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It's called "chibi" and is popular in Japanese culture.
Well Solas kinda dipped for 8 years, he did say to the inquisitor that he will give him some years of peace and then proceed with his plan.
Solas: becomes the elven god once again has a plan to destroy the vale takes 9 years to achieve the plan
Also Solas: his 9 year plan is disrupted in under 2 minutes by some random rogue
Solas face: 😲
Some extra Info:
- It's not open world
- Quests are more handcrafted and mission based, curated with alternate paths, secrets to discover and optional content
(It sounds like it's similar to DA:O but the maps are bigger for exploration)
- Classes: Warrior, Rogue, and Mage and each class has three specializations.
- It has a deep Character Creator with 5 categories including: Lineage, Appearance, Class, Faction, Playstyle
- Companions can die depending on your choices
- Combat is focused on real-time action, dodge, parry, counter and there is animation cancelling
- Players have three shortcuts for abilities
- Like Mass Effect the Party size is 3 during combat and you give them orders instead of controlling them
- Companions can eventually start romancing other characters if you opt not to romance them
- No save Import. Dragon Age Keep is seemingly ditched, the game will asks you questions about certain events in past games (similar to Witcher 3 in Vizima).
Sad that the keep is gone
Imagine that you're Dorian and you go from flying cities to... well, Ferelden. No wonder he hates it there.
Tevinter looks like it actually has indoor plumbing.
Wasn't expecting the flying castle, but I guess being the only culture that doesn't repress magic, Tevinter would have a number of eccentricites the rest of Thedas doesn't.
They even have what looks like Lyrium infused signs.
I personally thought the flying castle was a bit much. If you can float a castle you can float a final fantasy airship, and that would change everything in the setting from warfare to trade and communication.
@@chrisreed4065 Not necessarily. You could float a castle but not an airship if, say, you needed ritual circles on the ground in order to keep it up. Or if the effect keeping it weightless also interfered with any kind of magic means of propulsion.
@dargaronsoftsong3193 Who would design a fortress with that, though? If I can get a couple of zealous templars under that fortress, it's done. It also looked chained to the ground, which means it can move, and if it can move, then it can be moved.
@@chrisreed4065 Who would do that? Tevinters. They care very much about appearances, shows of power and the 'myth' of Tevinter itself. These are the guys who built giant statues in the docks and gallows of Kirkwall just to break the spirits of incoming slaves. They are absolutely arrogant enough to make a floating building the centerpiece of their capital just to have people talk about it across Thedas. And yet magic in DA absolutely has limits, that's why blood magic exists. Tevinter is built on the sacrifice of countless slaves. Their affinity for magic goes hand in hand with their willingness to transgress the limits of what most would consider sane or humane. Not every mage in Tevinter is like that, but as a society, they are.
Also, I doubt the magic is weak enough for a couple of templars to undo it. They probably have tons of safeguards in place. Even so, I wouldn't be surprised if we see that building come crashing down at some point. It just seems like something they'd do :P
@@Kruukk Well the point is, this is Tevinter. It's not supposed to be representative of how magic is used anywhere else on the continent. Tevinter make their own rules. They even have their own version of the Chantry.
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@@Welonz Perfect Dark and obviously Lost Records by Dontnod.
I believe they've said that you will get to customize your Inquisitor in CC, so they will be returning in some capacity at some point, yes.
Welonz, you can't control everything of your companions, but the pause wheel has 3 sections. The bottom one is for your character and the ones on the left and right are your companions, The top arc gives you options to direct your party's attacks etc, but you can't play as one of your companions. You can choose between human, elf, dwarf or kunari and the classes include mage, warrior, or rogue but apparently as it progresses, you have sub-classes you can choose and specializations from a skill tree.
They did confirm in interviews that you won't be able to command companions directly and it will be more similar to the mass effect games
they also did confirm that characters from previous games will return and that at character creation you will be able to select choices for your world state (so they will probably get rid of the keep) and also to create your Inquisitor, that I think will likely be a big character from the start considering they are probably the ones in command of this new organization trying to stop solas
they also said it won't be open world, but mission based, so probably more like Origins and Mass effect
yeah, i'm guessing they'll be like an advisor
I still can't believe Varric has a beard now. It's so weird, like he's dwarf or something haha
he's in his less rebellious era because i feel like the reason he was so anti-beard is to defy the norms
that being said, it's still not a super traditional dwarf beard
Varric looks like he and 12 of his best dwarf mates are about to recruit a wizard and a halfling to go rob a dragon.
