Fire whoever made this trailer. The game itself seems like a continuation of inquisition's design philosophies, but the person who directed the thing meant to sell the game failed spectacularly.
@@Kingkyon94 I don't know how to explain what the feeling is. But the writing seems to be lackluster. I don't know if I'll judge it after playing or watching someone else play it.
I genuinly thought this was a diablo immortals kind of situation. Like thats not the real new game just a mobile side project...oh boy do i feel betrayed
I suggest making The Darkspawn Chronicles canon then. It will hurt af, but Maker, killing a pregnant woman is more acceptable for DA than this. (immediately go crying after saying that)
You shouldn't even call yourselves Bioware anymore, nobody is left from the company that actually built its reputation. The lead dev's only previous work was on The Sims and some golf game.
It’s ironic that all the characters have the smoothness of sims characters now too. Narrative wise I think this game will be good, but Jesus Christ how they’ve fucked up the art style so much is beyond me. If this game doesn’t do well in terms of sales (like the majority of big games now a days), it’s gonna be a harsh reality for game developers. On a positive I think the gaming landscape is changing for the better, v slowly anyway
To be honest, I think it's the same for a lot of big studios. Ubisoft and CD Projekt RED, for example, have lost many of the original developers who made them so successful, and have formed their own small studios. I wouldn't be surprised if the next The Witcher game that's announced looks more like the Netflix series than The Witcher 3, in fact I'm sure of it. And the immersion will be totally broken.
@@Petitmoi74 If they do that they instant kill one of their fan favourites. Every true Witcher fan could see the train wreck that Netflix show was. Fingers crossed these new hires don’t think they know best and try change everything possible.
You're so right! This feels weirdly like a mobile game ad. And that is the first impression they want us to get? Guess we'll still have that one DA staple, micro-transactions.
For a Dragon Age game where a the entire world is on the brink of destruction and the stakes have never been higher, it certainly looks like everyone is having fun.
Yeah, it looks like they give writing script to some goofy, sweet girls that are here only to boost DEI statistics, but they dont know anything about world design and fantasy at all. Also they just added music that they like, not that who actually would fits the world.
Respectfully, this is the farthest from what I expected this trailer to be. Like, how in the world did we get from all the 'Dread Wolf Rises' teasers to this?
@@Arcessitor Je crois que je vais finalement écrire ma fan fic ca sera gratuit, moins long, et bien plus divertissant et amusant que "joué" a se "jeux".
DA 2 primarily suffered from bad gameplay, but the writing wasn't bad at all. Good story, bad execution with level design / mechanics and a rushed game with a lot of cuts. THIS though, is just an insult to the entire series. I thought Inquisition was lacking soul but this makes it look stellar by comparison.
LOL you're so right, I got used not to listen to whatever people are saying in the trailers, but I feel like whoever edited this trailer has made a cry for help this way
The only thing we ask of them is to go back to the Dragon Age Origins formula. Not to turn the game into an action RPG. They have focused so much on that that I even have the feeling that my decisions in the other 3 games will have a minimal impact.
I remember the tension of the first game, the moral dilemmas, the feeling of constant danger. Now I see smth like: Hey look, here is a hero, and here is another hero, together we will defeat everyone, yoohoo, fun! 🎉
It feels like everything is fine, what with how many heroes this world keeps popping out of its ass. It's like you're going on a stroll and, oops, there's one. Ain't that nuts 🧐? But the world's in serious danger. Oh, hush, some random from a bar is going to save everyone, and if it's in trouble again, some random from Best Buy's got your back. Like, why even have a story in a game if it's going to be this bad? It's a distraction.
@@irispettson BG3 is DEI trash but they sprinkled it in through the course of the entire game and also had 15 years in development. Gameplay wise it does nothing new that other isometric strategy games have done. Normies just go the normal hero route with nothing too degenerate so they don't see the stupid shit the game included like BEAR SEX.
