Within the first minute of your video, you completely discredit yourself. Dragon age as a franchise is not a dark fantasy. Dragon age origins was a dark fantasy, none of the other installments or side content since have been dark fantasy. It is an anthology series with a new protagonist, new tone, and varying art styles each installment. You cannot look me in the eye and say with a straight face that dragon age inquisition is a dark fantasy. It’s always a certain type of fan-the middle aged edgelords, who call the series as a whole “dark fantasy.” It’s usually these same people who got mad that a trans character existed in inquisition. No point watching the rest of the video now as I know exactly what incorrect takes you’re going to spew. You should at least attempt to be original moving forward.

@TheMrShnickers

18 күн бұрын

DA:I is definitely high fantasy with dark elements into it especially when you’re in the fade which is important in that story

@MrHardcoreMode

18 күн бұрын

and also lets be fuckin honest: being in development hell for 10 years is not a good sign for any game...

@Hagersen

18 күн бұрын

Yeah i mean the final endboss of da2 definitely was not dark fantasy were fkin corpses melted with a mage into a fleshy demon. Or the future stuff with inquisition were people get mutilated by crystals and leliana gets murdered . Just stop white knighting for devs you dont even know.

@BBS-dl1lt

18 күн бұрын

@@Hagersenor you can continue showing all of us you have no idea what dark fantasy is. There’s dark moments in Lord of the Rings. Lord of the Rings is not dark fantasy. Stop embarrassing yourself.

@captainnavarr4959

18 күн бұрын

@@BBS-dl1lt You know, I'd probably agree with you but honestly the way you 'talk' is just so god awful. You sound snooty, conceited, and as if you are the only one who can understand dark fantasy. Maybe educate instead of being a jerk.

And this is a universe were the Old Tevinter Imperium worshipped Old Dragon Gods and practiced ownership of individuals, with dark sacrifices... Yea the tone checks out...

@BasedSpectre

18 күн бұрын

Yeh perhaps the darkest setting we've had in Dragon Age and an impending apocalypse for the story and the tone they decide for the game? Suicide Squad

@MrHardcoreMode

18 күн бұрын

If you watch the old trailer from origins to this trailer it's like 2 different games...

@Murf181

18 күн бұрын

Tiny Tina's Veillands

@MrHardcoreMode

18 күн бұрын

@@Murf181 lol

Just another franchise that refuses to give its fans what they want.

@simplyw0lf845

18 күн бұрын

Yup and like I commented in another comment, Bioware is dead in the water and should just sell it's games titles and rights to more trustworthy developers =/ When you have a game copany not giving the fans what they want then there's no point of them making the game at all.

@elgindor

18 күн бұрын

They want that sweet sweet gay money.

@shiningdragon8737

18 күн бұрын

@@simplyw0lf845 It's not Bioware who owns the rights, it's EA.

@simplyw0lf845

18 күн бұрын

@@shiningdragon8737 So basically, it's EA's fault? Well nothing new there.

@shiningdragon8737

18 күн бұрын

@simplyw0lf845 Oh no definitely blame Bioware too. The folks who made Mass Effect, Kotor and Origins are long gone.

Will there be romance in this? I can't imagine a love scene featuring these cartoon characters it would be creepy AF

@kalashydra9016

18 күн бұрын

there will be romance and it will all be lame and gay

@sena167

18 күн бұрын

@@kalashydra9016 the gay part is expected but the lame part is a shame

@g-alicenine

18 күн бұрын

​@@kalashydra9016 Dragon Age always been gay so that's nothing new

@aoihitori

18 күн бұрын

There always a romamce in Dragon Age series and it seems that is where they focused on this one.

@TheDarkestPaladin

18 күн бұрын

unfortunately you'll have to witness this abomination XD. I won't be buying this trash

If I remember right this game is suppose to be in Teventer, where mages rule and blood magic and slaves are an everyday thing. This does not fit that tone.

That modern music is hilarious, does not match dragon age 🤮

@YTNinjaGamerX

18 күн бұрын

Fr. I love your comment so much its just pure facts like wtf is going on with Bioware.

@MeisterKonfusius

18 күн бұрын

Sounds like a FIFA hymn or some other over-commercialised ad for a completely corrupt company. The "composer" started and obviously ended their studies with the C major scale. Most people probably don't even realise how much this style of music destroys the trailer.

@76marex

15 күн бұрын

@@YTNinjaGamerX bioware is replaced by millennial hipster devs, the old guard is long gone

The ratio is worse now. It's around 24K to 125K and dislikes are still climbing. It's heartbreaking. I don't think I can play it if it actually looks like this. If I wanted this vibe and aesthetic I'd be playing Fortnite. And YES!! I cannot... CANNOT imagine even having a deep and meaningful conversation about the world state with any of these characters. I seriously couldn't take any romance arc seriously in this game.

