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Post by mediocreogre on Feb 5, 2023 20:11:09 GMT
Yeah that was the combat video from ages ago I remember that reminded me of these snippets. Definitely not strict hack n slash. I’m not worried about combat either. As long as it’s not 1st person Skyrim I’m fine. But the fact that it seems like we might go to Weisshaupt or however you spell that…. Weren’t there leaks from ages ago that mentioned that? And solas calling himself salos? Or should I got to the hospital cause I’m having a stroke? edit: I found it… It was from 2017, which would have been the first of the three versions of DAD we’ve gone through.
It seemed like bullshit, still does… but it explicitly said we go to Weisshaupt to work with the Grey Wardens as part of a plot to save the last Old Gods from the Darkspawn. Which is a bit too close to the vibe of this real leak.
So…. I wanna think it’s bullshit as it sounds weird but I dunno anymore and post 2017 bioware doesn’t fill me with confidence the game isn’t going to be about Salos stomping around Thedas 3 meters tall.
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Post by Rouccoco on Feb 5, 2023 23:47:22 GMT
that "Nobody dies on my watch! For the Wardens!" line got me feeling things BA 😳😳😳😳😳 he has to be a companion for sure, theres too much of it out there to be old and fake news if so hopefully he will be the male companion lead that you cannot missed and hopefully bi (as much as I would love him to be gay, thats impossible for plot-relevant ones) You and me both. They can also just scan him and put him in the game ☺️ Dunno, maybe after the tv series they finally understood they can just have gay leads? I'm not expecting it, but hey, maybe we'll get pleasantly surprised.
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Post by Rouccoco on Feb 6, 2023 17:02:14 GMT
Honestly I don't think I ever saw the video and I probably just didn't bother because I expected more Solas/Varric pandering. I mean, you didn't miss much, just some talking and some work in progress animations. You'd think they would have learned by now and not announce anything so early in development. I can't remember any game that was announced super early and the hype didn't hurt its reception at launch.
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Post by mediocreogre on Feb 7, 2023 14:42:31 GMT
To be fair that video was probably released when the multiplayer DAD was fairly close to being the DAD we’d get and was probably further along in development than we thought. The “EA canceled multiplayer DAD cause fallen order did well” has the implicit addition: and Anthem did poorly. It was an emergency reboot.
the official date for DAD being rebooted is 2021. They probably cannibalized promotional material they were making for what could have been a soon to release game for a standard “this is what we are making” video for investor purposes. 2021 was a big year for speculative investment in the corporate world. There was a lot of bad press about BW’s work process as well, and news of rebooting a game probably didn’t help. Damage control propaganda for EA’s investor apparatus.
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Post by dgcatanisiri on Feb 7, 2023 22:49:36 GMT
Honestly I don't think I ever saw the video and I probably just didn't bother because I expected more Solas/Varric pandering. I mean, you didn't miss much, just some talking and some work in progress animations. You'd think they would have learned by now and not announce anything so early in development. I can't remember any game that was announced super early and the hype didn't hurt its reception at launch. In fairness, they were in something of a rock and a hard place on this count - releasing nothing minimizes the hype buildup/backlash effect, but nothing also gives an impression that the game is dead. Damned if you do, damned if you don't, at least releasing something feeds the beast enough that there's a good chance of fans remaining around for when it finally does emerge.
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Post by Scottphoto on Feb 16, 2023 21:34:00 GMT
The ongoing comic that leads to Dreadwolf, "The missing" shows previews for their issue #2 featuring a new look for Varric, with gray hair, scars, and for those interested, a shirtless look too . Here are all the preview images of the comic, too large to post them all here: www.impulsegamer.com/exclusive-preview-for-dragon-age-the-missing-2/So seems potentially we might see significant new looks for previous characters in the game. This isn't too surprising, since Fenris already has a new look going on previous comics, is just a matter if they will bring them in to the game, if they appear at all.
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Post by Andrew Mancer on Feb 17, 2023 1:24:14 GMT
Wow...if I didn't know that was Varric and that he was a dwarf I'd say what a hunk!!! Although I still hate him and think he's not needed in the story anymore, it's nice to actually see someone get aged up instead of being eternally youthful.
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Post by dgcatanisiri on Feb 18, 2023 0:26:48 GMT
I'm hoping that this whole "acknowledging Varric aging" thing is an indication of him not being a companion, or, at the very least, that they're not going to go in the so begged for Varric romance direction - look, silver foxes are, by definition hot and all, but I don't think trying to go in that direction worked with Blackwall, since my impression of the fandom has always been that he's dead last in the rankings of Inquisition's romances (I'm not saying that he doesn't have fans, just that they make up the smallest piece of the pie of Inquisition's options).
Also, side note, since I don't think I've said it here... I really just cannot get onboard with calling it "Dreadwolf." Like, first of all, my inner editor can't get past the fact that it's always been two words in the past, so it bothers me. Secondly, of course, there's just my general dissatisfaction with Solas as a character in general, so I don't like him getting the title of the game. And, on top of those factors, calling it "DAD" for short... Nope, doesn't work for me either. So yeah, in my mind, this game will remain "DA4."
