The sigh of relief I just did when I saw they had my Inqui's vallaslin in Veilguard because I was so annoyed they didn't have the face tattoo of my Hawke in DAI.
I'd have to recheck, but was it not an option in the Hawke character creator that pops up when you go to meet Varric on the rampart? Though to be fair I suppose they could dismiss it, since Hawke couldn't be an elf.
I can't believe it. The HAIR, the HAIR, the CC! Honestly, its probably the most detailed I've seen in any game. I am fully prepared to spend hours, probably DAYS in it.
@@CharlesVanexXthe dragon age community has been BEGGING for a better character creator since origins. It seems weird for it to be an after thought in a game where your character is fully voiced at at the center of everything. You’d want that character to look great but we always were limited outside of mods. This is huge
The short neck and wide shoulders make the bodies all look very stocky. Ngl it looked pretty alien cycling through the body types. Hopefully we get some of the more slender, 'tall' options like the Inquisition models for elves and humans.
Short neck & big head, that's why the characters all look off. Someone on Reddit made heads smaller & neck/shoulders more narrow, which changed the look drastically! Also Elves were pretty slim in previous games. Many fanatasy games portray them as tall & slim, so I really don't get why the eleves here suddenly look like big dwaves tbh
There's a LOT of options, I haven't seen anyone who actually took the time to make an "ideal" female body, so I'm not sure what's really possible here.
I doubt it. This is a character creation with minimum differences between male/female body differences. They have the same awkward standing pose that doesn’t look right too.
It's really baffling to me how there can be a million "diversity" options available while at the same time a lot of the options seem very limited in effect.
@@joshs7160 In 2024, there's really no reason why it would be difficult to stretch out that armor and clothing to whatever proportions you wanted to make while avoiding clipping. On PC, modders will probably unlock those sliders, but they shouldn't have to.
I wonder how morally flexible Rook can be. Because all of these backstories are pretty good-aligned, even the Antivan Crow one. What if I just want to be a ruthless assassin? Don’t get me wrong, I’m really excited about the faction choices. I just hope we aren’t pidgeonholed into a goody two-shoes character.
I wonder this too! Although certainly in some of the origins it seems like there might be space for more selfish motivations in addition to the good-aligned justifications in the written descriptions - but it might also be something that they're just leaving open to establish through gameplay.
i'm also not really a fan of how limiting the backstories are? why does the crow have to be new and young? we can't play an experienced middle aged crow, either? i just think they should've left the backstories much more vague than they are. i don't see how many roleplay options regarding rook we're going to get if this much is already told to us
@@erxs agreed, I'm really not happy with these backstories at all. The way the devs talked about this before made it seem like we would flesh things out through dialogue, but I'm just not sure how much freedom we're allowed to have here anymore. Feels like every starting Rook is the same, just coming from a different faction. Let's hope the actual game doesn't limit things any further
as amazing as the CC is, I’m with you 100% on how short & stocky every character looks. every time I see gameplay/cutscenes/etc, I find it difficult to pay attention to anything but how short the characters are 😭 it’s very distracting for me haha. I’m sure I’ll get used to it as the I play the game, & honestly, if that’s the biggest flaw to the game, then there’s nothing to worry about! so so soooo excited for this game to come out. I’m desperately hoping they release the CC early - it’s so massive, I’ll need extra time beforehand to mess around with it!! thank you for your video, & I’m glad to see you back :)
Yeah it all comes back to the art style for the characters being way off. It's cartoonish and the proportions are a big part of that, characters are way too short and their heads are far too large. Everything else about the game looks pretty good, it's such a shame they whiffed this hard on the art style.
i think the shortness would be fine if they had longer necks/smaller heads-i like that elves seem shorter than humans again but the head needs to be downsized
It's because of the Head-to-Body proportions (amongst other things). For an adult human being your body is approximately 8 times as tall as your head is (as in if you're 180 cm tall, your head is 18 cm). If you lessen that (which they've done for this game) the characters look disproportionally short and stocky, almost childish. I personally hate it.
@@TheHolyGoatmanI think the only way to create a remotely normal proportionate character in this game would be to make them as tall as possible :( I usually gravitate towards taller characters anyway but I don’t want to be a giant to look normal
Completely agree about the Qunari -- there is something odd about the way the horns attach to the skin. I think there is too much of the skin colour on the horns so the bulgy parts look like part of the forehead. It would be great if A) we had a way to roughen up this skin texture, like DA2 Qunari, and B) we had a way to lower the horn texture so that the horns are not literally part of the forehead. This was a bit of an issue in Inquisition as well, but they avoided it by having shorter foreheads on average, rougher forehead texture options, and I also used a mod to make the darker parts of the horns come down lower. It's so unfortunate, Qunari really shouldn't have such a giant forehead! I was hoping to play a Qunari first and may fiddle around with the CC and see if I can make one I'm happy with, but I'll wait and see. If all else fails I'm playing elf. Anyway, thank you for the footage Kala, this is exactly what I was hoping to see!
@@kvotheparrishunfortunately with the way those horn protrusions in the forehead are designed, I think scars will only help a little, fingers crossed there will be mods to make up for it.
thats exactly it the face skincolor goes to high into the horns making the foreehad look extended when it should be the other way round.. the horn color and texture should go further down into the forehead :)
All of the background stories reinforce the idea that my Rook wakes up every morning and proudly says "Mama said I could be anything I want to be and today I'm gonna be The Problem!" Bioware can just give me access to the character creator and I'll be happy for the next couple weeks.
