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Quick thoughts on the new DA:I trailer
Since, as I mentioned to
vieralynn in comments, I can't imagine I can avoid what's in the trailer forever, and I'd rather learn it by watching now than via random, not-as-vague-as-they-think-they-are comments in random Tumblr posts. :)
October? October. Good deal.
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- October 7??? That's a full month earlier than I was expecting. Which is very welcome news.
- Featuring a white human male warrior as the default Inquisitor. Surprise!
- That said, having Cassandra as one of the narrators of the trailer pleases me greatly. Her inclusion as a companion is one of my favorite things about the upcoming game. I'm less excited about Varric and especially Cullen coming back, but I'll keep an open mind. (I like Varric a lot, I'm just not sure he belongs here. And my mixed feelings on Cullen as a companion are well-known, I think.)
- The environments look fantastic. I'm sort of back and forth on the new game engine. It's clearly more sophisticated, but everyone looks so different. Much craggier. Maybe that's the point, though. Probably I'll just have to get used to it.
- The hints dropped about the Inquisitor's backstory (sole survivor of the opening of the rift in the Veil) are pretty intriguing. I'm curious to see if and how it changes for the different race and class combos.
October? October. Good deal.
The woes of spoilers, Alistair, very non-spoilerish DA:I talk.
Add in how official tie-in products can also be unintentionally spoilery like that BLIGHTED Maker Be DAMNED game guide for DA:O that blatantly spoiled who Alistair really is (*headdesk*) right in the front of the guide, right on the page you might look at briefly to get strategy ideas for spec'ing your party characters. (*headdesk* *headdesk*) I still wonder if the official Prima game guide author (male) for that guide unconsciously assumed that the big reveal of Alistair's family isn't all that big a deal because Warden Male Cousland would want to know. (Never mind that any Warden Female in a romance with Alistair, *especially* a non-Cousland female, should take Alistair's big reveal outside of Redcliffe as an earth-shattering bomb shell.)
DA:I Trailer: Yeah, I've been expecting this trailer with this content for quite a while. I have a lot of opinions (that will probably get aired later today when I'm with a couple of industry folks although my female opinion will be in the minority) ... I very much like how the trailer positioned Cassandra. Given the role she plays in DA2 and how DA2 ends with that Cas & Lel scene in Hightown, I wanted continuity of Cas's story. Given her political position in the larger world and how she frames DA2, she feels like a good POV for tying Inquisition to prior events.
Oddly, I didn't know you have mixed feelings on Cullen returning as a companion or as an agent. Curious (honestly, I'm more interested in good story than flag waving for any specific character so nothing you might say would bother me).
Featuring a white human male warrior as the default Inquisitor. Surprise! Try picturing the look on my face. Next, try imagining what might come out of my mouth later tonight when with some folks from a competing AAA company.
Re: The woes of spoilers, Alistair, very non-spoilerish DA:I talk.
Re: The woes of spoilers, Alistair, very non-spoilerish DA:I talk.
Re: The woes of spoilers, Alistair, very non-spoilerish DA:I talk.
Re: The woes of spoilers, Alistair, very non-spoilerish DA:I talk.