described exactly what I want more of in that franchise. More stand alone stories, no Skywalkers, no Jedi, you have a universe with literally infinite stories to tell, use that opportunity. That's why Andor was such a breath of fresh air.

There's actually a secret fourth question before these three being "Am I going to play this?" to which most people have already checked off "NO".

From the first gameplay video my interest in this game died down instantly. The more recent clips didn't rectify that, a shame really.

This whole game is nothing but watered down, dumbed down, simplified lazy slop designed for the imaginary "modern audience" and the Fortnite crowd.

I do hope we get to see Sara in the game. Probably the best character for me(and always my romance option in Inquisition).

Kind of a shame it's only 3 decisions that carry over but hopefully the story for this is good. Cautiously Optimistic.

I am hoping that we see Cassandra, Leliana, Commander Cullen, Iron Bull and Dorian at least. Maybe one of them is a DLC character because knowing Bioware, this game will have a few expansions and maybe a character like 2 of the 3 games have had.

But will my Champion of Kirkwall be alive?

@ApostateMage Does that really affect you? It’s a bit much sure but like all other OPTIONAL things in life you can just look the other way, it’s one toggle in a menu with hundreds of customisation choices.

Can we stop this brainless drivel where everything has to be “pandering DEI nonsense” or “based anti woke”

I assure you people who constantly cry about things being woke are just as embarrassing and cringe worthy as those “woke” people to begin with.

Bro how am I supposed to remember this?

@DonJorginho
So in the end you agree that woke is cringe.

I played and Platinumed all three Dragon Age games. I can't remember what I did in Inquisition ... But as always this kind of stuff is fluff anyway it's not really going to have a massive impact on the story, it never does.

I am still on the fence about the game, I can't get the first trailer with the elf jumping out of the vale like a fortnite character out of my mind. I'll wait and see how it is received, and maybe pick it up later. Larian is a new Bioware for me, I do hope this game turns out well, but something about it feels off.

@Chupa_loyzer The fate of kirkwall, etc? I thought that wouldn't be relevant so far into the future of the franchise; That they rebuild.
Never got far enough into Origins, so I can't judge that one

@Chupa_loyzer both sides are cringe, but if we’re going to cry about one single customisation option in a menu, then we can’t critique in good faith.

So many butthurt comments on here, good lord.
Makes me wonder whether I not I should just stop reading comments all together, considering all that people do is whine, whine, whine. In every. single. article.

@ApostateMage I think it’s a bit much but at the end of the day it doesn’t utilise resources it’s probably the easiest thing in the world to implement and it’s exclusion wouldn’t make any difference to the game and wouldn’t change the perception for most critics online.

It’s just the modern world we live in where companies want to be inclusive and appeal to the widest range of customers possible, and that includes trans people.

I don’t think this game is doing a dustborne or whatever that terrible game was called where it forced itself upon you with its views, this game seems to just be offering a singular option on a customisation menu and isn’t the end of the world for me anyway.

@ApostateMage ah yes why would anyone want to create a post-op trans person in a roleplaying game, where people create characters in a detailed character creator so they can pretend to be that character and live in a world that accepts them as they are, as they do hero things like defeat dragons

It’s like you’re complaining about there being skin tone options darker than your own. Your opinion sounds that ridiculous to me

This doesn’t hurt you in any way, but your comments hurt people who are excited to be able to see themselves in a videogame that offers a character creator after decades of being ignored by such games.

Why do you and so many others crap over things that bring other people joy? This. Does. Not. Affect. You.

So why be a jerk? What do you get out of that? Why are you filled with hate?

I've played through Inquisition several times and have chosen differently. So I'll just pick whatever I feel like then Veilguard drops. Really looking forward to it.

Aw man. I'd hoped socking him upside his wobbly ass head would carry over.

I didn’t disband, didn’t save Solas, and Cassandra and I fell in love but I remained Inquisitor and she left to join The Chantry. It was a sad goodbye 😢

@Yagami late to the conversation, sorry. Strategy is more so the “planning” side of things. While tactics are more the action that comes from the planning/strategy. They shouldn’t be interchangeable. They’re similar. But not the same.

I don't remember any of those answers. Been so long. Id have to watch some recap videos.

I mean, there's a genuine conversation to be had here to help improve inclusion in gaming but ok.

I'm hoping to see disabilities added to flesh out character creators. Downs Syndrome people are never represented in games for example and the numbers are way higher. It's just a little sad that things like this are always forgotten when faced against the loud, popular social takes that seem to be the sole focus at the moment.

So I'm not necessarily saying things shouldn't be in here but rather it's a little frustrating to those who are almost always left out. People say "one issue at a time" but we aren't seeing it. "Overshadowed" is the word. I think it's understandable why people get frustrated and act cynical when seeing this specific inclusion over and over again.

Can't wait for the game though.

Everything about this game still feels off. I've seen nothing that makes me think it's Dragon Age outside name. I've seen nothing to make me think it looks like a particularly interesting or unique game at all, and the art style looks like some weird mesh of generic fantasy, Fortnite, and Lost in Random, and while the latter is awesome, looks really out of place in a "human world." I really don't know what they did to this game, but none of it seems to gel with itself, the genre, or the series, and on top of that it's another "fight a giant enemy boss with a health bar over it's head game" like 70% of "hyped" games from the past 6 years. Maybe it can surprise, but instead of being disinterested, I nearly look away when they show it.

DA1 (DA:O) was supposed to be the spiritual successor of Baludr's Gate II. We now have BG3, while DA has become....what even is this? A generic boss slasher? Another Soulslite but easier, game? Still can't really tell what it is.

Meanwhile if you go to dragon age keep to customise your inquisition world you are met with a plethora of choices to pick showing what you did in the other games, Failguard is such a sad joke you can tell it wasn't made by the same people, at this point cancel mass effect 4 because it's gonna be trash.

I'll play when it's on ea play and I'll play it like i played until dawn going out of my way to ruin everything because i sure won't be immersed in this Fortnite looking game, 2024 and they can't even make the city the game is set in an open world despite being AAA company.