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There are some times I fully understand the negativity towards a game. There are a lot of call outs about Bioware that I agree with, but I had to call cap on some of this because I just didn't see it. Some people have been more reasonable with what their concerns are from some of the interactions I've had in the comments, so I understand more. It's just not make or break for me. Glad to hear it's died down a lot. I do expect another hate wave once the game comes out with clickbait vids saying "It's worse than we thought!", "Bioware is DEAD" or something similar lol

Personally, I don't see Dragon Age as anymore dark & gritty than the real world. There's been darker stuff in my family history than DA and the problems in DA are 10x easier to solve than anything in the real world. It's just not possible for me to see this as a dark & gritty universe. At least not as much as others seem to. If they did make the game more dark and gritty with a more solemn trailer, then you'd just have the other side of the fanbase upset it didn't have more levity. Bioware can't please everyone and trying to do that will just make the games worse. I honestly don't care which route they go as long as it's the game they wanted to make and the story they wanted to tell. DA2 & Inquisition both had the main character speaking without you getting a dialog prompt first. It's one of the reasons they added a voiced protagonist. I still prefer having an unvoiced character, but I understand why they changed it. In the gameplay demo, they mostly picked the stoic or direct dialog options for Rook. I don't think I can properly comment on it until I've had a few hours with the game. It makes sense for Rook not to have the option of choosing how to deal with Solas because both Varric & Harding are more experienced with the situation and know him better. They basically showed the tutorial area of the game which is usually very on rails, even in the other DA games and the Mass Effect series. The game could open up more after the sequence. There were also parts that were cut out that we won't see until the full game is out. I can see that concern, but it doesn't make sense to me as the story is never really ours. Control will always be in Bioware's hands just due to the nature of video games. The events in the comics do still happen regardless if Alistair is king as I pointed out in my video about him. They just had to pick a canon world in order to make other media about it to add more context to what happens between games. Oh man, sorry this was so long! I just really like discussing games.

@@areolsadventures I'm not going to question the darkness in your personal life, but I think it's plain to see that Origins, DA2, and even Inquisition are darker and grittier than what was shown in the Veilguard trailer. I really don't think we'd hear the Marvel-lovers complaining at all, since they seem to be the ones who blindly praise anything BioWare gives them. Besides there wasn't any real levity in any of the previous trailers. Morrigan's comment about freezing to death while digging for the bones of a mad woman was more of a cynical complaint than sarcastic snark. BioWare can't please everyone, nor should they try. But they should try to please as many fans as possible, and I think that means sticking to the greatness of Origins and the good elements of Inquisition. I can't agree with that. They have been hired to work on Dragon Age, but it isn't their franchise. It's ours. They should make a story that is intriguing and entertaining for the fans. The story they want to tell might be garbage, and if so, they should not be allowed to tell it. They should be fired and replaced. I don't think fans should want whatever BioWare feels like churning out either. We need to demand greatness from BioWare if they want our money. DA2 and DA:I had certain cases where the protag would speak automatically in a back-and-forth dialogue, but it was always after a prompt. The only case I can think of without any prompt at all was maybe during running around as if in party banter. For example, Hawke leaving the Chantry after Seamus was killed, or the Herald answering Varric that he didn't remember what happened at the temple on their way to the Breach. That's very different from Rook telling Varric they have to help the woman targeted by the spotlight, or Rook telling Harding he doesn't know where Dumat Plaza is. A fair point. The dialogue wheel might have more options in later parts of the game, but a gameplay demo should probably show us more complex dialogue options, not the more basic ones. Something I don't like is how Rook can't call Neve out on letting herself get captured, knowing how important it was they find Solas quickly. I don't know if the rest of the game is going to be like that, but sure would have been nice if the demo had showed something like this. Uh, you're forgetting two things here. 1. The whole point of Rook is that he's someone Solas doesn't know. Someone he'd never see coming. 2. Rook DOES deal with Solas, just that it's scripted. WE don't get to decide how Rook deals with Solas. The player should decide how Rook handles Solas. I agree that there were parts cut out. Neve refers to "Our Lady of Victory". That's probably an entire segment in itself. Running through Arlathan Forest is likely another area. The early trailer had Varric literally saying "THIS is YOUR story". So yeah, it is our story. Comic readers were concerned BioWare was overwriting our stories. Yes, they had to pick a canon, and they went with him as king. I think BioWare needed to make it clear that it followed their worldstate though. I do question how the comics still happen if Alistair is a drunk though. Isabela seemed to only help him because she thought she could get paid well by the King of Ferelden. And obviously a dead Alistair can't do any of what's in the comics. No problem. I like discussing Dragon Age too, and I've been known to make some long posts myself.

