Josephine was an absolute treasure. I loved the fact that she was Antivan since in the first game Zevran was one of my favorite companions, the saucy little minx. I was over the moon when I found out that she was a romance option for the male and female inquisitor since I like to do several play-thrus to see all the potential consequences for different actions. Leliana as her best-friend was a delight as well. Having her be this BAMF assassin who was destined to take over the chantry after meeting her as the sweet and somewhat naive bard in the first game was one of the biggest bright spots in the game. The character development!!! *flails*
The open world was both fun and kind of headache inducing for me? I loved the minutae of some of the tasks, where you had to act the diplomat and try to make alliances, but there were some instances where I would skip some of the smaller quests since it didn't seem to contribute much and I just wanted to get on with the story. I will give the creators credit though as someone who has played the two previous games multiple times. Being able to revisit old territories and seeing them with all the new art and detailed graphics of the new game was amazing.
I loved all of the companions (except for Solas. He can go fall off a cliff as far as I'm concerned.) Sera with her odd dialogue and strange battle techniques (the bees always cracked me up), Cole with his strange balancing act between human and spirit and the way he could read people. Bull was so much fun, the way they played with the dichotomy of him being a large brutish Qunari, and yet he was a spy, a master of subtlety and misdirection which was part of what made him so effective! You don't expect that from a guy who looks like he should say "Me Grunt hungry!"
Varric is my absolute favorite though, just because he was my favorite character by far in Dragon Age 2 and I was overjoyed to find out he was going to be a companion again in Inquisition. I was heartbroken to find out he wasn't a romance option though since I having him hook up with my towering female Qunari Inquisitor might have made me the happiest person on earth. A towering pillar of ferocious womanhood and her dwarf lover...*cackles*
Cassandra is perfection. Fierce and loyal and her accent...I love that she was one of the heavy hitters in the party. My favorite party combination was usually Dorian/Varric/Cassandra.
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Date: 2020-01-14 07:17 am (UTC)The open world was both fun and kind of headache inducing for me? I loved the minutae of some of the tasks, where you had to act the diplomat and try to make alliances, but there were some instances where I would skip some of the smaller quests since it didn't seem to contribute much and I just wanted to get on with the story. I will give the creators credit though as someone who has played the two previous games multiple times. Being able to revisit old territories and seeing them with all the new art and detailed graphics of the new game was amazing.
I loved all of the companions (except for Solas. He can go fall off a cliff as far as I'm concerned.) Sera with her odd dialogue and strange battle techniques (the bees always cracked me up), Cole with his strange balancing act between human and spirit and the way he could read people. Bull was so much fun, the way they played with the dichotomy of him being a large brutish Qunari, and yet he was a spy, a master of subtlety and misdirection which was part of what made him so effective! You don't expect that from a guy who looks like he should say "Me Grunt hungry!"
Varric is my absolute favorite though, just because he was my favorite character by far in Dragon Age 2 and I was overjoyed to find out he was going to be a companion again in Inquisition. I was heartbroken to find out he wasn't a romance option though since I having him hook up with my towering female Qunari Inquisitor might have made me the happiest person on earth. A towering pillar of ferocious womanhood and her dwarf lover...*cackles*
Cassandra is perfection. Fierce and loyal and her accent...I love that she was one of the heavy hitters in the party. My favorite party combination was usually Dorian/Varric/Cassandra.