Dragon Age: Inquisition is the Game of The Year (no spoilers)

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Bristow9091 said:
I bought this on Black Friday but haven't had a chance to play it yet, but it looks REALLY good and I can't wait until I get around to it!

I've got to ask though... I've only played Dragon Age: Origins, and not Dragon Age II, is there any part of the story or any references made to the second game, that I won't understand if I haven't played it? ...without any spoilers if possible.

I would say at least one play through of Dragon Age 2 is essential. The whole of what Dragon Age: Inquisition is about is as a direct result of what happens in Dragon Age 2. As bad as a lot of people claim it is (I disagree, I liked it a lot and played it through entirely 4 taimes) the story and characters are very good, as long as you can overlook repetitive environments (not like DA2 is the only game to suffer form this) and enemy waves. If you're interested in the world of Dragon Age you can't miss DA2. But if you just want to play a decent WRPG then I guess you can skip it and go straight to DA:I. 

Dragon Age: Origins, by contrast is more or less an historical curiosity in terms of its direct impact on DA:I.

I really hope this game is sufficiently successful that a 4th game, involving time spent in Tevinter, is guaranteed. I have to say Dragon Age is the only fantasy WRPG that I rate as being any good from among those I've played since the beginning of the 7th gen. I haven't played The Witcher yet, but I found Elder Scrolls to be highly disappointing, and Diablo III was OK but quite a let down. Even though I played the whole of Diablo III in local co-op with my son, which was fun in that respect, in all other respects the game didn't connect with me as well as I'd hoped. I fell for the trap of both games having generally good word of mouth, and that they fit into the broad category of fantasy WRPG, which is one of my favoured genres. Technically Demon's Souls is considered a JRPG so while I would rate that above Drgaon Age, as they live in different sub-genres I get to name both of them as favourites.