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Post by Lee on Feb 18, 2023 4:20:24 GMT
Ugh, I really miss using numbers in the titles of games. I mean subtitles with those numbers is fine, but I think it's just infinitely more useful for anyone who's not already married to a series to just be able to look at a thing and say "oh so that's the 4th game in a series" Versus "I wonder how many other games there are, where should I start?"
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Post by disgustednoise on Feb 18, 2023 10:09:08 GMT
The title gives me the ick so bad. It doesn't fit with Origins or Inquisition at all.
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Post by mediocreogre on Feb 19, 2023 14:59:50 GMT
I think it’s a safe bet that since so many years have passed between DAI and DAD that the writers/developers will feel we need a bunch of familiar faces. So I think it’s likely DAD will be filled with past companions.
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Post by nickclark89 on Feb 19, 2023 16:59:20 GMT
So I was reading theories yesterday about the companions and some people truly think that Davrin is an elf, the first gay KISA needs to be human I'm not elfphobic I swear my canon DA2 romance is Fenris! Rouccoco how do we feel about this???
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Post by Andrew Mancer on Feb 19, 2023 21:45:17 GMT
nickclark89 I need my first KISA to be a human blond or ginger because I was robbed of Alistair, Sebastian, AND Cullen!
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Post by Rouccoco on Feb 19, 2023 22:03:30 GMT
Oh we feel bad about this. Please no, I hope they're all wrong 😭 I am elfphobic, I need my men to be bed shaped, DA elves are all twinks 😔 Honestly, I think he'll be a dwarf. The name and the deep voice fit. At this point I'll take any race other than elves, as long as he's gay/bi. I'm getting deja vu from Ser Bara and Liam, and I hope I'm wrong...
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Post by mediocreogre on Feb 19, 2023 23:43:32 GMT
It is dragon age tradition to redesign elves every expansion so maybe they wont be twinks this time. But considering Solas gives the devs the chance to have an evil twink villain, the dream of all writers, elves will probably be even more gangly.
I normally would not care about the looks of the possible male romances but it does feel like BW has to not write the m/m a skinny guy, mage, elf, side character or villain yet again.
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Post by dgcatanisiri on Feb 20, 2023 0:39:29 GMT
nickclark89 I need my first KISA to be a human blond or ginger because I was robbed of Alistair, Sebastian, AND Cullen! Yeah, after denying us in three games, I call foul on making the (hypothetical) first KISA for male/male romance non-human.
Particularly when I've been beating the drum of "every M/M romance option in this franchise has been in some fashion 'othered' in their society in at least one major way, so the message being sent is that gay men are only acceptable if they can be viewed as 'the bad boy' who you proverbially wouldn't immediately take home to your parents."
Like at least on the F/F side, there's Josephine, and even Leliana, since, despite her bard training, she's introduced as a good Chantry sister. M/M, though have had the elven assassin, the apostate abomination, the escaped Tevinter elf, the Tevinter mage, and the Qunari. Enough bad boys, I want a genuine good-hearted, soft and sensitive, and outright kind guy to romance, for freaking ONCE in this franchise!
EDIT: Heh, appropriate that THIS is the post where my default title turns to "Knight in Shining Armor."
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Post by Lee on Feb 20, 2023 3:05:45 GMT
I don't even know what anyone looks like yet. so um...is there actual companion info out there?
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Post by Scottphoto on Feb 20, 2023 15:27:00 GMT
Don't think so, nickclark89 is just anxious hehehe. I kinda don't expect it to be an elf, mostly because we already had Fenri and Zevran, and Solas being the "marketing". They should go for more unique appeal characters. I wouldn't be surprised if we get a dwarf, however. Don't think that's something we explored yet in romance. At the same time, it will not surprise me they do an extremely super nice elf to those pissed about Solas, which I'm fine with but doesn't need to be like the "main guy" romance. If we want something KISA, I feel basing myself on the show and on DA2, I think they could do a guy version of Aveline and Tassia, a knight commander. They protected someone in Tevinter, then he changed his mind or something, once he finds out the dark things they do. And that one would be human. That said the leaked mentions grey wardens, so who knows if we end up with a new grey warden romance as well in there. This is all fun speculation of course, as we literally know nothing hahaha.
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Post by nickclark89 on Feb 20, 2023 19:04:08 GMT
haha people are talking about that because concept arts but who knows, maybe Davrin is a regular human and not the elf from the pic
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Post by mediocreogre on Feb 20, 2023 19:34:19 GMT
I see why people think that’s him. But, going through the concept art we have, we know qunari lady appears frequently, the blonde lady appears frequently in crow attire, while the two guys on the left don’t appear that much. I found a couple of concept art where someone like the far left guy appears, but in those he could also be the PC. The elf guy appears in the silhouette one but that one appears almost like a “we don’t even know who these will be” concept art.
Going back to that 2020 video…. The Bellara character seems likely to be a dwarf. I have hard time believing it’s the Qunari lady and I doubt it’s something an assassin would say “that’s the good kind of rumble”. We also appeared to have a female dwarf rogue in our party in the leak so her being Bellara makes sense. If bellara is a companion it to me indicates these concept art no longer reflect the characters they’ve gone with, as there appears to be no dwarf in those squad looking concept arts.
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