I agree with @zidane1341 , you're looking through 2023 lenses. Inquisition released just 1 year after the PS4 launched and I remember it being one of the first rpgs to look "next gen" over PS3 rpgs. It had a PS3 version, but looked way scaled back over the PS4 in detail, quite horrible comparatively. Here: https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Looking back now, it's easy to say that there are many better looking rpgs... but for the time, it looked remarkable.
*With that said, this preview does not look remarkable by modern standards, but I'm hoping that this is just an early build that will be enhanced greatly by launch.
Its not just about the build date its build direction and staff.
Everyone remember this first was being worked on pre anthem i do believe this is the 4th perhaps 5th? game direction.
we went through staff leaving via ambulance to walking out all the old bioware is pretty much gone then from loot box to live service to online? no single player its wild.
Oh and its still using frostbite engine what version who knows the last dragon age alot of there time was making tools for the engine then we had mass effect on frostbite yeah......
Screenshots seems to focus on the fortnight purple everywhere look but one screen has 999 on 4 slots is that armor power or ingame currency. Graphics look like inquisition from 10yrs ago but again who knows when this was created.
It's like a LotR themed Mass Effect but the gameplay isn't as fun. The first game (2009) is the best in the series and it's been in decline since then.
The first game was really great . Then they just threw together the second game and it was bad . I liked the third game , it was fun but lacked some things as they used a lot of assets from the canceled MMO version.
Just like to add i tired to play origins last year window 10 system you can play the first training section then meet morgan after that its Russian rollute with crashing or things not working. The worst is you need a mod because it wants to connect to servers that do not exist anymore and the in game ui is setup for 720p.
Combat looks awful, all 8 seconds of it. That "WiFi" icon in top left, half a sec delay between action and reaction, ugh. Is this Action RPG now? Not seeing any party member icons - can you even play as them? Or will there be party members at least? It's like, with each new version, they go as far away as possible from the original CRPG, turning it into the cinematic barebones RPG first, then MMO-lite, now always online* action RPG. Just why? It's like turning a famous RTS game series into a squad-based tac... Uh-oh, bad memories are coming back...
And i'm not talking about graphics and animations. Color choices is also very strange. Third was obsessed with red (lyrium) and neon green. This one is neon Saints purple so far. Not a fan that icon shows one helmet, but character wears similar but other, but that's probably just dev version.
Overall, this just feels like Lords of the Fallen "at home", if you catch my drift.
* I hope i'm wrong, but it's EA and new age BioWare, so...
Alpha footage supposedly so I’m not going to judge it yet . But if there is no party control besides making them use specials that would be crappy if it’s that’s how the end game works . GoW was a combo game so the evolution of it made sense . But to take a rpg game and change it to hack and slash is very risky imo, it would have to be done very very well. I loved the first game because it was a real full rpg. The second game was jank and the third game was pretty damn good. I guess EA is due for a dud again but I hope I’m wrong .
I'm not against them trimming the fat, and focusing on a more action heavy gameplay style, even if it'll upset die hards. I love Mass Effect 2 way more than the first for that very reason.
As long as they focus on good story and characters though of course.
I'm interested but these screens are early build and look dated
Is Dragon Age good? What kind of game is it if you had to liken it to something else?
that looked clunky and average imo.
It looks jank so far.