skeletonbow: When I read what they're saying the way I read it is that they're saying you can play that game multiplayer without having to buy anything, so it's worth looking at as it is free if everyone ends up enjoying playing it, but it does not come with the single-player part of the game so you have to pay for that if you want it. I didn't get the impression they were saying it was notable as much as they were pointing out the fact it is free and that might be appealing for a group of gamers looking to find a new game without wasting money. That was my impression anyway, I could be wrong.
HunchBluntley: If that were the case, I would agree with you that that's a cool way to do things. However, I'm pretty sure that
DAI's multiplayer is included with (and only available with) purchase of the game. But then, I also may be wrong. :)
You're perfectly right, Skeletonbow, I meant exactly that! ;) Which means you were wrong, HunchBluntley, because things have changed.
Up until now the DA:I multiplayer was free and you could download it from Origin, it also included a 6-hour single player trial alongside the free MP. However it's been removed from their catalog this month, as Google cache shows it was still up and working on June 6th, so my wager is they removed it with beginning of the Origin summer sale or around that.
The DA:I multiplayer is free and you can play it if you download the DA:I trial, which is the full game but with a 6 hour free single player trial and the free MP. But because of the recent changes on the Origin store, the free MP no longer has an individual page on the website and is only viewable on the Dragon Age client store (which you have to dowload anyway to be able to play teh game). Otherwise I'd link to it, just a month ago or so it was still online.
The DA:I Trial that included the 6-hour SP and free MP was on Origin for over a year, and only about two weeks ago it changed, so from now on Hutchley can say it isn't free anymore. :D You can still play the game (and all of EA's game catalog) for 4.99 a month though, so five dollars/Euro for a month to try out the MP and SP sounds good to me. (Oh, and I took some liberties when quoting your two posts and corrected some stuff. :D)
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:UwSqFxHj_ucJ:https://www.origin.com/en-es/store/buy/dragon-age-inq-f2p/pc-download/base-game/standard-edition+&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=cz It's a pity, I hear the multiplayer was great! I should've grabbed it while I could, as someone told me they can still access the Trial despite the EA live support telling me you shouldn't be able to. I guess it's probably them trying to make me feel better about it, haha!