Things I Think I Love; Things I Think I Hate

I wonder if the elf will be telling rook, hey rook you're getting cold, hey rook you're getting hot, hey rook, there are some materials nearby that can be used for crafting. Hey rook to get you free of this trap, I will have to stop your heart. With my power of the eyes I have, I should bring you back to life. Hey rook, I can change your voice to open this door.

Whils tI personall yapperciated his warnings as it reminded m et okeep an eye on m ylif esupport. I could see why he was annoying for some.

I never felt like I was being led by it. Ryde rstill fel tlike the ywere capable of makin gtheir own decisions to me. Sam always felt like moe rof a nadvisor that was just along fo rthe ride

Hate/ don't like/ not sure

- I hate with passion the word shadow dragons, it's so dumb and so anachronic. We went from this impressive word " the lucerni " to " shadow dragons " af if we are now playing some GTA game or Mafia video game set in China. They couldn't find a much better word or more exotic, coming from latin language for example in Tevinter ? Is it because they think it will attract the 14 years old kiddies ? Geez. That name bothers me so much that It could entirely prevents me from playing a native in Tevinter, while it has always been something I wanted. It will depends on how much attractive this faction could be. So far that doesn't give me the will to join this faction. 

Please Bioware don't ever do that again. Find other ways to attract kiddies. Having that sort of name in a dragon age game is ridiculous. 

- I hate all these flashy things during combat, it seems bioware didn't take into account the complaints about that with inquisition. It's not even beautiful to watch when you look at the combat, it seems like a mess during the fighting.  

- I'm not sure about the combat itself, didn't look tactical at all, and the companions barely helped Rook and barely hit the enemies. But I'll wait more gameplay to judge the gameplay and IA.

- What happened to the design of demons and darkpawns. Is there any other franchise where the design of enemies keep getting worse than the previous game every single episode ? So far, the best darkspawn still come from dragon age origins, especially dragon age Awakening where the design of darkspawns was at its their best. A game released in 2009...... They can't do better than this game after 10 years of working on the game ?

- Why is everything purple ? That's quite ugly. Is there at least some meaning ? 

What about the sound of the fighting during the gameplay demo ? I felt like I heard mass effect 3 pew pew, during combat against demons, it was a little disturbing. Maybe that was just me so I'm not certain about this. But I really hope that's not the case.

Like / love

I'm not sure about the artstyle, but it will do, the graphics however look very good. The game will be probably very beautiful. That's a big point for them. 

Love : character creator/ being able to choose our bodyshape, better hairstyle the transmog, origins and factions that are back, I love the american voice of Rook. Will probably use it for my character . Most important, apparently Bioware crafted carefully every single side quest, no more fedex quests like , go search my cat, without anything to do with the main quest. That would be wonderful. But wait and see, I need more proof about that. 

As for the rest, I'll wait and see. As usual, the big thing that can make me like a game or not, it's above all the writting. there is nothing more important than the overall writting.
I can be very tolerant with a lot of things I don't like, if the writting can at least make me forget them. The writting itself however, that's where I will not be kind if it's bad. 

Fair enough. It is rated M. I could give them that. So instead of 14 years old, let's say young adults between 18 and 20 years old.

Nowadays isn't an M-rating how you market to 14 year olds...or 20 year olds for that matter...cause boobies and butts.    Sexual content is more likely to earn that rating than murdering a bunch of baddies.
This is where I stand...and hope that the M-rating is more about adult writing than blood splatter and booty calls.

For the first time I am probably going with the American VA because I prefer Jeff's voice to that Alex Jordan. Not that his voice sounds strongly American to me, at least not in an annoying way. I agree that it has a lighter, younger sound to it. Also, I believe Alex was the one voicing Rook in the game play trailer and it sounded just a bit too rough and gravelly for how I envisage my Rook.

Overall all though I think I like their choices for VA both of Rook and the companions, so won't be gritting my teeth every time I hear a particular companion speak.

Bryony Corrigan is hilarious in the Goes Wrong show. Granted her best bits were physical comedy, but still, I’m probably going to pick her voice for my Lords of Fortune Rook. I don’t choose British VA that often so pretty pumped about it.

I don’t know if there’s a Dragon Age companion with a voice I actively dislike. I can think of a few for Mass Effect, though. Maybe Leliana, especially in Origins, she doesn’t always sell emotional beats well. And Bull sometimes sounds like a horned James Vega, which can be distracting.

Reminds me of ME3. It was the best place to start playing a trilogy.

I would rather have Harding explain stuff. No reason to have Varric do that.

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I always found the tutorial to be surprisingly difficult myself, due to low level guns, few abilities, and how easy it is to get surrounded at certain points. So I feel you on Andromeda, ha. Low level in general tends to be the hardest parts of most game since you're limited in your options.

Likes:

- Harding if course
- You are not a religious paragon figure anymore
- the factions sound pretty adventurous
- Neves film noir detective feeling

Dislike
- combat doesn't look good, I'm afraid, it will feel more like ME combat
- 3 abilities and 2 companions is not enough





What is wrong with her face? I find her quite attractive. And I agree with celestielf about being a warrior woman and protecting my boobs.