6 Reasons The Veilguard is good | Dragon Age

[@jasonhammitt8660]

I can't wait to play this. I'm 49.

[@ImpGoose]

Cool! That's really great when you have something to be excited about. Can you tell why the marketing campaign didn't affect you? :)

[@jasonhammitt8660]

@@ImpGoose I guess because I understand how each game has to iterate so art style and changes to combat don't bother me so much.

[@jasonhammitt8660]

My entire family is obsessed with this franchise.

[@ImpGoose]

I can relate to that haha. I guess we were obsessed from the other side of this subject, though...yet how great that we met here to discuss it! If you are up to more obsessive chats, jump to our current convos about blood and vampires in my latest video. We are theorising some really cool and fun stuff regarding lore-accurate vampires in Tevinter!

[@daunted2322]

Personally, I think "turning your brain off" or similar, is a disservice to your experiences, and that one should value the answers it took so long to reach.

[@artorhen]

I mean, I turned my brain off pretty often while playing origins on hard mode too. Veilguard might just make the gameplay more involving. It is hard to judge just based on visuals without knowing the mechanics and feel of the play style.

[@daunted2322]

@@artorhen Sorry, I don't understand what you are getting at. I don't think this was an, Origins vs Veilguard thing, being critical applies to all games.

[@artorhen]

@@daunted2322 well, we can be critical of the previous games, but so far this game isn't even out and we just saw a trailer. I know that people get anxious whenever Bioware especially releases news on something, but there's not much to be critical of in a game based off a trailer. I definitely haven't seen people react this way to a mere trailer before.

[@troubadour0663]

@@daunted2322 I turn my brain off when fighting bosses in Elden Ring. Doesn't mean the bossfights are a disservice. Sometimes you just need a purely kinesthetics approach to gameplay driven by muscle memory

[@daunted2322]

@@troubadour0663 You still think of what weapons you use, or if you are ready for the fight, so much goes into fighting bosses, before you enter the arena. Anyway, Dragon age has never been a game where you flail against enemies for hours until you do it.

[@pauklyx]

I've been looking at the comments on this video and I think people are way too wrapped up in their nostalgia and refuse to give Veilguard a chance. People are making such outlandish statements and are disappointed in seeing things that CANNOT BE SHOWN WITHIN THE FIRST 20 MINUTES OF THE GAME. And the thing is there's nothing wrong with being critical of what you're seeing. Me personally? From what I've seen, I'm honestly worried about the combat, I genuinely feel like it might be a hindrance for me, however, I'm not letting that dampen my hopes, and I'm simply waiting for more information to come out to ultimately cast my judgement. I get that people are worried, hell, before we got any information about veilguard I was worried too! Especially when I found out about the massive layoffs. But basking in negativity and immediately writing off the game as trash when we still don't know that much about it is NOT the solution. Like you cannot immediately reach the conclusion that the game will be trash and that Bioware is dead just from a trailer and a gameplay reveal that shows only 20 MINUTES OUT OF POTENTIALLY 50-100 HOURS. I've played through inquisition, da2 and I'm currently playing through origins for the first time, and I feel like a lot of people have formed this warped perception of origins based on nostalgia and go on to straight up spew incorrect information because they're scared of change. I don't even consider myself a "dickrider" for the games because I legitimately have a LOT of issues with Inquisition for example, and yet I don't regret playing the game! The only thing we can do is to simply wait for more information to come, wait for the game to actually come out and then we can air out whatever frustrations we have because right now? We only have breadcrumbs to go off of, which is not enough, and I wish more people are willing to be patient and hopeful.

[@ImpGoose]

You are right about nostalgia. The funny thing is that it appears only in old people :) Thanks for joining this conversation with an open mind and reasonable opinion. I wish more people tried to understand each other's feelings and worries and tried to communicate to find a collective solution. Unfortunately, I see that many people are more triggered to write that I'm an idiot than curious to watch the video and form their opinion. I'm not even mentioning including The Child archetype in their perspective, hahaha. That's okay. We shall see what DAV brings us. I will not stop making videos about it :)

[@eduardomacedo8937]

Nah, money sums up everything in the triple A industry. Once it fails EA will just throw it aside and follow the next trend. This game is like this simply because of Fortnite and the modern socially safe paradigms

[@JoJo_759]

I guess im just a grouchy old man at 36 😂😂 yelling at the kids to stay off my grass. Ive been gaming for most of my life and in recent years i have found more disappointment in modern games than enjoyment when it concerns the IPs i grew up with. I have become less forgiving of the same "mistakes" being made. Maybe i just dont like change, especially when the change turns something i love into something i don't even recognize. I admit that i do have extreme bias when it comes to the things that have helped shape my life but dont we all? I do have hope for new IPs by independent studios while wishing and praying that they dont sell out to the big publishers.

[@ImpGoose]

Yeah, I think all have this in them. It just makes us alive...human even! The thing about the lawn and grass is so true though, hahahah

[@EarwineSeaman]

I don't think that being old is the question to be honest. I love a good Zelda game where the thematics and art concept looks and feels more childish/creative. When I need a more palteform type of game I look for Castlevania or Mario game. I just think that Dragon Age as a franshise as build a fandom whose expectations of tdark and mature CRPG/RPG . I've read all the books and graphic novels and I could never have expected for Minrathous to look almost like a modern city. It looks nothing like those I've seen in the graphic novels which bummed me quite a bit. I also think that the truth is that the art direction for Dragon Age have change drastically ever since they started using Frostbite engine which wasn't adapted for a CRPG game at all. With EA pushing the staff of Bioware to create games that was more and more mainstream DA lost it's old creators who left Bioware to pursue their passion elsewhere. Now, only new staff who knows how to create more mainstream games work on this franshise. Hence why we ended up with Veilguard. I suppose we can say that DA is entering a new era that it's fanbase can no longer recognize.

[@ImpGoose]

New era 🥹 It's a very touching way to say that

[@Kross415]

The problem is changing it while still using the same name, Star Wars, Lord of The Rings and many others have the same problem, you cannot just use the name for marketing and expect the people that loved it in the first place to love the new thing that is part of the universe/world just because it shares the name. I don't think it has anything to do with age. I would not go into Hello Kitty expecting to see blood, gore and darkness and its fans don't expect it to change into that either. They want to make a quirky light hearted action game? Sure, just don't expect me to get into it just because you call it DA and don't call me crazy when I point out it's not DA 🤣

[@adamszitas8564]

No, this is pure copium. And I understand also why > You waited 10 years > You seen the successes of Divinity, Pathfinder, Rogue trader, FUCKING BALDURS GATE 3 (which the same type of people who work on DA almost ruined act 3) Then you seen the leaks and the game looked like shit, the combat looked like the most GENERIC SLOP you see on mobile phones But you tell yourself "those are just leaks" and soldier on, hoping against hope the series you dedicated your life to WILL be returning to its core And then you see Phase 2 Marvel from wish trailer, and you deep down realize. It is pure, unfiltered, shit. But you STILL hold on "the gameplay reveal will be good!" And then you see the leaks were 100% true, the combat is generic buttonmasher mobile game esque fortnite event combat. The writing is marvel level idiocy too with Varic "Someone has to sell Solas a better option" and then proceeds to cry and beg with "Muh people die Solas" All this time, deep down you KNOW Bioware is dead, the game is shit and all that is left is to run away, have a good long nights cry about how woke r-tards ruined another franchise. Just like with Star Wars, Marvel, Witcher, LoTR, now Warhammer and many many more P.S. DA was NEVER woke, just cuz origins had a gay character or you could be gay in DA2. These things are different from deliberately kicking people out who had talent, but wrong opinions. Just like with most western media companies

[@MagnustheRad]

This is mostly true, but take into consideration that this series has fans that come for different aspects. If they nail the wrighting and characters (romance), this will please a lot of fans who play the game for that content. The people coming for the gameplay will most likely be disappointed, but hey, every instalment has been a kick in the groin for them. The game will probably do ok but not great, and people will look to the next game, and this one will fade away.

