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" It is to be developed by BioWare and scheduled to be released in Summer 2012." Isn't this wrong since no bioware employee ever said the date? It was just speculation in that one article.
It won't delayed Bioware says this is false a dev on the offical forums Mark Kirby claimed it was false -
http://social.bioware.com/forum/Dragon-Age-II/Dragon-Age-II-Game-Owner-General-Discussion-NO-Spoilers-allowed/If-DA-has-separate-studio-why-delay-DA3-for-SWTOR-Content-13098256-1.html — Preceding
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Engine is not exactly Frostbite which is an FPS engine. Quote from cited site is " Dragon Age 3: Inquisition combines the storytelling legacy BioWare is known for, with deep RPG gameplay all on a brand new RPG game engine underpinned by EA’s critically-acclaimed Frostbite™ 2 technology" meaning its more of a modification of the Frostbite 2 engine not the engine its self, I suggest editing the Engine to "Modification of Frostbite 2". ExilorX ( talk) 17:28, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
I was a bit surprised, after reading the almost exclusively glowing reviews in the "reception" section, when I found the (PC) user score at metacritic to only be 5.5/10. I'm not familiar with how this usually looks, but is such a discrepancy towards the negative normal? And is the user score not notable? -- megA ( talk) 10:38, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Some of the "rage" is coming from PC users. The game is an obvious port from the console version and from what I have read the PC version wasn't supposed to be that way. There are issues with the PC UI (huge health bars, mission waypoints that never go away in giant boxes); all of this taking up valuble screen space. The UI was designed for console users with a joystick sitting on a couch in front of a TV and is not PC friendly (mouse/kb).There are complaints about not being able to use the tactical view properly (not enough zoom out, graphics in the way from seeing your characters etc). I personally would like to be able to turn it off as I always acidentially enter it when I scroll the mouse wheel too far. There are issues with the overall feel of combat (no auto-attack and you constantly have to hold the mouse button down to attack). Many have complained of just swinging at air because its hard to track an enemy. It really feels sluggish and slow to me. DA2 had a faster, better combat system IMO. Looting is this big production as you have to bend over the item then you get this box listing the items. Looting should be a quick action with a click/hot button. The other weird option is the search radar you can use (don't have too) to find items; constantly clicking, draining on the hand. DA2 had an option to highlight items of interst that you could see and pick up quickly. The graphics are rich and lush but they programmed a very small, light brown mouse pointer that constantly gets lost in the background (not good in combat). There are many more complaints for the PC version and supposedly Bioware has acknowleded it. I know the "community" would take care of things like this but due to the engine the game uses mod tools may not be available.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Avalon80 ( talk • contribs)
I can agree that there will always be trolls or people simply wanting to sabotage a game for whatever reason. My previous, droning post was based off my personal game play (PC version) and visiting the EA/Bioware forums. It is lit up with complaints mostly about the PC version. I'm sure some of those people spilled over to Metacritic and other outlets to vent their disappointment with the game. I can also agree to giving the devs (and players)time to fix issues that should lead to a more accurate rating.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Avalon80 ( talk • contribs)
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Re generalizing the validity of user scores: I just went to MetaCritic and randomly looked up some similarly high-scoring PC games. In most games in the "green" range, like Skyrim, Alien Isolation, Legend of Grimrock II, Divinity: Original Sin, etc, the discrepancy between user scoes and critics is actually minimal, at most 10%... -- megA ( talk) 11:58, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Not to be sarcastic again ;-) but do less-than-glowing reviews (or quotes from them) have a chance of staying in the article, in order to give a more varied impression? Like this one, for example:
Killscreen
It brings up some interesting points and sounds less unanimouslyly 90%-euphoric than those reviews/scores in the article; though it gives the game a 75% score (you wouldn't expect it from the review text...), it's more in a "yes, but" style. Right now, the "Reception" section sounds unconfortably uniform – honni soit qui mal y pense... --
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Looking up Dragon Age: Inquisition on Google, and searching out its Wikipedia page, I notice that below it it offers links to related Wikipedia pages. This is common for Wikipedia pages on Google, and pretty handy. However, the related links for DA:I are -
Characters of Dragon Age - SpeedTree - Trevor Morris - David Gaider
One of these things is not like the others. Speedtree is middleware that allows programmers to not have to bother putting trees in their game, and probably pretty useful. It is also however, phenomenally unimportant to Dragon Age. I have no idea if it is something that can be changed from Wikipedia, or if its strictly a Google thing, but I thought it might be of interest to Wiki editors. Maybe I'm wearing my conspiracy hat here, but it almost seems like a ploy to give Speedtree some marketing - I clicked it out of utter bafflement and I'm sure I'm not the only one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.174.125.42 ( talk) 00:58, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
The line in the main article stating that it's not open world comes from a very trusted source. However, it is multi-region, similar to Borderlands. Plus, the main article on open world games does state that sometimes, developers break the world into manageable sections, which is supported by the fact that their are sources that state it is open world. Should we leave the category or take it out? And I feel like that line needs to be tweaked a bit if it's going to stay in the category. 104.246.58.250 ( talk) 08:18, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
"Explore a vast fantasy world on the brink of catastrophe in Dragon Age™: Inquisition, a next-generation action RPG in which your choices shape and drive the experience. This expansive, story-driven, open-world game is filled with complex characters, challenging combat, and difficult decisions." - http://www.bioware.com/en/games/#dragon-age-inquisition
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Why is this part of the "open world video games" category? The article itself says the game is NOT open world. Unless the article is wrong.
