Re: Dragon Age: Inquisition
Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 7:42 pm
Similar to how he did companions in the previous RPG reviews, I guess.
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It's not just the DLC. Big parts of Inquisition assume you read the Asunder and Masked Empire novels and don't bother to explain what the hell is going on beyond a brief summary. The Orlesian Civil War plot especially is nonsensical if you don't know the characters and politics going in.Ranadiel wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 4:38 pmDragon Age has...a tendency to include a lot of the super important plot stuff in the DLC. Corypheus being introduced in DLC is not the first and was not the last time that an important plot thread is introduced via DLC.Thebestoftherest wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 12:31 pm
if that character is so important he goes to the next game he should have been in base.
Off the top of my head, Awakening introduced the Architect who has very major lore relevance once you understand who/what he is. Then Legacy introduced Corypheus. Descent introduced/expanded lore on the Titans, which are likely to be major players or plot points in future stories. Trespasser... explains a lot of stuff and pretty much is the actual finale to DAI/setup for DA4. And I am sure there are more that I am either forgetting or not appreciating the importance of.
Whether it is good or bad, the Dragon Age DLC philosophy is to set up stuff for future stories, even if some of it may end up not really being important when it does come back like the Harverster cameo in DA2.
Hmm, I do not personally recall being confused by the Orlesian Civil War plot in Inquisition, and I did not read the novels. But I was also fairly active on the official Dragon Age forums at the time, so I would not be shocked if I picked up the major plot details via osmosis on the forums.mathewgsmith wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 4:18 am
It's not just the DLC. Big parts of Inquisition assume you read the Asunder and Masked Empire novels and don't bother to explain what the hell is going on beyond a brief summary. The Orlesian Civil War plot especially is nonsensical if you don't know the characters and politics going in.
It's been years since I read them, would you mind expanding on that?CharlesPhipps wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 5:31 am I think it's not so much Asunder and Masked Empire being necessary as the fact that they actually contradict what's on screen.
Yeah, Briala is the heroine of Dragon Age: Masked Empire while she's just a different variety of scum in Inquisition.Beelzquill wrote: ↑Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:23 pm Well it's hard to imagine Briala forgiving Celene for having Briala's parents killed because Celene kept a locket.