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Posted November 14, 2018
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Leroux: I think when it comes to mundane quests in RPGs the problem is that they often don't fit with the epic main plot. If you're a nobody and you're trying hard to scrape together some coins, they can make sense and feel rewarding to do, but why would a "chosen one" or someone dealing with urgent matters of life or death or even the potential end of the world take the time to water everybody's plants or something? That seems a bit out of touch, as if one part of the developer team doesn't communicate with the other, or as if those things are just in there as lazy filler material or because every other RPG does it the same way (regardless of whether it's bad design).
That.

For example, in Dragon Age: Inquisition your character is, you guessed it, the Inquisitor, and yet I have to spent quite a lot of my time collecting herbs, stones and other materials throughout the whole game. I didn't mind it that much as I enjoyed the game immensly overall but I have to admit these mundane tasks that didn't really fit with my role as the Inquisitor (honestly, I should be the last person to waste my time on this) were often super frustrating.
Posted November 14, 2018
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chandra: That.

For example, in Dragon Age: Inquisition your character is, you guessed it, the Inquisitor, and yet I have to spent quite a lot of my time collecting herbs, stones and other materials throughout the whole game. I didn't mind it that much as I enjoyed the game immensly overall but I have to admit these mundane tasks that didn't really fit with my role as the Inquisitor (honestly, I should be the last person to waste my time on this) were often super frustrating.
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tinyE: I keep hearing to avoid that game like the plague which is odd because Origins has quickly become one of my favorite games of alll time.
Well, my DA journey started with Origins (don't even know how many times I've played it) and continued on to present me still convinced the fourth one is coming... eventually. For me Inquisition was wonderful, despite quite a few issues gameplay wise.
I'm most likely biased and cannot give you an objective opinion on this series. Even some of the books were worth the read for me :)

Still, I stand by what I said earlier - the third game didn't really need all these hours spent on collecting resources...
Posted November 14, 2018
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chandra: *snip*
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mtalsi: *snip*
As I mentioned, i found Inquisition wonderful, Dragon Age is one of my favourite series of all time, to the point I read most of the books (similarly to Mass Effect but that's a different story...)
Collecting all those resources (or the MMO grind as you called it which is, well, what it was really) was still a bit too boring for my taste.
Perhaps what I wrote could have been understood otherwise, I will keep in mind to phrase my thoughts better for the future :)

As a side note, GOG does not equal CDP Red. Although I do understand that, us being sister companies, it's easy to forget. I'm GOG "blue" though :)
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