Any game to compare to Dragon Age: Origins?

[RaMDOM]

So I recently purchased DA:Inquisition GOY on PC and…. Well, why I see it is a good game on its own, in comparison to DA:Origins, it just sucks imo. I really find it hard to play and have shelved it again; I had previously bought it on day of release on the PS4 and did not like the controls. I saw some videos of the PC controls and how it would be easier to direct the party, but really, in practice it is not that good and feels restrictive compared to DA:O.

There is something about DA:I that means you feel like you just do not have control of the battlefield. In DA:O it was the complete opposite. Each encounter on that game used to turn into a real-time battle where I felt I had complete freedom. My main was a rogue which I would send to scout up front to see what I was up against. I would then set up traps, get the rest of the party to hold and arm them all with a bow (despite what class they were. Heaven forbid I try to get a healer to hold a bow nowadays!). I would then agro with my rogue or and AoE spell, get my rogue back to the party, pulling most of the enemy back as well, pulling them through the traps, more AoE spells for them on the way back as well as the rest of the party pelting them with arrows. By the time the enemy actually got to my party, half would most likely be gone and then it would be a case of managing the agro, crowd control, specials and heal. This made you feel powerful and in control, working as one unit. It was ace.

I ploughed over 100 hours into DA:O , the expansions and DLC. I loved it. DA2 destroyed this strategic mechanic with magical appearing enemies so recon and setting up traps became pretty much useless, and in DA:I it just feels like I cannot do it due to the restricted camera movement making it hard to see what is going on.

Are there any other games that will give me the same sort of strategic experience as DA:O? I see that GOG have Neverwinter Nights 2 complete on offer; will the combat and party mechanics work in a similar way? Does it feel as free as DA:O did?

I will leave you with a picture of my seven member party from DA:O with loads of abilities in the action bar, all of which are useful. Can you get that in DA:I??!?!?!??!?!

 

[RaMDOM]

Cheers for the response!

In regards to the suggestions

KOTOR – played, Loved, completed. This game got me into RPGs
KOTOR 2 – I am sure I have a copy of this somewhere. I have started this numerous times and thought that the start compared to the first is SLOWWWWW, so never really played very far into it. But I know I will love it, so good suggestion. Probably the closest to DA:O from the list of suggestions?
Balders Gate 1 and 2 - I am going to say something that means most of you will hate me…. I cannot get into this. I think it is too old for me, graphics wise and gameplay wise. But I may try again as I have a copy of BG1 enhanced
Divinity Original Sin – good suggestion! It is installed and I have out about 15 hours into it before I left it for some reason. Been meaning to start this one again as the party combat is ace. Take away the turn-based and this is very like DA:O in terms of setting up traps and tactics imo.
Wasteland 2 – Again, have this and installed, have played around two hours and yea I like it. Should give it more time.
Pillars of Eternity – Have this and recently gave it another try before Christmas, found it hard to get into really. Got the village near the start with THAT tree, got a few quests and have not yet journeyed out to do them yet. Very text heavy which I am finding hard to get on with
Tyranny – Have not got this and thought I have enough games of similar ilk, that I would hold off until I have finished a few

Will have a look at the Drakensang games; have not really heard much about these

I think I will pick up NWN2. I actually have a boxed copy, but will buy from GOG for the convenience. I remember the performance when it came out was terrible (believe it was on an un-optimised engine) but should be better on my rig now I am guessing.

In regards to the skeletons; this was in the expansion Awakening but I don’t remember much, but you could specialise further and so I had three party members with the ability to get pets; Wolf and enemy res to get the Skele’s. Loved it! You have to get the expansion Awakening and the DLC, all are amazing quality.