Dragon Age: Inquisition definitely holds a special place in my heart. I appreciate the time and dedication you put into your content, your insight is always great to hear. It's fairly evident a lot of work goes into making a demo "demo-able" when cutting it from a development build. Is this usually accounted for when estimating timelines for dev effort, or is it often forgotten?
That thing about empathizing with the dragons...honestly between killing them and all those poor mabari hordes in DA2, I can't tell which I feel worse about when I play 😂
Inquisition was my introduction into gaming. While the game isn't perfect, even so many years later it's still my favourite. There's a big chance that if it was any other game - i might have never picked up this hobby. So from the bottom of my heart - bless all of you for this gift. I consistently replay dragon age series every year. It's very fascinating to listen to work progress behind the curtain! Thank you for sharing it all :)
I really do feel bad whenever I kill dragons in DAI, the sound design just makes them sound so sad and scared. Plus, sometimes the dragons lived in very remote areas and didn't seem to be doing harm to people, so for those I really had trouble finding a reason why I'd want to kill them.
I remember that E3 and that Madden video 😂. I wish I didn’t. Ironically, I wasn’t yet a DA fan at that time and looking through old photos I now spot leliana on the screen behind me in several shots. Love this reaction video, Mark. Appreciate your candor.
Thank you for all the work you did bringing Dragon Age to us! I absolutely love this franchise. They are all so amazing and I replay each one all the time! My favorite is Origins, I've played it so many times and I really hope it gets remastered one day. Very interesting and insightful video, I'm currently playing through Inquisition and the amount of detail put into the game is wild! So much voice acting, so much to explore and do, and I love the scope and epicness. Again thank you for all the insights in this video it was really interesting to hear, and thank you again so much for all the work you did on Dragon Age. It is an amazing franchise ❤
Fascinating video Mark. I do have to say, you guys kinda oversold the Mage Templar war, in the game it's just some fighting NPCs who both attack you on sight in the Hinterlands and then there's that early story quest in Redcliffe that resolves it. And then it's done lol.
I remember going through the Redcliffe sequence for real and getting so excited as I realized the misdirect. It's still one of my favorite sequences in the game, and I think what you guys showed in the demo was a good way of showing off something really cool while still holding back enough.
43:20 Ah yeah, I'm constantly making unbalanced parties in DA:I because "I really want to take Solas to the Sentinel Mission, but then I also should take Dorian because I'm romancing him and there is a little bit of Tevinter exposition there too" and then suddenly my party is 3 mages and I'm having to decide whether my last companion should be a rogue or a warrior
Re 'designer hugs' - I have to say I really love how interesting and alive all the areas feel in this game. Whether it was stumbling across an odd skeleton with a clear love of cheese or seeing a pack of wolves chase down a halla, I always felt like I was discovering new things. The areas felt rich and full. A highlight that sticks in my memory was finding a haunted mansion in the Emerald Graves. It was not on the map nor part of a quest log, I just found it during exploration and was rewarded with a brilliant atmospheric piece of environmental story telling. Its a shame Mass Effect Andromeda didn't get the chance to build their environments in the same way (no judgement to the dev team, they did great with what they were allowed). But I felt more like an explorer as my Inquisitor than my Ryder. Sometimes I log into DA:I just to wanderer around the beautiful areas. Truly wonderful :)
Let’s talk about the misdirection for Lelianna and how shock I was when we revealed her true appearance. I still don’t understand her resistance to the corruption. And how callous the inquisitor is to what Lelianna was subjected though.
I always thought because of the way those dragon fights were done (as you said, the sound design and animations), that we *were* supposed to feel bad about killing them. That sort of internal conflict feels very Dragon Age-y to me.
I just fought a Dragon in Inquisition yesterday and felt so bad lol in Origins and 2 the dragons were mean and nasty so it was easy lol but in Inquisition I feel like I'm just intruding into their nest and killing them for no reason 😭
I suppose that the extremely low exploration camera angle must be quite intentional in all the Inquisition demos. Just to make the environments look bigger than the really are.
