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| Leynos said: Before this thread gets moved to polticis because people delve into Pronouns and whatever. The game just looked bland. Boring. Bad to me. Awful art. Awful writing. Combat did not look fun. Also released in a crowded year of great RPGs. Plus with Biowares rep these days and waiting a decade for a sequel. Bound to be dropoff. I lost all interest and not alone. The initial trailer was horrible. Just a combination of things. |
Yeah, I agree. DA:V isn't bad because it is woke or DEI or something, that is just a smokescreen. My favourite comparison now is: Baldur's Gate III. That game you can hardly call antiwoke or a game for the hardcore manosphere incels.
But BG3 is excellent in writing, lore, respect for the setting, for the characters and for tone. And also player choice. If you want to murder a smug smartass member of your group, you totally can end Astarion. Good riddance! In Veilguard you can't even be mean to them.
Veilguard seems to fear player choice, which is why they don't even allow basic influence, while still maintain the facade of showing you options. veilguard also has somewhat mediocre writing. And it totally shifts the tone of the setting. While DA was a dark gritty fantasy, Veilguard is more wanting to offend nobody and keep everyone friendly and adapted. Which flies in the face of dark fantasy.
Veilguard shouldn't be a Dragon Age game, if it was a new IP it would've seen much less pushback. Because for what it is, it is acceptable. For it is a generic action RPG. Nothing to get upset about, nothing to remember five years from now. The only upsetting part is that it follows previous entries that set a tone which now is broken.
