This comment section has turned into a ranting reddit page and boy do I fucking love it! Whether you agree with me or disagree, keep the comments going, because if you need to know one thing about me is that I love to argue.
The demons changed because they got more corrupted. You are comparing the games to each other and that's where you are wrong. The games go off of the books!! If you knew the lore, you would know this. We have 3 abilities because it will encourage you to get better weapons and to craft more. You're complaining about stuff they took criticism about and fixed. People complained the fighting was too clunky and slow. Now you're complaining it's not enough. You're complaining about shit that needed to be fixed to fit TODAY'S standard for gaming. Dragon age isn't about the fighting style. It's the fucking story
Thats the problem when studios change staff. New people come in and they instantly want to change stuff to leave their own mark on it. The designs of characters and demons have been pretty consistent through all 3 games. Now, that all the old staff is gone, suddenly we get design changes. The elves and demons are for me the worst of all changes. Elves look like regular humans with pointy ears now. Demons look like frickin floaty neon plastic toys. The pride demon looked so awesome before. Now its multiple eyes are gone and it doesn't even have legs anymore. Why? Why do they change the identity of the previous games? I hate it so much...
The previous games might not have been masterpieces, but they all had an underlining charm and consistency that this one lacks. I hate when games take out perfectly good assets or mechanics in favor for shit no one asked for. So yes, I feel you, this is just a terrible take on an otherwise amazing franchise 😢
I “want” to be excited for this installment of Dragon Age, we’ve waited 10 years for it after all. But I don’t know. The characters look like they were pulled straight from OverWatch or Leaugue of Legends. The demons, that I’ve seen so far, look too generic, and very different from what’s already been established. The combat still needs some tweaking. I think they got a little carried away with character creation. It’s great that there are so many options, but I could care less about “bulge” size or “glute” size, and I definitely could do without the pronouns and all the other DEI crap. It’s too bad that developers are more concerned about pandering than they are about creating a game, for the fans of the series, and working to further the story that is already established. I still want to see and hear more before I make my final decision, but I’m very disappointed and disheartened currently. I can’t say I’m “surprised” however. Because of companies like SBI and their ilk they’ve already destroyed my Assassins Creed, again in a setting that fans have waited YEARS for, the remake of Silent Hill 2, with the new “no attractive women allowed” thing that developers are doing as of late. The state of “new” games is sad indeed.
Having only three abilities or so is crazy, and the fights are so so different. It really doesn't feel like DA. You're totally right that the new demon designs are a downgrade
I am so upset. They had all the ingredients to make a good game. But changing things no one asked for is so stupid. Who complained about the look of the demons? And the only three abilities thing? Especially if you are playing as a mage? Dumb.
Bioware is full of activists now that are making games for the "modern gaming audience" and they're hoping enough old fans are blind enough and just cope and hope that the story will we good. RIP Dragon Age, I'll always remember and cherish my playthroughs of Origins.
That thing in the sky is the Circle/Magisterium. Dorian described it in DA:I. It's very science-fantasy though. Canonically it makes sense that Solas would be in Minrathous, because that's where the lore around the Elves and Veil started. Not to say I think it's all brilliant, I'm deeply worried about how the game is going to be, but those points at least meet canon. I'm PISSED about the limited combat options and the demons. I know the devs have waffled on about "deep lore" and "tactical combat" but come on, you can see how full of crap that is just by looking at the gameplay reveal. I'm not swallowing their spin on those things. Re the combat markers though, you can toggle them off. Also, yes! I'm glad someone has finally mentioned the fact that the NPC's look GREAT, but the companions and PC looks cartoony! I'm so annoyed! Re: Neve, if we're going by earth names, it's either "neveh" or "Neev" depending on where the character came from. I agree that "Nev" sounds weird. I dunno, I'm kinda hopeful about the story but this will probably be my last DA game I buy. It's not even pretending to be Dragon Age anymore. It's just a fantasy action game. If I wanted a game this dumbed down and simplified, and the story TOLD to me rather than shown to and experience BY ME, I'd watch a damn movie. I'm SO disappointed. And HOLY SHIT you're right about Varrick! He was SO judgy about Anders destroying a literal mage concentration camp after more than 5 YEARS of friendship and fighting side by side... but for Solas he's willing to overlook everything because he was his friend for A YEAR?!?! And Solas LITERALLY CAUSED all this trouble... the veil, the blights... EVERYTHING. Damn it. I'm even more annoyed now lol.
I know Circles are prestigious academies back in Tevinter, but I don't know if Dorian ever mentioned they float? My knowledge is limited because it's been a while since I last played DAI. And to be honest, it flying it's not the problem. It's the spotlights. The technology that shouldn't exist. The combat is atrocious and I don't understand what they were thinking. And the thing with Neve is just lazy. I said it in my stream, but she's an ice mage, and her name literally means "snow" in many latin based languages. Tevinter is based on the Roman Empire, so it should be Ne-veh. But that's the least of our problems, to be honest.
15:00 Minrathous has a huge Dwarven population, and three giant robots defending it. The fact they did not add an Ambassadoria faction shows the incompetence of the devs on the lore. The demons and darkspawn look like generic mobile game fantasy monsters now.
To summ it up they nutered the game completely and it absolutely reeks of this just being a corpo product that just came out from the assembly line. Firstly look at the icons of your skills. In Origins we had icons of weapons stabbing people, skulls, blood, fangs etc. now? "Look how shiny and clear it is!" They ruined the Fade demons as well because why not. Implemented DEI elves which makes zero sense but they gotta check out those Blackrock boxes right? After all, satisfying the wants of Blackrock is more important than making a grimdark and believable world.
IT'S SO PG13. I was just complaining about Minrathous and the lack of slaves. Yes, I want to see slavery in a country whose entire economy and culture is based on blood magic and SLAVERY. Call me whatever you want, but Dragon Age use to hit you with the dark and often very uncomfortable reality of living in Thedas. Now it's just making everything palatable for new players.
@@nuhre Oh i don't call people anything based on their beliefs as long as they don't go out hurting others for no reason, lie or hurt a whole culture/country like Woke people do. Yeah slavery would have been great, brood mothers, desire demons, sacrifices, violence, gore but they will never do that because the game is made by children for children. I am absolutely sure that if you ask those current activists oops i mean "devs" from where darkspawn come they will not answer at all and they will never, ever touch that subject again. The whole game got censored and became a vessel for political correctness. If i ever play it it woud be a pirated version but it is a big "IF". I am a big fan of elves since Origins and to see now how they DEI them with now being asian and black elves, yeah, no. They didn't exist in Origins, DA2 and Inquisition and so they don't exist in Fail Guard as well. FFS they live in ghettos how the hell are there minorities in minorities in heavily secluded communities? It is like if you went into a secluded village in the mountains with a population of 300 people and there are whites, asians and blacks who claim that they live here for centuries. Yeah, no. They would have been assimilated a long time ago by the majority. That is how biology works. The elves now are just humans but with pointy ears. Vivienne is a character i liked and kinda made sense since she was in Orlais, an Empire that got many people in it with different backgrounds but this? Nah. I will literally spam "skip dialogue", will avoid conversation as much as possible and won't take the DEI elf companions ever in my missions because in previous lore they didn't exist. I won't even recruit them if im lucky. I will simply ignore them. Touching the elves and Fade Demons is something i won't forget.
How the ip has gone from Dragon Age Origins, a dark epic fantasy game, that had deep lore, well writen dialog, characters, ton of abilities and skills. Tactical gameplay, you had lists, dialog lists, skill/abliities lists, on pc you can drag out the list to cover the whole bottom of the screen, the first thing I do when playing that game. It felt satisfying taking down the big bad corrupted deamon at the end of the game, but you did also know that you made the world a beter place, not saved it, just less bleak than it was before. DA2 was button mashing the game, forget about tactics, tactics means people have more than 2 braincells. Everything is dumbed down, fewer skills and abilities, can only have fewer skills on the hud, because a list is too complex, characters are shallow, red lyrium that made people nuts for some reason. DAI didn't help at all. Kept the limited gameplay from DA2, but it was so empty, most of the time you walked somewhere. a check list in each map, felt like that game whated to be a mmo. Characters where shallow as well in that game, most of the characters where dumb. The main villan was a comic book villan. Build up, build up that lead to a anticlimactic ending. Get a DLC to get a cliffhanger. So the game they added in lgtv characters for no reason. DAV looks like a marv comedy mixed with borderland introductions just by looking at the trailer alone, they also cramed in neonlight, is this a cyberpunk game? What I heard was the tactical gameplay was going to be yeeted. Skill slots, you get 3 of them. No controling companions at all. Thinking about it, DAV is DAI 2.0. I do not think that Bioware in name only is doing that good job at all. They have failed to get Dragon Age sense Dragon Age 2. So far im wating for Bioware to get axed by EA. Their only saving thing is Mass Effect. But looking at the quality of Andromida. I do not have high hopes at all. They did the same thing, dumbed it all down in the second game and have kept at it.
I like that the woman bending saying "wait" has a huge gyatt and its *highlighted* but you cant have anything on your own character. Maybe she stole all the cheeks in the land. Changing the plotline to that would probably make it a more compelling play compared to the writing we have to look forward to...
Thank you for making this video , I hated what I saw as much as you did and people seemed to be too fine with it. Just thank you for sharing your outrage. I don’t know how this game will turn out to be , but I didn’t like what I saw and I don’t think I will be able to really enjoy the game , even if it’s a good game it is not in any manner a good Dragon Age game, everything suffered a downgrade , even the fucking demons.
People that like this don't know what Dragon Age is truly capable of. It's going to be a Mass Effect Andromeda all over again. Gameplay wise, the game will be better than Origins, 2 and Inquisition, but that doesn't mean it's going to be a good game. People will play it a few hours and then get bored.
Damn, been seeing hella bright neon-colored enemies in games lately… They went from badass Pride Demon to this glow stick version. We went from Lord of the Rings Uruk Hai looking Darkspawn to this new derpy faced Darkspawn. What I liked about DA:O, was that it an emphasis on steel slashing flesh - making your character bloodied as a result. Felt like you were killing things that were organic. Here it feels like you’re fighting plastic toys. I don’t know. Not only are the vibes off, but Tevinter is also too modern. I understand it’s supposed to be an advanced civilization, but this is overdoing it. It should be “advanced” within the rules of Medieval Dark fantasy. I literally just saw a Neon Sign straight out of Cyberpunk at the very beginning of the video. Again, the design is all off. Hair looks good tho.
It looks like Starcraft the RPG with the giant space station with the spotlights and plasma shooters. Also, the fiery demons all look like tiny Diablos.
also...am I the only one who is seeing that it's really not much different then the beginning of Inquisition. People gather and go to close rifts while fighting demons along the way escaping the rifts...first boss is a pride demon...
