I always get so excited to replay Inquisition because it has so many great moments, but then I get to the Hinterlands shard collecting and I begin to dread what’s to come
At least he is out there saving the world, unlike some other asshole writer which promises chapters for money but never delivers. 10/10 would read Varric books again
Considering that ancient Rome and Byzantium... kinda? did, I wouldn't be surprised lmao. I'm so sorry Dorian for thinking you were a bit of a critical ass in the beginning of Inquisiton, I see now that you're right. 😔
the real question to me is: how did Tevinter not invade all of Thedas with their flying fortresses?! Nobody has anything close enough to counter such a thing I imagine a party of 4 Dragons would be in danger level to this thing what a party of 4 people would be to a dragon ^^
I was doing my workout to the old soundtrack and got ghoosebumps all over my body then I realised what fuckin music the veil guard trailer has… it is soo fuckin fucked up, they should pay some grand ass fine for ruining the culture and history what this game series has…
Dark fantasy has been so throughly flushed with quality content there’s no way they could make a positive impression. Damned if you do/don’t in this case. The comparisons to the Witcher and Elden Ring would be endless
@@itsalwaysdarkestbeforethes1198 The Witcher, maybe. Elden Ring? Absolutely not. The game is nothing like Elden Ring. Also, where is this so called quality you speak of? Elden Ring isn't really Dark Fantasy. The Witcher 3 came out almost 10 years ago.
they specifically state that companion control is disabled for this preview they also specifically state this is very early in development footage j f c
@@keyverlopez8185 Final Fantasy 16 is far darker than the Veilguard. Not that FF16 is "omg so amazing," but it is definitely better than what we got with DAVG
Tbh as someone who liked Inquisition a lot, i couldn’t care less about deviating from tactical combat. When playing Inquisition i noticed that i didn't used tactical combat a single time until i played the game in Nightmare difficulty lol. So for me at least, this new approach making the third person combat more dynamic and fun works well.
It's just a complete shame that everyone has started on Dragon age origins or Dragon age 2 hates varric, and Inquisition. Inquisition got NV treatment and I was confused
My thoughts exactly. At least in DA:I we had a unique magic hand, so that barrier could be effective against everyone except PC. Here? They could've just used some police tape to the same effect
@@LadyAstarionAncunin It even looked like that crystal thing was on the one side of it. Meaning, the barrier was intended to stop things from the other side.
I too am curious as to what "other option" that Varric had in mind that he was convinced that he could talk Solas out of it 😂 Maybe if he had conversed more with the merchant's guild instead of ignoring their mail, he could've been a better sweet talker 😂
it's probably a nod to the "we will convince him and save him from himself" final dialogue choice in inquisition. and you can't blame varric for trying, even in a vacuum, because he makes a good point about how people are often just hoping for someone to talk them down, and in the heat of the moment, on that precipice, it can be very different to a philosophical/theoretical talk earlier.
@@thelatenightowl3079 On the one hand I've seen some speculation that Varric dies in the intro. On the other hand, the character model is so anti-Varric that it might be a blessing.
@@gamingispleasure8436 every other dragon age has allowed us to customise our character, and seeing the newest trailer I think this will also be the case. So no worries there. We can also pick what faction we belong to
Solas, the elven god, the mythical dread wolf, a mage of immesurable talent: ”Yeah this piece of wood should hold this incredibly important statue that is essential to my ritual.”
Well, at least it's consistent with his characterization, Solas was never one to think things through. "Well, my peoples leaders are horrible to them and killed my mommy's physical body so I think I'll cut off our deep connection to the Fade to get rid of them." Thousands of years later "Oh no, removing what our culture was built on led to it's collapse. Guess I'll tear the world apart trying to undo what I did. Oh look, a crazy ancient darkspawn. I think I'll give him this powerful ancient artifact that can destroy the veil"
@@home3248 DA 2 was also tactical and DA 3 tried to be a mix of action and tactical, check your facts, chief. also origins remains a masterpiece while dai remains forgettable
I hope and pray the next elder scrolls doesn’t f up like the rest of them. I felt RDR2 should have changed the perspective of all game studios who make RPG’s. What we want is an amazing story with a game that has amazing attention to detail
I really miss the old demon designs. Kind of wondering if this is maybe something explained in game? If it's just an artistic choice then can't say I'm too pleased, it feels very jarring
@@DeanSmith-sq7pv Are you trying to add something of value with this, or do you just uncontrollably drool all over yourself, whenever people are going to inevitably knock the new lighthearted Sea of Thieves/Overwatch aesthetic they have going on now??
I remember when they spoke and werent a generic unreal store prop. remember when they tried to get you to make a pact with them and only after refusing would they attack? pepperidge farms remembers
I remember when a Pride Demon was so dangerous and entire tower full of mages turned into a shitshow and enslaved almost everybody there along with several other demons to the point where the choice was go into the belly of the beast and face countless monsters and demons to set the mages free, or just say fuck it and burn them all to the ground and try your best to hollow the ground.
@@johnpantag472 You gonna get some Real Hate for saying that ! 😠 Origin is the first one ! And without the first one, people wouldn't even liked rest of the sequel would they ? So take your Gen Z Mid opinion and your Gen Z high graphics game and talk about it somewhere else !
Well, the Netflix series showed a bit of how the political structure works for Tevinter. Where mages are actually respected and nobility, unlike the rest of Thedas, where mages are treated more like ticking time bombs
Look there is Solas doing the thing we need to stop right now. Let's just...jerk around and wait if Varric has some supreme argument to stop him. Varric: - No, stop. This is bad. People hurt. Solas: - No u.
Demons really been demoted to fodder enemies lol. Pride demons used to be end game monsters, now they're the tutorial boss. Really hate the new direction these games took after 2...
@@elethys9903 Which isn't the worst thing, I just wish they would make procedural differences on the iconic base look. Fighting demons that look identical takes a little bit of the magic away.
Gameplay looks very Shadow of Mordor/Shadow of War... I have several questions: 1. Why did Varric's hair go black? If it's due to aging, it should have gone grey. 2. Since when can Rogues do lightning magic? 3. The heck are the Venatori doing attacking some random nobodies in the middle of a demon invasion? 4. Why does an ability called "Static Strikes" work on a Pride Demon, which are famously lightning-aligned?
@@v_cpt-phasma_v689 To insult? It looks better than SoW and way, way better than Mordor, those games look wonderful BUT, we are in 2024 almost 25 mate.
@@Jigoku_No_Iru LMAOOOOOOOOOOO the gameplay does not at all look better than shadow of mordor or war, we are indeed almost in 2025, but that has zero relevance on what games are good vs bad you clown, is gollum a better game than red dead redemption 2 because its newer? hahah
They seem to be the seals keeping the evenuris locked away. Solas was probably able to siphon their magical power while they were locked up. Now that they are free he probably has no plan to tear the veil, and no plan to imprison them again.
Truuuuuue. My DAO mage specialized in like 15 categories i had so many slots. Map had an earthquake, lightning storm, ice field and a lil blood magic all at once just bc I could
@@Missing0o0 Apparently it's like Andromeda you get multiple skills but can only use three at a time which if so is incredibly disappointing. Might be on the link to their blog, somebody said in the comments Mike Gamble said this but I'm too lazy to check.
This does seem to be a versatile character class at low level, so maybe the 3 is just for this class and/or a low level thing. I’d think a mage would probably have more than 3 spell slots.
@@GhostInTheCogs now that i think about it those never served any interesting purpose i wonder if they were just there to disguise loading screens or what
Is it me, or the reveal weirdly lacked party-based combat? It showed only Rook fighting, which is fine, I guess, but I love DA as tactical party-based RPG. Would have loved to see, you know, tactics?
