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This handy list of mods makes Dragon Age: Inquisition short enough to play again before Dreadwolf comes outHurry up, Inquisitor
Hurry up, Inquisitor
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I find this list of mods interesting! It’s a way to change the game quite substantially without exactly transforming it, and it’s very in-keeping with my campaign to make games 60% smaller. Still, there’s at least one item on there I’d push back on, but also this isn’t really a new problem forDragon Ageas a series.
Among the mods Brickley suggests is one that makes looting instant, removing an animation of your Inquisitor bending over to pick plants which will honestly save you at least 2 cumulative hours over the course of the whole game. There’s also one to boost loot, and an XP multiplier so you level up way faster. One that I would suggest is absolutely essential is theMore Bantermod. Inquisition is party-based, and there are hundreds of lines of inter-party banter unique to different party combinations you might have, but in the base game they almost never trigger. This mod makes them actually happen, which is good.
I don’t think removing the map Fog Of War is super necessary, although I get the appeal of having all the fast travel locations open straight away. But surely exploration is the most funnest bit of filler content in an RPG? Brickley also suggests one that makes actions at the in-game War Table allhappen instantlyand honestly, I think that one just makes the War Table unfun. I like the War Table! It’s a decent bit of roleplayering in the game and making it all instant turns it into a dreary boxticking exercise. Might as well fuck the table out the window entirely.
People have always been trying to make Dragon Age a bit less annoying, though. Dragon Age 2, which is the cool kids' favourite Dragon Age, has the illusion of having a lot of filler because it reuses a bunch of the same cave maps when you go on missions, but because it’s much shorter than the other two games, the mods are all just to give the women nicer hair. Going back toDragon Age: Origins, one of the most popular mods isSkip The Fade, a mod that removes a chunk of the game on the basis that it is annoying to play through.
