Here's a hint...
I, of course, bought the Game of the Year edition, because I just can't do without the added DLC (that costs $15 each and so more than the cost of the game in this case) and the extra goodies that came with it.
Unfortunately, I've run into some problems with the game.
I haven't been able to access any of the extras that are included in the GOTY edition: no weapons, mounts, or DLC. So I made a ticket through the EA/Origin website, and had even more problems with that. The first response was speedy, but was just informing me that I should wait longer - despite already having waited 5 days - before expecting it to show up. The next response took about a day, and after that I waited almost a week to get a response, and that was with me sending out daily requests for aid.
I don't know if this was the reason, but I finally gave up and contacted BioWare, telling them that I love their game but am probably never going to buy another one because of the EA/Origin [lack of] customer service. Shortly afterwards I received a special personal email from someone who works at EA. He informed me that he would be helping me and that he may need to access my account, which I agreed to. Well, it still hasn't been fixed, and he's off for the weekend and works extremely early in the mornings, so I'm SOL for now, at least until Monday.
One person responded to my original EA ticket saying that I should un/reinstall the game.
Given that my max internet speed is 6 Mbps which generally equates to 800 Kbps download speed, I'm loathe to do it. I barely managed to free up enough space on my multiple hard drives to be able to cut/paste the folder onto another drive, saving the game while I download another copy. (More hard drives is at the top of my Christmas wish list.)
I have spent almost 70 hours in game so far, without my precious extras. My first two characters were modeled after the Daenerys example found here: http://imgur.com/a/sAeSn
I don't really like the way either turned out, especially in the eyebrow area, and the game also does this really gross thing where when you're standing in shadow your face looks like a raccoon wearing makeup.
Here's an example of what I mean.
In my opinion it looks pretty gross. (Plus her eyebrows are all wrong.)
Sadly, that's the character I've spent the most time playing, mostly because every character I've made since still ends up looking like that.
It seems like a combination of the blush and eye makeup compounded by the lack of direct light, and it's just awful. So I made a new character and she still looks pretty messed up.
This is my most recent character, made today, at the request of the EA employee who said I might find the items on a new character I made.
As you can see, the game has the potential for beautiful characters, it just falls short when not in cinematics or at least conversation.
I hope I'll continue to be happy with this one, who I named Elysia.
As you may have noticed, I've chosen to play a mage - at least for my first time through.
I found this article after I started that confirmed that it was a good choice. http://kotaku.com/tips-for-playing-dragon-age-inquisition-1660270767
I like how it adds into the storyline of the battle between the mages and templars.
Based on the amount of time I've spent in-game so far and how I'm nowhere near done nor am I sick of it, you can definitely say I'm enjoying this game and am glad I got it. If you, like me, can find the GOTY edition for $39.99 I recommend picking it up, and hopefully the extras and DLC work for you (unlike me)!
The only other RPG that's not an MMO that I've played extensively was Skyrim, and I'm still not done with that game. Yeah, there's an awful lot to do in that game, but I also kept encountering bugs and glitches the second time around (the first time my character, that I had progressed farthest with, disappeared). So I haven't spent too much time going back and giving it another shot, because the bugs have been quite annoying. I may give it another go once I'm done with this, though. Of course, I also play The Elder Scrolls Online, which, while not perfect, I also recommend.
Thanks for reading and ...
"May all your hits be crits, and all your loot be epics..."
edited to add
I've also encountered this glitch that makes my weapon damage animation trail behind in the sky. It's really annoying. Has anyone else seen this?
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