The Mage Killer | Let's Play Dragon Age: Veilguard Blind Part 6

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  • Опубликовано: 1 дек 2024

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  • @AverageYTUser62
    @AverageYTUser62 5 дней назад +24

    18:50 A whole family of Antivan crows? Almost like… a murder.

  • @AnnisENB
    @AnnisENB 5 дней назад +27

    1:02 in the artbook for veilguard they mention that hairloss is one of the few ways to detect aging in ancient elves. In other words, Solas is bald cause he is ancient 😂

    • @AnnisENB
      @AnnisENB 5 дней назад +4

      Idk how "canon" that is but it sure is hilarious

    • @mayaamis
      @mayaamis 5 дней назад +3

      hehe true. One of the dev Epler also confirmed a month ago or so the ancient elves lost hair with age.. after a really long time of course

    • @jamisantanen4483
      @jamisantanen4483 5 дней назад +14

      the art book also says that Elgar'nan's hair is a wig attached to the crown IT KILLS MEEEE LMAOO

  • @purplepothos5794
    @purplepothos5794 5 дней назад +15

    Bioware cats definitely come off more chill than Larian cats.

  • @teamg9
    @teamg9 5 дней назад +20

    This feels like a good time to recommend doing side quests and exploration as they become available, at least for the early portions of the game. Progressing the main questline can block of some side content without warning, and the side quests in this game are usually significant and substantial enough to warrant doing instead of just filler fluff.
    6:15 Valuable Items are used for selling to faction vendors to gain factions strength, though some valuables also give a small stat bonus when purchased.
    18:20 After Corypheus stepped out of legend and wreaked havoc only a decade ago it's probably easier for them to accept elven gods walking around (or at least mages claiming to be gods). Caterina also seemed to be aware of the whole Dread Wolf situation and the ritual, so more gods isn't too big a step.
    1:00:15 A little easter egg: Felicia Erimond is the sister of Livius Erimond, the Venatori manipulating the Grey Wardens in Inquisition.

  • @christopherarenas1115
    @christopherarenas1115 5 дней назад +10

    Hope everyone's doing well today

  • @HelenHunt69
    @HelenHunt69 4 дня назад +4

    Given that Meredith is a Templar her headdress was probably based on andraste's.

  • @Avenger85438
    @Avenger85438 5 дней назад +5

    Welcome to Venice-Spain. Y'know its weird how the two major country's we've visited are both derived from the same real world source. Tevinter is the Byzantine Empire (AKA the Eastern Roman Empire) and Antivian's speak with Spanish accents but their culture is distinctly the Italian City-state 's.
    Their geographical locations are also a bit off, (When you turn the map of Thedas upside down it looks like a warped version of Europe), with Tevinter being roughly where Rome is, when the real Byzantine's were situated where the Anderfel's are.
    Before Dragon Age I never realized how many fantasy worlds are a weird hodgepodge of historical and cultural influences like that.

  • @sambishop9856
    @sambishop9856 5 дней назад +4

    To answer your question, the Qunari military, the Antaam, tried to assassinate the new Arishok after the Vidassala was defeated. The Kithshoks, or generals and admirals of the Antaam, decided that the foreigners were unworthy of conversion. The new Arishok, the former Sten, disagreed and cited the Hero of Ferelden and Champion of Kirkwall as examples of noble foreigners. Now, while the Antaam left, all their builders and suppliers didn't. So basically the Qunari military is fragmented into armies of rampaging, pillaging Tal-Vashoth in service to Elgar'nan

  • @ginger8052
    @ginger8052 5 дней назад +4

    The thumbnail has got me hyped. I love Lucanis and the Crows so much. Playing a crow origin has you in the same house as Viago "De Reva" and he's like a older brother/dad energy to a Crow Rook LOL It's so good.

    • @foxfire9320
      @foxfire9320 5 дней назад +2

      I played a Crow Rook and it's just so nice running around the game with a fellow Crow. There's another companion that's a Crow fan and adding them to the trio makes it even more delightful cos it's clear they're geeking out whenever the three of us are together xD

    • @nhrdy
      @nhrdy 4 дня назад

      ​@@foxfire9320 ooohh who is that? don't think I've gotten their banter

    • @foxfire9320
      @foxfire9320 4 дня назад +2

      ​@@nhrdy Not really a spoiler, but just in case .... SPOILER
      It's Taash! It's like an ongoing joke between them and Lucanis, all the way into the last mission if you bring them both. It's fucking adorable :D

    • @ginger8052
      @ginger8052 4 дня назад +2

      @@foxfire9320 Yes all their banter is hilarious with a Crow Rook and Lucanis always saying "no" in that particular tone gets me every time. Spoiler? for some banter
      The one that really made me laugh was Taash asking if all crows had demons and Lucanis just in that disbelief "no" while Rook is literally right there like "Taash. I'm a Crow. I don't have a demon inside me... unless you count Solas in my dreams but I don't want to think about that."