@tygamasta1720

18 күн бұрын

They were hyping up their characters so much that they changed the name… and then gave us a shit ton of characters that look bland, ugly and overall uninteresting. I hope for their sake that the gameplay blows people away.

@H0bO

18 күн бұрын

"Anti-woke" KZreadrs who've clearly never played the games started spreading their opinions. As usual, don't take ratios as proof.

Listen, I'm not gonna sit here and say that I loved ALL the enemies in Inquisition, for example the big Pride demon thingy looked really generic to me, but dear god, the darkspawn skeleton thing? Clash of Clans called.

@aoihitori

18 күн бұрын

I thought Inquisition was the weakest in Dragon Age franchise, but seems they prove that they could make it worst.

@cheekyrabbit

18 күн бұрын

That skeleton thing is an Ogre, the thing that gives you the same "heart falling into your bowels" reaction as seeing a juggernaut in State of Decay for the first time.

@Ash-tm2sv

18 күн бұрын

@@cheekyrabbit OH. Wait nah cuz WHAT 💀😭 talk about a glowdown

@TheFlibidy

18 күн бұрын

I thought it looked straight out of Raid: Shadow Legends tbh

The gameplay reveal on Tuesday is make or break for this game and BioWare.

@adayexpired6370

18 күн бұрын

Hopefully they get shuttered quick before they destroy Commnader Shep.

Game looks like fortnite and overwatch in terms of art style that looks like crap.

@Ash-tm2sv

18 күн бұрын

I'd say it more looks like League. Like their cinematics, which ofc are amazing... but like.. very not dragon age.

@malinforsman3481

18 күн бұрын

I think the art style is great, but it dosen’t suit Dragon Age. The quality would be fine for a hero shooter. But it did not feel like a mature dark fantasy RPG.

@crazyfnjoey

18 күн бұрын

Pixar infested the brains of at least two generations of art students apparently.

@eestiny9734

18 күн бұрын

A bad woke hollywood looking like game. The facial expression, the acting... the all colors needs to be represented, so unrealistic!

@JoshuaOkolie

18 күн бұрын

​@@malinforsman3481blood won't even look like blood in this 😂😂😂

To me DA:I was already way less dark fantasy than the other two even though it had some hard hitting moments. DA2 was really gritty and had some pretty dark themes whereas DA:I had way more happy and silly moments. But this? This looks straight up like a Valorant fantasy trailer... Of course, the darkest of all is still DA:O. About what they did to the darkspawn, they started shifting in that direction since DA2 and every game since then they look more and more goofy. In DA:O they looked terrifying, now they're just weird skeletons. And yeah, not a single companion seems appealing.

@MrHardcoreMode

18 күн бұрын

i miss spoke. you are right. its more high fantasy.

@Kross415

17 күн бұрын

DA:O and DA:2 definetly had the same vibe, dark and blood, the logo for the game and the BioWare logo were both splatters of blood, the DA:O in game trailer was all blood, Hawke on the cinematic DA2 trailers gives himself a blood ''warpaint'', blood mages have always been front and center in DA, it's thematic for the franchise, they toned it down on DA:I for sure but they still tried to make it dark on a more fantastic light and retain the DA ''spirit'' if you will. This trailer? none of that.

@taeborobor70

15 күн бұрын

exactly just by looking from the trailer all of the companion is just a chore to look at

The first one, the Hero of Ferelden, The second, the Champion of Kirkwall The third, the Inquisitor Itself The fourth... I'll team up with Solas...

@eastbow6053

18 күн бұрын

i ll go with the forgotten ones into exile to the void xD

This... "visual style" is less Disney/Pixar than it is Japanese MMORPG/Fortnite/Overwatch - Right down to cartoon Physics (just look how high that Qunari jumps to beat on the dragon! FFS!!!). I really dislike that. Rather a lot. On top of that they appear to be recycling the premise from Inquisition, right down to a lot of the plot beats. (or Beat-Offs). If the actual gameplay is ANYTHING like this trailer... I will not buy it. Clearly, they took ALL the wrong lessons from Larian and Baldur's Gate 3 and then compounded that by drawing on popular MMPORGS. This appears to be aimed squarely at older children and early teenagers. And it explains why EA and Bioware fired their DA Creator/Writer.