@@nuhre Inquisition with a graphical downgrade. Veilguarding is exactly what you do in Inquisition. They might as well have let you play the inquisitor again.
@@loodeedoo560 Honestly I'd have preferred to play as my inquisitor again; the inquisitor had such an investment in Solas as a character that of course they'd be part of this story, so why not make this whole 'new character' be a storyline choice that has major effects on the plot and ending; you pick your city informant as either the wardens, the crows etc and that affects how you interact with the city and the citizens and how you can deal with Solas
@@_tasiaxnot yeah, but demons getting loose did... and technically ROOK is the cause them escaping for interfering... just terrible writing all around.
2014 hit's this game with a woke message, and it's a reason why inquisition was not so bad.... woke was not in full power, but now 2024 they replaced all straight men at studio with LGBT+ and cuc's Just watch trailer for DA:O and ... then DA2 with edgy cityrunner, DA inquisition "We almost FF", and then Failguard.... ffs it's just some other universe, DA2 has cool trailer but stupid city with bland boring brown/grey ascetic... but this time it's just another universe
I can't wait to hear the three Party Banter lines my two Companions will have with each other on a loop for the entire game. I love the Mass Effectation of Dragon Age! Because Andromeda was amazing!!
This is what happens when basically the entire team that built a franchise is gone. I'm willing to bet that the story will be trash too, if the Netflix show is any indicator.
That's what I've been saying. Just because it says Bioware and Dragon Age in the title, it doesn't mean the people that made the characters and storylines we love are involved in it whatsoever. David Gaider, one of Solas' main writers, left the company a long time ago. It's doomed.
It's so fucking upsetting. People think I want it to be bad. I DON'T. I've been on my knees praying for this franchise to go out on a positive note, and this is what we get...
Funny how they completed scrapped everything that reminds any of the previous dragon age combat and just put a pause button so "its still dragon age, look, you have tactical mode". They are trying to move from tactical to action but the action is just lol, super bad. It really reminds me of Final Fantasy trying to do this and having FFXV lame combat. I believe we have a similar situation here, lol.
The simple fact Varric's hair is the wrong color...and they're claiming it isn't the wrong color and it's just bad lighting (bro...really? we're not blind we can tell the difference between greying blond and greying black)...and it's still in development...but supposed to release in only a couple months or so? Not good things to hear from a company with a reputation for releasing rushed half finished games.
Hes supposed to crimson/orange hair because he absorbed red lyrium in 2 and inquisition because coming in contact with it effects you physically VARRICS CORE STORY IS HIS COMING IN CONTACT WITH RED LYRIUM AND HOW HE KEPT IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHATS LEFT OF HIS BROTHER
Hes supposed to crimson/orange hair because he absorbed red lyrium in 2 and inquisition because coming in contact with it effects you physically VARRICS CORE STORY IS HIS COMING IN CONTACT WITH RED LYRIUM AND HOW HE KEPT IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHATS LEFT OF HIS BROTHER
Hes supposed to crimson/orange hair because he absorbed red lyrium in 2 and inquisition because coming in contact with it effects you physically VARRICS CORE STORY IS HIS COMING IN CONTACT WITH RED LYRIUM AND HOW HE KEPT IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHATS LEFT OF HIS BROTHER
No blood magic spec, 3 abilities, marvel dialog, redesigns for the demons for instance & darkspawn (I can’t believe how they massacred the pride demon) I’m pretty unhappy. I want this to be delayed and reworked. But that won’t happen. They’ve turned dragon age into mass effect & I hate it. Also the menus are ugly. I’ll still play it since I’m a massive dragon age fan, also Neves dialog delivery & lines are TERRIBLE… but yeah..I’m disappointed.
As a huge fan of DA my self, it hurts, man. I will play it, but boy, I know it's going to be lackluster. People think I like to hate like I haven't been waiting for this game for 10 years.
They won't. The elven god of trickery is defeated by pushing over a statue. That's the level of writing on display, and no amount of hopium is going to elevate the quality.
Not happening. Nothing will ever measure to Dragon Age Origins. Anyone who made that game great got fed up with Bioware's bullshit and left the company long ago.
Yes. I'm not saying that it will be impossible to have fun with that game but it's just sad to get a DA that looks and feels like...this. When you play it on pc you will probably be able to tweak and fix some things with mods. 😅
@@ConsiderbeBased I hate that we have to relay on mods to fix what should be good from the moment of release. Also, I do think the main issue will be the story, and there's no fixing that.
What are they even trying to achieve with this type of combat? Do they really think that this flashy mess can compete with actually good action RPGs? They had their niche and just thrown it away! And then they will make big round eyes and wonder why their new games keep flopping.
To cater to a wider, younger audience that is going to play this game for a total of 2 hours and complain it's too long because they only have enough of an attention span for a couple matches of Fortnite and Valorant. That's what we are looking at. They are basically spitting in the eye of all of us who have actually been clamoring and waiting for this game to become reality.
The graphics look to me like Hogwarts Legacy, its in that mid-ground between realistic and cartoony edit: Dorian does clarify that the North is 'quaint' and 'rural' compared to Tiventer so I can believe that they are more advanced compared to the rest of Thedas, BUT looking modern and looking like modern Thedas are two separate things for me. I don't mind the technological advancements given that they are run by mages who are constantly trying to outdo each other and play politics, but it shouldn't look like Tiventer is living in 2000's when the rest of Thedas is still back in the 1800's.
That's what a lot of people don't get. I don't mind Minrathous being "advanced" but at least make it make sense within the lore THEY gave us in the universe.
I am trying to be hopeful and think some of the issues with gameplay is the player doing the demonstration... like the fact the camera is always in such a bad position in that pride demon fight is just because the player is trying to get a good shot of the pride demon (not sure why you'd want to do that when you've turned the pride demons into generic glowing things). I assume the random character intro cuts where they show the name and role of the characters are just there in the edit for the viewer and not actually in the game...
I would like to be as optimistic as you are, but I'm afraid that the reason everything looks off it's because it's off. The game is just a generic mess that doesn't work even being at its most basic.
My problem with Minrathous is that it's not advanced enough. Why are magisters personally on an intercom, dealing with petty criminals, etc? There should be golems and automotons fighting the demons, patrolling the streets, delivering official broadcasts, etc. The architecture itself looks Tevinter, but the building, signs, the way people gather up just looks like a "modern" tm city with a fresh coat of fantasy paint. And, yeah, "Neve" is pronounced wrong. The silent "e" is French; Orlais has the French lexicology. Tevinter is supposed to be more Roman Catholic Latin. Unless Neve is Orlesian (and she doesn't have any amount of any Orlesian accent), Neve should be pronounced "neve", "néhvi", or "neh' va". These demon designs are dumb. Demons holding weapons has been seen before... but only in the hands of Valor and Vengeance. "Spirit weapons" are ideas of combat and war as explained in the mage origin by Valor. Even though other demons could make/use them, these kinds of tools are less effective in the hands of dissimilar spirits. Because what use does Desire have for "a perfect cut" when I could wield affection or trust to get what you want, or why would Pride stoop to using "a punch to the face" when the power we hold and the secrets we wield could change the fabric of the world? They wouldn't as established from the beginning of the first game. I could get used to the combat UI, but you're right that it's not the right kind of UI for an RPG. If I'm not directly controlling a character, I shouldn't be directly controlling their actions. Character aiming and dodging are clunky and break immersion. I think the plot with the statues isn't that the statues were necessary for the ritual, but that he had to stop casting the ritual spell to keep from being squished by the falling statues. And then the ritual went haywire and everything else you said. But even with all their yapping, I don't think they get across what's happening very clearly.
I agree with Minrathous. Also you can make a city look advanced without pulling the steampunk aesthetic. Also, let me be the one to say it, WHERE ARE THE SLAVES? Like... that's the whole point of Tevinter. And the main reason (aside from blood magic) that people fucking hate them. So... they are going to a hundred percent downplay it because sensitivities need to be spared. I disagree with the statues, though. If you go back and look at the video, you can see the statues are an active part of the ritual. They shoot "magicky beams" into the sky. So breaking the statues messes with the ritual... which yeah, makes no fucking sense.
I think Minrathos looks cool. Very interesting and dystopianish. BUT, it is NOT Dragon Age. It is the styling of another game. So basically, you know have a location that takes it's style from other games and you have visuals that is a massive downgrades from older games, and all your already cool, already established design of characters and monsters are all gone and replaced with worse and the combat is now completely not generic and worse, NOT Dragon Age.. If there is a way to hate Bioware more, sign me up for it.
I dislike the class concept too. A rogue throwing lightning from his daggers? Meh. Inquisition at least tried to add concept for the incoherent skills (like the grappling hook for warrior).
It's garbage. Likely RPG has never been bigger as a genre and yet they dump all that and go for this Arkham Asylum style (though even that maintains more menace than this rubbish). Who on earth plays an RPG for frantic gameplay? Mind, if this were slow or turn-based how pathetic would it be (three 'skills' or spells whatever)? They have no idea what they are doing nor who their audience is. This is 21st century Gauntlet, not a proper update of DragonAge. It's Chaos Engine without the great design. It's shite. And where is the world? Does it feel like a real place or a series of virtual filmsets for generic fantasy game, set in no particular time, with incoherent elements and lacking any charm? It's soul-less. It's vacuous. It's NOTHING. I agree. It's going to be button mashing against AI that show no character, no cleverness, no quirkiness, NOTHING. Another AAA title washes $100m down the drain. Would you hand BioWare another big project? Tough to imagine they get another chance.
Why is Solas on his own? At the end of Trespasser he had a huge network of elves? Did they all die? If so who killed them? Or did they abandon him without helping to stop him? Hopefully, it's something the game will explain. The way rook joins Varic and Harding as some pointless random who was good in a bar fight is suspicious. I'm hoping there is in-game back story on how some nobody magically happens to find the only two people in the world other than Neve that know how to find the god that at the very moment appears to be conducting a ritual that will destroy the world. The limited info so far makes rook's part in this seem suspicious or just dumb. I'm pretty sure the game will hopefully make more sense. Why are Varic and Harding the only 2 people in a world trying to stop the worlds destruction? Did Varic and Harding hide that they had located Solas finally at the last minute after 10 years since Trespasser? It's nice we have companions as that is one of the things that make Bioware games great. However, why weren't these groups helping Varic and Harding when a god appeared to be actively destroying the world? I don't think rook can really trust any group other than their origin group and maybe Neve's group. You can't even trust the inquisition (or former inquisition) as they appear criminally absent when the world was about to be destroyed. So far the heroes of the last game appear as big of losers as the demon cult loving absent greyspawn were in the last game. I'm not really feeling the connection between the ending of Trespasser and how this game starts. Hopefully, there will be a mod to give us real Dragon Age demons. Changing demons into collected trash spirits in the fourth game seems off. Still looking forward to this game if the reviews are good.
