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[Louis Cypher]

This looks like shit Witcher

I mean it was a CGI trailer that couldn't even look good. Indie titles have nailed that!

 

[Last Hearth]

Is it not troubling that a top title that is expected to be released in 2014, a year after the next gen console has come out, is going to be cross-gen.

Really, at this point what is the incentive is investing $500-600 on a new console when you can get all the games with the console you already have.

Sticking with my prediction that the Xboxone and the PS4 are going to crash and burn WiiU style.

 

[KKRT00]

This looks like shit Witcher

I mean it was a CGI trailer that couldn't even look good. Indie titles have nailed that!

Its not CGI trailer, it was in-engine trailer.

 

[Sentenza]

I don't want to sound too biased, but goddamit... this was seriously underwhelming.
I expected them to blow me away at least when it comes to visuals, but this looks average at best.

 

[Patryn]

Is it not troubling that a top title that is expected to be released in 2014, a year after the next gen console has come out, is going to be cross-gen.

Really, at this point what is the incentive is investing $500-600 on a new console when you can get all the games with the console you already have.

Sticking with my prediction that the Xboxone and the PS4 are going to crash and burn WiiU style.

I anticipate a lot of the later crossgen titles will have added features and the like on the newer systems.

 

[Plywood]

Some of you need to get your eyes checked, I'm amazed people think this is CG.

If it's CG it's shit, if it's in-engine then it has some good and bad.

Also says "actual game footage" at the start of the trailer.

 

[Complistic]

Their art direction should be considered a crime. They actually managed to make the fb engine look bad.

 

[Dysun]

Wanted go see alot more than this lame trailer. Bioware letdown

 

[Plywood]

Some screencaps, Morrigan's face breaks down the closer she gets, horrifying stuff.

 

[Toxi]

I really wish we could see some gameplay or at least some shots of the areas; Dragon Age 2's level design was notoriously bad, so it'd be nice if they could prove that they won't make the same mistakes in Dragon Age 3.

I couldn't give a shit about graphics, since the Dragon Age franchise has always been visually boring.

 

[Louis Cypher]

Well that's bad in engine as well.

Man what a joke

 

[MrDaravon]

Not a good first impression, especially after the shitshow that was DA2, and it's over a year off? Baffling.

 

[Deified Data]

Really wish they kept Morrigan in Origins and tried to build the series anew from the ground up.

 

[Haunted]

Uncanny valley in full effect.

After the disappointment that was Dragon Age 2, the game will have to be spectacular to get me to give it a second look, tbh.

 

[diamount]

Well that's bad in engine as well.

Man what a joke

You don't even go into detail just with blanket statements saying it's 'bad'

 

[shinobi602]

Need to see gameplay.

 

[OnizukaII]

The character design is horrible.
What did they do to Morrigan?
I hope we'll be able to mod the game, but EA likes modders as Microsoft likes used games.

 

[pixlexic]

HYPED!! as long as they don't mess with the battle system, too much.. I will be there day 1.

 

[Deified Data]

Really wish they kept Morrigan in Origins and tried to build something new from the ground up.

 

[Jibbajabbawockky]

What the hell did they do to Morrigan's face? As others have said, her new design looks like a cheap Lulu rip off. Her face looks next to nothing like her Origins model.

But the horror hits when she starts moving her mouth and its full on Uncanny Valley nightmare fuel. That was bordering on MoH Warfighter scary looking face.


If you had showed me this trailer a year or two ago, I probably would have been psyched. Now? Not really. Especially since they gave next to no details on the actual game when they had previously claimed they weren't going to show the game until they could show non bullshot gameplay. Even if that was all in engine, that wasn't indicative of the gameplay.

 

[Patryn]

I seriously want to like this game. This and Fallout 4 were the two games that I was most looking forward to this E3. But I really need to see gameplay. Until I see that, I have to remain at least somewhat wary.

 

[daveo42]

Some screencaps, Morrigan's face breaks down the closer she gets, horrifying stuff.

Gah, those character models still need some work. They still look dated and about as ugly as the old ones tbh.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

15 months out at least.

Calm yo tits.

 

[inky]

That's some ugly character design.

 

[Aeana]

Not a good first impression, especially after the shitshow that was DA2, and it's over a year off? Baffling.

DA2 was rushed, so I'd prefer they take all the time they need for this one.

 

[tw1164]

I loved the first one, hated the second one, and have tempered expectations for this one. I look forward to seeing more about it.

 

[valentine71]

Seems like its time for another awesome Evilore thread.

 

[hemtae]

The character design is horrible.
What did they do to Morrigan?
I hope we'll be able to mod the game, but EA likes modders as Microsoft likes used games.

I don't think Frostbite supports modding, or at least DICE doesn't anymore and their Battlefield series use to be very mod friendly.

 

[RedAssedApe]

something is wrong with morrigan's face lol

 

[LordJim]

It will be hilarious to see how (if at all) they will implement choices from the last two games

 

[Oxn]

Dragon Age 3: WarCraft III Edition.

