...I'm the only loser playing this on last-gen, aren't I?
*sob*

(Game's been pretty good, but the more I've been exploring the more I wish I had invested in a PS4 for this.)

I don't have a PS4/XBox One, either, but I just kinda prefer PC gaming for the most part these days so.

Well I can't force the image to work but yes aside from not having a lot of room for more gaming gear than a large laptop I tend toward PC gaming these days as well.

It's strange that I'm exactly the opposite. I just hate navigating non-strategy games with a mouse and keyboard. I actually have a PC that runs Skyrim on Ultra settings, but my largest Skyrim playthrough was on PS3 because I immensely prefer the Playstation controller.

That being said, this is really going to encourage me to invest in a PS4 sooner than I had hoped. The PS3 version is pretty good at handling all the standard Dragon Age dialogue and exposition stuff, but the further I'm getting into the game and the more I'm exploring the more I really wish I had those pretty current-gen graphics.

Already liking this enough to know I'm probably going to replay it. Rolling dwarf who generally does what I'd do, or I'd do if I was a good enough fighter to not die immediately anyway. Not sure if I should go Chantry fanatic Quanari or return to my Origin favourite of elf bent on human genocide next time.

Snake you do know you can connect controllers to PCs right?

With a bit of fiddling you can even use PS3 wireless controllers. It takes some fucking around with bluetooth but it's doable.

I'm saying this as someone who tried to play PS3 Skyrim, you really played a pathetic shade of that game.

My complaints about Dragon Age II. Hasn't stopped the game from growing on me, and beating it two or three times.

Also, was Anders right?

Now, I've just purchased Inquisition yesterday, it's installing game data... let's see how this goes. (Obvious spoilers ahead.)

...Intricate class picking system. I'm going to spend forever with this, aren't I? Let's go with a Qunari warrior.

Oh, good. Horrible graphical downgrades on PS3.

R2 to attack? What the...? Oh, I can hold it down. Still terrible, though.

Oh geez. I'm going to get frustrated when I'm blocked by rocks and ankle high walls that make the camera go screwy, aren't I?

Wow, that's quite the lock on.

Oh hey, Varric. Solas.... not sure yet.

That tactical thing is going to take some getting use to.

Oh God, crafting systems.

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Where the balls are the health potions?

On the PS3, health potions are one of the L triggers (L1 or L2, I don't remember which offhand) to bring up the radial menu, then you tap X after drifting with the stick to the potions you want to select.

I will say that I do wish Inquisition's PS3 controls were X to attack 'normally' and have R2 be one of your special ability slots (which would be consistent with the fact that R1 is a special ability slot.)

My PC runs Skyrim on Ultra just fine and, sure, it looked better, but I'm not sure if it looked so much better that it really would have made a tangible difference with my gaming experience. Certainly, the difference between last-gen and current-gen Inquisition is bigger.

I've never really been the type to care much about graphics, what really sets Inquisition apart is how the PS3 struggles to render some of these basic textures in such a way that it arguably looks worse than other recent PS3 releases. Mind you, PS3 Inquisition still looks better than DA: Origins or DA2, so I'm not complaining much, but this is the first time I really wish I had a PS4.

As spoiler free as possible.
 

With Bethseda games it's more the lack of access to mods and console commands to customize your game, or just avoid the pitfalls of shitty pathfinding on companions.

Also, I'm at the point where the game is asking me to choose between Templars and mages (can go to meet each). It seems to be trying to push me toward the Templars (Templar enclave has the big green thing, Redcliffe doesn't, companions seem to be trying to push me to meet them, I had to bring up seeing the mages), but at this point I can think of no logical reason to side with the Templars unless you're roleplaying someone who REALLY dislikes magic.

Yeah pretty much, you're only playing a pretty shitty game unless you've got mods.

Also reasons for siding for and against both come up pretty well. I tend to lean Templar just because the games have in the past shown that mages really can't be trusted not to fuck things right the hell up on their own.

I diagree entirely. Across the last two games the Templars and Chantry have basically taken a bunch of people with bombs wired into their chests, push them into corners, and then act surprised when they go off.