The weirdest part is that his hair is now dark. It was always a light orange-y colour. I only recognised him in the trailer from his voice!
He went undercover with Harding in the comic book series "The Missing" - he looks lexactly like that since chapter 2 of the 4 comics.
grows a beard, no chest hair... he will die won't he?
I know nobody else really cares about this, but I really miss the Pride demons old design. It was super iconic and synonymous with Dragon Age for me.
Yeah not a fan of the new designs
@@Hunter-zf7rt New design seem like some variant maybe?
@@Cheepchipsable They look a bit like the rock wraiths/profane from DA2, a hard outer shell with some weird electricity-looking thing underneath
I miss the original demons from DAO
I miss the other demons more than red, blue, and yellow of the same creature you have and entire fade section and lack of blood magic
I dont think we will control party members, the gameplay seems more actiony than inquisition and even dragon age 2, i do like the pause for abilities option, kind of like ff7 remake. They did say the companions will have armor sets and such, so they may have some building of the party members, im pretty okay with that. Im a bit more optimistic than i was before 🙂
You are going to be able to control your party members/ issue commands but this gameplay reveal is only a small section of the first part of the game, pretty much near the beginning of it. Sigh Bioware will need to clarify this in the DEV/QA Discord since I think almost everyone is under the impression you won't be able to control the party members.
@@alondraabarca9788 thank you for the clarification, I haven't been following super closely lately 😊
To me it looks like Mass Effect combat in almost every way, just adapted to a fantasy setting and more melee focused (I do wonder how spells are going to work, though. We can see rogue-Rook actually aim a bow like in a shooter, what about spells? I guess some will be ground targeted, but I wonder if we need to aim single target spells? Could be interesting). So, like in ME, companion control is limited to ordering them to use abilities (pretty sure the left and right sides of the ability wheel that they showed is for companion abilities) and may be also telling them to go somewhere like in ME, as well. They also went down to 2 companions, just like in ME. I am sure there are other similarities, too. Or may be I am completely wrong and that whole wheel is just for Rook, and you still take control over companions to use their abilities. I think they definitely should have shown that in the video, if that is the case.
Overall, to me these changes do make sense if they are going towards more action-y gameplay (again, like ME). Looks fine to me so far, but as an avid MMORPG player, I do love having tons of abilities, so I hope we still have all the different skill trees that DA have always had.
16:16 Yeah, ability wheel they've pulled up is exactly like ME. On the left skills and abilities of one companion, on the right - other companion, top - commands for companion, bottom - your abilities, which could be cycled through (not just 3 fixed abilities). There is all sorts of combo signs and directions. Right here 10:08 it is all pretty clear. Mike Gamble, who is Game Director for next ME showed it in full on twitter. It was a bit weird that they didn't show up any combos or abilities for companions or more strategic use of the wheel, but ok.
17:31 Rogue, Warrior, Mage. Each class has 3 subclasses.
4 Races, 6 faction backstories (ala origins). Each faction has specific buffs./
Party composition, from the looks, is not really a thing. From this reveal, watching a couple of times - enemies attack mostly Rook, and companions deal significantly less damage to enemies.
Overall, in my opinion, a mix between ME and DA2 combat to make it aRPG experience with improved Frostbite engine (that why it just looks like stylized Inquisition, I think for the better)
The feel with faction backstories (ala origin) they are pulling from Origins, companions and overall vibe is more of ME2/DA2.
No DA Keep
Decision for DA:I picked with tarot cards at the start of the game.
No DA keep? Almost like nothing I did mattered....
@@jr5687 your options will be asked in game instead so yes, they do matter
@@nightfrost1891 I have a feeling it won't be as intricate but alright
@@jr5687 What did you expect? Whether or not you gave food to the prisoner at Ostagar was never going to come back up.
@@LucasC2022 but he owes me dammit!
11:54 The new Starlink dish is looking lit.🤣
Jesting aside, the graphics feel like they started crossgen and then decided to go current gen midway. Not that I'm complaining as I am nostalgic for Inquisition's look but at the same time these do not look wholly current gen. Looks like the lighting is improved but the geometric detail of a lot of the world models are pretty low. Varric still a very dilfy zaddy. Although its sort of interesting how his character model seems to have a different shader than the other character giving him a soft, painterly, almost "concept art" look.
