History VideoGame / DragonAgeInquisition

*** The Red Templar Archers get [[CoolSword similar looking bows]], which bear a slight resemblance to [[Berserk Irvine's]].

* AntiMagicalFaction: The purpose of the [[http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Inquisition original Inquisition]], before it joined forces with the Chantry and was splintered into various branches. What path the new Inquisition follows depends on your choices (and the first brand-new companion announced is a mage advocate).

* AppliedPhlebotinum: Red lyrium returns, only this time an entire order of Templars has dug it up to use. True to form, it grants them immense power, at the cost of horrifying mutations and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity mass deportation from the lands of rationality]].

Here is your damn {{Cool Helm|et}}.]]

* DuringTheWar: The game takes place during the Mage and Templar war that began in the final chapters of ''[=DA2=]''.
** And if Asunder and the blurb of Masked Empire is to be believed, an Orlesian civil war and a elven uprising.

Here is your CoolHelmet to mark the occasion.]]

Here is your CoolHelmet to suit the occasion.]]

* BenevolentArchitecture: Thanks to the shift to the Frostbite engine, ''Inquisition'' will feature destructible environments. This includes things like knocking out the supports of a bridge, causing it to collapse from under the archers standing on it, toppling pillars to create cover from ranged enemy attacks, or destroying cover the enemies themselves are using. Presumably, though, [[MalevolentArchitecture it can go the other way]].

* CoolSword:
** It goes without saying that the party will be able to find several of these.
** The Red Templars use glowing red swords that bear a disturbing resemblance to Meredith's red lyrium sword from the previous game. As creepy as they are, they still look cool.

* HorsebackHeroism: ''Inquisition'' will feature [[MountedCombat mounts]] for the first time in the series.

** For the Inquisitor (and for everyone else), the solution is the new crafting system, which allows you to produce replicas of equipment you already own from the materials (and thus colors) you prefer but with the same stats.

Instead of [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins the Warden]] or [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Hawke]], the player takes control of a [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent new protagonist]], the Inquisitor. Similar to ''Dragon Age: Origins'', players can customize this hero's class, gender, and race (human, elf, dwarf or Qunari). After a cataclysmic event plunges Thedas into turmoil, the Inquisitor is tasked with rebuilding the ancient [[TitleDrop Inquisition]][[note]]originally an AntiMagicalFaction from the Divine Age, which merged with the Chantry nine centuries ago and eventually split into the now rogue Templar Order and [[InternalAffairs Seekers of Truth]][[/note]] and leading it to restore order and hunt down the agents of chaos.

Here is your CoolHat to suit the occasion.]]

Instead of [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins the Warden]] or [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Hawke]], the player takes control of a [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent new protagonist]], the Inquisitor. Similar to ''Dragon Age: Origins'', players can customize this hero's class, gender, and race (human, elf, dwarf or kossith). After a cataclysmic event plunges Thedas into turmoil, the Inquisitor is tasked with rebuilding the ancient [[TitleDrop Inquisition]][[note]]originally an AntiMagicalFaction from the Divine Age, which merged with the Chantry nine centuries ago and eventually split into the now rogue Templar Order and [[InternalAffairs Seekers of Truth]][[/note]] and leading it to restore order and hunt down the agents of chaos.

[[caption-width-right:330:[[{{tagline}} The Inquisition Begins.]]]]

* DialogueDuringGameplay: Party banter returns.

* AppliedPhlebotinum: Red lyrium returns, only this time an entire order of Templars has dug it up to use. True to form, it grants them immense power, at the cost of horrifying mutations and mass deportation from the lands of rationality.

* BrokenBridge: You won't be able to access an enemy castle for instance unless you've first recruited enough forces in story quests to lay seige to it.

* ArtifactOfDoom: Red lyrium returns, only this time an entire order of Templars has dug it up to use. True to form, it grants them immense power, at the cost of horrifying mutations and mass deportation from the lands of rationality.

Instead of [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins the Warden]] or [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Hawke]], the player takes control of a [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent new protagonist]], the Inquisitor. Similar to ''Dragon Age: Origins'', players can customize this hero's class, gender, and race (Human, Elf, Dwarf or Kossith). After a cataclysmic event plunges Thedas into turmoil, the Inquisitor is tasked with rebuilding the ancient [[TitleDrop Inquisition]][[note]]originally an AntiMagicalFaction from the Divine Age, which merged with the Chantry nine centuries ago and eventually split into the now rogue Templar Order and [[InternalAffairs Seekers of Truth]][[/note]] and leading it to restore order and hunt down the agents of chaos.

** Elves were redesigned again, to look less Human-with-pointy-ears than in ''Origins'', but also less stylized than in ''Dragon Age II''.

* BodyHorror: One of the first boss monsters shown seems to be a Human who has been mutated by red lyrium.

Instead of [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins the Warden]] or [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Hawke]], the player takes control of a [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent new protagonist]], the Inquisitor. Similar to ''Dragon Age: Origins'', players can customize this hero's class, gender, and race (human, elf, dwarf or kossith). After a cataclysmic event plunges Thedas into turmoil, the Inquisitor is tasked with rebuilding the ancient [[TitleDrop Inquisition]][[note]]originally an AntiMagicalFaction from the Divine Age, which merged with the Chantry nine centuries ago and eventually split into the now rogue Templar Order and [[InternalAffairs Seekers of Truth]][[/note]] and leading it to restore order and hunt down the agents of chaos.

** Elves were redesigned again, to look less human-with-pointy-ears than in ''Origins'', but also less stylized than in ''Dragon Age II''.

* BodyHorror: One of the first boss monsters shown seems to be a human who has been mutated by red lyrium.

** The Red Templar use glowing red swords that bear a disturbing resemblance to Meredith's red lyrium sword from the previous game. As creepy as they are, they still look cool.

** The Red Templar uses glowing red swords that bear a disturbing resemblance to Meredith's red lyrium sword from the previous game. As creepy as they are, they still look cool.

** EnemyCivilWar: The schism between the [[InternalAffairs Seekers]], the [[ChurchMilitant Templars]] and the [[TheChurch Chantry]], following the dissolution of the [[BindingAncientTreaty Nevarran Accord]] in ''Asunder''. The "enemy" part varies based on your character's take on the whole issue.

* DrivingQuestion: The identity of the HiddenVillain.

* HiddenVillain: The Inquisitor has a single, equal adversary working against them from the beginning.

* IsometricView: Not technically isometric, but definitely a throwback to the isometric view in ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'', the (PC-only) tactical overhead view from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' returns in ''Inquisition'' for all platforms.