so it goes

I understand the disappointment, I really do, but I think people might be blowing the whole world state thing a bit out of proportion. "This is SPITTING IN THE FACE of long-time fans" no it's not Steve, calm down.

The series has always had to compromise when it comes to the state of the world because so many of the choices (especially from the end of Origins) were so wildly different that trying to build a sequel from so many conflicting factors would be more or less impossible. It's why we've never seen the Architect again, because him being alive or dead has HUGE ripple effects that are damn near impossible to write around.

Heck, it was entirely possible for Anders to die at the end of Awakening, but the writers wrote around it by saying "oh no he actually faked his death" even though logically that made very little sense because at that point he'd have absolutely no reason to do that? But Anders was in the sequel so that had to come up with something.

Basically nothing from Dragon Age 2 was important in Inquisition - Hawke siding with Mages or Templars made no difference, Anders being alive or dead made no difference, whether Carver or Bethany were dead or Wardens or whatever made no difference. We got some flavour text and that was literally it, everything else played out exactly the same.

Hell, the Temple of Sacred Ashes gets blown to bits at the beginning of Inquisition, rendering everything to do with that quest from Origins basically moot. And we've never gone back to Orzammar, and everything we have heard from it has been kept super vague, because depending on who the King is and if Branka is still alive there things would look WILDLY different.

It's why I highly doubt we'll be able to side with Solas and help him tear down the Veil because that would result in basically a whole new world being created. Imagine them trying to make Dragon Age 5 and being like "okay 50% sided with Solas and tore the Veil down and 50% kept the Veil intact....wtf now what do we do--?"

Again, I understand the disappointment, but I just hope once the dust has settled and people calm down a bit they'll see that, realistically, very little has changed. Your saves are still there, your experiences and enjoyment of the games and the characters and the story are still there, but they were always gonna have to draw the line SOMEWHERE. And that's not to say none of our previous choices will come back - if we get another game, or a spin off or something they'll probably do what they're doing with the Inquisitor now. They're just taking what's relevant to the story they are trying to tell.

Again, and i cannot stress this enough, your disappointment is completely valid but the bursts of hype to complete doom spiraling needs to stop peeps.

At this point either you like what you’ve been shown or you don’t and have to decide to make or not make the purchase. No matter how much you love the IP (and i as many others most certainly do) you have to make an informed decision on the singular product and leave it at that.

If this is what breaks it for you that’s valid, be sad, disappointed and complain, it’s your right as a consumer. But to go around yelling the building is on fire and we’re all gonna die like some have been doing is very much not needed. I mean it, the dramatics i’ve seen on here about this would make someone believe bioware was personally responsible for the 2008 housing crisis or something.

Me personally even though i am disappointed by this decision i have loved everything they have released so far about the game. The companions, the art style, the combat, the CC, pretty much everything i have seen would’ve made me get the game even if it wasn’t dragon age. If you’re like me take a deep breath, think about it and continue to enjoy yourself and be excited for all the new things we’re about to see.

Life is already too crappy to make something fun that’s a hobby into a problem or another source of misery.