[@adamszitas8564]

@@MagnustheRad I will start by saying Magnus did nothing wrong, and mean it. To address the points, yes the writing *can* be good and hit a certain audience. But DAO didnt hit a certian audience, DAO created a fandom overnight. All they needed to do was to look at their bigges success and learn from it. Instead they are just shitting over it

[@MagnustheRad]

@@adamszitas8564 None wrong has been done yes, the series had a start and those fans carried the franchise out the gate. People should keep this in mind when replying tho the sames fans concerns. If im not remembering wrong, this was also a hot topic for the DA:I release and i do remember Bioware adressing that they were trying to cater to those fans to by introducing the tactical system in that game (its not good but they tried) I was just stating my points because people tend to not see past what they think Dragon Age as a franchise is and if they get what they want, The fact is that as a product, they might be improoving some aspects that some peple want but removing major aspects other people want and at the end of the day, its a lesser product but the people who dont care about the gameplay wont start any time soon and will be happy with what they get.

[@lx-Athena-xl]

Cool fan fiction 😂

[@kaziaamir3199]

Back in my day we loved the campfire noise and music during fixed conversation from origins. Respect your elders....BOY! Eh? What? Girl? I ain't deaf sonny!? Now where is my oatmeal...

[@NandoRedrum]

I'm 47 and looking forward to playing it.

[@ImpGoose]

Oh, that's so cool that you commented! Could you please share how you made up your mind and why the presented marketing campaign didn't affect you?

[@NandoRedrum]

@@ImpGoose I played the previous games when they released and basically enjoyed them all even though they were kind of different from each other. Veilguard is just the latest iteration in the series' evolution and I'm interested in seeing how the story continues.

[@ImpGoose]

@@NandoRedrum oh, I wish I had that kind of flexibility nowadays! I'll try to find wisdom in your ways... Your Kung Fu is stronger than mine

[@carole5648]

i'm 40 and i'm excited :)

[@samurai_d_phil613]

Your title is triggering 😅. It's not so much that we don't get it. Here are reasons why: -I'm from Haiti and moving to America give me access to things I never experienced properly like video games. DAO was one of them, it's how I dealt as a young immigrant. I fell in love with the IP. -America thought me about how much better things could be, DAO and Bioware thought me about standards -The worry doesn't come from DAV, it's comes from the general decline of gaming. And so anything that looks like most of other modern games -We as a fan base, like you, kept this IP alive. We deserve to be respected. We deserve a better game. - Imagine demanding better, Imagine a world where we don't consume just anything we're given. Imagine how much, much much better this game could be -If we want to give a younger generation something life changing, shouldn't it be better than what we had? Shouldn't our kids deserve better than what we were given? All in all I hope you don't take as an attack and I actually like the way you approach this. We as a community NEED to voice louder so that corporate companies (that don't care about us) can do better. In the end the only thing that drives them is money Looking forward to more content

[@ImpGoose]

I just realised that being old might be the core problem for me ahaha. Of course we want better for the future. I think that the biggest thing we have achieved as a society is that childhood lasts longer than 1 century ago. It's the reason why we have such passionate debates over the Dragon Age. My mother would have spent all her time in the kitchen or at work in a half-ruined building at my age while I can work from home and enjoy takeaways when I feel like it. Let's see what this game will make to the future and thanks for your comment! :)

[@GentlemanGrey]

“Sour and old” Haha no dear Goose, You're in that age group where you have seen plenty of new modern RPGS and been disappointed with them. They just don't make them like they used to and we've noticed over the years. The choices got my concern aswell, I feel optimistic about the game ahead but your lovely breakdown of the gameplay had me thinking. We just need to see more, We will and maybe hopefully be pleasantly surprised. I still believe that some game devs, Indie Devs to be exact, Do know how to make a quality RPG game like BG3 for example. BG3 will now be an inspiration to developers in the future, We will see. Thank you for your words Goose

[@ImpGoose]

Aw, you're so sweet! Thanks for this comment. Solas once said, "I've seen too much, but I've done so little." That phase shook me and probably shifted my personality a bit. Haha, it would explain the previous videos. I want to stay optimistic as well. Hopefully, this video will channel the people who strive for the same emotion. Hope tastes better than anger after all :)

[@GentlemanGrey]

@@ImpGoose Even Solas got emotional and angry, It's okay goose 🙂 Try not to have that anger and let it pass

[@alexfrank5331]

PC Gamer said it best: Larian made the DA4 everyone wanted. Bioware is dead. Its souls have long left its body. EA is playing necromancer with its corpse.

[@craycoco7747]

EA killed most of their games, Need for Speed, Battlefield, Mass Effect and the Studios that got closed because they pushed for the release, nobody should buy anything from EA anymore, all the Devs that made the good games left. Cant even call them Bioware anymore and you cant call this Dragon Age anymore, should have called it something different. As a Dragon Age it will fail for sure.

[@ABD-pc3jf]

Dont you mean they are playing "queeromancer" as the director of the game proudly displayed in their bio

[@craycoco7747]

@@ABD-pc3jf I dont even know how and why that guy got hired that only pushes his agenda, i got enough backlog games to play so its not that bad. Just a shame that we get THAT after 10 years.

[@ABD-pc3jf]

@@craycoco7747 Totally agree. I won't be picking it up. In fact, I just restarted DA:O. At least I can still play that.

[@samurai_d_phil613]

@@ABD-pc3jf I’m usually against the agenda pushers but she took it down immediately after the backlash on the trailer. Every other time they go out of there way to talk about it in interviews and socials. Calling us names. I think the fact she took it down means she wasn’t at the very least trying to shove it down our throats. Also Dragon age was always pretty queer it was the story and characters that they usually handled best. I’ll give them a chance

[@alecgunter8515]

The lilt and cadence of your voice along with your vocabulary is mesmerizing Coupled with diving into my favorite universe that is Dragon age with shared sentiments that i have. Im here for it and this is seriously great video and audio surpassing all the other channels addressing this topic

[@ImpGoose]

It's such a sweet compliment ✨ Thank you! Hope you'll have a great time watching more DA content!

