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.
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.
I don’t remember that, no. I remember them for being filled with joss whedon dialogue humor and comical non-serious blood splatter. It was dark in a sense but I don’t consider them gritty
you mean that one time they got it right? The first time??? because every sequel sucked more ass than the one before it. I stoped after 2 and DA2 was ass already.
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)
@@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.
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?
Don't wait for the reviews. Just look at the bullshit Ubisoft is doing with Star Wars Outlaws (literally bribing people by paying for their trip to the US + Disney VIP and other stuff for the duration of their stay).
I've already made my decision. I wouldn't give the sweat off my baIIs for this game. I loved the Dragon Age series. Whatever this is, it is NOT Dragon Age.
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.
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.
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 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
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.
I recently played through the entire series for the first time, Origins had me hooked instantly. I cannot even begin to imagine the level of disappointment decade long fans feel right about now.
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
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.
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.
They don't just hate us, they wish we'd die off because this is obviously made for children. I bet they have some wacky goofballs telling lots of goofy jokes and one liners. Har Har so much kewwwlll banter and funny gags galore. Cringe.
@@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.
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
@@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.
"Weeell let me tell ya, its not what I expected" *Generic combat scene culminating in magic suit of armor busting through a wall in a less-than-threatening "oh shit" moment* "But thats what you get when you're a Veilguard. And I wouldnt have it any other way" *Ziplining or jumping through portals screaming happily or drinking in a random tavern when a brawl breaks out to generic music*
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.
Oh how dare you, a long time fan, point out things you dislike about your long awaited sequel! I shall make a negative comment about you people! -random new people to the series saying it looks amazing
@AyanneCZ lel. I read your other comment and...I think you are probably right. The people working on Veilguard are not the same people as the first 3. Maybe we just lost too many of the original devs that worked on DA. I'll hope that I can still have some fun with it but for 80% off on a key site xD
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)
Well thank you for mentioning me, yes I did. I had a blast (again) and I will have a blast (again) playing an incredible game filled with death, horror and sorrow while taking time to get to know amazingly written characters with their quirks and preferences and moods and you know, characters. ENCHANTMENT!!! I need to download way more mods for my next (the 15th I think?) playthrough.
@@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.
Bioware is done. Ever since it has been bought by EA it has been declining. Inquisition is probably the last decent game we’ll get from it. I feel like this game is gonna flop and the studio is probably gonna close considering their last two games were also flops, *ahem* Andromeda *ahem* Anthem…
@@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 used to be for a mature audience with complex storytelling and deep characters. It was gritty and dark and the themes were enticing. Everything in this trailer is so polished and colorful. It looks too family friendly. After what Solas did in the last installment, I was looking so much forward to this - it had gravitas it was incredibly directed. This looks like the devs thought they need to put fortnite into dragon age. Shame.
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.
Dragon Age walked a long way from the top to the bottom. That’s truly remarkable, and it’s like when every time you think “nah that can’t be worse than previous” - boom, BioWare provides
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.
@@dlon9067 See, I really enjoyed Inquisition myself-- I thought it improved on a lot of things I disliked about the other two games, while still FEELING like a Dragon Age game. It wasn't perfect; but it had heart. The people who made it loved the characters. This... looks like a joke.
The game goes like this: you drop in Thedas from the sky with other 99 chosen ones. You fight with guns scavanged on the spot, while the veil keeps shrinking. Only One survive... but not BioWare.
Next comes the part where they accuse anyone who doesn't like Dragon Age: The Overwatch of being a toxic hater, because of course nothing whatever is wrong with this perfect gem of a game. I mean, don't we know that making games is hard??
I don't understand why there are age restrictions for a trailer that looks like an advertisement for a mobile game for children, something like Brawl Stars. Maybe this is Dragon Age Mobile and we just don't know it yet?🤣😂🤣
Maybe Veilguard IS their new mobile game! Or, it will have port compatability, so you can play on yoir pc as well as on your phone, like the new sims they're talking about. Uuugh.
There are so many executives in the gaming and film industries that don't know a thing about the titles they produce and aren't even fans of the type of media. That's how you get a legacy title like Dragon Age and turn it into what looks like a mobile game because some executive said, "No. Mobile games are what everyone is playing, so we're changing direction." Well, BG3 showed what fantasy RPG fans really want. Not that they'd know anything about that. Surprised they didn't just turn it into Minecraft based on numbers.
Help. No matter how many times I watch it, it doesn't get any better. But I just can't stop! What have you done to dragon age? It's like seeing my grandpa, once so vital and strong, hooked up to life support machines all bloated and ready to depart. Do you really want this to be the last thing everyone remembers of your treasured franchise???
они пытались угодить и старой фанбазе, и попытаться охватить новую, в итоге обосрались на каждом шаге. достаточно было просто угодить старой фанбазе без оглядок на "современную аудиторию". BG3 не пыталась угодить "современным тенденциям" и шла своим путем, и поглядите-ка ведь получилось! потому что если игра шедевр - новая аудитория так или иначе подтянется. мы черт возьми живем в информационном веке, невозможно сейчас выпустить хорошую игру так, чтобы её никто не заметил! равно как и обосраться с игрой так, чтоб об этом не орал дурниной весь интернет.
@@chadwolf3840 The funny fact about this is all the woketards developers who worked on this game who made this game look unappealing to gamers as possible are gonna be the same people who are gonna get lay off when the game flopped 🤣
Name was stupid, but the trailer tone was on point. So they changed the name to something equally stupid, and figured content might as well match the name, I guess. The gameplay better look nothing like this, or... yeah, BW's dead. And Inquisition will have been the last Dragon Age - and a lot of people will argue me even on that one.
@@edujPeople don’t want to face this reality, but it’s true. Dragon Age’s only game was the original Origins. It is a masterpiece. Every one since has been worse and worse. Origins was a masterpiece, DA2 switched it up and wasn’t bad, but hardly great and Inquisition was hardly recognizable as part of the series.
I'll be honest: I agreed but then I watched the DA: Inquisition trailer and it's the same. Bad CGI characters, action sequences, and it even has a song, too.
They are doing exactly what 343i did with Halo. Completely disregarding everything built before. The difference is that DA is still being made by the same company as before. I believe none of the DA: O devs are left however. Damn. I really hope the gameplay tomorrow can fix this.
@@testerjohnson7940 It was a dark fantasy and elevated itself with it from the competition which all went for a more LotR approach. It wasnt a generic RPG at all.
@@blakespinelli6969 don't need to wait, already received heavy dislikes and minimal likes. Waited 10 years for this crap and it looks like it should have been released before inquisition because it's graphics are low quality at best
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?
I thought it was obvious that that was supposed to be our main character. Can’t see their face, has no name, new to the group and would need an introduction. These comments seem to be missing that, unless I’m misinterpreting everyone.
Seems like the game production ran out of money. The music is awfull and it's pointless to show classes without a gameplay or a context about how they are gonna be useful
