Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Simply Brilliant On PC - DF Tech Review

[@blckknight117]

Reminder to people disliking that this is a technical video. Has nothing to do with story, gameplay, world etc.

[@hanannyg]

You expecting too much from those people...

[@KarlTheExpert]

Reminder to you, they don't care, they just hate.

[@omarcomming722]

@@hanannyg Those people being the majority

[@budthecyborg4575]

DF is so far up EA's @$$ they deserve to be ratiod into oblivion.

[@Agent-mb1xx]

​@@KarlTheExpertstop projecting

[@JoaoPedro-io9yd]

funny seeing a highly polished, offline single-player game releasing in 2024 with no DRM or microtransactions get this much hate throughout the internet.

[@KarlTheExpert]

Once upon a time Capital G gamers claimed that they were all about fighting for justice, truth and objectivity. Now they're brigading a tech video of a game they haven't played because it shows, with numbers, that the PC version is great. Yeah.

[@omarcomming722]

it's getting hate for the story, the characters, the gameplay, the art style, the overt political messaging, basically for literally everything EXCEPT the tech. It's very, very clear.

[@crestofhonor2349]

People have an issue with the story not the technical fact that it doesn’t have DRM

[@JoaoPedro-io9yd]

@@omarcomming722 the reviews are looking positive (80-84 metacritic) yet people are hating?

[@JoaoPedro-io9yd]

@@crestofhonor2349 the game hasnt released whats wrong with the story, the reviews are looking good

[@Floodsye]

I unironically just saw a post that said the first Dragon Age has better graphics. Nostalgia is rotting peoples' brains.

[@ego4551]

The first dragon age looked pretty bad even when it was first released. Other titles released within a year of DA origins. Mirrors edge, Uncharted 2, Batman Arkham Asylum, Assassin’s Creed 2, Dirt 2, Crysis Warhead.

[@lexiconprime7211]

I've heard this said before for other games as well. People often mix up terminology. I suspect what they meant was DA:O had an art style they liked more.

[@CactousMan]

not better graphics, but better designs FOR SURE

[@Gabrilos505]

Pretty sure they meant the art direction and style was better. Which I do agree, because I like dark fantasy a lot more than what DA is now.

[@justins21482]

@@ego4551 to be fair, Id put even uncharted 1 up against dragon age origins

[@Srefanius]

"Yeah... it's Unreal" No, it's not! This was gold lol

[@gorillagroddgaming]

Red dit tier comment

[@sehrschee]

no stutter struggle!

[@deathx2833]

literally chucked at the line, poor Alex have Unreal Engine stutter nightmares lmaoo!

[@vrapbrap]

We live in a weird timeline when its a real party in my head whenever a game doesn't use slopreal.

[@mitchelljenkins4815]

LOL. Its so funny because its true. The thing is if everyone is using the same engine, it means all games will have the same flaws. Also interested in PS5 Pro performance since that is where I will be playing this.

[@MacVerick]

I’d wait 30 minutes if it meant a game would never hitch a single time thereafter lol

[@Philosopheraptor]

Preach

[@ibonitog]

easyily! I don't get how it is seemingly so complicated to simply provide a list of ALL shaders for the player to compile. at least make it an menu option idc! how do games even with precompilation steps often miss so many shaders? how difficult is it to simply compile all shaders within the game?

[@leto_atreusII]

PC GaMInG iS BeTTeR 🤓

[@ibonitog]

@@leto_atreusII what do you mean?

[@Optim121]

​@@leto_atreusIII pReFer cOnSolEs 🤡

[@shredenvain7]

This is a tech channel not a game review channel. Alex is doing his job.

[@KarlTheExpert]

They don't care about facts.

[@jorge69696]

It can be both.

[@mandu6665]

@@fseiba6718 The narrator literally said they were eager to play more of Metaphore in his personal time. Stop lying. The technical state of that game isn't fantastic either but do go on!

[@ReachTea]

Alex is a dude in Berlin, he's liberal AF, he cringes at stellar blade because "muh suxy wuman!" he's going to like liberal stuff and liberal games 🤷

[@debishvebishwish4839]

@@fseiba6718 because the game have same issues when running and this is before the game have anti-aliasing. Yes, the game released without any form of anti-aliasing. If you are on PC, you will absolutely notice it.

[@danielgebert4556]

Glad a game released on pc in a state where Alex can actually give “optimized settings” and recommend that people play the pc version. What a welcome change of pace.

[@XiLock_Alotx]

Don’t say anything positive about this title rn…it’s not safe. Lol. I’m so damn excited for this release.

[@Kaztrofy]

@@XiLock_Alotx how the f could you say something positive about it, geez

[@momsspaghetti4064]

Like I'm glad your Tesla drives but it is still a terrible vehicle. Just saying. This game is terrible. Sorry. Will be terrible.

[@sbkidjamx]

@@Kaztrofy i dunno, check the majority of positive reviews

[@Kaztrofy]

@@sbkidjamx the ones that all include the "Bioware is back to form" line... or the ones that's not out yet because they didn't receive a review code?

[@zombiespaz1]

i actually cant believe that a bioware game in 2024 is more optimised than 90 percent of pc games

[@momsspaghetti4064]

Riiiiiight. And the hardware you have is what again? 😅

[@RepublicofODLUM]

@@momsspaghetti4064 Watch the video before commenting and embarrassing yourself. Literally in the first minute Alex says you dont need a high end pc lol

[@sbkidjamx]

seems like they learned from anthem and andromeda. love to see bioware back

[@momsspaghetti4064]

@@RepublicofODLUM well that was a horrible answer. You didn't answer that at all. You just yelled. 😆

[@momsspaghetti4064]

@RepublicofODLUM if you bought a rebuild and don't know. That is ok, man.

[@corey2232]

That Settings menu is godly! All PC Ports should look to this game as an example of how your settings menus you should look & what options should be included! Edit: Holy cow, the hair in this game is FANTASTIC! 😮

[@theoathman8188]

Realistic hair and good performance ? Black magic!!. Bioware must have sacrificed their writers for this

[@corey2232]

@theoathman8188 Don't they know it's 2024?! PC ports have to run like crap & have horrible settings menus that don't function properly! They sacrificed more than the writers, they must've offered the blood of 5 virgins to Satan to accomplish this.