I'm actually pretty satisfied with the character creator. It's a lot better than what we've had in previous Dragon Age games. However as far as the backgrounds are concerned I was really hoping for some evil backgrounds. Play your freedom and role playing is very important to me and I would like to see some evil choices in the game.
You have to remember Varric and Harding have to be justified in choosing your Rook to lead the Veilguard. You really think Varric and Harding would choose a maniacal mass murderer? But that's not to say you can't be a complete asshole we will have to see in the full game.
As a natural myself I cannot believe the many hairstyles utilizing locs, braided styles, or just free-style. And they’re all so innovative so I’m sure someone researched these hairstyles.
They really listened to the criticisms about the hairstyles in general, and the criticism from Black players especially, and it shows! I remember there was an open letter to BioWare from Black players back in the day about it, asking for more hair diversity in the future. I'm white myself, but when I saw the previews for the hair options, I was so happy to see they really took that criticism on board and did their research to serve their fanbase better!
I was so worried about Qunari looking hella weird because of the two we've seen so far but this video definitely helped dispel those worries. That Qunari Rook you messed around with looks so good! Being able to change the horns' material and even crystal is so cool!! My Inquisitor Adaar is gonna look absolutely perfect!!
This is the last thing I needed to see. I feel like I'll hardly get into actual gameplay the first day just spending the whole time in CC. This looks fantastic.
Looks much more indepth than I'd hoped! 😊 I'm also very happy they includes different lighting options. In Inquisition I did have a few jump scare moments in the first "real" in-game lighting. 😂 Thank you for showcasing the cc!
Thank you so much for giving us all the backstories and finally some preview of the warrior reaper! Been dying for weeks trying to decide what my rook will be based off this info and I think all the cool options have just made that choice harder!
Good Gods the hairstyles look amazing. Thank the Maker for the awesome hair asethetics. Bioware have truly gone above and beyond with the character creation. I am so hyped for the game.
Alright, fair, but why is every single backstory identical? Quite literally all of them are "Rook is in a dangerous situations, disobeys orders and takes an enormous risk, putting a lot of lives in danger but luckily prevails, instead saving lives. Unfortunately, there were other dire consequences that the leadership is very unhappy about, and Rook has to quit their faction for the time being." Feels a little... I dunno. Very formulaic "young rebel knows better, tries to break tradition/disobeys the elders to do the right thing, and succeeds big time, but we'll also show it wasn't all perfect and things the rebel didn't take into consideration, to maybe suggest traditions and the chain of command have a point too - just not too much, this is still about young vs old."
I agree that they're too similar, and formulaic as you said. The upside is that they set the player up to chart their own journey, as being sidelined could prompt the character to do extra good to prove themselves, take some time to do other things without changing much in terms of morality, or produce resentment and a trip down a darker path. But yeah, I wish there was more variation, or racial variant options.
@@benbaker5440 We have yet to see, but yeah I was hoping for some more options per race specifically. The Inquisition backstories were more rigid and set in stone, but because of that they were quite different and race-specific. The elven and human families coming up in table missions and conversation, and also mages getting a different one too. I always found it interesting. Lavellan inquisitor talking about how dalish clans have only one mage in them, who has one apprentice, and if any others are born either go to a clan in need of an apprentice or get abandoned to fend for themselves - and facing how they might've been privileged by being an apprentice, and not being in a position to simply judge human circles - was super interesting. I wonder if there will be some additional small options, at least. Something simpler like choosing if your elven Rook is dalish or city born, or if your qunari is perhaps Tal-Vashoth, Vashoth, or qun-following even.
@@Fankas2000 Ah, the ol' coordinated troll farm talking points. Which are hilarious to me, because I think the characters (and game) look stunning. Looking forward to beating Elgar'nan's ass ... as well as looking forward to romancing *every* character. Though, admittedly, hot wings Lucanis will be first. But, mostly, I'm looking forward to the mass amounts of lore drops. Even while playing DAO last night, and noticing the numerous makeshift Elgarn'an statues that the darkspawn erected (esp. if you play a Dalish origin) ... I got more excited given that what we've heard already helps explains why that was the case. Soooo much lore! So, go take your trolling self to a corner and cry. I'm too busy being excited for your shenanigans.
@@virginiamurr3703 Pfff... I think the only person trolling here is you. That or your sense of style is well, just bad. All of the characters look like they are from the Sims 3.
Love this spoiler free deep dive on the Character Creator. So hyped for this game. I’m on a personal embargo on Dragon Age videos from now until launch…except yours! I know what we will all be doing on Halloween!
@@jungtothehuimang And by the time you get into the game you come to realize "oh shoot I forgot something" lol but end changing more aspects of your character lol
This is exactly what I was hoping for with the Character Creator and the backstories. This is a blessing. Thank you so much for sharing this with us, Kala! P.S. I'm sorry to hear some of your footage got lost. I know that's such a bummer. 🙌🏾😆🎉❤️
I'm a little disappointed with the backstories. They're all basically Rook being a selfless hero who defies authority. I knew this Dragon Age would be more linear than the others, but I didn't expect Bioware to guide our morals so heavily. I hope that throughout the game we'll be able to choose paths that are less "big-hearted hero". I just came out of the last expansion of Final Fantasy XIV wanting to vomit rainbows.
