Dragon Age: Inquisition - News Roundup # 4

Colin Campbelle from Polygon has written an opinion piece about the writing in Dragon Age: Inquisition.  A quote about the characters:

In this game, BioWare has delivered characters who feel real. They feel real because the writing team, headed up by David Gaider, managed to write them that way. Writing is something BioWare has always done well, but here, the team has excelled, filling an expansive world with stories, ideas, words and people who, together, create an immense fictional entertainment. Put it this way: If you're going to spend a hundred hours with a bunch of people, you'd better enjoy their personalities. 

A quote about the writing:

Dragon Age: Inquisition's writing proves that game characters can be deep and complicated, that they don't need to serve as limp puppetry, badly mimicking the favored archetypes of well-meaning programmers. Writing is emerging as a key component of the great gaming experience, certainly in those games where characters are required to speak and to have personalities. Such characters go a long way towards creating a narrative that presses itself into the shape of the gaming experience, rather than floating uselessly above. 

Thanks to Cat Blade at DAI forums at the Bioware forums for finding this.

In other DAI news, Lady Insanity has made two videos with tips how to play DA:Inquisition.
The first video deals with AI and movement.   You can watch it here.
The second video deals with how to play a rogue.   You can watch it here. 

If you're unsure on how the decisions you've made in DA:O and DA2 played out,  
PC Gamer has made a very nice video showing you the choices you can make in the
Dragon Age Keep.  The video is nearly 2½ hours long and can be watched here. 

Thanks to Ace Attorney at the DAI forums at the Bioware forums for finding this.