[@morkaili]

Dragon Age 4 has the PC as it's lead platform, it's not a port.

[@ComboDamageTV]

The hair is next level

[@Midweekers]

Say what you want about the game, but AAA ports like this should be heralded and praised to the moon. Great to see

[@Mike-hj7gg]

yeah but the game sucks ass so theres that...

[@lucaboss4491]

Which port? Pretend with the history of ports useful only to make people believe that the console is the origin. They come out on the same day, if it was a real port it would be a miracle...

[@sashalysm]

@@Mike-hj7gghave you played it?

[@Macheako]

@@sashalysm i watched someone else play it 🤣 close enough

[@urmomma2688]

How have people already formed opinions on this. It isn't even out yet

[@Intigo]

It's insane that this is getting so many dislikes when he's just covering the performance and technical aspect of the game. Some people are crazy.

[@robertlawrence9000]

🥱👎

[@momsspaghetti4064]

Maybe not support the game of any kind. 👍 Look man. They got sponsored paid by them to do videos like this. Look at comments. People are convinced to buy it now right? Ok. Wait till the character start whinning about their legs being sore and them being tired and scared. 😂 Bad game.

[@iyaramonk]

You often see these people moan about "the message". But if you are not delivering their message i.e. trashing the game, you get swarmed by the hate brigade. Ironic, and quite lost on them.

[@momsspaghetti4064]

There is a point gamers are trying to prove.

[@Zero4Infinitives]

​@@momsspaghetti4064What point is that exactly? Until now I saw only that we prove we are toxic.

[@DanteBellin]

Dragon Age is not a game for me, but I'm glad there is finally a PC game again that just runs really well!

[@Zero4Infinitives]

I applaud your real and honest attitude.

[@AlmostLikeHuman]

Same, from a technical perspective this is really impressive, it's just too bad the franchise lost me a decade ago. Here's to hoping future Frostbite titles run more like this and less like the Dead Space remake.

[@WraithReaper09]

@@AlmostLikeHuman Yeah, the BioWare devs have certainly gotten a better handle on how to get the Frostbite engine to work for them.

[@joseaca1010]

And from Electronic fuckin' Arts no less

[@JasonJtran]

"old and crusty" don't talk about the 3600 like that 😭😭😭

[@LordLOC]

Yeah, I'm on a 3600 with a 1660Ti and that just made me cry. :(

[@paulszki]

@@LordLOC I think a 3600 with a 1660ti still should play a bunch of games a 1080p medium settings reallyy well, right? If it's not a first person shooter, I don't really care about dips under 60. you're probably still better of than 90% of the world wide pc player base. 😅

[@LordLOC]

@@paulszki Yes, most games are still fine. UE5 games, especially open world or really heavy games, not so much. Racing games are fine (though jesus christ the new Test Drive is baddddddddd on my pc lol) as are all the bullet heaven and rogue likes I play. Even Black Ops 6 runs great on my system nearly maxed out at 1080P. But the problem is also I put almost all my games on my mechanical ass hdd, and I just don't have the money to even get a 500 gb ssd let alone a 1 tb or 2 tb ssd. I live on a very limited budget because I'm on social security, so I just can't do it. A friend of mine was goingto send me an older 1 tb ssd he had, but he wound up having to use it for his daughter's pc.

[@RicochetForce]

Alex coming at 3600 owners like you wouldn't BELIEVE.

[@paulszki]

@@LordLOC man, sucks a bit but don't compare yourself too much with what you see on the internet. You get to play modern games and there's a huge backlog of great titles from the last 10 years that you probably haven't considered yet. HOWEVER I do wonder how you got around to playing a game like the new Test Drive. Like... my guy. Don't buy games at launch (price and no patches). I hope that call of duty bkack ops 6 you played via gamepass. Otherwise you really have no excuse for "I can't upgrade". No idea where you are but a 599gb ssd in germany is like 30 bucks. Seriously hope you just pirated all those games.

[@muneebhamza8917]

Hair rendering in this game is probably the best we have seen so far in any game.

[@richardjm8092]

Better than FFXVI?

[@muneebhamza8917]

@richardjm8092 yeah

[@TheRedRanger123]

Star Citizen

[@D4C_LoveTrain1]

@@TheRedRanger123 tech demos don't count

[@elwingy]

Gtavi though…

[@vinyfiny]

Why do people downvote any video related to a game they don't like (and they they haven't even played in this situation)? This video is a tech review, it has nothing to do with the content of the game. It's like people dislike something then search KZbin just to find videos about said thing to downvote. If you don't like something, why watch a video for it?

[@KarlTheExpert]

Once upon a time Capital G gamers claimed that they were all about fighting for justice, truth and objectivity. We knew it was a lie. They denied it. Now they're brigading a tech video of a game they haven't played because it shows, with numbers, that the PC version is great. We knew it was coming, I'm not surprised.

[@Agent-mb1xx]

​@@KarlTheExpertmeds

[@kylerclarke2689]

GO OUTSIDE

[@t850terminator]

Because user opinions have become worthless now in the age of brigading and botting. Also you can always try things yourself thanks to 2 hour refund windows

[@Jordan-ru8yf]

@@Agent-mb1xx lol why? If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. That’s the message. If other people do like it, why do you care they get what they enjoy. People can have different desires and opinions. Also, the only reason companies make DEI choices is because they sell. Like it or hate it, but that’s just the truth. Does every game need DEI focus? No, and that would be boring. But people upset about when it happens is quite overly hysterical.

[@dennisjeppesen9387]

Good to see that StutterStruggle doesn’t have to be the fate of all AAA PC games

[@baronsengir187]

And it is missing denuvo wich helps immensly

[@marrow94]

@@baronsengir187yeah it helps pirates...

[@Tazza19931]

Seems to be mostly the case for Unreal Engine games, I think?