I thought mounts in Inquisition was a little bit of a tease really. I felt that since we had them I expected to be able to do mounted combat with them too. But, fortunately, that wasn't something the AI did either. I ended up rarely actually using mounts in my playthrough's after all that. I think I had to actually get off my mount in order to actually do anything, and I guess I was more 'afraid' of the concept of missing something as a consequence of faster movement. I think the desert map is the one area where I actually used it. I really liked the Fade Rifts and their mechanic. I liked how you could even 'A' them even in the midst of combat and that tears off a chunk of the demon health and I think stuns them, but I think you can only do that once. I think the only disappointing thing about it though is that new Demon subtypes were added despite I think the first two games saying that these are the types, etc, etc - Fear, Rage, Pride and Desire (and I always, always thought of them along the terms of the Chaos Gods of Games Workshop's Warhammer series). Now we had Terror demons - (I think; it has been a while so their actual names do escape me atm) etc, etc. Although the different demons were good for diversifying combat encounter designs. As to the actual combat design itself, I have always been slightly disappointed when a game gives me say 20 abilities (for arguments sake), but I can only map say 8 to buttons. I realize that this is a conceit of a controller, and I don't think it's a bad idea to be able to assign your favourite skills to these buttons, but with the introduction of the tactics system, I always felt like the AI could eventually play the characters better than I could. I think Mass Effect 3 had a great system (from memory). You had the radial menu, but then you had the arrows to extend the radial which of course, eventually gave you the ability to choose what you want. You could also target lock something and then angle your shots to hit them from behind cover. Fantastic for Pull effects etc. I think Inquisition could have benefited from this system as well.
Just as an observation, we did get Hunger demons as far back as DA Awakening, so it's not like the new types were some retcon to add diversity in DAI. I think it'd be quite restrictive to try and fit the DA demons into only a handful of boxes when they are originated from human emotion.
You know, I like that the dragon fights made you feel like you were taking down a real creature. That empathetic response from hearing such realistic roars and screeches sells the feeling of you being a real dragon hunter, not just a video game avatar killing some virtual animatronic for XP.
I was feeling sad for the dragons too but i understood why they had to be hunted in that context... i like when games make me feel a variety of real things and emotions not just the classic frustration caused by bugs or "dying"
0:38 i wasn't paying attention to the screen just listening and when i turned over to the screen and saw the smoke i got worried, lol cool effect it's so realistic 😂
Being at E3 sounds like s**t. But speaking about Inquisition, I wanted to play it so much, but could only do so in 2020. So, even though I liked it, my expectations might have warped a bit my experience. Trespasser is awesome BTW. One of my favorites DLCs/expansions ever. Also, amazing job by Alix Wilton Regan.
Watching this demo again, one thing I really wish Dreadwolf implements is a better AI system overall, but specially for allies. I can't tell how many times the game "forced" me to take control of my ranged companions because they were intentionally walking straight into enemies faces. The tac cam really helped with keeping that sort of thing from happening, but if BioWare decides to not have a Tac Cam for DA:D, we are really going to need some sort of enhanced AIs.
I know you guys have probably already thought of this, but I’d suggest a way to make the dragons less sympathetic is by demonstrating they are dangerous threats to the local people. For example, set up a scenario where the dragon is burning local villages in the area. You could show this either directly, with the dragon attacking, or show the aftermath and have a poor survivor tell the tale of the evil dragon. Because in Inquisition, it often feels like you are just hurting dragons minding their own business.
