2:35 why would I feel the need to support a studio that made games I used to like 15 years ago but doesn't any more? The onus is on them to make games people want.

Studios need to get it through their heads that they are not OWED our money. They have to actually make us WANT to buy their shit because we want what they sell. Veilguard turned it's back on everything that fans of old wanted, so why the hell would we want to buy it?

@ScarletL1on

7 күн бұрын

They want new people to buy it. That's the problem

@DGenHero

6 күн бұрын

Fucking dramatic. The game has so much information out now and it all sounds fantastic. In depth skill trees. Multiple skill combos, most banter from any dragon age game, classic romances and so much more. Stop and actually think.

1:30 I can help with that: the gameplay reveal was 51k upvotes to 64k downvotes after 24 hours. 5:00 I found the dialogue and writing shockingly poor, by BioWare's standard, in the gameplay reveal. Example: When Harding asked Rook to take the lead because he is from Minrathous, this would have been a good opportunity to raise the stakes for the protagonist because this fighting takes place in his hometown. Technically, the player takes the lead anyway. What they did instead was him replying with a weak, "oh, that's not my hood" and Harding (a dwarf from the Ferleden Hinterlands!) took the lead. What's the point of that scene except for making the protagonist (us!) look incompetent and Harding look super badass?

Most of the original BioWare developers have left, what we have now is a shell

@DGenHero

6 күн бұрын

Actually no. A considerable number of the deviant from the Dragon Age and Mass Effect days are working on the game

I think for me it is trust. I do not trust the people making the game or trusting the people that are getting behind closed door accesses. History has proven that is a very dumb decision. When it comes down to gameplay. This is in no way an evolution of a Dragon Age game 1,2 or 3. This is an evolution Mass Effect game. Add some hack and slash stuff to it. The game play they have talked about just sounds like a more complicated version of Mass Effect. It boiling down to do you like ARPG more or CRPG more. Or at lest that is the way I see it. This is a me thing but I want nothing to do with these characters. They all look like people I rather not deal with or they are more trouble then they are worth. Enemy design looks bland so far. That may change but as it stands, it does not look good. My one questioned I have about enemy design right now. Is who thought it was a good idea to cut off the legs of the pride daemon. Then hollow out it insides and then put lighting up it but? The only thing I can give it that graphically it looks good but it does have more of a hero shooter type of vibe to it.

@Flop5303

8 күн бұрын

I also don’t accept the argument that someone admired the game behind closed doors. Larian did not close the doors. If your game is good, show it to me and I'll decide whether it's worth my money or not.

@BittermanAndy

8 күн бұрын

@@Flop5303 yep. Everything they've shown is awful. Everything they're telling us is how great it is, really, honest, they just can't show us it yet. I believe what's shown.

Given all the details released, I would say this is damage control by BioWare. Or at least an attempt.

I'm mildly excited for the game. A lot of people who have seen it behind closed doors seem to be impressed. But I'm wary about bias...give people a private showing and typically their appreciation levels go up. As far as I'm concerned, they've missed on tactical combat and aethetics, so they'll have to make it up in other areas.

People have a tolerance for gameplay in RPGs but, characters, story, world and overall vibe need to be there

@sumireravenclaw8034

9 күн бұрын

yet in this gameplayer trailer it all is there. yet people still cry.

@jimcarrey2866

9 күн бұрын

@@sumireravenclaw8034 Are you really playing an RPG for gameplay though?

@mattstansbeary3068

8 күн бұрын

It's there

@BittermanAndy

8 күн бұрын

@@sumireravenclaw8034 what's there? The gameplay trailer is awful. Button mashing, sub-Joss Whedon quips, tell-don't-show storytelling, magical barriers defeated by one button press, dialogue "choices" that appear to make no difference at all, pushing forward while Varric narrates and bright flashy things run past you as though that counts as "gameplay", no tactics, no party control, bright neon demons... "it all is there"... what is?

I just want to see high or even mid level combat like level 20-30 combat and with the mage or even the warrior. I thinking about going back to inquisition and trying out a reaver warrior with 1h and shield for the first time. This game's got me so excited.

This BioWare is just not the BioWare everyone remembers fondly. The writing is garbage. The characters are cartoons. Not one I'd want to romance in the whole bunch. The combat looks like MMO material. Buying this in the hopes that BioWare will somehow magically get better is an exercise in futility. They are already circling the drain, and this will just be the final flush.

@CyrusIsnt

8 күн бұрын

Mmo that was DAI

Im happy there will be none of those boring generic fetch rpg quests and just a good single-player game with a good story

@ethanholt2455

7 күн бұрын

Key word good story. Let's hope they nail it.

