I’m a fan of removing all race/gender restrictions from romances in Bioware games. I want a bedazzled mask and a blingin’ ball gown that says, “I’m a lady … a lady who is going to kick ass and take names.” Is that so much to ask? I don’t want to wear the same thing as my male date, thanks very much. If I’m going to a ball with fantastic, gorgeous dresses everywhere, as a female Inquisitor, I want a dress. I was in the military for several years, so I’ve actually been in this situation IRL before. Ok, bear with me a moment here – (spoilers ahead) how awesome would a Varric mod be just to see the drama that ensues when his crossbow’s namesake Bianca comes into the picture?! (end spoilers) Anyway, yeah, so the potential romance arc with Varric could be very interesting! It’s kind of like in Mass Effect where all I wanted was to see Tali out of her mask because the curiosity was killing me! Except, uh, now it’s the back of Leliana’s head I want to see. Same as above – I just want to see it happen.

I know, I love Dorian’s mustache, too! But isn’t anyone at all just a LITTLE BIT CURIOUS what he would look like without his curly upper lip caterpillar? Anyone? (My theory is that he would look way less hot without his ‘stache, but I need to see it to confirm hehehe). What is with Bioware spending a bajillion development hours on a great game, great graphics, and great storyline, then only spending 20 minutes on some decent hairs? The first thing I’m going to do when I figure out how to mod DA:I is make some nice hair styles with textures that aren’t crazy shiny! There should be a mod that expands the tactics that you and your companions can use automatically so that combat isn’t as tedious. In fact, the only reason I ever turned on Tactical View was as a makeshift “flycam” to take screenshots. Tactical view was so irritating for me that I never used it and just hacked and slashed my way through the whole game. I wish the combat system were less clunky and boring in DA:I. That being said, here are the top 10 mods that we modding folks need to create, stat! Overall, I’d say DA:I is a great game that will be very enjoyable for anyone who likes RPGs. The only way it could have been a 100 hour game is if I 1) turned on nightmare mode, 2) did every repetitive side quest (hello, collecting Shards, anyone?), and 3) turned off subtitles and listened to all the dialogue instead.

Whew, I just finished my first playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition! I did a fairly thorough and complete run at just under 35 hours (not including my hour on the character creation screen alone, ha!), despite Bioware’s claim of it being a 100 hour game.

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