    • @foxfire9320
      @foxfire9320 4 дня назад

      @@ginger8052 SPOILER
      For me the best thing was when in combat, Taash would randomly say 'the Crows axe their regards!' 💀Or Lucanis would say 'the Crows send their regards!' and Taash would get excited lol. It's not even banter, just extra combat lines they didn't have to bother putting in the game, but so fun. I often felt like Rook and Lucanis were the Crow parents and Taash was our wannabe baby Crow 😂

  • @kirstybookwyrm
    @kirstybookwyrm 5 дней назад +7

    Welcome to the team Puss in Boots

    • @dsx7517
      @dsx7517 5 дней назад

      Yeah, the way they all speak is quite ridiculous.

  • @Ifrit3004
    @Ifrit3004 5 дней назад +3

    6:32 Items you can buy that are marked as 'valuable items' are for you to sell to other factions and increase their strengths and shop rank. The most important thing to buy are Mementos, as you have seen these increase the Caretaker's Workshop Level and give small codex entries, the rest are self explanatory (equipment, appearance/fashion, decor etc.)

  • @sambishop9856
    @sambishop9856 5 дней назад +2

    Valuable items you sell to factions that concern those items, monster parts to Wardens and death records to MW etc, for more reputation. Basically it's a trucking mechanic. Mementos are important though, they make the spirit merchant who enchants and upgrade your gear in the lighthouse better

  • @Roronoa2zoro
    @Roronoa2zoro 5 дней назад +5

    So does the controller vibrate to reflect the cats purring when you pet them on PC too? Because it did on the PS5 version.

    • @Welonz
      @Welonz  4 дня назад +2

      i don't remember feeling that!! now i feel ripped off

    • @Roronoa2zoro
      @Roronoa2zoro 4 дня назад +1

      @@Welonz I'm so sorry 😞

    • @Ifrit3004
      @Ifrit3004 4 дня назад

      @@Welonz Hmm are you playing wireless and is steam input disabled? On PC most dualsense features work only properly when wired and steam input turned off.

    • @Welonz
      @Welonz  4 дня назад +7

      I just tried petting a cat again and it does vibrate! I think I just didn't particularly remember it happening before lol

  • @anieeina
    @anieeina 5 дней назад +3

    Buy the mementos. You need it to level up the caretaker in your lighthouse. Leveling up the caretaker fast is a big help.

  • @AndyJP
    @AndyJP 5 дней назад +4

    And thus, every dragon age game (as well as dao: awakening!) has a possessed companion (or is a spirit). 😂

  • @nightfrost1891
    @nightfrost1891 5 дней назад +1

    you can come back and explore the locations if they are cities, if they are special story places like the ossuary, no but if it's where a faction is etc. like treviso as a whole/as a town you can go back and explore and find ways to get the chests etc.

  • @AlyxMSC
    @AlyxMSC 5 дней назад +1

    Bioware seems to be really scared of combat when you don't have 2 teammates. D'Meta's crossing, 3 teammates, no combat. Lucanis recruitment mission, 1 teammate, no combat until Lucanis is recruited.

  • @sambishop9856
    @sambishop9856 5 дней назад

    Sorry for all the comments lol just trying to help with lore questions. Around 19:00 specifically you mentioned Crows and family. High ranking Crows are all family to their Talon, if not by blood than by adoption. Which is why a crow Rook is a "de Riva" because their sifu/master/adoptive parent figure is Viago de Riva. So Zevran, when he was a young Crow and was a trainee, was just Zevran. Eventually he was adopted into the Arinai Family, whose leader held the title of eighth talon IIRC before their leadership was gutted following Zevran's actions against them in specific and the Crows in general after their bungled attempted murdering of the DAO protag

  • @eldandnyis3572
    @eldandnyis3572 5 дней назад +1

    19:40 So just a heads up (because I wish someone had told me) when you're on a main mission they lock you off from exploring the open areas like at 20:11 you were on the right track but Bioware put those people there to stop you.

