

The side quests in Dragon Age: Inquisition were just dreadfully boring and really pulled the game down after a while, with the exception of the companion quests. Having beaten Dragon Age: Inquisition (play time of 70 hours I believe), and having played nearly 40 hours of The Witcher 3, I'll have to say that The Witcher 3 is LEAGUES better.ĭragon Age: Inquisition's side quests are very MMO-like, to the point where some of them were literally killing monsters to collect their liver and shit like that. We're just fortunate to have some Polish weirdos that can innovate, and provide that AAA experience at the same time. And their games sell well, so they're not motivated to break out of that downward spiral. They've just painted themselves into the dumb corner where their AAA games can't financially support themselves, so they'll only take the safest risks. Of course, that's not really BioWare or EA's fault. A game that may satisfy at the time, but will soon be forgotten, and certainly not innovate at all. When you design for the broadest audience, you make the most expected thing. And Dragon Age became a strategy RPG where it really didn't want you to use much strategy.


So the tactical shooter Mass Effect became a.

After the EA acquisition, it became clear that BW was being pushed to make games for as wide an audience as possible. My fear is that this will be the trend for all future BioWare games. That game was alright and I did have fun with it, but Witcher 3 is on a whole different level. I think it more or less already is a footnote, and has been for some time. while inquisition will end up as a footnote So, really, I think both are worth playing but if you're only going to get one, I'd say The Witcher 3. Combat can be fun but is, at other times, clunky or just plain dry (hold the attack button 'til it dies!) The dialog and writing aren't as interesting to listen to, although the story itself goes for a more epic-feeling scale than The Witcher 3 does (so far, haven't beaten Witcher 3 yet). Seriously, it's the one thing that's really hampered my experience with The Witcher 3 and I'm constantly on the lookout for a mod to just completely get rid of it.ĭragon Age Inquisition doesn't have a mark against it that low, not in my opinion, but it has a bunch of other little things wrong with it. Weapons and armor degrade way too fast (so much so that the game has to warn you that they don't have much time left when they hit the 50% mark!) and it's just a pain to be forced to run back to town and spend hard-earned fantasy bucks on something that feels so arbitrary. Weapon and armor degradation, for one - it's completely unnecessary. The Witcher 3 certainly has better writing from what I've seen, but just like The Witcher 2, there are some parts that just do nothing for the game at all. They both have their strong and low points.
