Dragon
Age:
The
Veilguard,

the
renamed
Dragon
Age:
Dreadwolf,
finally
made
its
long-awaited
appearance
at
yesterday’s
Xbox
Games
Showcase.
The
game
has
been
stuck
in
nearly
a
decade
of
development
hell,
and
with
the
last
Dragon
Age
coming
out
in
2014,
fans
of
the
series
have
been
waiting
a
long
time
to
for
a
new
entry
in
their
beloved
series.

Well,
now
they’ve
gotten
a
look!
And
it’s
not
going
well.

Developer
BioWare
tossed
out
a
CGI
trailer
(gameplay
will
be
shown
in
the
next
few
days)
that
featured
a
much
more
colourful,
upbeat
tone
than
people
were
expecting
of
the
dark
fantasy
series.
As
one
top
comment
on
the
video
says,
“How
did
we
go
from
dark
fantasy
to
saturday
morning
cartoons?”

The
trailer
sets
up
the
story
as
a
classic
case
of
getting
the
squad
together,
introducing
each
new
character
with
a
Borderlands-esque
giant
wall
of
text,
all
while
a
badly
done
cover
of
David
Bowie’s
Heroes
plays
in
the
background.

Youtube
is
where
we
can
really
see
the
distaste
being
shown
for
Veilguard’s
more
flamboyant
style.
As
I’m
writing
this
the
trailer
has
31k
likes
and
a
whopping
149k
dislikes.
The
comment
section
is
a
bloodbath.

“I
might
have
no
marketing
education
or
experience,”
writes
commenter
Veloziraptor111
“but
something
tells
me
that
making
a
trailer
in
a
style
that
will
appeal
to
LITERALLY
NO
ONE
who
played
either
of
the
previous
games,
is
not
a
great
marketing
strategy
for
a
sequel
to
a
well-loved
series.
This
looks
more
like
it
was
made
exclusively
for
people
who
were
born
after
the
last
game
released
in
2014.”

In
fairness,
this
is
not
the
first
time
the
Dragon
Age
games
have
used
trailers
that
are
tonally
a
little
at
odds
with
the
game
itself.
The
Warden’s
Calling
trailer
for
Dragon
Age:
Origins,
for
example,
leaned
heavily
into
the
heavy
metal
vibe,
closing
out
with
Warden
going
absolutely
ham
on
a
bunch
of
bad
guys
in
front
of
a
bright
white
background
while
This
is
the
New
Sh*t
by
Marilyn
Manson
plays.
But
even
then,
it
does
still
feel
connected
to
what
the
series
is,
unlike
the
Veilguard
trailer
which
is
a
radical
shift
in
tone.

Hilariously,
when
I
went
back
to
check
out
the
trailers
for
the
older
games
to
see
if
the
franchise
did
this
tonal
trick
prior,
the
comments
were
full
of
people
who
had
jumped
back
to
the
old
trailers
because
of
how
bad
they
thought
Veilguard
looked.

Here’s
the
thing
though:
I’m
here
for
it.
Seriously,
I
am.
Yes,
the
trailer
does
seem
disconnected
from
the
typical
Dragon
Age
theme,
but
its
early
days
and
there’s
nothing
wrong
with
trying
out
a
different
art
style.
It
maybe
wasn’t
the
best
trailer
to
reveal
the
game
with,
but
I’m
going
to
wait
and
see
how
the
game
shows
in
a
few
days
until
I
form
a
full
opinion.
The
Internet
can
be
quick
to
judge
harshly,
and
while
its
sometimes
right,
it’s
often
wrong,
too.