Here’s something I’ve been thinking about playing Origins again, (I understand it’s probably too late if they haven’t done this)and I wish they’d fix, Bioware are basically punishing players for not picking rogues as starter classes, the amount of locked chests you see up until getting Leliana, both in Highever and Ostagar, Your mother, Daveth, both could of been given the lockpick skill, climbing the tower, a rogue should of been given if you have the dog, a rogue and mage should of been given if you don’t have the dog. I for definitely used the tactical camera, I’d use it all the time to pull out archer or mages from the focus of the fight, for some reason I prefer the human noble warrior in Origins but it maybe DA2 that pulled me into using a mage and thus my Inquisitor was a mage
I actually felt like the worst person on earth the first time I killed a high dragon in DA:I. I don't love killing bears, mabaris or wolves either, but that first dragon got me bad.
I always felt bad killing these dragons, they were so cute TT One of the things I really liked about inquisition was how you basically rewrite the future in this section, which is also solas’ evil plan. Was that an intentional choice?
42:58 also... Dorian's introduction level, where he's actually a mandatory party member. So the statement that having selected him giving unique dialogue/content here isn't entirely honest.
Gosh, Inquisition is a masterpiece! It was my first DA game and it blew my mind. Definitely my favorite BW game ever! Especially the character writing was top-notch! And thankfully the game didn't push me to use tactics and pause if I didn't want. I love fluid combat and overall the possibility to flee and avoid fighting. I really wish the next game is the enhanced version of Inquisition, improved mechanics, a bit more rewarding explorations, more connections between npcs. Really can't wait for DA4. Great job!
@@MarkDarrah Thank you and all of you at BW. DAI is really an important piece of media, imo. Also, thank you for your vids, transparency, and this wonderful interactive session!
I was very active in the Dragon Age community from the moment Dragon Age was first announced back in 2004 or so. And Inquisition's dialogue system was a very important moment for BioWare, because it was (for me) the first time the voiced protagonist had actually worked. As a long-time player of CRPGs, I have firm ideas about how I like to play, and for me the central part of a roleplaying game is my development of my character. I decide what he wants and why, and I decide what he does. And while BioWare's silent protagonist CRPGs were exceptionally good at allowing this, I found the systems used in Mass Effect and Dragon Age 2 incredibly jarring, as this character of whom I was ostensibly in control would repeatedly say things I hadn't seen coming. How can I be the one determining Hawke's or Shepard's mental state if she keeps surprising me? As I saw it, Inquisition really was a make-or-break moment for BioWare. If the conversation system disrupted my roleplaying, I was probably done playing new games (I did not anticipate the later renaissance of silent protagonist games like Pathfinder: Kingmaker), but Inquisition's writers somehow managed to thread that needle, and I applaud them for it. My point being, I think it was appropriate to focus so much on the dialogue in the demo.
Though, for my money, the best new feature in Inquisition was that Total War-style tactical camera. I played every combat with the tactical camera (with the exception of when I was cheesing the dragons at extreme range). I don't think enough players even know how the tac cam worked, though. I remember complaints about features being absent from the game (like point-and-click interaction with objects at range), but those features were in the game when the tac cam was active.
Heh, I must be a bit of a psycho then, I never felt bad about killing Dragons. I really enjoyed the fights, although eventually I think you just so massively outlevel the intended conflict that you just power through them, even the ones that spam Guard.
@@MarkDarrah Not really, they don't hold the breach in the hinterland. the life bar is also different just like when you attack that you don't see the red arrows. When playing as a mage, the attacks don't appear like in the demo. and what you show in the back of the graphics is a different atmosphere as it is in the game now
I loved the tactical camera. Its a very well implemented system and very much necessary to use on the highest of difficulty settings or your party steps into damage that kills them or the very least they take unnecessary damage.
@@MarkDarrah I was very impressed by it. I was playing the console version and as a console game it does handle very well. I remember DA: Origins not having it and me missing it on console.
If I recall correctly Mages can't move and attack at the same time in the final game. Was this a balance thing? Maybe it's just me but it would have been really nice to have in the full game. Great video, Inquisition was the first Bioware game I was around for the whole hype cycle of so it's great seeing commentary on videos I rewatched a ton before launch.
mounts felt like it was added way later in development. They didn't seem to increase your movement speed much either. Are useful for reducing fall damage to zero tho.