[@baronsengir187]

@@Tazza19931 That is shader compilation stutter

[@Tazza19931]

@@baronsengir187 I know. However, what's weird is there are some UE games, like The Finals, that compile their shaders first and I don't get any stutters with that game. But there are some games that seemingly try to do that but there are still stutters afterwards. I dunno, it's weird.

[@jforce321]

Who knew all the effort they put in to having that hair rendering for the soccer games would end up being useful for something else eventually

[@DataLore19]

"Yeah, it's unreal..." Alex: No! It's not! 💀Awesome transition.

[@Glotttis]

Good PC version and optimization, all vendor upscalers included Robust settings menu Fair price adjusted for all different income regions Day 1 Steam release and all Steam features Single player focus and long campaign No Denuvo No EA App No 3rd party accounts required No UE5 stutterstruggle No 120$ Ultimate editions with 3 day early access No season pass No microtransactions No lootbox Also, most hated game on the internet.

[@janklaassen6404]

There's a thing called gameplay. That's why.

[@SammaS423]

We judge game by it's gameplay not because it have good practice why do you think game like cod with there horrible practice is still selling well

[@Ingel_Riday6690]

Don't see you mentioning anything about the awful gameplay or incessant, non-stop, heavy-handed agenda. But hey, I guess none of that matters so long as Denuvo isn't there, eh?

[@Glotttis]

@@Ingel_Riday6690 wat? Gameplay that I saw in a few videos looked fun and what I'd expect from Dragon Age. As for agendas and all that, why should I mention it? It's just your personal bigotry issue, not game issue.

[@brandonnotsowise2640]

@@janklaassen6404Not just gameplay. I find gameplay is average, it’s the story.

[@someshwarrao42]

Alex: This game extremely PC- Haters: YES! Exactly! Alex: optimised and runs very well. Haters: No! Not like that!

[@handle32169]

4070 Super needs DLSS ULTRA PERFORMANCE (33% render scale!!!) and optimized settings for a mere 60 FPS. Wake the hell up

[@gungermunggung9299]

@@handle32169that’s just objectively untrue based on what’s presented in the video. Like why lie about it, or do you just have issues with comprehension?

[@OneDumbOrangeCat]

@@handle32169 It literally said "(CPU Bound)" in that part, with a Ryzen 5 3600, which, in case you didn't know, was a mid-range CPU back in 2019.

[@minhuang8848]

"Dragon Age: The Veilguard woke--" TOLD YOU SO "the slumbering beast we have come to know as 'micro stutter' - and cleanly lopped off its head." NOOOOOOOoooOOOooo!!

[@unnoticedhero1]

@@OneDumbOrangeCat People just wanna pick and choose the best thing to complain about, if you have a 3600 and 4070 super you need to upgrade your CPU lol.

[@KeltonDavis]

Might be the best hair tech in any game ever released? Crazy to me cause hair in frostbite has never really looked good.

[@impersonator4439]

Also the best game with top surgery scars in the character creator.

[@momsspaghetti4064]

You didn't play Red Dead Redemption 2 huh? 😢 Games had hair like this on Xbox 360 man. Xbox One. XSX. BDO ffs. 😂

[@Lc-Anders]

@@momsspaghetti4064what game had hair like this on the 360? Come on

[@Lucax97]

​@@impersonator4439rent free huh?

[@pixelslaughter3492]

​@@Lucax97You're not being very inclusive if you're not accepting of their lived experiences.

[@AlterBridgeJericho]

Why are these twitter losers coming to dislike a technical showcase video which shows the game isn't glitchy?? Get a hobby

[@Etheral101]

Those kinds of right-wing losers don't work. They spend all day angry on the internet

[@kosmosyche]

I'm just glad they have another game to hate on. Maybe they'll finally get off SH2 Remake case now they have another target. lol

[@aaronlaughter6471]

Because they have nothing in life but politics. They get pissed when you have Role Play options in an RPG because it does not fit there wants and beliefs.

[@CTomCooper]

Projection. As in, twitter activists are coming in to prop up one thing to be said favorably about a game in order to pivot and lambast gamers who aren’t impressed.

[@SD-vp5vo]

cause alex is woke

[@emperman]

My poor 1070ti just comin out of finishing silent hill 2 remake: "Ah shit here we go again."

[@dapperfan44]

That's the one I have, too!

[@ratarakishika854]

Mine is 1060 3GB 😅 Might have to lower the resolution if needed 😂😂

[@handle32169]

But hey! It runs "brilliantly" (60 FPS) on... 4070 Super with... DLSS ultra performance... and optimised settings. Wow!

[@OneDumbOrangeCat]

@@handle32169 Ah I see, classic spreading misinformation, in that section they were using a Ryzen 5 3600, and did that to show the CPU limitation with that particular processor, which, modern day you can find for about $60-$70, but okay buddy, sure.

[@bloodyassault803]

Your GPU is gonna end up hearing “GO GO POWER RANGERS!” but in heavy metal soon

[@KarlTheExpert]

Remember my friends. Once upon a time Capital G Gamers claimed that they were all about fighting for justice, truth and objectivity against evil publishers and lazy devs. Now they're brigading a tech video of a game they haven't played just because it shows, with numbers, that the PC version is pretty great. Anyone who is surprised or confused didn't pay attention. Anyway, excellent analysis, wasn't sure about a day 1 purchase because of some botched PC ports lately but color me impressed. 😘😘😘

[@jeremyhill9720]

Gamers fighting for justice? You sit in your mom's basement eating pizza pockets, get over yourself 😂

[@DizietSma69]

For real, it's so annoying. Imagine living your life like that that you get kick out of desperately wanting to see games fail

[@rotted_internet]

BOT?

[@Cameron-fk5fk]

​@@rotted_internetbaby boy?

[@bdleo300]

"evil publishers and lazy devs" BioWaste is both.

[@DiminishingAugmentation]

Can someone explain why this has so many dislikes? This video is very well-made and offers great insight and criticisms.

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

People are in their feels about the game cause it has LGBTQ characters in it. They don't like _any_ positive things to be said about the game even if it's just about the game's well done optimization.

[@jilherme]

most is the same as baldurs gate

[@frrellr]

basement crawlers who have nothing better to do with their lives, just ignore them.