Dragon Age Origins was a disappointment for Bioware. It only sold 3.2 million copies. DA2 was a bigger disaster with only 2 million copies. They went back to drawing board and changed up the formula for Dragon Age Inquisition and that worked in attracting casual audience and sold healthy 6 million copies (second behind only Mass Effect 3). They feel changing it up further to attract more casual fans and will also offset the loss of sales by old school Dragon Age fans not buying the game. They are probably targeting 10 million sales with this modern gameplay. And it is working, many casual gamers who usually just play COD (eg Griffing Gaming) like it and want to give it a go.
When I watched the gameplay with my husband, my complaint was that it looks too modern. He said it felt like Mass Effect. And yeah, also not my Varric. I had pretty much the same growing frustration as you throughout the playthrough. Harding looks great though.
Glad to see I'm not alone in this one. It wasn't even just the design that did it, but the cringe dialogue just... killed me inside. It's all the little things that pile up into a nothing burger.
The problem is it doesn't feel like a Dragon Age game. Also they have completely taken out every single RPG like mechanic and turned it into Mass Effect for no reason. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but as someone who has replayed all the available games multiple times, it just pains me that they are choosing to cater to a new, younger audience instead of just sticking to what the fans of the games have asked of them.
I would agree but not until the game is actually out to see if it is to "younger audience" and doesn't have the grim dark tone that it used to. Until then, I would hold my opinion to myself
because they keep straying away from what making Dragon Age a great game. DAO was made as a successor to Baldurs gate in mind. Now every new DA felt like a generic korean mobile action rpg game.
@@jameslambertus5820 that's exactly what I've been saying. It feels so painfully generic... when Dragon Age was one of the few RPGs out the with an amazing lore, NPCs, villains... So sad to see it go down in flames.
Hey just saw your video last night. Thank you for the honest video. I am so tired of the suck ups that I have seen say "Oh this looks amazing". I have even seen some people say that the demons were always changing in the games. WHAT!? what games were they playing. I look forward to more videos.
Until the game comes out, I'd hold that opinion, and not base that DA is dead because of some crappy trailer. We don't even know the entirety of this game..just snippets. So far, its been pretty lore accurate.
Im starting to get temped to write the egg hunt story for the dragon age tabletop game. I suspect it would be closer in feel, tone and charecterization than this
It's so bad. It feels like a generic MMO that you play for one day and forget the next. If you told this game was a new Valorant map and skins I'd believe it.
Nope. They are bringing back "origins" as a way to say "look, this game is like that other game you like so much" but it's literally going to mean horseshit.
Says earlier in the video oh people dont talk enough, then starts screaming "stop yapping"" when they actually do talk. Also in regards to Varric changing opinions from DA:2 to now, there are a few reasons. Kirkwall is his home, he was also 33 in the events of DA:2 and is now 51 IDK people tend to change as they age. about minrathous being technological they have had a very good relationship with the dwarfs over the years that combined with their magic superiority makes alot of sense, also as Rook says Tevinter is MASSIVE so yes there are alot of ancient parts, the flying building is the tevinter circle of magi. the pride demon design really isnt that different it still has the iconic head and arms also no they didnt defeat solus here the planned to drop the status on the ritual site, which didnt happen cause solus broke them, maybe if you had listened to them when they were speaking instead of shouting "stop yapping" you would have gleaned that. idk just all around pretty bad reaction
I like it when characters have actually meaningful dialogue, call me crazy. Instead of whispering to each other in a moment of urgency, where the game is telling me I need to hurry or the world ends. So you are saying, Varric only cares about the world ending when Kirkwall is threathened? Well, I have news for you, buddy. Kirwall is in Thedas, so if Solas succeeded, Kirwall would be gone too. So having Varric give Solas the benefit of the doubt when he couldn't stand Anders after what he did is bad writing. Since when are the dwarfs technologically advanced? They've had to advance in other ways due to their lack of magic, and it shows in their architecture, which is the most easily defended out of all cultures in Thedas. And they are great weapon and armour smiths, and also at using lyrium in ways other races can't because they are not affected by it. Not at any point I've been to Orzammar and seen a LEDs and street lamps. About the pride demon... I mean, you said it yourself. If the design only retains two things from the original, what's the fucking point. Also there is no reason for demons to look different when it's been established throughout 3 DIFFERENT games that demons look the same both in and out of the Fade. The plan was to destroy the statues to disrupt the ritual. I thought that was pretty obvious here. The statues were PART of the ritual. I listened to them, as painful as it was, discuss their stupid plan for 5 minutes before they actually did anything. And if you think this take is bad, just wait until the game comes out. I plan on having worse ones.
@@nuhre On your first point I agree with you here, I am hoping for more dialogue from Rook that we can control. My assumption is alot of it is due to "It has been edited for brevity and to avoid any major spoilers" thing at the start of the gameplay. On the note of Varric this wasnt what I was trying to explain he was striving for a peaceful solution that he thought anders was also working towards and then he turned around and turned his home into a warzone, thats bond to enrage anyone. I am assuming he is sympathetic to the why of what solus is doing but wants to stop him before he is an idiot about his way to reach those goals. On the note of the Dwarfs being technologically advanced we have alot of things. Golems in general, this goes as far as things like the runic golem who has a mastery over magic and the giant colossal golems they built Tevinter to protect Minrathous, The stuff going on in Amgarrak, The gates of Segrummer, the prototypes that led to and the creation of bianca, and just general crafts involving lyrium. I think in the case of orzammar its worth remembering it was a mining thaig, the seat of power was just moved there for convenience. But on that note orzammer and other dwarven places do have Lamps and lights that use crystals as a light source... With regards to the pride demon ive always thought the head and arms where its most iconic pieces and if you showed me the head of both of them I could say yep thats a pride demon. On the note of the other demons in the gameplay we dont get a name for any of them so they could be different types of demons we have never saw before, but even if they arent im ok for some change tbh its been 10 years since the last game and things like rage demons where just shades but on fire. Also not sure if im just crazy but wasnt it established demons dont need to have a set form its just their nature thats set in stone. I dont think the statues had anything to do with the ritual due to them talking about dropping them on the ritual site, but only bioware really knows the answer to this one. I think going into the game with negaitve mind set isnt wise tbh. Personally im just happy for more story. I know alot of people are mad because it seems to be copying mass effect but like in my honest opinion the open world really didnt work in inquisiton and on the note of combat although id like more than 3 skills (if 3 is all we are getting) I never really played dragon age for its thrilling combat I more played it cause I enjoyed its story.
I myself liked the combat of DA:2 just wished for the amount of Abilities you had in Origins and ( healers!!!! ). The level design looks good. They could have done way better with Character design in Veilguard, they can't even get the Demons right.. In the end we can just hope for a good story I guess..
Dragon Age 2 might have had it's little idiosyncrasies, but at its core, it was always a Dragon Age game. No what or ifs about it. I don't think anyone ever looked at it and didn't recognize the universe it was trying to portray. This one is just a whole lot of nothingness. And I'm afraid the story so far it's going to be simple and predictable because they don't even know what they are doing anymore.
I'm kinda excited about this game, sure the gameplay doesn't look like DA but im curious to see the after effect of trespasser. So hopefully the story is there
I highly doubt it. The people that made Dragon Age great have been fired or left the company when it started to sink. I wanna keep an open mind too, but I already did that with Andromeda and we got a mediocre game with mediocre characters.
According to the leaks, it will be another bait and Switch, like the Mage Templar war in Inquisition. The situation with Solas will be waved away quickly, and the plot will center on the two Evanuris that you see in this video, and they will act as Corypheus 2.0. Oh, and Rook will be some kind of a boring chosen one again like the Inquisitor 🙄. This is technically just Inquisition 2.0. boring, safe and unoriginal.
From all the info going around, this game is not exactly the same, it's very much a rip off of the mass effect andromeda fighting system, RPG but with hack and slash features now. All characters have a resource that you build in some way, rogues build momentum by hitting the enemy and not getting hit (the purple small bar bellow the skill icons) and the game relies on stuff like aiming, dodging and parrying now.
Why would they try to make a second ANDROMEDA off all games? WHO ASKED? I just wanted my silly RPG, with its silly RPG mechanics. Excuse me while I go to a corner and cry myself to death.
@@nuhre 😂 I would if I could. And I wish I was only pulling your leg. ALL of the demons, as you’ve seen, have been given a complete overhaul 🤦♂️ making it more “modern”. You know, for “modern audiences” 😂
Hmm its too new and modern for you i see. Thank you for sharing your heartfelt reaction. It seems we are not in kansas anymore^^ We never were in Minrathous so... dont let the changes get to you. I will form an opinion when i have the game on my PC.
I wouldn't mind a diverse cast of characters (like in previous games) if they were well written. The fact that I can't name a single companion name if you put a gun to my head it's concerning to say the least.
@@nuhre Good written and woke does not exist. Good written diversity needs logical reasons and not "I want and I can". Havin everyone and their dog as pan sexual is the opposite of diverse for example. Woke is not diverse, it is the pretension of being tolerant and open minded, but it is in fact the polar opposite. it is "diversity" with exclusion of groups they hate. Tolerant only if you share their views. Open minded only for their ideas ond demands. Regarding the companions, aside from Harding and only because of Inquisition, I rarely had a game where I thought "Who do I like less least".
Thanks for your vids on DA! Just to say, I think Neve is based on Portuguese for snow, and in the game they say it as Portuguese people would, which is nice. Since you seemed to be asking in the video.
I'm not as doom and gloom as others, but there are thing i'm very disappointed about. Like Scout Harding having a skin condition now (Her freckles weren't anywhere near that pronounced in DAI), the combat being too fast and action-ey, and the fact that your partners seem to do almost no damage or add anything to combat whatsoever. I'm still keeping an open mind though.
But... technology has never been a thing in Thedas. I feel like they could've made Tevinter look advanced by actually putting in the work and using magic to get shit done. Aside from a few glyphs, the city looks like it could be a Dishonored DLC.
"stop. yapping." PLEAAASE, MEEEE, this gameplay was full of these annoying little dialogues/lines, it's like a bad case of "our audience must be stupid". I also agree about them trying to redeem Solas, most likely, though idk I'm not a fan of this. And as to why Varric was the one trying to talk Solas down, I think he felt responsible, his friend was about to do shit again, so he was ready to go out of his way to change Solas' mind. He couldn't do anything when Anders boomed the church, it was too late already, but here, there's still a chance. Design-wise I don't care really, imo characters' interaction and direction matters more, so if it's even a little bit good I'm sold. Overall, I'd say they were successful at stylizing characters and creating this weird immersion. Demons are so basic it's true, my first thought was that they looked "modern", so I kinda squeaked when you said the same thing haha. The only thing that truly bothers me is lack of both proper role-playing element (or at least not shown) and combat variety, including unplayable companions, like what is there to this game then? What's the focus? Sorry for lengthy comment, based reaction, really, I enjoyed hearing your opinion on this!