[@Vyndrall]

It is commendable to want to analyze a situation by trying to adopt a more neutral point of view. The difficulty is that the arguments made tend to fall apart, particularly on the color palettes used. The problem with Veilguard isn't that it's a bad game (especially since we've seen very little of it). Its real problem is that it strays too far from the themes of DA Origins. People tend to focus on visual colors, but I think that's a mistake. If a remake of Dragon Age Origins with Veilguard colors were to exist, it wouldn't really change the mood of the game. Dragon Age Origins is a C-RPG which introduces us to a dark, bloody and violent world where the elves are ostracized and at the same time proud (Dalish), the dwarves attacked for centuries and mired in their traditions, and the humans so absorbed by their political games that they forget the urgency of the situation to the point of endangering their kingdom. Not to mention the mages who are both considered second-class citizens, a threat, and used as tools for their great effectiveness. This results in the Dalish tormenting a forest spirit in revenge on the humans, dwarves plunged into a war of succession and immobility, the betrayal of a human king in the middle of a battle with the darkspawn, and a tower of circle having plunged into madness and paranoia. Dragon Age Origins also introduces us to the world of dreams governed by spirits and especially demons. Demons are violent beings who can take over the minds of mages when the veil is torn. What I just described in Veilguard (and even Inquisition) almost doesn't exist. Everything is much smoother, simpler, everything is approached in a much lighter tone, and each difficulty is surpassed by a witticism or a joke and a dose of unbridled combat. In Dragon Age Inquisition, you can play as an elf mage or Qunari Inquisitor who manipulates the rifts in southern Thedas without direct consequences. In the Origins universe, such a thing would not have been possible, or with severe consequences and continental war. Minrathous is a city ruled with an iron fist by Magisters who practice slavery and blood magic, at war against the Qunari. We should see Mages of Tevinter defending their city by sacrificing their slaves and practicing forbidden rituals given the magnitude of the situation. We should see demonic possession from the demons of lust, laziness and pride. This is not what we were shown: we see a diverse team fighting a threat like in any Marvel superhero movie or comic book without any bloodshed and without any real sense of the gravity of the situation where we exchange sarcastic retorts. The demons of pride, the most powerful in the demonic hierarchy, are nothing more than a life point bag targets that inflict physical damage like any enemy (this was already the case in Inquisition). There is a desire for simplification and particular attention to avoiding any difficult subject or concern for detail. The reason is a lack of writing talent. Watch the fans' reaction when Solas destroys Varric's (Bianca) crossbow. They were all sad. But it's indicative of what this license became: the crossbow Bianca had more background than Varric himself as a character. And yet, Varric has been present in every game since DA2 without us really knowing why and what his personal motivations are. In other words, the Dragon Age license was stripped of its crucial themes to be replaced by the concerns of woke fans on Twitter: produce a vaguely RPG game that makes character cameos worthy of bad fan fiction, not offend anyone, represent all minorities in a fun, colorful and inclusive action game.

[@ImpGoose]

I wouldn't say that I'm adopting. As I said, I'm still not convinced to buy it. However, I'm not afraid to have a look at the situation from a different angle that gives minimal attention to gameplay but gives a greater meaning to what the game might bring to other people's lives. Everything you say is true, yet at the same time, everything that other gamers say is also true. A mixed audience has different values, and...it's just a fact that makes us angry :(

[@BittermanAndy]

If Veilguard is going to be a good game, why did they show such a bad gameplay reveal? Like, if they have something good to show... they should... show it? I've been obsessed with DA since before the release of Origins. Got all the books, graphic novels, tabletop roleplaying game, the works. DA2 tested that obsession. DAI kept it simmering. With Veilguard, I'm out. I'm not getting the game and I'm done with DA. If I "don't get it", maybe Bioware should show me that they do first.

[@ImpGoose]

Those are extremely good questions and I share your concern. The true answer might be that we are not the audience. We have the right to leave as members of a capitalistic system and vote with our wallets. On the other hand, it doesn't change the fact that this game might help someone the way it helped me in 2009. This fact alone is more important than my personal disappointment. But, once again, it is my opinion and perspective that there are things that are greater than us :)

[@Shinjirux5Naryko]

As an "old" man whose played them all now, I'm excited for this since Inquisition was my favorite of the three. I'm hoping we get some higher level combat because trying to judge level 1 combat as good or bad is impossible. If its going to be chaotic or involved like they said then I'll likely have a good time.

[@ImpGoose]

@@Shinjirux5Naryko We truly need to see the combat at least on lvl 30!

[@thallesmedeiros8841]

There's a lot of games with exact the same feelings that weren't good. The only reason people are talking about and considering playing this is because it has dragon age in the name and is a direct sequence of the story. If only the gameplay was bad, it would be ok, or only the interface, or only the looks. It's Pretty? Yes, but for a game like fortnite, or a superhero game, with a happy and colorful story full of jokes. I get that this game isn't for fans of Dragon Age, I had the tought that I'm old many times looking at the new games these last 8 years. But I'm 25, and when all the games looks the same, I don't think that's the case. We can tell the personality of all the companions just looking at the trailer, and they are all boring. I would give it a chance if it was free, but pay for this? for what they showed it's not even worth to try. My expectations were already low but holy shit.

[@ImpGoose]

There is truth in your words. It's not the dark hopeless world that we expected to see. That's why I'm thinking that most of us grew up, but you have a point that some in their 20s couldn't relate to the new concept as well. It's an interesting thing to think about

[@thallesmedeiros8841]

​@@ImpGoose also I like to imagine what my old self would think about this game, and I wouldn't dislike the combat that much, but I don't think I would like the whole concept of the game. I get that tevinter has a lot of magic,but it was always said that it had lots of blood magic, magisters having slaves and things like that. So I always expected something even darker than origins. Also the demons and darkspawn look goofy and funny instead of scary. I really think that it's not our perception, they really changed the whole concept, and we just don't like it. And lots of people that are complaining liked the Baldurs gate. I hate turn based combat and D&D mechanics but still loved that game. Maybe if it was a new game instead of Dragon Age, it could be life changing to new generation same way as Origins was to us like you said, and would not disappoint us at the same time. Still I think origins was a lot more unique at that time, than veilguard today, but your point makes sense.

[@lx-Athena-xl]

​@thallesmedeiros8841you can't tell anything because we haven't got anything yet we dont know how these characters are what they are gonna struggle with yet y'all just wanna hate

[@thallesmedeiros8841]

@@lx-Athena-xl and you don't know if it will be good either. I hope that I'm wrong but I've seen many games with the same vibe last years, only looking at the generic characters we can know them, thjey are all the same in almost all games in these last years (most of them trying to play badass, making jokes all the time), they are gonna struggle very hard to feel real and not feel like a fortnite character (veiljumper for example is a f****** joke). I will be very happy if I'm wrong, all the game franchises that I like are dying, I really want this to be good, but everything they showed us is far from what Dragon Age was.

