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Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Progression Deep Dive | Parts 1-3
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MALpractice311
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What's with this color palette? It's the same Gen Z/Fortnite neon orange and purple as every other game in the last few years.
Dragon Age was originally conceived as dark fantasy. This is so far removed from the origins (no pun intended) of the series. Who do they think the audience is for this game?
Dragon Age was originally conceived as dark fantasy. This is so far removed from the origins (no pun intended) of the series. Who do they think the audience is for this game?
Luipadre
Gold Member
Opened the video up to a random spot
World of Warcraft, 2004
Art style is pretty dull, but the youtube compression is destroying alot of fine details in this game. Im sure it will look much better running natively on monitor/tv in terms of details
nerdnumber81
Banned
Opened the video up to a random spot
World of Warcraft, 2004
This game is visually all over the place.
I hope it is because it needs a final polish.
We know that the game can be very moody and pretty but it feels like different places got vastly different budgets or something.
This screenshot of Treviso (a city in Antiva we'll be visiting) looks awesome for example:
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Luipadre
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TVexperto
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thats not a screenshot thats concept artThis game is visually all over the place.
I hope it is because it needs a final polish.
We know that the game can be very moody and pretty but it feels like different places got vastly different budgets or something.
This screenshot of Treviso (a city in Antiva we'll be visiting) looks awesome for example:
nerdnumber81
Banned
It is a screenshot.
ChuckeRearmed
Member
Looks like random korean MMO
MALpractice311
Member
Ah, yes. So the 250,000 followers they have on Twitter, that actually only results in 25,000 copies sold.Its definitely made for "modern audience"
That's a bold move. Let's see how it works out for them.
Seriously though, I really wonder what's going on in Western game development. Is no one taking any time to do any market research, other than reading comments on Twitter?
That does look nice, yeah.This game is visually all over the place.
I hope it is because it needs a final polish.
We know that the game can be very moody and pretty but it feels like different places got vastly different budgets or something.
This screenshot of Treviso (a city in Antiva we'll be visiting) looks awesome for example:
Luipadre
Gold Member
I think this game will sell well. It might be decent enough too despite looking weird most of the time
Such a rollercoaster ride for me. Sometimes it looks decent enough, other times it looks absolute dogshit
delfrickintree
Member
Probably something to do with peoples destroyed attention spans in our age of technology overload. If it doesn't visually rape their attention, they keep scrollin!
The Cockatrice
Gold Member
Opened the video up to a random spot
World of Warcraft, 2004
wtf is this ?!
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Angry_Megalodon
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The art direction is so outdated, like the very worst from 15-20 years ago.
Please, do not insult World of Warcraft)*Opened the video up to a random spot
World of Warcraft, 2004
*Said by a non-WoW player
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Luipadre
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ikr? It looks so fucking cheap because of it. I hope PC modders can remove that shit day 1 lol
Cyberpunkd
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Skifi28
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Speaking from personal experience? The name and avatar finally make sense!
grumpyGamer
Member
WTF did they do to the game, bot wanting to go on board of the hate wagon but, those colours and grafics are totally not the dragon age look.
For someone who loved origins, i am dissapointed
For someone who loved origins, i am dissapointed
DussyPestroyer
Banned
I don't know about you guys but Dragon Age doesn't deserve the hype for a series that only has 1 good game, This game will do around 1-2 million in launch month across all platforms and them launching on steam day 1 will be a self own like we saw with concord. I look forward to the CCU threads
ElFenomeno
Member
What the f is this embarrassing shit?
- You can find items via shops or in the world.
- You can equip a main , alternate, helmet and rings
Then she actually explains what the "Final damage +20" stat does because the fucking actual name isn't enough. No I just can't...
Wow incredible...this is revolutionary. A whole video for the most basic shit ever. Is their audience 10 year olds who never played an action RPG before because it certainly seems like it is.
- You can find items via shops or in the world.
- You can equip a main , alternate, helmet and rings
Then she actually explains what the "Final damage +20" stat does because the fucking actual name isn't enough. No I just can't...
Wow incredible...this is revolutionary. A whole video for the most basic shit ever. Is their audience 10 year olds who never played an action RPG before because it certainly seems like it is.