Per recent discussions ( [1] [2] [3]) on standalone accolades lists, I think List of accolades received by Dragon Age: Inquisition should be merged back into this article. The table is far too short to warrant a separate article per WP:SPLIT. The relevant guideline is at WP:VG/AWARDS. Axem Titanium ( talk) 16:49, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
FYI for anyone who is interested: Religion News and Christian Post and Reliable sources for fake news?. Eurogamer also runs on a contributor system with freelance writers, for e.g. this article here. The difference with Forbes compared to say Eurogamer, is that multiple editors have asserted in past discussions that Forbes doesn't place any of its contributors under any editorial oversight and so it may not be reliable as per the wording here. A general rule suggested by many editors is that the more likely a claim or news piece is controversial (especially if article is BLP), the more highly reliability of the cited source should be be scrutinized. Haleth ( talk) 13:25, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
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" It is to be developed by BioWare and scheduled to be released in Summer 2012." Isn't this wrong since no bioware employee ever said the date? It was just speculation in that one article.
It won't delayed Bioware says this is false a dev on the offical forums Mark Kirby claimed it was false -
http://social.bioware.com/forum/Dragon-Age-II/Dragon-Age-II-Game-Owner-General-Discussion-NO-Spoilers-allowed/If-DA-has-separate-studio-why-delay-DA3-for-SWTOR-Content-13098256-1.html — Preceding
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Engine is not exactly Frostbite which is an FPS engine. Quote from cited site is " Dragon Age 3: Inquisition combines the storytelling legacy BioWare is known for, with deep RPG gameplay all on a brand new RPG game engine underpinned by EA’s critically-acclaimed Frostbite™ 2 technology" meaning its more of a modification of the Frostbite 2 engine not the engine its self, I suggest editing the Engine to "Modification of Frostbite 2". ExilorX ( talk) 17:28, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
I was a bit surprised, after reading the almost exclusively glowing reviews in the "reception" section, when I found the (PC) user score at metacritic to only be 5.5/10. I'm not familiar with how this usually looks, but is such a discrepancy towards the negative normal? And is the user score not notable? -- megA ( talk) 10:38, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Some of the "rage" is coming from PC users. The game is an obvious port from the console version and from what I have read the PC version wasn't supposed to be that way. There are issues with the PC UI (huge health bars, mission waypoints that never go away in giant boxes); all of this taking up valuble screen space. The UI was designed for console users with a joystick sitting on a couch in front of a TV and is not PC friendly (mouse/kb).There are complaints about not being able to use the tactical view properly (not enough zoom out, graphics in the way from seeing your characters etc). I personally would like to be able to turn it off as I always acidentially enter it when I scroll the mouse wheel too far. There are issues with the overall feel of combat (no auto-attack and you constantly have to hold the mouse button down to attack). Many have complained of just swinging at air because its hard to track an enemy. It really feels sluggish and slow to me. DA2 had a faster, better combat system IMO. Looting is this big production as you have to bend over the item then you get this box listing the items. Looting should be a quick action with a click/hot button. The other weird option is the search radar you can use (don't have too) to find items; constantly clicking, draining on the hand. DA2 had an option to highlight items of interst that you could see and pick up quickly. The graphics are rich and lush but they programmed a very small, light brown mouse pointer that constantly gets lost in the background (not good in combat). There are many more complaints for the PC version and supposedly Bioware has acknowleded it. I know the "community" would take care of things like this but due to the engine the game uses mod tools may not be available.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Avalon80 ( talk • contribs)