The millennial writing is strong with this one. The whole "Erm... I wonder where we'll find a new hero, Hard-- Oh, would you look at that?" it's painful to say the least. But again, characters can only be as smart as the people writing them, and judging how many of the original writers (if not all of them) left the company, I can't say I'm surprised. I want to think that about Varric too... but honestly? I think it fell on him because he's literally the only recurring main character for this one (if you don't count Solas, and I definitely don't count Harding). I don't mind the stylistic choices either, IF the rest of the game made it up for it... which it does not. It is too modern. It is design to cater to younger audiences, which doesn't mean sense to me because it is us adults who love the franchise and have the money to pay for the game itself. So trying to be "one of the youths" is just like shooting themselves on the foot. Again and Again. The lack of role-playing element stems from the fact that this is not a RPG anymore. Hope that helps. No, in all honestly, is atrocious. They tried to please everyone and ended up outraging all their core fanbase, which is a feat in and out of itself. Loved your lengthy comment, by the way! Love to hear about people that are as passionate about this as I am. Makes me feel less crazy.
usually when i hear 'modern' as an insult or prejorative it is coming from a...very bad place lets say, a place not actually concerned with critiquing a piece of art, but it really did feel accurate here.
Can i just say this? You cannot compare each game to one another because they're all different looking. Its been 10 years since trespasser of which the books touch on what happened in between. The demons changed throughout all the games because the lore says the more corrupted the spirit becomes, the more they change. Dragon age isnt just a game series. Theres books and a TV show. Just look at what the story really says and take that into consideration on why they change. Varric is older. 20 years have passed since DA2 and 30 since origins. They used frostbite engine to render the game just the same as inquisition. The difference is, they listened to their fans this time around and took the good aspects of all the games and used them to create this game. Everything from movement to storyline comes from fans and the books. If you want to understand it, i highly suggest reading the books and dont judge game by game
@@SeventhheavenDK Let me think aloud for a sec, my brain isnt braining 😂😭. So the 5th blight lasted a year then DA2 was a total of 9 years then inquisition was a year ish until trespasser which was another 1 to 2 years then veilguard is 10 years later. You're correct, I'm sorry 😂😂
I have. Minrathous is "advanced" in the use of magic. Having golems patrol the city instead of guards and the like. But it's also the most ancient city of Thedas. I have never heard of them having spotlights or anything like that, but maybe I'm not looking in the right place.
@@nuhre Do you feel like every single thing present in Minrathous has to be previously cannonized by lore and codex entries? Seems kind of a reductive point.
@@stitchedfreedom By that logic, nothing should resemble what we've learned in the lore all these prior years. Minrathous is not a mystery city. We know enough about it to have an idea of how it operates. And I'm not upset about the look of it, but you have to make it make sense. Even in a fantasy world, there has to be rules the characters and the world follows. You can't just "magic" things into existence because Minrathous powerful and ancient and cool. It has to makes sense within the canon and the lore already established. Otherwise, what's the point of it? That's one of my main issues here. Why bother making something canon or coming up with lore if you are gonna flush it down the toilet next opportunity you get? But hey, that's my opinion and everyone has one.
@@nuhre It really has too much of a Cyberpunk magic Dystopia look to it... Weird coming from Ferelden. There's hearing Tevinter is more advanced and then there's magic flying fortress... Also all the characters look terrible, especially the female ones, also what in Andraste's name did they do with Varric??
I am this upset because I LOVE Dragon Age. And I think that's the feeling a lot of us have. I'd rather the franchise had ended with Inquisition than seeing it go down in flames.
My main problem is the neon energy design we see in EVERY freaking games. The only dragon age I played was inquisition (and learned some lore about the 1st game) but taht's it. I'm more of a Mass Effect fan. Ngl, I'm not hyped for ME:5 to fight bright neon robots.... If they do the same scene that was the 1st meeting with Corypheus in Inquisition, I can already see the dragon with full bright "eviiiiil" energy....
I HATE IT. WHY ARE MY DEMONS NEON? It's even more jarring when you've seen how the demons supposed to look, and then they show you those monstrosities. And don't get me started on how the darkspawn look...
Again wouldn't mind if the entire damn cast wasn't white IF ONLY THEY MADE THE CHARACTERS INTERESTING. I CAN'T REMEMBER THEIR NAMES, JERRY. I'M SUPPOSED TO CARE ABOUT THEM AND I DON'T REMEMBER THEIR NAMES!
@@nuhre yeah, it really sucks when they try to make existing games like other games. Like, stop it. You came to Doom for Doom, you came to Dragon Age for Dragon Age. Dragon Age isn't Doom, you didn't come to Dragon Age to play Doom. You came to Dragon Age for Dragon Age. Why so many AAA developers don't seem to understand this is beyond frustrating.
Never can be pronounced the way they are doing it. It’s like Steve. You wouldn’t pronounce it stevey. But I agree with everything else. It’s not longer a dragon age feeling game but we can still hold out hope on the story itself. It’s all we have to look forward to. And hopefully there is a origins background type beginning for each class to help with role play and being attached to your characters motivations
Seriously doubt they are going to go the extra mile with the backgrounds like the did in Origins. I'm betting at most it's going to be some background specific lines of dialogue.
@@BulletProof0311 I suspect they scrapped most of the game and this was hastily put together in a few months. I think this game was meant to be multiplayer and live service, but after Anthem flopped, Bioware panicked and removed those from this game as well. And then they had to patch in the holes.
It’s not stylized in the slightest. The trailer was stylized, the gameplay isn’t. It’s literally inquisition assets, so no idea what you’re talking about here. Honestly I know you’re just trying to get views by getting on the DA hate bandwagon. It’s much more refreshing to just be positive and honest. Negative, nagging women are so cringe.
@@nuhre nope I’m a sane person and won’t spew ignorant opinions until I’ve actually played the game. Educated people tend to try and actually know something before being opinionated about it.
Watching people make wrong assumptions then lose their shit about it is hilarious. Most of what people are bitching about has already been negated by new info drops. Lol, imagine correcting the game devs on their pronunciation of their own characters. You can turn off the incoming ranged attack indicator if you want to be a tryhard. The dumb bitch energy is too strong here, I'm out.
@@AulisVaara Nuhre is either really dumb or faking it for engagement bait, which I guess I took, my bad. "Why is the action wheel so huge?" Same size as Mass Effect console wheel. "Why aren't there any abilities?" Because it's a level 1 character and they literally explain it on screen. And so on.
They based it off FF12 and Cyberpunk 2077. The demons aren't fully formed and are just nervous systems. That's from the game informer article. I don't like it either.
"aren't fully formed" i'm sorry, what? what the actual fuck? how does that even make sense? even if they _have_ nervous systems (which i doubt, as they are not fully realized independent living creatures, they are spirits formed of ideas) that makes absolutely no sense. they aren't somehow partly summoned, they purposefully crossed the veil themselves, why the fuck would they leave half of themself behind!?
This comment section has turned into a ranting reddit page and boy do I fucking love it! Whether you agree with me or disagree, keep the comments going, because if you need to know one thing about me is that I love to argue.
@@bydandtom9109 well, you have to play the games properly to access this reddit page 🙄
@@bydandtom9109 I'll tell myself to get me a raise, but I don't know if it will work. I am a bitch.
Si estás borracho, vete a dormir 😊
@@bydandtom9109Affirmative.
The demons changed because they got more corrupted. You are comparing the games to each other and that's where you are wrong. The games go off of the books!! If you knew the lore, you would know this. We have 3 abilities because it will encourage you to get better weapons and to craft more. You're complaining about stuff they took criticism about and fixed. People complained the fighting was too clunky and slow. Now you're complaining it's not enough. You're complaining about shit that needed to be fixed to fit TODAY'S standard for gaming. Dragon age isn't about the fighting style. It's the fucking story
Thats the problem when studios change staff. New people come in and they instantly want to change stuff to leave their own mark on it. The designs of characters and demons have been pretty consistent through all 3 games. Now, that all the old staff is gone, suddenly we get design changes. The elves and demons are for me the worst of all changes. Elves look like regular humans with pointy ears now. Demons look like frickin floaty neon plastic toys. The pride demon looked so awesome before. Now its multiple eyes are gone and it doesn't even have legs anymore. Why? Why do they change the identity of the previous games? I hate it so much...
The previous games might not have been masterpieces, but they all had an underlining charm and consistency that this one lacks.
I hate when games take out perfectly good assets or mechanics in favor for shit no one asked for. So yes, I feel you, this is just a terrible take on an otherwise amazing franchise 😢
I “want” to be excited for this installment of Dragon Age, we’ve waited 10 years for it after all. But I don’t know. The characters look like they were pulled straight from OverWatch or Leaugue of Legends. The demons, that I’ve seen so far, look too generic, and very different from what’s already been established. The combat still needs some tweaking. I think they got a little carried away with character creation. It’s great that there are so many options, but I could care less about “bulge” size or “glute” size, and I definitely could do without the pronouns and all the other DEI crap. It’s too bad that developers are more concerned about pandering than they are about creating a game, for the fans of the series, and working to further the story that is already established. I still want to see and hear more before I make my final decision, but I’m very disappointed and disheartened currently. I can’t say I’m “surprised” however. Because of companies like SBI and their ilk they’ve already destroyed my Assassins Creed, again in a setting that fans have waited YEARS for, the remake of Silent Hill 2, with the new “no attractive women allowed” thing that developers are doing as of late. The state of “new” games is sad indeed.
Having only three abilities or so is crazy, and the fights are so so different. It really doesn't feel like DA. You're totally right that the new demon designs are a downgrade
I am so upset. They had all the ingredients to make a good game. But changing things no one asked for is so stupid. Who complained about the look of the demons? And the only three abilities thing? Especially if you are playing as a mage? Dumb.
Bioware is full of activists now that are making games for the "modern gaming audience" and they're hoping enough old fans are blind enough and just cope and hope that the story will we good. RIP Dragon Age, I'll always remember and cherish my playthroughs of Origins.
Everything I love keeps getting hijacked!
That thing in the sky is the Circle/Magisterium. Dorian described it in DA:I. It's very science-fantasy though. Canonically it makes sense that Solas would be in Minrathous, because that's where the lore around the Elves and Veil started.
Not to say I think it's all brilliant, I'm deeply worried about how the game is going to be, but those points at least meet canon.
