With excellent action, a compelling and committed voice cast and striking character designs, you'd think Dragon Age Absolution could coast by with merely the Dragon Age aesthetic as a paint job, but as a long time fan of the games and exterior material, Inquisition in particular, by the opening of the fourth episode I was enjoying these factors, but sold by others - that it's a tight, contained and emotional story which aims it's ambition at precisely the right spot in terms of scale and scope is what makes this worth watching.
By keeping the adventure focused on a small group of characters within only a handful of rich environments, Absolution uses contained devices in its approach, speaking to the narrative strengths of the series in the most important ways, paying homage both visual and spiritual to what really makes this series tick; the layered motivations and choices of a cast of diverse characters and how their convictions overlap when thrust into the traditions of family, creed and country.
There's a great pace to the story, including locations which we've long been waiting to see in the franchise, but Absolution doesn't get bogged down in the details of heavy lore or overloading potential new audiences with uneeded details, meaning this could be a great jumping in point before Dreadwolf.
A really enjoyable, digestible chunk of exciting animation with great action and a helping of DA goodness. Nothing to dislike in this at all!
By keeping the adventure focused on a small group of characters within only a handful of rich environments, Absolution uses contained devices in its approach, speaking to the narrative strengths of the series in the most important ways, paying homage both visual and spiritual to what really makes this series tick; the layered motivations and choices of a cast of diverse characters and how their convictions overlap when thrust into the traditions of family, creed and country.
There's a great pace to the story, including locations which we've long been waiting to see in the franchise, but Absolution doesn't get bogged down in the details of heavy lore or overloading potential new audiences with uneeded details, meaning this could be a great jumping in point before Dreadwolf.
A really enjoyable, digestible chunk of exciting animation with great action and a helping of DA goodness. Nothing to dislike in this at all!