Character Creator (Qunari) in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

[@nani1kanobi]

I've come to terms with the graphics of this game but the Qunari are still so weirddddd! I can't believe we went from the sexy Iron Bull to a Megamind spawn..

[@TheOl4x4]

Remember how kewl the Arishok looked in DA2? I miss that look.

[@htaylor9677]

??? If you say so. Yall gon be aight

[@HEADLESSKROGAN]

The qunari look like people cosplaying qunari, if that makes sense. Their horns look like an appliance on a regular human face.

[@phillipsrulez]

Agreed the forehead look too smooth, I think they can easily fix that with a later patch though, Other wise the game looks amazing. I think Bioware is back in form

[@austinsultenfuss7661]

You’re right and I can’t unsee that now.

[@TheOl4x4]

@@phillipsrulez you sure about that?

[@faendalthethotslayer]

that's literally what they are , you think a companies gunna pay artists and animators to make another body type?

[@HEADLESSKROGAN]

@faendalthethotslayer they don't need a whole new body type, they just need better textures around the forehead at the very least. Ideally something closer to the DA2 qunari. At least in that game they looked markedly different from other races.

[@sorryshiina6264]

Flemeth could land on that forehead. A Qunari dreadnought could be beached on that forehead. There's so much free land on that forehead they're thinking of naming it New Seheron. That is a gigantic forehead.

[@WynneL]

It's an 8head.

[@natg4984]

I remember I used to complain [to myself] that DAI qunari foreheads were so small. The universe probably said 'bet' and whispered in someone's ears. I take the blame for this 😔 /j

[@sorryshiina6264]

@@natg4984 Why have you forsaken us?

[@mastery7901]

Sorry but the Arishok's design in Dragon Age 2 from 2011 is way better than the design we see here. I'd expect better designs after nearly 14 years!

[@TitanGT66]

Arishok was peak Qunari design. I hope someone makes a mod to make them look more like the DA2 Qunari

[@zm6947]

So real. Qunari design went downhill since Dragon Age 2. I don't like how they look in Veilguard at all. Way too much forehead for my taste. The face looks too human too. Arishok was so unique.

[@BonusEggs4Sale]

you NPCs have all the same dialogue

[@TitanGT66]

@@BonusEggs4Sale Touch grass kid

[@galaxychar]

All the other qunari in DA2 are identical and the same models to eachother, do you really want that too?

[@eji]

1:40 I appreciate the humor, but even with the fast forward footage, there's not much that changes about that really huge smooth forehead... I don't understand why they didn't offer options to add texture or veins or horn roots or something to break up that large flat unblemished forehead, or better yet, to allow completely different horn position placement. Hopefully modders will make that aspect look more appealing.

[@Mmmm_tea]

probably get censored for this but I hope modders can also address the virtue signaling, I'm sure it gets worse in game than what they approved to show off.

[@Silneth]

Agreed. It's not that I think all the qunari look the same (from the few I've seen) it's that... very strange forehead expanse. I miss how the horn texture started just above their browline, it looked a lot better.

[@Nissun0]

THEY should fix it, not modders!

[@EtheonStarWanderer]

Oof, I don't know, there is something VERY weird looking about the Qunari in this game, it might be general artstyle, which seems very cartoonish for my liking (not that DA was photorealistic before, but NPCs do look like straight from a Pixar movie).

[@tiffanylaserna1288]

Forehead. It's the forehead.

[@ekkieck]

​@@tiffanylaserna1288its missing texture and spikes in the forehead transition to the horn

[@marksalmoneussorcerersupreme]

The Literal Human faces on those Qunari bodies is quite uncanny valley

[@The_Universal_Mind]

Welcome back form the void, thanks Ashe!

[@Ladyinsanity]

I tripped and fell back in 🥲

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

The dead bird app... ok that's the best description of twitter I've ever heard!

[@ultimatedespairgamer6722]

Would have been funnier if she had addressed the main complaint of Qunari on the bird app

[@PKBitchGirl]

I call it twatter

[@lowdistortion]

Yeah Twitter definitely dead /s

[@PKBitchGirl]

​@@lowdistortion Twatter

[@technology5979]

Is anyone else a little disturbed that it seems we're only picking options from Inquisition?

