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Dragon Age: Inquisition [Online Game Code]

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Platform: PC Download | Edition: Standard

Online Code: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
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ASIN: B00JU9NV3K
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (158 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
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Product Description

Platform: PC Download | Edition: Standard

The epic role-playing series from BioWare takes a thrilling leap forward with the power of Frostbite 3. Beautiful vistas and incredible new possibilities await you. Ready yourself for Dragon Age: Inquisition.

A cataclysmic event plunges the land of Thedas into turmoil. Dragons darken the sky, casting a shadow of terror over a once-peaceful kingdom. Mages break into all-out war against the oppressive Templars. Nations rise against one another. It falls to you and your party of legendary heroes to restore order as you lead the Inquisition, hunting down the agents of chaos. Bonds will form - and some will break - as the campaign for truth takes its toll.

BioWare’s latest action-adventure delivers an unparalleled story set in a vast, changeable landscape. Explore hidden caves, defeat truly monumental creatures, and shape the world around you based on your unique play style.

Explore, lead, and battle: Tough choices define your experience, and even one decision can change the course of what's to come.

KEY FEATURES

Become the Inquisitor
Wield the power of the Inquisition over the course of an epic character-driven story, and lead a perilous journey of discovery through the Dragon Age.
Bond with Legends
A cast of unique, memorable characters will develop dynamic relationships both with you and with each other.
Discover the Dragon Age
Freely explore a diverse, visually stunning, and immersive living world.
Change the World
Your actions and choices will shape a multitude of story outcomes along with the tangible, physical aspects of the world itself.
Play Your Way
Completely control the appearance and abilities of your Inquisitor, party of followers, outposts, and strongholds. Decide the makeup of your Inquisition forces and your own style of combat.

System Requirements:

Minimum:

OS: Windows 7 or 8.1, 64-bit
Processor (AMD): Quad core @ 2.5 GHz
Processor (Intel): Quad core @ 2.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB
Graphics Card (AMD): Radeon HD 4870
Graphics Card (NVIDIA): GeForce 8800 GT
Graphics Memory: 512 MB
Hard Drive: 26 GB
DirectX: 10
Internet: 512 kbps up and down

Recommended:

OS: Windows 7 or 8.1, 64-bit
Processor (AMD): Six core @ 3.2 GHz
Processor (Intel): Quad core @ 3.0 GHz
Memory: 8 GB
Graphics Card (AMD): Radeon HD 7870 or R9 270
Graphics Card (NVIDIA): GeForce GTX 660
Graphics Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 26 GB
DirectX: 11
Internet: 1 Mbps up and down

* Xbox 360 controller supported
* 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
* Online Authentication at time of installation

Origin account required for game activation and installation

Customer Reviews

3.1 out of 5 stars

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I'll definitely upgrade rating if BioWare releases a patch to address these issues. ”
Stephen S.| 30 reviewers made a similar statement
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This game was made for consoles not the PC and frankly it feels like they just threw something together not even half done and put the "for PC" title on it. ”
Todd G| 21 reviewers made a similar statement
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Bioware does a good job here with a wide range of characters with different personalities and the voice acting is almost uniformly very good. ”
John Marciano| 15 reviewers made a similar statement

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120 of 145 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars it's always amazing how people interpret things in a video game December 1, 2014

By smilingTolerantly

Platform for Display:PC Download|Edition:Standard

Reading the reviews, it's always amazing how people interpret things in a video game. Some background: I'm in my 30s. I grew up on crpgs. At the time, I thought BG 2 was the best thing ever (today? I don't think it's aged all that well.) I enjoyed DA:O, though thought it a bit dated in being so closely tied to crpgs like BG 2. While I enjoyed the writing of DA 2, I hated how cheap the game was (never in a AAA game have I ever seen so many short cuts taken with recycled textures, etc), and I also hated how much potential story seemed to have been glossed over (when looking at the recycled textures issue, it was easy to assume many other design choices were due to being on a limited time frame).

So, Inquisition. The controls are a bit gimpy, but after putting 20+ hours into it, I'd gotten used to it. At the beginning, however, playing a melee character was all sorts of frustration. Now that I'm used to it? Not a problem, but ranged (whether archer or mage) is infinitely simpler/easier to play.

The world...is vast. I applaud Bioware on the size of the world, and while the inevitable comparisons to the Elder Scrolls games have to be made, I consider this far and away better than the typical ES game map. If only because there's a heck of a lot more variety than cave with dead people and heads staked in front of it.

There's more quests than you can shake a stick at. A ton of them are fluff (gather 10 of this, etc). They're rather organically done, which is a plus, but they're still kill 10 rats.

The war table, which is where you send your advisers/forces on missions is more of a gimmick to regulate the time you spend on the game than any really useful/interesting game mechanic. Read more ›

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66 of 81 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Wait to buy December 2, 2014

By Saladinbob

Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard

Here's some simple advice. If you use a Mouse and Keyboard to play games with then don't buy this game - yet. In its current state it's another terrible console port with clunky controls, no PC optimization for either performance or inventory systems and its currently suffering from bugs that make it unplayable for many players. Bioware are working on several fixes so hop over to their forums and keep an eye on what they release. If they fix the controls and optimize for the PC then this will be a good game and that'll be the time to buy it.

