I played it day one on PC and then for 70-ish hours and I never really had a problem. The controls had some weird choices but overall it played like an console port.

Makes sense for you to come here Patrick. I look forward to reading your stuff, which is how your "stuff" is best. I remember you hypothesizing about video game writing "going away" but I don't think it is, and Kotaku is a place where that's certainly true.

There are good expansions and bad expansions, just like there are good and bad games. Dishonored, Deus Ex HR, Skyrim, Mass Effect 2, Fallout New Vegas and Bioshock 2/Infinite all got some great expansion content if you ask me. I'm sure there are many more.

Not mocking you or anything, but I really don't understand why people enjoy this stuff in these games. The cinematics and storytelling are really, really poor compared to even a mediocre soap opera series or film. Games should be about gameplay, not awkward polygon romance. Maybe that's just me. /shrug

For all the 9/10 reviews, game of the year awards and whatever else, Inquisition is really a crappy game compared to Skyrim.

It's not just about "having internet" it's about having to connect to their servers every time you want to play. Servers that might go down, that will definitely shut down someday, and which limit the game's functionality and length of existence.

You do realize of course it isn't about "the internet" and actually about connecting to their servers, which might not be reliable and will definitely shut down eventually. Always online anything is a dangerous road to travel for preservation of media.

Yeah. I'm a PC only gamer so in this case it matters not at all to me personally, but all exclusives are annoying and all 3rd party exclusives are REALLY annoying. No one should ever defend it in my opinion.

Dragon Age Inquisition's super repetitive and lame MMO style quests are already causing a backlash against the game from RPG fans. That backlash is only going to grow. Eventually it will be like Oblivion, a game called a classic when it came out but now remembered as pretty weak.

Yeah I agree. I am mostly a film guy too, so when I see shooters try to make their cutscenes into movies it's just grating. However something like Fallout: New Vegas setting me down in a world I can mess with and create my own stories in? That's great.

He's right and wrong. Games should not be a place for cinematic storytelling, which is where so many games fail. Games however can be a powerful and unique storytelling medium in other ways, for example playing different factions and their morality against each other in an RPG, or the wonderful visual and abstract…

Well, yeah... I'm complaining about it... "Jesus this is an MMO without the other people WTF"... etc.

Am I the only one who played 10 hours and then got a refund? This game is an offline MMO like Kingdoms of Amalur, not a tactical singleplayer RPG like the first two were. Every single quest is a boring slog. I couldn't take it anymore.

It actually is an MMO in every way possible without being multiplayer.

I agree, and I fully support her right to say what she wants. However, some of the language from BOTH sides definitely gets way too generalizing, inflammatory, antagonistic and vile. Just like in politics there are people eager to get attention and money on both sides by being exaggerated and refusing to see grey…

It's common, accepted and taught in every college in the country. If you're surprised by it you haven't been paying attention, or critically thinking about advertisements.

I wish sometimes we could allow for arguments against female promiscuity without being all "WELL IT'S OKAY WHEN MEN DO IT!" Maybe the person making the argument against promiscuity feels that way about both sexes, you know? Maybe that person feels like both genders should chill the fuck out with the casual sex.

Compliments are good, but focusing solely on looks is a bit weird for many, so it's probably safer to not do it. I wouldn't call you a jerk for telling someone they're beautiful politely, but it's usually better to focus on hair, outfit or something else like that. It can come of weird and creepy otherwise, to some…

Indeed, being in the situation helps tremendously. I worked as a bartender when I was 23-24 and suddenly I knew what it felt like to be constantly objectified, hit on and even groped. I did not like it (at least, not after a few nights!).

Spot-on.