I saw in one of the videos reviewing having Rook threatening a character quite openly to get the character to do something for them 🤔 So I think it might be like Shepard with the “intention heroic, execution depending on your choice”?
Likewise. The moral greyness of the heroes is part of what makes the previous three installments of the Dragon Age games so compelling to me. Hopefully the events of this game will allow for opportunities to mold a character in more ways than just the obvious, generic "good guy" without any moral complexity or depth.
I am glad the CC is so in depth. I only sped like 10 mins in CC because it's not something I am into. I am glad it's an option for people that really get into it though. I won't use it all but glad it's there for people who do.
I hope we get some roleplaying opportunities to characterize our motivations for our various backstory acts of defiance, and how we feel about being essentially snubbed right now. Other than that, the character creation process looks excellent.
@pence089 Are you one of those who pretends that dragon age origins wasn’t full of quips and jokes, or are you gonna cry about it suddenly being “woke”?
I'm just happy that we are able to customize the horns and hair separately on qunari characters. I was admittedly worried that part would turn out to be a lie. Glad to be proven wrong!
I’m really liking the character creator! I have a note though: I don’t like that the backstory chooses the last name. An elf and a dwarf wouldn’t have the same last name. Also, I love that we can change our hair! It’s fun to see time moving forward
it's actually historically very common for your profession to decide your last name, but I do understand what you are saying. I kind of wish the last name was race specific again the way it is in DAO and DAI.
I wonder if perhaps a reason why that is, is because Rook was in a sense adopted by the faction and given the name. Instead of say like Origins, where they were born and raised with a family that has a name based on race and origin.
@@Ashbrash1998 that makes sense, honestly I am not too bothered by it. thinking about it now it kind of just makes sense to have it be factions based since any race can be any faction. makes me wonder how much rooks past will matter though?
From all the things bg3 did right, the CC is not its strong point. Like ookami said, the community carries the player character customization side of things. For once I think the Veilguard will be a game that won't need any appearance mods and that's awesome, maybe some armor mods or outfits like Morrigan's, but that will probably be it. I'm so happy!!
@ChronicaErys yeah, there are others with more options, but it's just a personal favourite. Lots of people will tell you that they spent a long time in that CC. That being said, this looks like it'll put it to shame..lol.
I love customizing characters in games and the amount of detail you can do in this one is amazing to me! Definitely considering buying this when it drops.
I like the backstories it gives a strong feeling we are going to have our own personal story to explore,also i hope to e have faction locked skills,ie morne warch only necromantic spells,or something like corpse explosion for rogue or summoning spell to boost defences for warrior.
The hair looks so good! But somehow the bodies look so… boxy? Or is it just me? Will it be possible to create an elven Rook with a bodytype of the female elves in Inquisition? I loved that look…
Completely agree that everyone is too short, just watching this video it was really noticeable. Maybe it's not so noticeable in game? The hair seems amazing, I am sad no familiar hairstyles (but updated) from previous games.
Little baby me used to pray for days like these. This is incredibly detailed in a way I could never have imagine. THE HAIR!!! The body sliders! I love it. I am so sold, say less and take my money Bioware. I could not be more impressed.
Thank you! You managed to capture so many details. I'll be playing as a qunari for my first playthrough, and at least from what I've seen I should be able to make one that appeals to me. I believe the by now infamous smooth foreheads can more or less be mitigated with tattoos and/or vitaar face paint later. Hopefully BioWare will patch in some options for more texture around the horns and forehead later, because I think that's the thing most people reacted negatively to. Love to see all the colour options btw! It looks miles better than previous games, so thank you for showing them off!
I really like the CC! I was impressed with the options in Dragon's Dogma 2, but I like this one even better. I'm so excited! Of course I already preordered it. 😁
I have my own rooks A qunari male warrior member of the grey wardens A dwarf male warrior of the lords of fortune An elf female rogue for the Veil Jumpers And at last, a huma male mage and a shadow dragon
This is the best video I have seen about the CC, honestly I was afraid of makin a Qunari because of the big forehead but seeing yours made me feel at ease
This CC really looks like a game changer! I love how you can create such unique characters now. Makes it feel like every choice tells a story, ya know? 🌟 And I'm so here for the hairstyles! Can't wait to see what other surprises are in store! 🎮✨
The CC looks AMAZING! One of the best if not THE BEST I've seen in any game so far! I'm kinda disappointed that we don't get to play and adjust our backstory like Origins. It was one of the main strengths of the first game for me. Also they all kinda sound the same, Rook does some heroic acts that makes her unpopular with her higher ups.
I guess Rook needs an initial reason why they're hanging out with Varric and Harding to begin with, rather than doing stuff with their faction. They've evidently gone with a generalised "you're lying low for a bit due to some heat over your latest mission".
@@thomasjoychild4962 Yeah I get that, it was kinda like that in Origins too; by the end of each origins mission you HAD to join the wardens whether you liked it or not. But there were still little choices along the way that helped you shape your warden's personality and in some cases you could see the effects of your choices later on. Like did you kill the arl's son in city elf origin or did you make a deal with him or did you help Jowan or ratted him in mage origins. These choices didn't change much in the main flow of the story but like I said helped you shape your character's personality better.
