Schmooples' Den! The DA News Discussion Thread

I've been talking to a friend who is a fan of Origins and has stuck with II and Inquisition, even though it's not his cup of tea.

He is unaware of all the releases since the Inquisition and just watched the trailer. RPG die-hard fan, male, mid-30s, white, straight... The target demographic for this kind of title.

He can't get his head wrapped around the title after the trailer because he doesn't feel like it's a dark fantasy game. He mentioned The Witcher and how this is the tone he expected.

I feel like this might be a common opinion around this target demographic.

I tried to show him some of the concept art and a couple of ideas they worked on Tevinter Nights, but I feel like the game will be hit or miss with this public.

I’m not sure about the straight man comment. I’ve already seen some men complaining about Taash looking to masculine. It’s looks like the same group that didn’t find Casandra feminine enough is about to complain about Taash.

I'm not sure if anyone here agrees with me, but looking across the board on Reddit, 4chan, ResetEra and Tumblr, it seems like an overwhelmingly incredibly negative reaction.
I'm surprised myself there's so much positivity around the game here - maybe we're a bit more obsessive compared to the others?

Here are a few of his posts...

I don't recall actual wings being in the old concept art, but I could be forgetting!

I kinda hope it's not Lucanis though, because of the inevitable comparisons to Vax from Vox Machina.

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Ah there we go. You can see whoever it is in the bottom right hand corner.

I do think the issue with the quippy part of the trailer is that it wasn't matched or filtered by other parts. Alongside the fact that the direction of the trailer, with how the companions were introduced, seemed to fit a hero shooter game.

I do hope the gameplay part is going to showcase the game well enough.

You know the mob, it's outrage first, articulation later. 

Yes, but some games have suffered consequences for a negative first 'reveal'. 

I think this kind of trailer would've worked better as a later one, after people already saw how the game looks and plays.

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So, after a bit of separation, I watched the trailer again. This time with the music turned down, and kinda closing my eyes and looking away during the weird splashy namecard parts. It doesn't seem quite so Disney Pixar as it did the first time around. I'll reserve judgement for Tuesday, but I feel a little better about things.

Good catch! I thought that was a spell halo...