I've been playing DA games since 2011 and I almost never control companions so I'm fine with them not being as controllable. I just go into their behaviors and set them to how they will best fit my character class and let them do what ever. Makes for a more immersive experience
The skills aren't under cooldown this time around. The small purple bar beneath skills with the dot in the middle, offers two uses of skill before depleting. Regular attacks fill it back up to one use half way and twice at full. I wonder is that can be expanded by spending points into it. Also you can see the purple dot corresponds to the purple dot by the skill.
It's not so much people looking for faults... it's people having been burned a lot over the past decade. They want to love what they once loved and what they get presented with is something reminiscent of their favorite dish but not tasting anything like it. Too me, it looks a lot like creative bankruptcy. "Scouting is my specialty" in the middle of the night in the middle of a city with a sci-fi lightning tower to move towards. "They put a barrier to block our way" and hits it one single time.
Also subtitles are called sub-titles because they are "sub" as in down there. Above should be called supertitles.
How does Neve's hat stay on
Blood magic...
Probably just a few well-placed bobby pins
Ice magic?
Disney magic
A wizard did it.
For some reason the design of the shades reminds me of the lego versions of dementors. 😂
Oh my God, they killed Bianca! You bastards!
I'm wondering how fun playing a mage will feel when you have three ability slots
It seems like you can do many thinks outside of your cooldowns. That level 1 rouge had multiple moves that weren't just normal attack but they weren't skills either.
There will be more, very much like Andromeda. 3 visible but you can shift between abilities. I want to say 12 total?
@@kingofkrant no, in DAI you had 6 , companions have only 3 to be sure at max you will be able to swap between 6 . this game gameplay wise is a mobile app . they rushed the fuck out of him
@@ilgiallo0 We already know Vanguard will have more than 3 abilities. Further screenshots show you have more to choose from.
pc might have more, this looks just like inquisition on console expect you can rotate 3 to the other 3 for 6
i'm assuming this is console
I'm very glad I waited until both the reveal and the gameplay trailers were out before I checked it out, because ngl: that reveal trailer made me kinda nervous. I never want to judge on a cinematic trailer, but man, the feel of that first one was iffy.
But this? I'm actually getting hyped up now! The gameplay seems to have taken notes from Dragon's Dogma (at least going by how the Rogue plays) and if I could get a game that plays similar to Dragon's Dogma, but with the lore of Dragon Age I would observe a happy marriage between two of my favourite fantasy RPGs.
And that release date is closer than I thought it'd be considering how long they've been silent on this series. Gonna give me the kick in the behind that I need to finish reading Tevinter Nights, that's for sure.
I'll also very much be looking forward to the LP! The tale of Wellens the Fourth will surely be full of epic adventure, and totally free of any romantic drama.🙏
My thoughts: TL;DR I'm still skeptical about several aspects, but that was much better than that awful trailer.
I think the environments and backdrops look fantastic, but I'm still not 100% sold on character or creature designs. I don't love the redesign of the demons, and I swear to the Maker that the darkspawn had better not look like they did in that trailer. The combat gameplay looks solid enough, but I think they should've shown off more later game stuff too, because it's kinda boring to see your character only have one ability at level 1. That doesn't really show me what combat will be like throughout the game. The lipsyncing looked a little off at points too, and since all of the original main story and character writers are gone, I'm still skeptical of how high quality the writing will be. Back to the combat for a sec, I don't mind the "Mass Effect-ification" of it, as the gameplay of Mass Effect 2 and 3 was very smooth and engaging, if not very strategic. I still love how Origins handled it, but this could be better than 2 or Inquisition's combat.
As for romance: Honestly I've never liked the DA2/BG3 style of every romance option being pansexual or "playersexual". It just feels... too unrealistic, even for a fantasy world. Sure, yeah, have some pansexual characters, but there should also be characters who are just gay, just straight, bi but only go for a certain species, etc. Everyone being pansexual hurts my suspension of disbelief. Like, take one of the best characters in the series, Dorian. His story would hit so much less, or even not work at all, if he was pansexual or "playersexual". Basically everyone's sexual identity and orientation is core to their existence and personality, asexual, pansexual, bi, gay, straight, whatever. But very few people are truly pansexual. Everyone probably knows one or two people who are, but yeah... it's still a small percentage. So I think there should be a mix. But that isn't a make or break thing for me with the game, if the characters are written well enough that it makes sense.
Yeah I agree with the creature and character design especially varric.The combat is ok my main dislike is the lack of companion control and limited abilities
12:38 Since they are putting the previously spoken line directly above the dialogue wheel it makes me hopeful that they finally fixed it and put the subtitles at the bottom of the screen.
