| Otter said: Yeah, first trailer was essentially their attempt at Marvel-fiying the DA universe. It's clear they wanted to shift to a po-corn, fantasy romp but the franchises audiences were not here for it and it certainly wasn't well received enough to attract a new one either. |
It's so missplaced watching it for a second time, in DA:I all companions but the default 3 you get are optional. Making out like "We need to get a team together." for like some grand adventure, meanwhile the grand adventure is "The world is literally ending, stop infighting and help fix it."
| Mnementh said: I've seen that there are people that seriosly like it - they just seem to be mostly people that didn't like Dragon Age before. This seems to be the takeaway: it is a different game, not a Dragon Age game. |
This is much to the argument me and some others use when talking about modern FF verses old FF. There are many people who have picked up and enjoyed more modern FF games because they are more action based but they weren't interested in them as turn based. Yet for me as a fan of turn based, I've basically not bought a new FF game since 13.
This DAV is vastly differently to Inquisition and 2 but comparing it to Origins? Night and day practically. It's pure action based for the most part with some random choices thrown in, it lacks many customisation stuff, stat points, management of companions (who are immortal in this), resources and for my personal tastes the graphics were far too cartoony and the lore changes were just seemingly changes for the sake of them and actually hurt the overall world building (and told is the worse way) and the touchier subjects from previous entries? Nope, not a thing.
One of the main asks by the reddit community over on the sub for the DA was for the blood mage specialisation to return, fat chance.
| Mnementh said: Veilguard shouldn't be a Dragon Age game, if it was a new IP it would've seen much less pushback. Because for what it is, it is acceptable. For it is a generic action RPG. Nothing to get upset about, nothing to remember five years from now. The only upsetting part is that it follows previous entries that set a tone which now is broken. |
I fear if it was a new IP it would have had it worse, especially with knobbends "it's woke therefore should fail" bullcrap that the internet generates. IGN gave it an 8, which is a fair score, most response to it is the same too, it's a good game. Yet, as you've perfectly put it, just not a good Dragon Age game.
Over on the sub, the best thing I've called it and will stick with that is that it was 'safe'. DAV was safe, generic even, by the numbers. Dragon Age should not be that.
Hmm, pie.
