14 DAY TRIAL // BioWare has talked a bit more about the plot of the upcoming Dragon Age: Inquisition, confirming that it's quite different than the story of Mass Effect 3, its previous game, even if it still deals with a large world-ending event.
Dragon Age: Inquisition launches later this year, in the fall, and BioWare has already revealed quite a few things about the game, its plot, and the characters that will be included.
BioWare's Cameron Lee, the producer of the new title, has talked a bit with OXM about the overall plot and how it's similar, in a way, to the one from Mass Effect 3, but also how it's much more different from the story of the previous BioWare title.
"We have this event that occurs and the world is in chaos, sure, but in Mass Effect, you always knew what the threat was, you always knew that the reapers were there. In Dragon Age: Inquisition, whilst there is a humongous tear in the sky, and all these powerful factions and nations are in chaos – all this is happening at once, and that's a little too strange to just suddenly occur and be coincidence," he said.
"So the player has more of an investment in uncovering what's going on here. And it's not necessarily about uncover some truths and get this person on side in order to deal with the thing at the end, it's a lot more complex than that."
What's more, in the new title, the player will actually lead an organization, in the form of the Inquisition, and interact with others as a representative, while in Mass Effect they were just Commander Shepard.
"And you know, you are a force. Yes you're a character, but you lead this organization, this inquisition, which has a really significant presence in the world, a presence and an influence on these different nations and factions."
"So in Mass Effect you formed factions but it was mostly on a personal scale, whereas in Inquisition you're talking about having a personal impact, but mostly through these big crunchy, meaty decisions and impacts that the Inquisition can have on the world."
Dragon Age: Inquisition is set to debut this fall on PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, and Xbox One.