[@lx-Athena-xl]

@thallesmedeiros8841 yes I don't know for sure ether but calling them generic when we haven't even been able to get to know them comes across as you and others just wanting to hate you could be right and the characters end up being trash but we don't know that rn and about jokes have you played origins or 2 because those games had plenty of jokes being made

[@spartanpiplup6229]

The internet is suvh a negative place. Im personally very excited for this game and the negative people are honestly just looking for attention

[@mrmoviemanic1]

Thank you for sharing your story. I hope you are doing ok now, please keep growing and keep believing in yourself. I don't agree with the idea that Unusual Concepts are not for Old People. I think everyone who is mature enough is willing to engage in new things, but some are comfortable with what they have and that too is not a problem. I get the feeling you have a lovely spirit about yourself, keep making videos and keep growing your spirit, I do agree with the marketing factor and how samey it feels, but I would be the first one to point out that same looking doesn't mean it's not entirely different on its own, to begin with. Either way I'm super glad you were very honest in your opinion's here as well as being very true about making sure to let forth positive energy that this game very well may give to people. That can be said about any game really. Dragon Age is just a great one to experience. Looking forward to it myself. Be well Goose, god bless.

[@ImpGoose]

Thank you for your kind words ❤️ I wish you the best blessings to help you on your path!

[@pihwht]

I liked your video. Think trust is a big issue. When DAO came out, I definitely trusted Bioware. Now, not so much. Shoot. I'd decided to not play Inquisition, but my sister who had played the other Bioware games with me from BG1 on gave me a copy I didn't want. and I've played several times. It wasn't DAO, but it was fun.

[@ImpGoose]

That was an act of care from her haha. Thanks for your kind words! I think that the worst thing that might happen at this point is auto-pilot combat with a good story. It will be like DAI where I just clicked monsters to death as soon as I was out of mana/stamina. I still enjoyed the plot, dialogues, and quests.

[@beccangavin]

I’ve told my child that he is to let me know if I start yelling at clouds. I’m in my 40’s and am fine with change. In fact, I like it. How boring would it be if nobody ever tried to do something new or different? Just because it’s not what I grew up with or what was considered good when I young or what I’m used to doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s bad. I’ve found a bunch of new music that I like that I never would have listened to when I was young. Same with video games. I’ve also noticed that we old people tend to remember the things that we loved when we were young as being significantly better than they actually were. I was initially mad at the trailer. The game play reveal alleviated my fears. I’ve gotten used to the change in the art style and it’s grown on me. The dialogue has awkward exposition…but I’ve replayed other BioWare games and it reminded me that they always did this. The combat looks good. I’ve heard a lot about their design philosophy and I think this game has to potential to at least be better than Inquisition in both story construction and combat. And I liked Inquisition. To be honest, I have a list of things that I think could have been better about Inquisition and the devs have mentioned most of the things I thought so I feel good about the game.

[@pandorakaze4038]

I'm over 40, and I hate graphic style absolutely. And I am VERY concerned about script. Too many things did not add up with previous games at this point.

[@ImpGoose]

I seriously started thinking that it was shock therapy and that everything was done on purpose to create hype :( They played me like a child if that's true

[@Aechellies]

Age has nothing to do with it

[@ImpGoose]

What has?

[@MartuDaArtist]

Thank you! This video was amazing to listen to! Sometimes I too think that maybe I am too old and bitter (31) to enjoy new games or movies. Your perspective is refreshing and amazing. I will try to keep it in mind. Love your content and keep it comin! 💛

[@ImpGoose]

Thank you so much! I really like thinking things through and I appreciate that you joined this activity. More DA content is coming ahaha. Is there something that you still find interesting after all the drama around traailers?

[@MartuDaArtist]

@@ImpGoose I am good for now and will wait patiently for new gameplay videos, plus your uploads as well. Thank you for asking! I somewhat tired of this late bad vibe and drama around the games and movies. I want to enjoy them again. Marvel and Star Wars are ruined for me and I hope that Bioware is not next, I still need my Mass Effect dose! xD Sometimes I am thinking that, maybe I am just too old and crumpy already ( lol, my beard is even getting gray.. xD and I am 31.. ), and feeling like the new generation is not good enought and ruining all that what was good with the "modern" theme. I need to lighten up and this video and your perspective are heping me with that!

[@ImpGoose]

@@MartuDaArtist aw 🥰 I'll try to bring up more complex and interesting topics, thanks! And you know what? 31 is a perfect age for your gray hairs. I got my first TWO gray hairs in my eyebrow when I turned 28 🤣🤣🤣

[@MartuDaArtist]

@@ImpGoose Hah! I am not alone! xD No need to answer any more, but I want to say that I like how active you are in the comments section!

[@playgame5331]

I think i will enjoy this game. Amazing!

[@Silverbolt1981]

I am kind of an old dude but what i saw on the gameplay trailer left me with a good feeling.So not all of us like to bring back Origins.

[@ImpGoose]

Good to know! I'll try to find more flexibility in myself to follow your steps. It's hard to start exploring again for some reason and I admire your spirit :)

[@Silverbolt1981]

@@ImpGoose You know what picked my interest the most?The performance of the actors combined with their face expressions.This led me to believe that the game may have more tricks under it sleeve than we believe.. Btw i found Neve a fascinating persona and if this is just a taste of what to come then i am more than willing to find out!!

[@jenniferhanses]

Oh, you sweet child. If Dragon Age: Origins is where you started playing as a teenager, you're young. It's just that those younger than you are immature as well as being young. To be old in video games, you need to be able to talk about the 2D graphics on your first games as a minimum. You don't remember 64 bit, let alone the 32 bit days. And being critical is not denying another girl the ability to play. It is demanding that she have good things to play. Good stories. Good companions. You deserved that. She deserves that as well.

[@wingsclippedwolf]

"Logic," she said, so here we go. Part one is an appeal to emotion and anecdotal, a defense of the franchise itself that doesn't explain why Veilguard itself is good. Part 2 is a strawman fallacy, were you going for hate clicks? Bad form, and most of your views will come from this, I'm sure. Part 3 : defense of the art style. Part 4, defense of the combat style ends with a false binary. Part 5: in explaining you share much of the community's concerns about the quality of the writing, part 5 fails the premise of the argument of "The Veilgaurd is (or might be) good" (should have been saved for after the argument in additional thoughts or closing thoughts). Part six should have been part of Part 1 to have an argument there at all.

[@ImpGoose]

I said, "Logic" indeed, and offered to step out from that position into a pair of shoes that belonged to a young gamer who has the opposite personality. Your comment makes me sad tbh. You missed the purpose of the exercise of trying to understand those who are younger, less experienced and not spoiled. That kind of fixation on one word ruins the conversation due to your unwillingness to explore. Exactly what I said in the video.

[@omgilovesteak6484]

IM 50 and i hope it is great. What i AM tired of is being told that because im an older, straight white man that my opinions are not valid. I mean DORIAN was my fave mage companion in DAI but yet i am told that i am a biggot by association. So odd. That is what i am tired of, the gaming companies are losing their mojo. Not all of them of course.