@reptiliancow

18 күн бұрын

Giving Tarrisland Vibes.

for me in daOrigins the hair raising part was Hespith reciting the poem in the darkroads on how the darkspawn were created and the brood mother. that set the bar on the darkness this is like palworld does dragon age

It really seems like letting go of the original story team is now showing its consequences. This reminds me and echoes Rings of Power. All the dragon age window dressing, but has no semblance to the source material. If this doesn’t pan out in other trailers to be more in line with the other games, I’ll consider the series over at inquisition.

isn't the inquisitor supposed to be the leader, even as a cameo? jesus

@Xeno7241

18 күн бұрын

Right? I have no idea what this games story is anymore.. We all thought it was about Tevinter, Solas, and the Inquisitor and yet.. You don't play as the Inquisitor.. Why not? Why the hell would I want to play as a side character to the finisher of the story from inquisition? Why would I want to see the end of my Inquisitor and Solas's relationship from the eyes of a third party?

@user-ep2nl9tg5x

17 күн бұрын

@@Xeno7241 I know!! they go out their way to keep the "tradition" of new protaganist for every new game, but this one supposed to be about Solas and Inquisitor. I'm afraid they gonna shift focusa and honestly just keep us hanging. such a dissapointment

I'd honestly rather romance the triangle bookbag than any of these characters smh.

The gameplay better be stellar after this shit. I consider DAI female choices for romance to be bad, imagine what I think about what we got from this crap...

@serafima2

18 күн бұрын

Probably a romancable Griffin.... 😂😅

The nostalgia doesn't even triggered when I saw the trailer. This feels like Liveservice game like Fortnite. This is not the Dark Fantasy bloody Dragon Age I used to know. This is a ripoff.

This makes me think of if Fable and Boarderlands merged

Was waiting for Varric to yell, “I see friggin dragons and I’m talking to a crossbow!”

@sharonway4211

18 күн бұрын

I wanted bianca to be in this one as well

@annesilverblade

18 күн бұрын

I was waiting for him to say something like "aw not this again. I'm too old for this shit"

You show me that trailer without any text and l would have never been able to tell it's supposed to be Dragon age. It looks complete trash. The fact it was approved in the first place is mind-boggling.

btw so true!! I don't want to romance anyone either (female here). Lucanis looks like hes balding and in his 40s, not my cup'o tee

@KitsuneShapeShifter

18 күн бұрын

I've always wanted to have a female elf romance Varric, but he's taken by Bianca lol (male here)

@sophiefischer3377

18 күн бұрын

I'm a woman, I'm 40, and I already don't want to romance Lucanis. He looks like Blackwall in DA:I and that guy was just... ugh... None of the male characters here seems attractive in this game (and I'm the one who cried like a baby for a bald elvish dude...).

@KitsuneShapeShifter

18 күн бұрын

@@sophiefischer3377 Solas Romance was heartbreaking and amazing!

@gavinfreenone6626

18 күн бұрын

Rip to all the 40 year old homies, balding with Chad jawlines

@RamonXick

18 күн бұрын

funny thing is I'm straight male and I think all the guys looks more attractive than the gals in this trailer lol

This is already up there with the last Saints Row. The fan base wanted one thing and the company served up something only they wanted. The game should like Dragon Dogma's 2 or BG3.

The fucking title cards lol

The Trailer felt like a Disney princess movie

This is the 3rd reaction I've watched regarding this trailer, and rather than sighing sadly, I laughed out loud multiple times. Fucking hilarious man. Still sad, but at least I'm smiling.

Dragon age Origins used to be this dark fantasy, remember when a boy was possessed by a demon and you had to make a choice if the mother will be use as blood sacrifice? or in dragon age 2 where Hawk's mother head was sawed to a body and it became like a Frankintiens? now we have Dragon Age : Gen Z Queer Edition.

@bonedrone9869

18 күн бұрын

Ugh. Dragon Age has always been incredibly gay. The problem with this is the bright cheery tone, not sexual orientation.

@eastbow6053

18 күн бұрын

dragon age origins darkspawn kidnapped graped and transformed women into broodmothers to make more darkspawn

Disney and Pixars' so-called art styles suck ass.

@gurlumbgutsa5430

18 күн бұрын

I don't think it's the art style itself is bad, it honestly looks pretty good, but it's the fact that it's fucking dragonage

@vghr6100

18 күн бұрын

@@gurlumbgutsa5430 Or shall I say only good for childrens' cartoons. Adults deserve better. Oh, but now nothing is allowed to look good due to DEI... so nevermind.

The characters all feel like rehashes of old ones, they're as dull as the art style. Like why did they make Davrin a Warden when the ancient elves are right there? Fans were hoping for Abelas as a companion after Trespasser, and we had the perfect set-up for an ancient elf companion, but no, another Warden. Neve looks like Vivienne, Bellara is just a dalish Sera, Emmrich is an old Dorian, and Taash is Iron Bull 2.0. So boring.