If this fails it's over another developer is done

@darkstalkerknight63

9 күн бұрын

from what we are seeing now, this game will be a massive hit.

@jamesburke9680

8 күн бұрын

@@darkstalkerknight63 let's hope so if not it's over another video game company is gone we have lost so many

@SirBadgerOP

8 күн бұрын

Bioware is going all the way down with this one.... i made a video about it myself if yall care to check it out :)

@darkstalkerknight63

8 күн бұрын

@@SirBadgerOP this looking like it is going to be the best selling dragon age game.

I personally hope that this game turns out good. I've finished all their games on nightmare difficulty and i understand why the old fans are frustrated, but from the interview i feel that they want to do the right thing. Yes, by making those choices they are trying to attract new people but without the support of the old fans newbies wont give this game a chance. They also need to deal with the EA's policy, which makes everything worse. And without the majority of the old developers they cant continue the series as they were originally designed. Those problems make the whole situation dire for the company, and this game can be their last chance to continue existence. Regardless, there is still a chance for them to revive if the game turns out pretty decent and they can successfully make the new ME game

I wish it was open world so I can explore the new locations but I think the art style they choose hurt the game a lot.

hi Podcast Now

Just from some of the things I’ve read people are t liking the visual style, the combat I’ve never played a dragon age game before but I’ve seen a good amount of comments about them making characters less attractive, so if those are the issues pissing people off I don’t see them fixing those things 🤷🏽‍♂️ I thought the game looked kind of interesting

@ethanholt2455

7 күн бұрын

The game looks interesting. The title change has me worried about the story which is THE reason we play. If they can nail that, then everything else is inconsequential imo. But the people who are saying things about the companions are correct, they are downgrades from previous titles and they have a right to be upset. And then on top of that we are limited to how many we can bring which is going to automatically limit us in getting to know them and exploring each of their stories unless the game is super long. Hopefully it works how mass effect did and you'll have the time to explore each companion if you wish otherwise that's a massive L

It's bioware. They went so woke with andromeda that it ruined the fking game. They tried so hard to go woke with anthem but infighting and incompetence ruined that game. Honestly I don't think bioware is going to make a come back with this game. Sweet baby is literally in their backyard. Bioware is going to have all that cancer of the sweet baby in the game and it's going to be divisive, boring, bloated, uninspired. Visually it's going to have ugly women, feminine men and there will be some major pandering to minorities and ppl of colour. This game will fail. Then they will take to twitter, utube, Kotaku, ign to blame it's failure on the consumer. They will accuse ppl of being racist, bigots, sexists, misogynists, anti-whatever else they can think of and that will be the end of it. Standard! Bioware is too far gone to adjust to the wants of the masses. No matter what they do and what game they dump into the market, it just not going to succeed. The studio will shutdown. Its only a matter of time. Honestly I want to be wrong. I really want a mass effect 4. I really want dragon age to be good. But these studios are too stubborn to the change, adjust or course correct. Their rigidity will be their downfall. The gamer/consumer will just move on. Plenty to look forward to from eastern developers.

@EuphoriaDeep

9 күн бұрын

Great post. Struggling a bit to find ground in a place where everyone seems to have taken the BioWare pill.

Where in the world is Drew Karpishian

@DGenHero

6 күн бұрын

The guy who ruined Kotor?

DA: Failguard😔

Dang Alex I can tell you are trembling over here for this game over whether or not it’s a hit. 😂 We can see the pressure. Save the reputation.

I lik ewha tI'm seeing so masfar as I'm concerned I' mgoin gt oget it. But then I'v ealways been a fan o fthe Dragon Ag egames and Inquisition is still one o fmy favourites.

It sounds good

Yes🔥

It may be time for Dragon age to end, not every game needs countless sequels. Thedas was fun while it lasted 😎

Nah it won't be GOTY contender. It might be tolerable at best. People hate EA The GM who laid off people at EA s direction is a dipwad. I dont like the combat I dont like the graphics So far the writing is unimpressive I dont like how some of the characters look I dont like how the demons look Some people don't like the director who is Trans and queer and who said the game is queer I am a liberal so I don't care about that but it upset some people Plus you can add to that the whole DEI sweet baby stuff that upsets some people and will likely hurt sales. I just doubt this game will be a success it has to much going against it.

miss the days where people would hate on a game after playing it not jumping the gun lol

@collegebro85

8 күн бұрын

Exactly!! Or better yet, just don’t play the game and enjoy the numerous other titles out there!! Why waste your time hating on a game that is not for you!? I personally have never and will never play Witcher III, not even the show. It has no appeal to me, but I’ve been a Dragon Age fan since day one! I also have never bashed anyone for enjoying that game..to each it’s own, as there is plenty for everyone’s taste! If Dragon Age truly was as bad as so few say, it would not have sold as much or be in such demand to this day…

@BittermanAndy

8 күн бұрын

@@collegebro85 I'm a Dragon Age fan. This is a Dragon Age game. It *is* for me... or should be. Except it's nothing like what Dragon Age always offered. Dragon Age WAS good. This looks like it won't be - or at least, won't be anything like Dragon Age. So why are they calling it Dragon Age?