[@ImpGoose]

I understand what you mean. Larian with BG3 is a good example of how to make a great game for almost everyone. Idk where you are from, my guess is...America? The amount of information that is aggressively pushed in the media there is overwhelming. Therefore the game seems to give a vibe simply because that kind of information is everywhere. I'm sorry if someone called you a biggot because you questioned the game. Both sides should be mature to hold a meaningful conversation. My perception was led by poor marketing, of course but now I'm more neutral, hoping that the game is good. Being out of control is a troubling feeling that I also don't like. However we can try to be philosophical about it. The world has changed. Where is our place in it?

[@MessereHawke]

After rewatching the Inquisition and Inquisition gameplay trailers and twice comparing the trailers only. 1.) Both, Inquisition and gameplay, trailers weren't the finished product and there was many changes before the game was released and the released game was better looking than the trailers (my opinion). 2.) Knowing that the game released was better than what the trailer showed, I took that information to attempt a defense for both vileguard trailers 3.) My conclusion is that Inquisition trailers were closely related to the actual gameplay released and for that reason, seeing how dumbed down the trailer and gameplay trailer for villainguard is still keeping me wondering if BioWare made the decision to just accept failure only because of EA's constant nagging. I am only waiting to see what the release is like (for the first time ever for Dragon Age games) for me to make my decision of purchase AND even if I do purchase it, I'll play the living fade out of it within 3 hours and see if I'll ask for a Steam refund.

[@ImpGoose]

Yeah! There's always an option to refund... which is tempting!

[@MessereHawke]

@@ImpGoose it breaks my heart that it's an option I'm willing to speak of for one of my most favorable games....

[@montv2]

Inquisition was still shit. Badly written, boring empty maps and ending hidden behind paid dlc. Great example.

[@lx-Athena-xl]

​@@montv2did better for the company then origins

[@crzyces1693]

Nope, not old at all, just not buying what the games media is trying to convince everyone of. _"You don't like this game? It's because you're an old white guy. The game is not made for you." "Err, not a guy...we mean you're old and brainwashed by the patriarchy! Oh, and don't be age'ist either. Except towards people questioning our games journalism reporting." "Hmm...not really old or a guy? Well...yes suh." ~ Sticks out tongue while placing their thumb on their nose, wiggling their fingers and saying "na na na na na". The thing is, based on CapCom's latest figures the average age for an AAA game player is 20-50! According to the NTD group circa 2017 it is 38 (not including mobile games), so me? I am pushing _"Old"_ by the numerical metrics, jumping from the 13% demographics of the 40's with the 2% demo of people in their 50's looming ever closer. Of course having grown up with video games I find the majority of my friends still all play games as well, so are they just going to up and quit in a year or two? After playing daily for forty some odd years? Probably not. Most of us are in pretty good health too. I've stayed in decent shape over the years, still hit the gym 10 hours or so per week and play basketball/swim/walk/run another 10, don't drink all that often and eat pretty well so I _plan_ on being around for quite a while longer, meaning I should have at least as many years ahead of me buying new games as I have in the past (figuring I started buying my own games with money I earned myself at 15 give or take a few months). Another thing that companies might find odd that I don't is the fact that my 14-year-old son and I play a lot of the same games. From Deus Ex to Madden, to Skyrim to Descenders to Baldur's Gate 3 to CoD to Cyberpunk 2077. He grew up watching me play Skyrim, Human Revolution and DragonAge I. He's from that Ipad/TikTok generation but somehow had the patience to play BG3 with me for over 100 hours in multiplayer and was able to understand the concepts even though he had never played D&D. Now he gets frustrated I won't let him play with his friends whenever he wants bc he's still 14 and I know those options are being changed as soon as there is no adult in the room ;^), but what the heck, he isn't supposed to like the same games as a straight guy in his late 40's. He is the epitome of the new modern audience darnit. First gen immigrant dad, divorced and re-married mom who just doesn't _"get him"_ as he lives out the _hardships_ of upper-middle-class suburban Northeast Coast US adolescence! And no, he's not very impressed with DA right now. He saw the 3 option combat and asked if it was a multiplayer looter like Diablo. He doesn't know about the "Pansexual" stuff or anything, as he's not into romances in games. Lol, he's a 14-year-old kid, so chopping stuff up, an interesting story, challenging gameplay either in thought or reflexes and some beautiful people in skimpy outfits is about all he needs in his fantasy. I'm not sure what DA VG is going to have in that regards for him, as the chopping stuff up has to be more than smashing buttons. That's what he did at 4, and even then he was trying to aim a bow in Skyrim or sneak past robots in Deus Ex before panic set in and the button mashing began. Wow those are some great memories btw. I also hope Veilguard is a good game. I don't want to see franchises I've loved for decades fall apart just because _"The game isn't made for me."_ It shouldn't be. The game should be made for fans of the series in general. The more things you can add without taking things away from others the better. Ei making everyone romanceable was a great decision imo. Making all of the NPC's Pansexual was asinine. Agasin, imo, because there is no way to convince me that was bc they wanted to be inclusive. You are not _"inclusive"_ when you exclude 99% of the population who happens to be heterosexual. The 7% nonsense is just that. Take the same study somewhere besides UCLA, or wtv coastal college school and see what you get. Do the same in an oil town in northeastern Europe and you'd be lucky to get 1 in 500 saying they were LGBTQIAP+. But nope, apparently in Fereldon, Thedas, Tevinter, wherever they are in DA, the only cis member of society is apparently the player character *if* they choose that sexual identity? Sorry, that is the definition of exclusionary. It might look good on a report to execs getting DEI credits or favorable loan terms, but to the average person it sounds fricken *insane.* DA has been pretty _"queer"_ since...well Inquisition (I know there were gay character in DAO and DA2, but DAI made it flamboyantly queer which still worked OK for what the game was) but this will push millions of people away, and it is already hitting the mainstream _normies_ now. Add in what appears to be dumbed down combat at a time when tactical CRPG strategy gaming has literally never been more popular and hubris and pride might shutter the windows of arguably the most successful story based CRPG company in history. The run they had from Baldur's Gate 1 through Inquisition may never be seen again (at least not when it takes 5 years+ to make a game), and to see what I am seeing in Veilguard after 10 years is astonishing. Again, I really hope I am wrong. i hope the story is great, the diverse pansexual cast is great and somehow fits perfectly in the world while the combat is actually deep and engaging. If those things don't gel well, or if it is a GoW (at best) button mashing affair, then...I guess EA Motive will be taking over on Mass Effect?

[@nohud6233]

I'm 56 and I hate this game

[@ImpGoose]

I understand where it comes from

[@nifftbatuff676]

I hated Inquisition too. Thanks God now we can find more interesting RPGs among the indies, but in the past, when Bioware was at the peak of popularity, it was terrible.

[@bluetwinkiesaregood]

You have not played it yet. How can you judge it yet without trying it? Never judge a book by its cover.

[@nohud6233]

@@bluetwinkiesaregood you should judge a book by its covet

[@montv2]

@@bluetwinkiesaregood lol, you absoluty should. Games should be made for players. If they want my money then they better make a good game. It's triple AAA so better stand proud in line with witcher 3, bg3, elden ring or get lost.

[@SarahJacksonLV]

Dang, yeah..to truly know for ourselves if there is a depth of story(stories)...would have to play it for myself..

