Dragon Age: Inquisition “Discover the Dragon Age” Dev Diary

BioWare has published a developer diary-cum-trailer for Dragon Age: Inquisition showcasing some of the environments for the title, no doubt in part to shake off the memory of Dragon Age II’s recycled areas, accompanied by a write-up on their official blog. We’ll begin with the trailer:

And then proceed to the write-up:

Dragon Age: Inquisition is BioWare’s first next-gen game. It’s also our most ambitious game to date! Nowhere is this more visible than in the incredible size and diversity of locations, life, and hidden places you’ll discover on your journey.

Our new (Discover the Dragon Age) video highlights only some of the locations you can choose to visit during your adventure. Each area in the video has its own realistic ecosystem with predators, prey, factions, and opportunities to expand your Inquisition.

The world’s population is based on an emergent system that adjusts what you’ll encounter based on how your actions tip the balance in the area. You’ll see towns attacked by bandits, deer fleeing from wolves, giant’s feeding on bears, and countless other scenarios.

To be honest, judging by what they show in the 2:21 minute video, I have to say they seem on the right track: not only it seems like there are a lot more environments to play around this time, but they also seem a lot more varied than they were in both previous titles. BioWare still has to prove these environments will be interesting to explore, but this is nonetheless a positive sign.