@amythompson6431

8 күн бұрын

@@BittermanAndy People said the same thing about DA2 and Inquisition. You can't make everyone happy..

@amythompson6431

8 күн бұрын

@@collegebro85 I'm agree with you. I feel the same way with Witch III and, especially, BG3. I absolutely hate that game, so plodding, slow and having to know so much about all the characters...ugh. People who care more about the story and characters don't care so much about tactical gameplay and such.

@BittermanAndy

8 күн бұрын

@@amythompson6431 ...yes, and the series is generally agreed that DA:O was by far the best game (opinions differ over whether DA2 or DAI was worse, I preferred DAI personally). So if literally every fan of the series thinks DA:O was the high point, and the other games weren't as good, why move even further from the original as either of the other two were?

i have been absolutely livid about this game since the gameplay trailer and i've tried to find something positive, some sign that this isn't what i think it is. so far their is no hope, i have no idea why people think the gameplay trailer was any different than the character trailer, gameplay and dialogue are heavily dated and just bad as are the graphics, and by the sounds of things the lore and story has been twisted to fit this cartoonish carefree style EA's been pushing. Bioware isn't the same RPG centric company, they've fired the core of that workforce, and EA's forced them to use the frostbite engine which doesn't handle RPG elements thats why DA:V is an action game. Bioware and EA have been ignoring their legacy and their player base since dragon age 2, we gave them a chance with inquisition that they failed so the fanbase was like okay maybe you didn't hear us that was your chance please get it right next time and this shit is what they've given us. i'm at a loss personally, i think it's the end of the franchise possibly the studio.

The reception after all the nitty gritty details came out is overwhelmingly positive. I'm so tired of people complaining, whining, nitpiking every little thing. Grow up.

Bioware is going all the way down with this one.... i made a video about it myself if yall care to check it out :)

Me? I think it only will share the name with a great game. Dragon Age Origins. But it won't even be 1% as capable as that game. It is in short. NOT going to be a game I buy.

I just cant get past the art style it looks like Fortnite. That ain't cute. It looks like it's aimed at 10 year old's.

Speaking as someone who bought DAO, DA2 and DAI, as well as a lot of the expanded universe, let me just say that I’m not buying this fucking game at release. Hell, I might not buy it until it goes on sale. I hated that gameplay reveal; the combat, dialogue and voice acting were all terrible. I would rather the franchise die than see New BioWare continue to butcher a thing that I loved.

like wtf . buy a game cos a studio will die otherwise. that just stupid . company did not manage to make a decent game in 15 years . what makes ppl think that this is a turning point

Boycott this game & ea for not releasing in India.

Im surprised to hesr this tbh, i was stoked to see the trailer snd how it looked, and am hopin the game plays as well as it looks

I mean personally I’m not a fan of the art style as well as the character designs I like my fantasy with the darker and grim aesthetics like the Witcher. Unfortunately dragon age was like this before with origins to inquisition. I know inquisition was brighter but it still had that dark fantasy aesthetic and tone but veilguard doesn’t seem that and I know we haven’t seen everything but I’m just not feeling it. The gameplay looked fine I like action but I’m just not feeling everything else imo. But the game might be good as a whole in the end.

It's also worth mentioning that amount of dislikes are not entirely accurate, of course KZread doesn't show dislikes anymore so instead there are extensions but because of this the dislikes are essentially a guesstimate. That's the problem so it shows more dislikes than there likely are in reality.

@BittermanAndy

8 күн бұрын

How do you know it shows more, not less?

@ScarletL1on

7 күн бұрын

Yeah, that's the issue. But at best it means that the ratio is 50/50, which is still bad. It doesn't change anything. Still, I hope the game turns out good

Is this what triple A games are now days from a dark fantasy to a CW show for horndog teens.