[@ImpGoose]

The worst question to have and no one can answer it! 😭

[@minerva7726]

initially, I watched your videos for their high-quality content. now, I watch them for the peace of mind your voice brings, your speaking style, your slavic accent, and even your hearty laugh... it's another great video, thx for your effort

[@ImpGoose]

Thanks for your comment, I appreciate it! I spent so much time trying to remove my accent but then I accepted that part of me. Probably the same thing I'm trying to do now with The Veilguard hahaha

[@minerva7726]

@@ImpGoose hahah. your accent makes you special and beautiful. it was probably easier to accept than the veilguard. (and at least your accent doesn't give you an epileptic attack like the veilguard does.)

[@zupremo9141]

The devs clearly have no idea what they are doing, even their art style is not meshing together. 0:45 mage looks cartoonish compared to the other characters.

[@ImpGoose]

Devs have no power in decision-making, though. They go to work and execute the plan. Therefore, I can hardly understand why people attacked their Twitter accounts with raging comments. Regarding the art style - the truth is that everybody is right at the same time no matter the opinion. It does look cartoonish, and it is pretty for some, and ugly for others. Bioware arranged a Community Council to stay in touch with the fans. I think simply because we - the oldies -were more raging than purposefully social with constructive opinions and not "this is bad, you are dead"... The company turned to those who were verbal and not emotional. What do you think?

[@zupremo9141]

@@ImpGoose Art cohesion is basic stuff, even some indie dev can do it. If you can't get the basic shit right then i don't think you can do the harder and much important parts. When I first saw Square Enix Forspoken trailer I immediately know that it was going to be bad because there's no character sound when she is air jumping/dashing. details shows the skill and care of the devs.

[@YourKurohime]

It's essentially everyone who is a hardcore origins fan vs literally the rest of the series fans on how "it isn't origins"...like it hasn't been that ways for many years now

[@ImpGoose]

You are absolutely right. The acceptance of reality has always been a very hard thing to do. The presented version of DA4 made me emotional because this franchise meant so much. I'd say that DAI gave me more food for thought than DAO, though.

[@Matthew-ij3zm]

DA:I is my favorite and I think both the trailer and gameplay teaser of DA:TV (or whatever we're calling it) look awful. At least the gameplay is "recognizable". It's Inquisition with upgrades AND downgrades. It's Inquisition, but different. And that could be fine, but it isn't because it seems worse to me. Less companions, less control over them, removal of tactical camera and still too much clunkyness for a sequel that took this long, when you compare it to other action rpgs. That's it. I don't know why you guys are trying to divide DA fans even more. Trust me, it's not a matter of DA:O hardcore fans vs. the rest, it's people with standards vs the rest.

[@YourKurohime]

@ImpGoose The biggest advice I could give is to treat everything like its own product. Every truly game-changing great thing made is a contained incident. You tend to live a happier life that way. Comparing how great something is, to how great a past thing that came into your life at the perfect time and circumstance to change the course of your life is a spiral of misery waiting to happen. I have my own thing that came into my life and not only changed but saved my life when I truly needed a savior. I will never deny what it did for me. But, judging it as the only "really good" anything is not only unfair, it's just objectively exhausting, and there's so many other things I could do with that energy. Like enjoy more things. Games, shows, books, etc. Stories I haven't seen and potentially appreciated yet.

[@lx-Athena-xl]

​@@Matthew-ij3zmthen why do I see most people who are complaining saying that they only enjoy origins just because you ain't in that crowd doesn't mean it doesn't exist

[@daunted2322]

In the absence of the bigger picture, there is always hope.

[@soraxd5093]

I mean seeing the drastic numbers that games and movies make now, where studios doing copy of a copy of a copy where they lost their identity for a hope of quick money, from the business side of things i could understand it, however from the player side if i would want to play mass effect i would play mass effect not dragon age, having a pot and mixing every IP together with the sprinkle of current trends and dramas with the hope of "maybe we get new people in" don't work and many studios payed the price and are gone because of that now, as the saying goes game for everyone is game for no one and from the gameplay look this says nothing more than "hello fellow kids".

[@ImpGoose]

I see your point. Don't you think that it is a message for us to not buy DA4 if we dislike it? If it wasn't made for us, it would be okay to step out even though it hurts

[@soraxd5093]

@@ImpGoose Oh it's a huge message for us that's for sure, at this point seeing other studios doing the same well some of them i am really desensitized to whatever will happen after release, and honestly as cruel as it will sound if two weeks after release we get a twitter message with white letters on black background of how sorry they are and that they closing the store, i just hope they won't look for sympathy later because even if it's not fault of all of them they work on it no question asked well probably, and that is the trend i noticed for quite some time how detached studios are becoming from their playerbase and i'm not talking about don't try new things and such but how about make some kind of polls or something, look what community you build up want that you know you will buy the next game, and don't pull move for example "we know better" and then end up like Deep Silver Volition.

[@KaullorFist]

Honestly not going to lie this looks more like what Fable with its artstyle than Dragon Age, but I am a little worried about what the final product will be. Mostly due to the amount of Executive bs that they like to interject into games and of course its EA who really doesn't have a good track record for over the last decade and a half. Bioware also hasn't been doing nearly as well either hope they could turn themselves around but we will have to see what happens from here.

[@tj3603]

Well, for now all is left to hope and cope. If it's good, thank the maker, we back in the building spending hundreds of hours in beloved fantasy, , Bioware is absolute legend again, everyone is a winner. If it's bad, shit for gaming experience, great for fanfic writers, because they will add missing complexity and finish the story the way it should be 😏

[@troyl200]

10:00, sure... if the game is good. Fatism goes both ways. Maybe criticism of this title leads to one that actually has that kind if emotional reflection. I fear a game like this would just turn people off.

[@Dramaticsmoke]

sorry I don't want to play a mobile game on pc, the graphics are terrible and anyone who played the first 3 dragon age games knows that this is not dragon age

[@ImpGoose]

No sorries are needed, we all share the same worries and concerns

[@Dramaticsmoke]

@@ImpGoose Of course who wants to play, let him play 🙂

[@shiro.euphoria]

My brothers in christ whats up with you and this trashy negative comments chill man the game is not out yet

[@Fr0st1989]

uploader's been snorting the copium

[@ImpGoose]

haha copium is a fun word, thanks for teaching me :)

[@madatarchives8725]

Imagine how disappointed everyone is that hated on dragon age 2 just to see this game 🤣

[@nathanscarlett4772]

That's exactly what I thought, too. At least DA2 had the dark themes and blood in it...

[@JoJo_759]

I was thinking about DA2 and playing the "perhaps I treated you too harshly" meme in my head while watching the trailers 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oEDLIo]

I am not disappointed. I knew this would be the end result eventually. The writing was on the wall.

[@nathanscarlett4772]

@oEDLIo yeah, it really was unfortunately

[@Geeklectica]

@@nathanscarlett4772 and explorable areas.... read through the comments about how this will be a heavily curated experience...... with one or two areas that open up. FFS.

