After FF15, I went back to DA:I.

On 01/12/2017 at 08:07 PM by asrealasitgets

I think Witcher 3 just spoiled me with what 3D open worlds can offer. Mainly, it did side-quests extremely well, on the level of main quests that would draw me into narratives for hours, like a visitor in Westworld. I left off with about 30 hours of gameplay, and now have 60. Im making progress in scouting maps and sidequests, but I think the stronger combat abilities late game just make the gameplay more fun. I'm playing as a Rogue Archer, mainly Archer with a lot of poison abilities. I can add poison to my arrows for a short while and then use a hard long shot that causes the arrow to explode and cover all the enemies in range with poison. Its quite effective, and I rarely need to get close and get my hands dirty, but it's honestly more fun exploring combat combinations this time around. I've also unlocked a new forest area, as well as a frozen area, and gosh is this game just pretty. I've been playing music off of spotify while I play, or listening to podcasts while I grind. I also have a horrible cold and fever this week so just chilling grinding mobs is relaxing while medicating. I also like sight seeing in beautiful games. And DAI is a beautiful game!!!

I should add that being dropped in the first main area and spending too much time there was a mistake, because there is so many more maps filled with variety in landscape that makes me want to keep exploring. I haven't even killed a dragon yet, so I have a lot left to do.

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KnightDriver

01/13/2017 at 01:12 AM

Love those screenshots. I can't wait to play it. There it is, sitting on my shelf. Gotta do the Borderlands thing with my friend Mark first. I'll get to it.

asrealasitgets

01/13/2017 at 01:37 AM

When you do get to it, I suggest pushing through the main story sooner than later because it will unlock new areas and sidequests to make things more interesting. I hung out in the beginning area for too long and got bored. I love all the maps. They are all very unique and atmospheric. Very grindy though. Im probably only half way through the game with 60 hours in.

Machocruz

01/13/2017 at 04:25 PM

I may play this at some point. Dragon Age in general hasn't impressed me, but as far as AAA RPGs go this is one of the more interesting ones to me. Don't care for Geralt as a personality or his character "class." And I'll always prefer controlling a party over a single character. I wonder how DAI is on the harder difficulties. More tactically satisfying?

01/13/2017 at 07:20 PM

In DAI normal difficulty, you run into high level enemies early on that you really cant kill, so you progress on with story and come back later. FF12 and FF15, as well as Xenoblade all work this way. The combat seems more fun with more unlocked abilites, tonics, and potions at the end of the game than at the beginning, so I'm fine with the difficulty. Although there are tons of videos where people spec out the best abilities early game to do massive damage. It's one of the side things that's made me look at the game in a different light. Also switching between party members if you get bored with your main class. It is super grindy though.

jgusw

01/26/2017 at 02:14 PM

I'm currently playing The Witcher 3 (PS4) and DA:I (XB1). The Witcher is great, but it takes up a lot of time. I played through DA:I several times on the 360 and PS4. The story moves forward pretty fast.

01/27/2017 at 11:17 PM

Im 80hrs into DAI and still have like 4 main missions plus tons of sidequests. How long does a playthrough of DAI take for you? Also, how did you play the game differently each new time (class/race/etc.) and does the story change? I've seen many ppl talk about replaying DAI, and I can probably finish new playthroughs faster now that I've explored a lot of the areas, combat systems, etc. Overall, how do you see this game compared with the rest of the series if you played the first two games at all. I think Witcher 3 took me months to finish--honestly one of my longest playthroughs of any games without DLC even. Also, did you try DAI DLC? I can see how I can finish DAI story fast too next time, but I spent a lot of time just poking around all the maps exploring! It is one of the prettiest games I've played, and I'm a sucker for perty graphics.

01/30/2017 at 07:04 PM

I played the game with most of the races, genders, & classes and romanced almost all the options. The more times I play the game, the faster I go through it. I don't try to get every single little thing, but I play through most of it, including dlc. I enjoyed the other DA games too. DA:O is great. I really enjoyed DA2. I like DA:I more than the other games, but only barely. I have the dlc for all the games. I find that all the DA games are easy to pick up and play for a hour or so and then put down. This is great for me because I have to keep an eye on my kids and they want me for crap all the time.

I love The Witcher 3, but I have to set up time to play it or I won't get anything done. There are so many little things in the game to find and some of the side quests can take almost a hour to finish.

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