I'm PISSED about the limited combat options and the demons. I know the devs have waffled on about "deep lore" and "tactical combat" but come on, you can see how full of crap that is just by looking at the gameplay reveal. I'm not swallowing their spin on those things. Re the combat markers though, you can toggle them off.
Also, yes! I'm glad someone has finally mentioned the fact that the NPC's look GREAT, but the companions and PC looks cartoony! I'm so annoyed!
Re: Neve, if we're going by earth names, it's either "neveh" or "Neev" depending on where the character came from. I agree that "Nev" sounds weird.
I dunno, I'm kinda hopeful about the story but this will probably be my last DA game I buy. It's not even pretending to be Dragon Age anymore. It's just a fantasy action game. If I wanted a game this dumbed down and simplified, and the story TOLD to me rather than shown to and experience BY ME, I'd watch a damn movie. I'm SO disappointed.
And HOLY SHIT you're right about Varrick! He was SO judgy about Anders destroying a literal mage concentration camp after more than 5 YEARS of friendship and fighting side by side... but for Solas he's willing to overlook everything because he was his friend for A YEAR?!?! And Solas LITERALLY CAUSED all this trouble... the veil, the blights... EVERYTHING. Damn it. I'm even more annoyed now lol.
I know Circles are prestigious academies back in Tevinter, but I don't know if Dorian ever mentioned they float? My knowledge is limited because it's been a while since I last played DAI. And to be honest, it flying it's not the problem. It's the spotlights. The technology that shouldn't exist.
The combat is atrocious and I don't understand what they were thinking. And the thing with Neve is just lazy. I said it in my stream, but she's an ice mage, and her name literally means "snow" in many latin based languages. Tevinter is based on the Roman Empire, so it should be Ne-veh. But that's the least of our problems, to be honest.
And tried to kill his best friend Hawke by bringing making coryphus after having him try and kill him 2x so this is somehow different
15:00 Minrathous has a huge Dwarven population, and three giant robots defending it. The fact they did not add an Ambassadoria faction shows the incompetence of the devs on the lore. The demons and darkspawn look like generic mobile game fantasy monsters now.
To summ it up they nutered the game completely and it absolutely reeks of this just being a corpo product that just came out from the assembly line.
Firstly look at the icons of your skills. In Origins we had icons of weapons stabbing people, skulls, blood, fangs etc. now? "Look how shiny and clear it is!"
They ruined the Fade demons as well because why not. Implemented DEI elves which makes zero sense but they gotta check out those Blackrock boxes right? After all, satisfying the wants of Blackrock is more important than making a grimdark and believable world.
IT'S SO PG13. I was just complaining about Minrathous and the lack of slaves. Yes, I want to see slavery in a country whose entire economy and culture is based on blood magic and SLAVERY. Call me whatever you want, but Dragon Age use to hit you with the dark and often very uncomfortable reality of living in Thedas. Now it's just making everything palatable for new players.
@@nuhre Oh i don't call people anything based on their beliefs as long as they don't go out hurting others for no reason, lie or hurt a whole culture/country like Woke people do.
Yeah slavery would have been great, brood mothers, desire demons, sacrifices, violence, gore but they will never do that because the game is made by children for children. I am absolutely sure that if you ask those current activists oops i mean "devs" from where darkspawn come they will not answer at all and they will never, ever touch that subject again.
The whole game got censored and became a vessel for political correctness. If i ever play it it woud be a pirated version but it is a big "IF".
I am a big fan of elves since Origins and to see now how they DEI them with now being asian and black elves, yeah, no. They didn't exist in Origins, DA2 and Inquisition and so they don't exist in Fail Guard as well. FFS they live in ghettos how the hell are there minorities in minorities in heavily secluded communities? It is like if you went into a secluded village in the mountains with a population of 300 people and there are whites, asians and blacks who claim that they live here for centuries. Yeah, no. They would have been assimilated a long time ago by the majority. That is how biology works. The elves now are just humans but with pointy ears.
Vivienne is a character i liked and kinda made sense since she was in Orlais, an Empire that got many people in it with different backgrounds but this? Nah. I will literally spam "skip dialogue", will avoid conversation as much as possible and won't take the DEI elf companions ever in my missions because in previous lore they didn't exist. I won't even recruit them if im lucky. I will simply ignore them. Touching the elves and Fade Demons is something i won't forget.
How the ip has gone from Dragon Age Origins, a dark epic fantasy game, that had deep lore, well writen dialog, characters, ton of abilities and skills. Tactical gameplay, you had lists, dialog lists, skill/abliities lists, on pc you can drag out the list to cover the whole bottom of the screen, the first thing I do when playing that game. It felt satisfying taking down the big bad corrupted deamon at the end of the game, but you did also know that you made the world a beter place, not saved it, just less bleak than it was before.
DA2 was button mashing the game, forget about tactics, tactics means people have more than 2 braincells. Everything is dumbed down, fewer skills and abilities, can only have fewer skills on the hud, because a list is too complex, characters are shallow, red lyrium that made people nuts for some reason.
DAI didn't help at all. Kept the limited gameplay from DA2, but it was so empty, most of the time you walked somewhere. a check list in each map, felt like that game whated to be a mmo. Characters where shallow as well in that game, most of the characters where dumb. The main villan was a comic book villan. Build up, build up that lead to a anticlimactic ending. Get a DLC to get a cliffhanger. So the game they added in lgtv characters for no reason.
DAV looks like a marv comedy mixed with borderland introductions just by looking at the trailer alone, they also cramed in neonlight, is this a cyberpunk game? What I heard was the tactical gameplay was going to be yeeted. Skill slots, you get 3 of them. No controling companions at all. Thinking about it, DAV is DAI 2.0.
I do not think that Bioware in name only is doing that good job at all. They have failed to get Dragon Age sense Dragon Age 2. So far im wating for Bioware to get axed by EA. Their only saving thing is Mass Effect. But looking at the quality of Andromida. I do not have high hopes at all. They did the same thing, dumbed it all down in the second game and have kept at it.
I like that the woman bending saying "wait" has a huge gyatt and its *highlighted* but you cant have anything on your own character. Maybe she stole all the cheeks in the land. Changing the plotline to that would probably make it a more compelling play compared to the writing we have to look forward to...
Thank you for making this video , I hated what I saw as much as you did and people seemed to be too fine with it.
Just thank you for sharing your outrage.
I don’t know how this game will turn out to be , but I didn’t like what I saw and I don’t think I will be able to really enjoy the game , even if it’s a good game it is not in any manner a good Dragon Age game, everything suffered a downgrade , even the fucking demons.
People that like this don't know what Dragon Age is truly capable of. It's going to be a Mass Effect Andromeda all over again. Gameplay wise, the game will be better than Origins, 2 and Inquisition, but that doesn't mean it's going to be a good game. People will play it a few hours and then get bored.
Damn, been seeing hella bright neon-colored enemies in games lately… They went from badass Pride Demon to this glow stick version. We went from Lord of the Rings Uruk Hai looking Darkspawn to this new derpy faced Darkspawn. What I liked about DA:O, was that it an emphasis on steel slashing flesh - making your character bloodied as a result. Felt like you were killing things that were organic. Here it feels like you’re fighting plastic toys. I don’t know. Not only are the vibes off, but Tevinter is also too modern. I understand it’s supposed to be an advanced civilization, but this is overdoing it. It should be “advanced” within the rules of Medieval Dark fantasy. I literally just saw a Neon Sign straight out of Cyberpunk at the very beginning of the video. Again, the design is all off. Hair looks good tho.
It looks like Starcraft the RPG with the giant space station with the spotlights and plasma shooters. Also, the fiery demons all look like tiny Diablos.
THANK YOU! Someone sees it.
also...am I the only one who is seeing that it's really not much different then the beginning of Inquisition. People gather and go to close rifts while fighting demons along the way escaping the rifts...first boss is a pride demon...
I have been saying it's Inquisition with bad mods and generic skins.
@@nuhre Inquisition with a graphical downgrade. Veilguarding is exactly what you do in Inquisition. They might as well have let you play the inquisitor again.
@@loodeedoo560 did you watch the trailer? Two elven god have been set loose. That absolutely did not happen last game.
@@loodeedoo560 Honestly I'd have preferred to play as my inquisitor again; the inquisitor had such an investment in Solas as a character that of course they'd be part of this story, so why not make this whole 'new character' be a storyline choice that has major effects on the plot and ending; you pick your city informant as either the wardens, the crows etc and that affects how you interact with the city and the citizens and how you can deal with Solas
@@_tasiaxnot yeah, but demons getting loose did... and technically ROOK is the cause them escaping for interfering... just terrible writing all around.
2014 hit's this game with a woke message, and it's a reason why inquisition was not so bad.... woke was not in full power, but now 2024 they replaced all straight men at studio with LGBT+ and cuc's
Just watch trailer for DA:O and ... then DA2 with edgy cityrunner, DA inquisition "We almost FF", and then Failguard.... ffs it's just some other universe, DA2 has cool trailer but stupid city with bland boring brown/grey ascetic... but this time it's just another universe
@totomen666 Inquisition was tasteful. The companions compelling. It was the best game ever but it wasn't cringe. This is just a shit show.
I can't wait to hear the three Party Banter lines my two Companions will have with each other on a loop for the entire game. I love the Mass Effectation of Dragon Age! Because Andromeda was amazing!!
This is what happens when basically the entire team that built a franchise is gone.
I'm willing to bet that the story will be trash too, if the Netflix show is any indicator.
That's what I've been saying. Just because it says Bioware and Dragon Age in the title, it doesn't mean the people that made the characters and storylines we love are involved in it whatsoever. David Gaider, one of Solas' main writers, left the company a long time ago. It's doomed.
I second this. It doesn't feel like a DA game at all
It's so fucking upsetting. People think I want it to be bad. I DON'T. I've been on my knees praying for this franchise to go out on a positive note, and this is what we get...
Funny how they completed scrapped everything that reminds any of the previous dragon age combat and just put a pause button so "its still dragon age, look, you have tactical mode". They are trying to move from tactical to action but the action is just lol, super bad. It really reminds me of Final Fantasy trying to do this and having FFXV lame combat. I believe we have a similar situation here, lol.
GIVE ME BACK MY TACTICAL CAMERA. If I wanted to play a JRPG, I would. And this doesn't even feel like one either. It's just... nothing.
I am so disappointed about what Dragon Age Veilguard is resulting to be.
Pretty sure Bioware will not survive this game.
The simple fact Varric's hair is the wrong color...and they're claiming it isn't the wrong color and it's just bad lighting (bro...really? we're not blind we can tell the difference between greying blond and greying black)...and it's still in development...but supposed to release in only a couple months or so? Not good things to hear from a company with a reputation for releasing rushed half finished games.
I COULDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM! It's not good. It's very not good.
everything about him just looks like the dwarf prince from The Hobbit. can't remember his name off hand.
Hes supposed to crimson/orange hair because he absorbed red lyrium in 2 and inquisition because coming in contact with it effects you physically VARRICS CORE STORY IS HIS COMING IN CONTACT WITH RED LYRIUM AND HOW HE KEPT IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHATS LEFT OF HIS BROTHER
Hes supposed to crimson/orange hair because he absorbed red lyrium in 2 and inquisition because coming in contact with it effects you physically VARRICS CORE STORY IS HIS COMING IN CONTACT WITH RED LYRIUM AND HOW HE KEPT IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHATS LEFT OF HIS BROTHER
Hes supposed to crimson/orange hair because he absorbed red lyrium in 2 and inquisition because coming in contact with it effects you physically VARRICS CORE STORY IS HIS COMING IN CONTACT WITH RED LYRIUM AND HOW HE KEPT IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHATS LEFT OF HIS BROTHER
No blood magic spec, 3 abilities, marvel dialog, redesigns for the demons for instance & darkspawn (I can’t believe how they massacred the pride demon) I’m pretty unhappy. I want this to be delayed and reworked. But that won’t happen. They’ve turned dragon age into mass effect & I hate it. Also the menus are ugly. I’ll still play it since I’m a massive dragon age fan, also Neves dialog delivery & lines are TERRIBLE… but yeah..I’m disappointed.
As a huge fan of DA my self, it hurts, man. I will play it, but boy, I know it's going to be lackluster. People think I like to hate like I haven't been waiting for this game for 10 years.
I'm willing to overlook the trailer and gameplay if the story and companions have dragon-age origins quality
They won't. The elven god of trickery is defeated by pushing over a statue. That's the level of writing on display, and no amount of hopium is going to elevate the quality.
@@AulisVaara tbf varric stalled and distracted him but i do see where ur coming from
Not happening. Nothing will ever measure to Dragon Age Origins. Anyone who made that game great got fed up with Bioware's bullshit and left the company long ago.
@@nuhre bollocks
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
I feel that. It's neon Dragen Age for a Disney audiance. It feels so wrong. Will replay the old games and ignore this...what ever it is game. 😂
That's exactly it. It's just a water down, dumbed down version of it.
Yes. I'm not saying that it will be impossible to have fun with that game but it's just sad to get a DA that looks and feels like...this. When you play it on pc you will probably be able to tweak and fix some things with mods. 😅
@@ConsiderbeBased I hate that we have to relay on mods to fix what should be good from the moment of release. Also, I do think the main issue will be the story, and there's no fixing that.
@@nuhre 100% true. As someone how also likes the shit shows that Bethesda delivers I'm well aware of that.😂
MASS EFFECT DRAGON AGE EDITION WITH FAILED STAR WARS AND NO PARTY CYCLING
It hasnt felt like Dragon age to me since DA2 lol corporate slop
But at least that game was recognizable as an attempt of a Dragon Age game, and the writing was leaps better than whatever this is.
@@nuhre I don’t blame the writers for DA2 but EA ruined the franchise as soon as it saw profit
Dragon Effect The Failhard. Rated M for Man Babies only
The game where everyone is special but the protagonist :)
What are they even trying to achieve with this type of combat? Do they really think that this flashy mess can compete with actually good action RPGs? They had their niche and just thrown it away! And then they will make big round eyes and wonder why their new games keep flopping.
To cater to a wider, younger audience that is going to play this game for a total of 2 hours and complain it's too long because they only have enough of an attention span for a couple matches of Fortnite and Valorant. That's what we are looking at.
They are basically spitting in the eye of all of us who have actually been clamoring and waiting for this game to become reality.
@@nuhre. I wonder if they even understand that they cannot target younger audiences at all. Because of the nudity.
The graphics look to me like Hogwarts Legacy, its in that mid-ground between realistic and cartoony
edit: Dorian does clarify that the North is 'quaint' and 'rural' compared to Tiventer so I can believe that they are more advanced compared to the rest of Thedas, BUT looking modern and looking like modern Thedas are two separate things for me. I don't mind the technological advancements given that they are run by mages who are constantly trying to outdo each other and play politics, but it shouldn't look like Tiventer is living in 2000's when the rest of Thedas is still back in the 1800's.
I love how Minrathas is all advanced because magic, but Solas needs statues because magic. and because he failed the gods emerged ***because magic***
That's what a lot of people don't get. I don't mind Minrathous being "advanced" but at least make it make sense within the lore THEY gave us in the universe.
And the statue just needed a weak breeze to fall over
I am trying to be hopeful and think some of the issues with gameplay is the player doing the demonstration... like the fact the camera is always in such a bad position in that pride demon fight is just because the player is trying to get a good shot of the pride demon (not sure why you'd want to do that when you've turned the pride demons into generic glowing things). I assume the random character intro cuts where they show the name and role of the characters are just there in the edit for the viewer and not actually in the game...
I would like to be as optimistic as you are, but I'm afraid that the reason everything looks off it's because it's off. The game is just a generic mess that doesn't work even being at its most basic.
My problem with Minrathous is that it's not advanced enough. Why are magisters personally on an intercom, dealing with petty criminals, etc? There should be golems and automotons fighting the demons, patrolling the streets, delivering official broadcasts, etc. The architecture itself looks Tevinter, but the building, signs, the way people gather up just looks like a "modern" tm city with a fresh coat of fantasy paint.
And, yeah, "Neve" is pronounced wrong. The silent "e" is French; Orlais has the French lexicology. Tevinter is supposed to be more Roman Catholic Latin. Unless Neve is Orlesian (and she doesn't have any amount of any Orlesian accent), Neve should be pronounced "neve", "néhvi", or "neh' va".
These demon designs are dumb. Demons holding weapons has been seen before... but only in the hands of Valor and Vengeance. "Spirit weapons" are ideas of combat and war as explained in the mage origin by Valor. Even though other demons could make/use them, these kinds of tools are less effective in the hands of dissimilar spirits. Because what use does Desire have for "a perfect cut" when I could wield affection or trust to get what you want, or why would Pride stoop to using "a punch to the face" when the power we hold and the secrets we wield could change the fabric of the world? They wouldn't as established from the beginning of the first game.
I could get used to the combat UI, but you're right that it's not the right kind of UI for an RPG. If I'm not directly controlling a character, I shouldn't be directly controlling their actions. Character aiming and dodging are clunky and break immersion.
I think the plot with the statues isn't that the statues were necessary for the ritual, but that he had to stop casting the ritual spell to keep from being squished by the falling statues. And then the ritual went haywire and everything else you said. But even with all their yapping, I don't think they get across what's happening very clearly.
I agree with Minrathous. Also you can make a city look advanced without pulling the steampunk aesthetic. Also, let me be the one to say it, WHERE ARE THE SLAVES? Like... that's the whole point of Tevinter. And the main reason (aside from blood magic) that people fucking hate them. So... they are going to a hundred percent downplay it because sensitivities need to be spared.
I disagree with the statues, though. If you go back and look at the video, you can see the statues are an active part of the ritual. They shoot "magicky beams" into the sky. So breaking the statues messes with the ritual... which yeah, makes no fucking sense.
I think Minrathos looks cool. Very interesting and dystopianish. BUT, it is NOT Dragon Age. It is the styling of another game. So basically, you know have a location that takes it's style from other games and you have visuals that is a massive downgrades from older games, and all your already cool, already established design of characters and monsters are all gone and replaced with worse and the combat is now completely not generic and worse, NOT Dragon Age.. If there is a way to hate Bioware more, sign me up for it.
I dislike the class concept too. A rogue throwing lightning from his daggers? Meh. Inquisition at least tried to add concept for the incoherent skills (like the grappling hook for warrior).
Thank you. Zero fucks given at this point. They don't care about how nonsensical the entire thing is.
@@nuhre yeah... 10 years for this mess. And here I was thinking "Dragons Dogma 2 was disappointing".
It's garbage. Likely RPG has never been bigger as a genre and yet they dump all that and go for this Arkham Asylum style (though even that maintains more menace than this rubbish). Who on earth plays an RPG for frantic gameplay? Mind, if this were slow or turn-based how pathetic would it be (three 'skills' or spells whatever)?
They have no idea what they are doing nor who their audience is. This is 21st century Gauntlet, not a proper update of DragonAge. It's Chaos Engine without the great design. It's shite.
And where is the world? Does it feel like a real place or a series of virtual filmsets for generic fantasy game, set in no particular time, with incoherent elements and lacking any charm? It's soul-less. It's vacuous. It's NOTHING. I agree.
It's going to be button mashing against AI that show no character, no cleverness, no quirkiness, NOTHING.
Another AAA title washes $100m down the drain. Would you hand BioWare another big project? Tough to imagine they get another chance.
Why is Solas on his own? At the end of Trespasser he had a huge network of elves? Did they all die? If so who killed them? Or did they abandon him without helping to stop him? Hopefully, it's something the game will explain.
The way rook joins Varic and Harding as some pointless random who was good in a bar fight is suspicious. I'm hoping there is in-game back story on how some nobody magically happens to find the only two people in the world other than Neve that know how to find the god that at the very moment appears to be conducting a ritual that will destroy the world. The limited info so far makes rook's part in this seem suspicious or just dumb. I'm pretty sure the game will hopefully make more sense.
Why are Varic and Harding the only 2 people in a world trying to stop the worlds destruction? Did Varic and Harding hide that they had located Solas finally at the last minute after 10 years since Trespasser?
It's nice we have companions as that is one of the things that make Bioware games great. However, why weren't these groups helping Varic and Harding when a god appeared to be actively destroying the world?
I don't think rook can really trust any group other than their origin group and maybe Neve's group. You can't even trust the inquisition (or former inquisition) as they appear criminally absent when the world was about to be destroyed. So far the heroes of the last game appear as big of losers as the demon cult loving absent greyspawn were in the last game.
I'm not really feeling the connection between the ending of Trespasser and how this game starts.
Hopefully, there will be a mod to give us real Dragon Age demons. Changing demons into collected trash spirits in the fourth game seems off.
Still looking forward to this game if the reviews are good.
Dragon Age Origins was a disappointment for Bioware. It only sold 3.2 million copies. DA2 was a bigger disaster with only 2 million copies. They went back to drawing board and changed up the formula for Dragon Age Inquisition and that worked in attracting casual audience and sold healthy 6 million copies (second behind only Mass Effect 3). They feel changing it up further to attract more casual fans and will also offset the loss of sales by old school Dragon Age fans not buying the game. They are probably targeting 10 million sales with this modern gameplay. And it is working, many casual gamers who usually just play COD (eg Griffing Gaming) like it and want to give it a go.