[@bakochoi]

we'll see how the game sells the market shows what it wants. if it undersells and doesn't cover development costs then i would say that the young ones are getting it wrong not the "old dudes" and also if these games are gonna get the mature rating they better be targeting only mature audiences in the first place.

[@ImpGoose]

Sure! That's the most surprising thing for me. They use the Child archetype for a mature game as if trying to imply that those who play games are dreaming children. I must say that I'm more positive after reading yesterday's article about the mechanics

[@HeartoftheWinter]

So as an older dude, in the end of my 30s my main concerns is that the combat seemed way to...floaty. In DA:O when you swing a two handed weapon you swing it with mean bloody intent. In DA:I your just waving it around. I miss combat feeling impactful. I love the God Of War combat as everything Kratos does is thrown with intent behind. I love BG3 combat as Karlach and Lae'zel makes it look like they mean it when they swing their weapons. The DA:I and also now DAVE combat is way to floaty and full of random flippy shit. I've done kickboxing for years and it reminded me of what we call "Musical Forms" which is basically a flashy and stylish performance, but done with no impact or intent for actually being used in a fight.

[@ImpGoose]

wow, that's a really cool point that I have never noticed before. You are right that it felt like you were putting some weight into a hit! And the kickboxing example is outstanding haha. Thanks for your comment! it was very interesting to add to my map :)

[@Kirill_Fedorov1970]

ou ya, good like a Ackolite

[@xTraexEdge]

I understand wanting to be hopeful about this game, I do. I want this to be good. I want to be proven wrong but for now they're going in a direction I can't follow. It's a shifty feeling after waiting for so long but this one ain't for me. Wake me up for the next Mass Effect.

[@ImpGoose]

I understand your concerns, thanks for joining the convo anyway!

[@geetube79]

Same reasons the Star Wars acolyte is great? Lmao 💀

[@ImpGoose]

I know nothing about it because there's no connection to my past life. Therefore, I doubt that my video has anything in common with what you're saying about the Star Wars :)

[@Kross415]

@@ImpGoose It has though, what he's alluding to is why Lord of the Rings and Star Wars are failing on their new shows and nobody cares about them. Those universes have deviated from their originals so much that people don't recognize them anymore and that's exactly what a lot of people is feeling with DA4

[@ImpGoose]

@@Kross415 oh, I see what's it about, then. Well, we can always step aside and refuse to buy the game or whatever a company presents us...

[@Kross415]

@@ImpGoose Of course but we can also be disappointed and complain about it, those aren't mutually exclusive. It's completly understandable that some people are annoyed by DA:O fans complaining about the game, but DA:O fans being annoyed by not recognizing something they once loved is also completly understandable 🤷‍♂

[@kywadd5842]

Not even going to bother watching this

[@ImpGoose]

Your loss, I'm from the older generation of gamers who know that there is more than one truth in the world :)

[@oscaroska7613]

Next Redfall coming in hot

[@Masuuruhiito]

Educational purposes? Really? About what? An imaginary fantasy world? People play video games for escapism and to hear a good story (hopefully). You want education? Go read a book. I heard enough. Btw you lost the argument by alienating yourself from the vast majority of DragonAge fans who are, you guessed it. Older people.

[@ImpGoose]

The generalisation of people is a bit ignorant, considering such a complex subject as tastes. Some of us like the games from the past, the other are actually hyped for DA4, and the third are on the fence. Maybe you play only for escapism and that's okay :) If you can understand the POV of a different person and my life situation, I'm sure you will have answers to all of your questions. This video has never been about winning btw. I'm offering people to understand each other via convo and finding their triggering points. It's more therapeutic and educating than harming. Maybe you need to understand the meaning of what I said before jumping to conclusions.

[@Masuuruhiito]

@@ImpGoose Therapeutic for whom? You jump to conclusions thinking that people who don't like what happened to Bioware and a bunch of other game studios need to address deeper issues than just the fact that the current products are simply subpar and ticking boxes. Also no offense but nobody out there truly cares about a random stranger's problems or life experiences and are not obliged to feel empathy about how they perceive a game, movie etc. People saw the trailer and hated what they saw. Plain and simple. If you feel the need to make a video about defending the game, more power to you, but that doesn't change the fact that this thing is dead on arrival and we are gonna see a parade of alphabet weirdos blaming the "evil galactic empire" for another flop. All the best to you.

[@ImpGoose]

@@Masuuruhiito you are putting all people in the same box again. It's therapeutic to me as I'm an "old" gamer. You don't care about other people's stories but others do and if you read the comments, you'll find that. I'm not saying that your anger is not justified however I offer to switch the pov for getting a better understanding of the issue. The market is not dictated by the agenda, it's always the demand+supply stat. My video points out that the older generation doesn't want to explore the shift and unusual concept. Your message proves it, so... You can be angry or try to examine what's going on. That's your choice

[@hannahevertson8306]

So this will sound weird but sense I first learned about the reveal trailer nearly all the truely negative reactions I've seen haven't seemed to get Dragon Age as a series. The queer charaters go all the way back to Origins, they're complaining about charaters being discribed as pan. The games don't really have a 'look', each Dragon Age looks very different from the one before it. Coupled with the fact that the people developing the cinematic type trailers probably just don't get Dragon Age (EA is responsible for the marketing of the game over Biowear and they have never understood what Dragon Age was). Now I'm definitely interested and probably will get the game by the end but I am treating the game with a level of caution given Biowear's recent struggles. This is the general tone im getting from fans to, caution but not downright negativity. Also I'd lean toward the guy doing the gameplay trailer being a poor player given his consistent missing of attacks and general apparent sloppiness.

[@BittermanAndy]

For me, the problem with the gameplay trailer wasn't anything to do with whether the player playing it was good, or even whether the marketing team cut a good edit. It was whether the gameplay they showed was anything I'd want to play. Party control? No, that's gone. Tactics? Not even a hint of it. Button mashing? Yes, button mashing! More button mashing! All the button mashing! I don't know what game it is, but it's not Dragon Age.

[@hannahevertson8306]

@@BittermanAndy I can understand that take. Frankly I kind of agree with it. However the game play was never the part of Dragon Age I love. As long as the gameplay isn't so bad it's infuriating I'll just deal with some annoying quirks if it's a story I'm really enjoying. And trust me there are some games with annoying gameplay systems I'll play multiple times for how they tell their story, like how a lot of the enemies in Final Fantasy VII original are kinda glitched or have translation errors that if I haven't replayed in a while will throw me off and get me killed. I'm in it for the interactive story so I'll put up with a lot from the gameplay if the story is good.

[@ImpGoose]

Yeah...when I watched the gameplay a couple of more times, it really surprised me that the presenter was almost unfamiliar with the buttons. Also, I don't relate to "woke" topic or whatever people call it. DAO taught me a lot about queerness tbh. And yes, each game has always been different. Those are facts.

[@xxTricky]

CohhCarnage is a true RPG aficionado and his concern isn't queer characters. Asmongold isn't against queer characters, he also isn't concerned about that. Idgaf if a character wants to f*ck a dog or a damn child as long as the gameplay is good I can just skip cutscenes and romance options so it doesn't matter to me, sexuality isn't what concerns me. What concerns me is this Assassin's Creed/Arkham verse/Spiderman bullshit combat and not the actual classic Dragon Age combat!

