Dragon Age: (Not) Dreadwolf

Yep. If it was a new IP I wouldn't care, but instead they decided to parasite on the well established franchise.

Well said. I was watching Luality's reaction to the new trailer and then she showed the old DAO trailer after that. Plenty of trailers and box art (even way back 20-30 years ago) was just pure hype, and didn't reflect anything in the game. Just pure CGI

Combat looks very promising, can't judge the depth of the system though. Some really great-looking levels. Superb voice acting.
The character design style really is a bad choice for Dragon Age but I guess it's nothing that I won't manage to get used to if the gameplay is rewarding enough.

From what I gather, they changed it to an ARPG, where an action-orientated fighting style takes precedent and there is no more need to pause the game or for any tactics because the fights willl be very easy. Mass over class.
I have a problem with that, since I don't think games nowadays need to be dumbed down to appeal to kids/teens. Kids/teens also enjoy a challenge, as long as it is doable. But since we're living in times where everyone gets a participation trophy to not feel worse than anybody else, I am not surprised.

Everything else is a little too colourful for my taste, but I can live with this and all other things I've seen. After the trailer, I was afraid they would turn it into a MOBA kind of game, which they have not.

Maybe because it isn't a new IP for a new generation? I don't care about new IPs. If I don't like the game — I simply ignore it. But I can't ignore when something I like is getting ruined.

Do you want a gritty RPG experience for adults, with the possibility to pause the game, engage the overhead camera for difficult fights and think tactically? Play the first game. It is one of the best RPG experiences there is.

Most people love the first one. It hasn't aged well visually, but it has a grim atmosphere, interesting and well-written characters, and a lot of dialogues and choices that matter. It's pretty epic too. Some DLCs are pretty cool, and some are pretty lame, but still, it is worth picking up the ultimate edition. I didn't really like the Awakening standalone expansion though, but it's still playable.

The second one was hated much more. It has a really bad demo and intro that give a false impression. It suffers from rushed development, copy-pasted locations, backtracking, etc. The dialogue system was simplified, though it was pretty good, and the protagonist was finally voiced. It had questionable redesigns, but I mostly liked the changes. The combat system became more action-like. Also, the game wasn't as epic as the first one, but that's a good thing in my opinion: instead of another generic plot about saving the world, we got the story about a refugee simply trying to survive and climb up the social ladder. I loved the story, I loved the new cast of characters, I loved the dialogues – it's a good game in my opinion, despite being different from the first one. Oh, and it has better graphics, so it doesn't look that bad. Also, the Mark of the Assassin DLC is pretty cool.

Overall, I recommend playing both games. They are quite different, but I liked them more than Inquisition (it has its moments, but the story is really weak and the choices are far-fetched).