Dragon Age Dragon Age: The Veilguard - coming October 31st

[Cael]

I can't see it, even with the journo hype.

I wouldn't underestimate the power of mainstream hype in the vast normie herd, especially in the RPG genre.

The fact that the magenta dangerhair zoomer aesthetics led to catastrophic flops in the online shooter market, populated mostly by highly competitive toxic males, doesn't mean it has the same effect elsewhere. Look at BG3, from distance it looks like the gayest RPG ever made, most characters look like a fucking Zoolander, and it sold like cocaine.

The RPG market is just different, you can bet your balls the game will be chock full of social features like romances, dating, weird sex options and other assorted faggotry. Millions of weirdos might temporarily drop their Nintendo controllers and jump into Veilguard.

Fair points, but I think the Fortnite style graphics are even breaking some sense into the normie cunts. BG3 still looked a bit fantasy, DA:tVG looks Overwatchy and even the Inquisition-loving normies know it...

It certainly wouldn't surprise me if it started to snag some Nintendo fanboys though. It's horrid, garish style should be right up their ally.

Alley. AllEy!!!!

Right up their ally is gay furry sh- ... wait... Bioware... Failguard... You know what? Nevermind, carry on.

 

[kapisi]

they seem to have made actual fast paced, 3d spacial awareness combat

constantly interrupted by the deeply strategic tactical pause wrapped up in atrocious UI

 

[Thalstarion]

It doesn't even appeal to authentic gays or lesbians. These character designs are entirely focused around specific fetishes and subversion.

 

[Necrensha]

Thing is, modern BioWare includes DAO. That game was already a huge disappointment.

A huge disappointment compared to what? The golden age ended far before DAO came out, I remember that around that time you had stuff like Oblivion, Fallout 3, The Witcher and not much else.
I start to call them modern Bioware around the time tumblerinas started to take over, so Mass Effect 2/Dragon Age 2.

 

[Lacrymas]

It doesn't even appeal to authentic gays or lesbians. These character designs are entirely focused around specific fetishes and subversion.

It appeals to a very specific, young, chronically-online subset of the LGBTs that frequent sites like Tumblr and Twitter, which automatically shields them from outside influences and they live in their own little child-like bubble.

 

[Hedasd]

I can't see it, even with the journo hype.

I wouldn't underestimate the power of mainstream hype in the vast normie herd, especially in the RPG genre.

The fact that the magenta dangerhair zoomer aesthetics led to catastrophic flops in the online shooter market, populated mostly by highly competitive toxic males, doesn't mean it has the same effect elsewhere. Look at BG3, from distance it looks like the gayest RPG ever made, most characters look like a fucking Zoolander, and it sold like cocaine.

The RPG market is just different, you can bet your balls the game will be chock full of social features like romances, dating, weird sex options and other assorted faggotry. Millions of weirdos might temporarily drop their Nintendo controllers and jump into Veilguard.

I wrote earlier in this thread about how the game isnt gaining much attention on Steam even with heavy focus on PC and Steam. I was expecting IGN coverage to ramp things up but it keeps going down in the list. Its not even in top 150 anymore(its at 164 right now). It is pretty pathetic for an AAA title with a big push behind it to be in this position, especially for the established franchise of an established company with less than 2 months from release. So far it only managed to gain some traction on Playstation, but thats really not surprising considering most remaining Bioware fans are on consoles along with EA's main target audience. They really need their version of "bear-sex" marketing move to work.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

Inquisition sold 6 mil units, I'll be surprised if this sells half that.

This is very misleading, DA:I never had official sales stated by EA at any point so that is a sure indicator it did poorly. Second the game has been in tons of bundles and I think it was given for free or for 5$ on Origin back in the day. This 6 million figure (as always) is pure speculation. The same site (VG Charts) that this is from reported 1,1m sales first week and 3 millions after 2 years. If DA:V sales are even double the Inquisition one it will be a flop as this shit is in full development probably for at least 3 years as it was announced in late 2020.

