Dragon Age: Inquisition Pre-Release Thread

[Lord Haw Haw]

This is what happens when you cater to emotionally stunted idiots who masturbate to their waifus in vidya gaymes and SJW retards that demand the game has something for every possible combination of gender and sexual orientation.

Hehe yeah. Ill bet they are regretting entering this snakepit.

It leads to amusing and at the same time frightening reads on the net though. It makes you wonder if building that nuclear shelter is indeed a good option, since the End must be nigh.

I read somewhere that the shoe fetisjists and "those into dead things" are demanding representation too.

Good luck Bioware..

I was lurking on BSN last night and stumbled onto thread that "innocently" asked "Why won't Bioware add children as joinable NPCs?" I had to laugh. Even BW knows what pervs their fanbase is. Once you add the kids then there may be... other demands.

 

[Night Goat]

Or maybe it's because children can't fight well, and using child soldiers is morally reprehensible. There are good reasons not to have recruitable children, without going there.

 

[Stainless Veteran]

Or maybe it's because children can't fight well, and using child soldiers is morally reprehensible. There are good reasons not to have recruitable children, without going there.

Not to mention it would be Bioware writing™ children, ten times more annoying than even the real ones.

 

[Night Goat]

Oh god. And I thought Bethesda children were bad.

 

[nikolokolus]

I'm surprised there isn't a clamor for ponies and furries for companions. Probably something to save for DA:4?

 

[curry]

I'm surprised there isn't a clamor for ponies and furries for companions. Probably something to save for DA:4?

a gay nigger isn't enough for you?

 

[nikolokolus]

Rarely.

 

[dryan]

what the hell? do all of you people live in hefner's mansion and good-lookin simply doesn't cut it for you anymore? cassandra and most of the cast look unreasonably attractive, if nothing else.

on the other hand, watching this thread unknowingly devolve into BSN counterpart is oddly pleasing. please continue...

"Unknowingly"? I have the feeling we are the refugee-camp for all the people who were too straight for BSN but still wanted to argue about the same retarded shit...

I fit this description somewhat, except for the fact that I don't have a lot of stamina for arguing, so I do more bitching and moaning that Bioware won't design good looking female waifus for me to romance.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

Or maybe it's because children can't fight well, and using child soldiers is morally reprehensible.

Using soldiers of any age should be ,as it's now with young kids, morally reprehensible.That defiantly wasn't the case in our history where all ancient societies trained and used kids for battle,some even great generals at age 16-17.It would had been actually interesting to see moral problems like this in the game,but it's bioware and ea ,gays and elves it is.

 

[Tom Selleck]

wait, how does this make sense "4 straight and 4 not-straight isn’t equal"

straight = y = 4
non-straight = x = 4

x = y

it seems equal to me

 

[Rivmusique]

Because

The world is not divided into “straight” and “not straight.” It’s divided into a wide array of sexual and romantic orientations, ranging from all to nothing.

Agree or not, the rationale is clearly stated.

2 gay characters and 2 bi characters up against 4 straight characters

The idea that it even matters is, of course, ridiculous. Give me a brothel with a sheep to shag over party 'romances' anytime (I don't remember though, did Arcanum brothel have same-sex workers? Damn this privilege keeping me from noting these details ). Brothels/sex should also have some gameplay effect (temp stat x+, stat y- ? Quest to cure STD?), in game currency for a black screen/cutscene/noises is stupid .

 

[pippin]

Because

The world is not divided into “straight” and “not straight.” It’s divided into a wide array of sexual and romantic orientations, ranging from all to nothing.

Agree or not, the rationale is clearly stated.

2 gay characters and 2 bi characters up against 4 straight characters

The idea that it even matters is, of course, ridiculous. Give me a brothel with a sheep to shag over party 'romances' anytime (I don't remember though, did Arcanum brothel have same-sex workers? Damn this privilege keeping me from noting these details ). Brothels/sex should also have some gameplay effect (temp stat x+, stat y- ? Quest to cure STD?), in game currency for a black screen/cutscene/noises is stupid .

well, being a porn star decreased your chances with certain factions in FO2, so there's that. STDs other than herpes or stuff like that are a little complicated, since AIDS and syphilis have long term effects (for instance, mental disorders from syphilis start appearing 15 years after beign infected, and you can survive AIDS for a very long time with proper treatment). Besides, it doesn't make much sense to have STDs in games where magic is a real thing, unless you create a rule about magic being able to reverse (magical) curses or stuff like that.

 

[Stainless Veteran]

STDs other than herpes or stuff like that are a little complicated, since AIDS and syphilis have long term effects (for instance, mental disorders from syphilis start appearing 15 years after beign infected, and you can survive AIDS for a very long time with proper treatment). Besides, it doesn't make much sense to have STDs in games where magic is a real thing, unless you create a rule about magic being able to reverse (magical) curses or stuff like that.

Well, given that most cure spells in fantasy settings usually come from divine magic, you can just say that gods hate adulterers.

 

[Multiple Sarcasm]

when people on the street hear “Bioware” the first thing most of them will think is “LGBT.”

Not "RPGs", not even "Games". "LGBT". Man, that's gotta hurt.

Spoiler

Although, my first association is "gay faggotry". But that's just wording differently.

 

[kris]

Or maybe it's because children can't fight well, and using child soldiers is morally reprehensible.