Thats what i was thinking

 

[Moff]

The ending where

Spoiler

Morrigan has a child with your Warden

is probably going to be retconned to be canon.

to be fair, most options at the end resulted in morrigan

Spoiler

having a child

(if I remember correctly), and I really hope they make that the canon ending, because I think it was a pretty cool story twist, a little bit like bioshocks "would you kindly".
I'm glad they're picking this up again after the obsolete DA2.

 

[AnathemicOne]

Warcraft 3 all up this shit.

But seriously I'm right now replaying DA:O just for fun and I'm enjoying it just like I done 2 years ago. I still haven't touched DA2.

Will DA3 bring me back? Ehhhh... the trailer looked dated for being in-game. This will really depend on the writing.

 

[The Penguin Fairy]

Looking at the faces more clearly.. Da fuq is going on with their eyebrows? The armor looks kinda bad too. :/

They look like badly modded Sims. It seems like a step backwards.. I hope the new ME doesn't look this bad..

 

[Zaventem]

Does anyone care about this at all?

 

[rockx4]

Came in to look at their non gameplay trailer thinking it would be at least semi decent and was very disappointed. After DA2 I find it really hard to care about this game.

 

[WorstUsernameEver]

You know there's something wrong going on at BioWare when they don't even manage to nail a trailer that doesn't show gameplay footage.

Also... open-world? Is there anyone that thought *that* is what would fix Dragon Age's problems?

 

[hateradio]

Some screencaps, Morrigan's face breaks down the closer she gets, horrifying stuff.

Those are some freaky looking jaws.


Part of me is okay with it because it's sort of like the ugly faces of DA, but part of me would rather see some nicer proportions like those of DA2.

 

[Nirolak]

Eurogamer made some captures from what I assume is the press video: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...d-back-to-autumn-2014-alongside-the-witcher-3

The first two kind of have this Ray Harryhausen look about them to me.

 

[Uncle Rupee]

It's like they looked at Demon's / Dark Souls and went in the complete opposite direction as far as art design goes, cramming all the neon-colored magic and stupid looking characters they could fit into one trailer.

I mean Dark Souls makes most fantasy games look like bad '80s fantasy art but this is just ugly.

 

[golem]

I think it looks alright. Except for Morrigan. WTH

 

[XANDER CAGE]

This is a little worrying. Wasn't this game supposed to be fairly far along? This iffy cinematic trailer and far-off release date is... surprising, I guess.

 

[Escape Goat]

Fall...




2014

 

[R1CHO]

Bad trailer.

And you are the chosen one, to defeat the evil.

Yeah.

Try again Bioware, hope you show something not shitty next time.

 

[Aaron]

No more 'chosen one' bullshit. Bioware, you've milked that cow so much that it's cows for generations still unborn feel their nipples bleed.

 

[nacimento]

Tthis and Wild Hunt will be incredible next year

 

[Acheteedo]

If those are the in-engine graphics then that is a massive upgrade.

Proper open-world? Sign me up.

 

[Jibbajabbawockky]

Those are some freaky looking jaws.


Part of me is okay with it because it's sort of like the ugly faces of DA, but part of me would rather see some nicer proportions like those of DA2.

The faces in DA2 looked like hammered shit too. Everyone had huge puffy jaws.

This is a little worrying. Wasn't this game supposed to be fairly far along? This iffy cinematic trailer and far-off release date is... surprising, I guess.

Wasn't there a leaked LinkedIn profile from someone a while back saying DA3 had been delayed into 2014 because the scope of the project had changed? This would seem to confirm that.

If those are the in-engine graphics then that is a massive upgrade.

Proper open-world? Sign me up.

Yeah, its an upgrade, but it doesn't really tell you anything how the game will look when you're actually playing. And the animation on Morrigan's mouth is worrying for a game where you'll presumably be talking to people close up a lot.

The open world aspect is strange. I thought they said it was only going to be semi- open world? Are they now saying its full on open world like Skyrim? Eh... since when has BioWare ever been able to populate a world in a realistic way? Its ambitious I guess, but it would seem to fly in the face of their perceived strengths of narrative.


I want to like this game, but I think all this trailer showed me was that even with more proficient graphics on a technical level, Dragon Age's art design is pretty terrible. And when we'll have so many other RPG options next year, from TW3 to Project Eternity, why should I care about DA3?

Does BioWare plan on saying anything else about the game at E3? Or show any demo, even if its behind closed doors?

 

[Risk Breaker]

Fall 2014, WHY????

From what I know that wasn't the originally planned release date, for better or worse.

 

[WiiredShawn]

If those are the in-engine graphics then that is a massive upgrade.

Proper open-world? Sign me up.

That's my feelings on the matter, so I don't understand why people are complaining about the technical end of things, if these visuals are indeed representative. The step between DA2 and DA3 is huge.

Although I don't think I've seen a high-profile series that switches art styles so often between entries.

I'm curious to know what the 360/PS3 versions look like, now.