They said that you'll be able to control them later in the game, but if it wasn't an extremely gimped party control then they would have showed it off in the gameplay reveal lol. Would bet my life on them basically being auto attack bots who you can command to move places and to use a special ability every once in a while. Same reason to only show off low level combat so people don't realise all those slots on the ability wheel will actually be filled with consumables and shit and not active combat abilities
Watching that horrible reveal trailer, i thought this is Blackwall, but then i read in the comments it's actually Varric. Why the stupid change? He's older, his hair should be lighter ginger, not black.
MY fucking god , they just announced in interview that companions aren't playable LOL From 3 to 2 companions and now we can't control them. What a disaster....
They literally have 3 companions in these scenes what are you on about? And how do you know you won’t be able to control them? Maybe they were just trying to show off the main character.
Maybe that's part of their dei plan to make the game more inclusive! I guess handicapped players like me are supposed to feel included, now? =) ... Isn't working. I play games to escape real life... also, they're making us cripples out to be bad guys. But it's cool, I can live with that. I'm already the most hated creature on the planet in their eyes simply by being a White, conservative, heterosexual, Christian male. =)
There's a specific reason why they look that way at that time and place in the game. "Busche stated that many of the enemies were designed to look like they have exposed nervous systems, because they were embodiments of raw emotion born from Solas’ tortured emotional state." Source is an article from CBR titled "Dragon Age: The Veilguard Hands-On Demo Impressions - First Hour of Gameplay Breakdown."
@@keirangray902I’m betting he’s the one who told Varic to get help from the shadow guard. It’s really the only logical choice in the vast majority of world states.
pretty sure those pillars we pushed over were seals of two of the elven gods locked behind the veil, you know, the monstrous ones that enslaved millions of sentient beings, and mass sacrificed them in rituals to their glory that Solas lead a rebellion against and created the veil to stow away.
Anyone else miss the gritty Dragon Age Origins start with Duncan at Ostagar and going into the Korcari Wilds to maybe kill a couple Darkspawn and that was a big deal. I love fantasy stories that ramp up in intensity like DAO. I hope this game doesn't start as balls to the walls as Inquisition did.
@@zhongliimpact6220 im quite sure it will start as inquisition did. This Game looks like a final chapter to me in terms of how they tell the story. But for sure I can't say.
Bad news - this is part of the intro area per Bioware's statement. They just cut the character design and an intro cinematic according to the Summer Game Fest demo reviews.
This looks like every game I've ever played. Dragon age Inquisition was one of the best games I've ever played. this doesn't look like it can even sniff it. The combat in dragon age Inquisition was amazing and different. I don't like how they completely reworked all of it, now it's just like any other game.
Too many people sucked at inquisition so they dumbed it down and even slow walk you through the mechanics with all these videos. Cross class combos have been a staple and they're acting like it's new and innovative.
I mean, they were never really scary looking. I don't see much difference here other than color combos. It's a big underdetailed minotaur and a wraith.
We enter a city with neon signs, where the alleys are illuminated with all the colors of the rainbow. A heroine with a manicure and heels. In the background, you can hear speech from an automatically tuned speaker. Are we really living in the Middle Ages and fighting for Duncan's death?
Due to their creative bankruptcy, Bioware was unable to imagine a "grand, spectacular ancient city ruled by magic" without making it a dystopian futuristic cyberpunk. 🤣 I bet they imagined Seheron as something out of Mad Max movie 🤣
The mage on the outside is shielding the gem, you can see it disappear as the mage goes flying off the cliff. They played the line at the wrong time (in my opinion) but it's not just "stab the gem and the barrier just disappears"
@@thasarian5125 Because it's a game which needs to be playable? Having ways to open a path being easily accessible for the player even if it's "unrealistic" is actually extremely common in games which aren't being deliberately obtuse for a joke
Not to mention DA 2 he hates beards, obviously the clowns making this game, have never played DA. He also looks as if he is in his 60s, not his late 40s.
Hasn't Varric been Ginger for like 15 years? **Edit due to "he aged" replies** cannon reason his hair is now black is he spent all the Deep Roads expedition money on Just for Men on a drunken bet in Kirkwall.
I mean, if the rumor is right, that this is BioWare’s last chance, I’m guessing there’s no blood because it’s going to be Rated T. Bigger demographic group and all they have to give up is everything that made the former games good. They did it with Mass Effect, why wouldn’t they here?
So, I’m guessing the Inquisitor didn’t tell everybody Solas can turn people into stone just by thinking about it. Not sure why Varric would ever want to directly confront this guy.
@@palex313 nah Varric proved he's a coward who couldn't do what it takes to end this by simply shooting solas in the back, just because hE'S hIs FriEnD
It's because this game is an A"RPG" that will actually just be a hack and slash, lol. Your teammates aren't there to be meaningful members of your party that you'll build like the prior 3 games. They're there to make it seem like they're helping when you'll just be doing all the work like any run-of-the-mill action game.
Some hints on the screen is not showing party health or status. They're just simply there. I bet you won't have to craft gear or select skills for them. Just set pieces.
Look, I know this game has been plagued by dev issues, changing concepts and whatnot, to figure out what will bring most money and to be honest, it doesn't look as bad as everyone made it out to be but you already have a winning formula for this game - why fuck it up? Dragonage became popular because it wasn't dumbed down for mass audiences and that attracted even a large portion of the mass audience that prefers simple games most of the time. -You had a system to setup what your companions do -You had a great story -It was an RPG - not an Action RPG -You had a good amount of skills -You had a story with lasting consequences You saw baldurs gate basically use your formula and be a bombastic game. All we wanted was dragon age game with a bit of updated mechanics, more control and customization of companions, a good continuation of the story and be able to play the campaign in co-op(optional but would have been an amazing feature).
Probably the higher up having stupid idea and force it to the dev thinking it will be a great idea also EA "We need more target audience so lets make the game more colorful " "Oh no the gameplay is too complicated let's make it a mindless hack and slash instead so everyone can play it" " The game must be ready at this date I don't care if you cut most of the content or it's still full of bug"
@@ChocolateFishBrains Varric, Harding and Solas don't look themselves? Did you watch the video blindfolded, or are you just legally blind and/or are a smooth brain?
I'm pretty sure the reason the demons all look different is because of what Solas is doing to the Fade. It's corrupting them even further beyond what they are.
@@Th3.S3cond-Son Solas looks incredible. I'm a little torn on Varric. On one hand he looks matured, on the other he looks...like a washed-up rock star?
@@SkiesTurnedGrey to be fair "washed-up rock star" seems very becoming of varric's personality lol, but I agree. It's a drastic change from what we're used to of him
I was so impatient to discover the new DO that I cannot descrive you my disappointment. Years to wait, minutes to cry. What are you doing ? Are you loosing your mind ?
Also the combat looks horribly boring. Fighting against melee NPCs and there's no parry, no counter attack, just reaction to the character's offensive attacks until they die. Major yawn.
Not to mention this same lv1 dude with a basic sword, flipping about 30 feet side-to-side to dodge literally every single attack and reflecting lightning with his shins as he does so. I'm a bit disappointed but, hopefully most of these things that seem like poor writing/executions can be explained and/or changed/adjusted before launch.
Yep, strong concerns. I was thinking this is looking like it's more of a linear game. Not open world. Unfortunately that is the case. Vary disappointing
people upvoting and replying to an obvious bot comment as if its a real one...classic. if thats the average iq of the modern day dragon age fan and biowares target audience then boy am i not looking forward to 2025 AAA gaming space. also smells real fishy how many of these obvious bot comments are "liked" by the channel. you okay bioware/ea? youre that afraid of feedback, you get a bunch of bots to combat the dislike ratio?
