“All the world will soon share the peace and comfort of my reign,” apparently
Mixing cinematics with in-engine footage, the video offers sweeping views of an ornamental landscape reminiscent ofDragon Age: Inquisition’s map table, with a few placenames picked out for the fans to coo over. We’re shown the city of Treviso in the region of Antiva, a coastal trade centre with bountiful vineyards and, going by the trailer’s mention of the Crows, lots of cloak-and-dagger antics.
There’s also Rivain, a matriarchy that occupies a peninsula just north of Antiva, and is notable for not being part of the Andrastian religion that predominates elsewhere in Thedas. And lastly there’s the kingdom of Anderfels, birthplace of the darkspawn-slaying Grey Wardens introduced by the very first Dragon Age, who operate out of a fortress in Weisshaupt. The trailer blurb summarises the game’s setting as “a vibrant land of rugged wilderness, treacherous labyrinths, and glittering cities - steeped in savage combat and secret magics” adding that “now, its fate teeters on a knife’s edge”.
Which is where you enter the picture. “Thedas needs a new leader – one they’ll never see coming,“the just-launched Steam page continues. “You’ll forge a courageous fellowship to challenge the gathering storm. Friendship, drama, and romance will abound as you bring striking individuals together into an extraordinary team. Become the leader and light the beacon of hope in their darkest moments.”
The trailer also introduces what appears to be one of the game’s antagonists - the aforesaid Stewartalike, a drawling figure who promises that “all the world will soon share the peace and comfort of my reign”.
You might like to wash that down by reading Jeremy’sinterview with Dragon Age writer David Gaider- amongst other things, they discuss the series' handling of romanceable companions. I was too scared to romance anybody in Inquisition, but it would have been a toss-up between Sera and Cassandra, which is sort of like saying you can’t choose between a bottle of absinthe and a cup of very strong tea.