[@albert2006xp]

Because we live in the age where we allowed social media to rot the minds of manchildren for the past 15-ish years.

[@Naqaj]

culture war bullshitters have chosen this game as their next target

[@Swecan76]

This is actually a substantial graphical improvement on PC 4K Max vs the best the consoles can produce in fidelity mode. The clarity and sharpness of textures alone and lighting and RT reflections.

[@mattb8412]

Whenever I find myself curious about the next big gaming outrage tennis match I remind myself that it’s just some turnips having a tanty about something and I don’t actually give a toss.

[@NoExplosionsMcgee]

Nice to see Frostbite getting better as time goes on. It still has a lot of stuff that it needs to iron out and improve on but still it's good progress none the less.

[@baelorn519]

I think the main issue was a lack of support for the devs using it within EA

[@DizietSma69]

BioWare took their time with optimizing, it's not just that the engine "got better"

[@Zero4Infinitives]

​@@DizietSma69This is a new iterarion of the engine so yes, it did improve.

[@DandySlayer13]

@@baelorn519 Dice works heavily with these teams on Frostbite optimization but its just an engine that was built for a singular purpose that was then force upon studios that didn't make games that fit that singular purpose.

[@Steeeve_Rpg]

People have hated on every DA game, including origins for its combat. DA:2 was bashed for its limited gameplay due to the short development time frame. DA:I looked dramatically different compared to the previous two entries and, of course, the bloat...all this to say: hating on DA isn't new. Try the game and see if you like it for yourselves. My standards must not be as high as all of these people with harsh criticisms because I started with 2, then origins and inquisition, and loved them all.

[@clarinet800149]

You’re right. There has been a needless amount of whining in regards to this game. Some of it understandable because we are seeing but not experiencing it yet. But people will be miserable for the sake of being miserable these days.

[@Roland1405]

This has nothing to do with the quality of the game, the hate train is a campaign by anti Woke anti DEI people that can't fathom that pronounces in a game will not destroy the western world.

[@Vladislav888]

>DA:2 was bashed for its limited gameplay I haven't heard this piece of criticism in particular. Ever. - It's often bashed - and rightfully so - for the reused locations and the lack of scenery variety. - The lack of outfit options for your companions isn't a welcome change too. - Encounter design could use some work from a tactial standpoint - Some of the choices on a writers part are baffling, like fusing Anders with Justice. - Some of the quests are obviously undercooked, like the last one not making any sense if you side with mages But the gameplay was perfectly fine, unlike, say, the Inqustion, where tactics was gutted. Veilguard looks like an Inqustion2.0

[@JeyKalda]

@@Vladislav888 I love how people still can't even now accept the fact that the devs themselves stated that Inquisition is the closest they could've gotten to what they wanted their dragon age games to be. Cling to DA:O, nobody is stopping you from enjoying that. Don't get why after 15 effin years we still have to listen to people whining about the combat being completely different when in fact this is exactly how the devs wanted it to be.

[@Vladislav888]

@@JeyKalda >accept the fact that the devs themselves stated that Inquisition is the closest they could've gotten to what they wanted First of all, how is this relevant in any way, shape or form? I liked DA:O, I liked DA2 despite the obvious lack of polish, I preordered DA:I and I got a turd on plate with some nuggets here and there. Why should I care about their vision? Second, can I get the citation? According to the "Blood, Sweat and Pixels", the development of DA:I was a horror show on many levels. Working with Frostbite was a nightmare, the vision for the game was incoherent, hence, say, hinterlands was a thing and then they decided that it was a failed experiment, sections of the game - like a boat segment - were scrapped and a lot of people were crushed by the brutal crunch to the point of having a breakdown. Doesn't sound like the environment where devs can freely implement their perfect vision. >combat being completely different The problem isn't that it's different. The problem is that it's dogshit. They substituted perfectly capable tactical combat with at the very best mediocre action combat in the Inqusition. I'm not comparing DA:I with DA:O or DA2, because the gameplay is completely different. I compare DA:I with other action RPGs like BotW, Dark Souls or, hell, even Diablo. It's not even remotely close.

[@CryptoFrogg]

The dislikes on this video just prove that the hate-train on this game is entirely artificial. Digital Foundry evaluates based on technical measurements from numerical (evaluative not quantitative) data. This is not a story and lore review, it is a systemic one based on science and technology (both software and hardware). The fact that this video has so many dislikes, shows that people are hating on this game simply because they want to have an agenda against it. Which quite frankly, makes me want to support Bioware and this game even more.

[@DoritosBurger]

American games suck now bro. Edit: please don’t get the wrong idea about me, I am not some bigot or racist in fact I loved Alan wake 2 and lots of people had a problem with that game and called it woke because the main character was black. But sometimes it’s obvious that games are pushing an agenda, and it is primarily happening with western made games.

[@DigitalFoundry]

BioWare is a Canadian company

[@DoritosBurger]

@@DigitalFoundry should have rephrased my statement by saying western games are way too politicized and trying to push particular agendas therefore the quality of the games suffer because of that. Although I will admit from a technical perspective this game does look good and that’s where the west has the edge over Japanese games.

[@BoxHeadMidus]

@@DoritosBurger We just got Metaphor RefanTazio....

[@Bestwick1983]

OK, so why didn't they do a tech review of Hogwarts Legacy?

[@COCOniTOOOOOO]

Alex sound so happy in this intro. Like if he finally was at peace with the world. I think it makes me happy too.

[@NearMedia]

If you’re reading this, don’t panic. If you hear positive things about this game it’ll be okay. Your life won’t change. No one will be harmed. Life goes on.

[@Valon129]

But it's woke and I am a piece of shit, shouldn't I be worried ?

[@Sebastiside]

Every time i am interested on a new game i have come here to watch the tech review. It's tradition now

[@momsspaghetti4064]

Did you play the older DA games?

[@momsspaghetti4064]

If yes. You will absolutely hate this game. 😅

[@Zero4Infinitives]

​​@@momsspaghetti4064Why do you care about other people opinion? You don t like it but many other do. I swear some people are so bent on having others do their bidding they go bananas.

