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Post by The Elder King on Mar 29, 2023 4:09:42 GMT
His responses don’t give me much confidence. Also guess this game isn’t as far along as predicted here since they aren’t even content-locked. He still hasn’t started worked at this point in the game, it seems, so those are just his opinion from the outside, I guess. Depending on what people were predicting. DAI wasn’t content locked a year before release, given that the Crestwood demo they shown at PAX and beyond the year before release shown a part of the game that completely changed, as well as other things. And likely some content was cut, given their issues on developing on old Gen. I don’t expect DreadWolf to come out before a year, at least.
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Post by The Elder King on Mar 29, 2023 3:59:15 GMT
Inquisition’s combat was a sign that their desire to satisfy fans of a more slower-paced, tactical combat and fast-paced action gameplay wasn’t going to work. It was clear to me that they had to take a decision and move in one specific direction.
I’d have preferred them to return to their roots, and the loss of party control, if true, will sting a lot, but I’m not adverse on concept to an action-based gameplay, provided that it’s good, and I do agree that personally it’s isn’t a core feature of DA.
DreadWolf will likely go through the same thing FF XVI is going through, with the fanbase split on its gameplay and how a part of it doesn’t believe it’s FF any longer.
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Post by The Elder King on Mar 28, 2023 23:14:14 GMT
So I asked Mark Darrah on Youtube in the comments section of his latest video if his coming on board signaled that the game was in bad shape? I have his response: Mark Darrah on Games Mark Darrah on Games 36 minutes ago I have every confidence in the state of the game.
Ok, that's from Mark. The state of the game is fine.
LOL !!! Aah... Mark the diplomat. From a pragmatic viewpoint, that statement raises a red flag. Notice he did not answer the question but sidestepped it.
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He was asked if the state of the game was bad, he said he had every confidence in the state of the game. Unless you think he worded that way to seem he think the game is in a fine state, but in reality he meant ‘I have every confidence in the state of the game being bad’, I don’t see how that comment could be interpreted as negative. Mind you, it’s just seems his opinion from an external point of view, before he has actually seen the state of the game; I don’t think he actually knows at this point the way the game works and development is going on. I'm a somewhat worried too admittedly, less because Mark is now onboard and more because of what I saw in the leaks. I'm still sooo afraid that what we saw is what we will get, I struggle seeing myself enjoy the gameplay anymore. Like, I'm playing Kingdom's of Amalur Re-Reckoning at the moment (never bothered finishing it when it was released) and I'm struggling a bit with how limited the amount of abilities are... and that's still more by far then what it looked like we'd get in DAD. While I'm enjoying KoAR now it's not because of its combat, it's because I don't really care about the story and want something pretty straight forward with some RP elements, but that's decidedly not what I want for DA. I’d say that it’s a separate concern from the fear of development going bad. DreadWolf’s development could be smooth and the game be released in a fine state, and even be good, but there could be drastic changes in gameplay, like the leak shown. We don’t know how much that gameplay will hold for the final release.
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Post by The Elder King on Mar 28, 2023 18:16:42 GMT
I think there could be reason of concern, given the issues the game had/has in development, but I don't see why EA would bring back Mark to *fix* a mess when the last time it happened (Anthem), he didn't. As I said in the twitter thread, this isn't a knock on him, but more of a statement of the mess Anthem was in. I believe Mark Darrah very capable and near magicle with what he has done with Anthem. So yes, my conslusion is that is why he is brought back. I believe there is hardly a game there. I have no problem people believing in this project nor Bioware, I just don't. At best players will get a Dragon Age 2. Chances are it will be better than Anthem due to being a SP game. Me personally, I expect a subpar game not years in the making but a year in the making and all the consequences that come with it just like Anthem. I think you’re free to believe what you will, and to not have faith in BioWare. I do think there are concerns overall, but if the game is in post-production,I don’t see how there’s hardly a game…whether the game is good or not, that’s something I can’t say before they’ll show something. I’m not debating the quality of the game, but the fact that they’re in a similar situation now to Anthem’s. Again, I’m not criticizing Mark’s work on Anthem, but even if he managed to ship the game, we can most likely say that Anthem wasn’t a success; we can definitely say it wasn’t for EA, so his value, in their perspective, for a similar situation, wouldn’t be high. In any case, he offered himself to work as a consultant, so it doesn’t seem, at least, that they were as desperate as some said to ask him to come back.
