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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9370534" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>The trailer's art style is profoundly messed-up in places - not quite the whole thing - but certain elements of it. It's just barely possible that the same models with completely different lighting might look okay, but in the then-and-there, it absolutely is right to compare it to Fortnite and Overwatch, and remember that Overwatch basically aspired to be Pixar-esque.</p><p></p><p>And that is so completely the wrong look for Dragon Age. Did they forget DAO/DA2/DAI? They were dark fantasy with some significantly stylization, but vaguely realistic characters, and a pretty edgy tone. The DA4 trailer starts that way, but then loses it halfway through, when it just gets too cute.</p><p></p><p>Everything else about the trailer is explicable as "Dragon Age trailer" - DAO and DAI both had incredibly messed-up trailers (I'm still sad we didn't get the button-nose short-hair Morrigan of the DAO trailer though). Like, putting a rock or pop tune over stupid action? That's 100% what DAO and DAI's trailers looked like.</p><p></p><p>I'm actually most mad that they seem to have shaved Varric's chest - you might as well shave ZZ Top, that's just awful. Why do that? EDIT - A rewatch shows maybe I can see a little chest hair, let's pray it's still there and that's not just a shadow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9370534, member: 18"] The trailer's art style is profoundly messed-up in places - not quite the whole thing - but certain elements of it. It's just barely possible that the same models with completely different lighting might look okay, but in the then-and-there, it absolutely is right to compare it to Fortnite and Overwatch, and remember that Overwatch basically aspired to be Pixar-esque. And that is so completely the wrong look for Dragon Age. Did they forget DAO/DA2/DAI? They were dark fantasy with some significantly stylization, but vaguely realistic characters, and a pretty edgy tone. The DA4 trailer starts that way, but then loses it halfway through, when it just gets too cute. Everything else about the trailer is explicable as "Dragon Age trailer" - DAO and DAI both had incredibly messed-up trailers (I'm still sad we didn't get the button-nose short-hair Morrigan of the DAO trailer though). Like, putting a rock or pop tune over stupid action? That's 100% what DAO and DAI's trailers looked like. I'm actually most mad that they seem to have shaved Varric's chest - you might as well shave ZZ Top, that's just awful. Why do that? EDIT - A rewatch shows maybe I can see a little chest hair, let's pray it's still there and that's not just a shadow. [/QUOTE]
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