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121 of 165 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars An Offline MMO That Disappoints Dragon Age Fans, Yet Has Its Own Charms November 23, 2014

By M. MacMahon

Dragon Age: Origins being a lovely homage to classic Infinity Engine role-playing games was a great surprise and a light in the darkness of mid-2000's PC gaming, where it seemed everything was console-focused. Dragon Age 2, while deeply flawed, at least maintained that tactical PC style combat at the heart of it. Now, in an age where indie studios, Kickstarter and digital distribution have opened the gates to numerous classic PC style RPGs, where does the third Dragon Age game come out? Firmly in the console action game camp, sadly.

There are a few immediate aspects to Inquisition you need to know. First, the areas and quests and extremely MMO-like in how they play. This is an offline WoW game with action combat, very similar to Kingdoms of Amalur, which I reviewed a couple years ago. Quest dialog is very rare and very simple when it happens. Most quests will be started by letters or discovering them on your war room map. None of them have cinematic or dialog tree moments, all of them play just like an MMO quest would. There are many "collect 10 of these for the villagers" quests. There are many enemy bases that are nothing but several rooms of enemies and a boss who attacks on-sight. There are even fairly obvious respawns should you turn around for any reason!

Secondly, this game controls like a port of a gamepad action game. That's not to say the PC version controls "badly" necessarily, as for a standard WASD action game I think it controls about normal. The lack of click-to-move and click-to-attack and such is a fundamental game decision, not a control issue. You play this game running around the fields and mashing your attack buttons when you stumble on an enemy. You run up to things and press 'E' to interact with them. It's a third-person action game in control and design, not a PC style RPG, and that's the core control "issue." If you like games like Witcher 2 or Kingdoms of Amalur you'll be okay here.

Lastly, the tactical combat is rare. Ninety percent of your combat experience will be in the field with trash mobs, just like an MMO. Every once in a while you will fight a boss or other set-piece, which could be considered roughly the equivalent of Dragon Age: Origins' designed tactical battles. However even in these confrontations you'll mostly be playing it action style. There are less abilities and your companions spam them appropriately, so there is little reason to switch to them and look at an empty hotbar. The game is designed to control your main character in action game fashion and anything else is superfluous. You might pause here and there to ensure someone takes a potion or gets out of dodge (on hard mode) but otherwise even in these "tactical battles" you can just run around and spam your abilities appropriately.

These complaints and changes aside, graphics and story are up to the usual Bioware standard. I'm playing on an older PC with a mix of medium and high settings and it still looks amazing, well above the two previous games in both scope and detail. The visual design is mostly fabulous, though it reminds you constantly that it's all for show and nothing is really happening in these great areas. While a great lighthouse can be found through exploring a beautiful swamp, once you get there all you can do is plant a flag for yet another collect-a-thon sidequest. No one lives there, no real quest goes there, it's just art for art's sake.

The main quest is very good however. I am in the final act and it goes through a lot of religious, social and personal themes that most games wouldn't touch. You can be Jesus or Judas, or you can be a frustrated atheist struggling to deal with all of it. That comes across quite well. On average the main quests are better designed than the MMO filler side-content, and offer unique dungeons and areas that feel more in tune with Dragon Age's previous. It's almost like two different games, and I wish the main quest game were the one we got everywhere else.

All in all if you like MMO quest design and action combat you will find a lot to like here. I'm still not sure as an action experience it can really top dedicated action games, but it does an okay job and the exploring and great story will be all a lot of people want or expect from it. If you're looking for a PC RPG in the style of Dragon Age: Origins however, you will not find it here, and you will be filled with disappointment and not a small amount of resentment as a result. Know what you're getting into going in and Inquisition might be a thrilling experience. Read more ›

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars The game is good if you catch it on a sale. December 5, 2014

By C. L. Ruckman

Platform for Display:PC Download| Edition:Standard|Verified Purchase

So much aimless padding it interferes with the wonderful story. So if you are ok wasting 75 hours for 25 hours worth of story go for it. The story truly very good like Orgins, but with a mount that is slow as dirt, and since everything is mountainous anyways, which makes the mount really unusable most of the time. Enjoy lots of walking, gathering, which you really don't need to bother with, because just from killing stuff in story line you get gear good enough to finish the game with.It would be different if you could pop it into a chest for your next play through, but nope that isn't an option, so your 75 hours of walking, more walking gathering, unlocks for your keep, which all of those and they couldn't bother fixing the wall in the hall you use the most to go to the war room. It is awesome. War table I did like but under utilized with at end game. Plus, no opposition at all in the game. Any opposition in the game you ruffle stomp, and so long between everything that there is no feel of if I don't move this horse with a spur to the side all will be lost. Zero urgency needed. I think to solve this actually have your enemy take regions back if you aren't makign progress.

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