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Post by The Elder King on Mar 28, 2023 13:41:23 GMT
Yep, I am totally skeptical now. These goons dragged Mark Darrah out of his retirement to help them finish the game. LMAO, they needed him to finish Anthem, and now he's back to finish Dread Wolf. This man is a beast. Yep, getting the same vibe. Mike Darrah proved himself to get a debacle of a game into shape, to be, short lived sale viable! No wonder all the features Bioware were known for are stripped. Seems, the downfall of Bioware is still rolling downwards at breathtaking speeds. If Bioware had any self respect left they would mothballed themselves. I think there could be reason of concern, given the issues the game had/has in development, but I don't see why EA would bring back Mark to *fix* a mess when the last time it happened (Anthem), he didn't. As I said in the twitter thread, this isn't a knock on him, but more of a statement of the mess Anthem was in. Was Anthem shipped? Yes. I don't think EA' intention was for the game to just be shipped, though, but to be turned in something successful, which it definitely wasn't. Now they'd bring him back Darrah in a supposedly similar situation: why would they have confidence he could succeed this time? If Dreadwolf is in a similar situation of Anthem, nobody is going to fix anything, although the game could have more then a year left in development, I guess. The DA team managed to pull it off with Inquisition with that timeframe, but Anthem was in a much bigger mess. I'd also say that there is zero evidence that 'all the features Bioware were known for are stripped'. The only thing we have some knowledge of being different is the combat, it it remains similar as the leaked gameplay was, and I wouldnt' define that as 'every feature Bioware is known for'. I do think howewer, that Darrah's role and job, based on the article, could be related to the drastic change in gameplay, as it might not look like 'Dragon Age', in that regard.
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Post by The Elder King on Mar 28, 2023 8:24:59 GMT
With regards to Mark coming back, I'm a little torn, as the last time he was moved onto a project to get it finished & out it was Anthem & we all know how that fared. Hopefully my brain has just gone into "sky is falling" mode & this is nothing too serious & he's just there to advise, guide & teach, but I can't help but be concerned. Either way, we'll find out with time. My thoughts on this This is definitely the first thing that came to my mind, expecially with the addition that the ME team is now helping in shipping the game. The two situations are also similar in the regards that both games weren’t shown a lot during development…although DreadWolf’s team didn’t assemble a mock-up video and made it look like actually gameplay. I’d also say that, given what happened with Anthem, I don’t think EA would’ve brought Mark back to fix DreadWolf, if the game is truly in a similar situation to Anthem’s because past experience shown he wouldn’t be able to do so (which is not a criticism of Mark’s work, but an indictment of the state Anthem was at the time). I do think, given the time they’re taking to show off the game, that there’s a mix of extreme caution (expecially considering past experiences in showing off games when they were not ready) and some (hopefully past and not current) development issues; hopefully Mark was brought back only due to his experience with the IP and maybe the fact that they don’t have a senior developer like him for the role. The way the article worded his role/reasoning to be back makes me think about some radical changes compared to previous games, though. Given that the game is still going to be SP, the most reasonable option would be the gameplay, which might mean it’s not going to be much different, in concept, from the leak we got. It’s an interesting topic to debate, as it’s separate from the state of the game in terms of healthy development, as well the quality of the game; it’s similar to what is happening with Final Fantasy XVI, which looks like it could be a fantastic game, but a part of the fanbase isn’t keen to the drastic changes in gameplay.
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 23, 2023 23:50:04 GMT
I was hoping for this to be eventually released on PS5, I didn’t think it’s be released at the same time of the PC version.
I’ll definitely buy it. Not sure if I’d go for the CE of DDE.
