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

[VonMiskov]

Hahaha... BioWare is still a household name for some? Awful gameplay, awful animation, shit AI. It's like the console hack and slash Baldur Gates - Dark Alliance or whatever it was called.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

"hinterlandy areas"

yeah hype people up by making them think of the worst area in inquisition

 

[moon knight]

game directors says it, trust the process

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

But the blight wasn't a problem in 2 or 3... in fact that's kind of why the grey warden became absent, nobody needed them anymore

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Don't worry guys , here Good news guys. Everyone is Pansexual in Veilguard. Now that's what i called
https://www.ign.com/articles/dragon...want-will-include-nudity-it-gets-pretty-spicy

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Romance Details Revealed, Including Confirmation That All Companions Will be Pansexual​

"Of course, we are an M-rated game. We do have nudity."​

BY ALEX STEDMAN

POSTED: JUN 11, 2024 12:00 PM


Previously, BioWare general manager Gary McKay told IGN in an interview that Dragon Age: The Veilguard will allow you to "romance the companions you want," sparking speculation that the fourth game in the series would be making a change to the way romances were handled in previous entries.

Now, in a new interview with The Veilguard game director Corinne Busche, we've confirmed that yes, you will be able to romance any companion you want, regardless of your character's gender or race. It's a bit of a surprise for fans, considering that in previous Dragon Age games (excluding Dragon Age II), the romanceable characters had different sexual orientations. Some were pansexual, sure, but others were heterosexual, others were only attracted to the same sex, and some could only be romanced if you were a certain race (Dragon Age: Inquisition's Solas, for example, could only be romanced by female elves).
But Busche pushes back on the idea that The Veilguard's companions are "playersexual," a term used to describe games where NPCs are specifically only attracted to the player character. She says she's seen playersexual "done in a number of games," and "it can be really off-putting where these characters are adapting to who you, the player, are."
"It's not until the later parts of the game where you really commit to romance and it gets pretty spicy.

“
Rather, Busche insists that they're all specifically pansexual, and that might come through in what you learn about their backstories.
"Their past experiences or partners, they'll reference them and indeed who they'll become romantic with," Busche tells IGN. "For instance, we saw Harding. I might be playing a straight male character flirting with her, but I choose not to pursue a romance. She might get together with Taash. So my perception, my identity has no bearing on their identities and that comes through really strongly."
When asked if that means it won't take long for romance to become an option in The Veilguard, Busche confirms that you'll be able to start flirting with everyone pretty early, as you recruit all seven companions throughout the first act. But, she clarifies, "it's not until the later parts of the game where you really commit to romance and it gets pretty spicy."
LACE HARDING, WHO APPEARED IN DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION, WILL BE ONE OF THE ROMANCEABLE COMPANIONS IN THE VEILGUARD.

Speaking of spicy...​

Of course, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a BioWare game, and games from the studio — specifically those in the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series — are known to have some fairly explicit sex scenes. Busche confirms that The Veilguard will be no different, particularly towards the end of the game: "Of course, we are an M-rated game," she says. "We do have nudity."
There's also some obvious parallels to be made between The Veilguard and last year's critical darling Baldur's Gate 3. The latter became known not only for its deep romances (like The Veilguard, Baldur's Gate 3 player characters can romance any companion regardless of gender or race), but also for its sex scenes, including one involving a Wild-Shaping Druid that went pretty viral.
Busche isn't afraid to admit that she has played Baldur's Gate 3, and loved it, as she's an "an RPG fan through and through": "The more character-driven party-based RPGs with deep emotional connection, the better."
"Just like real life, our companions have such diverse personalities. Some of them are more physical, more aggressive.

“
"What I love about the two games is I think they live side by side in a really interesting way," she continues. "They're very different games, but those emotional connections and how the narratives hook you, I think there's space for both."
Specifically in regards to the sex scenes and how The Veilguard will handle theirs differently, Busche says some of Baldur's Gate 3's scenes were "shocking and comical in some ways, and I would say I loved that."
"Our companions, we want them to be relatable and fully realized. So they can get spicy, but in a way that I think people will actually relate to," she says.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Screenshots​

48 IMAGES

Basically: no bear sex. Busche goes on to say that how sexually explicit the scenes are, too, will vary between characters.
"Some of them are more spicy than others," she reveals. "Just like real life, our companions have such diverse personalities. Some of them are more physical, more aggressive, and some of them are more... we have a gentleman necromancer, for instance, that is more intimate and sensual."
Our interview with Busche comes as BioWare continues to roll out information about the highly anticipated Dragon Age sequel, with a cinematic trailer having dropped at the Xbox Showcase over the weekend. Dragon Age: The Veilguard will debut sometime this fall.

