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La vie sexuelle

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Dragon Age Inquisition was a success because:
1. Bioware and Dragon Age brands power
2. EA marketing budget
3. No other RPGs to play
4. ... was it a success?
What transpares is there is not much interest overall in a new Dragon Age. This means something.

It was. In 2014. Now we have 2023.
 

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The only reason why DA:I didn't become total shit is because it came out before Witcher 3 (also the worst year for an RPG). if the game come out a few months later, its reception would have been much worse.
Bioware was smashed in its own category by a bunch of Belgians.

I see this differently.

Wither 3 never was an RPG, but a slasher gamer with a fun story. Dragon Age Inquisition was a success because:

a) Early Twitter era
b) Early woke era
c) Being part of a successful brand.
d) Biodrones
e) General lack of public awareness.
The year DA:I came out was probably the worst year in the last 10 years.
The game literally had no competition and this was a time when the Bioware brand still meant something.
If I remember correctly only Shadow of Mordor, Borderlands, Banner Saga, South Park and DoS1 came out this year.
These are probably the most important games that did not turn out to be a failure.
These were dark times when Skyrim was still considered the model of an AAA RPG.
 

Drakortha

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I see this differently.

Wither 3 never was an RPG, but a slasher gamer with a fun story. Dragon Age Inquisition was a success because:

a) Early Twitter era
b) Early woke era
c) Being part of a successful brand.
d) Biodrones
e) General lack of public awareness.

Now is better (slighlty)
Larian Fags are essentially Biodrones who have now jumped ship from Dragon Age over to BG3. They are exactly Larians target audience.

It is sad as fucking shit that Larian couldn't or wouldn't develop a BG3 that stood out from that horseshit franchise. Instead, Larian tried to emulate it.
 
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I wonder how many sales they would need to break even? Swen spent so much on this fucking game...
Last I heard the development budget is allegedly over 100 million dollars without marketing costs, so a lot.

I honestly thought the game was going to flop, because it was barely in the top 100 and nobody was really talking about it, but then came the bear video and it catapulted the game to #1.

All said, Swen is either completely insane or an absolute genius. Maybe both. ^^
 

Orud

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I must admint, portait posted in the same 4chan theread is pretty decent and fitting into BG1 and BG2.

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It's an actual tragedy that all this bear fuckery has gotten in the way of talking about one of the real problems; our characters don't use 2D (customizable) portraits.

edit:
I honestly thought the game was going to flop, because it was barely in the top 100 and nobody was really talking about it, but then came the bear video and it catapulted the game to #1.
The game was the no.1 selling game for weeks when EA was launched (or at least in the top 3). It simply rebounded back to top position after all these years, so I don't think sales will be disappointing.
 

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The only reason why DA:I didn't become total shit is because it came out before Witcher 3 (also the worst year for an RPG). if the game come out a few months later, its reception would have been much worse.
Bioware was smashed in its own category by a bunch of Belgians.

I see this differently.

Wither 3 never was an RPG, but a slasher gamer with a fun story. Dragon Age Inquisition was a success because:

a) Early Twitter era
b) Early woke era
c) Being part of a successful brand.
d) Biodrones
e) General lack of public awareness.
These were dark times when Skyrim was still considered the model of an AAA RPG.
Still is and sadly it's even the only rpg in VR i can remember, besides a few shitty lackluster indies i would not recommend.
 

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Still is and sadly it's even the only rpg in VR i can remember, besides a few shitty lackluster indies i would not recommend.
Probably will be the only one. There are less people who own VR headsets on steam than people who use macs for gaming. 1.79% of users versus 1.73%.
 

La vie sexuelle

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The only reason why DA:I didn't become total shit is because it came out before Witcher 3 (also the worst year for an RPG). if the game come out a few months later, its reception would have been much worse.
Bioware was smashed in its own category by a bunch of Belgians.

I see this differently.

Wither 3 never was an RPG, but a slasher gamer with a fun story. Dragon Age Inquisition was a success because:

a) Early Twitter era
b) Early woke era
c) Being part of a successful brand.
d) Biodrones
e) General lack of public awareness.
These were dark times when Skyrim was still considered the model of an AAA RPG.
Still is and sadly it's even the only rpg in VR i can remember, besides a few shitty lackluster indies i would not recommend.

Skyrim's ins't a bad game. Only overhyped by mentally challenged.
Still is and sadly it's even the only rpg in VR i can remember, besides a few shitty lackluster indies i would not recommend.
Probably will be the only one. There are less people who own VR headsets on steam than people who use macs for gaming. 1.79% of users versus 1.73%.

What with this?

 

Mortmal

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Still is and sadly it's even the only rpg in VR i can remember, besides a few shitty lackluster indies i would not recommend.
Probably will be the only one. There are less people who own VR headsets on steam than people who use macs for gaming. 1.79% of users versus 1.73%.
Yes, it is still small on PC, but there is nothing preventing us from having some quality standalone games on Quest 2. I would be very happy with something low-poly with depth, like Ultima Underworld. Arx Fatalis was also running on hardware inferior to the Quest 2, which is roughly 100 times more powerful than its minimum specs.
Alas there's no will.
 

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I don't know if somebody put this there (if answer is "yes" - well. schucks), but there is a new gameplay recordings and informations about few vital topics (like quality of combat from 2 Act):

 
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Reminder that before Cyberpunk was released, numerous Youtube shills got early access to the game and repeatedly stated it was the most groundbreaking open world RPG of all time.
You know who else got early media screenings? Hitler.
Time for sanctions on Belgium methinks.
 

Drakortha

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Reminder that before Cyberpunk was released, numerous Youtube shills got early access to the game and repeatedly stated it was the most groundbreaking open world RPG of all time.
Larian is not cdpr.
Why don't you suck Larian's dick some more?

You're right, Larian is not CDPR. The same way cat shit is not dog shit. They both look different and produce a different, distinct smell. But at last, they are both SHIT!
 
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Mebrilia the Viera Queen

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Reminder that before Cyberpunk was released, numerous Youtube shills got early access to the game and repeatedly stated it was the most groundbreaking open world RPG of all time.
Larian is not cdpr.
Why don't you suck Larian's dick some more?

You're right, Larian is not CDPR. The same way cat shit is not dog shit. They both look different and produce a different, distinct smell. But at the end of the day they are both SHIT!
Larian never ever was misleading with their marketing. CDPR cucked the pen and paper fan of cyberpunk promising then turned the game in a looter shooter. Not happy with that they advertized in trailers and gameplay video things that were not in the games at all. Larian marketing campaign are never dishonest. Cdpr was.

I know is cool to hate. However you should start to see the reality.
 

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