If they gave up on BioWare a decade ago (or more, for those of whom DAO was “the last good game”) then they were never going to buy the game anyhow. At which point: why should Bio listen to them? “Abandon your fanbase and woo us instead!” …okay, sure Jan.
Thank you for the kudos, but I think you overestimate my influence. By all reports, the writing is stellar (which I’d expect no less from Patrick and their team). As for the rest, whether you think it’s good or not it would be no different if I was still at BioWare.
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He's totally right here, though. Bioware games have always been super liberal for their era. People bitching about this are just bitching because their brains are so corrupted by the the culture wars that they bitch about how every game is woke.
They are the same sort of 2006 era boomers freaking out about lesbians in Mass Effect 1 on Fox News:
The truth is that you're all dumbfucks taking the click-bait that right wing influencers thrive on.
No one gives a fuck. If you don't want liberal politics, then don't play bioware games.
But rage sells, especially to fucking stupid people, and you men are buying.