Dragon Age Inquisition

Companions and organisational growth reward investment, with repetitive tasks and serious version compromises.

Inquisition gives its scale a purpose by turning fieldwork into organisational growth. Companion conversations, personal quests, stronghold development and advisor operations provide visible reasons to build influence. Crafting and party skills make preparation interesting, although errands and collection tasks recur, and the central conflict can be less compelling than individual relationships. Selecting activities matters more than exhausting every icon. The PS3 limitations go beyond simpler visuals. The identified test reports delayed menu and extra-skill inputs, stuttering scenes, late textures and voices out of sync, repeatedly interrupting combat and conversation. Tactical pauses can arrange actions but cannot replace responsive execution. Players willing to invest in companions and the developing organisation may accept these historical compromises. Those who value uninterrupted control should count them as substantial limitations rather than cosmetic differences.

Who it is for: RPG players invested in companions and organisational growth who accept this version’s documented limitations.

Play notes: Independent judgment from Iain Metcalf’s December 13, 2014 PS3 account of roughly 70 hours and Krist Duro’s February 23, 2015 PS3 observations, not our own playtest. Patches and models are unknown; Duro notes an ageing machine. Historical faults are not guaranteed current, and PS4, GOTY additions and current networking are excluded.