It looks better than the character creation, then the sims 4. I am gonna enjoy it this character creation. I have so many ideas i can do with this character creation. Im so excited.
We really need a way to tell height because a slider that says 15% tells me absolutely nothing. How tall is that compared to everyone else? Is that average for that race or is it below/above average? I really hope I can get over the fact that everyone is so stubby as in short and squished and as a lover of Qunari this is quite painful, lol.
The amount of hate and dislikes that YT videos on Veilguard is getting is absolutely ridiculous......there are a few creative decisions that personally do not mesh with me but, I can gloss over and ignore them.....anyway. I have worked out what is wrong with the CC.....I am extremely excited to dive in and make my boy but....the necks are too short....and the shoulders are so high....wonder if we can tweak that so my guy can have a longer , more elegant neck....but the HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Inquisitor for example, is meant to have long, flowing white hair, which I canon that Dorian helps to braid while they sit and read together before bed....waist length, long and pretty and yet I was stuck with the awful bun or ponytail....he can now have his beautiful long hair when I make him!
I can see why people are upset given there are a hundred "diversity" options, while it seems like a chore to create a "curvy" female body type, but while it was surely intentional not to allow the user to have a "porn star" body type, a lot of the sliders in general just have minimal effect whether it's at zero or maxed out, not allowing for enough meaningful changes, while having hilariously in-depth ear customization options.
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"Rook was raised by mournwatch necromancers" made me think Mournwatch Rook was an undead lol
Really hope Rook gets to have a touching reunion with the undead who found him/her
...Gideon Nav?/Harrowhark?
Rook is Manfreds Brother. 🤭
Oh god, I have character ideas now!
Pretty interesting to be raised by the undead tbh
Me before this video: I have no idea what I wanna do for my Rook.
Me after this video: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WANNA DO FOR MY ROOK!!!!
Prepare for hours lost in menu music and even more in character creation. Oh the pain and joy hehe.
The sigh of relief I just did when I saw they had my Inqui's vallaslin in Veilguard because I was so annoyed they didn't have the face tattoo of my Hawke in DAI.
I'd have to recheck, but was it not an option in the Hawke character creator that pops up when you go to meet Varric on the rampart? Though to be fair I suppose they could dismiss it, since Hawke couldn't be an elf.
right, it throws me off every time that it is impossible to recreate Hawke properly in DAI, even the premade Hawkes look nothing like their DA2 selves
@@sweetsartcorner It was to be expected given the different engine. They could've at least ported the original Hawke haircut tho.
I can't believe it. The HAIR, the HAIR, the CC! Honestly, its probably the most detailed I've seen in any game. I am fully prepared to spend hours, probably DAYS in it.
There's more to this game than hair
Because of the hair? You're easy to please.
@@CharlesVanexXthe dragon age community has been BEGGING for a better character creator since origins. It seems weird for it to be an after thought in a game where your character is fully voiced at at the center of everything. You’d want that character to look great but we always were limited outside of mods. This is huge
@@ihatezenreally?! Didn’t know that, I thought this game was a hair tech demo.
@@ihatezen I was just commenting about the CC, that's all.. OF COURSE I KNOW THERE IS MORE THAN JUST HAIR TO THIS GAME. 🙄
The short neck and wide shoulders make the bodies all look very stocky. Ngl it looked pretty alien cycling through the body types. Hopefully we get some of the more slender, 'tall' options like the Inquisition models for elves and humans.
Short neck & big head, that's why the characters all look off. Someone on Reddit made heads smaller & neck/shoulders more narrow, which changed the look drastically! Also Elves were pretty slim in previous games. Many fanatasy games portray them as tall & slim, so I really don't get why the eleves here suddenly look like big dwaves tbh
@@SyntheticHalo this is a bioware issue, ME:A had the same issue where protag was like 7 heads tall instead of 8-9 like Shepard was
There's a LOT of options, I haven't seen anyone who actually took the time to make an "ideal" female body, so I'm not sure what's really possible here.
I doubt it. This is a character creation with minimum differences between male/female body differences. They have the same awkward standing pose that doesn’t look right too.
@@SyntheticHalo If you could link that Reddit post, that would be great! I'd love to see what they did
Is it just me or do some of the ode sliders for body proportions not do anything ? Lol
It's really baffling to me how there can be a million "diversity" options available while at the same time a lot of the options seem very limited in effect.
@@joshs7160 In 2024, there's really no reason why it would be difficult to stretch out that armor and clothing to whatever proportions you wanted to make while avoiding clipping. On PC, modders will probably unlock those sliders, but they shouldn't have to.
@@hueypautonoman Yeah, it's definitely a choice to make the models limited to "progressive" female characters.
@@joshs7160 Not sure what you mean by that. How would excluding shapely women, most of whom are women of color, be viewed as progressive?
@@hueypautonoman Do you not understand how air quotes work?
I wonder how morally flexible Rook can be. Because all of these backstories are pretty good-aligned, even the Antivan Crow one. What if I just want to be a ruthless assassin? Don’t get me wrong, I’m really excited about the faction choices. I just hope we aren’t pidgeonholed into a goody two-shoes character.
I wonder this too! Although certainly in some of the origins it seems like there might be space for more selfish motivations in addition to the good-aligned justifications in the written descriptions - but it might also be something that they're just leaving open to establish through gameplay.
Origins and Inquisition were both terrific at this. I hope Veilguard is, too.