Seems like they're going the same path the developers of the Saints Row reboot did, which failed miserably.

Also, something else people aren’t mentioning at all is the primary color choice…. Bright Purple? Why Bright Purple? Every DA game has a primary color scheme. DA:O and 2 both used Blood Red, to convey the dark, gritty, fantasy style. DA:I changed it to Green to convey the Fade and the breach. But in this one? Why Bright Purple? The only thing I can think of while watching this is it’s meant to convey “representation” to be more specific “Non-Binary” is what I see when I see that color. But as a long time fan, of everything BioWare, sad to say, I am siding with Solas on this game. BioWare is dead.

Come to think of it, have we ever had any "black" Elves in Dragon Age? Always felt they were far more homogenous and only humans really came in all the variety. So that DALISH warden fella gought me off guard for sure. Also, why isn't Varrick blond? Even with old age it should be like grey hair, not black. And what's with the music? And wtf is with this story, like a team of plucky go getters and DEI miscreants going up against gods and empires? What I loved about DA:I is that you still had an army doing most of the grunt work in the background. Made it feel more real, and even in DA:O you were gathering an army since you couldn't fight Loghane and Darkspawn on your own.

@bonedrone9869

18 күн бұрын

There was at least one black elf NPC in Inquisition. But in the first two games elves did seem more Celtic inspired. And yeah, Varrick used to be strawberry blonde, so not sure what’s going on here.

@royery

18 күн бұрын

​@@bonedrone9869there wasn't any black elf in inquisition

@eastbow6053

18 күн бұрын

@@bonedrone9869 i guess all the black elves were enslaved by tevinter... get it?

@MarwolfAeducan

18 күн бұрын

Their some Asian elves in origins​@@bonedrone9869

@Geraduss

17 күн бұрын

@@eastbow6053 Gods "The Message" is going to be a mallet with that one again won't it.. ugh.

The Veil Jumper was where I think I hard checked out - Like all she needs is the sound of one of those Yipees they give the bugs from Lethal Company. You're not wrong about no one being romanceable either - I was watching and was swiping them off the list. Nope, nope, pass.

@Xeno7241

18 күн бұрын

Peebee in dragon age basically..

This game looks like it was developed by the same poison that drove Saints Row into the ground, with DEI plastered all over it. FFS. I'm so sick of this. We can't have anything anymore.

The DEI is strong with this one.

I agree 100% with every character being romanced regardless of gender is lame, It makes them feel not truly alive as characters. People in real life have different sexuality's, different people are straight,gay,bi etc. Baldur's gate 3 had this problem aswell, so did Dragon age 2, characters like isabela being romancable for both genders makes sense because she's slept with men and women, but Some of the other characters don't make sense. like anders, you would think by his personality in awakening that he'd be a charming ladies man, then in 2 he has the hots for you even if you're a dude. I actually would have liked an aveline romance in da 2. It could have had a interesting story of aveline learning to love again with you replacing Donnic if you engaged in the flirting. Kind of like Isabela's but more "pure" I normally go fenris with female hawke, and Merrill with male hawke.

@nolss02

18 күн бұрын

I agree, plus it makes you try out different protagonist you wouldn't usually make (I'm a woman who usually picks a female character, but I made a male inquisitor just so I could romance Cassandra :') )

@maryapple7108

18 күн бұрын

Completely agree with you. I hated that problem with DA2 and BG3 for the same reason. Characters like Gale and Anders just don't give off an attraction to men because their dialogue doesn't even mention men in all the times you speak with them about romance (Gale is obsessed with Mystra, Anders mentions wanting to settle down with a woman specifically multiple times in Awakening), so it's so awkward when they suddenly come out (pun intended) and say they like your male character. I also think it's the same with Astarion on the opposite end. It also really restricts story potential like Dorian's personal quest in Inquisition.

@NomadMonkey396

18 күн бұрын

@@nolss02 exactly, it adds replayabilty. Say for example mass effect you wanna romance tali, you pick male, and for garrus you pick female. Same for games like Star Wars kotor, even baldur's gate 2 which is also BioWare has romance options that are race exclusive.

@NomadMonkey396

18 күн бұрын

@@maryapple7108 BG 3 is amazing but that's one of the flaws of it. The game assumes you want to romance someone or multiple people and some people just want to play the game without romancing, sure it's a small amount of players but the game should still respect that for those people. I feel like astarion and gale should have been female only option, they do have very sweet romances. Anders in da 2 also hits on you randomly and you feel awful for not rejecting him, I think you also lose friendship points. When it comes to Dorian, isabela from 2 also had that problem, you miss her backstory if you don't romance her. Dorian is cool, but Didn't romance him so I had to look it up. What I love about origins is morrigan can have different arcs with you. You can take it slow and tell her you care for her and she'll eventually fall in love with you, or you can have a casual relationship with her and choose to be more then that or not, or you can have a genuine friendship with her and she'd be happy just having a real friend.