Makes me sad that these people keep redesigning shit in dragon age despite some of the first designs being perfect, its like if they redesigns the aliens races in mass effect every game.
coz if they kept the same designs a bunch of you angry youtube nerds would be complaining they are reusing assets. Games dev cant win anymore it seems lol
I remember the elf speaking of the old Gods he locked away, you remind him of their release after the veil falls and all he says is “he had plans” to deal with them. Giving the orb to Corypheus was one of his “plans” too
im hoping its just like this as it early stages in the game, dont like that only you do the damage, whats the point in having a party if they do nothing at all, may aswell be fable
You think these softies can make something like that?! The og BioWare is long gone, now we have 21 year olds that sleep with a night lamp developing games.
"I lay in dark and dreaming sleep while countless wars and ages passed. My people fell for what I did to strike the Evanuris down, but still some hope remains for restoration. I will save the Elven people, even if it means this world must die." ~Solas, Trespasser.
That isn't what happens though. There's a visible shield around the gem until the mage is killed EDIT: They could have maybe played the line a little earlier or said "the mage is holding up a barrier, we need to kill them" or something, but it isn't just "walk up to the gem, stab the gem and walk through"
I wish they had included some later-game footage of how companions can be used in combat and more variety in the abilities. This makes it look like Dragon Age: Arkham Veilguard. I really enjoy the lore of these games, but I want combat that is more about positioning and teamwork and less about dodging and mashing the attack button.
Exactly man. It feels like ever since DA2 that whole dynamic is dead. DAI brought back the position and ability focus, but the skill trees and menus that were pretty shallow made a complete return from DA2. It also didn't help that the new art direction made playing as elven rogue look borderline cartoonist. I wish we could get another Dragon Age Origins. I never finished inquisition. Not because I disliked it. But because of all the side nonsense in the game and the lack that same quality dialouge.
Man, I sure loved seeing my great sword in the previous games to the same 3 animations over and over again while spamming my ability bar. If you came here for good combat, you are in the wrong game franchise.
Why is it so that a regular rouge can destroy magic barriers and punch back magic attacks? Just cuz they are in Minrathos is not an answer. It used to be extremely important witch class or race you are to be able to perform stuff, now it’s just child like - I USE SPECIAL KNIFE - game…. Loses a lot of world buildup 😢
Qunari are masters of war. They also primarily fight from the sea, and have incredibly powerful mages of their own that they use for land battles, not to mention they're all much larger and stronger than other races so all of their ranks have that advantage. They also have a massive and sophisticated spy network they use to get the upper hand before the battle even begins.
hasn't been a single good looking mage hat in dragon age at all, tbf most helmets/hats look ugly in general, with the exception of a few like the inquisitor helm.
@@GatoSander0the elementalist and arcane warrior from inquisition MP have some slick threads. Even the Venatori from inquisition had good looking spellcasters.
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no I've seen enough
No thanks, game looks like garbage
It looks great!
Things are not looking great... like literally
Nah thx. It resembles more to a cheap korean hack and slash than actual dragon age. You just pulled a move like Disney on Star Wars
if you start Dragon Age Inquisition today, you might be out of the Hinterlands by the time Veilguard comes out
God the hinterlands takes forever lol
@louderthenvisual I don't get it either, doesn't take me long to run through it even on nightmare.
lol i’m planning on playing all 3 b4 it comes out wish me luck
I always get so excited to replay Inquisition because it has so many great moments, but then I get to the Hinterlands shard collecting and I begin to dread what’s to come
Good thing I fucking love the Hinterlands despite it easily being the most boring area in the game lol
Ah, Dragon Age, or “How Many Times Can Varric Tethras Avoid His Publishing Deadlines Using the World Is Ending Excuse”
and “How Many Times Can Varric Tethras Avoid His DEATH?!" Hope he finally dies at the end of prologue
Or "State the Obvious: Veilguard"
At least he is out there saving the world, unlike some other asshole writer which promises chapters for money but never delivers. 10/10 would read Varric books again
Varric R R Martin
Poor Cassandra.. she will never know what happens next with knight commander.
Genuinely, I cannot imagine how Dorian survived the South. Tevinter looks like it might even have indoor plumbing.
The art necromancer saved him
I think that's a dwarf thing, the Vents "force" their poor slaves to take care of that, unlike Orlais who proudly pay their servants to do it.
Considering that ancient Rome and Byzantium... kinda? did, I wouldn't be surprised lmao. I'm so sorry Dorian for thinking you were a bit of a critical ass in the beginning of Inquisiton, I see now that you're right. 😔
Indus civilization had indoor plumbing 5000 years ago
the real question to me is: how did Tevinter not invade all of Thedas with their flying fortresses?! Nobody has anything close enough to counter such a thing
I imagine a party of 4 Dragons would be in danger level to this thing what a party of 4 people would be to a dragon ^^
Remember when DA:O had beautiful blood-red dragon as a loading screen with haunting music in the back?
GIVE US THE DARK FANTASY BACK
I was doing my workout to the old soundtrack and got ghoosebumps all over my body then I realised what fuckin music the veil guard trailer has… it is soo fuckin fucked up, they should pay some grand ass fine for ruining the culture and history what this game series has…
Just use your nvidia filter and mix snot green and actual shit brown and you have the colour pallet for DAO. There is your dark fantasy.
@@Tripsbroyea sure I’ll take the advice of a BioWare/EA fecal swallower. Eat a tidepod.
Dark fantasy has been so throughly flushed with quality content there’s no way they could make a positive impression. Damned if you do/don’t in this case.
The comparisons to the Witcher and Elden Ring would be endless
@@itsalwaysdarkestbeforethes1198 The Witcher, maybe. Elden Ring? Absolutely not. The game is nothing like Elden Ring. Also, where is this so called quality you speak of? Elden Ring isn't really Dark Fantasy. The Witcher 3 came out almost 10 years ago.
What I notice is;
-No health bar for ally
-Ally do minimum to no damage to enemies
-Enemies only target your character
they specifically state that companion control is disabled for this preview
they also specifically state this is very early in development footage
j f c
@@lurksmcgee people cant read
Similar too Mass Effect: Andromeda. I don't think you can control them this time either.
@@lurksmcgee Isn't the game about to be released in the fall?
@lolidiot4656 They've said it's going to be down to 2 companions and you can't control them, only order them like Mass Effect.
Bold of them to put such an important character death in a teaser. RIP Bianca
all those upgrades I got for him.......
She's been busted up before, she can be brought back. I have a feeling Varric will almost certainly die this game tho.
@@SaVanityVan Don't even say that! 😢
@@SaVanityVan Was already confirmed this is one of "his" endings ages ago.
looks like a trash mobile game the fact you like it is the reason why we cant have nice games anymore
What the fuck is this?! When did Tevinter become League of Legends?!
Finl fantasy 16
@@keyverlopez8185 Final Fantasy 16 is far darker than the Veilguard. Not that FF16 is "omg so amazing," but it is definitely better than what we got with DAVG
Players: Complaining since Dragon Age 2 about the deviation from tactical combat to action.
Bioware: So what you're saying is, make it more action?
Nobody likes that, as Baldurs Gate 3 which is even turn based showed. Wait a minute...everyone loved that game. Weird.
I personally like it, even though I loved origins too
@@silentsorrowbane literally very different game from the start, because realtime + Pause is something else than entirely turnbased games? But ok
Speak for yourself 😂
Tbh as someone who liked Inquisition a lot, i couldn’t care less about deviating from tactical combat. When playing Inquisition i noticed that i didn't used tactical combat a single time until i played the game in Nightmare difficulty lol.
So for me at least, this new approach making the third person combat more dynamic and fun works well.
Remember what we learned, guys! NO PRE-ORDERS FROM FUCKING EA
I'm going to preorder everything even Solas pants
No Preorders period.
Here, here!
I'd argue not to even buy the game in the first month. Wait to see if EA deserves to be rewarded with monetary compensation first.
Definitely pre-order! 😂
At this point, I'm convinced Varric is the *real* Dragon Age protagonist.
