Dragon Age Inquisition vs The Survivalists
Dragon Age Inquisition
Dragon Age Inquisition is the third installment of the critically acclaimed choice-driven RPG series, Dragon Age. Set in the troubled land of Thedas, you play as the Inquisitor who is tasked to save the world from itself, but there are many other factors in play, such as a massive demonic invastion and faction war that makes you job a whole lot more difficult. Of course, you will have to make many critical and sometimes morally ambiguous decisions that will change the storyline and set in motion a series of other events, resulting in very different outcomes.Similar to its previous games, you'll lead a band of champions who you can issue individual orders for via the game's incredibly useful pause function. Interestingly, you now can see the whole battelfield from a god's eye vantage point while paused, but if this is not for you, you can try your luck by simply diving into battle. The game also has a vast open world for you to explore along with many hidden secrets for you to find.
Dragon Age Inquisition is an excellent sequel to the series but unfortunately, it didn't get the accolades it so richly deserved mainly because the game was released within the year where The Witcher 3 came out. That said, if you have enjoyed the previous Dragon Age games, then you'll definitely love this one. If you are looking to get into the series, then heed our advice and start with the first game. You'll grow to appreciate the little things that the developers have put into the game. crossbows blazing.
The Survivalists
The Survivalists is a survival-themed adventure game focusing on exploring a vast archipelago filled with hidden secrets and treasures as well as mysterious temples and dangerous terrains. The goal here is not only to make a life for yourself by recruiting and training the local monkeys to help with your many mundane chores, but to find a way to crack the mystery shrouding the archipelago and possibly find a way to finally escape!The Survivalists has a sandbox-style, survival-themed gameplay, which means that you’re expected to gather plenty of resources from the environment, use them to build a base of operations… or even multiple outposts and bases… and make sure you’ve got plenty of protection ready for when the local hostile tribesmen attack you, which they do from time to time.
The map here is simply amazing and if you just love exploring, you’ll find the island-hopping experience here pretty satisfying… that is once you’ve got your raft built. Of course, being set in the tropics, there isn’t a whole lot of different biomes to discover, though there are volcanic and swampy areas that are more dangerous than the normal terrain. Even the sea contains dangers and you’ll do well to avoid the ravenous sharks that are looking for an easy meal.
The best and most interesting part about The Survivalists that really help it stands out from all the other generic sandbox survival games is the fact that you can “recruit” monkeys on the island to help you with any mundane tasks. This encompasses all tasks that can be easily replicated by the monkeys. After all, monkey see, monkey do!
That being said, training your monkeys is, unfortunately, also the most frustrating part of the game. Unlike games with macros, you can’t really save the tasks you’ve taught your monkey as general macros that you can then use whenever you need the same tasks done sometime in the future. Instead, every time you need your monkeys to do something, you’ll have to teach it all over again… which frankly speaking is very annoying.
All in all, The Survivalists is as addictively fun as it looks. Being a survival-themed sandbox adventure, there is plenty of stuff you can craft, items to gather, loyal monkeys to train, and bases to set up as you slowly and steadily explore every inch of the massive archipelago. However, the game isn’t without its flaws and I personally think that the game could have made the monkey-training part a bit more convenient and less annoying for the player.