BioWare released a brief character trailer introducing a number of characters that will appear in the company’s upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard and players are expressing their concern and distaste.
Neve in Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024), BioWare
On X, the official Dragon Age account posted, “We’re finally ready to reveal our most compelling companions yet in Dragon Age! Meet the Veilguard.”
We’re finally ready to reveal our most compelling companions yet in #DragonAge! Meet the #Veilguard 💜
FULL TRAILER HERE: https://t.co/CKwzSaNTI9 pic.twitter.com/fXpAOl3o9L
— Dragon Age (@dragonage) June 9, 2024
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On YouTube, the longer form trailer reveals the characters beginning with a female Dwarf named Harding. Next, it reveals what appears to be a disabled black woman as a mage named Neve. Third is a male named Lucanis, who is described as a mage killer.
The fourth companion is a character named Bellar, who is described as a Veil Jumper. She appears to be an Asian woman. The fourth character is an elderly white man named Emmrich, who is a necromancer. The fifth is a black male warden named Davrin. The sixth appears to be a gender confused Qunari named Taash. She’s a dragon hunter.
The character trailer has been massively downvoted on YouTube. It currently only has 31,000 likes compared to 144,000 dislikes. The trailer only has 1.1 million views. That means that over 12% of people who watched the trailer disliked it.
Screenshot of Dragon Age: The Veilguard Official Reveal Trailer showing like to dislike ratio
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Numerous users in the comments roasted the game. The top comment reads, “You either die as Dragon Age or live long enough to see yourself become Fortnite.”
Another questioned “Is this what Duncan died for?”
One user wrote, “This game is gonna sell a lot of copies of Dragon Age: Origins.”
Another questioned, “I’ve waited 10 years for a cartoon?”
Comments on the Dragon Age: The Veilguard Official Reveal Trailer
Still another questioned, “How did we go from dark fantasy to saturday morning cartoons?”
One user posted, “the real reason why Youtube removed dislikes.”
Another compared the game to the financial disaster of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, “Suicide Veilguard : Kill the Dragon Age.”
One predicted that EA would be shutting down BioWare following the release of the game, “EA closing Bioware in 3…2…1…”
Another noted, “Oh yes, Baldur’s Gate 3 looks more like Dragon Age than Dragon Age itself.”
Comments on the Dragon Age: The Veilguard Official Reveal Trailer
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On X there was more roasting to be done of the trailer. YouTuber Endymion posted, “None of the characters look very interesting they all look like they’ve been modern audience’d. F**k me bioware.”
None of the characters look very interesting they all look like they’ve been modern audience’d. Fuck me bioware
— Endymion (@EndymionYT) June 9, 2024
YouTuber Minimal Effort Gaming wrote, “Lmao y’all Kathleen Kennedied the shit outta this.”
Lmao y’all Kathleen Kennedied the shit outta this.
— Tebow (@MinEffPodcast) June 9, 2024
MAXMKIII wrote, “This looks like dog water. Everything from the heinous character designs, music, and the overall silly tone. Hard pass on this trash.”
This looks like dog water. Everything from the heinous character designs, music, and the overall silly tone. Hard pass on this trash
— V (@MAXMKIII) June 9, 2024
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SWT_Channel posted, “One is a gritty, mature Dragon Age we fell in [love] with. The other, a check mark Overwatch clone.”
One is a gritty, mature Dragon Age we fell in❤️with.
The other, a check mark Overwatch clone . pic.twitter.com/XuAUBiIgUw— Star Wars Timeline (@SWT_Channel) June 10, 2024
The negative reaction to the trailer comes in the wake of BioWare changing the game’s name from Dragon Age: Dreadwolf to Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The company explained that the change in title is because they did not want to put the focus on the enemy, but rather the player and his companions.
In a blog post the company detailed, “Naturally, the Dread Wolf still has an important part in this tale, but you and your companions – not your enemies – are the heart of this new experience. So, to capture what this game is all about, we changed the name as the original title didn’t show just how strongly we feel about our new heroes, their stories and how you’ll need to bring them together to save all of Thedas. We proudly introduce to you Dragon Age™: The Veilguard.”
A screenshot from Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024), BioWare
What do you make of Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s characters and their designs?
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