Meh to the whole "division" thing. Even BG3's initial reception with their trailer (prior to launch) was lambasted. I recommend people take the time to scroll back (years) in their comments to before-launch. People were incredibly negative and nit-picky. It's the nature of our (disappointing) social media reply-guy world. Of course, after launch, the comments flipped 180-degrees and people are fawning all over the trailer (which is why it takes time to scroll back to the comments from prior to launch). For me -- I loved DAO at launch in 2009. I liked DA2. I loved Inquisition. And I think the gameplay drop was fantastic.

@JEEPER7788

8 күн бұрын

The mere comparison to BG3 is offensive.

@virginiamurr3703

8 күн бұрын

@@JEEPER7788 Sorry, not sure if you are offended at others comparing the two games or if you're saying I somehow compared them (which I did not). They are two very different games. Besides, the DA devs love BG3 and the Larian is extremely supportive of DA. I would echo Larian's publishing director Michael Douse who said about DA4: “Two deliberately very different games (which is good) joined thematically by a few principle vibes (character, narrative, romance) that should be enjoyed as part of a giant RPG buffet.”

@virginiamurr3703

8 күн бұрын

@@JEEPER7788 So, FWIW: I used the BG3 trailer for its *replies* (from KZread users) because its such a popular game. And even such a popular and hugely successful game was absolutely panned prior to launch .... so the *replies* from KZread users is the comparison not the games. Apologies. I thought I was pretty clear when I posted the info.

@JEEPER7788

8 күн бұрын

@@virginiamurr3703 here’s a bit of trivia, the original DA devs are also some of the ones involved in BG3. Many others have pointed out that the true spiritual successor of DAO is BG3 and I agree.

@virginiamurr3703

8 күн бұрын

@@JEEPER7788 Interesting that you don't see the irony in your first statement that comparing the two games is "offensive." You were the one actually comparing them. I was doing anything but. I think it's very feasible to love BG3 and Larian's approach while simultaneously loving DAO, DA2, DAI, and DAV and Bioware's *very different* approach. Two different studios; two different games; two different approaches. If DA's not your bag, that's perfectly okay. Just as it's perfectly okay for people to love them all. Trying to clap back at people who enjoy something different than you is an odd choice.

Nah old bioware is dead now we have a woke studio i hope this game fails and studio shutdown

It’s gonna suck period

Honestly, this is just gamers being way too quick to judge. Every one who’s seen the game behind closed doors or even played have said it’s impressive and looks awesome. Kinda funny, Skill up and his crew, etc. Not only that, but people just like to hate things nowadays and this could really become a problem in the future. When Naughty Dog announces their new ip I can almost predict the overwhelming hate from gamers regardless of how good or bad it looks. People don’t use facts or even form their own opinion anymore. How many of these dislikes do you think watched even 2 minutes of the gameplay? And then there’s the whole side of KZread that thrives off of hate. Asmongold, Angry Joe, etc. People who aren’t even fans of dragon age. Every dragon age game has changed dramatically from the last. Only real fans would know that. I fear that even if this game is awesome, that gamers will be too prideful and stubborn to admit it. This is a consumer issue.

@PlanetShlorpian

9 күн бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree. It seems like the internet has saturated our minds in bullshit and negativity in the last few years and it's rendered many people unreachable and unappeasable. The cult of personalities that have developed around a lot of KZreadrs these days (Podcast Now, MBG, and NIXNE, NightSkyPrince are all cool guys that thankfully refrain from reactionary hate the majority of the time) is rampant these days and it causes already pretty young and impressionable gamers to be even more stubborn and further brainwashed. And let's not even get started on the political campaigns that both the left and right have engaged in to cancel certain games. For example like you said, the next Naughty Dog game. Neil Druckmann may be a little bit of a wokie yes, but there's an irrational hatred a lot of people have toward him. The left hates him for being an Israeli Jew, and the right hates him for having any sort of his own political leanings in his games. People on Instagram hound him left and right about him being Israeli and supporting genocide and other nasty allegations against him (and often just the people of Israel overall too sadly) and it seems like the next game that's under his direction is gonna get a huge cancelation campaign against it when it's announced, even if it could shape up to be their best game yet. It won't matter. People grasp at whatever controversy straws they can and it's largely ruined talking about video games in general.

@dereka5017

9 күн бұрын

Most of the people complaining aren't complaining that it'll be a bad game, they're complaining that it's not what they want out of a Dragon Age game. For my part, I've liked all three Dragon Age games so far. But that didn't keep me from being disappointed in Dragon Age 2's combat and environments, or Dragon Age Inquisition's colorful palette and open-world filler. And it looks like this game will be lacking in tactical combat, and has went even further with Inquisition's aesthetic to the point where characters look cartoonish. I can very well see it being a fun game. But the complaints about certain things are totally valid.