[@LuisKunha]

The Veilguard can be a good game.. The Veilguard is not a Dragon Age game

[@spartanpiplup6229]

How would you define a dragon age game?

[@LuisKunha]

@@spartanpiplup6229 Dragon Age origins

[@spartanpiplup6229]

@@LuisKunha sooo...dragon age: origins; the veilguard? What is it about origins? The janky combat? Bad graphics? Brown and grey art design? The circle quest? Don't get me wrong, I love origins but it is really hard to play without mods.

[@LuisKunha]

@@spartanpiplup6229 Are you comparing the graphics of a game that came out in 2009 to now? If Veilguard's graphics were worse it would be really bad. Origins is better for its gameplay. And if you can't play without mods, it's because you don't really like the game.

[@spartanpiplup6229]

@LuisKunha when did I compare the graphics? And I play origins on console, which is much harder to play than pc by nature of using a controller. And if the combat is the only thing that defines a dragon age game then 2 and inquisition aren't dragon age

[@Derhone]

I hope you're right

[@ImpGoose]

Fingers crossed! What exactly do you personally find the most concerning about DA?

[@toppyali2348]

This was a boss video, the fact a game changed your life view so much is wild. To me it’s entertainment but to others it seems a lot more, I feel like you owe the game your allegiance from the vibe I get from you in this video. I don’t want to feel old and out of date from the world, it’s why I’d like the fun I had for years to remain (in games) I’m going to give this game a chance I don’t want to be negative about what I don’t like and cheat myself. I never played DA for years because I pre judged it.

[@ImpGoose]

Thanks! If not for the drama around it, I wouldn't have even remembered how my true life began. I find it's very important to discuss all perspectives and values the game might bring to people. Thanks for your comment!

[@amenace2028]

if your older than 25 hating on video games…i promise you have bigger problems

[@ImpGoose]

I find it more troubling when people confuse the meaning of words and interpret a situation without diving deeper. For example, many don't recognise the difference between sadness and hatred. It actually shifts the perception of people and things when one allows themselves to understand the pov of others without judging 🤔

[@amenace2028]

@@ImpGoose girl pls that original comment wasn’t directed at you. while your trying so hard to gather me together.. it’s to the ppl on social media bashing the game for it not being their dream game. now if YOU are personally offended by my original comment then you must be one of them. i watched the video and agreed with almost all of your points. however now ill dislike it simply bc you tried me in these comments😘

[@ImpGoose]

@@amenace2028 I know I just started a discussion about how people confuse words...I do it here all the time haha. Deep stuff, philosophy, meaningful conversations...Oh well, my social skills failed me. There was no bad vibe, so now I'm confused haha

[@hyper4781]

great vid goose

[@ImpGoose]

Honk 🥰

[@troyl200]

EA... only reason to know this game has no chance. EA needs to sell their IPs and leave.

[@kakarikakari4348]

Graphics was subpar in terms 2024 if it was 2014-15 maybe that could had been seen as good but in todays day and age most high budget games has that graphics level and better the things they should had done is the style better no matter what purple it was meant to be and facial animation and what i saw it felt like they didnt even care and what the fuk is wrong with varric, that aint varric and whats witht the personality change too thats just unrealistic i saw many people change in life and gaming but their core essence never fades away but this varric just seems completely different in looks and personality who was made appease some twitter fan girl,and am like 27-28 and whatever you told your experience with dragon age more or i experienced the same and this in this lifetime i played many games that had many controvrsies or unusual approach in the directions and stuff and some failed and some succeeded so even that trailer and the gameplay difference had not much of a surprise to me cause i saw the leak before and pulling some stunts or fancy writing won' t make you equal to the original creator as shoehorned it writer no matter how good your message you want to convey it wont be as good as the one that came before you ,you just dont share the same wisdom , gameplay-graphics-writers everything matters otherwise i would just read novels or books why would. i bother with a game almost no game i played had a story or plot that was out of this world whose concept i wasnt aware of its those same old stories that was presented to us in a form that has more appeal rather then conventional. to consume and if you take that i dont freaking care what story or message you wanna tell i know theres always a target odience and there will. always be unavoidable criticism ,even dragonage 2 wasmy first dragon age game i loved it and dont like many critcisms i see online about it but i also know most of them are not wrong ,change is needed but how far really should. vier away from the core essence, if you play dragon age 2 you might be interested in trying origins but do you think this game have that same capability it just lookes an updated version of inquistion and da2 with mediocore voice lines expression and style it just fails that vibe check that made even a crappy looking like dao feel and look better,you might say more gameplay and story are yet to be seen ya i just dont give a fk ,they fumbled quite hard aint 1 line from solas that made if feel like it is dragon age wasnt been executed properly its just a shame

[@MichealBrown-ju5rq]

came for the downvote. What a dumb shill title

[@ImpGoose]

I'm up to all kinds of shenanigans, mate hahaha

[@BelieveIt1051]

BioWare has lost the plot. I think that's the main issue here. Veilguard won't be like Origins, or Inquisition, or even DA2. It will be worse and more basic. The plot threads we've been waiting for and theorizing about for ten years will be dumped in the trash. The eight year time-skip insures that. No Hawke at Weisshaupt or in the Fade. No Hero of Ferelden returning with the cure for the taint. No Inquisitor finding proof that Solas is wrong or stopping him directly. We're not even getting seven evanuris to take down. Just two, and supposedly that's because BioWare has squished the old gods and evanuris into being the same entities. Lame.

[@AfonsoVMSP]

First 🎉

[@AfonsoVMSP]

Love your story!

[@ImpGoose]

@@AfonsoVMSP Thanks! It was a looong time ago and I almost forgot why I loved DA in the first place. What's your story with these games? :)

[@AfonsoVMSP]

@ImpGoose I'm 30 now! But still remember playing origins when it came out. It was a whole experience with a lot of decisions, and that marked me as a player. Today, I can say Origins is my favourite game ever for sure 🤎

[@carlot2643]

I’m 23 and I wasn’t expecting a fortnite game in the dragon age universe

[@ImpGoose]

It was indeed unexpected and made most of us mad. I wasn't an exception. If the gameplay video was the first marketing step in their campaign, I wouldn't be as critical and cautious as I am now.

[@Shinjirux5Naryko]

I still don't see the fortnite. All I see is inquisition with a new paint job.

[@Swy2023]

Little girls don't get it.

[@ImpGoose]

I love how people don't watch the video and comment hahaha. I'm from the older generation of gamers

[@revanwitter8501]

Too long didnt watch game will be shit and "old" gamers will know how naive you youngsters can be

[@ImpGoose]

Very sad but proves my point. I'm an "old" gamer myself, though I'm not ignorant to refuse to look at the situation from a different perspective.

[@revanwitter8501]

@ImpGoose yeah okay keep up that same energy six months after release and then give me your different perspective 😌

[@jimmydare6392]

No this game just looks trash in general