@azurastar3223

18 күн бұрын

I was originally annoyed Sera from DAI was locked behind a female protagonist, but it made me play the game differently and gave me a different perspective than Solas whining about the past. These characters just feel like Hallow titles and not like living breathing people

Tomorrow I’ll look at the gameplay, whether I want to buy the game or not, but with a high degree of probability, most likely not, I won’t even accept it for free. Regarding the characters - I have no words here. How did they come to this 10 years later?!!!

@MrHardcoreMode

18 күн бұрын

we will wait and see.

The veil jumper part is a great point. Going physically into the veil requires lots of power and resources in DA lore? I am not well versed in it anymore, but there was a reason why Corypheus as a powerful Tevinter mage with his colleagues were like the ONLY ones to do it? Like, what the fuck are we talking about here? Oh, right. Strong diverse female character can do it all. Sorry but this DA looks like a woke/DEI nightmare, judging by the art style, tone and other characters also. Like the black elf and the female Qunari (even though the race name is not Qunari, it's their religion). This was not made for the fans, from what I can tell. This looks like another game for "modern audiences". I'll wait for the gameplay and the inevitable shit storm that will follow and how some dev / community manager starts attacking the fans.

They've already confirmed all companions are romanceable regardless of gender lol

@blakegrimes3557

18 күн бұрын

That’s what you’re upset about? Lmfao

@nolss02

18 күн бұрын

@@blakegrimes3557 yes, it does take away from the game imo, where romance was always a big part. But yes, it's one of the many reasons this game will likely be trash

@wren180

18 күн бұрын

​@blakegrimes3557 it's unrealistic and weakens characters autonomy, agency and actual personality. You can't just roll up to someone that is not your sexual orientation and preference and make them want you nor is every person pansexual. Cheapens the romance aspect 100%. Not the #1 worst thing but annoying AF.

@royery

18 күн бұрын

Who is going to romance those characters though? They made sure to uglify the female characters, they look like your average plain Janes you find at your local mall. Nothing striking about them. Cant compete with female companions from previous games. And the guys... they look even worse! The only good-looking one is the elf, but they ruined it by making him bl ack.

@TheGingiGamer

18 күн бұрын

@@royery Tbf the only female romance option that was physically attractive in Inquisition was Cassandra. Sera was just....butt ugly.

I said they Saint's Row'd it.

dragon for modern age.

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who instantly thought of Wish. I think the reason why all the characters seem short is that they have those cartoonishly large heads/faces, so all the proportions look out of whack against the more realistic settings and animals like the dragons. Totally agree with you on all points, except slight disagreement on the romances being player sexual - it's just so much better for players to have more options. I get what you're saying - it feels nice when your love interest is legitimately into the gender of your character, because it feels like the character is a real person and might actually choose your avatar, not just because they "have to." But that feeling also comes from approval/like systems, and the good feeling isn't worth the horrible feeling of having to play as something you don't identify as just to be able to experience the romance of the character you like. On the subject of the love interests, yeah, a lot of the companions aren't really doing it for me. Davrin is the hottest and I'm just glad that I'm into dudes and have him as an option bc I agree with you on the girl options. Harding is a dwarf, the qunari is ugly, the veil jumper looks like she's going to be an annoyingly upbeat, "zomg so quirky" Sera-type character, and the detective looks like she's gonna be a shady-ass ice queen type with a chip on her shoulder. It's great that there's a lot of options here for people that like various things but I don't get why games don't just make it a rule to include ONE basic sexy fan service lady for the folks of more traditional tastes. I bet you if the qunari lady had softer features, eyeliner, and her tits out, we'd be seeing the internet blow up right now like when Resident Evil revealed Lady D. All I ask for in return is an equally sexy slutty dude as one of the male love interests.

@mappybc6097

18 күн бұрын

Harding was one of the better written npcs in Inquisition and in many ways better than fodder like Vivienne or Josephine. If you'all can't look past she being a Dwarf that's too bad.

I didn't realize that was Varric until he spoke. I thought it was his kid or something. Again, what do people expect when they chased all the actual talent out of BioWare and let the Sims 4 crew take over? No wonder it looks like Overwatch. Winter Burrow was the most interesting thing I think I saw out of Xbox's showcase yesterday, well maybe State of Decay 3. Jury is still out on that one.

