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Švejk
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Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
Not many RPGs have you start at Level 1 with full sky trees bro...lol, it looked great considering you were at the litteral start of the game. There's pics/footage of the skill/ability wheels in total action - you can control your mates like in ol' Shep did.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
Fucking what? Did you watch the gameplay footage at all?
Draugoth
Gold Member
I've added it
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Yeah, I saw.
T4keD0wN
Member
It gives me those vibes too, but its kind of in line with Inquisition. Not the bar id expect 10 years later, but it could be worse.
Seems just decent enough for the story to be able to carry it, but its hard to trust them to deliver on that front either after Andromeda and Anthem.
I am sure that there will be a lot of spells/abilities, but 3 active slots that are suggested by the UI is not much.
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Go_Ly_Dow
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Arachnid
Member
This looked really bad. The combat, the atmosphere, the dialogue, the character/enemies designs. all of it. Wtf was with that pride demon? When did we go from actual demons to floating armor made of light? This is a pride demon:
All the demons in general looked corny as hell vs stuff we used to have
All the demons in general looked corny as hell vs stuff we used to have
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Shadowstar39
Member
Not possible, they need the thwart the "male gaze" ie nature. It's mandated for that dei/esg money or so I have heard.
LectureMaster
Gold Member
Okay, watched the full gameplay video and thoughts are mixed.
1. The graphics are very solid. The video uses Playstation button prompts, if this is running on PS5, that is very impressive. The art style is less repugnant than the reveal trailer, but certainly don't feel like this is a dark fantasy saga.
2. Huge let down of the combat system change. The action combat feels more floaty and shallow even than Witcher 3. And the RPG elements are missing a hell, what's the point of rolling a rogue if you can't even go stealth in combat? (I'm sure it's probably there in the skill tree but stealth has always been a default skill). Without a proper tank-healer-dps system, the combat gonna lack depth, and so far feels very generic.
3. The butchered the OG trilogy's combat fabric by not letting player control companions anymore. One of a in-depth aspects of DA is that there are so many specializations you simply can't have on the main character, playing companions with various specs added a lot of fun but now it's completely gone.
4. My biggest worrying is the writing, but so far I don't hate it. The problem is that those characters are so disconnected from what they were in the previous games. Varric is the master of humor and sarcasm, even if the sky was ripped off a big hole he wouldn't stop kidding. But look at him in the prologue, he becomes that concerned and sentimental guy.
Solas is even worse, in trespasser he was set up to be one of the most dope antagonists. He's ripping the veil because he felt like it was him failed his own people and caused their decimation and he had to fix that. You can clearly sense his inner conflict in the dialogues. But now Solas is just another generic mad villain that wants the world to end. A huge downgrading from the previous setup.
I guess I still hold a sliver of hope the game will turn out decent. Dragon Age is such a good series that doesn't deserve to die.
1. The graphics are very solid. The video uses Playstation button prompts, if this is running on PS5, that is very impressive. The art style is less repugnant than the reveal trailer, but certainly don't feel like this is a dark fantasy saga.
2. Huge let down of the combat system change. The action combat feels more floaty and shallow even than Witcher 3. And the RPG elements are missing a hell, what's the point of rolling a rogue if you can't even go stealth in combat? (I'm sure it's probably there in the skill tree but stealth has always been a default skill). Without a proper tank-healer-dps system, the combat gonna lack depth, and so far feels very generic.
3. The butchered the OG trilogy's combat fabric by not letting player control companions anymore. One of a in-depth aspects of DA is that there are so many specializations you simply can't have on the main character, playing companions with various specs added a lot of fun but now it's completely gone.
4. My biggest worrying is the writing, but so far I don't hate it. The problem is that those characters are so disconnected from what they were in the previous games. Varric is the master of humor and sarcasm, even if the sky was ripped off a big hole he wouldn't stop kidding. But look at him in the prologue, he becomes that concerned and sentimental guy.
Solas is even worse, in trespasser he was set up to be one of the most dope antagonists. He's ripping the veil because he felt like it was him failed his own people and caused their decimation and he had to fix that. You can clearly sense his inner conflict in the dialogues. But now Solas is just another generic mad villain that wants the world to end. A huge downgrading from the previous setup.
I guess I still hold a sliver of hope the game will turn out decent. Dragon Age is such a good series that doesn't deserve to die.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
I was thinking just the same watching it....
I also realized the game treats the character skills as "powerups" and instead of strategic systems like resources or cooldowns that you have to juggle it requires you to use your normal attack x times to allow you to use a skill. In the trailer you can only bank two uses, unknown if it's something that will increase as you level up. This is so dumb.
Life Diff
Neo Member
Sadly we are never going back. Generic ass designs for the Marvel crowd. Think we know why they wouldn't go for 'dreadwolf' as its too gothic for the cute art.This looked really bad. The combat, the atmosphere, the dialogue, the character/enemies designs. all of it. Wtf was with that pride demon? When did we go from actual demons to floating armor made of light? This is a pride demon:
All the demons in general looked corny as hell vs stuff we used to have
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Denton
Member
"You've made a valiant effort, but this story does not end with my downfall."
Proceeds to fall down due to our Main Hero moving a piece of wood.