  • @zathug
    @zathug 5 дней назад +8

    Lol Who knew a mage killer would be so attractive

  • @LooseAsADEUCE
    @LooseAsADEUCE 5 дней назад +7

    I haven't even watched yet but I had to come and say this thumbnail is DEFINITELY doing its job 🤤

  • @sambishop9856
    @sambishop9856 5 дней назад

    Demons are often originally a positive spirit warped by trauma or bloodshed or intense emotion. Spite demons are what happens when Determination or Motivation spirits become corrupted

  • @Havok0159
    @Havok0159 4 дня назад +1

    You complained about aim assist when using kb+m. There is but you can turn it off in settings, in case you wanna switch back. :)

  • @nokia_princess
    @nokia_princess 5 дней назад +1

    You’ll have plenty of time for revisiting and exploring Treviso, trust me 😂

  • @mayaamis
    @mayaamis 5 дней назад +4

    Welonz mementos are not useless.. they allow you to upgrade caretakers shop. the higher you upgrade his shop the higher level he can upgrade your gear at the Lighthouse. so upgrading the shop should be a priority :) but you don't have to buy you find a lot by exploring and doing quests

  • @AverageYTUser62
    @AverageYTUser62 5 дней назад +2

    Where is Zevran? 🥺

    • @federicomachado811
      @federicomachado811 5 дней назад +5

      Zevran is not a crow anymore since the first game lol

    • @AverageYTUser62
      @AverageYTUser62 5 дней назад +1

      @ I know but I high-key wish we got to see him again since we’re finally visiting Antiva and getting to meet his former associates 😭

  • @RobertNugent
    @RobertNugent 5 дней назад

    Well, I was once told that God was going to condemn to an eternity in Hell. I shrugged that off as well.

  • @draakgast
    @draakgast 5 дней назад +1

    ooh hey, we just met but let me, the head of the secret crows, assassins, child killers etc
    tell you all about my grand son, did you know nobody know the following information, not even
    my direct family knew and now I don't care if they find out by telling you all this.
    elven gods?? who cares about that? Wouldn't she want to get more information from Rook( or tries since she doesn't know how much we know)

    • @teamg9
      @teamg9 5 дней назад +5

      The Crows aren't a secret and Lucanis is her grandson, not son.
      Caterina seems aware of the situation from her own investigations (she mentions the Dread Wolf without Rook saying it first), and even if she wasn't the idea of two powerful mages are claiming to be gods isn't hard to accept.
      She's revealing the information about Lucanis now because now there is an actual opportunity to do something about it.

    • @draakgast
      @draakgast 5 дней назад

      @teamg9 no the crows are not a secret, but I can asume her direct circle IS etc.
      I don't care that she reveals it now cause THAT makes sence, but in front of these people that didn't know?? Keep that information between her and Rook so when he comes back you have leverage/more "elbow room", more tactfull.
      Yeah she COULD know, just as likely as not, but since there is no dialouge about that nor a reference (unless later in the game something comes up), we can file that under : probably but not confirmed.

    • @LooseAsADEUCE
      @LooseAsADEUCE 5 дней назад +3

      ​@draakgast On the bit about Caterina knowing, it's been alluded to as early as the Veil Jumper section that most people are aware something big happened. That's further confirmed in later chapters. All Rook did was explain WHAT the big thing was.

    • @teamg9
      @teamg9 5 дней назад +3

      @@draakgast She explicitly talks about Solas's ritual and what Rook did there (despite Rook not mentioning anything about that) due to her having eyes on the Venatori who had been hunting Solas. Seems pretty certain to me.
      I'm not sure what leverage you think Caterina could have and who that leverage would be used on.

    • @draakgast
      @draakgast 5 дней назад

      @@teamg9 not leverage, more as in, if you didn't want your family to know Lucanis is alive, why tell them now? If she feels like that information needs to be hidden( until now) why let them know. She mentioned spies could be in her ranks.
      Lol, It just feels weird to walk out of the builing of the famous crows and nobody tries to take advantage of your possible information, yeah we helped them but I expect them to twist it a bit while they try go gain as much advantage as possible, maybe she asjed Lucanis to spy for her on Rook?

  • @draakgast
    @draakgast 5 дней назад +2

    the first section is so weird, like walk around in this city that looks nice
    but doensn't have a function (so far?) feels a bit like filler.
    and these ''crows'' feel like generic thieves guild from any other fantasy game,
    by the interactions and dialogue a newcomer wouldn't even know what
    grey morals they have

    • @Ifrit3004
      @Ifrit3004 5 дней назад +1

      It's quite linear, I would say the majority of the first act is like that until it actually opens up and you are free to explore and do side quests which there are a ton of.

    • @LooseAsADEUCE
      @LooseAsADEUCE 5 дней назад +1

      I'm a newcomer and I automatically assume an assassin's guild has grey morals off top lol. If you take the time later to read up on them, do sidequests, and talk to them it quickly becomes clear how they operate.
      I will agree on the tease of the first walk through of an area tho. I wish you could explore more when you first get there but it's not a huge deal.

    • @draakgast
      @draakgast 5 дней назад

      @LooseAsADEUCE minor spoilers
      Does it go into the training of the slave children recruits or anything, I wanted to know about the crows sincw they started as religous monks or something

    • @LooseAsADEUCE
      @LooseAsADEUCE 5 дней назад +1

      @draakgast Also minor spoilers
      Actually yes. There's an ongoing storyline about one of the children and the Heir (I think that's what they're called) training them. I haven't seen the conclusion of it bc I haven't beat the game yet myself, but it's there.

