Dragon Age: Inquisition is a role-playing game and the third main game in the Dragon Age series. It is set in the Thedas continent, the same fantasy world as the two previous games. The story picks up after the events of the supplementary novels Dragon Age: Asunder and The Masked Empire , describing a civil war in Orlais between the loyalists of the ruling Empress and a noble faction led by her cousin Grand Duke Gaspard. After the events of Dragon Age II , the Circle of Magi has gone rogue and the mages are at war with the Templar Order. The player's character enters the game world from the Fade, a breach to another dimension caused by an explosion at a peace conference between mages and templars. Many clerics, including their leader the Divine, are killed and initially the player's character is held responsible for that, as the only survivor to come out of the blast. The character has however no memory of what has happened, but discovers powers that are capable of closing rifts as referred to as the Herald of Andraste.
True to the spirit of the series, the character can be customized for appearance, sex, class and race. The available races are dwarf, elf, human, and Qunari, and the classes are mage, rogue, and warrior with three specializations each. To grow the Inquisition experience needs to be earned by completing quests, which allows the player to further define allegiances and pursue romances.
A custom party can be defined and each member benefits from experience as it opens up access to better weapons and more abilities. Power points open up new areas and Inquisition points define the influence over the region; each new level provides a perk that benefits the entire Inquisition. The main hub for quests is the Inquisition's war table.
The party of four travels to different regions, mainly with the main goal to close a rift and defeat a rival faction, but there are also many sidequests not related to the main story, along with the allegiance towards templars or mages which offers separate missions. Each main mission has a recommended level to start and there are multiple difficulty levels.
For combat, the game can be played as an action RPG, controlling one character while the AI handles the other three, or using a more tactical approach. In the tactical mode, the game is paused and orders can be issued. There are also many more details for enemies shown than previously in the series, such as the HP, strengths and weaknesses. Multiplayer is available for up to four players, working cooperatively with quests separate from the single-player game. It is linked through the single-player game setting as the party members act as agents for the Inquisition. Also entirely new to the series is the introduction of optional micropayments to speed up progress, through the acquisition of the Platinum currency.
Dragon Age: Inquisition was released on November 21, 2014, for the Playstation 3. 
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