Dragon Age Inquisition Telegraph review

[The Fury]

Xeon said:

The Fury said:
So they compare a episodic TV series about boobs and murdering to a video game?

Don't worry, they aren't the main word on video games reviews, the best thing to do is take note of the actual reviewer. Find more of their work and see if they are consistant. Maybe they are overly critical of writing in games, when a lot of the 'fun' is the gameplay only. We all know sometimes the writing in games isn't the most epic award winning master pieces (Yes, I'm talking about Capcom).

An episodic tv series based on one of the most highly regarded fantasy series ever written to boot...  You might be right about their standards.  I still don't think its fair to compare videogame storylines to novels.  Videogames just aren't there yet.

The problem with video game writing is that they still have to incorporate it into gameplay. I'm sure many video games are created by coming up with the gameplay first then the story to fit it, while all other entertainment mediums that have stories in them, it's the story first. But it's the same for anything, for every 30 nonsense stories you'll get one or 2 awesome ones, this is the same for any type of entertainment. You are right, it's unfair of them to compare it to an award winning novel series, when it clearly isn't going for that.