Big Dragon Age Fan reacts to Veilguard Trailer & Gameplay (optimistic)
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
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This is my first ever reaction video! Dragon Age is a series near and dear to my heart and so I wanted to make a video on it! I kept myself pretty spoiler free of all the news and controversy surrounding the game recently so these are just my raw unfiltered thoughts as someone who's religiously played each game multiple times extensively! Let me know how you feel about the trailer & gameplay or any thoughts in the comments!
00:00 Trailer
04:22 After Trailer Thoughts
07:42 Gameplay Trailer
28:07 After thoughts, pros & cons, and all wanted features
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"I can't look at him!" - pauses game to get a better look at him. :D
Okay, one of us has face blindness because Solas looks IDENTICAL to me. The only issue i have with Varric is that he's not a redhead anymore, and in general the only artstyle choice I hate is the smooth Qunari...
I miss dragon age 2 qunari. They actually looked intimidating.
The new ones look like humans with grey skin and horns.
Varric is in his 50s now, he's allowed to start going grey after a likely stressful 10 years 😭. He reminds me of one of my older friends who used to be a red head and then gradually went brown with grey streaks.
Also agree with the qunari, I hope we see some more variety among them and more rugged-looking qunaris with the next stuff they show.
A redhead? I though he was blond lol
"Did they yassified Solas too?"
Solas: 👁👄👁
Gurl if ya'll don't stop interrupting my magical ritual 💅
Becoming a god does wonders for your complexion apparently
Solas was always a little zesty
@@glowhoo9226I was going to say that. When I saw him I said, "damn they made him hot" 😂😂
i really loved the DA2 dialogue options! glad theyre bringing it back, also the combat sure does look the same half turn based, but better baked, still kind of an interactive cutscene though, i like how you can command the others instead of trying to micromanage 4 characters in a big area along with their own AI, lets hope it holds up
also, varric 100% reminded me of geralt from that trailer at first glace, yes, youre not mad i promise
One thing about the yassified characters that has kinda brought me over on them. They're meant to look like the style of the tarot cards, they're painterly, and in that context I actually kinda vibe with that sort of thought process. They certainly do look much more artistic than they have in previous games and while I kinda don't really hate it or love it I can very much understand where they were coming from. I think as well that this sort of style gives characters more vibrancy to the ways they can appear in different types of lighting, from reading how much time they spent on getting the skin right is kinda wild how much sheer effort they have put in to making skin as beautiful as possible with skin changing in different lighting.
Plus, Egg still looks like an Egg so all is well
love to see your reaction! I had a feeling you would be hyped when I heard there was a New Dragon Age coming out!
The only thing wrong with this trailer is it's placement in the marketing cycle. Inquisition's 'The Breach' trailer was very similar in tone but came much later. It'll work out fine, the game is dark an gritty. We just need more of that to be shown.
Yeah this is 100% my issue with the current marketing atm. I liked both the trailer and this gameplay reveal but the trailer especially felt really out of place. I think it would have worked much better if it was released in the middle of the marketing campaign after perhaps a story trailer and gameplay trailer, where some intrigue around the companions has been built up and we want to find out more about them. I'm sure they'll find their footing with the marketing but it's a shame that they've stumbled a bit awkwardly with the first impressions.
i've only played origins but i like solas because he is bald
Best reason
oh damn you're seeing super spoilers for Inquistion then geez lol
something a lot of da:i fans don't know is da:i basically had the same dialogue choices like da2 just without the icons 90% of the time so this is just like dA:i too in that regard
like i used mostly middle options for my inquisitor and they were diet version of purple hawke lol
I loved all the dragon age games. My favorite, is, strangely, Inquisition, especially with the Trespasser DLC. Looking fwd to this one, especially with a bit of Mass Effect gameplay style. The thing I loved best about DA games were companions too. I liked not feeling alone traveling the world.
I already put dragon age 4 on my wishlist for ps5 and i can’t wait!💖
You missed the two entities coming out of the rip at the very end 😂😂. Those were Elgar'nan and Ghil'anain waking up. According to the Devs, we will see more of northern thedas. With the look change, its been 10 years irl and in game so Varric has aged, so has Solas obviously. There won't be a keep, its going to be a tarot card system to in put the important decisions
Thanks for being optimistic about it. I really hope that they dont massacre another series.