The extended demo that several outlets got to play was apparently excellent! The character creation in particular sounds awesome
access media are easy to please, just give them access
@@EasyGameEh Ok buddy👍 I'm specifically excited for the actual in-game things that was revealed through them though?
Oh, on the topic of "recurring faces from Inquisition" - have you watched DA: Absolution? It's a sweet little series, also set after Inquisition. Some neat additional material, not as much investment as a novel.
As someone that played all of the dragon age games, I can already tell that I don't mind this change.
I never liked the pausing and the tactical combat part of DAO.
I loved the decisions, characters and story of the first game but not the combat.
DA2 was just disappointing, the combat looked flashy but it was an overly focused story on Hawke and his family and all of the customization of your character, their race/background was gone.
So it was the worst one IMO...
Inquisition was the best of the original trilogy, graphically and story wise, so many world altering things happen in that game.
The tactical combat was still there for people who wanted it but I never felt the need to use it.
I could just focus on leveling my own character and trust my companions to provide decent support on my adventures.
I had all the character customization I wanted (race, background, looks, voices, class)
And I could make big decisions that had a big impact on the world and characters.
I definitely did not want this to go back to the way it was in DAO,
Yes BG3 is an amazing game that I love but not every game has to be like BG3, in BG3 encounters can slow down the entire pace of the game because of its turn based nature.
Inquisition's biggest mistake was the amount of filler and bloat, useless filler quests that didn't add anything meaningful to the game and open world that at times felt like an mmo.
A more focused experience that takes everything that worked well in inquisition is what I want in this new Dragon Age game and it looks like that's what we're getting.
A game series needs to evolve, or there's the risk of stagnating.
DA2 and DAI were already pushing the franchise in this direction and it looks like this one finishes the job.
And I for one am all for it, I want a focused RPG with great characters and customization with branching choices that allow me to have a real impact on the world and the characters in it.
Choice and consequence with some well done romance side stories.
A story that rewards people who have played all the games and that know much about the lore and the big players in the Dragon Age world.
That ability wheel was clearly controller based. You can even see the trigger indication on the right, and the D-Pad indication on the left.
I am sure the controls on the PC will look a lot more different. It would not surprise me if it would look a lot like Dragon Age Inquisition (for good or bad). I am afraid that the subtitles will stay on top, because there is just not enough room below to fit them in. But we will see later.
I love the game play by the way. I do think you can control the party members, but we just do not have enough information about how you do that and if you can switch between characters. It's early game play, so I can imagine we get more control and abilities later on.
I like this game play. People are moaning about it, but I honestly got a Dragon Age feeling from it. At this stage I am looking forward to play this game. And I say that as a gamer that have played all the versions of Dragon Age (yes - I liked Dragon Age II too - shoot me).
After watching all your DA playthroughs, I'm so excited about this!
@002:37 - that IS part of the game. It's gameplay. It's not the video.
17:38 😂 I hope zevran makes a cameo.
I checked and it has actually been ten years of inquisition and you will see the inquisitor.
Thanks so much for posting this so fast! 🥰
in terms of party members I would assume since it is essentially the tutorial we probably will get the ability to swap after it's over
Honestly I am excited now for the game. From what I heard the character customization is very robust, and the backstory stuff is similar to origins in that your backstory determines where you come from with the shadow dragons as one such faction, apparently all companions are each a faction member. But the biggest thing is you can pick your specialization at the start with the customizer, instead of searching for it in the game like the others. But I really hope the story shows more about the elves considering what trespasser showed in the epilogue, we need to see Solas's followers more and maybe even see what they might do, like causing a full scale revolution in Solas's name or something in Minrathous as a story beat. Honestly I really can't wait to see what happens!
Minrathous looks incredible!! Also Bianca being destroyed 😭 I seriously thought Varric was about to die…
The developers have said all companions are canonically pansexual and NOT just playersexual, so I’m super hyped! And the combat looks interesting, very dynamic. This feels like old BioWare, in my opinion!
But can you romance a dwarf? If so, I think it'll be a first!
that's them just being playersexual tho
I mean we don’t know if Varric is alive, we can’t see him when the statues fall :,)
@@Bawinni No- they are all pansexual, as in they will be pansexual whether you romance them or not
@@Bawinni Not really, it has been confirmed that the companions can romance other companions as well, independent of their gender or race.