I get what they were trying to go for, showcasing the crew you pick up, but the tone is completely off from what it should be. As a comparison look at the mass effect 2 trailers for the characters, now that is a dark and gritty feel. standalone trailer was great, no issues, but not for this franchise.

I remember Morrigan in DaO. I'd trade 5 of the companions in this new game for an updated version of her instead.

@TheMrShnickers

18 күн бұрын

After seeing this trailer I Don’t want to see having any part with this Failguard

@gloryshadow8710

18 күн бұрын

I like her original version.

Apparently Hans Zimmer is scoring this game. You’d think they’d wanna show that off in the trailer instead of the tired choral cover of well known pop song trope.

The first time I travelled to Skyhold in inquisition, it was one of the most immersive scenes I have ever experienced in a game. This new DA looks like the artists from Civ did the artwork...hopefully the gameplay will be like the DA's of old.

11:45 lore has priority . if the game is not acurate to the lore . you might as well make a salad , because thats what you get when you dont stick to the lore , you get ugly disgusting mix that no one likes

Dragon Age: Brought to you by raid shadow legends.

BioWare: “let’s turn the veil jumper into phoebe. Everyone loves phoebe, right?”

The more I look at this trailer the more it makes me think of Shrek, the feeling is the same it feels more like a comedy than a dragon age game.

BioWare or EA doesn't care about day one fans.. it's definitely not for those eho played Dragon Age Origins back in 2009. If it'll look like THIS I am done. I am not a kid, if I want to play Fortnite I would play it... It's not Dragon Age anymore.

When I watched the trailer Its reminded me fragment of the movie Godfather when Don Corleone said "Look How They Massacred My Boy" . It just sad what they did to this game...

I gave your video a thumbs up when you said you didn't want to romance anyone in this game. 😅 That's exactly my feeling. None of these characters seem interesting, none seem to have depth, none seem like they could be taken seriously. It's just the trailer and maybe the game will be different. I really hope so ! The characters will perhaps (surely) be more substantial than that. But I've looked at all them and my first thought was that there aren't any that I would want to recruit. And no, even as a 40-years-old woman, I don't want to romance Lucanis. Too much Blackwall vibes in this dude. 🤢 (Neeve seems pretty cool though. Maybe the least failed of the bunch.)

They just could have used the Menu Music from DA Origins and this would have looked better already kind of but wow yeah Hipster Squad Fortniteguard

I refuse to consider this horrible trailer to be Dragon Age. Unfortunately, I can’t be that surprised. Dragon Age is a dark series that deals with heavy topics. It’s emotional and dark, and the characters are flawed and morally questionable. Even a good decision can lead to horrid consequences. The scenes in DAO with the Deep Roads terrified me like a horror game would, and it was fantastic. That’s what made the romances so special. In all that darkness, it was like a pinpoint of joy and it made me feel things. The characters felt real and complex. Unfortunately, that’s exactly why it was changed. Big companies won’t bankroll dark or depressing things anymore out of fear of offending someone. Gaming is in a sad place right now. It used to be art, but now everything is so sanitized. This trailer has no heart, and no emotion. It’s being entirely marketed on getting to romance quirky characters. That’s not what Dragon Age is meant to be. I want to be scared in the Deep Roads again, then cry my eyes out when my romance of choice goes south. There’s plenty of humor in the series, but the tone is meant to be grim. Seeing this broke my heart.

Now go back and compare to Dragon Age Sacred Ashes DLC trailer. You’ll understand why fans are angry.

@TheMrShnickers

18 күн бұрын

And in the sacred ashes trailer the tone was the same of how the actual was gonna be, dark, gritty, with some badass fights.

8:09 - I definitely think she's the worst example. She literally looks like a character from "Encanto" or something.

Gryphon was also supposed to be extinct, what lore world breaking supposed happened here?

@tormdk5879

18 күн бұрын

I guess if ten years have passed since Inquisition, and the veil is super thin/broken, I guess something happened there.

@user-fu4kw4oi6e

18 күн бұрын

you didnt read DA last flight?

18 күн бұрын

prequel?

@tormdk5879

18 күн бұрын

Correct, I don't read the lore stuff they put, I just play the game (and the table top RPG)

@CCroissant4749

18 күн бұрын

They briefly hinted that the wardens were trying to keep that information under lock and key in random letters you can find in DA:I. It was confirmed in one of the books as well. The griffons are the only things I am interested in at this point honestly lol

The trailer has 144k dislikes. THE NECROMANCER LOOKS LIKE THE KING FROM WISH!!!!

I'm so glad I'm not alone with the whole not wanting to romance any of the available options from what we see in this trailer. Absolutely none of them catch my interest, I didn't feel particularly intrigued to learn more about them. I think the devs already heavily implied we'll be able to romance any of the options regardless of player gender. If I buy this game, I'm totally gonna play as a mage and attempt to romance the mage killer for laughs. The way you said "I'm not dating the griffin" has me rolling. I didn't even realize it would be a romance option and I'm dying inside.

