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[LectureMaster]

A superficial comparison, not to complain or even poke fun, just bittered that I'm not the targeted audience anymore. I loved the series.

Cover art:

Character design:

Companion assembly:

Darkspawns:

Skill action bars: available number of skills

Combat tactic: You can't control companions anymore in DA the Veilguard.

Reveal trailer:

 

[R6Rider]

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

The art direction has gradually gotten worse over time (not that I ever loved it in Origins, but it was fine)... but yeah, it went off a cliff with Veilguard.

Which is fine. They don't want me as a customer at this point, clearly, so I hope their new approach works out great for them and doesn't end with Bioware finally getting shuttered.

 

[Luipadre]

 

[Portugeezer]

If you like hero shooters you'll love veilguard

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Old Dragon Age: You could smash a fella.

New Dragon Age: You could smash a fella.

What's the difference?

 

[The_hunter]

I forgot DA:O had a tactics section, love it when games have that. Programming conditional statements as part of the game.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

I forgot DA:O had a tactics section, love it when games have that. Programming conditional statements as part of the game.

I imagine you played ff12,if not you will like it.

 

[Hudo]

I imagine you played ff12,if not you will like it.

Make sure to play the Zodiac Age specifically.

Having a button to speed up the game is what elevates this game from a 9/10 to a 10/10 for me.

 

[winjer]

The new art style is such a big downgrade.

 

[freemandos]

Damn, I don't know if I want to laugh or fall into a deep depression.

 

[Mercador]

I'm out too. Too bad, I really liked DAO but I won't play this.

 

[DavidGzz]

I miss the original look but it seems like a progression. Inquisition was colorful and goofy looking too.

 

[simpatico]

 

[Moochi]

The decline started with Dragon Age II, but this is like suddenly losing control of all bodily functions at 40.

 

[StereoVsn]

The art direction has gradually gotten worse over time (not that I ever loved it in Origins, but it was fine)... but yeah, it went off a cliff with Veilguard.

Which is fine. They don't want me as a customer at this point, clearly, so I hope their new approach works out great for them and doesn't end with Bioware finally getting shuttered.

Yep, basically the same. The only game I really liked was DA:O. DA2 was a rush job due to EA's greediness. DA:I was super average. The only reason it performed well in sales was that it released to fairly bare market that year.

And of course DAV is just crap.

 

[The_hunter]

I imagine you played ff12,if not you will like it.

I haven't played it, I'll check it out.

 

[MrRibeye]

Great thread, both Dragon Age and Witcher proved the mass appeal of dark, gritty fantasy. Alas we shall wait a while longer before we can feast again.

 

[Winter John]

I don’t get it. There’s only been 1 good DA game and that was the first one. It still stands up today. Everything after that 1st game has been lame as fuck. The 2nd one was bullshit. The 3rd one was bullshit. The new one looks like bullshit too. So what’s changed?

 

[Generic]

Dragon Age Inquisition was already colourful and "DEI".

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[bender]

Sums up Bioware post-KOTOR nicely.

 

[SJRB]

There's just something about this design that fucks me up, fam. I don't even know if I'm looking at a man or a woman. I hate this with every fibre of my being.

This is the kind of shit you see when you're sick and you have a fever dream about bizarro circus acts chasing you through a supermarket or something. It's grotesque.

 

[Varteras]

Origins was peak Dragon Age. To me, it's not even close. DA2 was when I started suspecting that Bioware was on a downhill slide.

 

[SirKicksalot]

Don't forget the original Qunari - top tier design lmao

 

[RagnarokIV]

I played the first Dragon Age and loved it. Been out of the loop since then.

Can someone fill me in? Is Veilguard a spinof or mobile game? I'm guessing the Fortnite soft design means it's for all devices, including low powered cell phones?

 

[STARSBarry]

This is now my favorite image

 

[DavidGzz]

I blame the complainers who gave the second game shit for all the brown on shit mountain. Bet you'd love a shiny new shit mountain now. Fuckers.

 

[DeepEnigma]

This is now my favorite image

Bro looks skeeted af

 

[Pop]

Just gradually gotten worse haha

 

[Braag]

I never imagined that I would have 0 hype for an upcoming Dragon Age game, but here we are.
Now I'm worried for the next ME game, if Bioware survives long enough to release it even.

 

[Isa]

There's just something about this design that fucks me up, fam. I don't even know if I'm looking at a man or a woman. I hate this with every fibre of my being.

This is the kind of shit you see when you're sick and you have a fever dream about bizarro circus acts chasing you through a supermarket or something. It's grotesque.

She looks like concept art for Episode 3 of the new Star Wars show, force witch lesbians folk rappin' some new immaculate blood up in dis here galaxy.

 

[adamsapple]

Don't forget the original Qunari - top tier design lmao

The original Qunari were just tall dudes.

Glad they gave them distinct designs for DA2.

 

[jm89]

I played the first Dragon Age and loved it. Been out of the loop since then.

Can someone fill me in? Is Veilguard a spinof or mobile game? I'm guessing the Fortnite soft design means it's for all devices, including low powered cell phones?

