Having just started playing this game on PC, the largest issues by far are the interface and controls. Some bulletpoints, ordered by least to most severe:
- Uses Skyrim‘s menu style of only being able to see one section at a time (only weapons, only armor, only one type of magic, etc.).
- Cannot bind mouse keys.
- Tactical Mode is an unmitigated disaster.
- Have to hold down the mouse button to move, cannot click on a point and automatically move there.
- No autoattack. You have to hold down the attack button to keep attacking.
- Clicking on an interactable item will not move you to that item, you have to be standing right next to it when you click to use it.
- No more tactics system. Can only enable/disable abilities and set what health threshold to use potions at.
Another issue is that mages have only like half the available spell options they used to. The Entropy school has up and vanished along with nature/spirit damage, leaving you with just Fire/Frost/Lightning & ‘Spirit’, which is a mishmash of a few abilities each from Arcane/Creation/Mind. What the fuck?
It certainly looks fantastic visually though and greatly encourages exploring for items off the beaten path. Time will tell if those rather severe GUI/control issues will eventually outweigh the novelty of exploring open areas for hidden resources. Oh, and here are some bug fixes I found lying around while waiting to start playing the game that may or may not help you:
- Choppy Cutscene Fix: Add ” -GameTime.MaxSimFps XX -GameTime.ForceSimRate XX+” without the quotes (and with XX being replaced by the desired framerate, I’ve had better results using 30 rather than 60 myself) to the end of the target line in your DA: Inquisition shortcut properties. This fix may break starting a new game however, so only enable it on a saved game.
- Banter Bug Fix: Fast travel to a camp. Mount up, dismount, and then rest at the camp.
- Zoom Out Limit Remover: Cheat Engine
- Assassin Token Quest: Apparently you have to defeat two of the assassins before draining the lake and finding the third. And you should save before fighting them in case the token doesn’t drop. Allegedly there’s also a rogue in Valammar by a bridge you can kill that has a chance of dropping them.