Watching Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gameplay With Your Anxious Friend

It's me, your internet friend! I've been saving the Dragon Age: The Veilguard gameplay reveal to watch with you and I think it's high time we got to doing that. I'll go ahead and tell you now, though, I REALLY like Dragon Age. What's to follow will certainly contain opinions. OH NO!
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==Chapters==
00:00 - Talking about the Veilguard cinematic trailer
05:10 - Watching the Veilguard gameplay reveal together
32:33 - Talking about the Veilguard gameplay reveal
35:01 - Thank you and channel updates

[@_tasiaxnot]

I won’t tell you the exact details but it is confirmed that Solas doesn’t die there.

[@julilla1]

Hope you're feeling better about it now! I am looking forward to this game, for sure!

[@ColedOne]

Definitely! My trepidation has mostly been replaced with a hopeful optimism!

[@elissahe2377]

So those two at the end were the locked away evanuris, Elgar'nan and Ghil'anain. Rook's actions caused him to accidentally free them when he was just relocating them. In doing what they did, rook's blood got mixed into the ritual connecting them to the veil and Solas but Solas is also now locked in the fade. Solas will be a very key character in the game and will form a relationship with rook on a personal level

[@danielallen4450]

Copium. All jokes aside, I hope you’re right.

[@elissahe2377]

@@danielallen4450 I'm just relaying what was said in the first gamer insight article that came out that was 12 pages long. I already love it

[@tickeater1776]

@@danielallen4450this was explained in several articles, so it’s not just a theory

[@tickeater1776]

@@danielallen4450I think specifically the game informer cover story

[@danielallen4450]

@@tickeater1776 Ahh okay. Good to hear. I avoided the articles in case of spoilers, but I’m glad to hear they won’t just immediately shank Solas.

[@virginiamurr3703]

FWIW: The "nudge nudge, wink wink" on Wizard of Oz is something the writers have always done. Remember the "I like big butts" joke in DA2? Or the endless Cole lines in Inquisition referencing modern movies, etc.? It's just for fun. Adds a bit of levity for those who catch them.

[@tanna_k]

Solas doesn't die and he continues to be an important part of the story, though maybe not as the big bad of the game

[@DeyaClaudio]

Its very much like Varic to make modern jokes. I think that is why he is relatable. I always felt like it was a way of breaking the forth wall. We're used to him telling the story but I get the feeling that he might actually die in this one to pass the baton to the next generation of heroes. I wonder if they will bring back the Inquisitor, I remember romancing Solas in one playthrough so I wonder how they will tie that in. On a side note, I did wish that they stuck with the other character designs for Solas or at least changed his design for this one. Other than that, I am kinda excited to play this and hope to see some old faces and have more explorations of this "new" world.

[@danielallen4450]

Varric has become the default main character of the franchise. I guarantee they won’t be killing him unless this ends up being the final entry in the franchise. It’d be like killing Liara.

[@MalarikFilms]

14:02 he's a duelist, that's why he is flipping around

[@jenniferatterton1587]

In the Veilguard there are 6 factions/backstories for your customisable Rook so it will have a lot of re-playability. We only see the combat style in the gameplay of a Rogue, there are different action styles for the various races. Solas plays a part throughout. I don't know what happens to Varric as yet but read the latest news, it will answer some of your questions,

[@Dragon_Lair]

I don’t think that will increase replay ability. Just add a few dialogue options but the quests will be the same. The writing staff is completely new and the things they are focusing on to sell the game isn’t what made the franchise in the first place so I’m not sure if the game will do well.

[@jenniferatterton1587]

​@@Dragon_Lair you may be right, but I am still holding my judgement until the full game is out and I've played through.

[@Dragon_Lair]

@@jenniferatterton1587 Fair enough. Me, I'm waiting for both reviews and a sale. BioWare's past decade has them on the "keep at arms length" mode. And most importantly, no preorders.

[@virginiamurr3703]

@@Dragon_Lair The writing staff is *not* completely new. Just a couple of examples: creative director and writer John Epler has been there for 17 years. Lead writer Patrick Weekes has been there for 19 years.

