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PREVIEW<br />
Bigger baddies in<br />
multiplayer will require<br />
special team moves to fell<br />
quickly. Go for the shins!<br />
<br />
“STAY FOR ONE OF<br />
THE MOST DETAILED<br />
CHARACTER<br />
CREATOR SUITES<br />
YOU’VE EVER SEEN.”<br />
FORMAT PS4/PS3 / ETA 18 NOV / PUB EA / DEV BIOWARE<br />
DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION<br />
A breath of fresh (and flaming) air for EA’s action-RPG<br />
Come for the slaying of Smaug’s<br />
fiery chums, stay for one of the most<br />
detailed character creators you’ve ever<br />
seen. Bioware has really gone above<br />
and beyond this time out. Thought your custom<br />
Commander Shepard was all that? Just wait<br />
until you see a system that lets you tailor your<br />
Inquisitor right down to his/her ocular diaphragm.<br />
That’s right: Dragon Age: Inquisition enables<br />
you to tweak both the outer and inner colour of<br />
your character’s iris. Hot! Granted, that’s not exactly<br />
one for the boxart quote (though feel free to prove<br />
us wrong, EA), but its endemic of the panoply of<br />
options at play in Bioware’s grand action-RPG.<br />
Double chins; Adam’s apples; lip liners – you’re very<br />
much in Yuke’s/WWE territory here, fantasy fans.<br />
Detail and choice seem to be the unifying qualities<br />
of Inquisition headed into the final straight before<br />
the game hits shelves on 18 Nov. With four different<br />
races (Human, Elf, Dwarf and Qunari) and multiple<br />
class types, which you can always respec if you get<br />
bored, this is a game in seriously accommodating<br />
mood. Good. Because after the slightly shonky<br />
Dragon Age II, Inquisition should be looking to make<br />
amends. We could use a back rub, Smaug old buddy.<br />
New enemy types have also<br />
surfaced thanks to a recent trailer.<br />
Fresh from the Big Book Of Game<br />
Antagonist Clichés comes The<br />
Elder One; Inquisition’s chief evil<br />
doer, who’s described as extremely<br />
arrogant. There’s also a brief glimpse<br />
at something called an Envy Demon –<br />
imagine if a xenomorph and a skinless<br />
ostrich with six arms drunkenly<br />
stumbled into a Motel 6 and the<br />
resulting abomination would just<br />
about be on the money.<br />
AGE AND WISDOM<br />
All going well, we’ll have a review<br />
of Inquisition next month. Already,<br />
we’re confident this won’t be a repeat<br />
of its disappointing predecessor. The<br />
intervention of Frostbite 3.0 means<br />
you’re dealing with a seriously pretty<br />
addition to PS4’s winter line-up, while<br />
the four-player dungeon-crawling coop<br />
mode appears to be a worthwhile<br />
addition. Here’s hoping Inquisition<br />
taps into Origins’ excellent spirit.<br />
<br />
Above Here’s the Envy<br />
Demon. Handsome chap,<br />
huh? Truly a face… And rib<br />
cage… And overly boney<br />
pelvis only a mum could love.