I have no faith in their writing to do so. All their key writers of their classic games are gone.

​@@Dragon_Lair Ditto. The new team cut tie with the previous team in such tacky way that it basically killed the story. The settings and openings could have been grand if incompetent new devs dare to visit the old dragon age.

I’m glad we don’t have to play the Inquisitor again. They’re easily the worst DA protagonist

This! My thoughts exactly

It’s not like Larian and CDPR invented it.

I concur

I'm a bit conflicted about it. It's something Bloodlines 2 will also do, Forspoken has done it as well to a certain extent, and basically seems to be the new plot point big publishers seem to be on board with because they like to have this ever-present advisor who is also some exposition dispensing machine. I really like how Cyberpunk did it, but I don't know if other games will pull it off the same way. With that said, Solas is enough of an interesting character that it could be a cool dynamic. We'll have to wait and see.

Wellthe ycoul dhav ecopied the idea from Andromeda given the ydid have the AI SAM in Ryder's head in that story

@@sjsharp2007 The advisor thing isn't super new. But having a major character stuck in your head who you have a relationship with is a lot more specific, so the parallels with Cyberpunk are hard to ignore. Other games have probably done it, I know Dark Messiah did, but that's quite old now, I can't think of any recent ones.

i think they got the idea from andromeda it already has similarity's. gameplay wise with the primer and detonator and now instead of an A.I that was put in your head its solas. it sucks you guys are not hyped. myself i cant wait i need a release date

Varric is the new Jackie

Well, a lot of developers who were working on this game were fired during the development.

I don't know, I guess it plays into a similar trope as Cyberpunk. You technically have a terrorist inside your head in that game, and he's always trying to sway you to his side (or terrorize you if you antagonize him). It could make for an interesting story depending on how they do it. Solas is much more of a big bad guy compared to Silverhand also.

@@rb98769No. It won’t be interesting. Voices in the head was old even when it was new. This sucks, and clearly it is because BioWare are creatively bankrupt and can’t tell a dark fantasy.

While Solas *is an antagonist, I wasn’t expecting him to be the big bad in the following game. The Trespasser dlc, along with the extended media, hinted that there was a much larger threat brewing

@@moysoyjoy So the guy who's entire mission is tearing down the veil, destroy the world and all life as we know it and is a super powerful ancient god was never going to be the big bad? No, he was. He was set up as such, but one who had the potential to be redeemed. This smells of a massive retcon because the writers decided that what they set up is not what they want to do. If the leaks are true about him becoming a voice in Rook's head after disrupting the ritual and it basically comes down to Bioware being lazy story-tellers.

@@moysoyjoy Not paying attention? He was set up as the big villain. The title of the game BEFORE they changed it was Dreadwolf, meaning it was all about him, his plan and the potential end of the world via the tearing down of the veil. Depending on the Inquisitor's relationship it could be antagonistic or one that is more hopeful for redemption. The big choice at the end of Trespasser was about disbanding the Inquisition, making it harder to stop Solas but more likely to prove him wrong or keeping the Inquisition so we could fight him more effectively but the corruption of the organization being more likely to prove him right. The implications are even spelled out in the DLC. Everything was about stopping Solas, and the gameplay revealed we stop in the first mission, likely the tutorial mission, and the Inquisitor is not involved. I've been paying very close attention. Solas was the main villain, he was set up as one, all the big choices at the end of Inquisition revolved around preparing to stop him. If you truly believe otherwise and aren't just shilling for BioWare because you're a huge Dragon Age fan and don't want to be in denial about it then you haven't been paying attention.

I honestly get the opposite impression. It's very obvious the devs are massive DA fans and are making a game for other fans of DA.

I Totally agree with this.

@@Tixmixagree especially since this was already a BioWare trope. Bhall in bg2. Aribeth in NWN. Bastilia in Kotor. Kriea in Kotor2 yes this part was dictated by BioWare to obsidian. The arch demon to a much lesser extent in Dragon age Origins. The illusion man in mass effect 2 and 3. This is a standard BioWare plot device. Already.

Ugh... I hope not, but I can see it.