[@neoeva122]

your voice and cadense are very soothing, I enjoyed this vid!

[@ColedOne]

Thank you so much for saying that! I like your art!

[@georgel883]

I have a bad feeling, putting it at 80% that they will be killing off Varic in the first part. "To raise stakes and "motivate the player". Yet fucking it up because guess what the PC character does not know varic from 2 seconds. Also, Bianca breaking is a foreshadowing.

[@samflood5631]

If so, I imagine there could be a companion quest for Harding to find the remaining pieces of Bianca and build it into a new crossbow, probably naming it Varric.

[@mahiganti]

can't wait for the 80% steam sale on it when it gets review bombed

[@barryb.benson3370]

​@@mahiganti Why would it get reviewbombed? The general consensus among fans is that it looks good so far. Everything the devs have explained about the game so far points at them taking criticisms and negative gaming trends into serious consideration during development. It's valid for people to say "I don't like the combat, its not for me", but that's not the majority of the fanbase. In fact, the only people I see complaining are culture war tourists and a small sect of people that haven't engaged with the franchise outside of Dragon Age: Origins.

[@mahiganti]

@@barryb.benson3370 it could go either way for a positive or negative review bomb. I just want the big sale when GOTY edition or whatever its called gets released

[@Abimin100]

@@mahiganti I hope you're aware than a GOTY edition requires them to win a GOTY first, and if that happens, you won't get a 80% sale of the game for at least a year or so, lol

[@samflood5631]

I too am excited for Dragon Age Veilguard to come out in the Fall of 2024. Here are my race and class options as well as romance options once I get this game for my PS5. Male Elf Warden, either Warrior=Champion, Mage=Spell Blade or Rogue=Veil Ranger. Romancing Harding. I’ll make him look like Denji from Chainsaw man, or Alphen from Tales of Arise Female Dwarf Crow, Rogue=either Saboteur or Duelist. Romancing Assan. I’ll make her look like Sophitia from Soul Calibur, or Beatrix from Zom 100. Female Human Shadow Dragon, Mage=either Evoker or Death Caller. Romancing Lucanis. I’ll make her look like Touka from Tokyo Ghoul, or Reze from Chainsaw Man. Male Qunari Fortune Lord, Warrior=either Reaper or Slayer. Romancing Bellara. I’ll make him look like Goliath from Gargoyles, or Kratos from God of War.

[@mattmaas5790]

Do you not care that you can't look up with the camera in this game?

[@samflood5631]

@@mattmaas5790 What does this have to do with my comment?

[@mattmaas5790]

@samflood5631 you said you were excited for veilguard. Do you know about not being able to control the camera yet? Not just the third person part.

[@samflood5631]

@@mattmaas5790 I don’t mind it that much. It’s my choice on what game I choose to play, not your’s.

[@mattmaas5790]

@@samflood5631 I don't think you understand what it even is though

[@tickeater1776]

Harding definitely mentions her first name - also even before I got into the fandom I noticed how crazy people were about her, so I think the confusion you’re feeling may just be you. People were begging for a Harding romance before it was even announced she’d be in the game lol

[@ArcticSounds]

I agree. I was really put off by the cinematic trailer but this one put most of my concerns to rest. It’s interesting they’re going with a more Mass Effect-y gameplay style, with only a couple active abilities and not being able to control companions. Not sure how I feel about that yet, but I’m staying optimistic. I finished replaying Trespasser last night so I’m really pumped for this!

[@MalarikFilms]

22:50 it's from the comics and mentioned by MANY- 23:03 yes

[@MalarikFilms]

23:56 it's cuz it's on story mode most likely (they said theyres story mode, casual, hard, nightmare, etc-)

[@danielallen4450]

Welp, see ya solas. Hope those plans you had for the false gods being freed work out egg man. I’ll pretend to miss you.

[@carole5648]

i think Tevinter is like the "rome" of Thedas, their language is latin-y so i guess it's like an italian accent?

[@ColedOne]

@@carole5648 Oooooh. You know, now that you say that, it makes a lot more sense to me!

