YT just recommended me this. He really hates the look and gameplay.
So from this video I learned that you can pet random street cats and dogs. I know Witcher 3 EE added the option to pet Roach because people kept asking for it, but this.... it really broadcasts loud and clear to whom they're marketing the game. The cutesy stuff - the rock, paper & scissors with a skeleton and the petting (no pun) doesn't belong here. DA shouldn't be a gay petting zoo with a maximally bland high-fantasy design. EA wanted this and okayed it, knowing that no-one wanted it, because they're confident that people will settle for it. Settle for worse than mediocre that could easily be bested by an unhindered A.I.
This here is what the gaming industry has come to. My vision of Dragon Age would be something of a mix of Excalibur, Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings. With absolutely no cringy modern references to capeshit or anything written by Joss Whedon. Only class, and occasionally some edge. If I'm in the mood for more of the edge and grimdarkness, I go to the Witcher games. If I want high-fantasy and world saving, it's DA:Origins for now.
One thing I've really been thinking is how in the fuck the marketing team okayed these character designs being shown publicly.
Now I know the usual composition of of marketing teams so I shouldn't expect much, but between this, VtMB2, Avowed, Fable, etc, they should know they're dooming their product from the start.
Imagine throwing a face like this on a commercial you paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to air:
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Somebody in the company had to have said "lol you guys are stupid."
Listen to that person.
How can they not okay these designs when all of western corporate culture is infected with ESG and the resultant adherence to DEI? Every step on the corporate ladder is okay with it, or at least the workers keep their mouths shut as long as they intend to stay employed. They know there will be a loud backlash, but the higher-ups have a plan for spinning even that into a victory, but basically because of ESG, no-one has a choice anymore. The ugly is here to stay until the industry collapses, or until BlackRock is seen as what it really is. A head of the global hydra. Destroyer of free nations.
Remember that video about Concorde where a former designer commented on how his sexier character designs always went through the same "purification" process when handled by different exects and other designers, and in that process they always lost whatever semblance of femininity and healthy body curvature they had? All designs of DA:tVG have no doubt gone through the same wringer, and the mediocre was encouraged because at this point, it's safest according to EA. When they've got their backs against a wall they will always double-down on the pozz, for shareholders. They have no other choice, for they're no longer the masters. BlackRock is.
