Dragon Age Dragon Age: The Veilguard Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[karoliner]

Yeah Bioware is done, the last successful release they had was a remaster of a decade old trilogy. From a business standpoint they have zero justification to exist as a company anymore.

And said remastered downgraded several graphics effect, let alone the reduction to Miranda's ass.

That was a crime against humanity.

 

[Aarwolf]

nobody is waiting for DA anymore

This thread clearly proves otherwise

Only Codex is waiting for new Dragon Age.

 

[Gargaune]

nobody is waiting for DA anymore

This thread clearly proves otherwise

Only Codex is waiting for new Dragon Age.

But not to play it.

 

[Space Satan]

A good chuk of the codex arrived here after Dragon Age 2 and bioware disaster, when there first negative review started to appear and codex was one of the few who actually posted that DO2 was trash., before other sites dogpiled of bioware.

 

[Late Bloomer]

Only Codex is waiting for new Dragon Age.

Most people in the Baldur's Gate 3 thread were in favour of the pronouns, dick slider, chicks with dicks, trans, blacks, gays, lesbians, bestiality, pegging and other degeneracy. It should be no surprise that they are hoping for those types of fetishes to be expanded on in a game. And without question, a Bioware game is the most likely candidate to satisfy them.

 

[Lovely Feather Pillow]

Normies on console love BioWare games, so if DA4 is serviceable like Inquisition was then it’ll do ok. That’s how low the bar is.

If it’s another Andromeda disaster this will be the end of BioWare.

I think everyone is just waiting to see gameplay before writing it off completely. With all the development hell news and questionable talent left at the studio, I doubt many people have confidence in the project.

 

[Fedora Master]

A good chuk of the codex arrived here after Dragon Age 2 and bioware disaster, when there first negative review started to appear and codex was one of the few who actually posted that DO2 was trash., before other sites dogpiled of bioware.

And now there are people who think DA2 "wasn't all that bad".

 

[Rhobar121]

A good chuk of the codex arrived here after Dragon Age 2 and bioware disaster, when there first negative review started to appear and codex was one of the few who actually posted that DO2 was trash., before other sites dogpiled of bioware.

And now there are people who think DA2 "wasn't all that bad".

After all, it's Codex. Every big game is crap when it's new. Of course when a new game comes out they start shitting on it and the previous title suddenly becomes a good game.
Of course, the most hated games on Codex are almost always Codex GOTY.

 

[TheDarkUrge]

https://twitter.com/corinnebusche?lang=en

Can someone explain why this is the director of the game?

 

[Infinitron]

https://twitter.com/corinnebusche?lang=en

Can someone explain why this is the director of the game?

Everybody else got fired?

 

[Cohesion]

https://twitter.com/corinnebusche?lang=en

Can someone explain why this is the director of the game?

Everybody else got fired?

Why not fire useless tranny instead? Is it protected class in USA? Bethesda had no such qualms.

 

[JDR13]

Normies on console love BioWare games, so if DA4 is serviceable like Inquisition was then it’ll do ok. That’s how low the bar is.

If it’s another Andromeda disaster this will be the end of BioWare.

I thought Andromeda was better than Inquisition, although that's obviously not saying much.

 

[Konjad]

BioWare lays off senior writing staff as part of its recent job cuts
"I just assumed he'd eventually be buried under one of the cornerstones. I imagine everyone did."

Joker from the Mass Effect games
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Published on 26 Aug 2023
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As part of its recently publicised cutbacks, BioWare has "let go of" Lukas Kristjanson, the lead writer behind Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, and the writer of the first three Dragon Age games, Mary Kirby.

BioWare announced earlier this week that it'll be laying off approximately 50 employees - around 20 per cent of its total workforce, according to recent employment figures - as part of a "shift towards a more agile and more focused studio". Each writer had been with the studio for over 20 years.


Dragon Age: Beowolf is one of two games confirmed to be in development at BioWare. .
Kristjanson is widely credited for not just bringing us the original Baldur's Gate games, but also credited as the writer behind some of gaming's most iconic characters, including Minsc and Mass Effect's Joker.

"Stunned to learn BioWare also let go of Lukas Kristjanson," tweeted David Gaider, himself a revered long-time BioWare writer before he left the studio in 2016 (thanks, TheGamer).

"We used to call him Old Man Luke and Writer Alpha - there since BG1, the writer behind Minsc and Joker and so many more. One of Bio's longest-serving employees. Hats off to him, hope he's doing well."

Stunned to learn BioWare also let go of Lukas Kristjanson. We used to call him Old Man Luke and Writer Alpha - there since BG1, the writer behind Minsc and Joker and so many more. One of Bio's longest-serving employees. Hats off to him, hope he's doing well.

— David Gaider (@davidgaider) August 24, 2023
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"I just assumed he'd eventually be buried under one of the cornerstones. I imagine everyone did," he added in a subsequent reply.

Kirby, on the other hand, had been with BioWare since 2006 and is credited with bringing fan-favourite Varric to life.

The redundancies have sparked rumours that the studio is targeting either mid-/senior-level developers, narrative designers, or both, although, at this stage, the criteria BioWare used to select its redundancies remains unclear.

We got to be fond of calling him “Writer Zero”.

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"In order to meet the needs of our upcoming projects, continue to hold ourselves to the highest standard of quality, and ensure BioWare can continue to thrive in an industry that's rapidly evolving," BioWare general manager Gary McKay wrote at the time, "we must shift towards a more agile and more focused studio. It will allow our developers to iterate quickly, unlock more creativity, and form a clear vision of what we're building before development ramps up."