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 6, 2023 1:09:12 GMT
Shallow strawman? No. Nobody wants to touch the squad-based mechanics thing? To me, that was the heart of what I loved about BioWare gameplay. Not entirely hidden mechanics, but also easy to miss and not game-breaking if you did. That is what is being killed by games like MEA and potentially now in DAD. DAI had them! Anyways... I am less interested now. That doesn't mean anything about my potential purchase has changed - it was and remains potential. But hype factor, for me, has been damaged and apathy is death. I do think it’s going to hurt then if there no squad-mechanic features…although you mention MEA and DAI, but if they’re going for a more action based gameplay as it seems, they might compromise with something similar to the the ME trilogy. I’m going to hold my judgement until a full reveal, hopefully later this year, given that it seems the build was played early in 2022, and it’s possibly a November 2021 build, based on what was said on resetera. Not that this means things are necessarily going to change, but 2 years is a lot in game development. I thought, in any case, a shift towards an action based gameplay was likely. I’d have personally preferred a more balanced approach and I hope for more party control (and/or deeper tactics then Inquisition), but it’s not the end of the world for me. I’d like, in venue of the leak, for BioWare to show something so that we’ll know for sure, one way or another, but I think it won’t happen before June. Oh, the build is as old as at least very early 2022? That gives me a bit more hope as it would have been relatively recently after the move from mp to sp. Maybe that means the pause button and more abilities can be added. Still really scared we won't have full party control, but maybe I shouldn't lose hope completely yet. It seems to be that old, yes. Again, it doesn’t mean they’d had added more stuff, but in 2 years things could’ve easily changed.
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Post by The Elder King on Feb 6, 2023 0:46:28 GMT
I’m going to hold my judgement until a full reveal, hopefully later this year, given that it seems the build was played early in 2022, and it’s possibly a November 2021 build, based on what was said on resetera. Not that this means things are necessarily going to change, but 2 years is a lot in game development.
I thought, in any case, a shift towards an action based gameplay was likely. I’d have personally preferred a more balanced approach and I hope for more party control (and/or deeper tactics then Inquisition), but it’s not the end of the world for me.
I’d like, in venue of the leak, for BioWare to show something so that we’ll know for sure, one way or another, but I think it won’t happen before June.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 10, 2022 3:57:58 GMT
E3 might be when we'll see the DA:D trailer AND a release date. Keep your fingers crossed! I have this eerie feeling of deja vu... If the game is going to be released in the first part of 2024, I don’t see another reasonable date then EA play. TGA are too late, and while it’d be technically possible for EA to drop the trailer at another venue, not having it at EA play would be a bad sign. Given the past history, I’d say that being skeptical is better then being too optimistic, but if they’ll skip EA Play/June I think there’ll be good chances for further problems in development, they are outside the issues caused by the shift of the project. At least FF XVI comes out shortly later then E3/EA Play, so I’ll have something to take over any possible disappointment related to DreadWolf.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 9, 2022 22:57:15 GMT
I am somewhat unsure on whether I want juiced-up Meredith to show up in Dreadwolf, or have her stick to the scope of the show (assuming a second season is actually in the works).
I have something of a theory that Dreadwolf's combat is gonna be very different from previous games, and if it does turn out to be the case... man, giga-empowered Meredith would be just the kind of boss scenario I'd want to see. For your information, a person on the resetera's thread about the alpha milestone mentioned that he beta-tested the game and that it was more action-based, I think mentioning God of War as a comparison.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 9, 2022 15:57:55 GMT
I think people's frustration comes down to Bioware's promise that this is the year they'd finally share something, but they haven't actually revealed any more than in previous years. This is the extent of the substantial information we learned about the game in 2022: - It will be called Dragon Age: Dreadwolf.
- It hit alpha this year (so it probably won't get cancelled/rebooted yet again, is the subtext).
That's it. I guess they said Minrathous would be in the game, but like Solas playing a big role and the new protagonist, that has been all but confirmed since Trespasser. I realize game dev is difficult to predict and all, but I can't blame people for being upset when Bioware's marketing keeps leading them on. Let's face it, DA isn't a World of Warcraft or Elder Scrolls popularity-wise; it is a C-tier franchise at best. It is impressive that it still has a fanbase, eight years after the last entry in the series, and Bioware constantly releasing merch and tie-in media for it while refusing to keep quiet about a game they clearly have nothing to say about yet reeks of desperation to keep that fanbase from scattering to the four winds. I agree. my frustration stems primarily from the fact that they explicitly promised this year they would give more and substantial information - I do not count a title, a cinematic rehashing what has been said countless times over the last half-decade or so, and a few more concept art to be substantial in any sense of the word. I would not have been disappointed had they not indicated that they were planning to give more info in 2022. I think there's the chance that EA/Bioware believed they'd be further in development now then they actually are. Maybe they thought they'd hit the alpha milestone sooner, and they'd have enough concrete and definitive footage to show at the end of the year; they might not want to rely on CGI or in-game cinematic trailers that don't rapresent how the game will look upon release. It's also noteworthy to mention that, if the game is truly going to be released in 2024, that they want to show the first in-game trailer close-ish to release, as Jedi Survivor did (from the first trailer to release it'll be less then a year, I think).
