Its that time of year again where we are close to cutting the Turkey, watching the game on the TV where they throw the old pigskin around, and get even closer to Christmas… then we do it all again in 2024! So we here at VGUtv would like to go over games that we are simply thankful to have experienced in our lives, and how they have influenced us.

Just a bit of clarification, while we did a Roundtable back three years ago on “Games We’re Thankful For” this will not be a rehash of that, nor will it include any of said games.

(Editor’s Note: The original post was erroneously taken down due to issues with the Jetpack mobile app – Allan)

Allan Muir – EiC/Admin/Avid Video Game Collector

Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA/BioWare)

Credit: Electronic Arts/BioWare

Dragon Age: Inquisition is the third installment in the Dragon Age series from BioWare and Electronic Arts and picks up after the events of Dragon Age II in which the Mage Rebellion started and everything went to Hell. Inquisition continues the trend of identifying the main character via a title like Dragon Age: Origins (The Warden) and Dragon Age II (The Champion) did before it. In the case of Inquisition it is first The Herald of Andraste until ultimately becoming The Inquisitor. While the game took me most of 2019 to finish, the hours poured into it was well worth it.

There is something about the game that just gave me the feeling of being in a safe comfort zone where I could escape from things and immerse myself in a vibrant vivid world where unbelievable things could happen; once I got out of the Hinterlands that is. The game features some of the most memorable moments that still reside in my mind nearly ten years after it released. From the fall of Haven to the Assault on Adamant Fortress, this game provided a plethora of cutscenes you would normally see in a CGI film.

In addition to the world and the set pieces, the main cast are some of the better written characters compared to Dragon Age II. It would be un-wise of me to avoid mentioning that with this being a BioWare game you can romance just about any of the main cast. Not only that but characters who were introduced in earlier game have more layers to them when compared to past versions, such as Cassandra and Cullen. Not only that but thanks to the tool that BioWare released aptly titled “Dragon Age: Keep” you could import your world state from Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II and all the main decisions made into the two prior games would give your game a unique spin to it rather than being a vanilla world. I could go on more but I am thankful that I played Dragon Age: Inquisition.