FIRST, if you are excited for it, this is not to rain on your parade, but this probably isn't the plurk for you

Not doing the choosing sides, how dare you whatever game. So don't take it that way. More just me venting frustrations and Opinions

WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY........

I was really unimpressed with the Xbox showcase in general. Maybe 2 games looked like something I'd be interested in, Dragon Age isn't one of them

Which is sad? I have read all the books, comics, played all the games, dlcs, side games. I have loved that series. If you have RP'd with any of my DA characters, lmao I think you know

Fiona, Evangeline, Sera... I have a type but you might not guess from that list LOL

That said

The trailer was .... lackluster. I was talking to a friend about it and we both agreed it looks like a Marvel rip off

AND FUCKING ballsy of EA to take Varric as a main character for a third time after letting go his lead writer and not even giving her the severance package she was promised so now her and others laid off have to sue

What a fucking punch in the face

Honestly, it's just the audacity lol

The style is fine. It's probably the same graphics they are intending for Project Rene (Sims 5) and I don't mind it

I don't understand the criticism to the style when there are clearly bigger issues

There's a few other things... but. being angy is tiresome

I'm personally going to see how it goes, of course I want to play? I feel like I've invested in this series to an extent that I want to see what happens next, even if it's a train wreck.

But I don't think I'll be giving EA any money to play it

Anyways, just a lot of humbug. The two games I were like Hello, nice to meet you. When are you coming to stay.

Fable and Avowed, but I'll still wait and see for both

Man, game industry been so untrustworthy and scummy. I just don't want to bother getting excited for anything

the sad thing is, i think, in general, looking outside the things that interest me in particular which like you is like... two things though not the same two things, this is over all XBOX's best showcase

in a while

not accounting for early Halo-esq days

DA, Gears, Fable, Fallout, Monster Hunter, Perfect Dark

all big eyeball drawing things, plus lots of indie things

all, on paper, very good for them

but somehow it does feel... very ~meh~

maybe it's the gaming industry, maybe it's the general world state, or my personal lack of interest in most of things or some combination i don't know

i also felt the same way bout the Gamesfest showcase and i honestly had no idea Sony had already done their thing until i remembered Silent Hill 2 remake had just been shown off and realized that must have been Sony's showcase

just a lot of... okay, sure

seems fine

Yeah.. the friend I was talking to was interested in ... I think Expedition 33 was the name? But the plot was meh, the gameplay is turnbased (which is a meh from me) and it just didn't make me excited

ARE WE JADED? Or do these game trailers just suck lol

probably a mix of both, lol

jaded, definitely, and just looking at the DA trailer - it was objectively bad

even if the game turns out amazing, that was a bad call to put a fortnight-esq Avenger style meet the team pitch

and Gears? which i'm honestly down for because i still have a special place for the franchise despite the terrible last game, the trailer was very 'i've seen and heard this before'

literally using a somehow sadder cover of Mad World

Wait, lemme dig up Inq trailer, cause it was a silent meet and greet, but arguably done much better

DRAGON AGE™: INQUISITION Official Trailer – The Brea...

I THINK what the trailer is missing from the new one, and a lot of the other trailers

There's no stakes

There's no conflict

that was my big thing!

There's no death looming or What's that, what's happening, Why is a fade creature OUT of the Fade

the scene that stuck out me was the little dwarf lady jumping out of the veil and then monster grabs her

... and we get a "funny little face and fun music rif"

very clearly being like 'don't worry she's fine, this is fun!'

I only care about that character LMAO

Everyone else was blaaaaaaand

i'm sure she's fine

Also. Here, these are stakesDragon Age Origins: "Warden's Calling" Trailer

just a weird tone for a game that's about the possible end of the world?

LIKE. WHERE IS THIS

THIS WAS SO GOOD

takes me back

Yeah, it just

You look at Origins and you look at VG and you're like

Wait. This is the same series???

I genuinely thought this was like a mini game to tide us over for the real release

But then I found out about the name change and that made it depressing lol

And damn, now I wanna replay Origins lol rip

I think this is all valid tbh

Not disagreeing but it's funny because I remember seeing trailers for Origins before it came out because someone I played Tabletop games with was excited for "Dwarf game of thrones"

and my takeaway was "This looks like every other generic fantasy series. Pass. Not interested."

lmao you aren't wrong

I think that's why it ended up being good though

Also, the DAO trailer is very Halo vibes in my opinion

Which makes sense... considering the time

NOT WRONG

(I also had less than 0 interest in Halo)

Yeah but I think either way. There was the idea of odds stacked against you kinda deal

That DAO trailer had

And VG's, by comparison, looked like Tee Hee. We have different personalities, Fade jumping is Fun UwU

Tell me if I have gone too far...