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 9, 2022 15:51:34 GMT
I wonder if part of their marketing strategy in relying on these established characters is to drum up sales for the previous games, since they're a ways out from having a new revenue stream. There are only two established characters that we're definitely sure they'll be back, and one of them is a central, if not the central, character of the story, which was set up for future games for such a role years ago, when I doubt they thought the next game would be out almost a decade after the last one, and when their reputation wasn't as troubled as it currently is. I also don't think Dreadwolf will be successful if they won't be able to capture a new audience before release. Which they clearly haven't so far, but I don't think that the success or failure on this would be based on what happened so far. If the trailers, footage and gameplay will look good when it'll be shown, it's definitely going to capture the interest of people regardless of the troubled development.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 9, 2022 12:49:33 GMT
Wait, was this the year they were "excited about sharing more information" about Dragon Age? I tend to lose track of corporate marketing hot air being blown at me after a while. I suppose it's another year of cryptic tweets by certain Bio employees about having really productive thoughts about the game while sitting on the john or some such. Their constant reliance on established characters like Varric and Solas gives me the feeling that they don't have much confidence in whatever they're cooking up right now. This only appeals to the most hardcore fans, those that are still hanging onto the franchise over eight years later. Oh well. Here's to next year. This time. This time they will do it right. Given that Solas’ presence was a given due the plots they’d explore in the game, I don’t see how and why they wouldn’t rely on him. It’s a matter of preference, but I wanted them to explore more of the lore and past of the setting, so I don’t mind this at all. Varric is definitely used to appeal to fans, in their view, so I get your point…although I don’t see how they’d have used a new character in the way Varric did without showing and talking more about said character, which might be too early, and woud lead to questioning while they didn’t talk and show more of the setting, the protagonist, the game instead of having a new character talking about Solas. It’s a complex situation, and as I said months ago, the shift to SP wasn’t likely smooth and without issues, and that’s without considering possible other issues the development is/was facing. The alpha milestone is good and all, but without more informations and actual showing of the game it becomes cheap quick enough.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 9, 2022 12:41:35 GMT
I think people's frustration comes down to Bioware's promise that this is the year they'd finally share something, but they haven't actually revealed any more than in previous years. This is the extent of the substantial information we learned about the game in 2022: - It will be called Dragon Age: Dreadwolf.
- It hit alpha this year (so it probably won't get cancelled/rebooted yet again, is the subtext).
That's it. I guess they said Minrathous would be in the game, but like Solas playing a big role and the new protagonist, that has been all but confirmed since Trespasser. I realize game dev is difficult to predict and all, but I can't blame people for being upset when Bioware's marketing keeps leading them on. Let's face it, DA isn't a World of Warcraft or Elder Scrolls popularity-wise; it is a C-tier franchise at best. It is impressive that it still has a fanbase, eight years after the last entry in the series, and Bioware constantly releasing merch and tie-in media for it while refusing to keep quiet about a game they clearly have nothing to say about yet reeks of desperation to keep that fanbase from scattering to the four winds. I don’t think the frustration/disappointed is unwarranted. The shift to SP, howewer big it was, definitely caused slowdown, and possibly some issues. I think it’s possible that they thought to hit the alpha milestone earlier when they make the announcement of informations being revealed this year. I think that the fear of showing something too soon before it’s definite, whether it’s the in-game models or characters or cities, is a concrete possibility, given their history. As well as the pressure of showing something that is definitive and set in stone, but that looks rough due to being a early build is also concrete. No metter the reasoning though, the situation is indeed frustrating, and it’s unlikely to be resolved soon, as I doubt the game will be shown before June, at best.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 9, 2022 12:14:55 GMT
A Bio no show. That was unexpected and disappointing. At best, I was anticipating a cinematic teaser based on the game story. Nary a word or a peep from the studio.