"To achieve this," McKay continued, "we find ourselves in a position where change is not only necessary, but unavoidable. As difficult as this is to say, rethinking our approach to development inevitably means reorganising our team to match the studio's changing needs."

https://www.eurogamer.net/bioware-lays-off-senior-writing-staff-as-part-of-its-recent-job-cuts

 

[Space Satan]

Normies on console love BioWare games, so if DA4 is serviceable like Inquisition was then it’ll do ok. That’s how low the bar is.

If it’s another Andromeda disaster this will be the end of BioWare.

I thought Andromeda was better than Inquisition, although that's obviously not saying much.

Better sold, not better made

 

[cvv]

The based veterans got killed and I suppose the zoomer dangerhairs live on?

Ha. Haha.

 

[Morgoth]

The based veterans got killed and I suppose the zoomer dangerhairs live on?

Ha. Haha.

Inexperienced writers require smaller salaries and hardly ever talk back.

EA knows where, and when, to cut its employees lose.

 

[Lagole Gon]

Just another reminder that Bioware founding is a story about idealistic youthful entrepreneurship that had no right to work out. But it did.

...

And now it's a walking corpse. What a world...

 

[cvv]

The based veterans got killed and I suppose the zoomer dangerhairs live on?

Ha. Haha.

Inexperienced writers require smaller salaries and hardly ever talk back.

They also produce stuff like Andromeda and Anthem instead of Baldur's Gate 1 and 2.

EA doesn't know shit, they're retarded. Only looking to the very shortest of terms. It's clearly paying off. They must've lost a crapton on money on Andromeda and Anthem and one of the main reasons for the catastrophic flop those two games turned out to be is writing, especially for Andromeda.

 

[Rhobar121]

The based veterans got killed and I suppose the zoomer dangerhairs live on?

Ha. Haha.

Inexperienced writers require smaller salaries and hardly ever talk back.

They also produce stuff like Andromeda and Anthem instead of Baldur's Gate 1 and 2.

EA doesn't know shit, they're retarded. Only looking to the very shortest of terms. It's clearly paying off. They must've lost a crapton on money on Andromeda and Anthem and one of the main reasons for the catastrophic flop those two games turned out to be is writing, especially for Andromeda.

The quality of the writing is largely the responsibility of the writers.
From what I can see, one of them is responsible for characters like Sera, Liam, Jacob (and probably not all of them) which are probably the worst characters in Bioware games.

 

[Axel_am]

Just another reminder that Bioware founding is a story about idealistic youthful entrepreneurship that had no right to work out. But it did.

...

And now it's a walking corpse. What a world...

That's fair. It had a pretty good run, not many will be able to match it. And you never know what might happen next.

 

[The Wall]

https://twitter.com/corinnebusche?lang=en

Can someone explain why this is the director of the game?

DragonAge 4 will look like its Director. Answer to your question: Western Civilization has been for some time deeply retarded. Unironically

 

[Roguey]

They also produce stuff like Andromeda and Anthem instead of Baldur's Gate 1 and 2.

EA doesn't know shit, they're retarded. Only looking to the very shortest of terms. It's clearly paying off. They must've lost a crapton on money on Andromeda and Anthem and one of the main reasons for the catastrophic flop those two games turned out to be is writing, especially for Andromeda.

If this was about that, it would have happened years ago.

According to Grubb, these changes have come as a result of multiple factors. One of them is that Apex Legends is no longer making money on the same level it was in the past, while with EA Sports and EA Entertainment now being two financially separate entities, commercially successful titles released by the former like Madden and FIFA are also not helping cover up fiscal deficiencies for other EA studios any longer. As such, all EA studios are now more accountable for their finances.

Earlier this year, BioWare announced that it was going to be focusing exclusively on single player, narrative-driven games going forward. At the same time, it was announced that further development of long-running MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic was being handed off to Broadsword Online

Bioware no longer has Madden, FIFA and TOR money to cover its expenses.

 

[Rhobar121]

They also produce stuff like Andromeda and Anthem instead of Baldur's Gate 1 and 2.

EA doesn't know shit, they're retarded. Only looking to the very shortest of terms. It's clearly paying off. They must've lost a crapton on money on Andromeda and Anthem and one of the main reasons for the catastrophic flop those two games turned out to be is writing, especially for Andromeda.

If this was about that, it would have happened years ago.

According to Grubb, these changes have come as a result of multiple factors. One of them is that Apex Legends is no longer making money on the same level it was in the past, while with EA Sports and EA Entertainment now being two financially separate entities, commercially successful titles released by the former like Madden and FIFA are also not helping cover up fiscal deficiencies for other EA studios any longer. As such, all EA studios are now more accountable for their finances.

Earlier this year, BioWare announced that it was going to be focusing exclusively on single player, narrative-driven games going forward. At the same time, it was announced that further development of long-running MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic was being handed off to Broadsword Online

Bioware no longer has Madden, FIFA and TOR money to cover its expenses.

It's funny that it turned out that Bioware actually sucked from EA and not the other way around

 

[Roguey]

It's funny that it turned out that Bioware actually sucked from EA and not the other way around

TOR was/is a big money-maker and it's why the Biodocs sold in the first place. But that was Austin, not Edmonton.

 

[Space Satan]