Dragon Age Dragon Age: The Veilguard - coming October 31st

[ADL]

I had zero faith in Bioware operating another live service game after abandoning Anthem 2.0. Anthem was salvageable contrary to what everyone says about it and I would have been very interested in Anthem Next if they fixed the itemization and added more content. That being said, they still should have stuck with the original MP-focused Dragon Age 4 instead of retrofitting this into a SP title.

You can't just completely change direction years into production. This is going to be such a Frankenstein's monster of a game.

 

[Rhobar121]

They started reworking the game at the beginning of 2021 (maybe earlier). This means that if the game comes out in 2024, they will have a full 3 years to rework the game.
It is unlikely that they had to do everything from scratch, so a lot of work could probably be used.
Fortunately, this is not like ME:A, where they supposedly reworked the entire game within 1.5 years.

The fact that EA decided to change the game into SP probably saved the series.
It's weird that EA decided to do this. In 2024, it will be over 6 years of game development, which I bet is not cheap.

 

[Edgetard]

this game is probably going to be dogshit

 

[santino27]

My only takeaway from the leak is that the Dragon Age art style (which was plenty bad when DA:O came out) has aged awfully in 2023.

Yes yes, missing textures and what not. But damn, I've seen better looking mobile games at this point.

What do you mean, the "Dragon Age art style"? Origins and Inquisition look nothing alike. This series has no artistic identity (or any identity) beyond the individual games.

I disagree. One of the few things that the franchise seems to have maintained is its disgusting art direction, which governs everything from the design of weapons and armor, faces, architecture, etc.

The actual 2d art in the games is respectable, but the gameplay graphics themselves are atrocious. They are meant to be seen from far away, so everything is designed to be big and recognizable.

Sword blades look like clubs, armor has grotesquely outsized pieces. Stuff looks like its sourced from a MMO.

Also, the devs apparently can't design an attractive face if their careers depended on it.

I'm not an art guy, but I'm sure someone with the proper background could break it down more.

TL;DR: Basically whatever this style is. Also a beardless dwarf as a legacy character. Goddammit.

I haven't played any DA games in years, but I remember there being a pretty dramatic shift in art style from DA:O to DA 2. Maybe everything after that is more in line? Or maybe I'm misremembering? I don't know. It's all crap, regardless. Just different flavors.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Arcanum had a sheep in a brothel, and it's overwhelmingly well received here at codex, so you're onto something.

And the brothel was the only building on Tarant's Rue de Avellone:

 

[NaturallyCarnivorousSheep]

a RPG is most like its tabletop ancestors when not involving a player's skills

If that's the thing that gets lost then turn all my rpgs into action games right now.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Arcanum had a sheep in a brothel, and it's overwhelmingly well received here at codex, so you're onto something.

And the brothel was the only building on Tarant's Rue de Avellone:

That's a great place to go when you're looking for a third wheel exit strategy.

 

[Tyranicon]

I haven't played any DA games in years, but I remember there being a pretty dramatic shift in art style from DA:O to DA 2. Maybe everything after that is more in line? Or maybe I'm misremembering? I don't know. It's all crap, regardless. Just different flavors.

I remember people being mad(?) at the art shift, but I think in hindsight it really wasn't that big of a move besides the bullshit Qunari.

Out of curiosity I looked at some footage of the two games and it seems just like different flavors of the same.

DA:O on left, 2 on the right. God, why is the templar armor so ugly? Looks like someone doing bad 40k cosplay.

 

[santino27]

I haven't played any DA games in years, but I remember there being a pretty dramatic shift in art style from DA:O to DA 2. Maybe everything after that is more in line? Or maybe I'm misremembering? I don't know. It's all crap, regardless. Just different flavors.

I remember people being mad(?) at the art shift, but I think in hindsight it really wasn't that big of a move besides the bullshit Qunari.

Out of curiosity I looked at some footage of the two games and it seems just like different flavors of the same.

DA:O on left, 2 on the right. God, why is the templar armor so ugly? Looks like someone doing bad 40k cosplay.