 

[Storyfag]

Also, lol at introducing "factions". Come on, you're not pulling an Origins, it'll be the same shit as in Inquisition where you get 1-5 sentences in dialogue across a 100+ game, and a -5/+5 point boost in one part of a specific quest.

They even had a spotlight on that in the gameplay reveal. "Oooh, aren't you from the faction that should know this city?" "Ruh-roh... Imma from a different neighbourhood."

Beyond pathetic.

 

[Edgetard]

this looked so dog shit I had to come back here just to bitch
how is it the tumblr faggot crowd gets endless (shitty) rpgs and I have to hope and pray that owlfag makes a game that isnt complete dogshit and that styg can afford to hire some more people?

 

[Habichtswalder]

Looks far more like a take on the God Of War: Ragnarok formula instead of a RPG. As expected, the characters are trying too hard to be cool...so much that it undermines the intended dramatic tone. Especially Neve seems extremely annoying and far too cartoonish.

I also dislike the city that they showed in the beginning. It's a scifi city.

 

[Edgetard]

Don't worry guys , here Good news guys. Everyone is Pansexual in Veilguard. Now that's what i called
https://www.ign.com/articles/dragon...want-will-include-nudity-it-gets-pretty-spicy

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Romance Details Revealed, Including Confirmation That All Companions Will be Pansexual​

"Of course, we are an M-rated game. We do have nudity."​

BY ALEX STEDMAN

POSTED: JUN 11, 2024 12:00 PM


Previously, BioWare general manager Gary McKay told IGN in an interview that Dragon Age: The Veilguard will allow you to "romance the companions you want," sparking speculation that the fourth game in the series would be making a change to the way romances were handled in previous entries.

Now, in a new interview with The Veilguard game director Corinne Busche, we've confirmed that yes, you will be able to romance any companion you want, regardless of your character's gender or race. It's a bit of a surprise for fans, considering that in previous Dragon Age games (excluding Dragon Age II), the romanceable characters had different sexual orientations. Some were pansexual, sure, but others were heterosexual, others were only attracted to the same sex, and some could only be romanced if you were a certain race (Dragon Age: Inquisition's Solas, for example, could only be romanced by female elves).
But Busche pushes back on the idea that The Veilguard's companions are "playersexual," a term used to describe games where NPCs are specifically only attracted to the player character. She says she's seen playersexual "done in a number of games," and "it can be really off-putting where these characters are adapting to who you, the player, are."
"It's not until the later parts of the game where you really commit to romance and it gets pretty spicy.

“
Rather, Busche insists that they're all specifically pansexual, and that might come through in what you learn about their backstories.
"Their past experiences or partners, they'll reference them and indeed who they'll become romantic with," Busche tells IGN. "For instance, we saw Harding. I might be playing a straight male character flirting with her, but I choose not to pursue a romance. She might get together with Taash. So my perception, my identity has no bearing on their identities and that comes through really strongly."
When asked if that means it won't take long for romance to become an option in The Veilguard, Busche confirms that you'll be able to start flirting with everyone pretty early, as you recruit all seven companions throughout the first act. But, she clarifies, "it's not until the later parts of the game where you really commit to romance and it gets pretty spicy."
LACE HARDING, WHO APPEARED IN DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION, WILL BE ONE OF THE ROMANCEABLE COMPANIONS IN THE VEILGUARD.

Speaking of spicy...​

Of course, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a BioWare game, and games from the studio — specifically those in the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series — are known to have some fairly explicit sex scenes. Busche confirms that The Veilguard will be no different, particularly towards the end of the game: "Of course, we are an M-rated game," she says. "We do have nudity."
There's also some obvious parallels to be made between The Veilguard and last year's critical darling Baldur's Gate 3. The latter became known not only for its deep romances (like The Veilguard, Baldur's Gate 3 player characters can romance any companion regardless of gender or race), but also for its sex scenes, including one involving a Wild-Shaping Druid that went pretty viral.
Busche isn't afraid to admit that she has played Baldur's Gate 3, and loved it, as she's an "an RPG fan through and through": "The more character-driven party-based RPGs with deep emotional connection, the better."
"Just like real life, our companions have such diverse personalities. Some of them are more physical, more aggressive.

