10 Trailers That Misled You About Awesome Video Games

10. Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024)

Alongside Mass Effect, BioWare's Dragon Age series is often considered to be one of the greatest RPGs of all time thanks to its rich environments, memorable characters, and epic narratives. Despite this franchise's pedigree, the series has a history of misleading trailers.

By focusing on the sex and violence while using Marilyn Manson in the soundtrack, Origins' trailer made this title resemble an angsty action game instead of the weighty, narrative-driven RPG that it was. Likewise, the cinematic combat seen in the sequel's trailers wasn't representative of the actual gameplay. The worst offender, however, was the reveal trailer for Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

With its more vibrant art style, quippy dialogue, and focus on character variety, fans were quick to point out that the trailer made this game look more like a conventional hero shooter than a Dragon Age game.

Despite Veilguard being marketed towards more general audiences, the game that players would get was still the epic RPG adventure they were hoping for. Not only did BioWare deliver a large-scale fantasy epic with some of the best-written characters in the franchise to date, but the reworked combat system made for fun and fluid gameplay.

Veilguard's misguided marketing didn't do this game any justice.