Dragon Age: The veilguard reviews at 83 Opencritic/84 Metacritic.

[Chazore]

JRPGfan said:

That's the thing with these games and all the DEI and aiming for "modern audiences"....  Alot of them miss.
And honestly the % of the population that cares about pronouns stuff, that are also gamers and support said games.... are a very small group.
Otherwise, you wouldn't see the black lash, and games sales dropping when that stuff is pointed out.

I bet not 1 game, Sweet baby Inc, consulted on, has benefited in terms of sales from them doing so.
If you have a popular IP, you should cherish it, and try not to alienate the fan base of said IP, instead of chasing new fans
(often times at the cost of your current fanbase).

Their main problem is that the fabled "modern audience" doesn't exist, well not in any capacity that outnumbers the current and older audiences that actively play games anyway.

Whenever these games fail, barely any of them take any amount of time to self reflect as to why their games failed, but instead choose to waste all the time they have in the world to flip their tables and blame their lack of positive receptions/sales on their customers and those who generally didn't buy into their games. A good chunk of Journalists do this as well, that makes it all come off as childish backlash that wasn't logically thought out.

You cannot blame anyone for not liking or buying your game, that's just completely irrational and wholly childish. The fact we're seeing devs/studios/publishers and some journos doing this is abhorrent to look at. We have someone in this very thread citing anyone in the thread that did not agree with them as a "cesspit", which follows the ideology of the ones who buy into DEI/Radicalisation. 

I find it absolutely crazy that we're reaching a that point in gaming where you have to think and act like someone with what they perceive as the "right way" to think, or you're a chud/bigot. Not buying a game or not liking it makes you bad/a hater, and that is not normal behaviour. I know for a fact there are people out there who prefer X4 strategy games over C&C and I'm totally fine with that, I'm not going to demonise them.

I know there's people that love TLOU 2, and again, I'm not going to demonise them for it, because that just makes no sense. I don't like Abby, but I'm also not a "hater". I don't like Neil Druckman as a person, but that doesn't mean I hate TLOU, there's a difference, and people are losing sight of that and mixing up shit to suit their personal ideologies to persecute others.

Like I mentioned before, Henya, a Japanese streamer just wanted to play that Harry Potter game, and she got unwarranted hate thrown her way. She's possibly one of the most honest Vtube Streamers out there who isn't talking about irl politics or the like. She just wanted to play one game, to entertain her audience, and those who didn't even know who she was just came to her and threw shade for no good reason. 

Last edited by Chazore - on 29 October 2024