![[UNCUT] "บอสณวัฒน์" แฉ! แหล่งซุกเงินแก๊งบอส ขยันผิดที่ไม่กี่ปีก็เข้าคุก l คนดังนั่งเคลียร์ l17ต.ค.67](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BL56qIfXYZM/mqdefault.jpg)
Ah E3 2014. I had repressed much of this. Maybe I shouldn't have picked this scab off of my psyche...
Dragon Age: Inquisition definitely holds a special place in my heart. I appreciate the time and dedication you put into your content, your insight is always great to hear. It's fairly evident a lot of work goes into making a demo "demo-able" when cutting it from a development build. Is this usually accounted for when estimating timelines for dev effort, or is it often forgotten?
errr.
Often demo tax isn't factored in.
Sometimes it is, but certainly not always
That thing about empathizing with the dragons...honestly between killing them and all those poor mabari hordes in DA2, I can't tell which I feel worse about when I play 😂
Animals are... problematic
Inquisition was my introduction into gaming. While the game isn't perfect, even so many years later it's still my favourite. There's a big chance that if it was any other game - i might have never picked up this hobby.
So from the bottom of my heart - bless all of you for this gift. I consistently replay dragon age series every year.
It's very fascinating to listen to work progress behind the curtain! Thank you for sharing it all :)
Wow, thank you.
Just finished watching! Glad this wasn't too traumatic for you. Always appreciate the insight you share!
Thank you very much!
I shall carry on
You are crushing these effects. I feel like I was there, man.
Lol
I really do feel bad whenever I kill dragons in DAI, the sound design just makes them sound so sad and scared. Plus, sometimes the dragons lived in very remote areas and didn't seem to be doing harm to people, so for those I really had trouble finding a reason why I'd want to kill them.
Indeed
6 years later that Dragon breath still looks so badass!
The visuals really stand up I think
@@MarkDarrah absolutely the game is beautiful
Wow. I really appreciate your videos and getting a nice behind the scenes look at these games and the (quite literal) sweat that goes into it.
Glad you enjoyed it
I remember that E3 and that Madden video 😂. I wish I didn’t. Ironically, I wasn’t yet a DA fan at that time and looking through old photos I now spot leliana on the screen behind me in several shots. Love this reaction video, Mark. Appreciate your candor.
Thank you.
There is a "other side of the ball" shaped scar on my psyche.
Thank you for all the work you did bringing Dragon Age to us! I absolutely love this franchise. They are all so amazing and I replay each one all the time! My favorite is Origins, I've played it so many times and I really hope it gets remastered one day.
Very interesting and insightful video, I'm currently playing through Inquisition and the amount of detail put into the game is wild! So much voice acting, so much to explore and do, and I love the scope and epicness.
Again thank you for all the insights in this video it was really interesting to hear, and thank you again so much for all the work you did on Dragon Age. It is an amazing franchise ❤
You are very welcome
Fascinating video Mark. I do have to say, you guys kinda oversold the Mage Templar war, in the game it's just some fighting NPCs who both attack you on sight in the Hinterlands and then there's that early story quest in Redcliffe that resolves it. And then it's done lol.
true
Hello sir, I just wanted to thank you that dragon age exist
Why thank you!
I remember going through the Redcliffe sequence for real and getting so excited as I realized the misdirect. It's still one of my favorite sequences in the game, and I think what you guys showed in the demo was a good way of showing off something really cool while still holding back enough.