[@Zaviex]

@@momsspaghetti4064do you have nothing better to do? You haven’t even played this but you post a million comments telling people not to enjoy the thing they want to

[@brysigue6606]

People disliking because a TECHNICAL VIDEO doesn't fit their hate narrative. LOL!

[@aaronlaughter6471]

They act like the snowflakes they call others. Ironic.

[@turtlerx]

Shoving identity policies into video games. They deserve the hate for supporting them

[@CTomCooper]

@@aaronlaughter6471 Coming to the defense of a tech demo, because the game fails as a game and reviewers were bought off to be favorable. “AnTiWokE”-ah shut it. Good to know which channels to unsub from anyhow.

[@ShepardC0mmander]

So the solution to the StutterStruggle is simply not using UE5? I'm worried about the next Halo being a stutterfest seeing every single UE5 is badly optimized. Not only Halo but the whole industry seems to be moving to this engine. Will Epic ever solve this or are we doomed ? Great work Alex.

[@AL2009man]

which is very funny given the Dead Space remake has a similar StutterStruggle problem, SAME GAME ENGINE too. but I guessed BioWare pay a lot of attention with the hashtag.

[@dark_winter8238]

Cyberpunk 2 is my biggest worry. They finally got the game working and looking amazing and moved to an engine that is known for bad open world.

[@dapperfan44]

That's why I'm not a big fan of games using Unreal 5 right now. You have to upgrade so much to be able to use it.

[@RicochetForce]

@@dark_winter8238 It took them 4 years to get the RED Engine into a state where it was running Cyberpunk 2077 acceptably. After that and their experience with it in Witcher 3, it's no wonder they went with UE5. Especially since they've moved to a dual-studio model. It helps with onboarding new staff.

[@pencilcheck]

I called this out a long time ago, all UE4, 5 games all have stutter fest and some people even suggested and want all games to use UE engine. They really have no idea

[@paracuja]

This Hair Quality should be the new standard!

[@PhilippeCorthout]

This game looks gorgeous.

[@deny_s]

Man... look at all those rage downvoters... Not a single time in this video, Alex said that this was a great game story wise, gameplay wise or "top surgery scars" wise. This was a purely technical analysis, and Bioware clearly did an excellent job, performance wise. So props and kudos to Alex's work.

[@denzabas9649]

Should have named the video correctly

[@Etheral101]

The right-wing game reviewers have sent their minions forth to spam anything to do with Dragon Age, and Life is Strange with bile and hate

[@SilvioManfredDante]

@@Etheral101 Are the right wing game reviewers in the room with us now?

[@cube2fox]

The thumbnail says "A simply brilliant PC game".

[@D4C_LoveTrain1]

@@SilvioManfredDante yes you fuck, they're all over youtube 😭

[@squidapple9662]

17:33 Best looking hair in a videogame I've ever seen honestly, it looks incredible

[@Im_Behind_You]

Uh oh. The racists decided they hate this game already

[@KirRaeDreamer]

This will most likely be a VERY unpopular opinion, but I would be thrilled if the first three games were completely remastered using this current engine. While keeping each game’s unique gameplay system intact. With minor improvements where needed. This video shows how far BioWare has grown from the robotic movement, repetitive facial expressions and hand gestures. This is fluid, varied, and naturalistic animation. And it performs well in comparison to many supposed AAA titles in recent years. As much as I loved the previous games when they released, I much prefer this over the clunkiness of the past.

[@rapmonied]

actually the 3rd game is made on this same engine, but i imagine in the 10 years in between they tweaked it to hell and back since this enging was made for shooters in the beginning anyway haha

[@connorc44]

You can't remaster a game with a new engine. It would require an entire remake, which I agree with. Also inquisition was on frostbite. And I don't think this is a "VERY unpopular opinion".

[@Plexy__music]

Digital Foundry praises Dragon Age: Dreadwolf for its technical quality, which stands out as an exception among recent, often poorly optimized releases. Mortismal Gaming, whose tastes usually align with mine, even nominated it for 'Game of the Year.' From what I've noticed, much of the negative feedback seems to come from people with ideological objections, most of whom dismiss it without having actually played the game. I'll check out some no-commentary walkthroughs when they appear, and if it looks promising, I'll give it a shot

[@JeyKalda]

Wait, this yet again is not DA:O 2.0 ?! HOW DARE THEY RUIN DRAGON AGE /s just to be sure

[@maharaja101]

I'm conflicted about this game. I absolutely despise that cartoony art style and I don't like the seemingly light tone they went with in the story either. BUT that said, I do have to give credit where credit is due and it seems like they nailed the PC port + there is also no added BS like the EA App or Denuvo. I can't say I expected that at all from EA of all things.

[@Plexy__music]

@@maharaja101 The art style doesn’t seem very different from Inquisition to me. The biggest change looks to be in the combat system. Inquisition had clunky, MMO-style combat and a strategy mode that wasn’t very effective. This game seems to have made combat more fluid, which is an improvement. Ideally, I’d prefer something more tactical, like Origins. But if it’s a choice between solid real-time combat and something awkward in between, I’d go with the former.

[@jasonprendergast7493]

Makes me laugh. All of the people hating on this game. Still have no idea what it’s like as it’s not out yet. People tell other people opinions are wrong based on other peoples opinions all formed of no opinion of their own. The world today is nuts, absolute nuts! 😂

[@corruptedpoison1]

Watch Skill Ups review.

[@jasonprendergast7493]

@ I don’t need to watch anyone’s review. The game is out in less than 2 days time. I will play and I will develop my own review of the game. I know it’s a game I want, it’s a game I will be playing, then I will find out if I enjoy it or not. Simple as that.

[@giancarlo5945]

​@@corruptedpoison1bro you showed that the comment is right because it would give validity to the opinion of someone who unfairly criticized armored core 6 and final fantasy 16 ? skill up has no validity any more than anyone else, form your own criteria

[@orenbartal8504]

@@corruptedpoison1 Why his review specifically and not the other reviews that praise the game..? Can you at least admit that the game is divisive where some liked it and some didn't - or are you fully on the hate bandwagon for rage internet points?