When I watched the gameplay with my husband, my complaint was that it looks too modern. He said it felt like Mass Effect.
And yeah, also not my Varric. I had pretty much the same growing frustration as you throughout the playthrough.
Harding looks great though.
Glad to see I'm not alone in this one. It wasn't even just the design that did it, but the cringe dialogue just... killed me inside. It's all the little things that pile up into a nothing burger.
Dragon Age is my life, but I don't really understand the wave of hate.
The problem is it doesn't feel like a Dragon Age game. Also they have completely taken out every single RPG like mechanic and turned it into Mass Effect for no reason.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but as someone who has replayed all the available games multiple times, it just pains me that they are choosing to cater to a new, younger audience instead of just sticking to what the fans of the games have asked of them.
I would agree but not until the game is actually out to see if it is to "younger audience" and doesn't have the grim dark tone that it used to. Until then, I would hold my opinion to myself
because they keep straying away from what making Dragon Age a great game. DAO was made as a successor to Baldurs gate in mind. Now every new DA felt like a generic korean mobile action rpg game.
@@ashavellanar1965 fair enough. I think I've seen enough to at least brace myself for the inevitable.
@@jameslambertus5820 that's exactly what I've been saying. It feels so painfully generic... when Dragon Age was one of the few RPGs out the with an amazing lore, NPCs, villains... So sad to see it go down in flames.
Hey just saw your video last night. Thank you for the honest video. I am so tired of the suck ups that I have seen say "Oh this looks amazing". I have even seen some people say that the demons were always changing in the games. WHAT!? what games were they playing. I look forward to more videos.
My favorite demon designs were from da2, earned a sub btw
LEAVE MY DEMONS ALONE thank you for the sub btw :)
DAO were demons with actual personality and not just 3 different colors 2 were scary though
Until the game comes out, I'd hold that opinion, and not base that DA is dead because of some crappy trailer.
We don't even know the entirety of this game..just snippets. So far, its been pretty lore accurate.
You missed the bit where the story wasn't good.
I like this girl, she's brilliant!
I like me too ;)
Im starting to get temped to write the egg hunt story for the dragon age tabletop game. I suspect it would be closer in feel, tone and charecterization than this
Please do. And give me a link when you do it.
They did it like they did Mass Effect Andromeda. It was a disaster.
This hurts... where is the dark fantasy, the bleak atmosphere, the blood, and the strategy!!! This isnt DA, it's freakin genshin impact!
It's so bad. It feels like a generic MMO that you play for one day and forget the next. If you told this game was a new Valorant map and skins I'd believe it.
None of the choices actually matter or have consequences or change anything other than some background chatter about a bar fight.
Nope. They are bringing back "origins" as a way to say "look, this game is like that other game you like so much" but it's literally going to mean horseshit.
Says earlier in the video oh people dont talk enough, then starts screaming "stop yapping"" when they actually do talk.
Also in regards to Varric changing opinions from DA:2 to now, there are a few reasons. Kirkwall is his home, he was also 33 in the events of DA:2 and is now 51 IDK people tend to change as they age.
about minrathous being technological they have had a very good relationship with the dwarfs over the years that combined with their magic superiority makes alot of sense, also as Rook says Tevinter is MASSIVE so yes there are alot of ancient parts, the flying building is the tevinter circle of magi.
the pride demon design really isnt that different it still has the iconic head and arms
also no they didnt defeat solus here the planned to drop the status on the ritual site, which didnt happen cause solus broke them, maybe if you had listened to them when they were speaking instead of shouting "stop yapping" you would have gleaned that.
idk just all around pretty bad reaction
I like it when characters have actually meaningful dialogue, call me crazy. Instead of whispering to each other in a moment of urgency, where the game is telling me I need to hurry or the world ends.
So you are saying, Varric only cares about the world ending when Kirkwall is threathened? Well, I have news for you, buddy. Kirwall is in Thedas, so if Solas succeeded, Kirwall would be gone too. So having Varric give Solas the benefit of the doubt when he couldn't stand Anders after what he did is bad writing.
Since when are the dwarfs technologically advanced? They've had to advance in other ways due to their lack of magic, and it shows in their architecture, which is the most easily defended out of all cultures in Thedas. And they are great weapon and armour smiths, and also at using lyrium in ways other races can't because they are not affected by it. Not at any point I've been to Orzammar and seen a LEDs and street lamps.
About the pride demon... I mean, you said it yourself. If the design only retains two things from the original, what's the fucking point. Also there is no reason for demons to look different when it's been established throughout 3 DIFFERENT games that demons look the same both in and out of the Fade.
The plan was to destroy the statues to disrupt the ritual. I thought that was pretty obvious here. The statues were PART of the ritual. I listened to them, as painful as it was, discuss their stupid plan for 5 minutes before they actually did anything.
And if you think this take is bad, just wait until the game comes out. I plan on having worse ones.
@@nuhre On your first point I agree with you here, I am hoping for more dialogue from Rook that we can control. My assumption is alot of it is due to "It has been edited for brevity and to avoid any major spoilers" thing at the start of the gameplay.
On the note of Varric this wasnt what I was trying to explain he was striving for a peaceful solution that he thought anders was also working towards and then he turned around and turned his home into a warzone, thats bond to enrage anyone. I am assuming he is sympathetic to the why of what solus is doing but wants to stop him before he is an idiot about his way to reach those goals.
On the note of the Dwarfs being technologically advanced we have alot of things. Golems in general, this goes as far as things like the runic golem who has a mastery over magic and the giant colossal golems they built Tevinter to protect Minrathous, The stuff going on in Amgarrak, The gates of Segrummer, the prototypes that led to and the creation of bianca, and just general crafts involving lyrium. I think in the case of orzammar its worth remembering it was a mining thaig, the seat of power was just moved there for convenience. But on that note orzammer and other dwarven places do have Lamps and lights that use crystals as a light source...
With regards to the pride demon ive always thought the head and arms where its most iconic pieces and if you showed me the head of both of them I could say yep thats a pride demon. On the note of the other demons in the gameplay we dont get a name for any of them so they could be different types of demons we have never saw before, but even if they arent im ok for some change tbh its been 10 years since the last game and things like rage demons where just shades but on fire. Also not sure if im just crazy but wasnt it established demons dont need to have a set form its just their nature thats set in stone.
I dont think the statues had anything to do with the ritual due to them talking about dropping them on the ritual site, but only bioware really knows the answer to this one.
I think going into the game with negaitve mind set isnt wise tbh. Personally im just happy for more story. I know alot of people are mad because it seems to be copying mass effect but like in my honest opinion the open world really didnt work in inquisiton and on the note of combat although id like more than 3 skills (if 3 is all we are getting) I never really played dragon age for its thrilling combat I more played it cause I enjoyed its story.
@@kezanub Let's agree to disagree.
I myself liked the combat of DA:2 just wished for the amount of Abilities you had in Origins and ( healers!!!! ). The level design looks good. They could have done way better with Character design in Veilguard, they can't even get the Demons right.. In the end we can just hope for a good story I guess..
Dragon Age 2 might have had it's little idiosyncrasies, but at its core, it was always a Dragon Age game. No what or ifs about it. I don't think anyone ever looked at it and didn't recognize the universe it was trying to portray. This one is just a whole lot of nothingness. And I'm afraid the story so far it's going to be simple and predictable because they don't even know what they are doing anymore.
I'm kinda excited about this game, sure the gameplay doesn't look like DA but im curious to see the after effect of trespasser. So hopefully the story is there
I highly doubt it. The people that made Dragon Age great have been fired or left the company when it started to sink. I wanna keep an open mind too, but I already did that with Andromeda and we got a mediocre game with mediocre characters.
According to the leaks, it will be another bait and Switch, like the Mage Templar war in Inquisition.
The situation with Solas will be waved away quickly, and the plot will center on the two Evanuris that you see in this video, and they will act as Corypheus 2.0.
Oh, and Rook will be some kind of a boring chosen one again like the Inquisitor 🙄.
This is technically just Inquisition 2.0. boring, safe and unoriginal.
Amputee neon coral demons go brrr. This is a Masterpiece of *incompetence*. You can find something wrong with it for every second you look at it. 👏
Star Wars? 🤣
From all the info going around, this game is not exactly the same, it's very much a rip off of the mass effect andromeda fighting system, RPG but with hack and slash features now. All characters have a resource that you build in some way, rogues build momentum by hitting the enemy and not getting hit (the purple small bar bellow the skill icons) and the game relies on stuff like aiming, dodging and parrying now.
Why would they try to make a second ANDROMEDA off all games? WHO ASKED? I just wanted my silly RPG, with its silly RPG mechanics. Excuse me while I go to a corner and cry myself to death.
Those fiery ones are supposed to be Rage demons 😂
NO! YOU LIE TO ME! BRING BACK MY SILLY LOOKING RAGE DEMONS, RIGHT NOW!
@@nuhre
😂 I would if I could. And I wish I was only pulling your leg. ALL of the demons, as you’ve seen, have been given a complete overhaul 🤦♂️ making it more “modern”. You know, for “modern audiences” 😂
@@jamesknott5255 I hate my life, dude.
Hmm its too new and modern for you i see. Thank you for sharing your heartfelt reaction. It seems we are not in kansas anymore^^ We never were in Minrathous so... dont let the changes get to you. I will form an opinion when i have the game on my PC.
It's too late for me. Save yourself.
@@nuhre I waited 10 years. If there is a chance to finally play it, i will. It has been too long, you could say there is no saving me^^
@@Miandey Me too, dude. But damn, it hurts when something you love is struck by the greedy hands of capitalism.
This game is going to suck so bad.
Glad you see what I see.
I can't wait to play this game. It looks pretty good
The game died on a woke tofu hill.
I wouldn't mind a diverse cast of characters (like in previous games) if they were well written. The fact that I can't name a single companion name if you put a gun to my head it's concerning to say the least.
@@nuhre Good written and woke does not exist. Good written diversity needs logical reasons and not "I want and I can".
Havin everyone and their dog as pan sexual is the opposite of diverse for example.
Woke is not diverse, it is the pretension of being tolerant and open minded, but it is in fact the polar opposite.
it is "diversity" with exclusion of groups they hate. Tolerant only if you share their views. Open minded only for their ideas ond demands.
Regarding the companions, aside from Harding and only because of Inquisition, I rarely had a game where I thought "Who do I like less least".
@@nuhre I only remember Taash, and that's because I read his name as Trash the first time I watched the trailer 🤣
bro is mad even before she started watching
oh damm girlie has started complaining about poc and lgbt characters lmao .
i'm a hater, it's in my blood
This game should have been rated as R18 not PG.