I doubt it only because BioWare probably look at Solas and his people as indigenous people taking back their land. I doubt they'll make him a villain again. If anything I'd bet we get lectures by Solas throughout the game.

@@PTLANS I can see that too actually... 😬

Very probably, so be prepared, because if that is the case then you will have a very incomplete story, Bioware will not survive after this game.

If it does it’d be for dlc. Every game has had dlc

Sure.

Baldur's Gate 3 did it before Cyberpunk came out. And it doesn't feel like the same thing at all, to be honest. Maybe it isn't the same here either, but we expect EAware to copy/paste and do it poorly because they also absolutely had to have the open world in Inquisition because of Skyrim and that turned out poorly too.

@@AulisVaara If you already expect a game to be bad, why bother citicizing it? Move on if you mind is set and nothing can sway you.

Like Inquisition, very much. 80% of the game are fetch quests. 20% Story.

Future games.... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@@SeventhheavenDK ??? The Dragon Age Series is telling a world story rather than focusing on a specific main character like Mass Effect. I imagine the series ending with the actual "Dragon Age" in world time period. However the potential of prequels from the 1st Blight or the Slave Rebellion of Andraste is there as well. Even the next "Age".

@@agnosticgamerdarthdracarys5859 . If Bioware survives this game.

@@SeventhheavenDK Dragon Age Inquisition sold millions (very well).Even if the Veilguard is trash, there are comics, and books now, if another company doesn't make more Dragon Age games. The story can still be told. As someone who played rpgs before the release of DA Origins, this series never had the best gameplay, and was never telling the greatest fantast story ever told IMO.

@@agnosticgamerdarthdracarys5859 . I don't think Inquisition's "millions" will help. 1) A lot of people who bought Inquisition didn't like the game, especially nowadays, it's very similar to the situation of Resident Evil, but Capcom actually realized that despite the excellent sales there was a problem, and that their next game wasn't going to be so lucky. So they actually did something about it. 2) 10 years have passed since Inquisition (This one is very important, despite some people pretending it's not the case, within this time a lot of people, who even enjoy Dragon Age no matter what, have moved on with their lives). 3) It's not only about Dragon Age, it's about the big failures that Bioware has had recently, like Andromeda and Anthem. 4) Absolution, the books, the comics, etc are not best sellers, they are only gotten by a niche within an already niche fandom. 5) if Bioware doesn't survive this you can be sure nobody else will/can do anything Dragon Age related again. The franchise will fall into oblivion.

Except Larian actually went there and let us seduce the Emperor for kicks if we wanted to. Absolutely sure they won't let us do that with Solas this time around. I'm not looking forward to having him monologueing in my head for a full campaign

@@ana_d_73 Very true, however I hate that guy so much (the Emperor, not Solas), I try to kill him every chance I get ;) that doesn't result in a game-over, I mean. Hopefully Solas is less intrusive.

@@ana_d_73 If we're able to go back and forth into the lighthouse, that means he's interactable.

Feeling the same unfortunately.

Same. I still want to support channels like this but man this game is a bummer 😔

Same. It sounds soo boring. Old team created Zevran, Alister, Morrigan, Shale, damn, even Ogren was good, and new one created Solas and now this dull bunch of companions. Its a tragedy.

The cartoon trailer made me go "ewwww" and the gameplay trailer totally killed whatever the hope I had for Dragon age 4 and the story conclusion to dreadwolf.

​@@Vera-yu9ehWhere is Sandal?

Thanks, your whole channel is fantastic!

Ikr, like you have another Brich level magical disaster on your hand and you send two rogue dwarfs? I mean, Varrik and Harding are GOATs and all, but they not exactly experts on sorcery. It would be more reasonable to send Dorian, or Cassandra, or Inqusitor, who had first hand experience with tears in veil and Solas himself.

for the love of God bro come up with an original joke please💀

2014 called. They want their jokes back.

Many theories indeed.

@@spellandshield It would be hilarious if it's revealed that Solas is the Maker. Edit - I meant that the actions that humans attribute to the maker turn out to be actually Solas's work.

@@KratosisGod It would be!

​@@KratosisGod. Very unlikely.

@@SeventhheavenDK You never know or it could even turn out to be one of the evanuris

Thanks.