[@madhurbajaj652]

People who dislike this video don't understand that it's a performance review channel, not a game review channel

[@budthecyborg4575]

Hardly. DF is constantly taking sides on social issues, and it's always the wrong side.

[@steel5897]

You're assuming these people have functioning brains.

[@urekmazino6800]

​@@budthecyborg4575you're crying again mate

[@Jalex0021]

@@budthecyborg4575 No one's asking you to watch them. All I see is a professional, hard working team of generally decent human beings attempting to do their jobs. If you can't put your petty political biases to one side whilst watching a game technical analysis video of all things, then that's a you problem.

[@budthecyborg4575]

@@urekmazino6800 Firewalk studio just got shut down permanently, and it's your fault. The modern audience does not exist.

[@GameslordXY]

In Peace,Vigilance. I War,Victory. In Death.Sacrifice . That is what it meant to be a Grey Warden. The Oath. And there are some here.

[@lgolem09l]

Definitely gonna play a character with long hair

[@Roland1405]

Yeah, same, this looks incredible.

[@JeyKalda]

@@ReveriePass I hope this is sarcasm

[@GamingNinja-n6v]

@@JeyKalda having long hair is woke now xD

[@Maniaman213]

Hope the dwarf beards move like the long hair, hope there are long beards.

[@DandySlayer13]

Careful you said you're going to play the game and now the hate brigade will find you! Usually I created my previous DA characters with short or bald heads but like you I'll probably look at the more long haired options this time around.

[@joseaca1010]

People who hit dislike be like: "NO i want BAD PC ports! 😡"

[@turtlerx]

It's not about that it's about a company shoving identity policies into games

[@joseaca1010]

​@@turtlerx and what does that have to do with a tech review? Moreso, this isnt some random company hijacking an existing IP to do politics, this is bioware doing a bioware, they have ALWAYS been very progressive, for better or worse

[@Gadinel]

I see this game, i click the dislike, it's as simple as that :)

[@alkemus]

@@Gadinel Shallow little man.

[@tontsar91]

Overhated game for sure.

[@crushlemons]

Please do a Steam Deck test for this game.

[@15awesomehighfive]

"But..but! The game has character customisation that allows people to create characters that disagree with my bigoted, rancid ideologies!!" In all seriousness now, glad Bioware is recovering from their massive slump. I hope the next ME is a great game.

[@mickeycoolmouse]

For the people coming in from the SkillUp video, even he mentioned how well the game ran. The areas, while not designed well mechanically, are pretty.

[@truedps8]

They are not pretty. Go look at RDR2, Demon's Souls Remake, Cyberpunk 2077, Alan Wake 2, etc. Those games are pretty and ambitious. Dragon Age Veilguard isn't the ugliest game in the world, but it's environments are small, it's characters and enemies do not match the environment art style, it's skill effects are disgusting, etc.

[@LeegallyBliindLOL]

​@@truedps8They are pretty, it's called stylization and also, a subjective opinion. You can't just go "no, it's not." Furthermore, what is objective, is that despite the technologies used, the game runs well. That's not an opinion, that is an easy comparison to other games that use the same technologies and fidelity.

[@mickeycoolmouse]

@ just relaying what Ralph from Skill Up said. He said, visually they [the environment] look very nice. Technically impressive and architecturally cohesive. He lambasted the overall art style though. If you wanna complain about his sentiment, go do it on his review. I put up my comment to remind people that its technical achievement was acknowledged by the review that a lot of people are coming from. As for me, I've only really seen gameplay snippets from the videos on The Veilguard. Have yet to play it for myself so I can't properly assess it on my own merit. That being said, what I have seen of the environments does look nice if a bit bland. I do think it matches artistically with the characters in a Fable way but like others, I think it all looks sterile. And yes, I've played and/or looked at the games you've mentioned. I legitimately cried the first time I played RDR2 on my PS4 because of how pretty it was and how well it ran.

[@battleangel4833]

@@truedps8 None of that shit you mentioned is relevant. The areas look good. Environment design is one of the only things to praise. Whether it meshes with anything else or whether anything else looks good wasn't the point.

[@truedps8]

@@battleangel4833 It's absolutely relevant, because this is a GAME not a PAINTING.

[@uncanny_mac4660]

I don't get the "Pixar Style" that detractors have been complaining about. Characters do have exagerated features but I think it looks great from this video,

[@becca89mn]

Bro it's a fortnite clone, dragon age didn't deserve this.

[@uncanny_mac4660]

Sounds like you should play more games then Fortnite.

[@SlashersquadJack]

How on Earth is this a fortnite clown outside of it not looking as photoreal as it could the art styles making it where it will age very gracefully but it's nowhere near as cartoony as fortnite get over yourself man​@@becca89mn

[@theobell2002]

It's because one reviewer said that and it stuck. Now they all regurgitate it.

[@TheSkepticSkwerl]

I NEVER wanna hear a reviewer ever say CPU DOESN'T MATTER again. This game and many others clearly get improvements from CPU. Especially with DLSS or FSR on.

[@RicochetForce]

Too many reviewers were stained by that LONG PS4/XB1 generation where a cheap Intel 4-core CPU could run pretty much everything without issue... and have carried that reduced emphasis on CPUs forward into a very different era.

[@exscape]

Who actually says that? Perhaps I'm biased as I mostly view hardware review channels, not game review channels. CPUs very obviously matter for gaming. With a 60 fps target most CPUs will do fine, but these days most people aim higher than that.

[@John_Smith5]

This is the best looking hair I’ve seen in a video game period

[@86Fallowcp]

I think DMC5 funnily gets close

[@Tectosaurus]

I have no idea what this game is but I just feel like buying it to support the devs. Good PC ports are a luxury now...

[@janklaassen6404]

Wait for the user reviews. This is a DEI disaster.

[@ikswoltokyrogerg8460]

@@janklaassen6404 User reviews are useless. DEI is only a problem for snowflakes.

[@D4C_LoveTrain1]

yh, no denuvo, no ea app, no MTX, great performance and most reviews are postive, easy buy for me tbh.