Omg you've played TERA?? I did too and I've never heard anyone else mention it before
Excited to explore this game :> :D I think the reason Solas feels so slay is that his eye color is brighter and his eyebrows are filled in. As for Cullen, his voice actor got into a ton of shit with BioWare in the last few years, so I reaaaally don't think he's coming back. I doubt he'd be recast, but idk. Maybe it'll be like Zevran in Inquisition where he only exists in a letter
You're biased towards Dragon Age 2? You are my new favorite person!
Same! I played DA2 all the way through on every class. My fav Dragon Age game story wise for sure
I still don't understand the negative reception to the companions trailer. I love every second of it (& yes, I've been with DA since 2009) & watched it countless times already 😅 it's the same artstyle as the 2020 teaser narrated by Varric.
I do appreciate you commenting on the art style of the inquisition trailer and you're right on that. It also goes back to DA2 & Origins, the cinematic trailers were always a little out there.
What was a little unfortunate with this trailer is that it didn't really provide a good introduction to the story other than good people unite to fight evil. To draw new folks in a story trailer would've made more sense and then the companion trailer at a later point.
Regarding the companions: this is the first time since DA2 where I'm extremely interested in every companion so far. DS2 is my absolute favorite because of the characters (and because combat felt the most fun out of all 3). I like the companions in DAI the least (still like them though) and I'm excited to get to know them better. 🥰
Coincidentally, Vivienne is also one of my favorites form DAI xD
To Varric though, friendship is everything. The fiber of his strength, despite the stoic charming roguish storyteller he is. Solas's frustration is super understandable considering he sees his people as "tranquil" because of his actions. Your reaction of your egg head is funny even though you visually see the dread in his face when the elven gods drop in behind him. Dragon age 2 is super underrated, for sure. i think Inquisition was too open world for what the other games were. Interesting video, i got to stick around to check more out. Oh don't forget this is about 8-10 year post inquisition and i think they've even out the funny proportions of character and items too.
I played Origins 4 times, DA2 9 times and DA3 7 times. The cinematic trailer didn't really get me super excited but after the gameplay I'm quite optimistic. I love that they went back to the dialogue wheel - can't wait to make a fully sarcastic MC. I hope they will give us an option to load our choices from the previous games, like who stayed in the Fade, who became the Divine, etc. They confirmed that the Inquisitor will be back and we'll be able to customise them like Hawke in DA3. So, I'm cautiously optimistic and can't wait for more reveals.
Vampire masquerade bloodlines (plus community patch) is also good, give it a go. 👍🏻
15:35 they mentioned how you can lessen the lock on, or heighten it- so you can basically disable it.
And they revealed a lot more on the combat in the gameinformer article. (I wish they said stuff on a live stream or smth more accessible tho)
Now that you have watched them both, a lot of your queries will be answered if you want to know more, in the dev interviews. Those figures that appeared at the end are 2 of the Evanuris that we, as Rook, have released since we interrupted the ritual and that Solas imprisoned all those millennia ago. Also, check out a couple of other RUclipsrs who are in the Dragon Age community council for this game. and a lot of your questions will be answered.
I'm interested to know how that "loudspeaker" works, and the spotlights. I guess it could be some kind of crystal perhaps?🤔
Hit Pause is a design choice to make hits feel more impactful, when done right
oh i didn’t know this! This is interesting to know it feels better done in the gameplay trailer for veilguard then inquisition
To add context to solas people dying quote, to him the current people of Thedas aren’t really people to him so while sad they’re dying; he could care less 😅
2:45 Just a regular middle-aged man beaten by life... and monsters.
Varric looks like his voice actor Brian Bloom
Solas looks like an oriental shorthaired cat lmao
I have 5 playthrus of DA2. The characters are great and the lore is mandatory for Inquisition.
Negative, Solas in the inquisition was much uglier than now
ROMANCING HARDING. DECISION MADE. ALREADY DONE. TAKE MY COIN.
I'm going to play on Xbox. My Computer only has 500 something G on my Hard drive. I recently started to play DA2 after many years and enjoyed the first Chapter trying out different classes. Love DAO, Hate Inquisition.
9:00 Varric's chest hair that has never looked is good?
I'm not fully sold on the game yet but I'm sure there is a lot more to be seen and some art work has me a bit more hopeful for the dark fantasy side of it.