Hmph... On the positive side, my guess is Bio wants to avoid another Anthem trailer (1st one). ... great marketing show but not delivered by the game by any stretch of the imagination. That cartoonish DA4 trailer given to us a few days ago is all the information Bio was willing to give their fans. I wonder why?
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If the game is going to come out in 2024, it could be too soon for them to shown in-game scenes, whether this would be for fears based on previous events or issues, we don’t know. I disagree on the part about them not saying anything, though. We can debate whether the blog was the right way to do it, or if they should’ve been more explicit, but the blog did mention that the video was the last ‘content’ or information from the game this year.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 9, 2022 12:11:05 GMT
At this point I'm convinced that either BW's marketing team is headed by retarded monkeys, or that they don't have faith in their game, as all BW have done is recycle the same info year on year with vague promises of 'more next year'. Surely, even if the game isn't out until 2024 an in-engine shot should be shown by now, hell, the skyline of Minrathous with Qun at the gates would set the tone, still, let's see, but as time goes on & nothing gets shown, I'm more & more inclined to keep my money just my thoughts The possibility of the project not going well is there, but the same goes for them for now wanting to show anything that isn’t definitive in tents of in-game graphics. Granted that possibility goes out of the window if their next trailer won’t be in-game with actual scenes from the game. I’d say some issues were definitely present, as a chance of director and the shift to SP might’ve not gone that smoothly. It’s also possible, even if the situations are quite different, that EA wants a similar campaign for DAD of Jedi Survivor, at least by considering the starting part the first in-game trailer for DreadWolf.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 9, 2022 11:40:03 GMT
it’s BioWare that wasn’t great in this area in the past. Final Fantasy XVI shown footage in the first trailer that was a couple years removed from the trailers shown this year, which have updated scenes from the first one. Greedfall's gameplay trailer from almost two years before release was almost identical to the final game. But small budget titles don't have the luxury to stray from a set vision. Bioware has been spoiled by big budgets and explored too many variations, ending with barely any time to iron things out for release. Fingers crossed DAD didn't stray much for the past few years. I’d say big budgets isn’t the main issue, but big development issues at the company, which were well documented and mentioned by former devs. Darrah talked about it in relation of DAI as well. Anthem was a very unique case as they didn’t have anything and made something just for EA Play for the first trailer, with no substance behind it, yet. Again, big companions with big budgets don’t have to follow through the same issues BioWare fell through during the recent projects, as FF XVI demonstrated. Hopefully by not showing anything before they’re close to release (aside the last video, but I don’t think it’s the same as showing in-game graphics, cutscenes and gameplay) they’d avoid those mistakes.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 9, 2022 11:34:41 GMT
They posted the link to the blog on Twitter. If people use Twitter to get their informations about BioWare/games, the link was right there. Other companies and famous actors/people deliver informations and updated by linking their own site or other media to Twitter, I don’t see the big issue in BioWare doing the same. Or they could, and hear me out on this, simply write that they won’t be there in the tweet rather than leaving a link where that one vague sentence is buried in a mountain of text. Just a thought. I think they could’ve and should’ve been clearer about their lack of presence at the GA. I disagree that they should’ve necessarily put out that part on Twitter. Many companies and people use the same approach, of linking informations on Twitter without outright putting the information on the latter, I don’t see the big issue with it (and I have an issue with the notion that you *have* to outright tweet something to make it official).People assuming that just because they didn’t tweet it didn’t mean that they said something about it it’s not their fault. They still linked the information on Twitter, as many do. Again, I do agree that they were unnecessarily vague, but I think that if people would’ve read the blog/they sentence was tweeted, a lot of people that still hoped BioWare was at the GA wouldn’t have believed so. But the information was right there, linked on Twitter.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 9, 2022 11:20:16 GMT