@@BelieveIt1051 See, my main point about the Veilguard trailer and comparing it to the old ones is how much those trailers (and most video game trailers in general) don't properly represent the games they're about. They hardly ever do. Being upset about a cinematic trailer seems a waste of energy. To me, it was just some entertaining visuals to show off the new companions and that's it. When it comes to the actual gameplay trailer, it lines up with the usual tone of the series. Even if it didn't show more than the more bare bones parts of the tutorial. A lot of people were talking like there was zero humor in the Dragon Age games. It does also have some goofy jokes and references in it, not just dark humor, like Isabella saying "I like big boats, I cannot lie." in Dragon Age 2 or even the little jabs they take at the fanbase for "complaining" about changes to the game by adding in some silly dialog about it. I look at video game design from the viewpoint of an artist. If I decided to draw in a different style because it felt more fitting for me and was more enjoyable, then people stated they didn't like the new style, I'm not gonna change back. They can consume the art or not, but if I'm forced to do something I have no interest in doing, the end result will be worse and not satisfying for anyone. I'd rather people make something they enjoy, other people that enjoy it will consume it and the people that don't can just move on. Like I said in the video, it's okay to not like the changes and not play the new games or move on to a different series, but we're not in a place to demand anything from them. A lot of people at Bioware have already left. David Gaider recently helped write a musical visual novel. People change and get bored of the same thing over and over again. A few hundred hours of our time playing a game is nothing compared to the years spent making them. Rook's dialog to help the woman could be due to the personality trait made from previous choices or it could even be because the one they played as was part of the Shadow Dragon faction which helps escaped slaves and tends to fight for people like her. Choosing an Antivan Crow background might make the dialog go differently or whatever choices you make before that point. There's just too much we don't know right now, too many unknown variables for me to form an opinion on it. It would've been interesting to see how the storyline would pan out with the other ways Alistair can end up. I understand the worry of Bioware overriding the world states people made as they did retcon Leliana's death for some people, but I believe they stated a long time ago they tended to lean towards the more popular choices when determining which ones to carry over in the next games. That's also another reason I think they need a total reset with a new age, it's not viable to keep so many varying choices and try to have them be meaningful. I also don't believe in blindly buying something just because it was made by a company (or person) you like or has made things you've enjoyed in the past. I'm buying the game day one because I wanna see how the story goes, not out of any loyalty to Bioware.

@@areolsadventures Yes, and I understand your point. They don't properly represent the games. My point is they hyped the games up by looking dark, gritty, and intriguing. Veilguard looked like an advertisement for a Pixar movie. It repulsed fans. It didn't hype us up. It's not a waste of energy because the trailer needed to give a good impression. All it did was turn people away, and it gave us a look at what kind of people BioWare has working on this now. They showed poor judgement in approving that trailer. Yeah, DA2 dialed up the jokes, and DA2 is considered the worst in the trilogy. I don't think the trailer was disliked for the idea of jokes, it was disliked for not being serious. It came off as comical overall. If you want to be your own artist, that's fine. Game design is about delivering on a product people want though. If the audience doesn't like it, then the developers have failed at their jobs and should be fired. Fans shouldn't be told to move on. Fans should get more of what they want. The devs should move on. Dragon Age is for the fans, not the employees who are hired to develop the franchise. It's not okay to not like the games or not play them. That's a bad thing. That results in the franchise being cancelled. The customers are the ones with all the power. We can demand whatever we want, and we should demand quality content. This isn't about Veilguard being different, it's about it being crap. Could be, maybe, possibly. That's all speculation. All we know is what the demo showed. And it showed NO OPTION for the player to choose what to do. It showed Rook speaking for the player, and it showed Varric overruling him. Is the game more accommodating to player choice? I hope so. But according to the demo it's crap. Then they need to tie all current plots up and give us a grand finale. The time skips just end the plots without any closure. I understand wanting to see how the story goes. I on the other hand am not confident that they are taking the story in a good direction. So I think I will wait and see how the reviews are first. At worse I'll just watch a UA-cam series on it to get any lore or story info.

