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On Dragon Age Dreadwolf...

      The Dragon Age games hold a special place in my gaming heart/library—Dragon Age Origins was a transcendental (and I don’t use that word very often) game that not only pushed the envelope of my pre-existing notions of what a Role Playing Game can be but it’s also the very first game where I felt myself emotionally involved in it’s rich story, world and characters in ways that very few games have managed to made me do. And I did enjoy Dragon Age 2 a lot, too, despite it’s many flaws (most of which stem from it’s short development time). Although it was a far cry from it’s predecessor in terms of world design and scale, the newly added flourishes to it’s combat did balance out things for me. In the end I felt DA2’s gameplay was an evolved version of it’s predecessor and a step in the right direction.   Sadly, I couldn’t get to play Dragon Age: Inquisition cause EA decided not to release the game in my country (India) but after watching tons of gameplay videos and story related cont