What more is required to convey that message? While some people raised the possibility of them being at there regardless and be all like 'haha surprise' the message on the video was pretty clear, at least to me, that it was going to be the last we would hear of Dragon Age for the rest of this year. Well at least in terms of Dreadwolf. *eyes Absolution* Doing it on social media plain as day instead of buried in a blog post most people will never read would be a good start. They posted the link to the blog on Twitter. If people use Twitter to get their informations about BioWare/games, the link was right there. Other companies and famous actors/people deliver informations and updated by linking their own site or other media to Twitter, I don’t see the big issue in BioWare doing the same. I truly hope this is a sign that Bioware learned their lesson (DAI, MEA and Anthem) and won't be showing misleading trailers until they have something solid to share. The Anthem example was especially bad since it was a completely fake "real gameplay" trailer I’d say the release being not that close and them opting to not show something too soon, before they’re sure their content is ready to be seen, could be combined reasons for the delay. Although to be fair, you could show content months and years before release that is still present at release, it’s BioWare that wasn’t great in this area in the past. Final Fantasy XVI shown footage in the first trailer that was a couple years removed from the trailers shown this year, which have updated scenes from the first one. Anyway, I think there are good chances they’ll shown more definitive content next time. I do think they won’t show only a cinematic one.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 9, 2022 11:02:34 GMT
I get that the blog post didn’t outright state they wouldn’t be at the GA, but it was also pretty clear that the last thing they’ll show/talk about the game would’ve been the video.
I understand being disappointed that they didn’t show more, or that they weren’t more explicit, but I think a reason why lots of people still expected something was due not reading the blog post/the ‘information’ not being posted on Twitter, as if the latter is the correct way to deliver said info. They still linked the update on Twitter, so it’d have take minimal efforts to find the blog post.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 9, 2022 4:15:06 GMT
I'd say on paper, there'd still be chances for them to release the game in late 2023. They could follow a similar approach to Jedi Survivor with a full trailer being shown, for example, at E3/EA Play, and a dense marketing campaign that'd end in November 2023, even if I think it's more likely that the game will be released in 2024.
I do think there are good chances that the next trailer we'll get, whether it'll have gameplay or not (maybe they could have a combo with two different trailers at EA Play, like Inquisition did years ago), will be in-game and not something like The Fires Above trailer for Inquisition.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 8, 2022 17:05:09 GMT
I wouldn’t personally make much of whatever is happening to the site, to be honest. While they didn’t explicitly stated they won’t show anything at the GA, their blog update for DA day seemed like a confirmation of that.
Is it possible that they stated that they’d end the year with the video shown a few days ago, to make it more surprising if they’ll show something today? Yes. But I don’t see the reason behind it, to be honest.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 7, 2022 21:41:29 GMT
I'd say it'd be best to not consider any of the 'companions' concept arts as actual companions. While some might end up being such, we don't know if they were ever thought of being companions, based on what Weekes said at the time.
Also, although this is strictly my opinion, I think a few of those concept arts, at least, where from when the game was worked on as a live service game, so a those characters might've been showing off different player characters.
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Post by The Elder King on Dec 7, 2022 0:05:04 GMT
Haven’t read the last couple of pages, so forgive me if it’s already been mentioned. Apparently TGA have listened to peoples complaints about the length and will be ‘significantly shorter’ this year. If this is the case, EA probably wants to focus on the bigger games and that’s why we got more than expected for DA day instead. please no The blog update for DA Day mentioned that they'd end the year with that cinematic, so it was highly likely already they won't show more at TGA. Why does it matter if a voice is recognizable? Massive snip If it's something more akin to Duncan's introduction in Origins, Varric still makes more sense to be the one narrating that part, given his role in the upcoming game. Dorian still being connected to the Inquisition in some form doesn't mean he's as tied and knowledgeable of Solas as Varric, but it's beside the point. Bioware chose Varric to the tie-in character from the Inquisition to the new protagonist, which is likely why the video we got, which is something that will be present in-game, was narrated by Varric. Dorian's role in the game will likely be tied to a different plot.
The best excuse I can think of for using Varric is his tie to (and possibly guilt over) bringing the lyrium idol to the surface in the first place. If the search for the idol is a major plot point they may well use him to give some history on what little we know about it and how powerful it is. This could be a way to tie Varric to Dreadwolf, if they simply didn't decide to bring him back as a tie-in from the Inquisition.
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