[@Rickus316]

The story of the development is it started as single player rpg then it was fully scrapped - then EA requested they restart the game development but as a ‘Live Service’ then after Anthem flopped the execs panicked and told them to scrap the ‘Live Service’ elements - focusing on making it a single player game. I’m cautiously optimistic about this game and we’ve had more info released so it’s getting more intriguing. It does look like it’ll have a lot of potential replayability From the info we’ve got Solas is going to be important throughout the whole game and in Rooks head providing lore, info etc

[@MalarikFilms]

26:18 they kinda are, sadly lots of the relationship dynamics are hidden behind banter that rarely happens

[@adamnelson7993]

Maybe it isnt a choice that varric wants to talk solas down because of inquisition trespasser, like in the world state this gameplay is bassed on, the inquisitor choose to try and save solas from himself at the end and not to hunt him down, so maybe if the inquisitor decided he wanted to kill him, the choice would be swapped varric would want to kill him, and not listen to someone he newly knows compared to the inquisitor whom hes known longer and trusts? Idk might be reaching but that would be super cool that previous games could have such a huge impact 😅

[@MalarikFilms]

11:00 it isn't. We got it multiple times in inquisition and in songs

[@oldaccount90909]

Yeah hoping that Rook is just used for the intro of the game and you eventually make your own main character with him on your future team. I love my versions of the main heroes lol Also Varric pulling out that crossbow REALLY QUICK lmao

[@jamesknott5255]

Oh my sweet summer child. You don’t “really” believe that do you ? 😂

[@o.d.d.343]

im confused at what you are trying to say,you make your own character with its own faction affiliation and class and his codename i guess is Rook

[@oldaccount90909]

@@o.d.d.343 my bad I think I misunderstood.

[@YoungMrBlue]

9:02 The Hobbit 3 be like:

[@MalarikFilms]

21:19 bro- idk anyone who got the reference 😅- it is silly tho

[@user-kz5gw7xe4o]

I loved the first game, liked the second, really liked the third, probably won't even buy the fourth (only if the reviews are amazing).

[@vergillives9890]

And after watching a playthrough

[@giovannipanzeri6431]

I don’t like the fact you can’t control your companions and i really fear they’ve made “dragon age avengers”. Also Solas, a complex enemy, being substituted by the usual one dimensional evil dark lords I think is not a great choice.

[@mattmaas5790]

I don't like that you can't look up with the camera, only top down or right behind.

[@choppycrewstreams]

I didn't really like the vibe of the trailer. The OG Dragon Age felt like a more grim version of Lord of the Rings. The trailer for this game made it feel like "What if DISNEY made a Dragon Age game." Just not what I was looking for in DA. Gameplay, I'm kinda mixed. It wasn't bad, but not impressive either, imo. Just kinda basic. Then again, DA games were all about story, character interaction and multiple quest paths. Of course, I'm just thinking of the past few Bioware games and it's poisoning my view of this game. So, gonna wait and see how it goes.

[@davids2cents594]

this is going to be darker and grimmer the origins we are dealing with 2 elven gods and a blight. your choices can get your companions killed people are going to be stressed they will get their fav companions killed. its a 50 hour mass effect 2 suicide mission

[@Dragon_Lair]

@@davids2cents594They aren’t selling dark and grim though. They are selling Marvel humor, sexuality of the companions, spicy content and full nudity in character creator. They aren’t selling gameplay, story, characters beyond skin-deep features or dark fantasy. They are not selling choice and consequence and they are not selling g dark fantasy.

[@choppycrewstreams]

@@davids2cents594 After seeing what happened with Anthem and Andromeda, I'm going to remain skeptical until it's released. I hope it's great, but don't want to get my hopes up

[@ColedOne]

Andromeda and Anthem certainly dampened my hopes but I'm kind of excited after seeing it in motion! It definitely will sink or swim on the strength of it's writing which is anyone's guess at this point. Fingers crossed.