I think its a clever misdirect too
That intro was remarkable, the private software demos which I occasionally had to make seems so much better now :D
LOL. E3 is quite "something"
43:20 Ah yeah, I'm constantly making unbalanced parties in DA:I because "I really want to take Solas to the Sentinel Mission, but then I also should take Dorian because I'm romancing him and there is a little bit of Tevinter exposition there too" and then suddenly my party is 3 mages and I'm having to decide whether my last companion should be a rogue or a warrior
indeed
Re 'designer hugs' - I have to say I really love how interesting and alive all the areas feel in this game. Whether it was stumbling across an odd skeleton with a clear love of cheese or seeing a pack of wolves chase down a halla, I always felt like I was discovering new things. The areas felt rich and full. A highlight that sticks in my memory was finding a haunted mansion in the Emerald Graves. It was not on the map nor part of a quest log, I just found it during exploration and was rewarded with a brilliant atmospheric piece of environmental story telling. Its a shame Mass Effect Andromeda didn't get the chance to build their environments in the same way (no judgement to the dev team, they did great with what they were allowed). But I felt more like an explorer as my Inquisitor than my Ryder. Sometimes I log into DA:I just to wanderer around the beautiful areas. Truly wonderful :)
They are needed. Otherwise the level is just a blank canvas.
Thanks for the video was really great! Been fun chatting with you during the premier as well!
Thanks for coming. I think today was the most people I've had
@@MarkDarrah Hope there will be more people in the next. Was really great!
Mark, I don't get game developments or nature walks, but seeing you follow your heart makes me feel good. Thanks for Dragon Age.
You are so welcome
Thank you for the video and all the work you put into the series, inquisition was amazing!
Thank you for the shout out
Let’s talk about the misdirection for Lelianna and how shock I was when we revealed her true appearance. I still don’t understand her resistance to the corruption. And how callous the inquisitor is to what Lelianna was subjected though.
I think it’s supposed to be a complete lack of understanding
I always thought because of the way those dragon fights were done (as you said, the sound design and animations), that we *were* supposed to feel bad about killing them. That sort of internal conflict feels very Dragon Age-y to me.
That's true. But maybe TOO effective
I just fought a Dragon in Inquisition yesterday and felt so bad lol in Origins and 2 the dragons were mean and nasty so it was easy lol but in Inquisition I feel like I'm just intruding into their nest and killing them for no reason 😭
Do you now look at this with fresh eyes, and surprise yourself as to the quality?
I think the graphics hold up well.
The animation is a bit jerky
I suppose that the extremely low exploration camera angle must be quite intentional in all the Inquisition demos. Just to make the environments look bigger than the really are.
3rd person cameras are a tugowar between art and design
Art. LOW, Huge PC
Design: HIGH, Tiny PC
In Demos Art tends to win
I thought mounts in Inquisition was a little bit of a tease really. I felt that since we had them I expected to be able to do mounted combat with them too. But, fortunately, that wasn't something the AI did either. I ended up rarely actually using mounts in my playthrough's after all that. I think I had to actually get off my mount in order to actually do anything, and I guess I was more 'afraid' of the concept of missing something as a consequence of faster movement. I think the desert map is the one area where I actually used it.
I really liked the Fade Rifts and their mechanic. I liked how you could even 'A' them even in the midst of combat and that tears off a chunk of the demon health and I think stuns them, but I think you can only do that once. I think the only disappointing thing about it though is that new Demon subtypes were added despite I think the first two games saying that these are the types, etc, etc - Fear, Rage, Pride and Desire (and I always, always thought of them along the terms of the Chaos Gods of Games Workshop's Warhammer series). Now we had Terror demons - (I think; it has been a while so their actual names do escape me atm) etc, etc. Although the different demons were good for diversifying combat encounter designs.
As to the actual combat design itself, I have always been slightly disappointed when a game gives me say 20 abilities (for arguments sake), but I can only map say 8 to buttons. I realize that this is a conceit of a controller, and I don't think it's a bad idea to be able to assign your favourite skills to these buttons, but with the introduction of the tactics system, I always felt like the AI could eventually play the characters better than I could. I think Mass Effect 3 had a great system (from memory). You had the radial menu, but then you had the arrows to extend the radial which of course, eventually gave you the ability to choose what you want. You could also target lock something and then angle your shots to hit them from behind cover. Fantastic for Pull effects etc. I think Inquisition could have benefited from this system as well.