[@roanc3709]

I’m really hoping this is just an alpha/promotional version where only the inquisitor cc screen is available in the world state section. Because other videos I’ve seen don’t seem to show much inquisition customisation either

[@micheal31091706]

i really cant see myself playing qunari in veilguard which is a shame since i liked how they look in inquisition. the hair is just to far back making it look like they are balding and its such an easy fix too.

[@sweetsartcorner]

i expect the modding community will be on that real quick! I'm not the biggest fan of the way the horns attach to the head either but i am glad they have more options for hair and horns now at least

[@galaxychar]

@@sweetsartcorner some of us are on console

[@sannik2634]

I wonder if the hairline slider will help with this? I think I heard about a hairline slider in either IGN's or Kala Elizabeth's CC video. Kinda disappointed with the qunari hair options, though, not gonna lie.

[@JeannieLove]

Not sure how Inquisition Qunari look better. The females looked way worse. And the hair? They barely had any, it's taken up by the horns.

[@sweetsartcorner]

@@galaxychar here's hoping they will eventually introduce mod support for consoles with how popular it is on other games :/

[@ewbait]

Ugh, I wish they went in the direction of DA2's Qunari. They look way too human. Also the foreheads don't mesh very well in my opinion.

[@mx2000]

Pretty sure that is just to save money and effort on the character creator.

[@e.corellius4495]

i agree, they are almost uncanny valley. just look ... off.

[@ultimatedespairgamer6722]

⁠@@mx2000that’s not a good reason lol

[@darkapostle317]

Let’s rip the bandaid off. They look like garbage and there’s no uniqueness to them.

[@Hathur]

Agreed, looks too similar to humans now. DA2 / DAI, they looked unique.

[@Zandalorscat]

I am really impressed with the long curly hairstyles, they look so soft

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Thos foreheads... they need texture. Horns look great from the side and back though. It's hard to get used to from the front 😅 A small, but persistent irritation 🤔

[@MurderWeaponLimited]

wait for mods on pc, they'll fix that for you

[@CelestialDraconis]

Lol I remember hearing so many DA fans cope by saying the IGN qunari Rook was customizable and that was the only reason it looked so goofy. Well looks like the big foreheads ended up being a mainstay anyway. Guess I'll have to rely on modders once again (as always).

[@akari6859]

@@CelestialDraconis How it was copeing? At that specific moment, neither you, nor I, nor anyone else could know whether it was a matter of character creation or problem with general design. You had a 50% chance of being right. I'm not stopping you from enjoying such a significant life achievement, but I’m not entirely sure what the point of your comment is.

[@CelestialDraconis]

@@akari6859 Because every single qunari Rook that was showcased during that period had the same strange headshape. The writing was on the wall 🤷

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

@@akari6859 coping can mean being optimistic. That's the dictionary definition. The insult version is basically slang.

[@florentguillamet6892]

I just need to pause the video 3 minutes in to just say this : THANK YOU for confirming the Mirror of Transformation will be present in the Lighthouse. I believe it was mentioned in the GI articles or the first Discord Q&A, but nothing since. I just know my first 3 hours with this game are going to be spent in the CC, and I'm likely going to want to change some stuff 15 minutes in my first actual playthrough

[@Ladyinsanity]

You're welcome! Thankfully it's right there in the Lighthouse. And thank you for watching ^^

[@RyngoGames]

Thanks so much Ashe, very comprehensive and transparent! Good to have you back.

[@Soloha21]

Excuse me?? Customizing your Inquisitor will have a minor effects on the story?? I want more impact than Hawke, pleaseeeee

[@mrmurdock6994]

Qunari now is just a human with horns. It is pretty sad to see how it ended.

[@Silenthitman44]

Are we watching the same videos?

[@NervousTiefling]

It's been this way since comics from way back in the dragon age 2 era. That game is literally the only time they've looked like that.

[@mrmurdock6994]

@@NervousTiefling No. in the comics they have similar look to DA2.

[@NervousTiefling]

@mrmurdock6994 You're just wrong here. Look up Rasaan Dragon Age, the very first female qunari ever depicted in anything dragon age related. From 2012.

