Kadence
United States
No longer on Discord. Find me on Root for now.
No longer on Discord. Find me on Root for now.
Currently Offline
What's the point
In light of my country trying to force mass surveillance upon the world, which is incredibly dangerous to everyone in ways you likely do not fully understand, there is a real chance that i will be minimizing my internet usage to only the absolute bare minimum if things continue to get worse. The only real way out I see is somehow making it to a more privacy-centric country but with my finances that's not something I can hope for. I will remain until the time comes, but... the future has never looked more grim... I grew up without having internet until I was 14 or 15 when I got an Xbox360 halfway into its life. I watched technology I never dreamed of coming into existence, moving from landlines to flip phones to blackberries to smartphones, witnessing the birth of smart devices like light bulbs and smart plugs, the creation of fully digital payment, the near death of cable to streaming services and the birth of AI and everything it offers, for better and worse. I've read books and watched movies about how technology evolved and destroyed humanity because of the greed and hubris of the human race more than a decade before modern AI existed. The projections of those dystopian mediums are rapidly being progressed towards in the modern world. If you're still reading this you probably think I'm crazy, but all of the information is out there. Between my ADHD, Autism, Anxiety and Depression, the only way for me to actually give myself some level of relief is to just distance myself from the problem. That's exactly what I intend to do when the time comes. None of you have really reached out anyways, but I don't hold that against any of you. If we don't speak before the time comes, I wish you all the best.
Favorite Game
343
Hours played
66
Achievements
Review Showcase
Before the release of Dreadwolf I went against my better judgement and decided to do my mage playthrough of 2, and to my surprise, the DLC worked this time. So after completing the game both as a mage and as a warrior as well as the two DLC stories, I've decided the game is worth playing. But I don't think you should get it here, or on EA. Find a way to get and play it that doesn't require the EA app. I'll give you a brief explanation of the technical problems then I'll talk a little about the actual gameplay and story.

This game has always had problems with crashing. It got worse with the move from Origin to EA Play. There is a fix that helps many people, but not all of them. Likewise there has been a problem getting the dlc to actually work (which, mind you, costs MONEY to buy, so not being able to play it is the equivalent of buying something on Amazon and it never arrives, then support tells you to piss off), which had a workaround that worked about 50% of the time judging by the reviews. If you can get the game from anywhere else that doesn't require you use the EA app, I recommend you get and play it that way.

As for the game itself, the story is pretty good, the pacing was fine, the music is as good as usual, the characters have life to them (Merrill is my personal favorite, and Anders may honestly be the best ally in the series). The combat is tedious and in my opinion boring. Just kill a swarm of enemies so that the next swarm of the exact same enemies can come out and be killed again, and the combat system feels like a prototype of what we got in Inquisition build upon the combat system of Origins, which falls short and makes a mockery of what both did well. Outside of the main areas, the zones you explore are the same 4-5 maps that spawn you from a different opening with basically no differences otherwise. A lot of people had complaints about only being allowed to be a human which I do tend to agree with, but as a dev you don't exactly have many options once you make so many plotpoints (even if they are minor ones) hinge upon one family. I will say that after playing through both Origins and Inquisition as a mage on my first respective playthroughs of each, mage feels terribly boring to play in this, which is a bit unfortunate.

TL;DR, The gameplay and combat were chosen to be less fleshed-out in favor of making sure the story was told as well as possible, and I think that if you are a fan of the franchise, the game is worth playing. Just get it somewhere else, because you don't want all the headaches that EA Play will bring with it. The game is a solid 70 (imo Origins is an 85 and Inquisition is a 90; bite me you die-hard DAO Elitists), but the technical issues that come with EA Play make it a 50.

PSA To the DAI-heads looking for some info on the big bad from Inquisition, He's in the DLC "Legacy", but to be honest there is so little actual lore regarding him in the DLC that isn't already said in Inquisition that it honestly isn't worth the time and money if that's literally your only interest in this game. But to be fair his boss fight in this was definitely the best boss fight in the game.
22 Sep, 2021 @ 7:10pm 
You are poggers!
14 Jan, 2021 @ 12:38am 
I'm adding you coz I like your profile and we share similar interests. Game completion & achievement hunting. Cheers :)
31 Oct, 2014 @ 3:54am 
:knight30:▼▲▼▲▼HAPPY HALLOWEEN▼▲▼▲▼:knight30:
2 Oct, 2014 @ 3:26pm 
Sorry for the late reply.My FC:2380-4010-2398 (DiceDizzle) is my nintendo name as well. I got you added.

:luck::dice5::dice1:
29 Sep, 2014 @ 10:05am 
hello, you seem cill so i am adding you, also i like your profile picture. be well.
26 Sep, 2014 @ 11:17pm 
It's okay Kawaii-kun X3 for forgetting Shiro from "No Game No Life" lulz... And... The reason I added you because i don't know... o.o maybe because of that cute picture (i think its from Pokemon...)

Anyways, thank your for accepting my friend invite...