Dragon Age Dragon Age: The Veilguard Thread

[Grauken]

The whole thing reminds of the Command & Conquer 4 situation

Repeat after the Confessor: there was no Command & Conquer 4. The Confessor is your friend, and wants the pain to end. Repeat the words. Accept Kane into your heart.

I didn't actually know there was a C&C 4, must have been after I stopped playing RTSsss

 

[Butter]

I just realized I can no longer claim BG3 is the worst written AAA cRPG I've seen.

Swen won...

Good news. Veilguard isn't a CRPG. It's an action game with meaningless perks. Dark Souls and Skyrim are more RPG than this.

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

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The inspiration probably:

Another example of the decline, souls vs souless, etc

 

[Storyfag]

The whole thing reminds of the Command & Conquer 4 situation

Repeat after the Confessor: there was no Command & Conquer 4. The Confessor is your friend, and wants the pain to end. Repeat the words. Accept Kane into your heart.

I didn't actually know there was a C&C 4, must have been after I stopped playing RTSsss

Sigh. Another one. Please, repeat the words. End this lunacy. Otherwise we shall have to attempt treatment through cortical Tib infusions, and nobody wants that. Least of all LEGION, who would have to manage the resultant Divination process...

 

[Unoriginalname]

It's funny and kinda sad - they can't reference anything she may have done in Origins, her main game, and the one that made her a beloved character but they still found a way to have a dig at any straight male heathens that romanced her to further the degeneracy agenda. Basically just a mascot character at this point trotted out by the puppeteers at BioWare who, being what they are, can only corrupt existing things. The whole thing reminds of the Command & Conquer 4 situation; EA can dress it up however they want and even bring back the fantastic Joe Kucan as Kane, but nobody's buying into that shite as the canonical sequel to past games.

I was fully onboard with just ignoring Veilguard, these rewrites are just destroying the love I had for Origins.

 

[TheKing01]

I've heard enough, buying two copies.

 

[Vic]

First rule of the path to enlightenment: Don't buy games with minorities on the cover.

 

[Stokowski]

What?

 

[Warrax]

This Veilguard story sounds like it's written by the kind of person who gets outraged when characters in novels act racist or misogynist or whatever.

The kind who complains about not enough Asians in Lord of the Rings.

 

[Cael]

This Veilguard story sounds like it's written by the kind of person who gets outraged when characters in novels act racist or misogynist or whatever.

The kind who complains about not enough Asians in Lord of the Rings.

You could have just said leftards and saved on a lot of pixels.

 

[Elttharion]

So the ending of the game confirms that there is a shadowy group of people orchestrating all the events in the franchise and that they use their influence and power to sow discord and both internal chaos as well as dissent among the countries in the continent. Wow...

 

[Caim]

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The inspiration probably:

Another example of the decline, souls vs souless, etc

That actual scene is kinda mid tbh, so it fits.

 

[Nifft Batuff]

First rule of the path to enlightenment: Don't buy games with minorities on the cover.

But the majority plays CoD.

 

[Yosharian]

So I finally saw this video that's been making the rounds:

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[sebas]

Look BioWare, look what YOU DID!!

Spoiler

 

[A-Minish]

It is already old but here goes another nugget of madness. Gamekult was once a reputed game journo site in France. The old guard have left the site for quite sometimes now, especialy since the site was sold a few years ago. Published the 31 of octobre : https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/...arian-studios-baldur-s-gate-3-3050860413.html

DeepL translation - Beware, here lies cock-sucking

Larian Studios' publishing director has struck again. After commenting extensively on Ubisoft's ‘broken strategy’ following the dissolution of thePrince of Persia: The Lost Crownteam, Michael Douse turned his attention this time to a recently released game that has managed to win his heart: Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Michael Douse was angry with Ubisoft. But all it took was a few days, and the imminent arrival of a very specific game, to put his mind at rest and, this time, show himself to be dithyrambic on the networks. For this, we can thank Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which seems to be off to a good start. While the game will be facing players‘ opinions in two days’ time - Thursday 31 October being its release date - it has already passed the journalist phase with flying colours. Indeed,Electronic Arts ‘ title has racked up some fine scores, giving it a remarkable Metascore of 84 at the time of writing. And, as you can imagine, it's not Michael Douse who's going to find fault with it. On X (formerly Twitter), Larian Studios' publishing director expressed his love for the new title from the creators of Mass Effect:

"For me, this is the first Dragon Age game that really knows what it wants to be [...] If you want a character-driven game with a powerful combat system in a universe you know, love or have just heard of, it's far better than the classic action games and far less complicated than the gargantuan RPGs that can sometimes be intimidating. In a word, it's fun!"