I hope one of our advisors has a romance if we have advisors. And hope there are more options then our companions

@serafima2

18 күн бұрын

Don't sweat. I bet even if we do have other options there will be even more woke than the already announced ones.

Glad you were so honest about the romances.

@tygamasta1720

18 күн бұрын

I honestly felt the same way. Harding and Neve were the only two females that sort of looked good. The rest weren’t attractive at all. They preached about how great their companions are and they all look boring and bland.

Dragon Age: Valornite.

What are you meant to feel with this trailer? It's by the book corporate AAA slop. Pop music, flashy name cards, zany and quirky characters that act aloof during stressful situations, a narrator that talks about nothing and an art style filled with saturated colours. This isn't Dragon Age, it's a mix of Borderlands, Fortnite and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Very sad day for Dragon Age fans. I didn't go into it with much hope, but what we saw was worse than I could have imagined.

I think it's confirmed that all companions are romancable. They also said that the story is about groups, not individuals... I guess they thought that if you add up seven ugly people together, you might get one attractive group person out of it 🤣

Make someone watch this trailer and ask them what the game is. 100% will not think its dragon age.

Dragon Age: Andromeda 2.0 Electric Boogaloo

A child’s game lmao 🤣 That art style is hilarious 😆

"she looks like my uncle with horns"😂

The Inquisitor had the anchor to which could close tears in the veil. I feel nothing for this game been waiting since I was twelve played all three games and the expansion for them and this game makes me feel nothing for it

@TheMrShnickers

18 күн бұрын

Same here. I would never forget how much I had with Dragon Age: Origins

Dude, you had me rolling with 'looks like my uncle' lol. Glad I'm not the only one who doesn't find any of them appealing as romance options.

My bet is that we have a serious WOKE contamination here judging from the sheer ugliness and shallow character imaging. And not surprisingly, everything WOKE touches, just dies. How long should we gamers suffer from this kind of WOKE charade?

@enightc

18 күн бұрын

what we have is a Game Developer that has nothing except WOKE. When you have a Game Developer that knows the game they are making and have a actual audience like themselves as Gamers, woke only adds characteristics to the characters, it makes they own personal stories more alive, WOKE shouldn't be the entire game. Its very easy to see what game falls into what category. Its all about substance. Unfortunately, this trailer only shows that the game has no substance. I am really hoping this trailer is just a bad mistake, and the actual game isn't like this.

personally i'm really worried when i first saw the trailer i thought of overwatch and overwatch and dragon age should never be in the same thought in inquisition people looked real now there cartoons i'm really scared for this game and the new mass effect

Waaaaaait we arent the Inquisitor in this?! So im not going to get my closure facing off with egg head Zaddy? 😢😢😢

and this, my dear friends, is what it looks like when a developer studio shuts itself down... I don't think Bioware will survive this dilemma

Yeah, the name change opens them up to Dragon Age: The Failguard. Which based on the trailer seems to be appropriate. I do like that Harding will be a companion but when you see her at the start of the video she looks like 20 years older than at the end of the video though she looks really cute at the end. Weird trailer all in all. And I bet the Qu'nari lady might not be a lady or man but something in between.

That's a Sweet Baby stinker. And you can sense it from miles away.

World ending event but every body is having fun and smiling. Specially the Veil Jumper for sure that character will be annoying in-game.

proof it's Disney guys 6:16 that look is THE Nala look from Lion King

Bruh same just same. I don't wanna romance any of these characters I am even considering romance with Lucanis and I am straight lmao

Yeah, I will probably go with Lucanis. Depends on his personality too though. I went for Alistair over Zevran. But it seems like men are fucked for choices. Neve looks pretty, but isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea. I accidentally and instinctively read Taash’s name as Trash when I first watched the trailer. As a woman I’m really tired of all the female characters getting the testosterone face treatment. Let women look like women. I personally think that romance isn’t necessarily needed to make a great game, but for games like this it’s expected. It does add to your experience if and when done correctly. As for the clothes and triangle stuff, Tevinter has its own fashion (I think it looks..awful personally, but hey to each their own). I’d like to see some of our choices and companions from the other Dragon Age games pop up as well, or at least mentioned. For instance Fenris. He’s my DA2 babe (Yes I played a mage…fuck. Inquisition-Cullen and also a mage. How do you know us so well??) and I wanna see how he’s doing, especially since we’re going to Fenris’ shit home country. Would be nice to hear about some Fenris Hawke babies. My head canon is that after that bullshit in the fade my Hawke retires to enjoy family life with Fenris and kiddos.