 

[Lacrymas]

I think it's fair to say this is Bioware's last chance. If it doesn't do well, PapEA will be bringing the studio behind the shed. Bioware haven't done well in, like, what? 10 years? I'm surprised EA haven't pulled the trigger yet.

 

[Hammer Of The Heretics]

My one anecdotal data point on this is the friend I mentioned up-thread. Normal gaming tastes, liked DAI, completely uninterested in DtV. The presentation of this game is unattractive even to some normies, and the hype isn't helping.

 

[Gargaune]

I think it's fair to say this is Bioware's last chance. If it doesn't do well, PapEA will be bringing the studio behind the shed. Bioware haven't done well in, like, what? 10 years? I'm surprised EA haven't pulled the trigger yet.

Nah, gut tells me they got one more fuckup after this. It's a big brand, they might get restructured when Failguard "underperforms expectations", but they'll probably get one more go around the block before EA shows them that really cool thing behind the shed.

 

[cvv]

I think it's fair to say this is Bioware's last chance. If it doesn't do well, PapEA will be bringing the studio behind the shed. Bioware haven't done well in, like, what? 10 years? I'm surprised EA haven't pulled the trigger yet.

Nah, gut tells me they got one more fuckup after this. It's a big brand, they might get restructured when Failguard "underperforms expectations", but they'll probably get one more go around the block before EA shows them that really cool thing behind the shed.

Yeah, AFAIK they've been working on a new Mass Effect for years now, EA would probably want to drag that over the finish line at the very least.

 

[Tyranicon]

You guys want to know how bad it's going?

Top wishlist spots:

It's like that meme.

Weakest eurojank remake vs strongest AAA modern RPG

 

[Iluvcheezcake]

I'd wish those dev troons ass fungus but knowing those gendermancing degenerates they probably already have it

 

[Semiurge]

I don't get this game at all
On the one hand they're pushing all these horrendous lgbqabc characters and overt romance/sexual themes to bait women and betas, on the other they seem to have made actual fast paced, 3d spacial awareness combat that appeals strictly to hwuite males
Due to the former the latter won't play the game and due to the latter the former won't
Is this game just fucked?

The combat is terrible, all flash. Rolling and sideways twirling with rainbow colors flying around, complete with ridiculous jumps and weapons that look like they should be heavy but which are swung around like butter knives. There's no weight to anything. Only those motherfucking rainbow fireworks.

And no blood. I bet that's gonna be rainbow colored too, when it shows eventually.

I can't see it, even with the journo hype.

I wouldn't underestimate the power of mainstream hype in the vast normie herd, especially in the RPG genre.

The fact that the magenta dangerhair zoomer aesthetics led to catastrophic flops in the online shooter market, populated mostly by highly competitive toxic males, doesn't mean it has the same effect elsewhere. Look at BG3, from distance it looks like the gayest RPG ever made, most characters look like a fucking Zoolander, and it sold like cocaine.

The RPG market is just different, you can bet your balls the game will be chock full of social features like romances, dating, weird sex options and other assorted faggotry. Millions of weirdos might temporarily drop their Nintendo controllers and jump into Veilguard.

Fair points, but I think the Fortnite style graphics are even breaking some sense into the normie cunts. BG3 still looked a bit fantasy, DA:tVG looks Overwatchy and even the Inquisition-loving normies know it...

It certainly wouldn't surprise me if it started to snag some Nintendo fanboys though. It's horrid, garish style should be right up their alley.

Just a quick look at those two pictures tells you one thing: that the other is male coded and the other girl coded. The BG3 poster actually makes the game look cool and interesting, just in the way that appeals to a broad spectrum of customers, and especially teen boys. Just like traditional fantasy art. The screenshot on the right is so lame in comparison, it tells you that there's not going to be anything exciting about the game. Everything is going to be safe and inoffensive, candy coated all over. DA:tVG is fantasy for young girls and like-minded individuals who shy away from anything edgy that would be "eww" in their books. It's clear which game has the broader appeal in an already niche niche (RPGs).

