More Dragon Age Inquisition

Sadly they have pushed the release date back to mid fall 2014. Its gone from fall 2013, to spring 2014 to this.I hope they aren't banking on people having switched over to the new consoles by then.
Varric is back. That alone has me interested. He was the saving grace in DA2

So we have Varric, frostbite and the war we all knew was coming
We have a rip in the veil which means demons and such can freely leave the fade.
We have a developer team that hasn't confirmed multiplayer but says they love how it worked in Mass Effect 3
We have everyone fighting and ignoring the demons. This is the conflict I previously blogged about.
You can be a mage warrior or rouge as usual.
Much like DA:O, you become a leader rather quickly...but this time you have a lot of people to lead.
You are free to make choices. In DA:O and DA2 you had to go along with certain people to progress the game. This time you have to interact with them, but the choice is yours as to how
Playing as a qunari hasn't totally  been ruled out..they are still tossing the idea around. My thoughts-they will add it. The redesign of the qunari in DA2 made a lot more people interested in them and the power they have is astonishing. I'd like to play as one.

The inquisition organization you lead will grow in strength and power. How it will be showcased is unknown.
Your status/power is how you will gauge your progress. There is no 'checkpoint' like recruited redcliffe soilders or the dalish elves.
They aren't taking away the side missions. Great. I loved a lot of those. I do hope they have some influence on the overall game itself this time around though.The missions you do to gain favor with your party are supposed to be longer and better.
They want to stick to their core of getting people emotionally involved. So I wonder if there will be multiple cameos.
Again. the battles will be amazing...several enemies of different caliber coming at you working as a team and exposing your weakness???You ab;e to make your players strong where you are weak??Yes, this could be fun. The skill tree is still there but there are things each class can do. Warriors can throw a grappler to pull people in. Can't wait to hear what mages can do

Vivienne is a possible companion. Shes an Orlesian mage...who was about to be promoted to first enchanter before things went crazy.
Cassandra will be there?? If you're saying "who" think the lady that was all over Varric for his story in DA2
Both of them will be playable party members.

Weather and time changes. and they actually effect your game play. A rainstorm-muddy area and you may slip and fall...too cloudy enemies can sneak up on you. Sounds interesting
Morrigan is back! But not as a party member..but don't forget her demon baby......

Possibility of Lelianna ...but not sure in what role.
As you build your character and their armor..it will fit them...It will give them their 'look'. I can't wait to see how that goes.
They are working on a way to incorporate your choices in previous games. I think this will involve cloud storage somehow since they want to make it so someone who played DA:O on ps3 could pick up DA:I on Xbox One. Hard job.
Game Informer released these pics today:

It looks like its going to be pretty good...so far

Goodbye Xbox Rewards

Xbox is changing up its rewards system. Since they are moving away from the points and on to USD, that mandates the site we all know and love will change. The new Xbox Rewards should be up and running in September. You should have any points pending already deposited into your account. I hope they bring it back stronger than ever. I appreciated earning those points doing things I normally do.
Oh well. All good things come to an end.

Dragon Age:Inquisition

Of course this game isn't out yet, but it should be big. Very big. Bio ware has a lot to do. They have to make up for Dragon Age 2. They have to get back to the greatness that was Dragon Age: Origins and even Dragon Age:Awakenings. Although I played the game, screw Hawke. That so messed my head up how they went form point A to point J. Anyhow..I'll go off about that mess in a review/rant about it later. Back to inquisition.
For the most part, we know Bioware still has at least a little sense left because Mass Effect 3 was a solid game,apart from the ending fiasco, it was a good solid game and thouroughly enjoyable. The addition of multiplayer made it even better. So should that give us hope for Inquisition to be a great game?

Yes.If they go back to the original formula. One thing BioWare excels at is the party concept. Dialogue choices are pretty good and there is lots of interactions. That can bring you into the story more and make you feel for the character. I will say that the way DA2 was set up I didn't feel too much for those characters. Having pre-scripted interactions didn't help at all. I hope they go back to the way it was in DA:O, you want to talk to a character, then you talk.No waiting for certain points to have options to talk become available. No clicking on them while out in the world to get a silly one line response.

What we know about DA:I so far is this:
You play as the inquisition leader. You are the last man standing from some sort of episode, a possible attack. Obviously the chantry and mages are finally at war(go mages) Orlais is in some kind of civil war, Ferelden is rebuilding adn your templars are away. By your I mean none other than Thedas. We knew it was coming. All this is happening like a decade or so after the events of DA:O I expected Thedas, as Fenris kept bringing it up between broody moments in DA@, so thats no surprise.

They are bringing back races!!This excites me. I like having the option to be a dwarf, an elf or a human. I really hope somehow there is a qunari option. I like the qunari. You also can customize your character and pick their name....goodbye Hawke!

Horses..yes!! Finally. Its supposed to be a big enough world that we can have horses to get around. They have said its not totally open world but big enough to keep us occupied. It better be. And no more recycled environments. Ever.
There will be dragons, several supposedly. Which is good when you know,the game is called dragon age. I didn't get that feel in DA2

The combat system has gotten an upgrade so that tactical players and button pushers alike can be appeased. The bad guys will even have stratigies. Should be way more interesting combat if it lives up to expectations

You can manipulate the environments...build up forts and such. Sounds awesome if I can truly sculpt things how I want them.Make stairs on a stone wall, move a tower, destroy a bridge. I am so curious about the execution of this. If its done right...the possibilities are endless.

Remember how annoying Arl Howe was? Wouldn't it have been great to just attack him and his castle? Well apparently you will be able to do things like that  and much more.

What is unclear is how old saves will play into it. We know it'll be on current and next gen systems so how will my awesome warden play into this Thedas mess? Were my Hawke's actions any good? Lots left unanswered but I'll let you know as I find out. Until then, relive the glory days with DA:O. I love that game