I can agree that there will always be trolls or people simply wanting to sabotage a game for whatever reason. My previous, droning post was based off my personal game play (PC version) and visiting the EA/Bioware forums. It is lit up with complaints mostly about the PC version. I'm sure some of those people spilled over to Metacritic and other outlets to vent their disappointment with the game. I can also agree to giving the devs (and players)time to fix issues that should lead to a more accurate rating.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Avalon80 ( talk • contribs)
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Re generalizing the validity of user scores: I just went to MetaCritic and randomly looked up some similarly high-scoring PC games. In most games in the "green" range, like Skyrim, Alien Isolation, Legend of Grimrock II, Divinity: Original Sin, etc, the discrepancy between user scoes and critics is actually minimal, at most 10%... -- megA ( talk) 11:58, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Not to be sarcastic again ;-) but do less-than-glowing reviews (or quotes from them) have a chance of staying in the article, in order to give a more varied impression? Like this one, for example:
Killscreen
It brings up some interesting points and sounds less unanimouslyly 90%-euphoric than those reviews/scores in the article; though it gives the game a 75% score (you wouldn't expect it from the review text...), it's more in a "yes, but" style. Right now, the "Reception" section sounds unconfortably uniform – honni soit qui mal y pense... --
megA (
talk)
11:38, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Looking up Dragon Age: Inquisition on Google, and searching out its Wikipedia page, I notice that below it it offers links to related Wikipedia pages. This is common for Wikipedia pages on Google, and pretty handy. However, the related links for DA:I are -
Characters of Dragon Age - SpeedTree - Trevor Morris - David Gaider
One of these things is not like the others. Speedtree is middleware that allows programmers to not have to bother putting trees in their game, and probably pretty useful. It is also however, phenomenally unimportant to Dragon Age. I have no idea if it is something that can be changed from Wikipedia, or if its strictly a Google thing, but I thought it might be of interest to Wiki editors. Maybe I'm wearing my conspiracy hat here, but it almost seems like a ploy to give Speedtree some marketing - I clicked it out of utter bafflement and I'm sure I'm not the only one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.174.125.42 ( talk) 00:58, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
The line in the main article stating that it's not open world comes from a very trusted source. However, it is multi-region, similar to Borderlands. Plus, the main article on open world games does state that sometimes, developers break the world into manageable sections, which is supported by the fact that their are sources that state it is open world. Should we leave the category or take it out? And I feel like that line needs to be tweaked a bit if it's going to stay in the category. 104.246.58.250 ( talk) 08:18, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
"Explore a vast fantasy world on the brink of catastrophe in Dragon Age™: Inquisition, a next-generation action RPG in which your choices shape and drive the experience. This expansive, story-driven, open-world game is filled with complex characters, challenging combat, and difficult decisions." - http://www.bioware.com/en/games/#dragon-age-inquisition
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Why is this part of the "open world video games" category? The article itself says the game is NOT open world. Unless the article is wrong.
Per recent discussions ( [1] [2] [3]) on standalone accolades lists, I think List of accolades received by Dragon Age: Inquisition should be merged back into this article. The table is far too short to warrant a separate article per WP:SPLIT. The relevant guideline is at WP:VG/AWARDS. Axem Titanium ( talk) 16:49, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
FYI for anyone who is interested: Religion News and Christian Post and Reliable sources for fake news?. Eurogamer also runs on a contributor system with freelance writers, for e.g. this article here. The difference with Forbes compared to say Eurogamer, is that multiple editors have asserted in past discussions that Forbes doesn't place any of its contributors under any editorial oversight and so it may not be reliable as per the wording here. A general rule suggested by many editors is that the more likely a claim or news piece is controversial (especially if article is BLP), the more highly reliability of the cited source should be be scrutinized. Haleth ( talk) 13:25, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
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