I might have no marketing education or experience, but something tells me that making a trailer in a style that will appeal to LITERALLY NO ONE who played either of the previous games, is not a great marketing strategy for a sequel to a well-loved series. This looks more like it was made exclusively for people who were born after the last game released in 2014.
That probably is who theyre trying to appeal to though; it's been ten years and they'll want a new pool of gamers. Not sure why they prioritized them, but at least it gives some context for the front-facing first introduction trailer to be so quippy, hackneyed, and childish. They're playing it safe (and potentially entered dangerous waters by doing so...)
what's the point in marketing to people who are either: a)gonna buy it anyway, or b)are too conservative to like anything that would seem too different from something that they liked a decade ago
Literally... Made me even more worried about the game, damn. But do they really not have anyone on their team who checks what people actually want and say? All i seen as a fan was people wanting the dark vibe from Origins back and now we got Dragon Age by Pixar trailer, damn
I completely disagree. The thing I love most about DA is the characters and their stories. This made me so curious about everyone here, I can't wait to meet them
@@DatManJB dark fantasy...it was billed as being inspired by LotR back in the day. You are probably some youngster that wasn't even around when the series launched. 🤣
@@ataridc It was billed as the spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate, you being of the age of when these games came out should know this. LOTR has nothing to do with the inspiration behind these games other than the fact that they are fantasy.
@@23TheOneAndOnly23 In the lore, it's supposed to be an otherworldly place where demons can find you and take over your body, then they turn you into a monster that slaughters an entire town/village. There's a reason people keep mages under close watch.
Based on playing the mage origin it didn’t seem that bad just going into the fade as long as you’re not tricked by the demons but when the fade starts entering reality then things get fucked up
@@23TheOneAndOnly23that was the gameplay, it was VERY concerting to BE in. Especially the haze and deep deep brown color filter. Felt like you were in a dream with all the fog, not really understanding what's happening. And all the lore behind it. Its horribly dangerous. Then DAI decides to add a GREEEEEEEN color scheme to the fade and veil. Make it almost cartoony rather than what it is...the dream/nightmare world with a vague connection to both the darkspawn, the maker, and the elven gods. Its not hell or something. Yeah the circle of Magi location in the game was bad game design wise, turned into a bad puzzle/metroidvania game...but the mage ORIGIN was bloody fantastic. And having all your companions becoming trapped by their own trauma in a perfect world dream, having to save them. THAT is the fade. DAI also forgot all the trickster aspect of the fade. Most of the demons want to trick you not instantly attack you. Or feed on you in some way. Not just mindlessly attack you.
What really baffles me about this trailer is that they have had all this time developing this game, they know how little faith there is in them delivering a good sequel to the previous games and yet.. This is how they reveal the new game, a complete 180 from past games in both art and tone. Absolutely mindblowing how anyone thought this was a good idea. It really doesnt sell the game.
This is the bigger issue to me - the art style is whatever (it’s always been stylised to an extent), the graphics look great but… where’s the emphasis on the story? Why is the tone so light hearted? Why is it so generic? “Defy the gods” - bland and stupid
@@destrucktor8071 "graphics look great" did you wash your eyes? How are the graphics any better than in Dragon age 3, a game that came out a decade ago?
@@reunionproductionsI'm glad somebody has their brain on straight. So many comments are bothering on about 'forced diversity' ruining it, which is such a naïve cop-out The problem isnt gender/whatever of characters: its the god damn Marvelification of every franchise in the name of broad appeal. I know we have so little to go off, but this whole trailer just screams 'every one of these characters' personality trait will be wise-cracking smart-ass'... failing to realise that Varric is the party's wise-cracking smartass, and everyone is lessened by others having the trait But hur dur Marvel made bank whilst doing it, so time to force it into everything
@@destrucktor8071 Especially in a mono-theistic culture like the DA world. Afaik the only "God" is The Maker. Bunch of other powerful characters roam the world like Flemmeth etc, but only The Maker would be on the level of "God".