It seems like Dragon Age 2 is the real start of the game series
It’s not even the same Varric, considering the writer that created him was fired last year
@@adolfolerito6744 Her work is in this game though.
im pretty sure it was hinted at that the game was the player reliving his journal
It's just a complete shame that everyone has started on Dragon age origins or Dragon age 2 hates varric, and Inquisition.
Inquisition got NV treatment and I was confused
"Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made." - J. R. R. Tolkien.
So cringe. “Evil is when they make a sequel to a video game and they have black people in it.”
Totalmente
That´s world politics today.........
That's not even a real Tolkien quote.
Oh look, another copy/paste of this quote. How original.
One of my friends got divorced twice since the last Dragon Age.
i completed all of high school, all of college, and most of law school
@@Araclainhahaha I guess you don't play games anymore
Okay?
I use to have a full head of hair and a jet black goatee when I played the last Dragon Age
Now I'm balding and my beard is going grey.
🤣🤣
"looks like they put up a barrier to block the way" he said, before hitting it one time with a sword and proceeding onward
My thoughts exactly. At least in DA:I we had a unique magic hand, so that barrier could be effective against everyone except PC. Here? They could've just used some police tape to the same effect
It's a mighty sword, propably Dagna's creation :D
They cut stuff out for brevity. But, even so, if they didn't, he said they put up a barrier, not that he couldn't take it down easily.
im sure itll be different when we play. theyre on a time crunch here lol
@@LadyAstarionAncunin It even looked like that crystal thing was on the one side of it. Meaning, the barrier was intended to stop things from the other side.
"Solas needs someone to sell him another option" He didn't bend for his fucking loved one why would he do for a friend 😭😭😭
I too am curious as to what "other option" that Varric had in mind that he was convinced that he could talk Solas out of it 😂
Maybe if he had conversed more with the merchant's guild instead of ignoring their mail, he could've been a better sweet talker 😂
Varric and Solas have never been on good terms to begin with. Actually, Solas has never been on someone's good terms at all. Save for spirits, maybe
Varric, forever the optimist
lol idk what he could even do here
it's probably a nod to the "we will convince him and save him from himself" final dialogue choice in inquisition. and you can't blame varric for trying, even in a vacuum, because he makes a good point about how people are often just hoping for someone to talk them down, and in the heat of the moment, on that precipice, it can be very different to a philosophical/theoretical talk earlier.
The hero of ferelden, hawke, the inquisitor, morrigan, leliana... The good old times...
Morrigan is returning !
They all better be in the game too or I'll be pissed .... will still play it but I'll be pissed 😤
@@thelatenightowl3079 On the one hand I've seen some speculation that Varric dies in the intro. On the other hand, the character model is so anti-Varric that it might be a blessing.
but I'm worried that we can't choose between male or female chracter nor character creation😰 looks like it's a pre-made char this time...😞
@@gamingispleasure8436 every other dragon age has allowed us to customise our character, and seeing the newest trailer I think this will also be the case. So no worries there. We can also pick what faction we belong to
'Looks like the Venatori put up a barrier'
*Pokes*
Dude right, I was like that's it??? 😂
Well that was easy
my guess is that the barrier was meant to stop people on the other side, we got lucky by approaching it from this one
@@dakattack4005 Super easy, barely an inconvenience.
@@chinangel or ya know make a barrier that's an actual barrier that stops things from both sides? lol
Solas, the elven god, the mythical dread wolf, a mage of immesurable talent: ”Yeah this piece of wood should hold this incredibly important statue that is essential to my ritual.”
Well, at least it's consistent with his characterization, Solas was never one to think things through.
"Well, my peoples leaders are horrible to them and killed my mommy's physical body so I think I'll cut off our deep connection to the Fade to get rid of them."
Thousands of years later "Oh no, removing what our culture was built on led to it's collapse. Guess I'll tear the world apart trying to undo what I did. Oh look, a crazy ancient darkspawn. I think I'll give him this powerful ancient artifact that can destroy the veil"
@@stevenhiggins3055😂😂
Ever finish a thousand piece puzzle and some twit bumps the table, knocking it to the floor? Kinda like that. Shit happens.
@@maiafay esp when that relevant piece is like 20m tall and can easily be overlooked ... oh, wait
Millennials storytelling be like
LMAO the Venatori putting up a barrier to block the way... with the crystal to destroy said barrier right there for anyone to destroy.
Oops
A magical barrier!
*poke with a dagger*
Or, it could be a one-way barrier like a latch, trying to contain the conflict?
Hahaha they should have put the crystal on the OTHER side.
@@НиколаПавлов-р6б Contain the conflict of flying, teleporting demons?
Maybe I'm just old, but I wish we'd stop turning such iconic tactical RPG series into hack and slash button mashers
You must be old and not played many DA games because Dragon age was only a tactical RPG 15 years ago for one game, which was origins.
@@home3248 And that's the one people still talk about after so many years
@@home3248 DA 2 was also tactical and DA 3 tried to be a mix of action and tactical, check your facts, chief. also origins remains a masterpiece while dai remains forgettable
Even this slop beats that clunky outdated rubbish gameplay of origins.
I hope and pray the next elder scrolls doesn’t f up like the rest of them. I felt RDR2 should have changed the perspective of all game studios who make RPG’s. What we want is an amazing story with a game that has amazing attention to detail
I really miss the old demon designs. Kind of wondering if this is maybe something explained in game? If it's just an artistic choice then can't say I'm too pleased, it feels very jarring
it's awful
Yea, they don't look engaging to fight or look at. I got tired of generic demon #2 in this video. I can't imagine fighting them all game...
remember these are not coming from the fade these are the demons in true form they are not forced to be here
I love the pride demon design
@@DeanSmith-sq7pv Are you trying to add something of value with this, or do you just uncontrollably drool all over yourself, whenever people are going to inevitably knock the new lighthearted Sea of Thieves/Overwatch aesthetic they have going on now??
"They set up a magical barrier to block the way!"
"Let me stab it with this rusty basic sword so we can pass."
This game will be worth it on SALE 😂😂😂😂😂
Yeh that was cringe
@@33GLOCK cope
Save your money a nother box checking piece of agenda BS
@@PhrygianTurk cry
Remember when pride demon had legs, Pepperidge Farms remembers.
I member 🫐
I two
I remember when they spoke and werent a generic unreal store prop. remember when they tried to get you to make a pact with them and only after refusing would they attack? pepperidge farms remembers
I remember when a Pride Demon was so dangerous and entire tower full of mages turned into a shitshow and enslaved almost everybody there along with several other demons to the point where the choice was go into the belly of the beast and face countless monsters and demons to set the mages free, or just say fuck it and burn them all to the ground and try your best to hollow the ground.
They removed the pride demons sex appeal qq
i have waited Ten years, For this !? TEN YEARS !
...i miss DAO 😮💨
It was my very first real crpg. I'll never forgive EA for what they did to my boy with every sequel.
Origins is mid
@@johnpantag472 You gonna get some Real Hate for saying that ! 😠
Origin is the first one ! And without the first one, people wouldn't even liked rest of the sequel would they ?
So take your Gen Z Mid opinion and your Gen Z high graphics game and talk about it somewhere else !
@@Smiley-ps1yc Man, shut the fuck up. Take your rose-colored nostalgic ass back to Origins where it belongs.
Inquisition is peak @@0110-q6n
Give my boy Pride his legs back 😭
Bro is a paraplegic now 😭😭😭
Too Prideful to walk.
Demons can be inclusive too
He skipped leg day one to many times.
Legs REVOKED
And where are his whips? 😭And why is he so small??
I now understand how Tevinter became the dominant power in Thedas for so long, literally Cyberpunk with magic vs Swords and spears.
I understand why Tevinter Templars don’t have anti-magic abilities. They’d be hazards to the environment.
@@azureheart2846 Tevinter Templars function more as bodyguards to the Mages, rather than their jailers.
@@Bionickpunk Bodyguards for the Elite the Noble Mages, Still Murderers of the Weak and Powerless and Renegade Mages.
