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Have a love/hate relationship in Dragon Age: Inquisition

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Bioware has a funny view of romance, or at least a predictable one. As one currently playing the Mass Effect trilogy, I’m distinctly aware of how easy it is to woo someone in game – just say a bunch of nice things to them until they throw themselves at you. Bioware’s next game’s relationships will be a bit more nuanced.

News coming out of PAX East is that you could end up with a romance with unlikely partners. You could end up in a “hate-filled forbidden love” situation with a rival, or start making out with a friend you joke with. Of course, there will also be the traditional romance route of building enough affection for the character to fall in love with you. I just hope that they make the animations a bit more appealing – the last Dragon Age games had some rather weird sex scenes – I’d like to see something that uses The Witcher for inspiration. But I’m glad to see realism entering the game; so many women love men who say awful things to them.

There will be nine companions, spread across martial disciplines. I suppose they listened to that survey about party builds people used and see that all kinds of combinations are desirable. Among those confirmed as love interests: Cullen, the templar who has been in every Dragon Age game, and Cassandra Pentaghast, the seeker who interrogates Varric in Dragon Age 2. Additionally, there’s a “solid possibility” that the heroes from the previous Dragon Age games (Hawke and the Grey Warden) will feature, as well as Morrigan’s dear mother, Flemeth. It appears that the Keep feature, a base with some social networking elements, may be that experience producer Cameron Lee wanted of taking the game with you everywhere – perhaps some tablet interface?

Speaking of which, I really need to use that Dragon’s Keep thing to export all my save data so that my shiny new console is ready for Dragon Age: Inquisition when it launches. But then I have to choose which play through to use – dammit Bioware, already making me come to tough decisions!

Last Updated: April 16, 2014

67 Comments

  1. Umar's Sin

    April 16, 2014 at 07:52

    I wonder you’ll have to wait outside her house for 15 minutes as well, that’s realism

    Reply

    • Rince the Unhuggable

      April 16, 2014 at 08:10

      Only 15 minutes. Well done man. I’ve literally bought tickets to a movie, had to wait for the b, I mean ex to get ready, and arrived 30 minutes towards the end…

      Reply

      • Umar's Sin

        April 16, 2014 at 08:12

        Damn that’s the time the b word starts dropping. If it’s one thing I hate, it’s coming late to movies.

        Reply

        • Rince the Unhuggable

          April 16, 2014 at 08:17

          Agreed. Funnily enough, with another ex although late for every movie I wanted to see, she was 30 minutes early for the Titanic… As if getting there early would change the outcome…

          Reply

          • Umar's Sin

            April 16, 2014 at 08:38

            Lol She believes Jack will live man, don’t crush that dream

        • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

          April 16, 2014 at 08:45

          Nah man, if she aint ready when we suppose to leave, then I leave without her, No ways in Hell i am missing my movies…

          After doing that twice, it was amazing to see her ready 🙂

          Reply

          • Rince the Unhuggable

            April 16, 2014 at 08:49

            *After doing that twice, it was amazing to see her EVER AGAIN. Fixed for you 😉

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            April 16, 2014 at 08:52

            Nope, it is easy my man…. We have a certain time to be there, I am NEVER late, so either you are ready on time, or I have a nice quiet evening at the movies…

      • Admiral Chief in Space

        April 16, 2014 at 08:15

        For a few seconds I thought you were going to say bf…

        Reply

      • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

        April 16, 2014 at 08:38

        The b? The boy? PEDOPHILE!!!

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief in Space

          April 16, 2014 at 08:38

          O_O

          Reply

        • Rince the Unhuggable

          April 16, 2014 at 08:41

          Wow, someone needs more coffee 0-o

          Reply

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            April 16, 2014 at 09:11

            *HEAVY BREATHING*

      • Jedi JJ

        April 16, 2014 at 08:38

        The B? You sure not the D?

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief in Space

          April 16, 2014 at 08:38

          XD

          Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        April 16, 2014 at 09:46

        You should give the d to the b, then slap the b on the a and then tell the b to get to f out of your house.

        Reply

    • MakeItLegal

      April 16, 2014 at 11:17

      Coment of the year

      Reply

  2. Admiral Chief in Space

    April 16, 2014 at 07:57

    Heh, Bioware. Made me play through the WHOLE ME1 and ME2 AGAIN to get my perfect save ready for ME3

    Reply

    • Rince the Unhuggable

      April 16, 2014 at 08:17

      Yeah, they do that. I think OVG has don that at least 5 times (as in all of them), just to see the difference. Apparently it makes a huge 3 coloured difference 😉

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief in Space

        April 16, 2014 at 08:19

        XD

        And to think, that was after I completed ME1 about 7 times, and ME2 about 13 times, then had to do it again.

        To put it into perspective, take the above quantities, and guess how many times I finished ME3?

        Only 4 times.

        The ending kinda broke my spirit (that was the pre-fixed-ending-thingy-thing)

        Reply

        • Rince the Unhuggable

          April 16, 2014 at 08:20

          Shame man. Nah, OVG and I love the game for the story and what you can do. That being said, still sore from ending too.

          Reply

          • Admiral Chief in Space

            April 16, 2014 at 08:22

            Man, dat story, soooooooo goooooood.

            I really felt like I was Shep, and that my choices made a difference! That is, until I came to the end of ME3….