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ZehDon
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That actually looks pretty plain, to me. The lighting and draw distance are nice, but that's been true since the Xbox 360 Assassin's Creed games. If you stop and take in the details, I think it actually feels pretty flat, and sparse on anything actually interesting. Perhaps it looks more appealing on street level?This game is visually all over the place.
I hope it is because it needs a final polish.
We know that the game can be very moody and pretty but it feels like different places got vastly different budgets or something.
This screenshot of Treviso (a city in Antiva we'll be visiting) looks awesome for example:
Schmendrick
Member
It continues to look like a generic asian f2p mobile game.
I'm baffled that this is supposed to be a big budget product for stationary hardware. Who the fuck is their test audience?
I'm baffled that this is supposed to be a big budget product for stationary hardware. Who the fuck is their test audience?
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EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Dragon Age Veilguard is what a game looks like after you have had an edible, I've played multiple dragon age games and I think playing it first is important.
nerdnumber81
Banned
If you think that looks plain I cannot really say anything. It's like we are looking at different pictures^^
Here is another one that I liked (probably from the Necropolis in Nevarra):
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ZehDon
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That's a bit better, so I suspect the game might look better in close ups. With that said, it still just reads generic fantasy to me. Take off the logo, and that image could be from virtually any fantasy game. That's a trend I've noticed; the edge, personality, and individualism of modern games seems to have been jettisoned, replaced with generic and interchangeable artwork, artstyles, and presentations.If you think that looks plain I cannot really say anything. It's like we are looking at different pictures^^
Here is another one that I liked (probably from the Necropolis in Nevarra):
If you're enjoying Veilguard, don't let me bring you down. It's not my cup of tea, but I hope it delivers everything you want it to
foamdino
Member
My hot take has always been that Dragon Age games have been massively over-rated by everyone since Origins, and this one will continue that trend.
There are simply far better RPGs to play than Dragon Age games.
(Like Mass Effect, I just don't get why anyone thinks BioWare did anything special after BG2)
There are simply far better RPGs to play than Dragon Age games.
(Like Mass Effect, I just don't get why anyone thinks BioWare did anything special after BG2)
nerdnumber81
Banned
That's a bit better, so I suspect the game might look better in close ups. With that said, it still just reads generic fantasy to me. Take off the logo, and that image could be from virtually any fantasy game. That's a trend I've noticed; the edge, personality, and individualism of modern games seems to have been jettisoned, replaced with generic and interchangeable artwork, artstyles, and presentations.
If you're enjoying Veilguard, don't let me bring you down. It's not my cup of tea, but I hope it delivers everything you want it to
To be fair Dragon Age has always been visually generic. Especially Origins. There are here and there some cool and original ideas but the art direction never has been as good as for example FROMSOFT's.
The reason why people love Dragon Age is the lore and the companions
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semiconscious
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hilary heskett hidey, who narrates the trailer, spent 2010 thru 2021 working primarily in bioware marketing. she's been a 'narrative producer' for the last 3 years. i'm thinking that it's quite possible that she herself has never played an action rpg before. which'd make all these standardized mechanics appear to be quite fresh & interesting...
Cyberpunkd
Member
They are not going for RPG veterans, every company takes these for granted, it’s the Fortnite casual kids that they want. Yes, for these people things like that are novel. Still looks way too complicated for them IMO, I don’t understand why at this point they even bother with Active Pause, just make it full real-time.
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Hudo
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Man, I fucking hated questing in Silithus.Opened the video up to a random spot
World of Warcraft, 2004
GymWolf
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What is impressive on this pic?This game is visually all over the place.
I hope it is because it needs a final polish.
We know that the game can be very moody and pretty but it feels like different places got vastly different budgets or something.
This screenshot of Treviso (a city in Antiva we'll be visiting) looks awesome for example:
Surely not the level of detail, that's for sure, it looks videogamey AF.
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vaibhavpisal
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Watched the video.
Cautiously optimistic.
Could very well be great. Liking synergy you can create with companions. Hopefully it gives situations to use them properly. And is not piss easy.
Cautiously optimistic.
Could very well be great. Liking synergy you can create with companions. Hopefully it gives situations to use them properly. And is not piss easy.
GymWolf
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My furry name is gymmus with the big dickus, an elegant and graceful way to let people know that i'm buffed and pack major heat under the costume and my eatable liquorice g-string
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