If I bought DA:O or DA2 based only on the cinematic trailers, I'd be very disappointed in the games I ended up playing. The characters don't even look the same from the Sacred Ashes trailer. The original lead writer for Dragon Age stated he took inspiration from Joss Whedon's writing style. He's also the writer behind some of the most popular companions from the series; Alistair, Morrigan, and Dorian. Those "MCU" elements and inspirations have always been in the series. There's multiple lines in the Human Noble origin with those kinds of jokes. It's not as overt as it is in Marvel movies, but it is there.

@@areolsadventures david gaider inspired from the works joss whedon such as buffy the vampire slayer the tv show. the entire dragon age is inspired from Game of thrones and lord of the rings and other stuffs as well. When you are strictly comparing Trailer which stays near to the material from DAO to DAI there is no way you get a Hero shooter vibe or any other genre since the tone remains the same. DAO sacred ashes trailer never indicated its a hero shooter to say it does miss the points completely. no one buys the game based on trailer completely the gameplay also factors in. The DAV got this much of back lash because the marketing team behind mistook the clue what dragon age was and tone and colors for the game does not match Red and grim Which is dragon age known for. Also companions introduction did not match the aesthetics of DA, also character models was not that good.

@@BlazingTiger5000 I think we actually agree, just to different degrees? My main point of showing the trailers was to illustrate how they've never truly represented the games themselves. I believe they were all done by a 3rd party. The framing of all the characters using abilities and doing over the top stuff is a very hero shooter thing to do. Only thing missing is the name cards going across the screen. Meanwhile, the actual gameplay was slower and more tactical based. DA:O & DA2 came out during the time people thought making your game with mostly brown and other muted colors made it more realistic, so it's nice to see them add more color to the games from Inquisition onwards. I think the character models are fine, especially after seeing them in the gameplay video. They just lean towards Matt Rhodes' artstyle more, which is why I pointed it out. I saw multiple people stating that quippy dialog was not part of Dragon Age, which is just false. Why I bring up that Joss Whedon's writing style has always been more on the quippy side, Buffy is a good example of that. There are also multiple bits of dialog throughout the series that echo this. Which doesn't mean the game is not dark or grim in any way, it is. Just not all the time as people seem to think. When I think "Dragon Age" or Bioware in general, grim fantasy world is not the first thing that comes to mind, it's the companions. They clearly want to lean into this more in Veilguard.

I've never been able to get into The Witcher, so I can't speak much on the difference. They definitely dropped the ball on the choices making a meaningful difference in Mass Effect. The final mission in ME2 had the highest stakes

@@areolsadventures The crazy part is the game sounds like they downgraded a lot of it to take this long to make.

@@fliplife67 The game we're getting now wasn't worked on for 10 years. It's been restarted at least once and the team went through a lot of struggle along the way. Part of that struggle was butting heads with EA to keep it from having "live service" or multiplayer elements. Part of why I'm not putting a bunch of expectations on it. I honestly just want them to start fresh with a new Age in Thedas.

@@areolsadventures It would have been nice if they did start over and make DA games to stand on their own instead of being compared to Mass Effect.

And that's totally fine! Bioware isn't the only company making dark fantasy and I'm sure even more will pop up now with the success of Baldur's Gate 3. If this game does well, Bioware will most likely continue down this road. I'm sorry it seems you won't be getting a game similar to Origins from Bioware, but I do hope you can find one that is. If you haven't checked them out already, you might like the Pathfinder RPGs or Pillers of Eternity.

You're welcome! It sucks that information is kinda hidden away if you didn't read the novel. If Alistair isn't king and you ask the mages for help with the breach, you get him & Fiona at Skyhold and she still doesn't mention anything to him! I think you get some vague dialog from her about Alistair, but that's about it.

@@areolsadventures i kinda hate that lol i wish it was in the story. What an amazing side quest that would have made.

@@ph4y33 It is frustrating how a lot of story arcs are fleshed out more in the books and comics. It would have been really cool if by saving Fiona and reuniting her with Alistair, she ends up sacrificing herself in the Fade for him or ends up having a bigger role in some way.