[@mrPurplexedYT]

​@NervousTiefling her hair covers the big ass forehead, it looks much more natural... like a thiefling. These ones are an abomination. Rasaan's horns also come out of her head a little bit further from the side instead of literally being a blob with protruding horns coming from the top like anthenae

[@MammothMorals]

with the mourn watcher backstory of you being found in the necropolis, I'm head cannoning my legion of the dead parents finding a way into the necropolis through a crack and leaving the child there for a chance at a better life.

[@sandria2908]

Thank you so much for answering my question ❤ I‘m so glad to hear there is so much more to discover!

[@Acisse]

Welcome back, you have been missed.

[@Ladyinsanity]

thank you, ty for being here ^^

[@MyTomServo]

I think they messed up the forehead of the Qunari honestly. I know they were kind of like this in previous games, but something is just ... wrong about it

[@asnarkshark]

their hairlines are U shaped, whereas in the other games they were like \_/ which i think looks so much better (and not like a receding hairline)

[@Ladyinsanity]

Sorry about that reupload! Swear we're fine now. I think. All videos are up today! And then upcoming ones are about Weisshaupt, Solas, and my overall impressions.

[@ConnorLonergan]

For elven Rook's how is the City vs Dalish distinction handled?

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Trouble with the Council? 😜 You're basically DA Illuminati, now. 🎶"We do, we Doooooooo!" -Simpsons

[@MrApoorvaSingh753]

I was worried did my comment got deleted ? 😂 I missed you so much! Glad to have you back around and your gentle voice and going full details.

[@Dakeryas95]

So so so so happy to see you're back missed your content :D I know you can change how you look midgame but can you change race/gender? I'm a tiny bit worried it'll have less emphasis on racial missions/abilities/dialogue etc etc

[@kingofwyrms2227]

My question is why did you intentionally seek out to make Rook look as ugly as possible? You could have showed off everything in the character creator like you did while still making a decent-looking character. A big concern of fans right now is the fact that no matter what you do in character creation Rook will always look either ugly or just like something's off about them. You could have made an attractive looking character so that a lot of fans who are worried about this which is at least a good half or more at this point could relax. This has actively started driving more people away from the game.

[@UwUxy]

Pretty sure Crow Rook has no actual relation to Viago or the King because Crows "inherit" the name of the house they've been "adopted" (usually bought) into - like Zev has been bought by the house Airanai and thus has it as his last name while bearing 0 relation (blood or otherwise) to the Talon of house Airanai

[@roanc3709]

Yep, Lucanis is related to the head of his house but that’s not the norm. I’m guessing since it’s not linked to race we will not be related, though since parts of the backstory can be established through dialogue I suppose it can’t be ruled out for a human rook (but that would make it complicated so I doubt it)

[@damvid21]

Didn't see all the names but, in case it matters to anyone, Láidir means "strong" in Irish, Aldwir means "called" in Welsh, and Mercar means "to buy" in Galician (northern Spain). Thorne means "thorn" in English. 😒

[@_Thaery]

omfg its been so long Lady- legit sending so much love and so ready to vibe.

[@TheMemitim]

when the world needed her most, she returned. (For the very first time. And not at all the second time)

[@terridicenza8076]

Welcome back , nice to see you again . I miss you and your content. Thank goodness we have more hair choices.

[@jayyy996]

I remember following your coverage of the lead up to Dragon Age Inquisition. Can’t believe it’s been 10 years. Good to see you pop up in my recommendations again.

[@OneWingedRose]

Reupload? Instead of redoing my old comments I'll just take the chance to say thanks for the work you do for the DA community, it was thanks to your videos way back when that I picked up the DA Books I did (Asunder and The Masked Empire) and I really enjoyed reading them! I hope Veilguard ends up a good time too.

[@Ladyinsanity]

😭 Thank you so much!! I really hope you'll have a great time when the game comes out

[@Samuelmokfa]

Very happy with another one of your videos. One question... Regarding decisions from previous games, will only Inquisition's decisions have an impact on the story or will they also respect our decisions since Origins and Dragon Age II?

[@Deuzen_FIN]

I believe the devs have stated that DAO and DA2 decisions will not play a part in Veilguard, only Inquisition.