[@BBS-dl1lt]

I respect the work you put into making the video, i respect your open mindedness, and i respect your general positivity you show towards the games, but a lot of the stuff you said in the beginning of the video was just blatantly untrue and only serves to fuel the ongoing nonsensical hate that the game and studio is getting right now. The game was never at any point remotely close to being an "overwatch" type gameplay loop. There was a point in 2017ish that the studio was looking to include more live service elements into the game (like the underutilized live service optional mode of DA Inquisition, but baked into the core gameplay. It was still going to be an RPG at its core though. That was also scrapped years ago. Anything you saw in the trailer has created long after the decision to keep it a streamlined, offline RPG was made. The trailer was just a...questionable....art decision on their part perhaps trying to cater to a wider audience of gamers who perhaps never played any previous DA games. It should also be noted that many game trailers are made by third party companies who specialize in the process, so the general art direction of it might not have even been a Bioware decision. Not sure if that's the case here, but worth noting. Really i'm just exhausted by the people who hate on the game purely because it doesn't feel like dark fantasy the same was origins did. Never understood that criticism because no game since origins has had the same vibe. DA2 was a marked departure from dark fantasy, and DA inquisition scapped the genre altogether. There are still dark themes in the game, but that's not what dark fantasy is. The lore is much better established now and I'm happy that each game offers its own themes and general identity. I look forward to seeing the unique vibes and art style that this game offers.

[@AulisVaara]

> "Really i'm just exhausted by the people who hate on the game purely because it doesn't feel like dark fantasy the same was origins did. " If you're exhausted, you should go to bed.

[@vergillives9890]

People just dont want starfield with elves and dwarves people were excited then got it the areas were empty the companions were the same with slightly different dialog that were forgettable and substracted i just want it to be good DAI was good just lowered expectations

[@mattmaas5790]

Im the only person on the internet so far who has figured out you cant look upwards in this game, just like baldurs gate 3. Its really dumb.

[@ArcticSounds]

What makes you think you can’t look up

[@mattmaas5790]

@ArcticSounds yeah I admit I don't know it for sure but I believe it. Based on all the footage, I think the camera control is limited. And it started as a mmo per reports.

[@mattmaas5790]

@@ArcticSounds why wouldn't they look up at any point if it was possible. They were inspired by bg3's success.

[@ArcticSounds]

@@mattmaas5790 camera controls are one of the first things that gets worked on during gameplay development. If they were inspired by any game it wasn’t BG3. That only came out last year. Maybe you should wait for some hands-on impressions videos to come out before you make insinuations. Relax and wait for more info.

[@mattmaas5790]

@ArcticSounds what do you mean they weren't inspired by bg3? Bg3 is the whole reason they dropped being an MMO and went back to classic RPG. I seem to know more than you. People won't accept the truth. Ans just like bg3 there is no looking up or tall architecture.

[@davefawcett4894]

Being able to romance everyone, as anyone, concerns me. I admit I am a boomer, but I am very progressive or an old fart. In DAI, who you chose to be automatically locked you out of romancing some characters and made romancing others viable. As much as BG3 was a 10/10, all the romances were the same and became boring after multiple playthroughs. I am concerned that they did a lot of generic things in this game and if they went generic with the romances, what else did they do generic? The combat looks generic ARPG :( A game made for everyone will make no one happy.

[@fliplife67]

They downgraded a lot the gameplay video didn’t really show us anything but the game took this long to make.

[@ArcticSounds]

It’s been 5 years since their last game though. That’s pretty standard for AAA development these days. And BioWare famously has rough development cycles

[@William-vg8mk]

Thiws game has a pronoun generator!!

[@ArcticSounds]

Awesome! Can’t wait!

[@William-vg8mk]

@@ArcticSounds if you support pronouns then you have mental health problems

[@slagwerk111]

Look dispointing indeed not fan gemeplay story look poo so far

[@davefawcett4894]

This game looks like most games...sadly. BG3 was amazing and learning a different style of combat, turn-based, felt like playing chest while using swords. The original DA games all had variations of turned-based and ARPG with pause, I am too disappointed because it doesn't look that different in combat than all the others and I was hoping for a Dragon Age unique style of combat.