@@flamesofchaos13 To be fair, Nobility Mages would probably do that to the Weaker Mages long before Templars are involved.
Well, the Netflix series showed a bit of how the political structure works for Tevinter. Where mages are actually respected and nobility, unlike the rest of Thedas, where mages are treated more like ticking time bombs
Did we really need a detective to find Solas when he was in the center of a giant glowing world-ending ritual?
It really looks like a game that just steals tropes from top to bottom.
he was behind an eluvian and she only knew where he was because of the traces of ancient magic left on it
Look there is Solas doing the thing we need to stop right now. Let's just...jerk around and wait if Varric has some supreme argument to stop him.
Varric:
- No, stop. This is bad. People hurt.
Solas:
- No u.
There is stuff skipped too. They don’t just do three fights and walk up to him.
He hadnt started the ritual yet when they were looking for the detective. Even after he started it having a mage on your side is probably useful
I'm going to go back to origins and let the darkspawn win.
>Gives the player 2 choices of discouraging varic or not
>Both choices are exactly the same outcome with different dialogue
Renegade/Paragon
Not really. This is in the BEGINNING of the game. They will remember what you said.
everything else would just distract you from senselessly pushing one button ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Varric is committed, this choice is for your Rook to voice disagreement to his plan.
its been a problem since the mass effect games that bioware leans too much on the dialog wheel. Its too linear in its design.
Dam, the demons been eating the neon lights again....
Nothing says dark fantasy more, than you monitor glowing like the forth of juli.
Yeah I'm not big on the new demons
@@raynortownly7098 Watch closely -- it starts out their normal red, then gets energized by the Veil being torn asunder.
Demons really been demoted to fodder enemies lol. Pride demons used to be end game monsters, now they're the tutorial boss.
Really hate the new direction these games took after 2...
And they grew light sticks instead of claws ...
Please know that when I first saw the pride demons I truly out loud went “PRIDE DEMON. THEY TOOK YOUR LEGS!!!!”
Thought the same thing “Look what they’ve done to my boy!”
they took half of the damn thing, it's basically just bones with RGB now, at least he got a cool sword now i guess
Devs are hell bent on continuously changing the demons' looks
@@elethys9903 Which isn't the worst thing, I just wish they would make procedural differences on the iconic base look. Fighting demons that look identical takes a little bit of the magic away.
@@YouWinILose no..some of them were on fire .. 😆
Gameplay looks very Shadow of Mordor/Shadow of War...
I have several questions:
1. Why did Varric's hair go black? If it's due to aging, it should have gone grey.
2. Since when can Rogues do lightning magic?
3. The heck are the Venatori doing attacking some random nobodies in the middle of a demon invasion?
4. Why does an ability called "Static Strikes" work on a Pride Demon, which are famously lightning-aligned?
theres no need to insult shadow of mordor/shadow of war like that
@@v_cpt-phasma_v689 To insult? It looks better than SoW and way, way better than Mordor, those games look wonderful BUT, we are in 2024 almost 25 mate.
Very, very nonsense questions to be real, or maybe you are a kid?
@@Jigoku_No_Iru LMAOOOOOOOOOOO the gameplay does not at all look better than shadow of mordor or war, we are indeed almost in 2025, but that has zero relevance on what games are good vs bad you clown, is gollum a better game than red dead redemption 2 because its newer? hahah
The chest hair finally moved up to his face.
Lol
Foreskin reference
it seems that the hair left the chest though... or most of it at least
@@johnnatandc It's a beard transplant, using the chest as a donor site.
@@Unknown-jt1jo lol
Five bucks the statues they destroyed were part of Solas's "lets not make this worse than it needs to be" spell
Judging by what looks like two of Corypheus' old running buddies stepping out of the rift, yeah, Rook fucked up.
Prob, but blame it on Elves anyway
@@TheNovakv23 Two of Corypheus's... No.. It was two Elven Gods that came out.
They seem to be the seals keeping the evenuris locked away. Solas was probably able to siphon their magical power while they were locked up. Now that they are free he probably has no plan to tear the veil, and no plan to imprison them again.
Most definitely. Bioware can't make a protagonist who isn't a complete screwup anymore.
Not sure I'm a fan of only 3 spell slots for each character. DAI had 8, which was _already_ a downgrade from the 20+ we could have in DAO/DA2.
Truuuuuue. My DAO mage specialized in like 15 categories i had so many slots. Map had an earthquake, lightning storm, ice field and a lil blood magic all at once just bc I could
Remember that you get more as you level up and that they could be toggled to show the other set of spells. Going to guess they'll do similarly here.
@@Missing0o0doesn't matter how many spells you get if you can only use a handful at a time
@@Missing0o0 Apparently it's like Andromeda you get multiple skills but can only use three at a time which if so is incredibly disappointing. Might be on the link to their blog, somebody said in the comments Mike Gamble said this but I'm too lazy to check.
This does seem to be a versatile character class at low level, so maybe the 3 is just for this class and/or a low level thing. I’d think a mage would probably have more than 3 spell slots.
Rest in peace Dragon Age [*]
... And Bioware.
that venatori barrier was a force to be reckoned with
I know right i mean it took us a whole 1 second to destroy it
Just like barriers in Inquisition 😢
@@GhostInTheCogs now that i think about it those never served any interesting purpose i wonder if they were just there to disguise loading screens or what
putting a boss like that in the start of the game is very bold...
It was the ice mage's barrier. She dropped it after they were dead. It's one of the few aspects that made any sense.
Is it me, or the reveal weirdly lacked party-based combat? It showed only Rook fighting, which is fine, I guess, but I love DA as tactical party-based RPG. Would have loved to see, you know, tactics?
At 11:59 it said that you can control your companions but it was locked for the early point in the game.
Just play origins, DA's old gameplay loop has been dead for years, but it's okay, took me years to accept
They said that you'll be able to control them later in the game, but if it wasn't an extremely gimped party control then they would have showed it off in the gameplay reveal lol. Would bet my life on them basically being auto attack bots who you can command to move places and to use a special ability every once in a while. Same reason to only show off low level combat so people don't realise all those slots on the ability wheel will actually be filled with consumables and shit and not active combat abilities
@@DrKritter With control they probably just mean the mass effect esque ability charge system.
please, i'm begging the people in these comments to read lmao
So are we all gonna ignore that Thorin Oakenshield killed Varic and took his place?
bruh, now i can't unsee this. xD
I was wondering if I was the only one who saw that.
Watching that horrible reveal trailer, i thought this is Blackwall, but then i read in the comments it's actually Varric. Why the stupid change? He's older, his hair should be lighter ginger, not black.
@@marcdwonn9772 don't worry, mods will fix it eventually
Lack of chest hair and changing his hair color. The changes are so odd and unnecessary.
MY fucking god , they just announced in interview that companions aren't playable LOL
From 3 to 2 companions and now we can't control them.
What a disaster....
Who fucking cares
@@graynor67 wait for the flop this game will experience for your answer.
@@graynor67alot of people fucking care including me so theres your answer right now bozo
They literally have 3 companions in these scenes what are you on about? And how do you know you won’t be able to control them? Maybe they were just trying to show off the main character.
@@BD_Smiley I know because bioware said it , it's official.
Let me guess, all we do is royally f*ck up every precaution Solas did to minimize the damage.
exactly!
Easy guilt tripping the main characters into the plot. Besides Varric ("But he fwiend!") and Neve ("Not in my city, cowboy.")
Yes, we are doing DA3 here, but this time we do the Boom!
Yep.
That's what I think too. My guess is that his precautions were keeping the old elven gods imprisoned
Sir we need 10 months to properly animate the demons
What if you remove the legs?