The man himself praises both the combat system and the masterful writing. To be complimented in this way by someone who worked on the great Baldur's Gate 3 is no mean feat. Especially as both games are in the same category, that of rich RPGs. But it would be a shame to put them in the same league. Michael Douse has answered the question you're probably asking yourself when you read this news: "Is this game compatible with my experience of Baldur's Gate 3? As an answer, the publishing director offers a thoughtful analogy that is sure to speak to many: ‘It's the equivalent of a good Netflix series with well-written characters that's worth binge-watching after a dense nine-season run.’

 

[Swen]

Look BioWare, look what YOU DID!!

Spoiler

Wow felllow chuds we just can't stop winning!!!


edit: Also can we please stop and think about our friends at retardera, they're having a hard time right now...

 

[GloomFrost]

It is already old but here goes another nugget of madness. Gamekult was once a reputed game journo site in France. The old guard have left the site for quite sometimes now, especialy since the site was sold a few years ago. Published the 31 of octobre : https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/...arian-studios-baldur-s-gate-3-3050860413.html

DeepL translation - Beware, here lies cock-sucking

Larian Studios' publishing director has struck again. After commenting extensively on Ubisoft's ‘broken strategy’ following the dissolution of thePrince of Persia: The Lost Crownteam, Michael Douse turned his attention this time to a recently released game that has managed to win his heart: Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Michael Douse was angry with Ubisoft. But all it took was a few days, and the imminent arrival of a very specific game, to put his mind at rest and, this time, show himself to be dithyrambic on the networks. For this, we can thank Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which seems to be off to a good start. While the game will be facing players‘ opinions in two days’ time - Thursday 31 October being its release date - it has already passed the journalist phase with flying colours. Indeed,Electronic Arts ‘ title has racked up some fine scores, giving it a remarkable Metascore of 84 at the time of writing. And, as you can imagine, it's not Michael Douse who's going to find fault with it. On X (formerly Twitter), Larian Studios' publishing director expressed his love for the new title from the creators of Mass Effect:

"For me, this is the first Dragon Age game that really knows what it wants to be [...] If you want a character-driven game with a powerful combat system in a universe you know, love or have just heard of, it's far better than the classic action games and far less complicated than the gargantuan RPGs that can sometimes be intimidating. In a word, it's fun!"

The man himself praises both the combat system and the masterful writing. To be complimented in this way by someone who worked on the great Baldur's Gate 3 is no mean feat. Especially as both games are in the same category, that of rich RPGs. But it would be a shame to put them in the same league. Michael Douse has answered the question you're probably asking yourself when you read this news: "Is this game compatible with my experience of Baldur's Gate 3? As an answer, the publishing director offers a thoughtful analogy that is sure to speak to many: ‘It's the equivalent of a good Netflix series with well-written characters that's worth binge-watching after a dense nine-season run.’

"It's the equivalent of a good Netflix series...." Enough said. Game journalism truly is dead.

 

[SamWalter]

This game looks so bad on so many levels....

 

[Lodis]

Wouldn't have saved this dumpster fire of a game but some of the concept companions seem way more interesting than what the end product was.

 

[Yosharian]

Nah they're all terrible tbh

 

[Asymptotics]

So I never bothered to check this and I skipped every game since Origins, but why do Qunari have horns? I don't remember that being a thing in origins.

 

[Lacrymas]

So I never bothered to check this and I skipped every game since Origins, but why do Qunari have horns? I don't remember that being a thing in origins.

The qunari models in DA:O were unfinished. I don't think we encounter any qunari outside of Sten?

 

[Fargus]

Qunari consider NTR their national sport that's why they have horns.

 

[Mauman]

So I never bothered to check this and I skipped every game since Origins, but why do Qunari have horns? I don't remember that being a thing in origins.

The qunari models in DA:O were unfinished. I don't think we encounter any qunari outside of Sten?

There's multiple qunari mercenaries you fight in the game.

And it wasn't a matter of the models were unfinished. If it truly wasn't a retcon (I have my doubts) it was because helmets were a bitch with the horns.