“
"What I love about the two games is I think they live side by side in a really interesting way," she continues. "They're very different games, but those emotional connections and how the narratives hook you, I think there's space for both."
Specifically in regards to the sex scenes and how The Veilguard will handle theirs differently, Busche says some of Baldur's Gate 3's scenes were "shocking and comical in some ways, and I would say I loved that."
"Our companions, we want them to be relatable and fully realized. So they can get spicy, but in a way that I think people will actually relate to," she says.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Screenshots​

48 IMAGES

Basically: no bear sex. Busche goes on to say that how sexually explicit the scenes are, too, will vary between characters.
"Some of them are more spicy than others," she reveals. "Just like real life, our companions have such diverse personalities. Some of them are more physical, more aggressive, and some of them are more... we have a gentleman necromancer, for instance, that is more intimate and sensual."
Our interview with Busche comes as BioWare continues to roll out information about the highly anticipated Dragon Age sequel, with a cinematic trailer having dropped at the Xbox Showcase over the weekend. Dragon Age: The Veilguard will debut sometime this fall.

I hate larian and its influence bg3 will go down as the worst thing to happen to crpgs

 

[Lucas]

But will your companions moan?

 

[moon knight]

30000 likes and only 5000 dislikes, it's over

 

[Storyfag]

I also dislike the city that they showed in the beginning. It's a scifi city.

It is the setting's Magic Central, so it can be given *some* leeway. They went overboard tho.

 

[Green]

Yeah. EA drag Bioware behind the shed already.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Don't you have the impression that the chat during the presentation and comments are written only by bots?

Or maybe all the real people have long since fled...

Don't worry guys , here Good news guys. Everyone is Pansexual in Veilguard. Now that's what i called
https://www.ign.com/articles/dragon...want-will-include-nudity-it-gets-pretty-spicy

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Romance Details Revealed, Including Confirmation That All Companions Will be Pansexual​

"Of course, we are an M-rated game. We do have nudity."​

So I was right - BG3 came out and someone from EA called Bioware to add boobs.

I don't think they're pretty boobs, especially considering what character models look like, but I'm glad the world has changed since 2014 when the mere mention of sex was seen as "misogyny."

 

[Dishonoredbr]

 

[Semiurge]

Oh you've got to be kidding me. The gameplay reveal of a bland and shitty game is age-locked!

 

[Dishonoredbr]

So I was right - BG3 came out and someone from EA called Bioware to add boobs.

Inquisition already had boobs tho.

 

[gurugeorge]

This is more or less exactly what I expected it to play like given that old leak. I suspect they went with Rogue because it has the most dynamic and flashy looking skills so it might fool some people into thinking the combat system is better than it really is. Also, it warms my heart to see those Venatori staying true to ye old ANOTHER WAVE of just spawning into combat.

My God that's inexpressibly disgusting and fills me with a sense of ennui.

Total vacuity, total nothing.

 

[Readher]

Looks like something straight out of japslop ""rpg""".

 

[Edgetard]

Looks like something straight out of japslop ""rpg""".

its for their target audience wahmen and dudes larping as women who play these shitty games and like faggot buttsex gameplay isnt even a part of the picture

 

[Ryzer]

There's a weird sense of excitement on this site about this shit, what's this? coprophilia.

 

[InD_ImaginE]

“Yeah, so it is a mission-based game. Everything is hand-touched, hand-crafted, very highly curated,” Busche says, echoing a talking point that comes up repeatedly throughout the presentation. “We believe that's how we get the best narrative experience, the best moment-to-moment experience. However, along the way, these levels that we go to do open up, some of them have more exploration than others. Alternate branching paths, mysteries, secrets, optional content you're going to find and solve. So it does open up, but it is a mission-based, highly curated game.”

Mission based game? Like, a hub from which you pick a level or something like that?

I mean technically DAO is also a "Mission Based Game". Each location has its own main quest, with some side quests you canfind sprinkled along the way. Only some rare quests have the resolution in multiple areas.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

Dragon age: Amalur

Assets are dogshit, looks worse than inquisition... Wtf is that ogre.

 

[Lemming42]

Hahahaha Solas! Look at his bald head! He's so fucking naff, I can't take him seriously at all.

 

[Peachcurl]

There's a weird sense of excitement on this site about this shit, what's this? coprophilia.

Schadenfreude