It's sequel to inquisition. Afaik only on current gen consoles and pc.

Fornite design is baffling. Maybe trying to reach a younger audience who imo wouldn't appreciate these types of games anyway.

 

[simpatico]

Don't forget the original Qunari - top tier design lmao

What's wrong with Sten?

Just gradually gotten worse haha

The recommended processing power to properly enjoy Dragon Age II is an AMD Phenom II x3 tri core CPU and a Radeon HD3850 512 MB.

Dragon Age Veil Guard will debut alongside the AMD 9950X 16 core CPU and the RTX 5090 32 GB

 

[cash_longfellow]

Meh…Dragon Age has never really been great either way. Inquisition was fun to play for like 5 hours. Origins was Garbo to me. The series ranked in my top 3 overhyped rpg series’ of all time. I’ll never fully get the hype, but hey, at least with the new one, the majority of truthers will be with me on this one lol.

 

[Lux R7]

Origins is still a fantastic crpg worth playing today.
With mods on pc is even better.

 

[Lokaum D+]

 

[TheUsual]

I remember watching this being so pumped about Dragon Age 2. I'll take a ride on Shit Mountain again.

 

[Varteras]

This is now my favorite image

Lmao make it your avatar before I do

 

[Pejo]

I think this whole Dragon Age debacle has made me realize that it was ever only one good game, and then """Bioware""" coasting off of that one game and continuing to fuck it up even worse every subsequent entry.

This was never a great franchise, it was a single great game.

 

[LectureMaster]

Dragon Age Inquisition was already colourful and "DEI".

At least for me, what's obnoxious isn't diversity itself in a game, but rather how it was horribly shoehorned into the game to push idealogy/agenda.

But inquisition was not the case. It does have quite a few queerness presence, but imo the writings for them are spot on. I'd say I even found Dorian rather charming. More importantly, in inquisition those characters the act like NORMAL, not some psycho perverts that nowadays the queer community on social media tend to be.

If diversity needs to be implemented in the game, I'd rather have it this way.

 

[StereoVsn]

Sums up Bioware post-KOTOR nicely.

ME1 and DAO were post KOTOR and quite good. Things went down from there.

ME2 was a good action adventure with RPG elements. ME3 had issues. DA2 was BS thanks to EA idiotic deadlines. DAI was mediocre…

And then we have MEA and Anthem. And whatever the fuck this is.

 

[STARSBarry]

Lmao make it your avatar before I do

It is done...

 

[ungalo]

The qunari is absolutely awful, i don't even know what i'm looking at.

The qunari from Inquisition was already shit.

 

[SirTerry-T]

It just all looks so fucking insipid. Hot pinks, neon blues..."straights and curves" animation style character designs. Every other game is guilty of it, not just Dragon Age.

It's the video game version of the "Cal Arts" meme for animated tv shows but via the Fortnite School of Art.

If I had my way I would ban art directors from all watching the same films, block Art Station from their browsers and force feed them Industrial strength LSD three times a day. At least then there maybe a modicum of a chance some of them may come up with something that looks new and fresh.

 

[LectureMaster]

Yep, basically the same. The only game I really liked was DA:O. DA2 was a rush job due to EA's greediness. DA:I was super average. The only reason it performed well in sales was that it released to fairly bare market that year.

And of course DAV is just crap.

I don’t get it. There’s only been 1 good DA game and that was the first one. It still stands up today. Everything after that 1st game has been lame as fuck. The 2nd one was bullshit. The 3rd one was bullshit. The new one looks like bullshit too. So what’s changed?

I think this whole Dragon Age debacle has made me realize that it was ever only one good game, and then """Bioware""" coasting off of that one game and continuing to fuck it up even worse every subsequent entry.

This was never a great franchise, it was a single great game.

I get the lukewarm reception of inquisition in 2014, but retrospectively examined, I enjoyed the game quite a lot as I recently finished with around 130+ hours. The parts I really enjoyed about the game include great character writings and arcs, diverse companion personalities and reactions, well-written dialogues, ample branching and consequences, and most importantly the charming banters. You simply don't get these types of stuff in modern RPG very often nowadays.

The low quality repetitive side quests are still present but I found them much more tolerable this time - because since 2014 we've got too much braindead fillers in open world games I actually found some of inquisition's side contents refreshing. Roaming on some maps felt pretty good, particularly in hissing waste.

DA:I doesn't really improve over the years but I think it's aging better because how stagnant the whole AAA game industries are these days.

 

[Lokaum D+]

I remember watching this being so pumped about Dragon Age 2. I'll take a ride on Shit Mountain again.

at least this trailer is "grounded" on dark medieval fantasy and looks dope as shit. Now DAV looks more like a 4chan medieval cosplay party on diarrhea.

 

[bender]

ME1 and DAO were post KOTOR and quite good. Things went down from there.

Shadows of Amn was the peak and the only reason I don't lump KOTOR in with the downfall is the Wookie Life Debt.

 

[kiphalfton]