And thus all the demons lost their legs
smaller and basic demons never legs in dragon age bro, it was a moving blob
Maybe that's part of their dei plan to make the game more inclusive! I guess handicapped players like me are supposed to feel included, now? =)
... Isn't working. I play games to escape real life... also, they're making us cripples out to be bad guys. But it's cool, I can live with that. I'm already the most hated creature on the planet in their eyes simply by being a White, conservative, heterosexual, Christian male. =)
rage demons stole the pride demons legs
Be my mom
There's a specific reason why they look that way at that time and place in the game. "Busche stated that many of the enemies were designed to look like they have exposed nervous systems, because they were embodiments of raw emotion born from Solas’ tortured emotional state." Source is an article from CBR titled "Dragon Age: The Veilguard Hands-On Demo Impressions - First Hour of Gameplay Breakdown."
someone call the inquisitor to come get their egg , he's fucking up the world.
No call Cassandra 😂😂
don't talk about my egg that way
He went from egg to light bulb
Calling Cassandra is like using a bazooka to kill a cockroach!
@@LlynnyiaI see that as an absolute win
Rip to dark fantasy :( rip to the vibes of origins and 2
Okay so Dorian failed to rein in the cult it seems…
He had one job lol
Let's hope they didn't just kill him
One man trying to rehabilitate an entire country, cut him some slack.
@@keirangray902He’s too smart to get assassinated. It was a big reason why he didn’t want to be a magister to begin with.
@@keirangray902I’m betting he’s the one who told Varic to get help from the shadow guard. It’s really the only logical choice in the vast majority of world states.
pretty sure those pillars we pushed over were seals of two of the elven gods locked behind the veil, you know, the monstrous ones that enslaved millions of sentient beings, and mass sacrificed them in rituals to their glory that Solas lead a rebellion against and created the veil to stow away.
Oh fuck
That sounds pretty cool if thats true.
'Solas was right all along' moment #47
We got another Blight coming, make it a super Blight cause two Old Gods are involved.
@@Bionickpunk Blight 4: Blight Harder.
Anyone else miss the gritty Dragon Age Origins start with Duncan at Ostagar and going into the Korcari Wilds to maybe kill a couple Darkspawn and that was a big deal.
I love fantasy stories that ramp up in intensity like DAO. I hope this game doesn't start as balls to the walls as Inquisition did.
Starting epic ending like sht, Inquisition. This game looks exactly the same
I'm still hoping to get the chance to play the Arcane Knight again and feel like a God 😂 I really hope we get it in this new one!
@@zhongliimpact6220 im quite sure it will start as inquisition did. This Game looks like a final chapter to me in terms of how they tell the story.
But for sure I can't say.
No, it's been 20 years. Get over it, or just play the old game if you don't like any change.
Bad news - this is part of the intro area per Bioware's statement. They just cut the character design and an intro cinematic according to the Summer Game Fest demo reviews.
This looks like every game I've ever played. Dragon age Inquisition was one of the best games I've ever played. this doesn't look like it can even sniff it. The combat in dragon age Inquisition was amazing and different. I don't like how they completely reworked all of it, now it's just like any other game.
One of the most derivative parts of DAI was it's MMO style combat. What are you bollocking on about?
Too many people sucked at inquisition so they dumbed it down and even slow walk you through the mechanics with all these videos. Cross class combos have been a staple and they're acting like it's new and innovative.
@@Seeker794 for people who never played chronotrigger
This looks like every gane you've ever played? Can you tell me those games I want to play them lmao. No clue what you're going on about
Please make the demons scarry. There is a reason why some apprentice mages fail their final test, and some are willing to be tranquil.
I want to be tranquil from watching this trailer
The demons are the lowest point of the trailer. I'd rather wait for mods on pc to make them look like classic dragon age horrors.
I mean, they were never really scary looking. I don't see much difference here other than color combos. It's a big underdetailed minotaur and a wraith.
Yeah, these empty designs are lame. Pride demon looked much better before.
Pride cant be scary ya silly goose.
Damn, if Solas had that much power in DA: INQUISITION, we could've killed all the dragons at level one
He did have all that power, he was pretending not to be an elven god
Him holding back is the reason we cannot have nice things. I had to cheese the first fight.
@@ryder98307 No he didn't, he was still sleepy.
@@ryder98307 He had to take his power back from Flemeth. He wasn't op when he was with the Inquisitor.
He had to regain the power from Mythal (Flemeth)'s death at the end of DAI, his power was drained.
The fact that they made solas Romance-able knowing this was his goal is brutal hahaha
I romanced him on my first playthrough of inquisition and was devastated at the end
Never romanced Solace, but him and my inquisitor became basically best friends and damn that dlc hit hard.
Yeah but only if you're the one specific race he doesn't want to ethic cleanse, the signs were there.
That’s why he’s on my list of characters not to romance. Also, I found his hypocrisy annoying.
I never romanced him even when I played an elf. His character annoyed me from the very beginning, and I have never liked Solas.
We enter a city with neon signs, where the alleys are illuminated with all the colors of the rainbow. A heroine with a manicure and heels. In the background, you can hear speech from an automatically tuned speaker. Are we really living in the Middle Ages and fighting for Duncan's death?
Due to their creative bankruptcy, Bioware was unable to imagine a "grand, spectacular ancient city ruled by magic" without making it a dystopian futuristic cyberpunk. 🤣 I bet they imagined Seheron as something out of Mad Max movie 🤣
Duncan died so long ago they don't even remember him. Sad reality.
"We don't want to look conspicuous" says the dwarf with a massive crossbow jogging all over the place.
Yeah, the dialogue is forced at best... especially the ambient lines. Cringy...
Minrathus has a giant, floating citadel in its center that shoots magic-lasers at criminals. The only way not to be conspicuous is to look extra AF...
You think these people don't see dwarfs with weapons every day?
Normal dwarf behavior
A beardless dwarf at that!
Mofo really betrayed me, stole my gear, took my hand, and now he’s killed Bianca?!!
He broke my heart and removed my tattoos!
It’s personal now 🔪
Bianca was the line
@@AstarionWifeyit’s been personal since he took my vallaslin then dumped me right after.
@@addicted2myxbox he took my eyebrows...
Varric looks like squished Blackwall
Funko pop version
Looool
He looks like the love child of Blackwall and Thorin Oakenshield
With Sims 3 graphics.
Blackwall after a hydraulic press session
I don't think i'm even going to pirate this
This
It would destroy your hard drive
Fr
We already wasted our precious time by watching this abomination of a gameplay.
Lets not waste it anymore.
@@KeebaAfrica “Drag Queen Rage: Failguard”
“Looks like they put a barrier on the way”: barrier that cracks with one hit from the outside…
The mage on the outside is shielding the gem, you can see it disappear as the mage goes flying off the cliff. They played the line at the wrong time (in my opinion) but it's not just "stab the gem and the barrier just disappears"
@@IainDoc15 Still stupid logic. Why the mage didn't stay inside the barrier.
@@thasarian5125 Because it's a game which needs to be playable?
Having ways to open a path being easily accessible for the player even if it's "unrealistic" is actually extremely common in games which aren't being deliberately obtuse for a joke
Unplayable
@@IainDoc15 If the only way to progress the story is for the enemy to be complete morons, then you got a shit writer in the team.
How many times do we have to say that the dialogue wheel not matching what your character says is stupid before it sinks in?
Totally disagree😂
Have you ever played a mass effect game or any other BioWare game in that matter, that’s like what they do though?
@@ladzerty You like not knowing what your character is going to say?
Some of the lines can be very long. Imagine the speech in trespasser, it would be a paragraph in an option.
@@christianz2934Play kotor bro. You will find what bro's said
SOLAS COULDN'T EVEN LISTEN TO MEEEEEEEEEEEE, WHY WOULD HE LISTEN TO VARRIC. I BANGED THE BALD EGG
I SAID THE SAME THING!!!!
LMFAO 🤣
no you didn't, remember he cockblocked?
Shh dont distrupt the fantasies
RIGHT???
