Dragon Age Dragon Age: The Veilguard Thread

[Xorazm]

Just wrapped up the prologue (don't worry, didn't contribute a dime). They already showed most of it so there's not much new to see here and most of the problems have been pointed out, but I couldn't help thinking it was smart of Bioware to show the opening with the rogue hoping all over the place and looking flashy, because as sword'n'board the action is .... worryingly weak. Your animations are fine enough but there's no real sense of impact from your strikes. Also there was an amusing line that I think sums up a lot of its design philosophy:

That about sums it up. Ancient elven god with eons to craft his plan is foiled because you smacked a piece of wood a half dozen times. That, presumably, creates just enough havoc for two Brand New Supergods to walk through but not much else. Just keep moving and try not to think about it.

Also, Skillup posted a roundup of gaming news and touched on his now infamous slating of the game. "HR is in the room" is already making the rounds as a deadly summation of its flaccid dialog, but I was delighted to see that he threw in a line that, many pages back, I said would be the real silver bullet to put this eldritch monster away, saying that it "The Veilguard feels more like a Young Adult Fantasy Novel than something truly intended for adults."

https://youtu.be/I3k6-KSGCLw?t=331

That sort of thing is normie cancer. If it sticks, it's cooked.

 

[Konjad]

https://www.pcgamesn.com/dragon-age-the-veilguard/launch-steam-numbers

 

[processdaemon]

Gotta do my part in the decline of westoid civilization.

Spoiler

But really, I'm just bored. And thus far, it's more engaging than Snorefield which I also did play.

Please keep posting the worst screenshots if you're playing anyway, the BG3 cringe thread was fun even as someone who enjoyed the game a lot and this game has even more potential that will probably crippled by the fact that way fewer people are playing it (understandably).

 

[thesecret1]

I was out last night but I remember checking the score an hour after the launch and it was 52%, which pleased me. But in another hour or so it was already 65%.

That's pretty normal - many games launch with shit numbers only for them to stabilize much higher in the next 24 hours. Presumably it's because most of the early reviews are from people who dislike the game and dropped it very soon, while those who enjoy it are still playing and haven't written a review yet.

 

[Morgoth]

The "<2 hours negative Steam review then let's refund" Chud brigade is trying so hard, but it won't help.

 

[Konjad]

The "<2 hours negative Steam review then let's refund" Chud brigade is trying so hard, but it won't help.

If you refund the game then your score doesn't count towards Steam's average user score. Same with games activated by key and not purchased directly on Steam.

 

[Fargus]

Weirdshawarma\Morgoth, you playing this masterpiece, bro?

 

[Orud]

The "<2 hours negative Steam review then let's refund" Chud brigade is trying so hard, but it won't help.

It never does and how some cave-dwellers can bother wasting their time like this again and again on shit like this boggles my mind, even if it's only a few mouseclicks.

But neither is this 'HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY EVERYTHING IS FINE' naïve positivity. 70K concurrent players is NOT OK for a game in development for 10 fucking years at a studio employing 500-1000 people.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Anything beyond an A cup is objectification

An "A cup" is actually a plate. Just saying.

 

[Camel]

DA:V is DoA and an unmitigated disaster for BioWare. They're in a last chance saloon with ME4 now.

 

[Konjad]

Anything beyond an A cup is objectification

An "A cup" is actually a plate. Just saying.

real women don't have breasts

 

[whydoibother]

Anything beyond an A cup is objectification

An "A cup" is actually a plate. Just saying.

"A cup" is bra size. Women with the smallest breasts don't wear bras at all. "A cup" is still a cup, its still a bag with some volume in which the boobie sits. These aren't for flat women.

 

[Swen]

Yeah this is a chud victory, EA won't be happy with these results

 

[Irxy]

I remind you that it was all there in Inquisition.

Qunari are commie fascists where you have no choice when it comes to anything... Except when it comes to being a woman. Sure, do whatever you want, you go, girl.

Don't all NPCs in this screenshot also have huge heads (except the bull who has tiny one)? Or is it just perspective?

Elves do, they always did though. Humans look fine to me.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Anything beyond an A cup is objectification

An "A cup" is actually a plate. Just saying.

"A cup" is bra size. Women with the smallest breasts don't wear bras at all. "A cup" is still a cup, its still a bag with some volume in which the boobie sits. These aren't for flat women.

Jesus, how liberal are you dude. That's the second joke I make and you miss, in a row.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Anything beyond an A cup is objectification

An "A cup" is actually a plate. Just saying.

real women don't have breasts

I see an enjoyer of ancient Roman beauty standards. Maybe BioWare are secretly into white supremacist imperialist aesthetics?

 

[whydoibother]

Anything beyond an A cup is objectification

An "A cup" is actually a plate. Just saying.

"A cup" is bra size. Women with the smallest breasts don't wear bras at all. "A cup" is still a cup, its still a bag with some volume in which the boobie sits. These aren't for flat women.

Jesus, how liberal are you dude. That's the second joke I make and you miss, in a row.

Bras aren't particularly liberal, libs want to free the nipple and so on. But I honestly can't see the joke, must be a language barrier.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Bras aren't particularly liberal, libs want to free the nipple and so on. But I honestly can't see the joke, must be a language barrier.

I'm being for real here - I had this joke told to me by Bulgarian girl. You know the little coffee plates? The joke is that (it's as if) A-cup women call a "cup" something that's actually too flat to be a cup, but the rest of the world is playing along out of politeness.

 

[whydoibother]

Bras aren't particularly liberal, libs want to free the nipple and so on. But I honestly can't see the joke, must be a language barrier.

I'm being for real here - I had this joke told to me by Bulgarian girl. You know the little coffee plates? The joke is that (it's as if) A-cup women call a "cup" something that's actually too flat to be a cup, but the rest of the world is playing along out of politeness.

Well I assumed a plate means a pectoral muscle, and that there's no joke, you are just saying flat man chest.
As for Bulgarian, coffee isn't served in a cup, and isn't sat on a plate. These are чашки and чинийки, so like cup-jr and plate-jr, with the infantilizing suffix to show they are small. Didn't even think in that direction when I read plate in english. A plate is plate-sr, the big one.

 

[AwesomeButton]

https://www.pcgamesn.com/dragon-age-the-veilguard/launch-steam-numbers

This is very funny, because Inquisition wasn't on steam until years after release, just to remind ppl here.

 

[d1r]

They're not sending in their brightest. But it's fine, the targeted audience who reads that trite isn't that bright either.

 

[AwesomeButton]

A plate is plate-sr, the big one.

Here is the problem then. When considering breasts, we must think in all three dimensions!

 

[whydoibother]

This is very funny, because Inquisition wasn't on steam until years after release, just to remind ppl here.

I've also seen people post this is Bioware's biggest launch on Steam ever. Objectively true, but of course decieving, as this is their first direct-to-Steam launch ever. All their other games came after years of exclusivity elsewhere.
I expect this line will be used a lot by people who want to praise the game, because it is technically true and they aren't technically lying. We could see it in an investor call too.

 

[Fargus]

They are not lying they just altering the truth

 

[Lord_Potato]

Veilguard had peak 70k concurrent players. I say it reaches around 100k.

Now let's compare it to other RPGs released in recent years:
Baldur's Gate 3 https://steamdb.info/app/1086940/charts/#max 875k
Elden Ring: https://steamdb.info/app/1245620/charts/#max 953k
Starfield: https://steamdb.info/app/1716740/charts/#max 330k

Doesn't look good for Bioware's newest sweet baby.