I get the vibe that Rook just can't stand to let innocents suffer needlessly. Doesn't mean that Rook can't be ruthless
i'm also not really a fan of how limiting the backstories are? why does the crow have to be new and young? we can't play an experienced middle aged crow, either? i just think they should've left the backstories much more vague than they are. i don't see how many roleplay options regarding rook we're going to get if this much is already told to us
@@erxs agreed, I'm really not happy with these backstories at all. The way the devs talked about this before made it seem like we would flesh things out through dialogue, but I'm just not sure how much freedom we're allowed to have here anymore. Feels like every starting Rook is the same, just coming from a different faction. Let's hope the actual game doesn't limit things any further
as amazing as the CC is, I’m with you 100% on how short & stocky every character looks. every time I see gameplay/cutscenes/etc, I find it difficult to pay attention to anything but how short the characters are 😭 it’s very distracting for me haha. I’m sure I’ll get used to it as the I play the game, & honestly, if that’s the biggest flaw to the game, then there’s nothing to worry about! so so soooo excited for this game to come out. I’m desperately hoping they release the CC early - it’s so massive, I’ll need extra time beforehand to mess around with it!! thank you for your video, & I’m glad to see you back :)
I've been noticing that tooo...only the dwarves look natural as that's how they're supposed to be. Hopefully that can be fixed with mods later on.
Yeah it all comes back to the art style for the characters being way off. It's cartoonish and the proportions are a big part of that, characters are way too short and their heads are far too large. Everything else about the game looks pretty good, it's such a shame they whiffed this hard on the art style.
i think the shortness would be fine if they had longer necks/smaller heads-i like that elves seem shorter than humans again but the head needs to be downsized
It's because of the Head-to-Body proportions (amongst other things). For an adult human being your body is approximately 8 times as tall as your head is (as in if you're 180 cm tall, your head is 18 cm). If you lessen that (which they've done for this game) the characters look disproportionally short and stocky, almost childish. I personally hate it.
@@TheHolyGoatmanI think the only way to create a remotely normal proportionate character in this game would be to make them as tall as possible :( I usually gravitate towards taller characters anyway but I don’t want to be a giant to look normal
The crow armor looks so good!
Completely agree about the Qunari -- there is something odd about the way the horns attach to the skin. I think there is too much of the skin colour on the horns so the bulgy parts look like part of the forehead. It would be great if A) we had a way to roughen up this skin texture, like DA2 Qunari, and B) we had a way to lower the horn texture so that the horns are not literally part of the forehead.
This was a bit of an issue in Inquisition as well, but they avoided it by having shorter foreheads on average, rougher forehead texture options, and I also used a mod to make the darker parts of the horns come down lower. It's so unfortunate, Qunari really shouldn't have such a giant forehead!
I was hoping to play a Qunari first and may fiddle around with the CC and see if I can make one I'm happy with, but I'll wait and see. If all else fails I'm playing elf. Anyway, thank you for the footage Kala, this is exactly what I was hoping to see!
i think you can add scars on the forhead near the horn to give it some more texture if that helps.
@@kvotheparrishunfortunately with the way those horn protrusions in the forehead are designed, I think scars will only help a little, fingers crossed there will be mods to make up for it.
thats exactly it the face skincolor goes to high into the horns making the foreehad look extended when it should be the other way round.. the horn color and texture should go further down into the forehead :)
They just added new complexions for Qunaris that cover more of the skin around the horn and you're absolutely right.
All of the background stories reinforce the idea that my Rook wakes up every morning and proudly says "Mama said I could be anything I want to be and today I'm gonna be The Problem!" Bioware can just give me access to the character creator and I'll be happy for the next couple weeks.
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This CC is absolutely amazing! The depth and detail is just mind blowing!
I'm actually pretty satisfied with the character creator. It's a lot better than what we've had in previous Dragon Age games. However as far as the backgrounds are concerned I was really hoping for some evil backgrounds. Play your freedom and role playing is very important to me and I would like to see some evil choices in the game.
You have to remember Varric and Harding have to be justified in choosing your Rook to lead the Veilguard. You really think Varric and Harding would choose a maniacal mass murderer? But that's not to say you can't be a complete asshole we will have to see in the full game.
As a natural myself I cannot believe the many hairstyles utilizing locs, braided styles, or just free-style. And they’re all so innovative so I’m sure someone researched these hairstyles.
They really listened to the criticisms about the hairstyles in general, and the criticism from Black players especially, and it shows! I remember there was an open letter to BioWare from Black players back in the day about it, asking for more hair diversity in the future. I'm white myself, but when I saw the previews for the hair options, I was so happy to see they really took that criticism on board and did their research to serve their fanbase better!
I can't tell you how much the fact that you made a Qunari with a decent looking forehead gives me so much hope for this game lmao
Yea they NEED smaller foreheads to look right
My only gripe with this game is it looks like there’s a blur filter over the characters at all times? Like I can’t explain it but something looks off
For me, the qunari forehead looks blurred, and the face looks like its been taped on
I was so worried about Qunari looking hella weird because of the two we've seen so far but this video definitely helped dispel those worries. That Qunari Rook you messed around with looks so good! Being able to change the horns' material and even crystal is so cool!! My Inquisitor Adaar is gonna look absolutely perfect!!
Looks like i will be in CC for hours because we got to create Rook and the Inquisitor. I love it ❤
My only dislike up to now is the united surname between races , other than it seems really good.