That's pretty much the only level where they are worth it.
Just as an observation, we did get Hunger demons as far back as DA Awakening, so it's not like the new types were some retcon to add diversity in DAI. I think it'd be quite restrictive to try and fit the DA demons into only a handful of boxes when they are originated from human emotion.
You know, I like that the dragon fights made you feel like you were taking down a real creature. That empathetic response from hearing such realistic roars and screeches sells the feeling of you being a real dragon hunter, not just a video game avatar killing some virtual animatronic for XP.
Oh it’s effective.
Maybe a bit too much
I was feeling sad for the dragons too but i understood why they had to be hunted in that context... i like when games make me feel a variety of real things and emotions not just the classic frustration caused by bugs or "dying"
0:38 i wasn't paying attention to the screen just listening and when i turned over to the screen and saw the smoke i got worried, lol cool effect it's so realistic 😂
Lol
Being at E3 sounds like s**t. But speaking about Inquisition, I wanted to play it so much, but could only do so in 2020. So, even though I liked it, my expectations might have warped a bit my experience. Trespasser is awesome BTW. One of my favorites DLCs/expansions ever. Also, amazing job by Alix Wilton Regan.
Open world has come a long way since 2014...
Love this!!! but then again i love Dragon age sooooo 😃 great job again.
Thank you!
What do you think about the Shadow Realms game? What was the idea behind it, and why was it canceled?
The resources from Shadow Realms all ended up on Anthem I think
Watching this demo again, one thing I really wish Dreadwolf implements is a better AI system overall, but specially for allies. I can't tell how many times the game "forced" me to take control of my ranged companions because they were intentionally walking straight into enemies faces.
The tac cam really helped with keeping that sort of thing from happening, but if BioWare decides to not have a Tac Cam for DA:D, we are really going to need some sort of enhanced AIs.
"get in position" AI has always been iffy in DA
@@MarkDarrah True
I know you guys have probably already thought of this, but I’d suggest a way to make the dragons less sympathetic is by demonstrating they are dangerous threats to the local people. For example, set up a scenario where the dragon is burning local villages in the area. You could show this either directly, with the dragon attacking, or show the aftermath and have a poor survivor tell the tale of the evil dragon. Because in Inquisition, it often feels like you are just hurting dragons minding their own business.
True. But they are still animated very sympasthetically
Here’s something I’ve been thinking about playing Origins again, (I understand it’s probably too late if they haven’t done this)and I wish they’d fix, Bioware are basically punishing players for not picking rogues as starter classes, the amount of locked chests you see up until getting Leliana, both in Highever and Ostagar, Your mother, Daveth, both could of been given the lockpick skill, climbing the tower, a rogue should of been given if you have the dog, a rogue and mage should of been given if you don’t have the dog. I for definitely used the tactical camera, I’d use it all the time to pull out archer or mages from the focus of the fight, for some reason I prefer the human noble warrior in Origins but it maybe DA2 that pulled me into using a mage and thus my Inquisitor was a mage
DAO definitely rewards a rogue.
They aren’t going to change this
I actually felt like the worst person on earth the first time I killed a high dragon in DA:I. I don't love killing bears, mabaris or wolves either, but that first dragon got me bad.
It is REALLY well animated
Why did the team decide to go with open world for Inquisition?
We were trying to recapture the exploration of DAO.
And market trends at the time
I always felt bad killing these dragons, they were so cute TT
One of the things I really liked about inquisition was how you basically rewrite the future in this section, which is also solas’ evil plan. Was that an intentional choice?
