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actually i get those two titles confused all the fucking time. which is the one that has the endgame where you crashland and infiltrate the ship and all the aliens are chasing you? i mean that one lol
 
Playing through Dragon Age: Inquisition right now. I'm enjoying it greatly in a comfort-food kinda way, and spent much of the last week on it. It's such a great power fantasy; you're not only the messiah but also in charge of an organization trying to save the world and everyone constantly depends upon you and defers to your judgment. The role-playing elements are shallow, almost nonexistent, and the combat is pure mindless spectacle - with two mages in the party I often can't tell what's going on over all the spell effects, so I just spam combat abilities until nothing moves anymore. But I'm addicted. The cast is likeable and the environments are gorgeous. I'm thirty hours in and I don't feel at all bored with it, though with these types of games being as bloated as they are I don't even know if I'm at the halfway point yet...

I preferred Origins but great series. Micromanaging tactics is a joyous thing that I don't see in enough games, not sure how you could call bending AI actions to your will 'mindless'.
 
if there ever was an 'in crowd' opinion this has got to be it (good game though)

I'm looking forward to RYM's future vidya expansion, last I checked Valkyrie Profile wasn't really as favored relative to some other stuff, but I haven't been able to access the beta in several months. I think indieshit is more in-crowd these days than the underground classics.
 
@H.P. Lovecraft Until Dawn was actually pretty good for one of those "interactive games".

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I've been trying to get into Jade Cocoon lately and the movement mechanics are fuckin weird. Or my controller is going, IDK it's been fine with my other PS2 games though. It's been ruining what I've been told is a game right up my alley.
 
I preferred Origins but great series. Micromanaging tactics is a joyous thing that I don't see in enough games, not sure how you could call bending AI actions to your will 'mindless'.

Origins is definitely the best of the Trilogy, but I think Inquisition is definitely one of Bioware's crown jewels, I mean to bounce back from the atrocious Dragon Age II In that kind way was pretty spectacular, fuck even the story DLC to Inquisition was fucking fantastic!
 
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I don't really care about the story element all that much in games though. All about cutting lean characters with precise skills, and high completion percentage, and DA definitely allows people to flex their strategy with the aforementioned combat mechanics.

I think the latter could definitely fuck with one's sense of the intended story, it's difficult to care about the main plot when it's just another quest amongst hundreds.