@MrHardcoreMode

16 күн бұрын

regarding the Tevinter clothing you are right they have their fashion so i retract my statement but yes not my style too. all i have is harding and i guess thats fine for now. This is why asian studios are killing it with female models. i would like to see an old morrigan with my son and my character.

Yeah I’m late but you said everything I was thinking. Huge departures. Cant sell the story.. we already did veil stuff in DAI. Can’t sell the romance(I agree with your takes there as a guy) .. even in DAI it was bad. Also the tone is all wrong. Yeah sure it’s a trailer. Okay, you can’t do a trailer?! What about the game.. I’ve accepted the death of the franchise a few years after origins but at this point I don’t wanna them touching ME either.

Even if (if!) this trailer is just to introduce the companions (as I've read in so many comments already), it makes me wonder why they had to introduce the companions in this Marvel/Overwatch/Disney/whatever way. The tone is fundamentally wrong and the characters could have been presented in a darker setting, simply because the DA setting is dark. That alone is the reason why I don't expect any improvement in the gameplay trailer and... yeah... my expectations for the new Dragon Age were low after Inquisition but... holy crap.

going off this, I’m not gonna see the dark Tevinter I dreamed of seeing when I was a kid playing origins, also they butchered the dark spawn. I thought dragon age 2’s dark spawn where bad compared to the original but damn..

Hahaha! "..so we're almost done with the game, are you gonna romance any of us..?" "Naw, I'm good.." 😂 I agree with you 💯

TBH, I've already missed romancing anyone in Inquisition. Didn't like anybody back then, so nothing new for me :D

Inquisition was already a high fantasy with dark fantasy elements, but still was a good game Now it feels like new DA is made by to much of softies who panic when they get a little bloody scratch

some games tried to be souls like and dark but did not reach their expected Sales. So they would turn the flavors into all-time selling Disney and a consistent players count like Fortnite. Theyve been through a lot of taking risks.

Maybe they gonna release Veilguard as a multiplayer game and Dreadwolf as a continuation to the inquisition?

God I hope the gameplay saves it on Tuesday, this trailer was not it! Its interesting to see how people think about the gender of your character and the available partners, I loved that in Baldurs Gate 3 you could romance anyone regardless of gender, but they did such a good job with those characters and how they handled the romance and stories.

I'm a simple human, I read "hard rant" - I click the Video.

League of Legends or Fortnite

DA stopped being a dark fantasy with DA2.

@denditwittard4410

18 күн бұрын

2 was still dark even I who hate it, I mean your mom's head become an experiment, unstable gay mage spirit vassal terrorist, and so on

@brettpeacock9116

18 күн бұрын

I always felt DA 2 was released as soon as they had a working game, but hadn't added in ANY of the depth/background/Side quests. So, basically 1/2 a game.

@sophiefischer3377

18 күн бұрын

It was more fantasy, yes, and high fantasy later with DA:I. But the overall aesthetics gave dark vibes, horrific tones, well... serious and realistic universe. This is not the case here. ☹️

@HUNTERxROY

18 күн бұрын

@@brettpeacock9116 you didn't just feel that way. That is exactly what happened :( Ea bought bioware after awakening, and then gave Bioware only 14-16 months to develop Dragon Age 2 because they wanted in on that huge success that Origins was... and ofc we all know how it ended....

@AngryCosmonaut

18 күн бұрын

DA2 was more of a gritty rags to riches crime story than a dark fantasy. It still felt mature but you weren't trying to slay Lord Death of Murder Mountain and his Not-Orcs the entire game.

I completely share the disappointment with cartoonish characters and lack of darkness in game style. Also I was REALLY disappointed how they changed Varric. As far as I remember, he’s BLOND, and he didn’t have a beard for ideological reason: he despised dwarven rules and politics, so he wanted to separate from them as mush as possible. Correct me if I’m wrong, but he’s literally the only dwarf who shaved his beard off.

From: First day, they come and catch everyone. Second day, they beat us and eat some for meat. Third day, the men are all gnawed on again. Fourth day, we wait and fear for our fate. Fifth day, they return and it's another girl's turn. Sixth day, her screams we hear in our dreams. Seventh day, she grew as in her mouth they spew. Eighth day, we hated as she is violated. Ninth day, she grins and devours her kin. Now she does feast, as she's become the beast. Now you lay and wait, for their screams will haunt you in your dreams. To: this shit 5:31

5:45 what about darkspawn ? *shows black elf guy* lol

Yes you said it! It feels like a complete mismatch...it feels like fornite generic fantasy...I miss the dread, dark and gloom...