[@Samuelmokfa]

​@@Deuzen_FIN Sad... I've always loved seeing my decisions have an impact, even if small. For example, Dagna's dialogue in Inquisition about the events of Origins and whether she received help or not

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Anyone notice how the character randomly smiles while hair choices are selected? It's like they know they did a good job 😅

[@DaSkyrim]

Qunari just really look weird in this one

[@Fedaygin]

Character Creator (Lilf Left Behind Qunari) in Neon Age Vileguard ✅ Game that's currently worth of fiteen bucks le sigh & needs a lot of work by modders 😮‍💨

[@eithniel]

Lovely video and I must say, I just love your voice as well 😭💚

[@ffax2728]

Ashe is back!!!! ❤

[@ReawenDarko]

At first, I didn't realize whose channel this was I just selected it because everyone seems to do elves and I wanted to see some Qunari customization. Then I heard you talking and went "It's ASHE!" It's awesome to have you back.

[@Ladyinsanity]

LOL thanks for coming back haha ^^

[@solertree8653]

I actually rather like what I've been seeing from Veilguard, and I say that as a long time fan and player of the series.

[@Lasandra-o4o]

I am feeling so nostalgic right now! I remember watching you before Inquisition released when I was 16. Feels right to be watching again at 26!

[@Ladyinsanity]

Whoaaaa, thank you for coming back!! A literal decade

[@Lasandra-o4o]

@@Ladyinsanity It's been simultaneously the longest 10 years ever (waiting for this game) and also like it was just yesterday. The passage of time is strange lol! It's great to see you upload again!

[@asnarkshark]

i love qunari and i was planning to play one, but i just can’t if their hairline starts in the middle of the head 😭 thank u for the video though!! super excited to play still, just maybe not a qunari

[@Mulluns]

Welcome back, hope to see more once the Veilguard is released!

[@isabellamarni8495]

Are there additional NPC voice lines based on anything specific about your appearance?? Remarks about your tattoos, or how short/tall you are, etc.?

[@led_tower]

Who else is playing a dwarf rook? Im thinking of Grey Warden but might change my mind once I get familiar with the other factions.

[@chrispilcher2024]

can Qunari Rooks be Hornless like Sten from DAO?

[@krvinbrrtels]

Apparently, our Rook can't be a hornless Qunari this time around (source: Split the Veil). We don't know how they'll handle hornless Inquisitors though, maybe it's exclusive to them.

[@npc6254]

I didn’t think it was possible for anyone to have a shinier forehead than Solas and then BioWare RKO’d me outta nowhere with the Veilguard Qunari. 😂

[@AgentZ46]

I so appreciate you for the "limited by your own creativity" line because I am sick of the 'they look too human!' nonsense.

[@johnwitkus]

I wish I couldn't see the line that separates the face and the horn customizer, but everything looks fantastic otherwise

[@crimsonreaver9765]

Okay, if my qunari is doomed from the start to be fugly, I'm hoping they've at least got qunari helmets in game this time around

[@connorrobinson8387]

Omg ashe is back ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AeschylusShepherd]

Really excited to see what modders come up with. I don’t usually play Qunari but I’m loving the facial hair options! You can really adjust everything compared to before! The head morphing is insane! I’m sure I can make my Qunari look really good!

[@peanutm9346]

Mods will be banned most likely

[@Ladyinsanity]

No? They don't nor have they ever cared about mods.

[@MyKeyMoonShine]

There are quite a few curly hair options. I might actually to be able to make a character with hair simmilar to mine for once.

[@matp7786]

your voice bring me to the past when I was happy with a few things ❤

[@seeinred]

Great choice of thumbnail, pretty reflective of the Bioware Magic (tm).

[@what.even.is0000]

As a huge fan of OG Dragon Age, this is just majorly disappointing. Like what happened?? Where did their designers go?? This franchise used to have such a strong visual personality. I'm floored for all the wrong reasons.

[@hansno1475]

Really beginning to be worried about the world state thing. They won’t talk about it which makes me think they know people will be mad.

