Playing it now on the PC. Have to go to bed now, but I just killed the first boss and I'm really liking it so far. It feels strikingly reminiscent of KotOR. I will say it seems pretty heavy on the performance end; I'm getting choppy sections every now and again in cutscenes on medium with an 880M. Nothing too terrible, and the game still looks pretty good on medium, but I was a bit surprised.

My first character is just a generic human male two-hander. I think I'll try out the Qunari tomorrow and see how that goes -- maybe Qunari mage, that sounds pretty cool. I don't know shit about romance options yet because I've been keeping myself in the dark, so it'll be cool to see what they've done for this one.

Overall I'm really pleased with it so far, looks like it's going to be a great game.

 

Tomorrow... It comes tomorrow... The wait is excrutiating. Also, just read that the sale's banned in India for breaking some obscenity laws. People who bought it per Origin got a refund, but that's still pretty shitty. I would have expected a company making such a big game to clear shit like that up beforehand.

 

Apparently it wasn't actually banned, EA just decided to pull out rather then risk it. Mind you, that's from kotaku, which was the best source a quick googling showed me.

 

This game is so huge, 8 hours and I'm still in the Hinterlands. Wow.

 

The random Fuck You!Dragon in the Hinterlands is really damn annoying. Randomly goes from a level 6-7 are to like, what, 12? 14? Something like that.

XD

I had Revival by that point, so I was tempted to just throw the rest of my party's dead corpses at it over and over again, but figured that'd get boring and tedious.

 

Hinterlands is pretty troll. Rapist elite bears in the southwest, level 12 dragon in the northeast, and that one level 12 rift east of the farm... you're obviously supposed to come back later.

22 hours in, level 13, just became a Knight Enchanter. And I'm about to reroll, cause I hate my character's hair and face. >_> <_< \o/

 

Haha, I ran into the Dragon too

Cass got a fireball to the face, I was like 'NOPE!'

Around 6 hours in here, level 8. I'm loving Archer, especially one shotting mages pre fight.

 

I got it. I finally fucking got it. It's installing right now and I can't wait to play!

 

One thing I've noticed is that tactical cam is hella clunky, and that ally AIs are complete fucking shite without any option I can find to fix them.

 

Am I the only one who thinks there seems to be a severe lack of party banter?

 

There's some banter, but not enough.

Yeah, tactical mode is shit. Never using it.

You'd think Abyssal High Dragon would be more threatening than a level 14 dragon who can do nothing except stack armor, lol.

Dragon (and boss) fights are where the no healing decision really shines most, imo - the fights are long, drawn out, and you need to actually focus a bit on doding the attacks. I used all my 12 potions on the fight against the dragon, felt pretty exciting.

 

Jesus tittyfucking Christ is the jar of bees grenade strong.

 

Knight Enchanter rocks on the lower/mid difficulty levels. The sword attack that restores Barrier is not only powerful it also makes you nearly invulnerable.

And yeah I miss interesting characters (or in fact simply people) outside Skyhold/Haven. Even on bigger maps there are at best a handful people who you can speak/interact with.

 

Loving it. Loving it. Loving it.

Had a thought though. Those ravens/crows you see everywhere really creep me out. It's just the thought that anyone of them could be Morrigan/Flemeth watching you as you adventure. I've taken to staring at them and trying to sneak up on them...

 

Quality Bioware work, as usual.

 

Lmao, nice face there.

 

Every in game shot I've seen of Sera's facial expressions are lolworthy. Even her resting face is odd looking.

 

I'm really liking Cass. Josephine is cool too (that accent mmm), though those shoulder pads...

 

Speaking of, what are people's opinions on the companions? I've actually really liked Blackwall and Solas more than I expected to. Vivienne is meh. She's basically Mage!Leliana. Varric is awesome as always, but I've apparently missed Sera. Not sure I regret that. Cole is...odd? Haven't interacted with him much, really. Cassandra is...idk I kind of like her, I kind of don't. She can be a bit of a stuck up bitch, at times. Dorian is a bro and Iron Bull is a boss.

 

I can appreciate Cass as a character, but I dislike her personality. Vivienne is my most disliked. The rest are actually pretty good. Colorful bunch. This game has one of the best Bioware npc rosters.