Dragon Age: Dreadwolf (Title reveal)

A place to talk about DAD, no not those kind of dads, neither those and not these either. I mean Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. Sorry, it will take a while before I accept the acronym and I'll probably be making jokes for a long time about it.

That new "image" is very purple and I agree with others, it's the color of Pride.

The stony logo is very interesting and I feel like I've seen it before? Although, maybe it wasn't Dragon Age that was spelled with similar "fonts".

I get a dwarven thaig vibes form the rest of the background, which is also interesting, because you think the Deadwolf would focus on elven stuff considering who he is.

Fandom. Fandom never changes.



I know the collected fandom is starved for information and this really doesn't fill it, but the level of misguided divination over a single, marketing board is truly something staggering to behold. I'd like some of you prognosticators to shoot me your surefire new company stock picks based on company name and one slide. I have kids going to college so surely you can pick the winners only from that. Sometimes, the color purple is just a set of wavelengths, or what the CEO liked, or a Whoopi Goldberg movie.

As the Bard said, "A rose by any name would smell as sweet." A good game with an underwhelming title is still going to be a good game. If the game were named Dragon Age: Asshole (which for some, it already is) and was a very good game, I would still play it and I get the feeling you would to. Why don't we give them a chance to actually show us a game before we start with the pitchforks, torches, and Star wars memes?

Just some thoughts from behind the plate. As always, thanks for your time.

I like the game's title. It's not like DA games ever had particularly creative names.

They wanted DAD as acronym and not DADW. 

The game title reveal is quite similar to DAI's title reveal too. The only difference is that there was no leak that prompted the blog post this time.

Replace "DA games" with "Bioware games".

Even Baldur's Gate was just the name of a location

Right there with ya mate! This little snippet of music completely sums up everything I’m hoping DAD(lol!) will be - mysterious and grand. With a slight hint of ancient sins creeping in to shake everything we know to its core...

...Obviously I’m colouring this epic tune with my own bias’. But man am I hoping that the whole soundtrack is like this. We’ve just had two games worth of southern politics and mage/Templar conflict. It’s time for the REAL meat (ie. the blight and ancient “god” spats) to take the stage! 

Remember the name Dragon Age literally came out of a name generator then they had to put dragons in the game later bc they realized ummm our game is called Dragon Age and thats why Archdemons are dragons; Thedas was an acronym for The Dragon Age Setting that stuck. Dragon Age II is the only one randomly with a number in the whole series. DAD and Dreadwolf seems onpoint 😄

And only because an EA exec insisted.

My understanding is that 'Exodus' was the preferred title in-house.

Some thoughts after letting the title sit for a couple days.

1. I hope there is some significance to Dreadwolf being one word and not just that they wanted the DAD acronym. The blog posts asks us what Dreadwolf could mean so maybe it isn't as straightforward as it appears.

2. I love how the blog post is like we did hint at his return in 2018. I mean they hinted in 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2020 before now. Not so much a hint as beating us over the heads with his return.

3. I'm glad they didn't go with DA4 or just Dragon Age.

4. When I told my husband the name, he thought it sounded cool. He doesn't play the games but maybe this name will appeal to new fans.

5. However my husband did say the purple background and neon logo seemed out of place. I'm thinking the neon may be for magic with how we've seen Minrathous represented in the 2020 trailer but still unsure how I feel about it. It kind of gives off cheap mobile game vibes to me.

6. The DA website hasn't been updated at all that I can tell. Wondered if they might update the blurb or header.

7. They said they will talk more about the game this year. Will it be at a big event or another random drop? DA Day we will probably get something and I think The Game Awards has a strong chance. Otherwise highly doubt Summer Game Fest next week since they could've dropped the title there. Gamescom maybe?

See my comments further up the thread. Purple has been strongly associated with spirit magic from the first game. The Arch-demon's breath attack was purple flames that do spirit damage (which is also the case in Last Flight only far more deadly). Purple is associated with the Necromancer class in DAI, which also involves spirits and death magic, so that would seem fitting with the Dreadwolf persona which seems lethal to anyone who encounters it in the Fade. I think this could be an aspect that features more strongly in Dreadwolf.

It is the weekend. Maybe they'll update on Monday when they go back to work. 

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