[@thewebmaster7483]

They gave the Qunaris a Fivehead instead of a forehead! 🤣

[@WynneL]

8head, that ain't no five. If it's twice as big as four, it's an 8head.

[@Exile19941]

How far is the choices the custom world state before you customize your inquisitor? is it just for inquisition or is it for all 3 games? Cause depending on the choices you make in all 3 games is different like alistair being king, Bethany in the circle, anders being alive, Connor being alive, to Kieran being born and your warden being alive and the classes and race of both your warden and your hawke

[@hansno1475]

They aren’t talking about this and it really worries me. They know that’s a big selling point for fans of this series and they won’t go there. Starting to think that area is going to be VERY streamlined

[@cande9023]

Gonna wait for hair mods before my first qunari playthrough. But the horn options look amazing. Love the fact that we can also have crystals in them like taash.

[@stheno6747]

Can you change your casual wear at any point? I’ll admit some do bother me a bit >

[@Ladyinsanity]

There's other casual wear you can wear around, but I wasn't unable to unlock any when I played

[@stheno6747]

@@Ladyinsanity tysm for answering !

[@MUSIC3787]

Lmao they so ugly :D what happened to Bioware 10 years ago even Krogan look better - did they really not even watch BG3 ? Dragonborns look so sick in there

[@ultimatedespairgamer6722]

So sad we can’t fix the stupid forhead 😓 excited about everything else though

[@Silenthitman44]

What? She little plays around with it in the beginning

[@ultimatedespairgamer6722]

@@Silenthitman44 she played around with it , but it didn’t fix the issue lol , forehead was still rediculous

[@Silenthitman44]

@@ultimatedespairgamer6722 She shrunk it made it bigger made it darker less smooth and did other stuff so what are you talking about?

[@ultimatedespairgamer6722]

@@Silenthitman44 again she made minor changes to it but the issues I had with it before remained after her changes lol

[@Ladyinsanity]

You definitely can. A number of sliders have to be tweaked at the same time for it to be reduced.

[@harrybroaddus846]

Welcome back!

[@aioneternity5]

I'm sorry, this is the prettiest Bioware game we've had so far. I don't care what anyone says about the graphics. It's so stylized, I really love the direction they decided to go. And the HAIR!? The hair is so SO pretty. Good job, Bioware. And welcome back Ashe

[@JeannieLove]

Same here. I don't like seeing pores and stuff on character models.

[@peanutm9346]

Please sing me a pirate song

[@onthaloose7521]

The qunari don't all look the same, they just look bad. That coupled with the cartoonish artstyle is just awful. Ill never understand why they went this route, but heres hoping the story is actually good. Though, im beginning to doubt thats even possible being that theyre ignoring most everything weve done prior to the game. Hell, I havent even seen any mention of red lyrium in Veilguard. Did it just disappear??

[@nytesla_punk3327]

I love how customizable they are

[@Funkopotamus920]

Graphics style for characters is weird. Still looks like a mobile game. Was hoping qunari would look appealing to play but guess not. Worse than ever imo.

[@aureum5495]

Wish there was a no horn option

[@abbypierce4196]

OHHH MY GOD ASHE ❤❤❤

[@RafaelGringo]

Just discovered your channel! Love the content and the tone of your voice. You got a new subscriber!

[@aberlum]

Thank you so much for uploading this video! It's probably the best outlook to qunari I've seen! I wanted to ask: can any of the choices made in origins or DA2 be imported like with inquisition like who we romanced back then?

[@jessemoreno8792]

great to have you back. hi Ashe.

[@Ladyinsanity]

hi jesse!! it's been a bit, good to be back

[@bomberbinz]

Why is the body shape option not allowing for instance if Female, an actual hour glass figure. There is hardly any difference between full bottom left in the triangle and the top "Muscular" option. Does the Dragon Age Lore not allow genetics for this? There seems to be surgeons within the world that can perform a double mastectomy. Just wondering.

[@LadybirdEm]

they hate us women who look like that I guess 😅 it's fairly disappointing.

[@Ladyinsanity]

You can literally change several of the options to make an hour glass figure. It's in the video. I've also personally made one as an elf, you DEFINITELY can.