Using soldiers of any age should be ,as it's now with young kids, morally reprehensible.That defiantly wasn't the case in our history where all ancient societies trained and used kids for battle,some even great generals at age 16-17.It would had been actually interesting to see moral problems like this in the game,but it's bioware and ea ,gays and elves it is.

I think in this context "a child/kid" isn't someone that is 16-17. and it certainly wasn't in history as someone 16-17 was seen as an adult. I am afraid that whoever asked this question was thinking about someone between 6-12 years of age, regardless of how little sense that would make in the context of a what practically is a war party that is in constant battle.

 

[nikolokolus]

Well hopefully in the future Bioware's dating si ... er ... RPGs will evolve and transcend this outdated conceit of including such things as "combat," "gameplay," or "fun" and we can break down these stupid prohibitions against having children fuck budd ... er ... companions.

 

[muds_animal_friend]

Maybe Bioware needs a change of direction? Something more grounded. Perhaps an historical setting? An IP set in ancient Greece might be both entertaining and educational ...

sorta nsfw

... or maybe not. Perhaps it would be best just to stick with Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

 

[Volourn]

Um.. BIO has had kiddies join the party...

 

[Bitcher1]

Or maybe it's because children can't fight well, and using child soldiers is morally reprehensible. There are good reasons not to have recruitable children, without going there.

back when games didn't give a fuck.

 

[Night Goat]

Richard Garriot hates children.

 

[pippin]

Maybe Bioware needs a change of direction? Something more grounded. Perhaps an historical setting? An IP set in ancient Greece might be both entertaining and educational ...

sorta nsfw

... or maybe not. Perhaps it would be best just to stick with Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

It would be hilarious if Bio says that homoerotic relationships in Ancient Greece inspired them to be more inclooooosive. Greeks were gay because they thought the bodies of women were hideous... the whole representation of what is ugly, in fact, with all its excess of fat and round body parts. That's why greek men were so muscular - fat bodies were related to the idea of womanhood and being able to sustain a nurturing role in a domestic context. At some point women were forbidden of leaving the house in Athens, for instance. And they didn't even were considered citizens.

 

[Night Goat]

WCDS members now frantically trying to build a time machine.

 

[Tytus]

WCDS members now frantically trying to build a time machine.

Western Canadian Dairy Seminar?

 

[PhantasmaNL]

heh, yes those ancient Greeks..
i once had a school trip to Italy (i attended a posh school) where we visited Rome and also Pompei and Herculaneum. Lots of erotic art there, including the more, for lack of a better word, deviant variants. Funny how our teacher commented on all of that rather matter of factly. Oh those were the days.

 

[Coyote]

Western Canadian Dairy Seminar?

Wannabe Corinthian Dragon Society.

Let’s get one thing straight before somebody starts showing their ass: I don’t care who is romanceable. It’s a game. That has nothing to do with this. Schmooples could be the only romance in the game, and I wouldn’t care.

What I care about is the fact that there are two romances available to women who prefer women, two romances available to men who prefer men, and 2 gay characters and 2 bi characters up against 4 straight characters.

The world is not divided into “straight” and “not straight.” It’s divided into a wide array of sexual and romantic orientations, ranging from all to nothing. 4 straight and 4 not-straight isn’t equal, so straight fans who want to talk about “equality” can sit right the fuck down. That is heteronormativity on a nauseating level and I’m tired of seeing it here.

And normally, this would piss me off, sure, but it wouldn’t enrage me. This time is has, because Bioware hasn’t just dropped the ball on representation, it’s double-crossed the sizable portion of its fanbase who are LGBTQ+. They use us in marketing. Sure, there hasn’t been an outright “look at all the gays we’ve collected” ad campaign, but when people on the street hear “Bioware” the first thing most of them will think is “LGBT.” That is a very good amount of the press around Bioware; that they respect and care about the LGBTQ+ community. Our presence in their fanbase gets them money and good press.

Despite the fact that they have us to thank for a significant amount of their fucking hype, we get “half and half” heteronormativity, gay men and women have been told to fuck off, and then our own fandom lashes out at us for daring to speak about it. Between the announcements of Solas and Blackwall as straight characters, Bioware has shown how much of a fuck they actually give about the part of their fanbase that has done arguably the most for them. Not a single fuck.

Don’t reduce LGBTQ+ fans’ rightful anger over a lack of adequate representation to “hate” and “hysteria.” No one has said shit about your faves, and this isn’t about Blackwall, Vivienne, Solas, or anyone else. It’s about Bioware pretending they are here for us for as long as we can help their fucking marketing, and then shoving us aside.

The funny thing is that he's almost onto something here but then misses the mark in the stupidest possible way. Remember how EA started talking about all the anti-LGBT letters they had received months earlier to try and deflect criticism in the midst of the ME3/Consumerist fiasco? That wasn't too far from the circumstances that have led to the current #NotYourShield campaign on Twitter, what with a major industry presence co-opting a social cause to protect its own interests, shift the topic of the conversation, and put its detractors on the defensive. And then they tried to do the same thing again with that video after the release of SimCity.

But nope, forget about a corporation cynically manipulating a cause you care deeply about for the purpose of damage control; it's the ratio of various sexual orientations among virtual waifus that manages to incite the ire of the Biodrones.