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

[Padzi]

I read a comment somewhere that now lives rent-free in my head - the creator of Veilguard is a remake of the character creator from Oblivion.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

They're degenerates all the same.

Evil reverses. In a world ruled by evil, normality is a distortion, and distortion is normality.

 

[Fedora Master]

I assume the character creator is simply the best they could manage and they probably think they did a good job. That's how the """people""" working at Bioware think.

 

[Robber Baron]

So apparently the choices from prior games that carry over are just:

Talk about lazy.

Romance is a given for the series, fate of the inquisition is the point of the game, and hidden god is the point of the major DLC. This is basically the barest most minimal data to import.
Also, nothing from DA1 and DA2? I guess this means Morrigan isn't in this one, given the things that can happen to/with her. Or Alistair and his potential kingdom.

Morrigan is in this

TIL she always had flapjack tiddies

I swear she had absolute ballistics in Origins

Still would

the only Morrigan I know

 

[Padzi]

I assume the character creator is simply the best they could manage and they probably think they did a good job. That's how the """people""" working at Bioware think.

They are creating characters by looking in the mirror or at their co-workers in the office for inspiration. They should go out and see some attractive people for a change.

 

[kapisi]

"this interface needs an adblocker"
Also confirms that companion damage is symbolic

 

[Ryzer]

The best interface is no interface.

 

[Valestein]

Imagine not instantly putting all femoid gamer channels on "Don't recommend"
Imagine actually watching this tripe.

 

[Konjad]

Morrigan is in this

Why does she wear two bras? She has 4 boobs now? New brood mother?

 

[Old Hans]

So apparently the choices from prior games that carry over are just:

Talk about lazy.

Romance is a given for the series, fate of the inquisition is the point of the game, and hidden god is the point of the major DLC. This is basically the barest most minimal data to import.
Also, nothing from DA1 and DA2? I guess this means Morrigan isn't in this one, given the things that can happen to/with her. Or Alistair and his potential kingdom.

Morrigan is in this

its like a tv show that replaces the actresses in season 2 and hopes no one notices

 

[Fedora Master]

Even Mass Effect had a distinct aesthetic. This series still hasn't found one.

 

[Silverfish]

Even Mass Effect had a distinct aesthetic. This series still hasn't found one.

Nor will it. "Legally distinct Dungeons and Dragons" isn't a springboard for anything unique or dynamic.

 

[onemananadhisdroid]

Even Mass Effect had a distinct aesthetic. This series still hasn't found one.

Dragon Age is a mirror image of Bioware. Remember that they approached Interplay with a tech demo for an MMO/RTS type of affair, two of the biggest trends at the tail end of the 1990s. And also remember that Dragon Age was publically announced as a "back to the roots" type of project -- barely two moons after Throne Of Bhaal had shipped.

So a franchise changing and mutating with every game and chasing trends like Bill Murray did Sigourney Weaver in Ghostbusters -- that is the true core of Bioware. They don't really have much of an identity themselves -- which is also why they lost numerous lead designers, writers and fans -- the rest of which being quite split and torn now.

Will be interesting to see how that pans out in the longer run.

 

[Valestein]

Even Mass Effect had a distinct aesthetic. This series still hasn't found one.

Dragon Age is a mirror image of Bioware. Remember that they approached Interplay with a tech demo for an MMO/RTS type of affair, two of the biggest trends at the tail end of the 1990s. And also remember that Dragon Age was publically announced as a "back to the roots" type of project -- barely two moons after Throne Of Bhaal had shipped.

So a franchise changing and mutating with every game and chasing trends like Bill Murray did Sigourney Weaver in Ghostbusters -- that is the true core of Bioware. They don't really have much of an identity themselves -- which is also why they lost numerous lead designers, writers and fans -- the rest of which being quite split and torn now.

Will be interesting to see how that pans out in the longer run.

I'm stunned that Biowaste wasn't taken out to the back of the shed like EA has done numerous other studios long ago.

 

[Pink Eye]

They should go out and see some attractive people for a change.

These people just hate big boobs.

 

[Fedora Master]

Imagine not instantly putting all femoid gamer channels on "Don't recommend"
Imagine actually watching this tripe.

Sponsored by the nice people over at the Daily Stormer

 

[Elttharion]

Even Mass Effect had a distinct aesthetic. This series still hasn't found one.

Funny, a series mainly developed by trannies is desperately trying to change genders and aesthetics after every game. Even funnier that everyone keeps bringing up its deadname the first game, the one they are desperately trying to distance themselves from.

 

[frajaq]

more leaked dialogue

 

[damager]

This is some meme you made for us right?

 

[Pink Eye]

I can't wait for the meltdowns these assholes will get when someone mods their degeneracy out of the game. I want to savor the tantrums the troons will have when someone makes such a mod.

