Dragon Age: The Veilguard obtained a trailer at yesterday’s Xbox Video games Showcase. Whereas loads of individuals (myself included) are very excited, there’s additionally been a whole lot of criticism.
The trailer depicted every of The Veilguard’s companions in a lighthearted, Borderlands-esque method. This has drawn criticism, with individuals saying the collection is shifting away from its darkish, gritty roots.
“I actually do not thoughts the artwork course, however I hope to f*** this is not going to be the tone going ahead,” a commenter replied on a thread expressing disappointment with the trailer. “This trailer felt like one thing for a D-tier MCU movie, no sense of weight or scale, far too irreverent in tone and supply…”
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The ‘Thedas Calls’ teaser from December was extra in keeping with what individuals anticipated. A large battle, a compelling antagonist and really excessive stakes.
“I am actually hoping that is only a dangerous trailer and would not truly replicate the tone of the sport,” one other commenter stated.
One other ache level for individuals is the artwork fashion of the trailer, which is not like any of the collection’ earlier entries. It is fluffier and extra ‘cartoonish’ than individuals within the thread anticipated, and comparisons to Fortnite and Overwatch are frequent. That being stated, Dragon Age trailers hardly ever observe the identical visible fashion as because the completed product.
“I am getting generic MMO from the artwork fashion,” one commenter bemoans. “A number of the designs are genuinely horrible. Taash (the feminine Qunari), specifically, appears horribly designed,” says one other.
“This was nothing just like the 2020 trailer which regarded a lot extra grounded and proper in tone. I am actually hoping this was a advertising and marketing error,” a commenter replied.
There might but be hope for the individuals important of the sport’s tone, as individuals who have gotten their palms on The Veilguard have solely constructive issues to say concerning the recreation, saying it is as gritty as Dragon Age has ever been.
Business insider Shinobi602 stories that, from what he is seen, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is “completely nonetheless loads, darkish, gritty, and an enormous step ahead in high quality for the collection.”
Quite a lot of these considerations can be put to mattress (or exacerbated) after we see quarter-hour of gameplay on BioWare’s stream on June 11.