Dragon age origins is my favorite and I'm still chasing that high trying to find that more adult game of thrones fantasy vibe in other game which tbf i did with BG3 so can't complain too much. I need the blood and the horrific monster and Morrigan being mean to best boi Alistair.
The Dragon Age Keep will not be usable with Veilguard because the game will be 100% offline
NOOOO 🥺 wait is this confirmed?? If they don’t have some sort of involvement with the dragon age keep as a load in save at the beginning of the game i’m gonna be upsET
@@Merurudesu Yeah it's been confirmed while creating your character you will be able to customize you Inquisitor and some item choices that happened in DAI
25:15 That look...
dragon age and fable artstyle, switched for some reason.
32:32 Of course, he doesn't look like himself - he is Fen'Harel now.
Varric got old...
As for faces in general, I have an impression that faces here lack some texture. Hopefully, it is fixed by the release date.
I wonder if the failure of the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League had any impact on DA going back to its RPG roots.
How do you like 2 more than Origins, that's just crazy. On a more serious note I am worried about this game.
2 does have significantly better characters and much more interesting lore than the original, which by design was borrowing heavily from lotr.
I feel like a old grumpy person as I seem to differ in opinion to others for this game. Why.
Because to me this gameplay reveal looks bad in so many terms of a Dragon Age game.
Too much action combat (towards something generic).
3 skill slots only (like in Mass Effect:Andromeda which was insanely limiting compared to previous games).
No party member control options except ordering them to use their skills (again like ME games).
No tactical view.
And even though this is a curated reveal of the start of the game it still worries me.
You barely have dialogue as the mc. This had more of a action game cutscenes feel (like Uncharted) than rpg involvement in talking.
There is excessive posing to look "cool".
Certain scenes like the fire demons just jumping around to look again "cool" without thinking that does it make sense. Why none of them attack you is odd.
The energy shield that got destroyed by poking the red crystal in the middle (worst barrier ever).
And after 9 years since Trespassers events, Solas grand plan is destroyed by moving a support beam for a statue.
It just doesnt feel like a Dragon Age game anymore.
This feels like a generic action game with some rpg sprinkled on top and set in Dragon Age universe.
Bioware is talking a lot of positive things in press interviews but the actual game looks dumbed down and streamlined for the masses.
Edit:
Your reaction to this reveal is actually the most in line to my opinions and worries so far that I have seen.
Really happy to see that there are others that value the older DA games and what they offered.
I wouldn't play this if you gave it to me. Turned a great Dragon Age Origin game into something unrecognizable. Made a Action game added a few Dragon Age character and put the Dragon Age name on it and pretending a Dragon Age game.
1. combat was very action oriented in da2 and post da:o
2. this is on console, every console game (even da:o) has only had three you can switch out, i believe they already said there is more
3&4. fair though even though i like those features too watching majority of players play not many used them
5. why does it worry you?
6. a lot of the dialogue has usually always came from companion convos etc. in dragon game past da:o, these are big plot points that will likely be similar since it's the start of the game... but you still have already gotten one major choice with taking harding or neve and that may play out differently, but it's hard to judge from this about the overall dialogue and a lot of dialogue you didn't get an option for was origin specific dialogue which makes sense
7. i say no posing except for neve which they introducing her character???
8. stuff like this happened in da:i and mass effect 3, i believe a lot of it is to show all hell is raining loose but you don't need to tediously hit every single thing but go back to those games and look for it because it's there too it's to give a 'bigger' vibe, msot modern games do this
9. lol agreed but it's better than tediously taking down a shield
10. it's not destroyed, it was messed with just like cory's orb when solas' plan was messed with but this time i think rook made it worse by releasing the evanuris
and your opinions aren't really unpopular but i do think some people have nostalgia glasses on for origins which isn't as practical for a modern audience, that games combat was SO slow (i'm re-playing it now)
for me, there have always been things i like and don't like about every dragon age game and the same will be about this one but as long as we're getting world building, impactful choices, get to see our choices from the previous games, bond with companions/great character like that's the thing most important for me
i know everyone is different and have different aspects they like about these games so you may value different things than me but so far, my hype is up
one thing i really like is it seems your backstory does matter and more characters talk about it instead of it being ignored for the most part but obviously i'll have to play the whole game to give my whole thoughts on what's good and what's bad but yeah, just try it out if you have the means to buy it and see how you feel
@@nightfrost1891To me it's just a action game pretending to be Dragon Age, didn't play Inquisition for the same reasons. You like the game have fun and enjoy. Me personally I won't spend my hard earned money on what I feel is a substandard game.