 

[frajaq]

This is some meme you made for us right?

it certainly isnt from some very cringe furry Disco Elysium-like that I saw on X

 

[kapisi]

If you recall the old lore of the Fifth Blight, there was a wench in Denerim that used to say something like:
"Hey handsome, you wanna look at me tiddies?"

Now, there are rumors that in the new game your character can mimic this line to summon a secret boss, by far the most dangerous enemy the Veilguard can face - Oghren.

That's what I heard on the road, anyhow. Take it for what it is.

 

[Semiurge]

why are you even engaging with those pricks in the first place?

It's just, well, I've never seen a group of people so stupid, so offensively retarded, so out of touch; it sparked something inside, I just had to engage because I couldn't tell if they're actually, unironically, sincere in their position.

I haven't interacted with that group of idiots after my ban though.

I'm convinced that hives of toxic positivity like that are actually just a part of some kind of political psyop, and full of bots chatting with the few real activists there. Reddit's moderation in such subreddits is so severe that it will affect people's demeanor, but those people are still so predictable that they almost come across as the same person, only split into hundreds of side-personalities across different forums. I mean, is it actually so hard to believe that the online constituent of this movement is comprised of bots whose sole purpose is to give the movement the appearance of popularity? A.I is surprisingly sophisticated these days.

Either that, or IQ100 looks way more stupid than I could ever imagine.

Look at what they did to Dwarves, man. These little guys were the EPITOME of strong, bulky, rowdy, assholes who chugged beer while carrying a big Axe. I'm seeing my hobby die before my eyes.

I'm starting to understand the sliders. They're all meant for troons. Max chest size might look small on a woman, but is as good as it gets on a dude on hormones. Bulge too small? Best dick simulacrum science can make. Ass too small? Where do you think the material for the dick came from?

All screenshots I've seen so far show arms and legs that are, even at the minimum size, oddly masculine. The breasts look weird too, sort of like mini-moobs. The kind that spread to your sides instead of forward and down like womens' breasts often do.

Also, nothing from DA1 and DA2? I guess this means Morrigan isn't in this one, given the things that can happen to/with her.

She is, but probably they'll just handwave away the whole well of sorrows stuff. And they simply won't mention stuff pertaining to her personal life in terms of romance, kid etc.

I thought the kid and the kid being the offspring of a dalish elf warden was made officially canon by Bioware.

So apparently the choices from prior games that carry over are just:

Talk about lazy.

Romance is a given for the series, fate of the inquisition is the point of the game, and hidden god is the point of the major DLC. This is basically the barest most minimal data to import.
Also, nothing from DA1 and DA2? I guess this means Morrigan isn't in this one, given the things that can happen to/with her. Or Alistair and his potential kingdom.

Morrigan is in this

I can't unsee a thai dancer (and I mean the dude below with the pauldrons).

https://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/s/Em3VRWof8x

How do you do, fellow culture war tourists?

There they go again, holding on to the culture of toxic positivity that already killed Concorde and may indeed kill Bioware. Not a single original thought in that hive.

They're degenerates all the same.

Yeah I can imagine a SWAT fantasy would be unsettling for an antifa-larper such as a Kotaku activist. Any work of fiction really that glorifies the military or the capability to uphold societal order or to wage war. Or just the ability to fight back for your values that don't align with theirs, hence the cry for stricter anti-gun laws. Their aim is obviously to just castrate everyone on every level.

I read a comment somewhere that now lives rent-free in my head - the creator of Veilguard is a remake of the character creator from Oblivion.

You can still make attractive faces with VG's creator, just not attractive bodies unless you're gay or queer, and even then the bulge size limitation seems odd. With Oblivion's creator you could only create ugliness.

 

[Pink Eye]

Yeah I can imagine a SWAT fantasy would be unsettling for an antifa-larper. Any work of fiction really that glorifies the military or the capability to wage war. Or to just the ability to fight back for your values that don't align with theirs. Their aim is obviously to just castrate everyone on every level.

Yep. These cunts are against order. They're all for defunding the police, throwing local communities into chaos, then when shit hits the fan they're usually the first ones screaming: why aren't they helping us, a-ar-are they racist!

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Also, nothing from DA1 and DA2? I guess this means Morrigan isn't in this one, given the things that can happen to/with her.

She is, but probably they'll just handwave away the whole well of sorrows stuff. And they simply won't mention stuff pertaining to her personal life in terms of romance, kid etc.

I thought the kid and the kid being the offspring of a dalish elf warden was made officially canon by Bioware.

If you're referring to novels/comics/whatever, basically Bioware works on a separate 'canon' that doesn't apply to the video game franchise. So stuff like Alistair being king is indeed canon in their non-vidya stuff, but it isn't so for the purposes of the in-game universe that you as a player get to interact with.