[@jamesknott5255]

The environments look fine. The demons look too generic, and I’m personally not a big fan of the departure of their look that’s already been established from the previous 3 GAMES. The characters look like they’ve been ripped straight from fortnight or league of legends. Knowing a bit more than what’s just seen in this particular video, they got a little carried away with the character creator. I like having lots of choices as much as the next person, but “bulge” size ? And “glute” size ? Yeah, I couldn’t care less. And pronouns !? Please ! 🤦‍♂️ we’ve had characters like Sera and Dorian in Inquisition. I loved them. Were they gay ? Yes. Did they shove that down players throats ? NO ! And that’s how it SHOULD be. Leave your DEI, woke garbage out please. Or even better, make your own game, instead of riding the coattails of other already established series, see how it sells. But stop ruining beloved franchises like Dragon Age, Silent Hill 2, and Assassin’s Creed. Claiming to be making these recent, horrifying changes in the name of “modern audiences”. You had ONE JOB BioWare. To simply continue the narrative that had already been established in Inquisition. I don’t really care for what I’m seeing displayed, or for the nuts and bolts of the game, but let’s see how they did with the story itself.

[@klaudiakozerska8423]

Im sorry but-- How do pronouns ruin the game? I personally can't care less about pronouns, but its just another option to choose or not, how is this such a problem 😅 Bg3 also had it, right?

[@jamesknott5255]

@@klaudiakozerska8423 I haven’t played BG3, so I couldn’t tell you. And no. Pronouns in and of themselves aren’t a “problem”, but when something is being shoved in your face, demanding your attention, for me personally, it just makes me want to have nothing to do with it. For example, in Inquisition we had Dorian and Sera. Both are great characters. Both are gay. Does that matter ? No. Unless you’re wanting to romance one of them, if that’s the case, then you create your Inquisitor accordingly. But it wasn’t something shoved in your face. More than the thing itself, more often it’s the reason WHY it’s being included. Do you recall in games past that included the use of pronouns ? No ! Because it doesn’t matter ! Just like the pandering “diversity” in games currently, or the “uglification” of women in games. It’s WHY it’s being implemented that’s the issue. In all honesty, I’m not crazy about what I see in the gameplay trailer for “veilguard”, but I’m still holding out hope that the story itself is still compelling.

[@trash1170]

@@jamesknott5255 I think you are making it bigger then it actually is. I think it’s gonna ask you once what your pronouns are and the characters will refer to you as so. If it’s such a problem then just… hear me out… if you are going to play Male then use he/him. Same thing if you are going to play a Female. You’ll never be asked again.

[@jamesknott5255]

@@trash1170 Oh haha. Like I’ve already stated, the pronouns in and of themselves isn’t the point, it’s the simple fact that they’re being introduced 🤔 at all. It shouldn’t even be a thing. And with people continuing with the mindset of “oh, it’s not that big a deal” is partly what’s gotten things to the point they have, and no, not JUST with the whole “pronouns” thing. If these dei people wanna develop their own games, great ! I wish them all the luck in the world. But I don’t like that they’re “mandating” to game developers that they HAVE to include stuff like this “or else”. It’s just my own opinion of course, and I totally understand others disagreeing with me. But I also know I’m not in the minority in feeling like this with current games coming out. I DO want this game to be great.

[@trash1170]

@@jamesknott5255 I want the game to be great too, I think its the way that you phrased the comment made it sound hostile to an extent. It follows a similar thing with how people are going "this game woke so its bad" etc etc. One of the three things (maybe four) things stated before your woke sentence is the pronouns while the other three are glute and bulge size. Are all those 'woke' because the term of it has been thrown around. For example, by calling a game with a gay character mentioning they have a boyfriend as 'woke'. Whats shoving down your throat exactly cause unless they have a magic surgeon you aren't gonna get an option to have bulge, glute and pronouns unless in the character creator which from my understanding will show up ONCE evry playthrough. If you buy the game just don't engage with these elements and you'll have a enjoyable experience. Please explain to me the term 'woke' by your standards that should be left out of gaming. I will say personally I have played through all three games and the DLC. Origins is the best imo.