@CresentTwilight

9 күн бұрын

I actually 100% agree with you. I was turned off by the Reveal trailer, but they won me back with the Gameplay trailer and Dev Q&A. I really think people are disliking the gameplay trailer without watching it cause they hated the reveal trailer so much. They've made assumptions about the game based on one trailer and that's really unfortunate. Dragon Age hasn't been Origins for a very long time, so not sure why people are still complaining about it not being Origins. I've played all the Dragon Age games and have loved them all. So I am very excited for Veilguard.

@jaxsonburch-eo1vz

9 күн бұрын

@@CresentTwilight What put BioWare on the map and made them a legendary studio back in the day was amazing stories and worlds like Jade Empire, Kotor 1&2, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age. The STORY, CHARACTER, and WORLD of those games are what they did great. Gameplay has never been their best trait. Kotor is considered one of the greatest rpgs of all time, but that combat system is straight azz and I love that game. Mass Effect is a rare one with good gameplay and a great story, but only from two and on. The first Mass Effect gameplay was average. Jade Empire had good combat for the time, but the rest of the game was what made it great. And for the art style, it’s not cartoonish. Did you watch the gameplay or not? It’s stylized, which is a good thing because it will still look nice 10 years from now. Games with more realistic graphics actually age worse. Look at any besthesda game vs any Mario game. And you said it yourself, Dragon Age 2 was a major change from the first, so was inquisition. So why are people upset with this? Do people want stale turn based combat? Do you want garbage mmo combat with auto attacks? That’s what inquisition had? Inquisition won game of the year but that was a weak gaming year. Fans of the series were not in love with that game. We should want a much different game. And the story and characters seem very interesting so far. So I completely disagree with you.

@jaxsonburch-eo1vz

9 күн бұрын

@@CresentTwilight Sorry I meant to respond to the other guy

im not worried at all this game is going to be great

I'm only worried about the "linear gameplay" they keep talking about.

Hey, you can choose your pronounce in this game so I prettyyyy muchhhh know where this game gonna head before hand so yeah not keeping my hope up as all

The gameplay demo sucked overall. It showed PS2 era designs/graphics in certain instances. The dialogue choices were anywhere between three and zero. The storyline makes no sense, and it nullifies everything we did in Trespasser and even Inquisition to an extent.

I don't think it's Dividing fans, I think there are people who really like the first game and can't let that go even after hating the following two. Those people aren't fans.

@fakenamerodriguez8901

8 күн бұрын

Your talking about me people who helped start this entire franchise. The ones who have been around since the beginning and put the most time and money into the franchise. You're right it's not dividing the fans. Dividing implies half the people. It's double to quadruple the down votes and fans implies people that didn't just jump on on the end and ruin the franchise. As a real fan I can't expect a non fan like you to understand.

@Animehermit

8 күн бұрын

@@fakenamerodriguez8901 bitch I was here before the game was made. Not liking 2/3 games jna franchise doesn't make you a fan of that franchise. And dislikes don't mean shit when you conservative grifters directing people to thumbs down videos because it's "woke"

People didn't like that the gameplay only showed the beginning of the game and focused too much on story.

I really, really, really don't like the combat in the first dragon age, the history was the only thing that force me to finish that game, the combat in the next to games are more fluid and fast, I like more this type of gameplay but, and is a big one, I don't like the story and the characters

The art style direction let me down. Cant take it seriously and have an immersive experience when i see this characters and enemies design.

6.6% of the 3.5 million viewers bothered to vote either way. 4.2% of an audience expressing distaste is not significant.

Lets support BioWare guy's the game looks awesome.... stop judging before you even played it... Don't let EA them away from us

Thumbs up thumbs down. Are we really clear the thumbs down are for the or for the negative videos. I’m playing the game and I’m even going to preorder so my thumbs up for the game just to be clear!

This is just the usual internet mob mentality. The trailer missed the mark. However, the game looks like it willl be a lot of fun and what we have come to expect after Origins. I mean look at ME had the other DA games. Anyone expecting Origins gameplay was deluded. I cant wait to play!

I will not support this game or it’s woke crap

To many people are also stuck in the past and are unwilling to this a chance.

Stop concerning with KZread like & dislikes. It’s mostly used by culture warriors 🤦🏿‍♂️

@PodcastNow

9 күн бұрын

I mean it's not the be all end all, but when a Suicide Squad gets destroyed or concord or things like that, it could, could mean something.

@fakenamerodriguez8901

8 күн бұрын

Bro your creator you know exactly how much likes and dislikes matter that guy's just coping. Numbers dont lie. The marketing team really dropped the ball.