@@areolsadventures i agree that would have been so intense but beautiful. Would of had me crying lol

Glad my silly rant helped you! I'm sure there's more than what I went over. but these were the most prevalent things I've noticed. I hope you're able to have fun with the new game! May your day 1 glitches be few or hilarious

@@areolsadventures same!! Im excited to watch your videos about it

@@ph4y33 Thanks! It takes me awhile to get videos up because of my full time job, but I'll probably do a "first impressions" video after spending a few hours with Veilguard. Next big one I'm working on will be about Dante from the Devil May Cry series.

@@areolsadventures ooooh fun!! I look forward to it! 😁 and no pressure, real life comes first

That's all we can hope for, really

Honestly, greed has been an issue literally forever. Being part of EA does cause Bioware issues as they had to fight to keep multiplayer out of their game. Most corpos don't even understand why people buy certain genres of games, they just see that one made money and had a certain feature/mechanic and wrongly think adding that to ANY game will make it profitable

My problem with those characters is they always tend to make them arrogant or overly rude, so I don't really want them around in my squad. They also tend to force that character on you if you play a male avatar which is super annoying. I also don't find anyone physically attractive, though. So could very much be a me thing as to why I don't see the appeal.

​@areolsadventures " different strokes for different folks." I do find such female characters attractive as game offers escapism. So i conclude that Bioware has become less inclusive towards some of their old fans with such decisions. However, I am still willing to game a chance for the overall story and hoping for some kind of miracle. Just very cautiously curious.

GOOD WRITING would have gone a long way.

@johnwayne4911 Yes. And a lot of other things if we go into detail. But since the game hasnt been released yet, we can't say anything substantial with certainty.

@@marcomongke3116 I do agree that Bioware has changed a lot since the days of DA: O and even Baldur's Gate and that has ostracized a lot of fans. However, I do think it opens up more room for another company to take on those elements Bioware used to have without being stuck in their shadow. I'll never fault someone for being cautious when it comes to any kind of change. If this game doesn't deliver what you want, I hope you can find one that does and maybe even better than what Bioware did.

It's definitely one of the darker moments in the series! I dread the day we finally see a Broodmother redesign, but that day may be fast approaching

Always nice to hear how much video games can help people. Hope I was able to do one of the main companions justice with the video!

The next one is gonna be well over an hour long, so it's gonna take a few months to make😵‍💫

For real! I have a renewed appreciation for the character after making the video

Mantis Shrimp is an all time favorite. Once saw a video of being kept as a pet and it punched a crack in the glass of it's tank 💀 Let's hope this game is good because it's quite unique when compared to other character action games!

I really hope nothing bad happens to him. This game got me stressed

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

Sounds pretty rad, TBH

I get the feeling they rushed the ending because a bunch of plot points got rapid fire closure with no meaningful development. Had so many questions about not only the main cast, but the side characters as well. I think the story might have even been better if it started off with the end of the world concert and then rest of the game is the aftermath of the asteroid hitting and everyone isn't insta dead

Thanks for explaining! That makes more sense now. Would love to see what the devs could do with their own universe and characters since the team does display a lot of talent and skill.

@@areolsadventures They actually are working on a couple of original games. Look up "I wani hug that gator".

@@areolsadventuresHonestly makes me wish to see what they could have done with a a legit trans character like Sage.

Thanks for the info! That's wild considering how close the personalities of Fang and Reed were. Not sure if that's a good guess or saying something about the general character design

Wished they would've specified where the parents were because it's hard to believe they wouldn't try everything in their power to be with their kids during the end of the freakin' world; especially when they can FLY

@@areolsadventuresexactly!! Even if it was socially taboo to fly when planes were developed I would of had the parents try to fly out to see their kids

@@Privateharvest It would have been cool to have the parents try to get home as soon as asteroid news came out and keep getting updates on their journey home only for them to not make it there in the end. That would've made the end bit much more emotional.

So people mentioning that fangs parents can fly. You guys need to consider that just because you can walk, does that mean you could go from Canada to Florida on foot? With only what you can carry?

@@StarBlue42 That's why I wish they had mentioned more about where the parents were. They show that cars are still working and boats may be as well. Having the parents try other avenues with each one failing and then trying to fly/walk there out of desperation would have made for a much more compelling moment.

It's so disappointing, almost like no one could agree on the direction of the story or characters. Persona 3 did the whole "teens face the end of the world" thing so much better. Thanks for watching! Hope I made it a bit more entertaining for you.