Thank you for taking the time to go through all of the backgrounds. I think I may have FINALLY settled on Shadow Dragon for my first character.
This is the last thing I needed to see. I feel like I'll hardly get into actual gameplay the first day just spending the whole time in CC. This looks fantastic.
Same 😭 luckily we can make adjustments at any time at the lighthouse so there’s less pressure than in Inquisition
It looks so amazing. I’m so excited!!
No way this is a dragon age game the hair looks majestic wtf?
Somebody at Maybelline worked on the hair lol
@@Ashbrash1998They certainly weren’t born with it 😂😂
Looks much more indepth than I'd hoped! 😊 I'm also very happy they includes different lighting options. In Inquisition I did have a few jump scare moments in the first "real" in-game lighting. 😂
Thank you for showcasing the cc!
This was perfect! Thanks for showing everything about the factions!
I'm so stupidly excited for the glitter ✨️
I just realized which Talon is the leader of our Rook if we choose the Crows and I am sooooooo excited omg 😀
I am so happyyyy this looks amazing
Thank you so much for giving us all the backstories and finally some preview of the warrior reaper! Been dying for weeks trying to decide what my rook will be based off this info and I think all the cool options have just made that choice harder!
Good Gods the hairstyles look amazing. Thank the Maker for the awesome hair asethetics. Bioware have truly gone above and beyond with the character creation. I am so hyped for the game.
Alright, fair, but why is every single backstory identical?
Quite literally all of them are "Rook is in a dangerous situations, disobeys orders and takes an enormous risk, putting a lot of lives in danger but luckily prevails, instead saving lives. Unfortunately, there were other dire consequences that the leadership is very unhappy about, and Rook has to quit their faction for the time being."
Feels a little... I dunno. Very formulaic "young rebel knows better, tries to break tradition/disobeys the elders to do the right thing, and succeeds big time, but we'll also show it wasn't all perfect and things the rebel didn't take into consideration, to maybe suggest traditions and the chain of command have a point too - just not too much, this is still about young vs old."
I agree that they're too similar, and formulaic as you said. The upside is that they set the player up to chart their own journey, as being sidelined could prompt the character to do extra good to prove themselves, take some time to do other things without changing much in terms of morality, or produce resentment and a trip down a darker path. But yeah, I wish there was more variation, or racial variant options.
@@benbaker5440 We have yet to see, but yeah I was hoping for some more options per race specifically. The Inquisition backstories were more rigid and set in stone, but because of that they were quite different and race-specific. The elven and human families coming up in table missions and conversation, and also mages getting a different one too. I always found it interesting. Lavellan inquisitor talking about how dalish clans have only one mage in them, who has one apprentice, and if any others are born either go to a clan in need of an apprentice or get abandoned to fend for themselves - and facing how they might've been privileged by being an apprentice, and not being in a position to simply judge human circles - was super interesting.
I wonder if there will be some additional small options, at least. Something simpler like choosing if your elven Rook is dalish or city born, or if your qunari is perhaps Tal-Vashoth, Vashoth, or qun-following even.
I'm pretty sure they're all like that to explain why rook is not with them when he meets varric
@@AlexWaffalso we're more open to role playing since it was more vague
Also they all see like good guys. Might be a problem if you want to play as an asshole.
About time the Dragon Age: The Veilguard Character Creator can finally be shown! Thanks heaps for showcasing the CC, Kala!
Holy moly - the CC is equally as good as they've hyped it to be. Thank you so much for all of this!
It's far beyond the call of duty.
@@virginiamurr3703 Holy Moly... INDEED! 🥰🙌🏾🎉
The character still look like they are made out of rubber. The entire game has the aesthetic of a mobile game.
@@Fankas2000 Ah, the ol' coordinated troll farm talking points. Which are hilarious to me, because I think the characters (and game) look stunning. Looking forward to beating Elgar'nan's ass ... as well as looking forward to romancing *every* character. Though, admittedly, hot wings Lucanis will be first. But, mostly, I'm looking forward to the mass amounts of lore drops. Even while playing DAO last night, and noticing the numerous makeshift Elgarn'an statues that the darkspawn erected (esp. if you play a Dalish origin) ... I got more excited given that what we've heard already helps explains why that was the case. Soooo much lore! So, go take your trolling self to a corner and cry. I'm too busy being excited for your shenanigans.
@@virginiamurr3703 Pfff... I think the only person trolling here is you. That or your sense of style is well, just bad.
All of the characters look like they are from the Sims 3.
DWARF ROOK LOOKS SO CUTE
Love this spoiler free deep dive on the Character Creator. So hyped for this game. I’m on a personal embargo on Dragon Age videos from now until launch…except yours! I know what we will all be doing on Halloween!
Its so exciting to see how in-depth they went in this, I'm gonna spend hours creating my characters
For real. This is so detailed. I'd say about an hr n a half to 2 hrs for me maybe lol
I am going to be in that character creator for 3 days 😭😭😭
God, yes, this CC is far better than it needs to be.
@@jungtothehuimang And by the time you get into the game you come to realize "oh shoot I forgot something" lol but end changing more aspects of your character lol
@@silentrell875 good thing we can customize them again at any time 😭😭😭
I cannot wait to spend hours in this character creator!!! I’m so hyped for Veilguard!!