[@ToodleDoodle]

No extra launcher needed!? Okay gonna wishlist this now and pick it once it's got a discount and I'm done with other games on my backlog.

[@JeyKalda]

@@janklaassen6404 Whats up with the DEI obsession ? Never achieved anything in life so gotta blame people who actually do try and get their opportunities ?

[@vanMrMann]

Really looking forward to this game! Reviews seem positive and a great departure from Inquisition! The snowflakes and trolls that never played a DA to begin with will quiet down eventually anyway. Great to hear that it's optimized and a great experience!

[@spaaaaace8952]

He said the buzzwords.

[@BackwardsCombatable]

The irony that you call these people snowflakes and trolls but this role playing game you supposedly are excited for wouldn’t let you do that😂

[@chrisgerhard4425]

Just a forewarning that EA has been holding back review codes from Reviewers that have had even slightly negative things to say about the game so far. Fextralife has a great video on the whole situation. So while the game may be great on a technical level, maybe wait to purchase until reviews start coming out a couple of weeks after release.

[@AnimeUniverseDE]

​@@chrisgerhard4425this is not true. There's no source for this. Just one guy making it up. The game has 50 reviews up, some highly critical, everyone got the keys a week early. If you had something to hide, why would you give out the keys so early?

[@brandonnotsowise2640]

Lol I played all of DA and Inquisition was a departure and was ish. What a joke.

[@DBTHEPLUG]

Dislikes for what? Apparently it runs great. Doesn't mean it's a good game.

[@KarlTheExpert]

If you hate something (without having played or seen it) you gotta hate everyone saying something good about it. Adult gamers, ladies and gentlemen.

[@trambe25]

Cus nowadays when "Gamers" don't like something they gotta throw tantrums and act like petty children's instead of growing up and simply admitting it's not for them. Don't forget to throw in the usual "woke" and "DEI" for extra buzzword points

[@Agent-mb1xx]

Don't worry, it is trash with pronouns and transgender powermoves to unlock dialogue options.

[@Etheral101]

​@Agent-mb1xx And here we are. A right-wing minion. Are you happy being so hateful.

[@kennethjones339]

@@KarlTheExpert woah I take offense to that. Despite the age can we not throw them in the category of adult gamers, and maybe just call them small children.

[@exact3]

Holy shit does this game look GORGEOUS maxed out, too bad I'm still rocking that good ol' reliable 1080ti lol. But man, can't wait to try this maxed out some year in the future.

[@saulg195]

So ours will look like dog sht?

[@triggerWay]

This should be the “day one release standards” for every game. Everything aside, this Game is so well polished technically speaking, it doesn’t feel like an EA game. (Well optimized, no EA app?, no DRM…) EA are you drunk! Jokes aside this should be praised, well done Bioware.

[@DakotaChambers]

Honestly I am stunned by how polished this game looks. Miraculous considering the development hell it went through. Well done Bioware, this looks like a real winner.

[@corey2232]

Uh oh! Don't know you the internet has decided this game is bad & anyone who says otherwise is a paid schill? Oopsie, DF is in trouble now! 😂

[@baronsengir187]

Why?

[@santiniperico8627]

GOTY the year Candidate for sure! Can't wait to play this finally, congrats to Bioware!

[@geetargato]

This game looks great. I don't understand all the hate from people. It's undeserved.

[@brandonnotsowise2640]

What even is gameplay and story. Game look good tho so game good.

[@CTomCooper]

Preferring cookies over vegetables must be really interesting and well written dialogue then. Soooo much undeserved criticism, right.

[@elgonzo7239]

@@brandonnotsowise2640 If you were to spend a 4-digit figure on a GPU for gaming, then this would be absolutely true, lol. (Still, while i myself have a potato GPU, i do like the technical analysis videos even if the game analyzed is a complete cringe fest...)

[@frankjohansen3132]

No wonder the gaming industry is dying with such a toxic userbase.

[@raresmacovei8382]

Some ... AMD GPU coverage? Some AMD GPU RT results? No? Ok? Alright DF. Yet again.

[@chronogamer7901]

I want this game to sell a billion copies just to watch the meltdown :)

[@arnoldasm7300]

You are the one who will buy this crap and extra microtransactions. Anyone with brain wont support EA trash. How foolish people are forgeting so soon this is same company which last games were Anthem and Andromeda which was ridden with bugs and floped. I hope you ready your saltiness cause this game either doesnt look promising.. lol

[@Kumquats83]

A game that runs well on PC on release. It's witchcraft!

[@baronsengir187]

No. It is its lack of denuvo

[@D4C_LoveTrain1]

@@baronsengir187 This is not how denuvo works 😭

[@baronsengir187]

@@D4C_LoveTrain1 Yes it is.

[@honestlybadwifi6144]

Its just lack of denuvo + not being made on the stutterfest known as unreal engine

[@kewa_design]

So the 200.000h of testing was worth it :D glad to hear and see. For me this game looks totally beautiful and stands out with its stylized approach. Cant wait

[@Randy28CR]

I would prefer to leave my PC on for 1 hour only caching stuff if that means no PSO Stutter...

[@shayansalmani8146]

And dips to 500p on ps5😂

[@kingfrozen4257]

The "Unreal" joke! was Unreal! had me rolling! Thanks Alex for quality content as always

[@hanannyg]

Incredible how the noise in gaming always come from the people who never plays anything... the loud minority is always made by stupid people. Steam has great refund polices... Buy the game if interested, test and play for yourself... Don't let those clowns to decide what is good for you. Also another amazing tech review!

[@Arszene]

i agree with you, albeit i am against with the LGBT stuff they integrate in the game... but if the game turns out good and the writing is good, I will say it's a good game.... but let's see because i will play it day one

[@aaronlaughter6471]

I honestly bet my left arm that the people bitching about this game never cared for Dragon Age before now.

[@foxx8x]

Hatefilled clowns dislike bombing whereever there is anything remotely praising this game.Keep seething 😂😂

[@Phil_529]

The anti-snowflake crowd strikes again with their fee fees hurt.