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I remember it being more stylized (less dark fantasy, more spikes and random shit) and with a bit of a Brom-esque bent (but not actually good). https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/07/23/dragon-age-ii-a-look-at-the-art.aspx

But yeah, maybe it was less dramatic in game than I remember.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Not surprised to hear they're doubling down on the consolization and action gameplay, but it's still disappointing to hear.

At least Bioware isn't pretending to be a CRPG studio anymore. They have struggled to keep up these pretexts for too long. It's good that they come clean with Dreadwolf and make what they always wanted to make: A story-fag action game. Hamburger Hepler wasn't an isolated case, after all.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

It's weird that EA decided to do this.

Courtesy to the amazing success of Jedi: Fallen Order.

 

[Abu Antar]

Gameplay leaks:
https://imgur.io/a/J2xVQlT

More written info:
https://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/...ndroidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

 

[Dadd]

That's the sort of thing I picture when I read someone say Dork Souls

 

[Semiurge]

Something cringy this way comes. Can you feel it? This is going to be fun.

 

[Edgetard]

Gameplay leaks:
https://imgur.io/a/J2xVQlT

More written info:
https://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/...ndroidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

God this is going to suck
and to think bioware was woke before it was the norm can you imagine the cringe tier dialogue

 

[soulburner]

DAI with "normal" action combat instead of this RTWP-but-for-gamepads abomination would be a much better game, so I'm kind of... maybe 'excited' is the wrong word here... Mildly interested in this sequel.

 

[Rahdulan]

Gameplay leaks:
https://imgur.io/a/J2xVQlT

More written info:
https://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/...ndroidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Horrifique.

 

[Delterius]

is it bad that i want to play it twice and then review it

 

[Camel]

https://insider-gaming.com/exclusive-new-details-on-dragon-age-dreadwolf-revealed/

As for combat, one source, who recently played the game, suggested that it was more akin to a hack n’ slash compared to past games, and the game’s combat wheel is similar to that of the one in Final Fantasy 15. As for your crew, it was said that you currently cannot control them and only select the ability they can cast in combat.

Man, the old Bioware really is truly dead, sad to say...

EA should mercy-kill Bioware already. They've even dropped their trademark RTwP for god knows what. Was BG2 or NWN the last Bioware game with good combat?

is it bad that i want to play is twice and then review it

Take one for the team.

 

[FreeKaner]

This looks like such a garbage non-game already. Seeing how popular "RPG elements" and success of AAA games like Assassin's creed, or relatively more "traditional" RPGs like Divos2 together with hype for BG3 or demand for new Bethesda games and all that you would think they would lean heavier on RPG side of things but no, whoever is doing market research for these guys for past 15 has been stuck back in 2008 ever since.

 

[Spectral Pontifex]

Shame they butchered the series so hard. I liked DA:O quite a bit.

Also, I still can't fathom the fact that they literally sell DA:I's actual ending as a DLC. Back in the day I literally just torrented the dlcs, put them into the Origin game folder and it actually worked. I have Origin achievements from dlcs I didn't even buy.

 

[Rhobar121]

https://insider-gaming.com/exclusive-new-details-on-dragon-age-dreadwolf-revealed/

As for combat, one source, who recently played the game, suggested that it was more akin to a hack n’ slash compared to past games, and the game’s combat wheel is similar to that of the one in Final Fantasy 15. As for your crew, it was said that you currently cannot control them and only select the ability they can cast in combat.

Man, the old Bioware really is truly dead, sad to say...

EA should mercy-kill Bioware already. They've even dropped their trademark RTwP for god knows what. Was BG2 or NWN the last Bioware game with good combat?

is it bad that i want to play is twice and then review it

Take one for the team.

A good combat system and RTwP are complete opposites.

 

[Roguey]

Also, I still can't fathom the fact that they literally sell DA:I's actual ending as a DLC.

I don't care for cliffhanger endings, so as far as I'm concerned it ended with victory and Solas killing Flemeth.

 

[Salvo]

JESUS CHRIST HOW HORRIFYING

 

[Semiurge]

Oh and the player character's hair looked glorious. I mean, it was clipping right through their helmet. But it was flowing and bouncing as they moved. Finally, no more stiff ass hair. Now, let's hope we have more than just two black hairstyles.

Get ready for more kink.