It's likely the abilities/skills icon interface in this demo is exclusive to the joystick version, it's similar to how the joystick versions of all dragon age games looked like in previous games. I would put my money that we will still have an old school ability bar for us keyboard and mouse users :)
It’s been love hearing Dorian talking to the city did others hear him ? I hope we don’t have to pause everytime we want to use an ability that’s crazy. And the 2 elven gods in the portal where Solas gets sucked into.
2:42 That floating object looks similar to the Dark Anchors from Elder Scrolls Online.
I grew up playing Bioware games, from Baldur's Gate, Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, and so on. Thus, I'll play this game regardless of what the reviews are. Given how rough of a dev cycle this game has been in, it's possible that it may be their last game, and I'll be here to play it.
With that said, it is a bit disappointing that they're moving away from the party-based tactical nature of the series. I thought Inquisition did a great job of melding the tactical aspects of Origins and the more action-oriented approach in DA 2.
Still, I enjoyed the gameplay in the Mass Effect series, and if this the direction for Veilguard then so be it, I'll try to keep an open mind.
The most important part of Dragon Age to me is its story, lore, and companions, and I hope they're able succeed in those aspects.
It seems like a few of the characters in this game are from the Tevinter Nights novel; I'll probably give that a reread before this game releases.
'just give me a good story' . . . . I feel the same. I don't really care about gameplay, that will be fine. But I'm more worried about the story. This entire introduction seems to mirror the introduction from Inquisition . . . except the writing and dialogue from the Inquisition introduction seemed a lot better, more dramatic, with better character interactions. Fingers crossed it will be good.
But man the marketing sucks. The companion trailer set the wrong tone. And why the heck didn't they show some gameplay from later in the game with you issuing commands to companions and doing some combat combos?
I think it makes sense that this intro feels similar to Inquisition. IIRC, in Inquisition Solas was trying to get Corypheus to start this same ritual, wasn't he? Or at least something similar? My memory's a little rusty, but if that's the case then it makes sense it would look the same.
The voice actor for Neve sounded quite poor, too, which is concerning. BioWare never really drop the ball on that count - at least for main party members. She sounded so flatly wooden.
idk, it is a game to play, so gameplay is kind of big thing for a lot of people, if the gameplay is tedious no amount of story would excuse it being one
if it wasn't an RPG, but a story presented, or narrative based game when you just pick choice - not much of an party based RPG really, one might as well watch a movie
I like the gameplay reveal tho
@@nickrubin7312 I found the gameplay in Inquisition very tedious. It looks like they are trying to update Inquisition gameplay to make is faster and more fun . . . so that seems like a win (assuming they pull it off).
I agree; this was a fantastic gameplay showcase! #JusticeForBianca The art, the gameplay, the dialogue, all excite me! I do miss the tactical combat from Origins; but I already made peace with this change with Inquisition, so I appreciate the combat for what it is. 😄
The previous trailer was very much a departure from the visual style/direction of the previous games, this one shows a strong departure from DA2s and Inquisitions gameplay. This will put a lot of pressure onto the story which makes me nervous.
I read an article... headline about the game being mission-based instead of open world like Inquisition. I'm assuming this means it's like Mass Effect where you have a hub. If so, I'm here for it.
It would have been nice if they showed some mid-game/end-game skills and whatnot.
Welonz caring about font and subtitles is another reason why she's best girl.
I wonder why they decided to change the name. Maybe Solas will only be the act 1 boss or somethin'.
I hope Fenris returns.
I'm not vibing with Rook's voice at the moment.
I'm practically frothing at the mouth to explore Tevinter haha. Minrathous looks as amazing as in the art we've seen so far. The look of the game is still a little more brightly coloured than I'd like, but I've never played DA for its looks anyway.
I'm guessing Rook is a nickname of some kind, like with Leliana's agents in Inquisition - Charter, Sparrow, etc
It's mission based. Not much exploring to do then.
@@rainervogel4012 I mean origins was like that and there was still exploration that depends on how free the areas are once you ae inside a quest or maybe multiple quests per area, there is still room for exploration, lets remember exploration was invented in videogames waaaaay before open world
Rook could be a codename of sorts.
@@EstebanBrenesV That is ofc correct, but let's not forget why it needed to be that way years ago. They had no other choice techwise. nowadays it's done because of xbox limitations, and possibly laziness. i have so very bad Starfield Vibes with this one. Even some Gatcha Games offer more flexibility (and better combat aswell). i don't know if this is worth 70 (or possiblly more) bucks.
