Dragon Age: Inquisition released on Tuesday to mostly good reviews, scoring an 87 percent on review compilation website Metacritic.
But what's the game like for players? After about ten hours of total playtime, we'll tell you: the game is mostly great.
As with most BioWare games, Dragon Age: Inquisition begins with a quick intro and then throws you into the character creation tool. This time around, the creation tool is so well-developed that you can spend hours designing what your character looks like. You choose from four races: elf, human, dwarf or Qunari. Then you decide if your character is a warrior, rogue or mage.
Then it's time to customize your character's appearance. And this is where BioWare's character creation tool really shines: you can control everything about your character's face: hair style and color, eye color and width apart, size of nostrils, height of ears, color of skin, tattoo designs and more. You'll likely spend at least an hour working on this screen, detailing every part of your character's look. You'll also choose one of two voice options.
Finally, the stories you played in the previous two games work well through Dragon Age Keep and integrate into what other characters tell you, as well as current events. There was some previous concern among players about how the previous games' stories would integrate into the new consoles, but Dragon Age Keep handles the event beautifully, although it does take an investment in time (and memory) to plug in all the details.
First impressions are everything, and so far, Dragon Age: Inquisition is the game to beat this holiday season.