  • @FrancisFjordCupola
    @FrancisFjordCupola 5 дней назад +3

    Three minutes in and we have an "announcer" through the public broadcast. Said it before, part of the reason why the writing is terrible is because they are attempting to do a dystopian sci-fi, but don't understand science, so they just prattle a bit and say magic. And that's atrocious. Means that in reverse, when the writers run into science all they see is magic. No understanding.
    And then we have a "guard" calling people to move along, but all NPC's do in the game is shuffle and sway a bit, transferring their weight from left to right. And at 6:45 in we have a guard calling to "keep order" with no one around and nothing happening.
    The lack of proper world building... just teleporting right in. The soldiers who would be busy oppressing would upon the sight of a hero know who they should oppress next, but just outright ignore the hero.
    When I see that merchant at 5:45 in and her animation, I think guys... Dark Souls knew how to budget the development. If you can't do the facial expressions convincingly, just leave it out and spend the budget elsewhere. Like zoom-ins for petting. Also humor. Your body is a sacred vessel. First item sold for that sacred vessel: a compendium of the dead. Geez. Immersion. Have proper merchants. Sell food and stuff. Lol... the merchant is even called "nutrition specialist"? That's called cook or farmer in fantasy worlds.
    "The antaam almost shut us down because they don't like magic," in a Dragon Age game. They know what happened with magic. And how nice Tevinter is to everyone else and such. And one of the mages of the crows? They are supposed to be the mage killers. And family is important? Yet they just hand over a boat and wave goodbye and say good luck.
    "Vi and I will hold down the fort," said the ones who were there when some attack happened? They only lost their big shot? Nothing to see other than that? It's so weird and terrible writing. Ah well, disaster tourism in gaming.

    • @teamg9
      @teamg9 5 дней назад +10

      The Crows aren't a gang of mage-killers that kill any mage they come across. They are assassins for hire, which includes having people specialized in killing mages, but there's no reason for them not to have mages of their own.

    • @foxfire9320
      @foxfire9320 5 дней назад +9

      Like ... most of this doesn't even feel like serious criticism. It's seriously just the most random-ass grumbling lmao

    • @LooseAsADEUCE
      @LooseAsADEUCE 5 дней назад +8

      Why are you here? What is your point in intentionally misunderstanding what is going on so you can whine? Are you trying to sour the experience for Welonz or the rest of us? Like, go watch something you like. Stop being miserable here.

    • @nightfrost1891
      @nightfrost1891 5 дней назад +7

      this is SUPER nitpicky ngl lol
      and sorry, i can do this with any and every game
      i can nitpick everything baulder's gate 3 does tbh and i love bg3 as well as this game but be serious lol
      like why does shadowheart randomly change her hair and we see no cutscene or how or much so why she did it
      list goes on, just said one thing bc i don't want to be here all day
      like there is SO much you can in everything, games aren't irl of course there will be teleporting lol
      just looks like you're find any and every reason to not like the game
      yeah, i'd change some things but i'd do that with literally EVERY game i play and all the dragon ages even though they are my favorite games
      if you played it and didn't enjoy, fine but geez
      i bet a lot of you guys praise mordin's writing, garrus, tali, jack and kasumi and various missions of mass effect wrote by the lead writer on da:o but now since it's this game you're nitpicky af saying 'it's bad writing'

    • @aknelson229
      @aknelson229 5 дней назад +2

      ​@foxfire9320 "ass grumbling" omg lmao, I love that

  • @Franju98
    @Franju98 5 дней назад +2

    I'm so sorry, i am really trying but this game is not a dragon age like the others, it lost many of the essences of the old ones, is a really shame, but i hope everyone is content cause i am not, the whole plot so far is boring and not engaging, straight to the point, you cannot ask like 4 questions or have a personality, you can't have an oppinion about the characters when you meet them, in the old games you know upfront how they are, i cannot build sympaty for them xD is all pretty slow, not epic, the past of Solas that we previousley saw was like...why? we didn't get much of it, all we learn is that Solas have hair we already know he did something "awfull"
    I am not here to be negative, Welonz is doing a good joob but the game itself is very weird and i can't get interest in it, i just wanna see what they did with the franchise because i care about it, and well...is sad it comes to this, we are even complety forgot about Varric and Morrigan who are the most interesting characters here, but well..don't matter at all here :/

    • @nightfrost1891
      @nightfrost1891 4 дня назад +1

      it gets better as you go, it starts slower
      the missions a bit later are EPIC
      you get more solas stuff as time goes on too
      let it cook
      she's still in the 'introduction to companions stage' and i assume will be so for a while

    • @Franju98
      @Franju98 4 дня назад

      @ i hope so man 🥺