tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post70693719629341533..comments2024-02-26T00:27:47.712-08:00Comments on Cross-Up: Re: RE: Dragon Age: InquisitionVoltechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038586008627390463noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post-18012451411716419962015-02-27T22:00:29.252-08:002015-02-27T22:00:29.252-08:00Yeah, I want to give the DA series the benefit of ...Yeah, I want to give the DA series the benefit of the doubt and say that the games aren't generic, but...well, in order to do that, I have to find something about the franchise I actually enjoy. OK, to be fair I was close to getting into DA2, but only because of the prospect of playing as a mage who could don a suit of solid stone. Cue me chanting "Rock Armor, HRUUAGH!" every time I did.<br /><br /><br />Still didn't push me more than a couple of hours into the game, though. And seeing as how DA:I gives Rock Armor the ax -- save for using a potion, apparently -- I'm not seeing the appeal.<br /><br /><br />Maybe DA just isn't for you or me. It's unfortunate, but speaking personally I can see why. It's exactly what I'm talking about here -- I don't have any personal investment in the characters, world, or story, so there's no reason for me to care about anything. I shouldn't have to put up such monumental effort just to find a reason to turn the game on.<br /><br /><br />Incidentally, Under Night In-Birth ALSO has a story that's -- well, let's go with "dense", at the very least. Going straight into Arcade Mode in most fighters will give you a good understanding of what's going on, but my initial run packed nearly every line of dialogue with a dictionary's worth of esoteric terms. And then when I actually try to learn how to play the game via a wiki, I feel like I need a wiki for the wiki. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuut its saving grace is that its gameplay is UNBELIEVABLY AMAZING. It's too early to say for sure, but when all's said and done it might have potential to be a Revengeance-tier game.<br /><br /><br />We'll see how it goes -- i.e. how badly I get wrecked in a real fight.Voltech44noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post-47002592805888818942015-02-27T19:06:03.408-08:002015-02-27T19:06:03.408-08:00Whelp, then. I guess Dragon Age will never be my c...Whelp, then. I guess Dragon Age will never be my cup of tea if this isn't doing a good enough service to its world or characters. Origins bored and frustrated me because of its mmo gameplay and it's impenetrable world. In spite of that, I dove into three unique 10 hour save files and tried to invest in something to boost my interest and motivation to keep going. It was all for nothing and I gave up. I don't think Inquisition is gonna change my indifferent feelings. All I'll say is that it's funny how some things tickle your fancy while others don't, especially if it contradicts your usual expectations. (i.e. I generally find some fantasy slightly more interesting than sci-fi, but Mass Effect captured me instantly from the first two seconds while Dragon Age Origins was a chore to get past the first introduction.)<br /><br /><br />I think part of the reason I couldn't stick to Dragon Age is because the lore felt very generic, Tolkien-esque fantasy with blood, dragon guts, and nihilism. Maybe the plot concepts raise the stakes are so abstract and nondescript, I have no clue where to go, what to do, or who to listen to. Morrigan was a decent character from the conversations I had with her (as a female forest elf), but she felt too much like a poster-girl for being an uncooperative bitch. Alister(?) was goofy, snarky, funny and... little else. And I forgot everyone else and what their purpose was in the story.<br /><br /><br />It's sad that I wanted to play a fantasy game as a thief-class forest elf sniping with a bow and I ended up playing a game that gave me too many convoluted concepts and vague literature and history that I had to put the game down to save the galaxy with my red-haired Jane Sue Shepard.Melanie Lighthttp://melanie-light.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com