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Titled changed from Dreadwolf to The Veilguard with a reveal on June 11.
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That it's Bioware, my first thought is "the devs probably got told 16 hours ago to make it, meanwhile the board decided to change the name whilst not changing any merch or media and it's now less than a week for the devs to make a 15 minute spot".
As they are known these days for mad mismanagement and time crunch situations.
It's been a decade since they botched the last entry as they stupidly decided to swap and change the ME and DA teams around so both Inquisition and Andromeda could fail launch and they could slowly kill both of their flagship series at the same time to slowly recover ME.
I have faith the devs know what they're doing and how to get there, I have almost zero faith Bioware can get there with them. This is their Duke Nukem Forever for me for Dragon Age, and I liked Inquisition, my Qunari brought carbonated beverages and summarily pissed off an elf god for ruining clean drinking water which is why everyone meets at the tavern.
If this is going ot be a combat spot, I am goign to be very worried as they usually do nice combat if a little odd handling, it's the rest of it they have issues with.
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Definitely interested but was only a little disappointed to see it looks like they've completely abandoned the dark RPG setting of Origins.
Don't tell me they're turning DA into a 5v5 hero shooter?
Disappointed by that trailer.
Hopefully the gameplay reveal will give me something to get excited for. Loved the original, appreciated what 2 was trying (and for the most part failing) to do but the stories I've read about the development sound like hell on earth so I understand why it is the way it is. Enjoyed Inquisition once I realised you're supposed to leave the starting area ASAP.
The cartoony graphics and overall cheesiness of the trailer don't fill me with a lot of hope. Dragon Age: Marvel Edition
Hopefully the gameplay reveal will give me something to get excited for. Loved the original, appreciated what 2 was trying (and for the most part failing) to do but the stories I've read about the development sound like hell on earth so I understand why it is the way it is. Enjoyed Inquisition once I realised you're supposed to leave the starting area ASAP.
The cartoony graphics and overall cheesiness of the trailer don't fill me with a lot of hope. Dragon Age: Marvel Edition
This game doesn't have a chance in hell
Its like Britney Spears trying to open the Beatles
If it came out the same month as Baldur's Gate 3 I'd agree but I think the gap is more than big enough.
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Only reason I think I'll be playing this day one is it will likely release before my EA Play Pro sub expires.
Tiny tease of gameplay footage does look a LOT more promising:
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I'm slightly less panicked about Dragon Age: The Veilguard after seeing 24 seconds of gameplay
BioWare just dropped a teaser for tomorrow's gameplay reveal and, okay, it looks better than that reveal trailer.
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Feels like an eternity for this franchise to get another installment, just wish I was young again to have the disposable time to replay the previous titles to remember what is going on.
If this is as big as inquisition I'm not sure I'll get to the end of it, even back then I couldn't find the time to get into the DLC (apparently the trespasser one was epic). Maybe I'll wack the game on easy mode and speed run.
The gameplay snippet looks good though - but like others said, the trailer looked a bit too arcadey.
If this is as big as inquisition I'm not sure I'll get to the end of it, even back then I couldn't find the time to get into the DLC (apparently the trespasser one was epic). Maybe I'll wack the game on easy mode and speed run.
The gameplay snippet looks good though - but like others said, the trailer looked a bit too arcadey.
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That cinematic trailer has 35k likes against 200k dislikes as of now.
The gameplay link though looks better.
The gameplay link though looks better.
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New Gameplay drop is much better than that crappy cinematic imo.
They should have just shown this instead first off.
New Gameplay drop is much better than that crappy cinematic imo.
They should have just shown this instead first off.
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Until they show things like the skill trees and mid-game combat those sorts of trailers still aren't revealing much. It still looks like an action game. I'm getting DA Inquisition and ME Andromeda vibes again but I'm still willing to keep an open mind and just have to accept that it is a different genre of RPG since Origins. Then again it's also not the same Bioware so I guess that's to be accepted.
Edit: there is a bit more on their blog that wasn't included in the video. I'm assuming this is where we'll see more of these sorts of updates.
Edit: there is a bit more on their blog that wasn't included in the video. I'm assuming this is where we'll see more of these sorts of updates.
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Will hopefully watch the gameplay footage this evening, and I'll read the articles that have sprung up too, but the headlines I've seen sound very positive.
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When I first posted that video, it was 28k likes to 1k dislikes. It's now 60k likes against 85k dislikes.
A -52k ratio in less than half a day
A -52k ratio in less than half a day
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Not impressed at all by the combat. Movement looks floaty, it seems to have move assist issues with how the player character snaps to targets, and the animations are pointlessly flashy. It looks like the sort of action combat system you'd expect from a developer that's never made a proper action game. With that said, it's not as though any Dragon Age game has had a good combat system. If they nail the stuff I care about (mainly choices, characters, and a well thought out setting), then I'll probably enjoy it. Ditching Inquisition's lifeless open world zones in favour of a mission-based structure is certainly a step in the right direction.
I'd be wary of reading too much into those, this is the latest thing to catch the ire of the incel culture warriors
Have yet to watch the gameplay trailer (weekend plan) but from what I've read if you were hoping for Dragon Age: Origins 2 you'll be disappointed, but if you like the idea of fantasy Mass Effect 2, then you'll probably like it.
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