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

[Shaja]

 

[BlackAdderBG]

Origins is not even close to been "hated/made fun of ostentatiously by everyone". Most people at the time of release were disappointed by the downgrade of the mechanics, the shoulder camera or the RTwP and that Bioware were still shit at writing compared to MCA or Troika. The game is actually way better received nowadays with the absolute trash that was produced since then, but Origins was never universally hated here.

 

[Camel]

I like how some people (justifiably) piss on the whole franchise in every DA thread, but at the same time are autistically discussing consistency of some obscure ingame lore shit - blood mages, Orlais, NPCs, whatever the fuck is in the series lol

Guilty as charged.

Origins is not even close to been "hated/made fun of ostentatiously by everyone".

The 2009 Codex GOTY.

 

[moon knight]

Their first black elf, and they use for him the elven slave marks

 

[Storyfag]

Their first black elf, and they use for him the elven slave marks

Also make xir a level 1 rogue

 

[Donald Gordon Lord]

Whose alt are you?

Bobby Kotick, according to somebody here which I don't care to remember, or Infinitron according to other which I also do not care to remember. Whichever suits your fancy.

I do not care nor need to create an "alt" account like some autistic tumblr graduate on instagram on RPG chudex (reputable shithole) of all places lmao.

You sound like a fruit.

Cool story tho.

 

[Donald Gordon Lord]

I like how some people (justifiably) piss on the whole franchise in every DA thread, but at the same time are autistically discussing consistency of some obscure ingame lore shit - blood mages, Orlais, NPCs, whatever the fuck is in the series lol

anti-fans are fans

 

[gurugeorge]

I like how some people (justifiably) piss on the whole franchise in every DA thread, but at the same time are autistically discussing consistency of some obscure ingame lore shit - blood mages, Orlais, NPCs, whatever the fuck is in the series lol

Guilty as charged.

Origins is not even close to been "hated/made fun of ostentatiously by everyone".

The 2009 Codex GOTY.

It was a decent game for the time, definitely the last gasp of the "old" BioWare (which, to be sure, was still liberal, but at least had a sense of what makes for fun in gameplay, and used to have no problem throwing difficulty spikes at the player with gay abandon).

Playing it again over the past few days, the illusion isn't nearly as powerful as it was on release because of the old graphics, but it's still not terrible to play and some of the story beats are dark or engaging or both. The events as depicted are pretty brutal indeed.

A replay does highlight the problem with intensely story-based games though: they're only really good the first couple of plays, when they're still a bit mysterious. Once you know all the bits and there's no longer any mystery or anticipation, all that side of the game is lost and the weight then goes on the systems, which highlights their faults.

In retrospect, the middle period BioWare games (the SW games, JE, ME1, DA:O) were exciting more for the promise they held out for the future - a promise that was never really fulfilled (that RPGs would get better technically and more and more fleshed out and fully realized). They were exciting because we were all projecting glorious future possibilities onto them.

 

[Storyfag]

It was a decent game for the time

No.

I was promised to be able to enslave nations using powerful necromancy. They have failed to deliver, and I shall forever disdain them.

Not to mention their unabashed plagiarism of Warhammer Fantasy regarding daemons and magic, the Derp Roads, level scaled encounters AND poor enemy variety.

 

[Tyranicon]

In retrospect, the middle period BioWare games (the SW games, JE, ME1, DA:O) were exciting more for the promise they held out for the future - a promise that was never really fulfilled (that RPGs would get better technically and more and more fleshed out and fully realized). They were exciting because we were all projecting glorious future possibilities onto them.

Devs in the 90s: We got 10 dudes and the budget of a lemonade stand. We'll personally build the technology that powers this game and create an entire genre.

Devs now: We only have a tiny budget of 300 million, a small workforce of 5000 and a megacorp in our back pocket. Best we can do is push out some shovelware on Unity. It'll also be completely unplayable for the first year after release.

Devs back in the day were built different.

 

[Reinhardt]

Their first black elf, and they use for him the elven slave marks

Also make xir a level 1 rogue

wrong nigger.

 

[Storyfag]

wrong nigger.

They all look the same...

