Post by colfoley on Sept 27, 2024 8:16:14 GMT
Brainrot aside though... it does surprise me to how many people it seems to come as a surprise that DAVe is going to be a very Solas-centric game, and that this is not a recent development, but something reliant upon years of planning. We've had Trespasser. If there was any marketing material, it was usually Solas-centric, and all the things they revealed so far suggest a very Solas-centric game. Heck, the game itself was called "Dreadwolf" until they switched it very recently!
....Like, how is that a surprise to anyone, at this point???
(I know they said they wanted the focus to be on the team but I think most people who play Dragon Age games would expect that by this time. It was obvious that it was such a late decision or why give the team a name that is so similar to one of the factions? Has anyone who has played the game mentioned how often it actually refers to the team as the Veilguard in dialogue as opposed to just the ability screens, etc?)
And really I'm not sure how much we could expect the same based on things.
Dragon Age Origins focussed on the Origin stories and thus the Warden.
DA 2 was basically the story of Hawke's Exodus from Ferelden.
Dragon Age Inquisition seemed to establish the pattern that they were going for here because the Inquisition was the name of your organization and hence party, much like now with Veilguard.
But the overall point here is that, despite the importance of characters and companion characters to BioWare and Dragon Age as a whole their games really haven't focussed on them. Indeed for all their importance to BioWare we rarely have gotten full quests on the level of the ME loyalty mission(s) where sometimes our quests in DA just get resolved in a single scene. And coupled with the issues Anthem had, which didn't really have any comapnions at all just quest givers, and it makes a lot of sense for BioWare to restablish themselves in the first place and then in the second place they also had a point in stating the mission statement of the game.
Like who this game is 'about' is getting a lot of attention lately. And as I have mentioned that since Epler, Ghil, and others have all said its *about* Solas I have to conclude that it is still *about* Solas or he has a role in the story. Nevertheless though the two game titles really does add an interesting twist to this. As I said at the time calling it 'Dreadwolf' conjured images of it being like Infinity War. It was Thanos's story...it is Solas's story. Which is fine in a way but also unprecedented in BioWare's history. BioWare has never made a story about their villain. And then with Veilguard we have Epler and co going about how your team and the protagonist defines it, not your enemies. Which I ultimatley approve of but its kind of fascinating to consider based on everything we know.