MadCap's Game Reviews - "Dragon Age: Inquisition - The Descent"

The Deep Roads. In the lore of Dragon Age, it is a place of foreboding and darkness that once served as a means of transit between the many thaigs that made up the vast dwarven empire.  Now, they are a charnel house.  A terrifying carnival show putting on full display the horrors of the twisted aberrations known as the Darkspawn. Their frenzied cries echoing through the halls of a civilization that has lost so much of itself.

...that is, until now.

The Descent is the second of Dragon Age: Inquisition's DLCs, this time going from the surface of Thedas and going into the Underdar-err, the Deep Roads.  Unlike the previous DLC, Jaws of Hakkon, this DLC cannot be taken until the player character has played through the main quest up to the destruction of Haven by Corypheus...err, spoiler alert.  Thus, it was once more time to take up the staff of Adaon Trevelyan fresh off the heels of his defeating of Hakkon, and answer to the call of a War Table quest to deal with a Disaster in the Deep Roads.

Long story short...yeah, we don't actually learn anything besides the fact that the Titans (mentioned in one bit of dialogue if you played as a dwarven Inquisitor, which I didn't) are connected to the dwarves in a deeply intrinsic manner that has yet to be fully understood.

Not much to say besides that, however.  Really, there isn't.  While we have some interesting story bits, a few creative puzzles, and even a few new enemies there isn't too much that we haven't seen before.  Also, the lack of answers isn't at all helpful.  While I'm certain this is a set up to something later - much like Origins' Witch Hunt, DAII's Legacy, and Trespasser which we'll be covering next week - it feels largely unsatisfying for what we have to go through to get anywhere for it.

It's not to say the combat isn't involving, because it is as always. But that's only part of what we need and Descent just doesn't deliver on it.  No, not even for the price.  A few hours for a confusing ending that is not so much an ending as someone holding up a card going "Sequel Tease!"

Dragon Age: Inquisition's "The Descent" DLC is now available to download for PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One.

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