@@rainervogel4012 going to try to make this short.
Limitations and lazyness is not neccesarily the only reason as this model it is a good game design and games dont have to always be hyper realistic fullblown graphics to be fun.
It is too overused/missused to call devs lazy or greedy for no reason I have met many devs that are not like that and are even selfconcious about their design because they fear it might not be "good enough" for the audience.
There is a huge gap of missinformation and lack of communication that makes a lot of people to assert things thay are false or not entirely correct.
Also I most add, the price of games depends is somewhat complicated, as simply 60/70 doesnt always cover the expenses of creating a game, and only games as service use a model that continiuosly add revenue after the first few months which is not always a possibility or fitting for certain games, games in general should be around $83 ust rounding for development costs but they all cap at 70 or lower, so a game beign "worthed" 70 well not so true snce most tech and and time cost are more expensive than the averange idea that people have for games.
In terms of visuals I don't think they look bad per se but I will need some time to get used to it,then again I wasn't a fan of either 2 or Inquisition's look at first either. My one real concern is how action heavy the combat seems to be, I get that the story is what most of us are here for but I still miss the strategic aspects of Origins. Losing the ability to directly control your party members is yet another step away from that and kind of a bummer. I know I'm just whining like an old man angry at change but damn it I miss the old ways 😂
Anyone else expecting Darth Vader making an entrance at some point? Cause this is not Tevinter :P
I really enjoy your reaction videos. Is really interesting to hear some opinions :) I'm excited for the game. Looks really good.
Thanks for the heads-up, as I still haven't finished Inquisition :)
1:17 - We finally get to see Tevinter, and it's occupied by the Trade Federation. Typical.
22:05 - I'm very surprised that I didn't see Bianca trending yesterday ... perhaps more people had Varric dual-wielding knives in Inquisition than I expected?
I'm actually quite looking forward to this game after seeing the gameplay.
It's locked because tutorial yeah xD though maybe it'll be unlocked when we play it, can't wait to pull off combos with companions.
I think the backstory/faction is also your character class.
Yeah im totally fine with them going into more Action/Mass Effect gameplay. Ive never thought the "stategic" rpg combat in DA has ever been that good. Always been this awkward middle ground even with DAO but Origins probably did it best because it was still further on the tactics side and not in the awkward middle.
Imo if youre not going to full commit to it like BG3, Pillars of Eternity, Pathfinder, Divinity, etc. Might as well go with what works like Mass Effect.
You’re so right.
i find rooks little lightning ability interesting. hes a rogue, but is he possibly using magic? are all rooks going to be multiclass mages or something?
Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts about this!
i think it will be different on PC because the bottom half looked the exact same for Inquisition on non-pc (3 skills and you can shift to three more/i've played both)
I want to romance my Inquisitor, is that weird? 😀 Anyway ,I'm a little disappointed with the seemingly watered down strategical gameplay.(even more than it already was in previous games) It's ironic to me, that Origins was named after the player's individual option to play different backgrounds and had more to do with team, than the game that's literally named after your team.
I loved the gameplay reveal! I love the combat too! it's different but looks fun as hell. it's always the same when new DA game is released... bunch of whiners crawl out from the rocks and whine about Origins that was 15 years ago and can't accept any change... I am bummed that you cant control companions fully too, but I do like that you can issue orders and select skills they fire of through wheel. I like that mechanic in ME too and it still gives you more sense of party control, while also giving you more fast paced exciting combat. If every next game was just Origins all over again everyone would die of boredom, and people would complain the games are not evolving.. and most importantly I want to get to the good part.. the STORY and lore and character.s. which is what Dragon Age is all about. 🥰 Anyone that doesn't get that doesn't really get Dragon Age. so yea.. I'm super excited :)
Let me preface my comment by saying that I will be playing Veilguard pretty much no matter what, even if it gets bad reviews, just so I can see what happens with the story. Having said that though, this reveal was just ... fine? Not bad, not great, just fine? I think everyone's expectations were so low after all the turmoil with Bioware and the Dragon Age team the last several years, that a perfectly okay gameplay reveal becomes "Bioware is back!" because of the relief that the reveal wasn't awful.
Good things about the reveal: 1) They let the gameplay speak for itself instead of having a talking head comment over it. 2) Environments are really beautiful and evocative. 3) Music is good.
