Schmooples' Den! The DA News Discussion Thread

So, I've heard people say that Fable was more like Dragon Age than Dragon Age was. I finally got to watch the Fable trailer and I'm just like, really? Ok, the art style is more realistic but the tone of that trailer is basically The Office in fantasy land, it even has a whimsical soundtrack with flutes and whistles. There is definitely a more happy, cheery, low stakes feeling from the Veilguard trailer but the Fable one is the same.

It is an in-engine trailer, so I don’t expect it to be completely dissimilar, but one still shouldn’t read too much into the specific designs. Already the released screenshots seem to have toned down the saturation a bit. And this trailer was very specifically about introducing us to “the cast you’ll build connections with and adventure with!” Not a tonal touchstone for the story and world as a whole.

…Honestly I think maybe choosing bright purple as the key marketing color may have been a mistake, as it seems to contribute to these impressions.

I don't really agree. Both of them look pretty similar. 

Why is that worrying?  I take it to mean we’ll probably visit the Grand Necropolis.

Not always the biggest fan of skeletal imagery in general and the horror elements in general can be hit or miss with me. Like I am fine with a serious game in tone and for the most part I don't think DA has ever gone too far into the horror vein for me, more or less, weirdly enough...but the potential is certainly there for them to do. Like some of the stuff described in TVN it could work, but it might also very much NOT work. 

I actually think I have the same association, though I couldn’t point to anything specific.

It definitely isn’t a color I automatically associate with relatively self serious storytelling.

I hope Taash's long ass braid heralds good things for our pc hair options.

I will not be able to read the last 20 or so pages, sadly, but I am sure that there are people who are upset about the art stylization in the trailer. All I have to say is, you need to look closely at the environments, the clothing, and the high level of graphical fidelity. They made an artistic choice for the trailer, but that's not representative of the game. This game is gonna be gorgeous. Really, truly gorgeous. DAI 2.0 but with much better graphics.

I can't wait to play it.

I am absolutely living for the fact that multiple companions have visible prostheses, and this is vitally important to me as someone with multiple disabilities. Drack from MEA is important to me for the same reason.

I hope we get a night/day cycle like hinted.

I wonder if we are going to have wings as the Rook.

THE EVANURIS.

I must return to toiling the fields so that our harvest may be plentiful, but I'm amazed that we're here, and I am very much looking forward to the gameplay trailer because I think it's gonna knock our socks off.

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The trailer's biggest crime was making me feel like a boomer - it's true.

You have to look closely in the trailer, too, there are flashes of what it will look like. Really gorgeous flashes.