A tear opens in the sky of Thedas, and you spend a hundred hours deciding who you are underneath it.

A profile this consistent is rare. On pure gut feel, Dragon Age: Inquisition sits ahead of 94% of games. And the detail confirms rather than contradicts. The desert island question puts it ahead of 97% of titles, attachment ahead of 85%, fun too, and the controller feel climbs ahead of 91% of games, which was far from obvious for a tactical RPG. The soundtrack holds solid, a little above average. The only neutral line is art style, dead centre in the ranking, but on very few duels, so nothing to settle there. The other lines rest on modest samples too, so the trends still need confirming.

Against BioWare's other big RPGs and the fantasy open worlds of its era, Inquisition bets less on sharpness than on duration: companions, romances, factions, an Inquisition that grows while you play.

So, who is it for? For you if you like settling into a world, making choices that carry weight, and feeling a party bond around you. Much less so if huge zones and long quest lists wear you out fast.