It seems like The companions arent doing any damage! 😢
I miss varrics strawberry blonde hair
Age marks doesn't stop for dwarfs...😂
Fun fact: red hair doesn’t gray. It can go white, but not gray. Guess no one told the devs…
He is old now.
@@Beliar_VR But ginger hair doesn't go gray like that. His hair almost looks black 😢 he doesn't look like the same character to me
Not to mention DA 2 he hates beards, obviously the clowns making this game, have never played DA. He also looks as if he is in his 60s, not his late 40s.
Hasn't Varric been Ginger for like 15 years?
**Edit due to "he aged" replies**
cannon reason his hair is now black is he spent all the Deep Roads expedition money on Just for Men on a drunken bet in Kirkwall.
Can't have gingers in the new world order. Only the other word you can make from those letters.
He couldn't possibly have dyed his hair for a disguise due to likely being world famous by this point.
He dyed his hair, not for a disguise or anything just pure vanity ❤
Well it's been years since Inquisition came out, they probably forgot how he looked like
People also … age.
Anyone else notice the surprising lack of blood both on the ground and all over gear like dragon age is known for?
Blood must be offensive right now
@@musashi_kun no blood for the woke god
I mean, if the rumor is right, that this is BioWare’s last chance, I’m guessing there’s no blood because it’s going to be Rated T. Bigger demographic group and all they have to give up is everything that made the former games good. They did it with Mass Effect, why wouldn’t they here?
@@BelongsintheTrash which one? Every ME game has been rated M
It might be something you can toggle.
Think of it this way, its more money saved for something good.
is Varric lost all crossbow upgrages what i found for him?twice?!
Nah bro. You just upgraded the upgrades from the previous game.
😂😂😂
Exactly what I said I'm sick of this crap like how are you going to keep losing all of these good upgrades dude smh hehehehe.
is it even Varric though? Sounds nothing like him based on the voice...
@@travelerwatanabe Varric is being voiced by Brian Bloom, the same VO for DA2 and Inq.
So, I’m guessing the Inquisitor didn’t tell everybody Solas can turn people into stone just by thinking about it. Not sure why Varric would ever want to directly confront this guy.
maybe varric just assumes its that or death anyways.
Cuz Varric as balls made of stone, a mountain of manhood
@@palex313 nah Varric proved he's a coward who couldn't do what it takes to end this by simply shooting solas in the back, just because hE'S hIs FriEnD
@@clairemadeinheavenHarding aims at Solas and Neve tells her its pointless cuz he's too powerful, how is Varric gonna make a difference??? 😭
@@clairemadeinheavenlol what a dumb take
Neve missing her auto attacks at point blank range is concerning as to how well the AI is gonna perform. Lol
Thats probably how they expect players to aim on consoles as well ^^
@@Weichpitti ooof
It's because this game is an A"RPG" that will actually just be a hack and slash, lol. Your teammates aren't there to be meaningful members of your party that you'll build like the prior 3 games. They're there to make it seem like they're helping when you'll just be doing all the work like any run-of-the-mill action game.
Some hints on the screen is not showing party health or status. They're just simply there. I bet you won't have to craft gear or select skills for them. Just set pieces.
In general, I'm concerned at how useless your companions seemed to be in combat.
Seems a bit futuristic for a dragon age game
Look, I know this game has been plagued by dev issues, changing concepts and whatnot, to figure out what will bring most money and to be honest, it doesn't look as bad as everyone made it out to be but you already have a winning formula for this game - why fuck it up?
Dragonage became popular because it wasn't dumbed down for mass audiences and that attracted even a large portion of the mass audience that prefers simple games most of the time.
-You had a system to setup what your companions do
-You had a great story
-It was an RPG - not an Action RPG
-You had a good amount of skills
-You had a story with lasting consequences
You saw baldurs gate basically use your formula and be a bombastic game.
All we wanted was dragon age game with a bit of updated mechanics, more control and customization of companions, a good continuation of the story and be able to play the campaign in co-op(optional but would have been an amazing feature).
Devs: But you aren't allowed to have nice things... and don't forget. Everything must be made for the "modern audience".
Someone make this the pinned comment
I don't feel the dragon age classic aura anymore.
I agree, it looks pretty good but this isn't the Dragon Age I wanted.
Probably the higher up having stupid idea and force it to the dev thinking it will be a great idea also EA
"We need more target audience so lets make the game more colorful "
"Oh no the gameplay is too complicated let's make it a mindless hack and slash instead so everyone can play it"
" The game must be ready at this date I don't care if you cut most of the content or it's still full of bug"
Ok now its Dragon Age : Revenge for Bianca
can you explain what happened to bianca i dont see the part where she died
@@satanspy 16:55
@@satanspy it was the crossbow
Noo! Blanca!
Given how early her death is, it’s probably a good thing they spoiled it. The Last of Us Part 2 didn’t, and look what happened.
What happened to the bulky hulk looking pride demon? Now we get his floating legless cousin?
Better question; what happened to anything identifiable as "Dragon Age"? Even the characters don't look like themselves.
@@ChocolateFishBrains Varric, Harding and Solas don't look themselves? Did you watch the video blindfolded, or are you just legally blind and/or are a smooth brain?
I'm pretty sure the reason the demons all look different is because of what Solas is doing to the Fade. It's corrupting them even further beyond what they are.
@@Th3.S3cond-Son Solas looks incredible. I'm a little torn on Varric. On one hand he looks matured, on the other he looks...like a washed-up rock star?
@@SkiesTurnedGrey to be fair "washed-up rock star" seems very becoming of varric's personality lol, but I agree. It's a drastic change from what we're used to of him
I was so impatient to discover the new DO that I cannot descrive you my disappointment. Years to wait, minutes to cry. What are you doing ? Are you loosing your mind ?
“Looks like the Venatori put up a barrier to block the way”
>stabs with a basic sword, instantly shattering a magic barrier
Wtf
I thought the same thing, some barrier.
That part was very strange. I was trying to consider what the purpose of the barrier even is in gameplay but idk
Also the combat looks horribly boring. Fighting against melee NPCs and there's no parry, no counter attack, just reaction to the character's offensive attacks until they die. Major yawn.
Saturday morning cartoon level of writing...
Not to mention this same lv1 dude with a basic sword, flipping about 30 feet side-to-side to dodge literally every single attack and reflecting lightning with his shins as he does so. I'm a bit disappointed but, hopefully most of these things that seem like poor writing/executions can be explained and/or changed/adjusted before launch.
Solas : I have taken precautions
(Statues fall)
Solas : Those were the precautions!!
It should be the Inquisitor chasing down Solas. Not Varric.
The inquisitor's going to be back. I really hope they get the final confrontation and not rook. Just feels more right.
Dont forget the inquisitor lost his arm
I was hoping to see the warden since weissaupt is going to be a location. But I’m glad we’re at least getting the inquisitor
The Warden/or Hawke should’ve been the one to kill Corypheus. Not the Inquisitor.
DA doesn’t have the same protagonists for each game.
@@trashboat4731 the Vivienne cringe copycat has mechanical legs, what the fuck is your point?
Anyone kind of not digging the demon redesign?
Looks childish
Looks less intimidating tbh
Yep, strong concerns. I was thinking this is looking like it's more of a linear game. Not open world. Unfortunately that is the case. Vary disappointing
I don't think anyone likes it
No. They look awfull.
Solas's head looks even more like a lightbulb now.
I actually got some weird satisfaction by punching that bald Solas in Inquisition 😂
Next minute it's gonna be luminescent
Bro's about to hatch 💀
@@MrBALAKUMARA I wonder if the head is soft like a Beluga Whales?
He looks like Nosferatu
Varric definitely gets Obi-Wan'd immediately after this.
I have no idea what this means, and I've seen every Star Trek movie
@@gregsmith1875😂😂
Seems a likely outcome lol
Don't put that out into the universe! I need to believe he comes out ok 🥺
@@gregsmith1875 Sigh, wrong universe. Try again.