That's okay, I'm beginning to wonder if Bioware remembers.😂. Each game the story is different. However, Origins was the only one that made (In my Opinion) us feel like legitimate badasses. Everything else afterwards felt contrived (Again, just my opinion).

7 members are okay, but only 2 party members (and Rook) is the real problem.

@@SeventhheavenDK Its crazy that and the idea U cant switch between members.

@@fliplife67 . Yeah, there are a lot of red flags IMO.

No point in discussing things that have no substance. Them obviously having no substance is the problem.

What games are pushing back against it?

Most people don't care about woke/antiwoke stuff. Wokeness won't kill a good game, but it truly does make bad games look even worse

@@homeostasis1103 True dat.

@@homeostasis1103 id argue people do care, look at the dying western games industry and thriving eastern one, not to mention all the woke gaming news websites failing and being shut down or bought up. Id argue you have a point but it doesnt encompass the entire picture. Drones will eat up whatever current slop is given to them by most gamers are hyper aware now of these agendas being pushed over gameplay.

Antiwoke people are woke themselves tbh. They whine and complain and change the laws to suit themselves.

Yeah, that would suck balls.

An elf who possibly also kills another dwarf near the start of the game.....!

True, generel rule in life.

Bad for you whiny 😂

"They" have ruined everything. Now, when people ask who are they, the answer is, "thems".

Just don’t pick them?

you know on old documents from decades ago they would ask you if you are a Mr/Sir, Maam or Mrs./Miss, sounds youre whining about stuff from ages ago. Do you also whine about having to wear seatbelts like they did in the 1980s?

I'm interested in how the story is gonna go but I'm gonna be using KZfaq to satiate my curiosity 😂

I played DAO when it first came out; I was 17. I'm 32 now, and I'm even more excited for this game than I was for Inquisition. Some of us are fans of the entire series (including books, comics, etc), and not just Origins.

Technically is as you say. Other people like the guy above my comment (WC PO) are the type that do not even like videogames, they just play to satisfy their need of romance and friendship simulators, that's why they don't even understand what is to have a good gameplay and story in a videogame, thus the comments of these people saying "I don't care about the gameplay in Dragon Age". These people just wait for the cheat mods and call it a day, or at least hope that the game is just a mindless hack and slash that doesn't need any type of thinking, like in Inquisition, these same people are the ones that are even happy that the tactical menu for companions was removed and the gameplay was dumbed down, like in Inquisition again, because God forbid them from using their heads to play a videogame, because these people real interest is to see who they will bang.

What’s wrong with being cautiously optimistic?

I recommend you to give a look at a game called Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. By the trailer alone it seems the game will play as TRUE RPG (unlike this Dragon Age wannabe called Veilguard), it seems really good, it's going to be (very) Dark Fantasy, and the gameplay and storyline look really interesting.

How do you think the lore was retconned? (besides qunari trannies, that was indeed atrocious)

@@AulisVaara just look at the Qunari, .. the Qun.. Look at the Dalish.. The fade and its accessibility, blood magic, reversal of wardens taint, reversal of the tranquil, etc etc etc... What do you mean how?? Its being retconned with each release! Its unrecognizable

@@jmmywyf4lyf When I ask for an explanation, you cannot just repeat what you already said. That's not an explanation. I need to know if there is actual retconning going on or if it's just in your head. When you can only repeat yourself, my conclusion is by necessity that it's just in your head.

@@AulisVaara I'm not going to sit here and do homework because you demand it. Go do your own damn research! I even listed several portoons for you to look into. Your belief means absolutely nothing to me. I could care less if you choose to believe or not. Holy hell, the entitlement!

@@jmmywyf4lyf "I'm not going to sit here and do homework because you demand it. Go do your own damn research!" *Makes claim. Doesn't back it up even a little. Leaves.* Okay, have a nice day.

Some people don't like to eat trash. But if you do, then be my guest. Bioware is well known nowadays, for cooking $hit to please people with low quality standards.

@@SeventhheavenDK you have no idea what the game is going to be like, no one does. You're just a "me too" getting on the hate train. You probably haven't even played the other 3 games.