Areol Rants About: The Veilgaurd (and Dragon Age in general)

Ive been getting really frustrating because of the weird discourse. Thank you for summing this up so thoughtfully. ❤ Im soooooooooo excited to play. Checking every day so i can preorder!

To me, Bioware has been lacking that sexy female companion stereotype in their latter games, like Morrigan, Leliana, Isabella, etc. For example, Dragon Age Inquisition, Masseffect Andromeda, and Anthem. Having just 1 such character would have gone a long way.

People aren't disgusted with the trailer because it looks "different" from past trailers or the current gameplay. We're disgusted with it because it looks too cheerful and colorful and cartoony. The music choice was also bad. The old trailers, while they didn't look like the games, still looked dark and gritty and were inspiring. They hyped people up to play the games. Also each character introduction seemed Pixar-esque. Snarky comments get mixed reactions from fans. I would say that half the fanbase simply doesn't want too many snarky comments, and also no cringey snark. I know there are plenty of fans who play "purple Hawke". I'm one of the fans who sees this as wrong. "Purple Hawke" is just a clown. I think the default Hawke, the type of person Hawke is supposed to be, is diplomatic Hawke, and the sarcastic and aggressive choices are only there to mark emotional shifts in mood or tone depending on the situation. I think this is proven by the fact that Hawke's questioning dialogue is always diplomatic or serious in their delivery. So for the dialogue wheel, I would say don't have these emotions unless choosing them actually changes how your protagonist asks the questions or phrases their comments. I think Inquisition did the dialogue wheel better than DA2, but Origins is still the best. Veilguard should have combined the best aspects of both, but in the demo, it looks like it has become even more simplified, and actually worse than DA2. Not only does Rook speak for the player several times without even giving us the option to choose a response, but when we do get a choice, two options look similar, while the other is just a neutral tone. There are also no options as to how we stop Solas. Everything is just scripted and on rails. There are problems like this all throughout the demo. I don't think readers had a problem with Alistair being king in the comics. I think people were just worried that BioWare was overriding their worldstates or disregarding them.

I was hopefully maybe a witcher type then a mass effect where choices do matter.

People are so hypocritical. It has died down alot but I just cant believe the negativity had gotten this big. I saw the trailer and didnt have anything negative to say. I just accepted the new art style because its different in every game.

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It'll be fun.

I dont think you get the trailer comparison, DAO trailer actually comes close what the game does offer , same with da2 with hawke fighting arishok. The problem with DAV is that the tone and inspiration comes from a place were dragon age themes are not found on. DAV fits more to MCU and Guardians of galaxy than a dragon age !!. saying DAO is also looks like a hero shooter is kind of misguided attempt to save DAV ass is overkill.

everything comes down to money nowadays... empire is falling, so companies are trying to pocket as much easy money as they can lol...