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Dragon Age: Inquisition shows off more environments

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Bioware has been feeding us the slow drip of information about Dragon Age Inquisition. Yet, like a woman stranded in the desert, I have been savoring every drop. Now, there are some new screens to rub all over your eyeballs.

First up, we have the twitter reveal of a new location, The Western Approach.

In stark contrast, we have the lush and glorious images of The Emerald Graves:

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Wow, combining this with the images we’ve seen of the icy environments, we seem to slowly be covering every classic environmental type. If each one is as large as they look, there will be a ton of exploration in Dragon Age: Inquisition, something that has been seriously lacking in the franchise thus far. We haven’t seen many city environments thus far, though – it will be curious to see if they avoid the urban landscape after the backlash they received from Dragon Age II.

This new offering from Bioware is just the thing that I need this year. It will be great to have a solid Western RPG to indulge in. As much as I love an open-world sandbox, it’s really nice to have the stories and character development that Bioware deliver so well. Now I just need to remember what choices I made with my original characters in the first two games. Maybe I should get cracking on yet another replay, or I might just have to start the third game from scratch and pretend this is my first Dragon Age game.

Last Updated: May 13, 2014

48 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief in Space

    May 13, 2014 at 10:09

    All good and well, but after the whole Watch*cough-DLC-cough* Dogs debacle, will we be getting the whole game? Or is there ALREADY talk of season passes and extra missions or sparkly armour?

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    • Hammersteyn

      May 13, 2014 at 10:11

      New location reveal/new map reveal. Smells like DLC

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      • Kromas

        May 13, 2014 at 10:58

        Sing in Best Nirvana Impression.

        With DLC out, it’s expensive
        Here it is now; entertain us
        It is stupid and contagious
        Here’s a new one; entertain us

        Kromas-Smells Like DLC. Available now on Itunes.

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        • Admiral Chief in Space

          May 13, 2014 at 10:58

          HAHAHAHA

          Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          May 13, 2014 at 11:01

          LOOOOOOOOOOOL!

          Reply

  2. Lardus-Resident Perve

    May 13, 2014 at 10:09

    Think I might quit my job so I can focus a full month on this game…

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    • Rock789

      May 13, 2014 at 11:55

      Now that sounds like an awesome idea! I think I may have to do so too.

      Reply

  3. Hammersteyn

    May 13, 2014 at 10:12

    Looks very pretty. Still waiting for the bombshell to drop.

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    • Admiral Chief in Space

      May 13, 2014 at 10:17

      I’m no longer excited by new games tbh (unless its Star Wars)

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      • geelslang

        May 13, 2014 at 10:38

        Really? thats kinda sad. Gaming is only one of my hobbys, hope you have another hobby that can still get the blood flowing.

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        • Admiral Chief in Space

          May 13, 2014 at 10:41

          “New” games really don’t excite me any more. What excites me is getting a game I’ve been wanting to play on a crazy discount special and then enjoying it. Gaming still excites me, and I still enjoy them immensely, but “new” games, no ways

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 13, 2014 at 10:42

            I’ve gotten to a point where every time they announce an awesome-sounding new game one of my first thoughts is, “What’s the catch?”

          • Kromas

            May 13, 2014 at 10:47

            Dude play Long live the Queen. It is my new FTL.

            Edit: Oops … copy pasted the wrong thing. Oh well … still play it. 😛

          • Kromas

            May 13, 2014 at 10:50

            This is what i wanted to paste.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 13, 2014 at 10:55

            LOL. That made my morning.

          • geelslang

            May 13, 2014 at 10:46

            Ok, I get it. I freaking cant wait for DA:Inquistion.

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            May 13, 2014 at 10:51

            😉

  4. Alien Emperor Trevor

    May 13, 2014 at 10:17

    I know what threat’s lurking in the sand: chafing & blisters. That stuff gets everywhere, like ants.

    Reply

  5. oVg Errorist

    May 13, 2014 at 10:22

    “Arid, corrupt, and dangerous”
    Is he talking about the bugs that they are going to fix on day one?