[@Ladyinsanity]

I mentioned it in the reply but you CAN make a character with an hourglass figure, or larger hips or what have you. They don't "hate" women with different body types - the options are literally in the video.

[@HiDef17]

The only person whose not a dev to create an attractive character

[@MrMarioEberle]

Thank you for picking my questions and answering them! Most appreciated. Idk if you can talk about it, but in the CC can you also pick decisions from DAO and DA2 or is it only from DAI?

[@SorceressWitch]

The Qunari in this video look better than the IGN one. They made Quagmire lol.

[@samflood5631]

Are you going to do some character creator videos for a Human Rook, Elven Rook and Dwarven Rook?

[@tentrilliconlp7748]

Are there any decisions you can make from Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age 2?

[@Keram-io8hv]

Damn they really looked on tieflings and went "I want this too!"

[@hannahcanela9570]

Dragon Age has had a horned race since 2011

[@Keram-io8hv]

@@hannahcanela9570 I remember them as absolute beasts with distinctive features and not just humans with horns (even Sten in DAO looked more like Quanari than Quanari in Veilguard)

[@hannahcanela9570]

@@Keram-io8hv well, they already looked significantly more human in Inquisition than 2. My guess is they look more human now because nonbinary options means it's preferable to do away with the sexual dimorphism, which is probably the main reason the men looked so... beastly

[@Keram-io8hv]

@@hannahcanela9570 I have no idea what that means

[@darklelouchg8505]

Ah, so it changed for politics. Gotcha.

[@calvinsilvestri3057]

Qunari have been done dirty. they just keep getting shorter and softer... as others have said, they really should have leaned more into the DA2 aesthetic instead. . . And what the heck is up with their foreheads now?

[@Hawk_Bro]

Holy shit, the graphics and character designing looks awful 🤢

[@Krain420]

They look like the people d.a.r.e. warned us about.

[@marconeves1979]

Ashe! Woohoo, good to hear from you again!

[@koca987]

Can Qunari have less of Megamind forehead??? can it be smaller more normal ???

[@Ladyinsanity]

Video's a bit too fast but yes, you can get it pretty small if you want.

[@PTLANS]

What did they do to the Qunari? They look awful.

[@Silenthitman44]

You can adjust a lot of the options she rushed through it

[@ConfusedOracle]

Kinda late but will the aspirational gear we see from the factions be exclusive to rook of that faction, or can any rook buy and equip them?

[@PrincessStabbityPLS]

I'm somewhat impressed with the face customisation. When I first heard that it would be "pick a preset, customise with sliders", I was afraid it would end up being as bad as Andromeda's, but it seems like they may have learned a few things since then. Thankfully. The hair tho... mhm... technically, the quantity of choices, and technically the variety of choices is there but... like... I would pick maybe... 5 of them? Ever? There are three long straight styles that I couldn't tell apart at all until I saw the side comparison. The vast majority of hairstyles show way too much forehead, and the few that do have bangs, style them in the ugliest ways possible with no care for volume and texture. Basic braid and ponytail hairstyles only seem to be there to tick a checkbox, but no interesting designs are featured. No buns, no interesting updos, and apparently Thedas has never heard of sidelocks. Majority are also neck-long at most, which is unfortunate, but at least I saw a few that dare go below the shoulders so um... I guess that's a big step for western AAA games? So yay. It's 2024, and will be 2025 soon, and I've seen better hair customisation in 2010s Souls-likes. Even Cyberpunk, with its paltry offering of hair choices, still at least managed to come up with a few gems. Bioware has never been known for its character creators but I'm still disappointed to see how much technology has progressed, how the art style has changed, but designers STILL keep designing hair like it's 2000s, hair physics are experimental and volatile and fluff simulation is the bleeding edge of innovation. Sorry... I got a bit ranty there >.< I'm just spoiled by games like Nioh 2, Code Vein, etc. So I expect a lot from character customisation in AAA games, and this is not cutting it anymore.