Oh the game has been in development hell. Even back when it was still called dread wolf it had been rewritten and changed creative directions multiple times . What they’ve been doing for the last few years has essentially been starting a project getting halfway done scrapping it and doing something else rinse and repeat but now the project is due so they just have to throw together what they have as of now and release it. Or it’ll end up like Beyond Good and Evil 2 which is just shovelware at this point. ( sorry for poor punctuation on mobile)
@@estelasayeed5608 nobody thinks this is actual gameplay...that is not what people have a problem with. the problem is the theme and tone, Dragon Age is dark fantasy, meanwhile the trailer doesn't even take itself seriously.
Dragon Age: Origins is one of my favorite games. The choices I made, the depth of the plot, the way you progressed through the game, savoring it little by little... it just doesn't exist anymore. I honestly don’t know what happened to them, but ever since the disappointment of Dragon Age 2, I've been holding onto hope that it would change, and it hasn’t
Man I sure do love painfully unfunny banter and splashy character introductions for a dark fantasy game where the stakes are supposedly the highest they’ve ever been
Alistair theirin would like a word with you… Also, the stakes are a bit lower than they were during inquisition, when all of Thedas saw that hole get blown in the sky. Nobody but the inquisition knew what Solas was going to do, it makes sense for this adventure to start off more grounded.
@@Agent789_0 “grounded” means lower stakes (which they are confirmed to be to start out with) as the PC is not going to be famous/known to start out with. And you haven’t even heard these companions say two lines, you can’t call them unfunny based on that. People complained about DA2, people complained about Inquisition, and now people are complaining about Veilguard while claiming they never complained about any of the games before. It’s like clockwork. Maybe the game is great, maybe it sucks. But people are calling it horrible in bad faith based on a two-minute trailer when BioWare has not historically been great at representing their games in trailers (just look at the one for origins…who gave Leliana a facelift?)
@@carolineshore1094 Alistair using his humor and sarcasm as a defense mechanism for deep-rooted issues is good character writing. Every character saying one-liners like its a marvel movie and some goofy cartoonish vibe is not good writing and it is certainly not Dragon Age
As a long time Dragon Age fan, who replayed the entire trilogy multiple times in my life, and I for a fact consider it one of the best RPG franchises in existence, this, looks like a trailer for a parody, not a continuation of one of the best asymmetrical story arcs in gaming history. P.S. I am actually shocked how one trailer managed to kill years worth of hype and wish to visit Thedas again.
Who are they making these games for, Dragon Age One trailer was an epic D&D masterpiece. Guys, it's Dungeons and Dragons not a sitcom. Stay woke stay broke.
Y’all said stay woke stay broke when BG3 came out and backpedaled so fast it was hilarious. I’ll see you in a few months, when the game releases and you guys are once again backpedaling 😂❤
@@Flippohoyyy I would explain it and educate you but I can tell I would be wasting my time. You know what I mean, don't be so passive aggressive, it gives me the ick.
Say what you will about the trailer, but Loghain hung Cailen out to dry. The Fereldans had a tactical advantage in that fight with the Ostagar cliffs providing ample defense and instead of making full use of the terrain, they sent the Mabaris and footmen to get slaughtered down on the field. It could have been an absolute shooting gallery if they had utilized the pinch points at their disposal. The Tower of Ishal could have been easily defended if the troops had been deployed intelligently. Loghain is a traitor, through and through.
@@scottybreuerretconning history? That was Cailens plan, not Loghain's. Once Cailen threw away their strategic and tactical advantage to reap glory, what was Loghain supposed to do? Throw away the rest of the army?
Fun fact: at one point in development it basically _was_ a PVP shooter thing. I _think_ that was after the version that was Anthem with Dragons.... But I could be mixing up which was the prior and latter restarts... There was like 4 or 5 of them.
Yeah, this is fucking bullshit. I didn't wait a decade to see them tank the fuck out of DAI into this shit. I'm fucking livid. But don't worry EA LITERALLY could go f themselves. This is bullshit. No of this relates to Dragon Age Inquisition. And now they have ruined the Dragon Age Universe with this garbage. Maybe if they didn't take 10 damn years we would had the correct game that starts off where our choices ended hunting Solas in DAI. To say I'm disappointed is a understatement. I'm Livid.