Thanks for your vids on DA! Just to say, I think Neve is based on Portuguese for snow, and in the game they say it as Portuguese people would, which is nice. Since you seemed to be asking in the video.
Doesn't really make a lot of sense, considering Tevinter is based on Ancient Rome and they speak something akin to Latin, but I will take the L.
@@nuhre if that was the inspiration, then I get what you mean! Who knows what they were aiming for, really ahah
@nyxian_grid At this point I don't think they know either.
I'm not as doom and gloom as others, but there are thing i'm very disappointed about. Like Scout Harding having a skin condition now (Her freckles weren't anywhere near that pronounced in DAI), the combat being too fast and action-ey, and the fact that your partners seem to do almost no damage or add anything to combat whatsoever. I'm still keeping an open mind though.
She looks like Fiona from Shrek, also she has POWERS now? Doesn't make any sense.
Ferelden is backwards compared to Tevinter. The tech here is going to be better.
But... technology has never been a thing in Thedas. I feel like they could've made Tevinter look advanced by actually putting in the work and using magic to get shit done. Aside from a few glyphs, the city looks like it could be a Dishonored DLC.
@@nuhre Point. VERY good point. 🤔
If I get this game, I'll play it like a fantasy Mass Effect. 😂😂😂
@@RealKeetzGood to see you see things my way.
"stop. yapping." PLEAAASE, MEEEE, this gameplay was full of these annoying little dialogues/lines, it's like a bad case of "our audience must be stupid".
I also agree about them trying to redeem Solas, most likely, though idk I'm not a fan of this.
And as to why Varric was the one trying to talk Solas down, I think he felt responsible, his friend was about to do shit again, so he was ready to go out of his way to change Solas' mind. He couldn't do anything when Anders boomed the church, it was too late already, but here, there's still a chance.
Design-wise I don't care really, imo characters' interaction and direction matters more, so if it's even a little bit good I'm sold. Overall, I'd say they were successful at stylizing characters and creating this weird immersion. Demons are so basic it's true, my first thought was that they looked "modern", so I kinda squeaked when you said the same thing haha.
The only thing that truly bothers me is lack of both proper role-playing element (or at least not shown) and combat variety, including unplayable companions, like what is there to this game then? What's the focus?
Sorry for lengthy comment, based reaction, really, I enjoyed hearing your opinion on this!
The millennial writing is strong with this one. The whole "Erm... I wonder where we'll find a new hero, Hard-- Oh, would you look at that?" it's painful to say the least. But again, characters can only be as smart as the people writing them, and judging how many of the original writers (if not all of them) left the company, I can't say I'm surprised.
I want to think that about Varric too... but honestly? I think it fell on him because he's literally the only recurring main character for this one (if you don't count Solas, and I definitely don't count Harding). I don't mind the stylistic choices either, IF the rest of the game made it up for it... which it does not. It is too modern. It is design to cater to younger audiences, which doesn't mean sense to me because it is us adults who love the franchise and have the money to pay for the game itself. So trying to be "one of the youths" is just like shooting themselves on the foot. Again and Again.
The lack of role-playing element stems from the fact that this is not a RPG anymore. Hope that helps. No, in all honestly, is atrocious. They tried to please everyone and ended up outraging all their core fanbase, which is a feat in and out of itself.
Loved your lengthy comment, by the way! Love to hear about people that are as passionate about this as I am. Makes me feel less crazy.
usually when i hear 'modern' as an insult or prejorative it is coming from a...very bad place lets say, a place not actually concerned with critiquing a piece of art, but it really did feel accurate here.
Can i just say this? You cannot compare each game to one another because they're all different looking. Its been 10 years since trespasser of which the books touch on what happened in between. The demons changed throughout all the games because the lore says the more corrupted the spirit becomes, the more they change. Dragon age isnt just a game series. Theres books and a TV show. Just look at what the story really says and take that into consideration on why they change. Varric is older. 20 years have passed since DA2 and 30 since origins. They used frostbite engine to render the game just the same as inquisition. The difference is, they listened to their fans this time around and took the good aspects of all the games and used them to create this game. Everything from movement to storyline comes from fans and the books. If you want to understand it, i highly suggest reading the books and dont judge game by game
Correction. Only 20 years have passed since Origins.
Inquisition happened close to the end of DA2.
@@SeventhheavenDK Let me think aloud for a sec, my brain isnt braining 😂😭. So the 5th blight lasted a year then DA2 was a total of 9 years then inquisition was a year ish until trespasser which was another 1 to 2 years then veilguard is 10 years later. You're correct, I'm sorry 😂😂
Really should look at the lore that whole civilization is ahead in tech and magic then the rest of the world been a thing since DA:O
I have. Minrathous is "advanced" in the use of magic. Having golems patrol the city instead of guards and the like. But it's also the most ancient city of Thedas. I have never heard of them having spotlights or anything like that, but maybe I'm not looking in the right place.
@@nuhre Do you feel like every single thing present in Minrathous has to be previously cannonized by lore and codex entries? Seems kind of a reductive point.
@@stitchedfreedom By that logic, nothing should resemble what we've learned in the lore all these prior years. Minrathous is not a mystery city. We know enough about it to have an idea of how it operates. And I'm not upset about the look of it, but you have to make it make sense. Even in a fantasy world, there has to be rules the characters and the world follows. You can't just "magic" things into existence because Minrathous powerful and ancient and cool. It has to makes sense within the canon and the lore already established. Otherwise, what's the point of it? That's one of my main issues here. Why bother making something canon or coming up with lore if you are gonna flush it down the toilet next opportunity you get? But hey, that's my opinion and everyone has one.
@@nuhre It really has too much of a Cyberpunk magic Dystopia look to it... Weird coming from Ferelden. There's hearing Tevinter is more advanced and then there's magic flying fortress... Also all the characters look terrible, especially the female ones, also what in Andraste's name did they do with Varric??
Now this is a console trash slasher and not a party tactical RPG. A similar situation was with Sacred 3. Consoles are killing cool PC games!
It's so sad. RPGs are a dying breed and now they pull this shit. I'm so sad for the future of this franchise.
I feel you. Watching you getting more and more frustrated was so similar to my feelings :D
I am this upset because I LOVE Dragon Age. And I think that's the feeling a lot of us have. I'd rather the franchise had ended with Inquisition than seeing it go down in flames.
@@nuhretoo sad , too true
Let's remember! It was a great game. 😢
I wish they had let it die with grace at least
My main problem is the neon energy design we see in EVERY freaking games. The only dragon age I played was inquisition (and learned some lore about the 1st game) but taht's it. I'm more of a Mass Effect fan. Ngl, I'm not hyped for ME:5 to fight bright neon robots....
If they do the same scene that was the 1st meeting with Corypheus in Inquisition, I can already see the dragon with full bright "eviiiiil" energy....
I HATE IT. WHY ARE MY DEMONS NEON? It's even more jarring when you've seen how the demons supposed to look, and then they show you those monstrosities. And don't get me started on how the darkspawn look...
Wish I could give you more than one upvote.
People in this times can only cry. We are all haters.....
I am. It's my only joy in life.
Wokeness killed another legend 🙏
Again wouldn't mind if the entire damn cast wasn't white IF ONLY THEY MADE THE CHARACTERS INTERESTING. I CAN'T REMEMBER THEIR NAMES, JERRY. I'M SUPPOSED TO CARE ABOUT THEM AND I DON'T REMEMBER THEIR NAMES!
Boycott dragon age and assassin’s creed
I was there - part 2
7:30 hey don't diss Doom like that, Dooms demons are way more unique than these mobile monsters
I love Doom. This game ain't Doom. How dare they try to make it Doom?
@@nuhre yeah, it really sucks when they try to make existing games like other games.
Like, stop it. You came to Doom for Doom, you came to Dragon Age for Dragon Age. Dragon Age isn't Doom, you didn't come to Dragon Age to play Doom. You came to Dragon Age for Dragon Age. Why so many AAA developers don't seem to understand this is beyond frustrating.
Never can be pronounced the way they are doing it. It’s like Steve. You wouldn’t pronounce it stevey. But I agree with everything else. It’s not longer a dragon age feeling game but we can still hold out hope on the story itself. It’s all we have to look forward to. And hopefully there is a origins background type beginning for each class to help with role play and being attached to your characters motivations
Seriously doubt they are going to go the extra mile with the backgrounds like the did in Origins. I'm betting at most it's going to be some background specific lines of dialogue.
@@nuhre well that would be pretty disappointing. With the amount of time they had to develop it I was expecting it.
@@BulletProof0311 I suspect they scrapped most of the game and this was hastily put together in a few months. I think this game was meant to be multiplayer and live service, but after Anthem flopped, Bioware panicked and removed those from this game as well. And then they had to patch in the holes.
Truth has been spoken.
I can't help but speak facts.
It’s not stylized in the slightest. The trailer was stylized, the gameplay isn’t. It’s literally inquisition assets, so no idea what you’re talking about here. Honestly I know you’re just trying to get views by getting on the DA hate bandwagon. It’s much more refreshing to just be positive and honest. Negative, nagging women are so cringe.
So you agree with me that is a shitty game, then. Also I don't have a single positive bone in my body. Hatred keeps me alive.
@@nuhre nope I’m a sane person and won’t spew ignorant opinions until I’ve actually played the game. Educated people tend to try and actually know something before being opinionated about it.
@@BBS-dl1lt But I'm not educated. I thought you knew.
Watching people make wrong assumptions then lose their shit about it is hilarious. Most of what people are bitching about has already been negated by new info drops. Lol, imagine correcting the game devs on their pronunciation of their own characters. You can turn off the incoming ranged attack indicator if you want to be a tryhard. The dumb bitch energy is too strong here, I'm out.
Simp, bot, or just really gullible?
@@AulisVaara Nuhre is either really dumb or faking it for engagement bait, which I guess I took, my bad. "Why is the action wheel so huge?" Same size as Mass Effect console wheel. "Why aren't there any abilities?" Because it's a level 1 character and they literally explain it on screen. And so on.
@@darkbeach72 Oh, I was talking about this: "Most of what people are bitching about has already been negated by new info drops."
Oh, no... I'll miss you *squints eyes* Dark Bitch.
@@nuhre it took two months and that's all you got?
They based it off FF12 and Cyberpunk 2077. The demons aren't fully formed and are just nervous systems. That's from the game informer article. I don't like it either.
"aren't fully formed" i'm sorry, what? what the actual fuck? how does that even make sense? even if they _have_ nervous systems (which i doubt, as they are not fully realized independent living creatures, they are spirits formed of ideas) that makes absolutely no sense. they aren't somehow partly summoned, they purposefully crossed the veil themselves, why the fuck would they leave half of themself behind!?
You should have seen me get progressively more upset when you're comparing this nonsense to Dishonored. Its far too sci fi for that.