This is exactly what I was hoping for with the Character Creator and the backstories. This is a blessing. Thank you so much for sharing this with us, Kala!
P.S. I'm sorry to hear some of your footage got lost. I know that's such a bummer.
🙌🏾😆🎉❤️
Absolutely thank you for this. THIS is what I've been wanting to see
I'm a little disappointed with the backstories. They're all basically Rook being a selfless hero who defies authority. I knew this Dragon Age would be more linear than the others, but I didn't expect Bioware to guide our morals so heavily. I hope that throughout the game we'll be able to choose paths that are less "big-hearted hero". I just came out of the last expansion of Final Fantasy XIV wanting to vomit rainbows.
I saw in one of the videos reviewing having Rook threatening a character quite openly to get the character to do something for them 🤔 So I think it might be like Shepard with the “intention heroic, execution depending on your choice”?
Likewise. The moral greyness of the heroes is part of what makes the previous three installments of the Dragon Age games so compelling to me. Hopefully the events of this game will allow for opportunities to mold a character in more ways than just the obvious, generic "good guy" without any moral complexity or depth.
I am glad the CC is so in depth. I only sped like 10 mins in CC because it's not something I am into. I am glad it's an option for people that really get into it though. I won't use it all but glad it's there for people who do.
I hope we get some roleplaying opportunities to characterize our motivations for our various backstory acts of defiance, and how we feel about being essentially snubbed right now.
Other than that, the character creation process looks excellent.
Looks amazing, can legit make any type of character we want. Beautiful, average, or a hideous monstrosity.
SO excited to finally have great hair in a Dragon Age game!!
@@pence089 Okay buddy👍
@pence089 Are you one of those who pretends that dragon age origins wasn’t full of quips and jokes, or are you gonna cry about it suddenly being “woke”?
OMG THE CUSTOMAZTION IS SO GOOD!! thats so amazing I cant wait!
I'm just happy that we are able to customize the horns and hair separately on qunari characters. I was admittedly worried that part would turn out to be a lie. Glad to be proven wrong!
I'm so happy to have you back
the CC looks so good omggggg
This was awesome! Thanks for the insight, I'm excited to have a little more insight into what our backgrounds will be like
I’m really liking the character creator! I have a note though: I don’t like that the backstory chooses the last name. An elf and a dwarf wouldn’t have the same last name.
Also, I love that we can change our hair! It’s fun to see time moving forward
it's actually historically very common for your profession to decide your last name, but I do understand what you are saying. I kind of wish the last name was race specific again the way it is in DAO and DAI.
I think its because 90% of the time Rook is adopted
I wonder if perhaps a reason why that is, is because Rook was in a sense adopted by the faction and given the name. Instead of say like Origins, where they were born and raised with a family that has a name based on race and origin.
@@Ashbrash1998 that makes sense, honestly I am not too bothered by it. thinking about it now it kind of just makes sense to have it be factions based since any race can be any faction. makes me wonder how much rooks past will matter though?
@@pinkplasticlag you're more annoying
This looks so damn good. Backstory short stories remind me so much of ME1.
That long curly hair rendered an involuntary squeak out of me. This CC will rival BG3 for me.
I made the same squeak!
BG3's CC only lets you choose out of six preset faces...it's one of the weakest points of BG3 imo.
@@ookami-chan3328I’ll have to agree, mods really carry BG3 CC
From all the things bg3 did right, the CC is not its strong point. Like ookami said, the community carries the player character customization side of things. For once I think the Veilguard will be a game that won't need any appearance mods and that's awesome, maybe some armor mods or outfits like Morrigan's, but that will probably be it. I'm so happy!!
@ChronicaErys yeah, there are others with more options, but it's just a personal favourite. Lots of people will tell you that they spent a long time in that CC. That being said, this looks like it'll put it to shame..lol.
I love customizing characters in games and the amount of detail you can do in this one is amazing to me! Definitely considering buying this when it drops.
KALA, OUR HERO! I LOVE YOU FOR THIS! 🤩
Just wanted to say as a side note but your voice is buttery smooth!
And thanks for the full cc, been waiting for this and it looks hype!
This is absolutely awesome!
I really hope they release this early, it's gonna be a joy to spend hours doing this
I like the backstories it gives a strong feeling we are going to have our own personal story to explore,also i hope to e have faction locked skills,ie morne warch only necromantic spells,or something like corpse explosion for rogue or summoning spell to boost defences for warrior.
The hair looks so good! But somehow the bodies look so… boxy? Or is it just me? Will it be possible to create an elven Rook with a bodytype of the female elves in Inquisition? I loved that look…
It all looks amazing, and I appreciate you showing this and what we can do, I'll spend a few hours making my character for sure.
Ngl this looks like the best cc BioWare has put out. I’m excited
I’m gonna be LIVING in this character creator!!! Especially trying to fix the massive foreheads the Qunari have cause I love playing Qunari 😭
Completely agree that everyone is too short, just watching this video it was really noticeable. Maybe it's not so noticeable in game? The hair seems amazing, I am sad no familiar hairstyles (but updated) from previous games.
Great times ahead! Thank you for giving us more details. I wish they'd release the CC soon.