Likely intentional
42:58 also... Dorian's introduction level, where he's actually a mandatory party member. So the statement that having selected him giving unique dialogue/content here isn't entirely honest.
True.
Gosh, Inquisition is a masterpiece! It was my first DA game and it blew my mind. Definitely my favorite BW game ever! Especially the character writing was top-notch! And thankfully the game didn't push me to use tactics and pause if I didn't want. I love fluid combat and overall the possibility to flee and avoid fighting. I really wish the next game is the enhanced version of Inquisition, improved mechanics, a bit more rewarding explorations, more connections between npcs. Really can't wait for DA4. Great job!
Thank you!
@@MarkDarrah Thank you and all of you at BW. DAI is really an important piece of media, imo. Also, thank you for your vids, transparency, and this wonderful interactive session!
I was very active in the Dragon Age community from the moment Dragon Age was first announced back in 2004 or so. And Inquisition's dialogue system was a very important moment for BioWare, because it was (for me) the first time the voiced protagonist had actually worked.
As a long-time player of CRPGs, I have firm ideas about how I like to play, and for me the central part of a roleplaying game is my development of my character. I decide what he wants and why, and I decide what he does. And while BioWare's silent protagonist CRPGs were exceptionally good at allowing this, I found the systems used in Mass Effect and Dragon Age 2 incredibly jarring, as this character of whom I was ostensibly in control would repeatedly say things I hadn't seen coming. How can I be the one determining Hawke's or Shepard's mental state if she keeps surprising me?
As I saw it, Inquisition really was a make-or-break moment for BioWare. If the conversation system disrupted my roleplaying, I was probably done playing new games (I did not anticipate the later renaissance of silent protagonist games like Pathfinder: Kingmaker), but Inquisition's writers somehow managed to thread that needle, and I applaud them for it.
My point being, I think it was appropriate to focus so much on the dialogue in the demo.
Though, for my money, the best new feature in Inquisition was that Total War-style tactical camera. I played every combat with the tactical camera (with the exception of when I was cheesing the dragons at extreme range).
I don't think enough players even know how the tac cam worked, though. I remember complaints about features being absent from the game (like point-and-click interaction with objects at range), but those features were in the game when the tac cam was active.
Great to hear
Heh, I must be a bit of a psycho then, I never felt bad about killing Dragons. I really enjoyed the fights, although eventually I think you just so massively outlevel the intended conflict that you just power through them, even the ones that spam Guard.
You can break the combat balance on DAI in many ways
I still think it's a pity that the game didn't turn out the way it was shown in the demo

Do you mean the PAX demo? Because it pretty much is like the E3 demo
@@MarkDarrah Not really, they don't hold the breach in the hinterland. the life bar is also different just like when you attack that you don't see the red arrows. When playing as a mage, the attacks don't appear like in the demo. and what you show in the back of the graphics is a different atmosphere as it is in the game now
I loved the tactical camera. Its a very well implemented system and very much necessary to use on the highest of difficulty settings or your party steps into damage that kills them or the very least they take unnecessary damage.
Glad you got use out of it
@@MarkDarrah I was very impressed by it. I was playing the console version and as a console game it does handle very well. I remember DA: Origins not having it and me missing it on console.
@@wittmannger1331 That's right. We couldn't handle the rendering requirements for Tac Cam in DAO on the consoles
If I recall correctly Mages can't move and attack at the same time in the final game. Was this a balance thing? Maybe it's just me but it would have been really nice to have in the full game.
Great video, Inquisition was the first Bioware game I was around for the whole hype cycle of so it's great seeing commentary on videos I rewatched a ton before launch.
My guess is that it was an animation fidelity thing
mounts felt like it was added way later in development. They didn't seem to increase your movement speed much either.
Are useful for reducing fall damage to zero tho.
They were actually there pretty early. They just never got much dev bandwidth
@MarkDarrah oh wow so that was the reason, thank you so much for answering. Always wondered about that.