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maiaelanora
Rising Rookie
22 days ago

can't access journal, inventory, or companion screens

Using keyboard and mouse. I triple-checked the key bindings, I tried re-mapping them, I have tried everything I can possibly think of. I verified my steam files. I did everything.  I can't play the ...
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  • ShotFromGuns's avatar
    ShotFromGuns
    21 days ago

    A bunch of stuff is locked for a while for absolutely no reason. (I mean, I assume it's to not "confuse" people, but this way seems way more confusing.) Companions, for example, you can't even open the screen until the first time one of them levels up their relationship with you, which for me didn't happen until I hit the end of Bellara's intro quest. If you're not yet to the Veil Jumpers camp, I wouldn't worry about it.

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ShotFromGuns
Seasoned Traveler

A bunch of stuff is locked for a while for absolutely no reason. (I mean, I assume it's to not "confuse" people, but this way seems way more confusing.) Companions, for example, you can't even open the screen until the first time one of them levels up their relationship with you, which for me didn't happen until I hit the end of Bellara's intro quest. If you're not yet to the Veil Jumpers camp, I wouldn't worry about it.

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maiaelanora
Rising Rookie
21 days ago

This is bafflingly horrible game design. Like, we pick up items but can't look at them. We get approval but can't look at our companions. WHY. 

  • ShotFromGuns's avatar
    ShotFromGuns
    Seasoned Traveler
    20 days ago

    Because EA owns Frostbite, so, by god, they're going to force every single studio they've gobbled up to make their games in it, even when it was never designed for RPGs and works hideously terribly for them, with basic, standard, expected RPG features having to be kludged in.

    • maiaelanora's avatar
      maiaelanora
      Rising Rookie
      19 days ago

      Yeah but in Inquisition at least you could access your screens after, like... maybe half an hour. Once you had a party, once you started looting things, you could get to most of your stuff. This is such terrible game design to make you play through two full missions, have a BUNCH of approval/disapproval opportunities, even get you to the Lighthouse where you can look at your aesthetic equipment slots.... 

      and not access inventory. It's stupid. 

      • ShotFromGuns's avatar
        ShotFromGuns
        Seasoned Traveler
        19 days ago

        Deeply, frustratingly, and inexplicably stupid. Which unfortunately describes a lot of choices they made on this game.

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