Can we talk how TH-cam casually removed 49k dislikes? XD It's been 163k dislikes and now it says only 114k lol.
“and here i thought we’d be ass deep in demons forever” inquisition varric, im contacting you from the future, you will be.
between this and his 'pulls a dragon out of his ass' comment about Corypheus in DA2, I say Varric is actually a prophet and just doesn't know 🤣
This comment has me rolling 💀
LOCAL DWARF GIFTED PROPHECY BY APOLLO
@@AnnMegFair Lol Varric is The Maker, confirmed
people upvoting and replying to an obvious bot comment as if its a real one...classic. if thats the average iq of the modern day dragon age fan and biowares target audience then boy am i not looking forward to 2025 AAA gaming space. also smells real fishy how many of these obvious bot comments are "liked" by the channel. you okay bioware/ea? youre that afraid of feedback, you get a bunch of bots to combat the dislike ratio?
Why do the demons look like Need for Speed decals?
Savage 😂
Makes me sad that these people keep redesigning shit in dragon age despite some of the first designs being perfect, its like if they redesigns the aliens races in mass effect every game.
because sensitive people shouldn get scared and be able to play an 18+ game, so they make them look apealing for 6+
Lmfao
Why are the demons neon signs now?
coz if they kept the same designs a bunch of you angry youtube nerds would be complaining they are reusing assets. Games dev cant win anymore it seems lol
@@tomknight3841you are completely wrong. Look at Elden Ring and BaldursGate 3
@@tomknight3841what kind of argument is that, this doesnt look anything like the previous DA's
@@tomknight3841 so you would rather they make it worse? What kind of argument is that?
@@pocketdealseu what looks different? I am really not seeing why people are saying it doesn't look like DA.
Wake up, you are Concording Dragonage!
I remember the elf speaking of the old Gods he locked away, you remind him of their release after the veil falls and all he says is “he had plans” to deal with them. Giving the orb to Corypheus was one of his “plans” too
Corypheus was supposed to die to the Orb, but YOU got in the way.
No wonder those blood mages are so weak when there is no blood in the game.
😂
Even in the trailer everyone hates, there's clearly blood in the scene with a grey warden slicing through dark spawn.
They used up all of the blood in Origins. And I mean all of the blood in the world.
Are you expecting spirits who don't have physical bodies to have blood?
@@CornBreadtm1 Then the dog licked it all up.
So, nobody's gonna mention minrathous basically cyberpunk ish city with flying police ufo on top? I thought it was maybe a palace or something haha
I was like, "what is this deep space nine thing up there"
no because i was just complaining about how sci-fi minrathous looks it doesn't help the demons look like they should belong to ghostwire
I am super excited to see it seems cool as hell
Yes it is too cyberpunk for me too. Feel very off and very weird. What world is this???
Dorian DID warn us the North was more advanced. He wasn't kidding.
This isnt the dragon age I know.
Time to replay origins again
The setting makes it look like Dragon Age: Arkham Knight
It's just one city, though. Look at the other screenshots from the game
I said that about the combat system
tevinter has always looked like this though
@@ParaSergi55 maybe the Arkham series is set in a futuristic Tevinter
im hoping its just like this as it early stages in the game, dont like that only you do the damage, whats the point in having a party if they do nothing at all, may aswell be fable
Rook: Fighting, taking damage
Squadmates: "Is this where we start kicking?"
Where is the combat gore? Where are the cutscenes with the main character fully splattered in blood?
Is again milenian friendly shieeeet
You think these softies can make something like that?! The og BioWare is long gone, now we have 21 year olds that sleep with a night lamp developing games.
Mike Gamble posted a screenshot about that on his Twitter account. It exists but not shown here for marketing purposes.
@@PB-Trinityshhh, don't try to reason with them, just let them tucker themselves out.
@@PB-Trinity "Marketing purposes"? Shit, I bought Dragon Age Origins because of that insanely gory trailer lol
"I lay in dark and dreaming sleep while countless wars and ages passed. My people fell for what I did to strike the Evanuris down, but still some hope remains for restoration. I will save the Elven people, even if it means this world must die." ~Solas, Trespasser.
based.
Jesus im SO in love with this god.
I still wish I could have sided with him and take all of Thedas down.
Wouldn't all the elves die too?
I got goosebumps from hell, just from reading this wtf
Please get rid of the post-processing smoothing filter and bloom, looks awful.
looks like good old Oblivion
And the purple color shit.
The glowing nervous system design in the demons looks like the rock wraith from DA2
Imagine going from a 8 bar abilities to only 3
The "barrier" are destroyed by slicing a gem or touching the barrier itself. Doesn't sound very useful.
That isn't what happens though. There's a visible shield around the gem until the mage is killed
EDIT: They could have maybe played the line a little earlier or said "the mage is holding up a barrier, we need to kill them" or something, but it isn't just "walk up to the gem, stab the gem and walk through"
I wish they had included some later-game footage of how companions can be used in combat and more variety in the abilities. This makes it look like Dragon Age: Arkham Veilguard. I really enjoy the lore of these games, but I want combat that is more about positioning and teamwork and less about dodging and mashing the attack button.
Exactly man. It feels like ever since DA2 that whole dynamic is dead. DAI brought back the position and ability focus, but the skill trees and menus that were pretty shallow made a complete return from DA2. It also didn't help that the new art direction made playing as elven rogue look borderline cartoonist. I wish we could get another Dragon Age Origins. I never finished inquisition. Not because I disliked it. But because of all the side nonsense in the game and the lack that same quality dialouge.
That went out the window after Origins just like the rest of the series
Personally, I like this combat style. It suits me more. But that's just me. And who doesn't love the Arkham Games?! Except for SS:KTJL.
@@IS6A6E How is this even remotely similar to the arkham games? This series started as a tactical rpg game. Now its just hit A button.
@@ShiningWolf88 I'm not the one who brought up the Arkham reference, that was @Cleretic.
Wow, I sure loved seeing that spinning slice move 50 times in a row.
Man, I sure loved seeing my great sword in the previous games to the same 3 animations over and over again while spamming my ability bar. If you came here for good combat, you are in the wrong game franchise.
@@Bdogh2o Yeah, if in previous games combat sucked ass, that means it doesn't need to be improved. It's a feature.
It is good that DAO, DA2 and DAI had all 1 000 000 combat moves and are not repeatable. You are so 'funny'.
Why is it so that a regular rouge can destroy magic barriers and punch back magic attacks? Just cuz they are in Minrathos is not an answer. It used to be extremely important witch class or race you are to be able to perform stuff, now it’s just child like - I USE SPECIAL KNIFE - game…. Loses a lot of world buildup 😢
Wait, was that the Imperium? How in the world does Tevinter struggle to defeat the Qunari with their cyberpunk levels of magic?
Probs bc the Qunari also have magic as well as big ass canons dreadnought level warships.
They cast gun, its very effective
Tevinter has magic. Qunari have fleets of canons and gun powder.
@@sveipr And a whole continent they rule.
Qunari are masters of war. They also primarily fight from the sea, and have incredibly powerful mages of their own that they use for land battles, not to mention they're all much larger and stronger than other races so all of their ranks have that advantage. They also have a massive and sophisticated spy network they use to get the upper hand before the battle even begins.
Why does the mage detective chick have tile glued to her head?
Because the desperate chase for uniqueness always leads to grotesque in the end.
hasn't been a single good looking mage hat in dragon age at all, tbf most helmets/hats look ugly in general, with the exception of a few like the inquisitor helm.
@@GatoSander0the elementalist and arcane warrior from inquisition MP have some slick threads. Even the Venatori from inquisition had good looking spellcasters.
@@Seeker794 they did yes, loved the tevinter gear there.
Have you seen fashion throughout history? It's wild.