I'd have to try DAO to fully understand the differences. But i'm sure you know what i mean when i say it doesn't really grab my attention as other RPGs do.
In Oblivion or Skyrim, i'd lost countless hours of just exploring without losing interest for a second. The exploring bit in DAI is so linear and boring and doesn't feel rewarding.
The lore is confusing and the game gives you too much information at once making it a chore to read it all.
The gear are some of the worse i've seen. I'm not sure what kind of fashion trend they're going for but it just looks too clownish.
I guess it's not my kind of RPG.
I've heard complaints about the boring "the hinterlands", and that its not quite that big on the exploring front. I checked some of the gear and i agree its rather underwhelming, i dont like it eighter.
Lets look what DAO offers in comparison.
On the exploring aspect, you are transitioning between many zones. Its not like "go out and explore" like you only get in an open world rpg (fallout, farcry,selder scrolls), but the zones you go trough are incredibly well done. Actually, i'll go as far as saying that when looking at all of them, there is MUCH more variety in the places you go to in DAO, then in any of the open world RPG's.
lastly, 'ive heard the lore required some looking up to fully understand, or watch youtubes. altho in all honesty, thats exactly the same as Dark Souls :tongue:
The exploring is lineair tho. But very rewarding here. For example you need to find a phylactery in a rather difficult zone to unlock the most OP class in the game (arcane warrior). There are the revenants, wich you can choose to confront or not, wich tend to be extremely tough to relatively tough earlyer on, but some have specific rewards in return.
The big addon for example, had a spectral dragon, wich is entirely optimal, but very hard to fight.
The lore in DAO is easy to get started into, and pretty excellent along the way. trough compagnion quest you find out more stuff aswel. You know what you are doing and why, and its never a predictable end.
The gear in DAO was pretty good. Especially plate (like allways). I disliked it alot when in DA2 when they changed that. I adore the look of the "warden commander plate set" aswel as many others. Not clownish at all, unlike what they did in DAI
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I'm now gonna stop talking about DOA, or 'm installing it again, and completing it entirey, again
