Dragon Age: The Veilguard's recent marketing has everyone excited about the long-awaited fourth instalment in the series. However, if you cast your mind back just a few months, the sentiments weren't as positive.
The initial reveal trailer for Dragon Age: The Veilguard was met with mixed reception from the community. The trailer which introduced each of the game's companions was shot in a style reminiscent of a superhero action movie, with irreverent characters that aren't phased by the mayhem happening around them. Fans of the series were worried that the tone of Dragon Age had shifted away from the series' dark fantasy roots.
The 20-minute gameplay snippet released just a couple of days later quickly put these worries to bed, showing off the beloved characters, worldly consequences and mature themes that fans of Dragon Age know and love.
According to YouTuber Luke Stephens who previewed Dragon Age: The Veilguard for 7 hours, his conversations with people from BioWare suggest the studio wasn't thrilled with that trailer being used as the reveal, either.
"I spoke to a number of people [at BioWare] and one thing I heard from pretty much everybody I spoke to was that they didn't like...