#TBH out of the two series I've had higher hopes for the next dragon age than the next mass effect
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I'm gonna be real with You guys, I've already been immensely concerned for the new Dragon Age, and the trailer didn't help much, unfortunately. I'm not a fan of the usage of stylisation in the artstyle - I have nothing against stylisation itself! I think it's a valid direction they could go with the visual side of the game. Matt Rhodes, who developed a lot of DA's visual characteristic definitely loves stylisation. The rejection of the photorealistic approach would lessen the scrutiny over the game's graphics and animations (and TBH, it would make it less probable that it'll immediately get compared to BG3 which has stellar mocap, something DA series isn't really known of).
The problem is that the stylisation is applied pretty inconsistently here, so the characters look like they're from different games. As far as the aestetics go, the promotional materials don't really reflect the direction BW said they were going to go with the next DA game - it was supposed to be a return to the dark fantasy roots of the series, and the colorful, flashy presentation doesn't really read as dark fantasy. It of course can very well be the case of the trailer not representing the game well - that yet remains to be seen.
My biggest concern, as always in case of RPGs is the plot, and You cannot gauge it from a trailer. Good for Harding to get more spotlight, though. There's never enough dwarves, and especially dwarven ladies. But overall, especially after the recent awful treatment of their employees, I'm not sure at all if I want to give money to Bioware.
#I'm just skeptical#nice to see the fandom waking up and people getting excited but#I'm tired and I don't trust the developer of the game#they seem like they don't know what to do with the franchise#two scrapped versions of the game don't give me much optimism#I guess I'm a bit frustrated because it seems so much effort goes into making these games AAA titles and they Don't. Have. To. Be. That.#they just need to be done competently and have good writing and they'd sell anyway#TBH out of the two series I've had higher hopes for the next dragon age than the next mass effect#The information about the new ME have just made me sad a bit angry and distrustful#I guess tomorrow we'll know more about the new DA
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