"Sign in to confirm your age This video might be inappropriate for some users" Indeed... But just the other way round. Would need some sort of inverse age verification 😅
clash of clans knows what it is. cartoony and goofy it didnt take itself seriously and theres hogrider. but even with the goofyness its still better then any marvel humor or wacky millenial humor
They somehow managed to make a Dragon Age game look like a Overwatch + Fortnite + Marvel + Guardians of the galaxy game trailer meant for 11 year olds to play.. Good lord.
29k likes, 134k dislikes... for those wondering. This is what happens when you take a beloved dark fantasy RPG and turn it into Overwatch. Update: we're now at 42k likes and 234k dislikes.
To be fair, this nonsense started with Inquisition, where they went for a brighter, more 'heroic' and 'progressive' depiction of Thedas. There they also removed a lot of the player's agency. In DAO you could use your magic knife on every other character and companions were not safe from your wrath. Not to mention other morally questionable choices. To some extent, the same goes for DA 2, where you could, for example, sell Fenris back to his slave master. On the other hand, in DAi you get exposed to virtue signalling and downright preaching with no option to speak or act against it.
That sucks. I wanted another installment that contradicts everything from the previous games. That was the best part of the series; you could play any of them and pretend you played them all because nobody could call you out for not knowing the continuity, because it didn't exist. 😂
@@Goodbutevilgenius Worse. That "transgenre woman" worked on mobile Sims game and then magically somehow went from developing mobile slop to being Game Director for a AAA project lmao.
Right, why the F dose it look like an Over Watch clone trailer!? I get it was gonna be live service, but whoever looked at DRAGON AGE as an IP and though it translated into this art style should never work on established IP again. They need to go back to making indi's that sell a cool hundred thousand units. It's giving GreatValue branded Overwatch/Fortnight/Sea of thieves/we have Fable 4 at home. Fable 4 is coming out around the same time and they turned away from the dark moodiness they had witch was a key differentiator for we have Fable 4 at home?!? They kinda deserve to flop, ngl.
What like 15 years ago? It hasnt been "dark fantasy" since origins, it's been pretty generic fantasy for more then a decade. Not saying you have to like it, just pointing out that there has been zero consistency across any of the 3 titles in tone, art style, even gameplay.
@@paigehollands7201 Cartoon graphics are a step down for sure but the Overwatch/Suicide Squad vibe they have going on in this trailer is what doesn't fit with DA at all. Inquisition was barely dark fantasy already but at least it took itself seriously, this just sucks.
LMFAO too true. These franchises are nothing more than husks with the same name. This isn't "Dragon Age." Nothing about this says Dragon Age besides the title
The real money will be in the pronoun people that don't work and people that scream death to civilization... Your typical just wants to play a game in the weekend adult is will eat what's given to them.
@@RichyRich2607you realize of course that the reason it’s not called DA3, is because DA:Inquisition was literally 3. Yet they didn’t call it that, because they’re taking the AC approach in hoping not calling it a number will draw in more people, and imply(which is true) that you don’t have to play the previous games to enjoy this one.
@@Zibbit27 You say that as if being anything like Inquisition is a good thing. There's DAO and literally everything else below it, in terms of quality. Why would you emulate one of the worst entries in the series?
@@HypnoChode74 I disagree. The Witcher 3 is better than ME or Dragon Age. I've always felt Awakening was a disappointment. It was too short. It pales in comparison to Blood and Wine.
@@dorian6021 Cheery, colourful, plump looking character with big eyes and over exaggerated personalities. I mean look at the Qunari character (horned woman) why is her face so smooth like she's made out of playdough. Look up what they suppose to look like. If this is a sequel to last game, the world is about to get a new asshole torn in it and the tone of the world should be different. Dragon Age at its heart is a dark fantasy not a happy go lucky kids show. That's not what fans waited for, for 10 years or so now... My only hope is that the actual gameplay looks different from this.