What is it with these western studios? Why are they so bad at this?
This really does look kind of generic and uninteresting. Granted, I wasn't huge fan of Inquisition, but this appeals even less I think.
Proceeds to fall down due to our Main Hero moving a piece of wood.
What is it with these western studios? Why are they so bad at this?
This really does look kind of generic and uninteresting. Granted, I wasn't huge fan of Inquisition, but this appeals even less I think.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
What a game lead by
And written by
Has a strange tone? I wonder why? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Denton
Member
Indeed
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
Yeah half the peeps who are having a moan (which was me too, until I saw this) are going on about the combat being basic.....it's a level one character in a long-ass RPG, of course it's going to be basic with 1 ability available on cooldown lol.
Bet they'll release a later game example vid soon, with tons of combos and hopefully some synced attacks, that'd be mint.
Also, like I hate woke stuff as much as the next guy, but attacking those 2 just cause they're queer (Game Director & Patrick Weekes) is a bit lame guys. Hasn't Patrick been at BioWare for decades? I'm pretty sure he wrote a lot of Origins with Laidlaw.
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Little Chicken
Member
I haven't seen the footage yet, but this looks beautiful.
GymWolf
Gold Member
You should thank the lord that a creature called pride demon and made by modern bioware wasn't just a white catholic straight dudeThis looked really bad. The combat, the atmosphere, the dialogue, the character/enemies designs. all of it. Wtf was with that pride demon? When did we go from actual demons to floating armor made of light? This is a pride demon:
All the demons in general looked corny as hell vs stuff we used to have
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Yeah there could a couple dozen abilities per class but it doesn’t mean much if can only use 3 at a time. Guess they’re going the ME:A route.
Cyberpunkd
Gold Member
1. Healing potion 3/3, auto regenerates
2. Arrows 8/8, auto regenerates
3. Neve one-shooting demons during the cutscene, in real fight barely making any damage
4. Same narrow corridors and set pieces as always, makes it impossible to deviate from a given path
Shit/10, the fuck they were doing all these years?
Quantum253
Member
I like this style of combat as well. It would be worth keeping an eye on
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Because of course noone is straight!!! Easy pass on this wokefest
Easy pass on this wokefest
Hudo
Member
Because of course noone is straight!!!
Alright, the game is not for me then.
Shadowstar39
Member
Whats with people commenting about her? She didn't program or design a game, she is just a producer. A producer handles the money/Business and schedule side of game making, not the actual construction and art direction.
Also she wouldn't save shit. The new game she is producing is an ultra woke extraction shooter - Steal from the rich in Fairgame$, which makes Dragon Age look like dark fantasy in comparison. Some just like her because she was attractive, and produced AC1, but that means squat in current day.
Shadowstar39
Member
Is that dude in the purple the main character? Do you get to make your own like in past Dragon Age games, or do you have to play as him? If it was just him as an optional side character I wouldn't mind, but the rest of the cast sucks. I also would hate to play a non created character dragon age game. Do you get to change armor/gear? Being stuck in some bright purple tunic isn't appealing.
Not that I am going to bother to play this, as the cast looks like wokeville on steroids. Maybe I'll try it when it hits $10 like tlou2.
Sometimes it feels like western devs got mandated to use their weirdo "progressive stack" instead of just making cool characters that fit into lore.
Not that I am going to bother to play this, as the cast looks like wokeville on steroids. Maybe I'll try it when it hits $10 like tlou2.
Sometimes it feels like western devs got mandated to use their weirdo "progressive stack" instead of just making cool characters that fit into lore.
Cyberpunkd
Gold Member
Tell me you never played DA:O without telling me you never played DA:O.
Puscifer
Member
This screenshot makes me think I'm about attack it's weakness in a press turn lolThe Ogre in Veilguard looks fucking adorable.
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
Kacho
Member
They obviously poured a lot of money into the game. EA must have extremely high expectations for this. Curious to see how it does.
Hate on it all you want, but this looks damn nice.
Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
The Cockatrice
Member
Because of course noone is straight!!!
Typical grumzz garbage tweet. It means every companion is romanceable you muppets. How is that a bad thing? I doubt any of you would complain if Panam or Judy would be bi, hell theres mods for that, which were praised for both being bi. Dont see how this is anything but a win since you can just pick whoever you want to romance now. Dragon Age Origins also has BI companions.
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JerryinSoCal
Member
Because of course noone is straight!!!
They aren't limiting who your character can romance, I don't see the problem there. I guess they can all start to be attracted to each other too which is kind of funny. What's the point of putting in romance options if the character you want to romance isn't attainable? It's not a gay vs straight thing in this case it's about letting you have your own game work the way you want it to.
Skifi28
Gold Member
Because of course noone is straight!!!
It generally makes sense in these types of games in order to be able and romance most companions regardless of your character. Is it that much different than Inquisition or even Baldur's gate 3?
Kacho
Member
No, you create your own character and pick the class
AJUMP23
Member
OK great because I hate that rouge flip in this walkthrough.
MujkicHaris
Member
She started as a programmer for Sony. Also, she co-created Assassin's Creed and Watch Dogs. You can hate all you want, I think she is a great game developer and she left a big mark on the industry.