[@Gggly2513]

I agree with you that the hair- while impressive visually- all seems incredibly strangely styled. There’s maybe one casual style for each texture and length but the rest just feel weird. There’s a lot of half-up styles and yet I feel like barely any of them are arranged the way a real person arranges their hair. Even the more extravagant braids and updos don’t feel like styles someone would actually have. Reminds me of some of the wackier hairstyles in BG3 but here unfortunately the wacky styles are outnumbering the casual or pristine ones. As you said a ton of them are pulling back from the forehead in really strange ways and yet there’s no real casual swept back look that I was hoping for- it’s all either middle part, extreme side flip part, or pompadour ponytail. I also feel like they all sit weirdly on the head and have more/less volume than they should. Reminds me of mods that port hairstyles from one game to another that ends up looking like a huge wig because the hairs weren’t designed for the game’s head shape. But I saw that there are some scalp/hairline sliders, so maybe that’ll help? I am a bit disappointed that this game with its hyped up hair physics and “options for everyone” doesn’t have the basic, simple, shoulder length swept back hair that I do irl. It’s certainly way better than before, and there definitely are more options for styles that were never included- specifically textured styles and long hairs. But with how much it was talked up by the devs and advertising I thought I didn’t have to worry about finding something I’d like, when it turns out there’s very little at all that would be something I’d put on any of my characters. The worst part is that since so many people like the extensive options, and I imagine the hair physics is a complicated mechanism, no one will probably make hair mods for what I’m looking for 😢 oh well. It’s still a very nice system and I’m sure I’ll make someone I’m excited about. And I’m glad that the options they have do exist, especially the longer and textured ones. I’m just a picky baby whining that I don’t get what I want lol

[@PrincessStabbityPLS]

@@Gggly2513 Yes! I think you just managed to explain this uncanny feeling I've been getting from all this hair. It really does look like they're wigs that don't fit the head shape! The hair on top lacks volume, it just lays completely flat on the scalp as if it was worn on top of it, instead of the follicles growing outwards @.@ And this may also be why all the styles look so pulled back at maximum tension level.

[@JustKelso1993]

They will never win with you people.

[@PrincessStabbityPLS]

@@JustKelso1993 Many other games have "won" with me, so I'm not sure what you mean. I set my standards based on two factors: pricetag and competition. In Veilguard's case, the top of competition is BG3 and the price range is in the $60-70 + potential DLCs area. For that money, underperformance is unacceptable and no participation trophies will be issued.

[@JustKelso1993]

@@PrincessStabbityPLS Not enough hair, bitching. More than enough hair, bitching. No winning.

[@NiaMariaePlays]

do you know if the PC / Steam version will support PlayStation button prompts? I usually just plug my PS5 controller into my PC and I'm not familiar with PC/Xbox button configuration

[@mnk9073]

That just looks bad. Like really bad. Compare the design of the Arishok or Iron Bull to this and tell me they didn't f up the Qunari hard. Thing looks like they copy pasted some girls face onto a cow, blended the edges and called it a day giving it that minotaur with extra chromosomes-look...

[@rhidor8524]

so no choices from older games, just inquisition? :c

[@Zelomakitoko]

I mean at this point it's like 20 years since DAO. Not many of your choices from way back would matter anymore

[@roanc3709]

@@Zelomakitokosome would though. Who rules ferelden? Does Morrigan, a character in this game, have a son, and did that son previously have the soul of an old god? Did Morrigan, a character in this game, have a romantic relationship with the warden? What gender was the warden, something we’d have to know to discuss them? What race? Did they survive? What gender was hawke, the best friend of varric, a character in this game? I’m not expecting all these choices to have major impact on the plot, but if we can’t set up our world state then we can’t talk about the history of the world we’re in. We can’t have conversations about major players in the last 20 years of the worlds history, because we don’t even know what pronoun to use for them. For example, if we were to ask varric how he ended up part of the inquisition, we know that the answer is Cassandra was looking for hawke to lead the inquisition, because the hero of ferelden was either dead or missing and they wanted hawke to lead it. But if we don’t have a custom world state he can’t answer that way, because he won’t be able to differentiate between a male or female hawke, so would have to refer to them by name every time, and a dead or alive warden. That seriously limits how much of the world we can talk about simply because there’d be no way for the game to know which detail to use. It may not effect the overall plot much, but it could seriously limit the depth of the setting.

[@galaxychar]

@@roanc3709 Idk why who rules Ferelden and all of that would matter across the world with a story unrelated to that country. I agree about Morrigan etc though.