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      May 13, 2014 at 10:23

      Of course not, the only thing you’re getting day one is DLC.

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      • oVg Errorist

        May 13, 2014 at 10:24

        Like the Prothean DLC that kind of was fcking important to the Mass Effect lore.

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        • Admiral Chief in Space

          May 13, 2014 at 10:27

          and oVg hits the nail ON THE HEAD

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          May 13, 2014 at 10:28

          Exactly. It’s an EA game after all, not Bioware – they’re just making it for them.

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          • Umar Returns

            May 13, 2014 at 10:30

            EA just turns everything to shit. I want the old Bioware back, that cared about the Deep RPG experience

          • oVg Errorist

            May 13, 2014 at 10:33

            When the co-founders were in charge.

          • Umar Returns

            May 13, 2014 at 10:37

            Damn, it’s clear how EA influenced them, not that I can blame them for it. Publishers strong arm the devs. But it’s clear looking at the difference between ME 1 and ME2. Even added the option to make the game more actiony

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 13, 2014 at 10:34

            I think you meant to say, “give it mass-market appeal to make it more accessible.”

          • Umar Returns

            May 13, 2014 at 10:35

            Oh, so shit then?

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 13, 2014 at 10:37

            My way sounds better. Nobody would buy it if they described it your way 😉

          • Umar Returns

            May 13, 2014 at 10:39

            Lol GOOD! It should be that way

          • oVg Errorist

            May 13, 2014 at 10:30

            I hope they can fit the real 2gig ending on the disk this time instead of making us download it because they wanted to save money rather than cutting a third disk.

        • Rincethis

          May 13, 2014 at 10:49

          Exactly.

          Reply

    • Umar Returns

      May 13, 2014 at 10:30

      Or the ANC

      Reply

      • oVg Errorist

        May 13, 2014 at 10:32

        Another Naughty Comrade 😛

        Reply

    • Weanerdog

      May 13, 2014 at 12:04

      Day 1 DLC – combat only $5.99, Attributes only $4.99 and story mode $39.99(beta)

      Reply

  6. Umar Returns

    May 13, 2014 at 10:24

    Dragon Age was far better than ME ever was imo. Combat was much … MUUUUUCH deeper than ME and required actual thinking and skill. I felt much more connected to the characters as well

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    • Kromas

      May 13, 2014 at 10:36

      Gonna disagree. As a Franchise ME was waayyyy deeper and more fulfilling. Still DA comes a close second.

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      • Umar Returns

        May 13, 2014 at 10:39

        Deeper? Never, ME’s combat was extremely shallow, especially from 2 onwards, became much more of a shooter. DA required much much more strategy. I can agree however, that as a franchise, ME trumps

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        • Kromas

          May 13, 2014 at 10:40

          Maybe not combat but story ME trumps DA. Also DA2 was sad.

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          • Umar Returns

            May 13, 2014 at 10:41

            True True. ME built an extremely rich universe. And We do not speak of that abomination

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 13, 2014 at 10:58

            There was nothing wrong with DA:One Cave… besides the obvious.

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            May 13, 2014 at 10:41

            ME beats DA by such a margin it looks like DA never got started

          • Kromas

            May 13, 2014 at 10:46

            DA: Origins of Future Mass Effects past?

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            May 13, 2014 at 10:51

            Dun dun duunnnnnnnn

          • Kromas

            May 13, 2014 at 10:53

            With special guest NPC Wolverine!*

            *Only available as day one DLC.Free on CE and DDE.$12 on normal Edition.

        • InsanityFlea

          May 13, 2014 at 15:04

          I stopped at ‘deeper’ & ‘fulfilling’ …. err what were you guys talking about again?.

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          • Umar Returns

            May 13, 2014 at 15:26

            Sex….We’re talking about sex baby

      • Admiral Chief in Space

        May 13, 2014 at 10:39

        DA came first in the WC though 😛

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