I've heard a little about that situation. While 3 years can be considered short for game development, that's usually for big, 30+ hour RPGs. Can't imagine why a visual novel needed that much time and money for a 7 hour story

And we're outdone by a bunch of randos on 4Chan in a years time.

Can totally see that because Fang acts more like a jealous partner in regards to Trish and Rosa's relationship. It's super weird

Which pretty much confirms the L&L sections of the game were pointless, literally didn't amount to anything.

Thank you! I was definitely done with this game. Think it took less than 10 hours to beat, but felt like 30 hours. Luckily, the game I started after this, Beacon Pines, already feels way more interesting. By the way, hope your project went well!

Legitimately thought it was intentional at first and it was the game showing Fang panic and fail the audition, but nope, can't do anything that interesting. The worst part was realizing the mini game's only point seems to be keeping the player busy so they can play a full song without someone getting bored and skipping it. Failing had zero consequences and doing well just gets you an achievement.

Same here, which is why I pushed myself to finish the last bit in one 3 hour sitting, was totally checked out by the time L&L came back around. I wouldn't blame you for not watching the other episodes because it does not get better. Thanks for sticking with me this far!

@@areolsadventures Your pain is shared and I applaud your bravery. I'll definitely keep sticking around. I just can't watch through all of this. I definitely try though.

That is something I noticed Snoot game does better. When they aren't being edgy for the sake of edge, the characters have actual reasons behind their behavior and there are consequences for poor actions. You see the tension grow between relationships and see them blow up when not addressed

@@areolsadventures Agreed. They feel much more natural and I think they are incredibly well thought out and three-dimensional characters. Their good and bad sides make sense when you look at their backstories and realize who they really are. I don't really think they're edgy for the sake of edge really. A lot of the characters are flawed or use certain humor or slurs as coping or defense mechanisms or are simply uncaring or unaware of how it would hurt other people. It's something that happens in the real world too. Also does this mean you already played Snoot Game? :)

@@517342 I can 100% see the dialog as just teens being teens, but I haven't noticed a lot of people talk that way since the early OOs. I think that takes away from otherwise solid writing and it would've worked better if it was toned down a bit. On the flip side, GVH played it waaaaay too safe with their dialog which left it feeling empty and unimportant. I didn't play Snoot game myself, but I did watch Bluestar42 playthrough it while editing GBH videos, it was nice to have that side by side comparison!

I agree. It's like none of the characters in this universe know how to properly communicate with each other, except maybe Stella. Which is most likely why the dialog feels so awkward and bland. Fang's 'all or nothing' attitude is their biggest bane and causing so many problems. I have a suspicion that the writers wrote different moments for Trish saying she's leaving the band based on choices, but it got scrapped at some point. Then no one remembered to rewrite the scenes/didn't have time

I realize that in episode 5 I believe. Then I start to use the correct pronouns 👍

Been watching a playthrough of Snoot game and it does feel like an alternate realty. Except Fang is basically the same in both

L&L should have either been a one off event to play through or made it focus more on Reed and have it be a way for him to express himself and his concerns to his friends so it actually has some payoff. As it is currently, they were better off cutting it from the game and using the resources elsewhere

@@areolsadventures That's the perfect way to put it. It drags on for too long and overstays it's welcome.

I always say it to a fan of Warhammer 40k, a role-playing game, this part frustrated him so much that I called them nerds, almost the entire segment complained a lot, they didn't see the fun in its addition. Literally that part is enough for a person who could say "hey that happens in the games" or half interested in a campaign and I give them green gray hair.

Unfortunately, I don't have the time or funds to play it, but I'll be watching Let's play of it since it connects to Infinite Wealth

This game feels like it's held together by wet duct tape. Full honesty, I had to rewatch the vid to figure out what you were talking about because I seem to forget the events of the game almost instantly if I'm not actively playing it 🙃

Funny seeing you here. 🦞👍

It would have made more since to have Trish's pet, Mango, spew bug juice all over it during practice. It would have added to the whole strained relationship part of the story. Instead they went for plot device nail polish that had no other purpose to be there lol

@@areolsadventures that's a way better idea! most of the conflicts are just caused by Fang being selfish.

@@StarBlue42 True! Fang would be a lot more likeable if we saw valid reasons for them lashing out