[@Zelomakitoko]

@@galaxychar yeah I think the first two I agree with, the others could easily be worked around (like w Varric - "cassandra was looking for a good friend of mine... But I don't wanna talk about it") Mostly I just feel like soooo much has happened that the last blight has become just a part of history and people wouldn't necessarily go around asking about the warden. Sorry I'm not trying to argue or anything, to be honest to me it still feels so cool that *any* choices you make carry over to the next game, that I don't feel upset if some don't. Particularly ones that happened so far in the past that (quite likely) many of our protags either weren't born yet or were very little

[@roanc3709]

@@galaxychar it’s not so much that it would matter to the plot, it’s that it matters to how deeply the setting can be discussed. Because these details are variable there cannot be an offhand reference to them at all, because there’s no way of telling the game whether to say king or queen. So ferelden politics cannot be mentioned offhand. The events of origins or da2 can’t be mentioned offhand. I’m not expecting them to have an effect on the plot, they mostly never did. I’m expecting them to be canon in my world state. I’m expecting an offhand reference to a world leaders diplomatic agreements with king alistair/queen anora. I’m expecting an offhand reference to the warden sacrificing themselves to save the world from a blight, or them disappearing after surviving. Im expecting varric to bring up his best friend, who may or may not be dead. Im expecting any cameo characters to be able to make a brief reference to their original appearance and the hero they interacted with. Those things can’t happen if we can’t tell the game what the world state is. If we cannot tell the game anything about origins or da2, then it won’t even be able to refer to our previous characters by a pronoun, which limits their mention to a single sentence. Our characters we love and explored this world through. Also, we’re going all round thedas. This game isn’t set in one country, we’re going to many places around the entire continent. There’s gonna be places where things should have come up but couldn’t, and it’s going to make it feel flat.

[@Watzittoya123]

The hair… THE HAIR 😭

[@TheShockwave1138]

Because I’m a timeline nut, figuring out the year has been bugging me! Have we nailed down the official answer yet? Is it 10 years after Inquisition, or after Trespasser? Is it 9:52 or 9:54?

[@Kenny4753]

I’m not sure if you can answer this but it appears like the past adventures part of cc only takes DAI into account. So is it safe to assume there’s no input from DAO or DA2 at all? Like not even “which origin was the HoF?” or “who did Hawke romance?” questions.

[@coreymckee4844]

The fact that Harding (my favorite ginger dwarf!😍🥰) is FINALLY romancable, makes it the canon romance for me. I dont mind the action combat either. Just hope theres some nice post game content or NG+ etc. I just pre ordered the "rooks coffer edition" with the physical copy on ps5 from gamestop Canada. This game is my main focus and game of the rest of 2024. October 31st cant come soon enough!!! 😭🙏

[@afroman5160]

I think with a character creation this in depth. We can make Qunari look good. It will just take some effort. I see all the comments from da 2 Qunari. They all pretty much looked the same too me.

[@azalrou1305]

I would really like to see more about the combat system for Vailgard and will all the old specializations make a comeback for you to use in game like blood magic or Templar? From what I saw so far it looks like mass effect with a dragon age skin, in terms of abilities. The character creator definitely looks interesting and love more customizability options of course. Story wise dragon age has always good story telling, so im interested to see what vailgard has to unfold there.

[@suburbantimewaster9620]

The character creator looks awesome!

[@NoName-ym5zj]

So, do we import any chocies from DA2 and DAO? It would be a huge let down if the whole OGB story is left unresolved or unanswered as to what the hell was that all about or Warden's quest to stop the Calling or Hawke travelling to Weishaupt ...

[@Thesecretvalley]

Are the worldstate choices only for Inquisition, or are there choices for the earlier games as well?

[@ismapow]

Finally someone showing something other than an elf

[@JeannieLove]

Can we make a tall, muscular female elf? Or will they always be shorter than humans? As for the muscles, I was hoping to get a little more bulk. This is the best overview video I've seen. Thanks for being so thorough.

[@Ladyinsanity]

While you can make an elf taller (and definitely muscular), iirc overall they will scale shorter than humans. And thank you for watching!