Perfectly okay things about the reveal: 1) Combat is okay - looks about the same as Inquisition but with a snazzier looking combat wheel. Not a fan of the action-y combat but it's been that way for a while. 2) Character models are okay - I would prefer a more realistic looking style like Inquisition but this is fine. (Also, to everyone claiming that the character models in the companion trailer would be vastly different from those in today's gameplay reveal - Varric, Harding, and Neve look almost exactly the same as the companion trailer, just saying.) 3) Story and dialog are fine - hard to tell from what little of it we saw. This is what will be most important in the final game - I can overlook weaknesses in everything else if the story and dialog are good.
Potentially very bad thing about the reveal: 1) Are your companions invulnerable? There were no companion health bars during combat at all. For all the complaints of "dumbing down combat" from Dragon Age II and Inquisition, this would really be dumbing down the combat. I'm hoping the companion health bars just weren't implemented yet for some reason.
You pretty much hit the nail on the head.
Are you me? Haha
OK... definitely better than the trailer. I admit, though, I'm weirded out by the vaguely futuristic look...
that's just tevinter and that's why dorian is like 'ya'll so uncivilized' in other places lol
Oh and you can also play a warden. Forgot that one
I don't know how to feel about it, but I have to preorder this game, out of respect for one of my favorite companies, in turn though this is their make or break for me, I hope they succeed sincerely
edit: this is the first preorder I've ever done, because I'm usually not that dumb, this is my childhood series tho, so why not
Not the biggest fan of the graphics style. But its fine and the tone seems on point. Nothing like the silly trailer. What i really dont like is the player character doing a lot of talking without input from the player. I know some people like playing a pre made character. But i hate it. And my character talking without my input removes my sense of ownership. But i also get annoyed when the dialogue options dont tell me exactly what my character will say. But thats not a DA specific problem. Combat seems fine. But have to play it to really know how it feels. Story and locations seems like good old DA.
fr i hate when rpgs do that 😭one of my biggest annoyances in cyberpunk. why even give me dialogue options and the ability to create a character if your not gonna respect it. hopefully its kept to a minumum
I legit gasped out loud when he murdered Bianca 😮
Here's an easy way to determine whether or not you're going to enjoy the combat in this game.
Did you enjoy the combat in Mass Effect Andromeda?
If so, then you'll enjoy it here.
Iam really dreaded that they will just shove Solas somewhere and don´t mention him again so they can have some of their special new villians
Still not fan of this new direction
This gameplay trailer feels a lot better already, at least I think it fits with the universe we're used to from Dragon Age.
More a question of personal taste, but personally still got a bit of a hard time with the very slick & shiny style. Not on the characters, they look fine, but the amount of neon lights, especially on the monsters.
I'll probably get used to it after a couple hours though, so all in all it should be good :)
Don't worry. Given the poster, I think we'll have a different enemy to worry about instead of just demons...
Welonz reaction & thoughts > official gameplay reveal
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I think they need to refine the combat a bit. There are too many particle effects on the screen to differentiate from the aoe indicators and the camera isn't helping the player see the ground effects very well. Especially on the textured grass. Tactics is pretty much abandoned by BioWare so they can at least work on smoothing out the action combat.
16:30 What are the rest of the team doing? - They pretend to fight.😅
Still haven't played any of the Dragon Age games so idk what to say but at least it looks pretyy :)
I believe this gameplay reveal is on Xbox, so the controls, esp for using abilities will almost certainly be different on KB+M. I will be pissed if we can't directly control party members, that's an element of the gameplay I really enjoyed.
I still don't like how they sexed up Harding and Varric, but I'll get used to it. I do like that Harding is back, that was a great decision. I'm pretty happy with the look and feel of the gameplay and combat.
Epic reaction content from Welonz? This pleases me so 😈
I agree, this looks much better then the reveal trailer. I bet they wish they'd started with this one though.
I just wish I could date Leliana or morrigan again
then re-play origins
it would be dumb to romance them again when your other character is in a relationship with them
that being said, i heard you make/and potentially can play your inquisitor too so you may get da:i romance content
Welonz, I highly recommend you watch the other Dragon Age 4 trailers bc you didn't pick up on some of the details what had happened there. Also if you want to recap the Dragon Age lore before playing you could watch Ghil Dirthalen's lore videos on Solas. She is the community's biggest voice when it comes down to Dragon Age.
I'm a big fan of this gameplay trailer, it looks excellent! People often say that they want the more "tactical" combat of DA:O, but having played all they way through Origins 8 or 9 times over my life, the combat is the worst part of it by far. I found it to be slow, cumbersome, and most of all really not fun. DA2 made it too simple, but that wasn't helped by the reused levels, and I think Inquisition had a good balance. This looks like it's more on the Dragon's Dogma side of things, which I think is great since I love Dragon's Dogma's gameplay!