 

[Reinhardt]

wrong nigger.

They all look the same...

and behave

 

[Modron]

I like how some people (justifiably) piss on the whole franchise in every DA thread, but at the same time are autistically discussing consistency of some obscure ingame lore shit - blood mages, Orlais, NPCs, whatever the fuck is in the series lol

Scroll back a few pages to see a number of them talking about their days on the BSN.

 

[Fedora Master]

I like how some people (justifiably) piss on the whole franchise in every DA thread, but at the same time are autistically discussing consistency of some obscure ingame lore shit - blood mages, Orlais, NPCs, whatever the fuck is in the series lol

Scroll back a few pages to see a number of them talking about their days on the BSN.

That explains a lot.

 

[Silverfish]

Not necessarily "bad".

"You hate nu-bioware? oh! me too!" *kiss each other*

"you hate joos troon and fagget? oh! me too!" *suck each other cock*

Something like this.

So the haters are getting laid instead of living vicariously through Bioware 'romances'?

 

[Camel]

All right, this has been fun and all, but the shtick is getting old. Whose alt are you?

He reminds me of people who shitpost chudjacks and other low-effort trash on 4chan to own the chuds.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

exactly

100% made of soy,

rainbow dildos

worst stereotypes

wokey cult members

Just like a parrot. Hit all the talking points. Like a morrowind NPC trying to give you a quest.

Saint Proverballs and his freunde trying to "frame" that RPG chudex is where people "discuss" RPG. Literally 1 person disagrees among the circle jerks and this retard is having a cognitive dissonance so hard that he created a headcanon about me.

That being said,

We are past "Asian Elf" discussion when nobody cares about Black Elf in Dragon Age Origins, chud.

If a statement is true, who is crazy - the one who says it or the one who denies it?

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

Saint Proverballs and his freunde trying to "frame" that RPG chudex is where people "discuss" RPG. Literally 1 person disagrees among the circle jerks and this retard is having a cognitive dissonance so hard that he created a headcanon about me.

 

[v1c70r14]

How should we evaluate this? Well, for Russell and the Vienna Circle, Kant is responsible for creating idealism with all its retardness. For orthodox Kantians, it was possible to continue the master's thoughts without distortions.

Ah, but Fichte merely put into practice what Kant kept hidden out of fear for persecution, that Fichte did experience, being accused of atheism and all. In the same way you could say that David Gaider kept not just his progressive values hidden but the romance and dating sim aspects too. After he left EA and was left to his own devices he made a very gay musical visual novel, which is not so different in general direction from the turn towards the diverse sitcom version of Dragon Age that Bioware turned the series into. He's certainly not a grimdark fantasy writer. Orthodox Kantianism laid bare is Fichte, and orthodox Bioware uncovered is Veilguard, tout simplement.

 

[MerchantKing]

We are past "Asian Elf" discussion when nobody cares about Black Elf in Dragon Age Origins, chud.

We were past that a long time back when Dark Elves were invented.

 

[PunchYouInTheFace]

Stop it, Liberal.

I will tell my freunde in etcetra forum about this.

haters are getting laid

Correct. They suck each other cock.

If

When two retarded chudex suck each other cock, which one of them are gay?

That being said.

The Black Elf is also fine.

 

[Silverfish]

Correct. They suck each other cock.

Yeah, I got the joke the first time. I'm a JRPG forum regular, but I'm not that far gone.

When two retarded chudex suck each other cock, which one of them are gay?

If they're retarded it's not gay.

 

[jaekl]

PLEASE stop with the homophobia, we have several lgb and especially t users here at the rpgcodex and I'd appreciate it if we could keep from triggering them. I will be forced to report posts to the proper authorities if I see any more blatant homophobic remarks.

Anyways, I can't wait to listen to 100 hours of voiced dialogue written in the style of a modern Global TV drama that you often see elderly people with dementia sitting in front of. That's my favourite thing about modern rpgs and this one is sure to deliver.

 

[sser]

Curious about the name change. Dreadwolf actually sounds cool and menacing, something crunchy and marketable. Veilguard seems more like a name for some xyz-faction in a Tolkein footnote.