The official DA:tVG poster conveys the same impression as that screenshot. Uninspired, pink, blandly heroic character roster and enemy mooks almost as featureless as The Witch's minions in Suicide Squad (2016). Might as well be A.I-designed. Main character wields a dagger that looks like an oversized earring. Hopefully that doesn't give their nicknack department any ideas. Point is that if you showed that poster to an average member of the target group, like a 13 year old boy, they'd give you the look and tell you to fuck off. The DA:O trailer had blood & guts and a Marilyn Manson theme, and for that it could be called a game-equivalent of "heavy metal", or at least Bioware's milquetoast interpretation of it. What the hell does this thing have that could win over this hypothetical gamer? It looks like a game for sissies. There's no way around that.

Spoiler

I think it's fair to say this is Bioware's last chance. If it doesn't do well, PapEA will be bringing the studio behind the shed. Bioware haven't done well in, like, what? 10 years? I'm surprised EA haven't pulled the trigger yet.

EA has obviously given some kind of blessing to this disgusting wokefest, but why? I have a theory on why EA has tolerated this purple shit factory known as Bioware for this long. Maybe EA is using Bioware as means to test the waters, to see how far they can take the political content without also infecting their mainline franchises with it. Failguard won't make them much money, not as much as it could, but EA can actually take the hit. For market research purposes. Maybe they figured that this experiment might pay off in the future. BG3 would of course serve as proof that a game can be ultra-woke as long as it covers the other coveted grounds as well. Woke in itself without competence is a death warrant.

 

[Lacrymas]

The only logical explanation is that they are using the failures as a tax write-off.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Clown Hammer

Are these real? Is it just me or did they turn Dragon Age into Kingdoms of Amalur?

 

[Semiurge]

Clown Hammer

Are these real? Is it just me or did they turn Dragon Age into Kingdoms of Amalur?

The concrete-block hammers are in that gameplay demo.

 

[Lagole Gon]

Clown Hammer

Are these real? Is it just me or did they turn Dragon Age into Kingdoms of Amalur?

Kingdoms of Amalur had hot goth bitches in it.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Kingdoms of Amalur had hot goth bitches in it.

Sure, but it was also a goofy action game with mediocre gameplay.

 

[Lagole Gon]

Kingdoms of Amalur had hot goth bitches in it.

Sure, but it was also a goofy action game with mediocre gameplay.

We already established that.
I'm just pointing out that Kingdoms of Amalur is already better in the hot goth bitches department.

 

[Storyfag]

Thing is, modern BioWare includes DAO. That game was already a huge disappointment.

A huge disappointment compared to what? The golden age ended far before DAO came out, I remember that around that time you had stuff like Oblivion, Fallout 3, The Witcher and not much else.
I start to call them modern Bioware around the time tumblerinas started to take over, so Mass Effect 2/Dragon Age 2.

To BioWare's previous offerings, obviously. Specifically, even ToB was much better, and BG2 simply stellar in comparison. Should we judge DAO along with its contemporaries, it pales in comparison to The Witcher. Admittedly, Fallout 3 and Oblivion are worse.

 

[Aarwolf]

Kingdoms of Amalur had hot goth bitches in it.

Please show them, asking for a friend.

 

[Child of Malkav]

I'm just pointing out that Kingdoms of Amalur is already better in the hot goth bitches department.

And if IIRC, you can be evil in it. Like, marry one of the evil chicks or something.

 

[Lodis]

Kingdoms of Amalur had hot goth bitches in it.

Please show them, asking for a friend.

It had this chick as one of the central characters although the only thing I remember about her is that she was a massive cocktease towards your character.

 

[Stoned Ape]

Dragon Age: The Veilguard --> Dragon Age: TV --> Dragon Age: Transvestite