I hate to be another 'omg origins is hard' post, but I was not experiencing these issues in 2009 or my subsequent playthroughs!
I haven't gone back to it since DA2 was released. I've done several replays of all the other games in the series, Veilguard got half a replay then I decided to try Origins again instead.

I don't use mods, try to fully explore every corner, loot/talk to everyone, etc. I managed the tactics and am -constantly- pausing to issue orders. I got to Denerim and I think I was doing New Ground quest? It's nighttime and I kept getting attacked by guards. I tried several times and couldn't get past them.

I'm enjoying the challenge, older games are more difficult and I've got to get back in the groove. Do you have any tips or reminders for getting stuck like this?

*edit: I mention pausing in that way to prove I am utilizing the feature, not to complain about it :)
Thanks for the tips everyone

Anyone else have beef with the new gameplay system that is introduced to the player in inquisition?

Control and cosmetics of the game were fairly similar in da:origins/awakening and da2 so it wasn't much of a bother to continue the game.

However in inquisition it's a whole new thing? Please tell me there are others who find it bothersome or difficult (especially the fighting system!) and Imm not the only one or just suck at it.

Edit: I forgot to add. Is there anyone who played it both on pc and console to maybe be able to compare the playing difficulty? Is it fairly better on one or the other? Or maybe they feel the same

I played through DA origins for the first time on Xbox recently. 70 hours all the way to the end, didn’t crash once. With this game being from 2009 with no remaster I was sure it’d be crashing quite often, it was a pleasant surprise.

So I normally side with Bhelen, but I'm playing as a Dwarf Noble and I just don't see it happening this time. I know a lot of people justify it with it is better for the dwarves, Bhelen played the game better, etc.

For me however....fuck that I'm getting revenge. As a Grey Warden you are pretty much done with Orzammar anyways.

So I've managed to harden Leliana without realizing she wouldn't abolish the Circles if hardened, and I did her personal quest more than ten hours ago. I've finished the Jaws of Hakkon and The Descent between then and now (and I reeeeally don't want to fight Hakkon or the Guardian again >.>). Is there any way for me to fix this where I am now, or do I have to go back to before I did her quest for any edits to work? I tried editing once to change my world state so Alistair was the king of Ferelden and wouldn't get left behind in the Fade, but it didn't work, so I don't have high hopes. I found a mod that makes it easy to soften her but only works before her quest, so if I absolutely have to, I might go back to a save from before. But I figured I should ask here first before doing anything.

I like to play all my games on the hardest difficulty, but DA2 is the only game where I always give up trying, it is the 3rd time now I'm already thinking about giving up, there are so many enemies, but I can't use AoE speels because of friendly fire, the enemy spawns aways at the corner of the map, so my ranged character are constantly getting flanked.

Is there any guide or video that helps you make your character look just like him? i’ve looked it up but i haven’t had any luck.

do people still even cosplay dragon age these days….? probably. anyways. hi im a newcomer dragon age fan. im working on an anders cosplay and am seeking out to maayyybeee set up a dragon age cosplay meetup at a con in october if possible. garnering interest. how common are dragon age cosplays these days? do people still go out for it. i need it

I thought I had seen all the cheese wheels in DAI but today I found one after closing the rift near Grand Forest Villa

Started up another play through. I'm sure I've missed plenty in my dozens of previous plays. Tell me your favorite secrets or Easter eggs. Or anything you enjoy doing in DAI (like punch Solas in the face lol).

Don't worry, l plan on leaving the Hinterlands. And skipping those pesky shards.

ETA please feel free to suggest mods as well!

I’m just starting another run through the series (I can’t help myself), and I got to thinking: when is that buy in moment of “okay, the story is really kicking off”?

For me, I realized that it’s not character creation. It’s not even the end of the prologue, necessarily.

Since I’m sitting on my moment in Origins, I’ll start off with that: Origins really “kicks off” for me with “Well, well, what have we here…”

For whichever game(s) of the series you enjoy or go back to…what’s that moment, for you?