[@Cameron-fk5fk]

Hilarious how that are scrambling right now

[@banedeath]

While I have no interest in this game I have to say that the hair does look absolutely amazing. Apparently it runs well as well and that's good news. I'll just leave it at that.

[@handsy5458]

5:53 isn't being talked about enough. Multi-stage scaler fully customizable to the player is a game changer. This absolutely needs to be standard for PC releases.

[@newtype79]

WOW, that hair is to die for.

[@elviskleber10]

Very impressive hair tech on this game, really good.

[@WAGLB]

nobody is talking about...but the Textures are the best seen in much time....Texture quality in games looks that stopped in time...until now...incredible!

[@TheKhaosTheori]

Thanks for the breakdown. This game is gorgeous!

[@xperience-evolution]

At least the Tech is good optimised. The Game itself is not even average.

[@L33TBEANS]

DA:I came out extremely unpolished so it's surprising to hear there's polish in this game. DA:I is still really bad to this day lol. I blame half of that from switching from Unreal over to Frostbyte in the first place, but maybe they did just let the game cook this time like I always said they should have for DA:I.

[@secondghost]

Glad to see it's well optimized. I'm still not gonna play it.

[@OrangeGenerator]

you're a hero.

[@Patrick-tw7nr]

I am Kamala Harris and I approve this review!!

[@spagett42]

I'm genuinely shocked E.A. didn't cram this game full of obnoxious, performance destroying drm, it's a big release for them. Commendable really.

[@RicochetForce]

That... That list of scaling options that can all be individually adjusted is a thing of beauty. Also, sign me up for 5-10 minute shader compilations if it means getting frametimes like this. It's like looking at a modern monster GPU runnning an old title. Just jitter-free frametimes that are super consistent regardless of current rendering load.

[@ivandimitrov7994]

Is there a reason why the installation process doesn't include shader compilation? I know you need shader compilation in the game because every gpu update would demand it, but the first time experience would be better if you have longer installation process instead of installation wait, launch the game, another 10 minute wait.

[@mondodimotori]

Becase you need the game running to compile shaders.

[@techsamurai11]

@@mondodimotori do shaders change based on settings or are they specific to your video card regardless of settings, resolution, upscaling ray tracing etc.?

[@delonejuanderer]

Fuck the hate on this game, I'm excited for it.

[@RolanTHUNDER]

Devs take note. This is how you optimize a game for PC out of the box! The game looks amazing. Thank you Bioware 👏 And thanks Bataglia for the optimized settings. I can't wait to run it on my 5700X3D and RTX3080 very soon

[@handle32169]

Hey remember to crank that DLSS down to Ultra Performance and tweak all your settings for that silky smooth 60 FPS, enjoy!

[@RolanTHUNDER]

@@handle32169 Yeah right...

[@braveheart0317]

People complaints too much. Good job Alex.

[@falcon030]

Leave the culture wars behind and support this stellar PC version of a SP game with no DRM or microtransactions. This is what we used to fight for, y'all lost your ways. Fair play if you were expecting more of a BG3 experience with real choice/an evil path or the combat isn't to your liking but if the scary trans options are keeping you from supporting this and driving you to blast every positive video of it on the internet (even a factual tech based one) give your head a shake.

[@baronsengir187]

Why would i support an rpg where cities are literally build like jump and run maze levels were no immersion is possible? I would love to support the no denuvo. But immersion is king in any rpg for me.

[@troysean9377]

Baldurs gate 3 act 3 still runs like shit though

[@falcon030]

@@baronsengir187 You would fall under the fair play part of my comment. It's not what you're looking for in an rpg, that's fine. Even I won't be buying it, I'll sub to EA's service for a month because game prices are crazy these days. But I still want to encourage support for devs not being scummy or lazy with their PC version. Everyone should. It's why the hate people are getting for saying anything positive about the game is extra sad to see.

[@rhdbenchmarks]

Will pirate this game, not even worth 1 dollar.

[@dark_winter8238]

But it's EA so it's a no unless the user reviews on steam are great.

[@jjdizz1l]

I'm glad. Now, I feel safe purchasing the game!

[@carteljameson8395]

If more AAA games were released in this state on PC, I might actually consider using mine for once. But I really only ever use it for cRPGs.

[@pencilcheck]

Keep your console then, unfortunately some devs will be coerced into UE 5 engine and have bugs and stutter fest

[@carteljameson8395]

@@pencilcheck I'm gonna keep my console regardless if I end up using my PC more often. There's quite a few older games that are way more convenient to play on console. But you're right, UE is one of the biggest reasons being a PC gamer today can be annoying. When the most used engine has consistently failed a platform, using said platform can be a nightmare. The past 5 years at least have been rough.

[@aletir6111]

Guys, this is a tech review, keep that in mind and don't be morons

[@Jun3Bugg]

This is the best I've seen Frosbite look

[@charoleawood]

it's a gorgeous engine, Need For Speed 2015 is still an artistic masterpiece

[@fenixa2z936]

Looks stunning TBH

[@handle32169]

Yeah it's really butting heads with industry colloses like Skyrim and Far Cry Primal and dare I say, even Witcher 3

[@Jun3Bugg]

@handle32169 idk. I think the Red engine is a force to be reckoned with. We'll be blown away when Witcher 4 starts showing up. I didn't even put Frostbite anywhere near the top. It is now tho. But I think UE5 and Luminous still reign supreme. Too bad Luminous is no more tho

[@techsamurai11]

@@Jun3Bugg Luminous? Do you mean Lumen?

[@t850terminator]

I had good feelings when the devs announced nah we ain't doing denuvo and shit.

[@tairyu2574]

Well, it’s nice to see they made something look good with the Frostbite engine. The last one I played was Mass Effect Andromeda.

[@retalaonteany7899]

This gives me hope for Mass Effect

[@nabieladrian]

Alex did NOT beat Stellar Blade allegation.

[@Unknown0YT0]

This is exactly how you consume modern games; use them as benchmarking software for new hardware. Expensive, yes, especially with microtransactions, but modern hardware is equally as expensive so it's appropriate.

[@Farat9622]

PC TECH REVIEW people !!! Ffs...

[@WhiteBoyGamer]

this is a technical review guys...