@@nightfrost1891 I will wait for reviews and opinions of the game when it is out. At the moment though this game is sending vibes of a direction that I do not like.
1. Post DA:O games have moved towards more fluid and action, that is true. But the games were still in a ok middle ground for me. Veilguard has crossed my tolerance line though (constant flipping around, dashes, dodges and jumping in combat + reactionary combat instead of tactical). I personally like more slow based combat with fantasy games. Mass Effect I can understand as it is a 3rd person shooter. But DA was not this originally. The shift is unfortunate to me.
2. Inquisition still had 8 skill slots. Im worried about the amount as this reminds me of Andromeda which was such an annoying experience in terms of skills.
5. I am worried as this game is completely different now from where the series started. You can improve and enhance the DA:O experience for example to make it modetn. Veilguard though is almost in a different genre at this point.
6. Your party members etc. did talk a lot but I checked Inquisition start before posting my comment. In DA:I even early game you are already asking things and having more moments to choose your lines (like 2-3 times more at least). Veilguard though you barely say anything. True that character creation choises might be the reason. It just sending now the wrong signal to me. Before knowing more.
7. The were other moments too (Neve had at least 3 in total and was the worst with this). Others moments are more subtle. I get that live service cool moment traces that this game was originally trying to be.
8. Modern games do it but it does not make it good. One demon came behind Varric and passed him. Did not even try to hit Varric whi was easy prey. To me its cool visuals over things making sense.
9. Barried had no point. Maybe to teach breakable objects to the player but you can do it better.
10. Ruining Solas plan like this in the first mission just feels "meh" when we have waited 10 years to continue the story that Trespasser left us.
11. DA:O might be dated but slow and tactical gameplay is still for modern audiences too. BG3 has proven that.
12. Rest I agree. Those are what I like in Bioware games. Why I play them.
What rubs me the wrong way is the gradual tonal shift of the gameplay and other things. Especially when there is a section of the fanbase that still is hungry for the tactical game style.
And I wont be buying it unless I see proper gameplay and things that I like. If I buy a game that I do not like, just to see if I might like, is telling Bioware/EA that what they are doing is ok.
Is Davren the first black elf in dragon age? Fenris and Zevran were kind of dark skinned, but fenris is clearly Mediterranean and Zevran is Spanish as Antiva is based a bit on Spain.
I’m not against dark skinned elves, but this kind of feels like BioWare breaking established lore. Why haven’t there been any in ferelden or orlais?
It just feels weird, honestly.
Also, what’s up with his ears? They’re comically long.
thats called pushing DEI agenda down the throat
@glowhoo9226 Briala comes to mind, but she's more warm than dark. If the player can make their Warden or Inquisitor have skin tones that match Davrin's, then its canonical. Fereldan and Orlais are cold and cloudy, while Rivain and Antiva are hot and sunny. If Vivienne (albeit Human), a Rivaini, has really rich dark skin, I don't see how it could be lore-breaking for Davrin
Warden/Inquisitor as in Tabris, Surana, Mahariel, and Lavellan
I am the odd one out here, but I really do not see anything so far that gives me a positive impression of Veilguard. The gameplay footage was just really bland looking to me, especially after coming out of Baldur's Gate 3 that hits the ground running really hard and keeps the player engaged from start to finish. Veilguard doesn't do that. Or at least I don't get the impression that it does from what Bioware has shown. They had the opportunity to hook the player right away with what they showed, and I think they failed to do it.
I think that’s so fair bees, I try to never compare other games to other games by different companies bc I know I’ll only get myself disappointed. Maybe Larian and Bioware could have gone toe to toe in the early 2000s but Larian is a company I think has developed in a way better direction, Bioware stuck under EAs control always has my expectations lower
@@Merurudesu I really wish Bioware could leave EA Games. They would be amazing under Microsoft again.
I loved DA 1 and 2. Never playing this garbage. It's obvious the people that made this game hate gamers.