“Dragon Age: Inquisition” (“DAI”) is the third entry in an original IP franchise created by BioWare. While BioWare was a champion of D&D-based PC RPGs around the turn of the millennium – alongside co-champion, Black Isle – the company’s acquisition by EA marked the end of its stewardship of the D&D license and the beginning of its attempts at making its own mark upon the cRPG. The initial result, “Dragon Age: Origins” (“DAO”), felt weak and uninspired when compared side-by-side with BioWare’s magnum opus of the ‘Baldur’s Gate’ series. Fortunately for those of us who remember BioWare in their prime, the weak start in “DAO” and the tepid reception of “Dragon Age II” (which I still haven’t touched yet) seems to have galvanized the dev team’s resolve,... |
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