          • Rince the Unhuggable

            April 16, 2014 at 08:23

            Yeah, being offered the fucking Doppler affect as an ending was a bit painful.

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          April 16, 2014 at 08:24

          I completed ME1 & 2 6 times each. ME3… once.

          Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      April 16, 2014 at 09:27

      and then the ending……

      Reply

    • derp

      April 16, 2014 at 11:24

      I have lost count of how many times I have played ME-ME3. The Citadel DLC did not help the situation with it’s significant amounts of unique content for each romance option.

      Reply

  3. Rince the Unhuggable

    April 16, 2014 at 08:13

    Actually looking forward to this game. I really hope they go back to a structure like Origins, loved that game so damn hard! Morrigan! Come back, wait, you have a child now, stay back!

    Reply

  4. Alien Emperor Trevor

    April 16, 2014 at 08:22

    I already have a love/hate relationship. I’d love to play DA:I, but I hate EA.

    Reply

  5. Rince the Unhuggable

    April 16, 2014 at 08:24

    Zoe! I thought this was DA love? You are WRONG!

    Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      April 16, 2014 at 08:33

      bwhahahahahahahaha WIN!

      Reply

    • oVg Errorist

      April 16, 2014 at 08:46

      Its the new Godzilla porno from Japan.

      Reply

      • Rince the Unhuggable

        April 16, 2014 at 08:49

        BWAHAHAHAHAH!

        Reply

        • oVg Errorist

          April 16, 2014 at 08:53

          nom nom nom nom

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            April 16, 2014 at 09:26

            LOL!

          • Rags

            April 16, 2014 at 10:29

            ROFL!

    • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

      April 16, 2014 at 08:46

      Mah Eyes…Nooo

      Reply

    • oVg Errorist

      April 16, 2014 at 08:49

      Nom nom nom nom

      Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      April 16, 2014 at 09:24

      HAHAHAHA!

      Reply

  6. oVg Errorist

    April 16, 2014 at 08:42

    After spending 2 thirds of DA2 staring at a fcking loading screen for some of the shitiest cut and paste graphics…

    You can keep it.

    THE WITCHER 3 Please. DEATH to the Elves.

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    • Mossel

      April 16, 2014 at 08:47

      You mean scoia’tael?

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        April 16, 2014 at 09:21

        You know how it’s spelled? Kill the elf lover!

        Reply

        • Mossel

          April 16, 2014 at 09:23

          No one knows how it is spelled. I’m pretty sure they just wing it in the game and see what happens.

          Reply

    • Rince the Unhuggable

      April 16, 2014 at 08:49

      Kill the scoia’tael/Elves. Arrogant shits.

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief in Space

        April 16, 2014 at 08:56

        Nah man, they just misunderstood that’s all

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      • oVg Errorist

        April 16, 2014 at 08:56

        I am not joking. The loading screens in DA2… Im surprised people did not pull their hair out. Instead they complained about the one cave.

        There was a loading screen that lasted 10 seconds every 50 paces.

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        • Rince the Unhuggable

          April 16, 2014 at 09:01

          Bugger that.

          Reply

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          April 16, 2014 at 09:14

          You would have loved the loading screens in the unenhanced edition of Witcher 1. I could go to the kitchen, boil the kettle & make a cup of coffee. LITERALLY. I used to keep my book handy so I could read for a bit while the loading screen was up.

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          • Rince the Unhuggable

            April 16, 2014 at 09:18

            Damn!

          • Mossel

            April 16, 2014 at 09:24

            That;s why my guitar is right next to my pc. Jam some riffs while I wait for the next scene.

  7. Kensei Seraph

    April 16, 2014 at 08:56

    FFS.
    I forgot I was avoiding news on DA:I because then I would want DA:I, and now I really really want DA:I.

    Reply

    • oVg Errorist

      April 16, 2014 at 08:59

      The lore is fantastic. A pity Bioware allowed EA to rape and pillage DA2 and turn it into Dragon Effect 2.

      Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      April 16, 2014 at 09:26

      Like Zoe said hopefully the sex scenes will be less weird and in DA:I it wpuld be done by people who actually has had sex.

      Reply

      • oVg Errorist

        April 16, 2014 at 10:17

        What amazes me is how many production babies are always named at the end game credits. So much sex during the making of a videogame.

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        • Norm the Horrible

          April 16, 2014 at 11:15

          Valid point there!

          Reply

      • Kromas

        April 16, 2014 at 10:24

        HAHAHAHA … comment of the week.

        Reply

  8. Norm the Horrible

    April 16, 2014 at 11:17

    I admit… I’ve never played any of these games.

    :<

    Reply

  9. MakeItLegal

    April 16, 2014 at 11:37

    Ah … I tried dragon age 2 , played 4 hours before I got Bord ( ps 3) it was the worse graphics ever jeeZ , maybe I didn play enough , but worse bio ware game I ve played by far

    Reply

  10. Brenz

    April 16, 2014 at 12:18

    Busy playing ME3 right now. Trying to get Liara into my bed, got a weird thing for human/alien relations…..

    Reply

    • Her Highness the Hipster

      April 16, 2014 at 14:19

      me too! but having boned her in ME1 seems to be improving my chances.

      Reply

      • Brenz

        April 16, 2014 at 14:41

        Shes playing hard to get, but I know shes into me, just gotta turn up the charm.

        Reply

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