
Players customize the Inquisitor's physical appearance and gender, among other things. At the beginning of the game, the player chooses a race for their player character: human, dwarf, elf, or Qunari, a playable race for the first time in the series. A sequel, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, is currently in development.ĭragon Age: Inquisition is an action role-playing game similar to its predecessors. Several narrative downloadable content (DLC) packs were released to support Inquisition. It was awarded numerous accolades and nominated for more, including Game of the Year by several gaming publications. Commercially, it was one of the most successful games released by BioWare. The game received some criticism for its filler content, technical issues, tactical view, and aspects of its narrative. Upon release, the game received critical acclaim, with critics praising its exploration gameplay, combat, visuals, writing, characters and customization. Officially announced in September 2012 as Dragon Age III: Inquisition, the game was released worldwide in November 2014 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. Trevor Morris composed the game's soundtrack, replacing Inon Zur, the composer used for the previous games. They had to crunch extensively during development, and because of hardware limitations on older generation consoles several gameplay features had to be cut. Having begun development in 2011, BioWare used EA DICE's Frostbite 3 engine to power the game, though this created many development challenges for the team. Ultimately, BioWare wanted the third Dragon Age game to combine the elements of the first two games in the series. BioWare sought to address player feedback for Dragon Age II as a major goal, which influenced the design decisions of its sequel. The release of Dragon Age II was met with a mixed reception from players who lamented the loss of the complexity of the first game, Dragon Age: Origins (2009).

Players control the Inquisitor or their companions mainly from a third-person perspective, although a traditional role-playing game top-down camera angle is also available.

Dragon Age: Inquisition 's gameplay is similar to its predecessors, although it consists of several semi- open worlds for players to explore. The story follows a player character known as the Inquisitor on a journey to settle the civil unrest in the continent of Thedas and close a mysterious tear in the sky called the "Breach", which is unleashing dangerous demons upon the world.

The third major game in the Dragon Age franchise, Inquisition is the sequel to Dragon Age II (2011). Dragon Age: Inquisition is a 2014 action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts.