Looks fun. Definitely better than the trailer.
I love how static some of the enemies are 🙄 gameplay is gonna be a bore if all they do is stand there while your hitting them. The dodge is useless if the ai isn’t more dynamic in their attacks than what I’ve seen here. I mean story and character creation is whats gonna keep me playing but honestly gameplay looks shit. I rather liked the tactical play of origins (not so much inquisition) but I’m holding out hope that I’ll be wrong 😭 who knows maybe bumping up the difficulty will make the npc’s smarter in combat 😂
I feel like we kinda fucked the ritual up there and let the some angry elven gods out xD
Yup. Once again, the protagonist of a Dragon Age game ends the introduction by mucking up Solas' plans and accidentally making things worse. Only this time, we let something even worse out of the Fade than before.
Looks like a good bit of fun. Solas is still consistent in wanting his world back but also not liking to commit mass murder. Graphics look really nice and the little details like cloak and hair physics is a huge step, alongside some water droplets showing up on the character.
Would have liked to have seen a few more ability options for the other classes but I like how things are going so far!
Smolonz is so cute
All in all, I think this looks incredible. Far, far better than the abysmal trailer. I gotta say though, I really hope they fix some of the animations. Quite a few of the abilities as well as the flips, look like the character is just rubberbanding around. This is purely a me problem, but I can't play games with stuff like this, because my brain hyperfixates on that stuff and I won't be able to enjoy it.
Also, another slight detail I dislike, though this one is incredibly nitpicky, the characters are talking in living room volume, while a storm, a massive loud ritual and demon noise is happening around them. Of course I don't want them to scream my ears off, but actual emphasis on their voice would be cool. But like I said, nitpicky as hell.
Your are the fourth Review I watched, and I came to a decision. Thank you for bringing me to this point and thank you for coming back to my watching behaviour, been a long time since and it was DA:O. I really missed your voice. ❤😉
Looks really good! The trailer was horrible though.
It's definitely still stylized, arcane-esque in style where it's 3d models with airbrushes 2d textures. Gonna take a while to get used to but whatever, it's been 10 years and bioware is due for a comeback.
Cities will burn if the subtitles are on the top.
Can't wait to hop back in to the world of dragon age
I think they fuk up. Solas mention he did some precaution to minimize the damage and Neve said interrupting ritual this scale can have dire consequences. If those statues are supposed to be Solas "precaution", they just made it worse.
basically
inquisitor screwed things up and now rook lol
The writting is clearly shit disney level what they say, how they plan to stop a god with scafolding and playing domino with statues. Its just bad
@@steliostant6365 I don't know much about the lore but I think I read it somewhere which mention elven god aren't real god. They are just a group of really powerful mages that the whole elven race think they are gods.
@@steliostant6365 do you basement dwellers have to bring Disney into everything?
@ThatGuyThai as long as they keep making everything like disney yes. If you are too busy thanking them for it to notice that's on you.
They really should have lead with this. Now I’m excited.
I tried watching the Asmongold reaction and its just weird. He watched the first 2 minutes of the gameplay and declared that Assassin's Creed Shadows Shits all over it. I just dont get how he could make that determination. Like what about what we saw was soooo bad?
I feel this will play somewhat like god of Ragnarok
I like the neon on the demons
It's giving "when you gotta kill mortals by 8 and go to a rave by 9"
The prologue looks cool with neon lighting, dark buildings, stormy nights and demons running rampant as Solas is trying to destroy the Veil. And the gameplay is great, it’s similar to either Tales of Arise, God of War Ragnarok and Final Fantasy 16. I can’t wait to play this game on my PS5 in the fall of 2024
the shift from strategy really stings for me, specially because I don't tend to enjoy this type of action games. The mocap and voice acting (mostly the barks) felt a bit rough for me too.
In the end, I hope they deliver on the story and companion side which is the thing we've seen the least of.
Dragon age have not been about strategy past the first one. I also like that more. But its kind of a mute point now.
@@RasakBlood there's a difference between being more casual in its strategy elements and them being completely removed
It looked amazing omggg
they should always just show gameplay first because it skips all the bs
if you leave something up to interpretation you no longer control the narrative
I'm still not sold on the trailer but I'll be playing it day 1 anyway so who's the dumbass here? lol