Little baby me used to pray for days like these. This is incredibly detailed in a way I could never have imagine. THE HAIR!!! The body sliders! I love it. I am so sold, say less and take my money Bioware. I could not be more impressed.
so so exciting to see the character creator!!! really appreciate the quick overview of everything (i got to watch it all on my lunchbreak 🤭)
It's gonna be hours until I will decide on a look for the first playthrough lol
Thank you! You managed to capture so many details. I'll be playing as a qunari for my first playthrough, and at least from what I've seen I should be able to make one that appeals to me. I believe the by now infamous smooth foreheads can more or less be mitigated with tattoos and/or vitaar face paint later. Hopefully BioWare will patch in some options for more texture around the horns and forehead later, because I think that's the thing most people reacted negatively to. Love to see all the colour options btw! It looks miles better than previous games, so thank you for showing them off!
this looks amazing! i can't wait to customize my rook!! thank you for such a detailed video
OMG I NEED THIS GAME for like yesterday
OMG I can have green hair! YES!😅
Also, your Rook is gorgeous!
Great video. I am really excited for this game now!
Woah, that character creator is so much better than I had expected! Can't wait to spend like 6 hours making my Rook
I really like the CC! I was impressed with the options in Dragon's Dogma 2, but I like this one even better. I'm so excited! Of course I already preordered it. 😁
I appreciate you so much. I can’t wait to play this😫
I have my own rooks
A qunari male warrior member of the grey wardens
A dwarf male warrior of the lords of fortune
An elf female rogue for the Veil Jumpers
And at last, a huma male mage and a shadow dragon
that one hairstyle most of us used for female inquisitors with the little side parted is actually in veilguard and it looks much better
Oh well I know where my first 10 hours of the game will go
This is the best video I have seen about the CC, honestly I was afraid of makin a Qunari because of the big forehead but seeing yours made me feel at ease
Thank you for this! Time to start planning my Rook!
This CC really looks like a game changer! I love how you can create such unique characters now. Makes it feel like every choice tells a story, ya know? 🌟 And I'm so here for the hairstyles! Can't wait to see what other surprises are in store! 🎮✨
Thank you. The customization options look detailed and incredible. Also love that they have topless nudity visuals in the creator itself. lol
Such a great overview! Thanks so much!
I'm sufficiently HYPED
I just know I'm going to spend so long tinkering in this part.
I really hope they release the character creator early so I can be ready for when the game comes out. I’m gonna spend HOURS on it… lol
Thank you for these videos! I'm so excited!!
The CC looks AMAZING! One of the best if not THE BEST I've seen in any game so far!
I'm kinda disappointed that we don't get to play and adjust our backstory like Origins. It was one of the main strengths of the first game for me. Also they all kinda sound the same, Rook does some heroic acts that makes her unpopular with her higher ups.
I guess Rook needs an initial reason why they're hanging out with Varric and Harding to begin with, rather than doing stuff with their faction. They've evidently gone with a generalised "you're lying low for a bit due to some heat over your latest mission".
@@thomasjoychild4962 Yeah I get that, it was kinda like that in Origins too; by the end of each origins mission you HAD to join the wardens whether you liked it or not. But there were still little choices along the way that helped you shape your warden's personality and in some cases you could see the effects of your choices later on. Like did you kill the arl's son in city elf origin or did you make a deal with him or did you help Jowan or ratted him in mage origins. These choices didn't change much in the main flow of the story but like I said helped you shape your character's personality better.
This looks amazing!!! I am so happy with the CC.
It looks better than the character creation, then the sims 4. I am gonna enjoy it this character creation. I have so many ideas i can do with this character creation. Im so excited.
Oh man, this looks amazing! I'm so excited!!!
why qunari loook more like humans than from 2 and 3?
It's so beautiful!!!! I couldn't be happier 😭🖤✨
Well, here's to spending days in the CC before I even get to the prologue :D
We really need a way to tell height because a slider that says 15% tells me absolutely nothing. How tall is that compared to everyone else? Is that average for that race or is it below/above average? I really hope I can get over the fact that everyone is so stubby as in short and squished and as a lover of Qunari this is quite painful, lol.
I OPENED AND SAW DWARVES!!!! Kalaaaaaaaaaaaa you know what MY SPIRIT NEEEEEEEDSSSSSSS 🥹🥹🥹
This looks amazing. Can't wait.
The amount of hate and dislikes that YT videos on Veilguard is getting is absolutely ridiculous......there are a few creative decisions that personally do not mesh with me but, I can gloss over and ignore them.....anyway. I have worked out what is wrong with the CC.....I am extremely excited to dive in and make my boy but....the necks are too short....and the shoulders are so high....wonder if we can tweak that so my guy can have a longer , more elegant neck....but the HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Inquisitor for example, is meant to have long, flowing white hair, which I canon that Dorian helps to braid while they sit and read together before bed....waist length, long and pretty and yet I was stuck with the awful bun or ponytail....he can now have his beautiful long hair when I make him!
I can see why people are upset given there are a hundred "diversity" options, while it seems like a chore to create a "curvy" female body type, but while it was surely intentional not to allow the user to have a "porn star" body type, a lot of the sliders in general just have minimal effect whether it's at zero or maxed out, not allowing for enough meaningful changes, while having hilariously in-depth ear customization options.
This all looks so good!
Jesus I knew the character creator was going to be better, but I never would've even dreamed of it being this amazing
Right? I’m so excited
this looks SO GOOD
I cant wait to spend an hour making my character lol
10 hrs in CC here I come. Glad I got a week off of work