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