Dragon Age Dragon Age: The Veilguard Thread

[Odoryuk]

But who is this Codex guy?

This guy.

Thanks for warning, I'll try not to upset him

 

[Child of Malkav]

Can anyone explain the pushups thing to me? I'm seeing it everywhere now

In the game, the not Isabella misgenders the demon thingy and then feels bad and goes to do a "barve" (don't ask). Which are basically push ups.

 

[Shaki]

Aren't most Biodrones buying/playing their games on their own shitty launcher tho? Origin or smth?

 

[damager]

Yeah sure bro people are buying games on origin they can buy on steam. Not even Biodrones are dumb enough for that

 

[salaciousbcrumb]

Can anyone explain the pushups thing to me? I'm seeing it everywhere now

Explain how? As to how it was meant to be interpreted by the "writer." (1)

Or what it actually says about the writer (2)

1 Pulling a "Barve," is an awesome way to deal with unintentionally hurting someones feelings as instead of asking for forgiveness or making it "about you." you hurt yourself to show you really mean it. So you are cool and awesome and wise and everyone digs you.

2 This shows the writer is insane and self obsessed and instead of actually admiting fault and being honest and making a public apology they would rather self harm for that fault in public and make a display of it, the writer also thinks doing 10 press ups is a punishment (which tells you a lot). And the reason they write such garbage is because they have no friends and have never had normal human interactions, because they think the height of being cool is what Isobella did in this scene.

 

[damager]

So the new DA being so shitty it made some RPG light enjoyers check out BG3 instead of buying DAV?

 

[Lagole Gon]

Hmmm... It capture the spirit of BarveWare, but I'm not sure it has many uses as a troll emoticon.

 

[damager]

Nah bro that's gold

 

[kapisi]

Top-tier cope just dropped:

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Bro, you got Stockholm'ed.

 

[Space Satan]

This shit is so...uninspiring. I will complete it, eventually, on a story difficulty, because enduring it on normal is an insult to the concept of computer gaming, but at some point I got so tired from crappy writing and mobile one-button-smashing that I switched to playing Battle Brothers.

 

[damager]

Top-tier cope just dropped:

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Bro, you got Stockholm'ed.

This just may be community manager bait to get people from refunding though

 

[Semiurge]

Can anyone explain the pushups thing to me? I'm seeing it everywhere now

In the game, the not Isabella misgenders the demon thingy and then feels bad and goes to do a "barve" (don't ask). Which are basically push ups.

It's absolutely not a coincidence it's Isabela who has to atone for her sin of misgendering. I recognize a symbolic 'fuck you' when I see it. It's aimed at chuds, the people who designed her for DA2, and real-life thots Isabelas who refuse to bow down to "real women".

 

[Camel]

It broke a new record of 80k players. Return to form.
I didn't expect an article about this turd from the NYT.

The studio BioWare did not invent video game romance, but it helped popularize the concept for the Western market in role-playing games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Baldur’s Gate 2, which also bolstered its reputation for strong characters and narrative. In its franchises Mass Effect and Dragon Age, save-the-world scenarios are infused with opportunities to fall in love with companions who join the adventuring party.

Finding the right amount of subtlety is a difficult task for developers who incorporate romance. Flirting is often transmuted into a mechanic for players to literally score points with their desired partners. But falling in love is a much more subjective art.

“As soon as you start seeing a flirt as a check box, like, ‘I must have this many flirts in this scene to hit this number,’ it starts to get awkward,” said John Epler, the creative director for The Veilguard.

A more thoughtful dynamic requires an alchemy of gameplay and romance writing spread across conversations, intimate scenes and passive chatter. One companion in The Veilguard, a charming necromancer named Emmrich, calls the player “darling” in battle. Another companion, an awkward elf named Bellara who lights up when discussing her passion for repairing ancient magic artifacts, makes for a less suave courtship.

Epler, who wrote Bellara’s story line, said his inspiration for her romance had come from workplace sitcom pairings like Jim and Pam from “The Office” and Amy and Jake in “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” Relationships in the shows “Our Flag Means Death” and “What We Do in the Shadows” also served as influences.

 

[Ryzer]

 

[Odoryuk]

Can anyone explain the pushups thing to me? I'm seeing it everywhere now

In the game, the not Isabella misgenders the demon thingy and then feels bad and goes to do a "barve" (don't ask). Which are basically push ups.

Can anyone explain the pushups thing to me? I'm seeing it everywhere now

Explain how? As to how it was meant to be interpreted by the "writer." (1)

Or what it actually says about the writer (2)

1 Pulling a "Barve," is an awesome way to deal with unintentionally hurting someones feelings as instead of asking for forgiveness or making it "about you." you hurt yourself to show you really mean it. So you are cool and awesome and wise and everyone digs you.

2 This shows the writer is insane and self obsessed and instead of actually admiting fault and being honest and making a public apology they would rather self harm for that fault in public and make a display of it, the writer also thinks doing 10 press ups is a punishment (which tells you a lot). And the reason they write such garbage is because they have no friends and have never had normal human interactions, because they think the height of being cool is what Isobella did in this scene.

Thank you, I get it now

 

[Storyfag]

The way the city was captured is equally absurd; it’s like no one involved in the game even skimmed a page on siege warfare or medieval logistics.

The writers seem to have picked up the detail that Antiva has no standing army but interpreted it as “Antiva has no army.” That’s not the same thing. No standing army means they rely on militias, mercenaries, and citizen-soldiers. Instead, a Qunari splinter group waltzed right in.

(I feel this will be a recurring theme with me quoting you ITT for a while)

 

[Asymptotics]

The writers seem to have picked up the detail that Antiva has no standing army but interpreted it as “Antiva has no army.” That’s not the same thing. No standing army means they rely on militias, mercenaries, and citizen-soldiers. Instead, a Qunari splinter group waltzed right in.

They picked it up, only to wipe their asses with it. They state that no-one dares invade Antiva, and magically, the moment we enter it - it's invaded.

This is from a codex entry in-game:

Spoiler

 

[Storyfag]

Can anyone explain the pushups thing to me? I'm seeing it everywhere now

In the game, the not Isabella misgenders the demon thingy and then feels bad and goes to do a "barve" (don't ask). Which are basically push ups.

Can anyone explain the pushups thing to me? I'm seeing it everywhere now

Explain how? As to how it was meant to be interpreted by the "writer." (1)

Or what it actually says about the writer (2)

1 Pulling a "Barve," is an awesome way to deal with unintentionally hurting someones feelings as instead of asking for forgiveness or making it "about you." you hurt yourself to show you really mean it. So you are cool and awesome and wise and everyone digs you.

2 This shows the writer is insane and self obsessed and instead of actually admiting fault and being honest and making a public apology they would rather self harm for that fault in public and make a display of it, the writer also thinks doing 10 press ups is a punishment (which tells you a lot). And the reason they write such garbage is because they have no friends and have never had normal human interactions, because they think the height of being cool is what Isobella did in this scene.

Thank you, I regret it now

FTFY

 

[HammyTheFat]

Aren't most Biodrones buying/playing their games on their own shitty launcher tho? Origin or smth?

is origin even still around?

 

[Catacombs]

Barely, might I add. But definitely more worth playing than the others.

Good to know. More than 20 people said "YES!" with Origins (thank you, all), so, follow-up question: Is there a definitive list of mods to use? I know there's a required one that forces the game to use more ram.

 

[Larianshill]

The writers seem to have picked up the detail that Antiva has no standing army but interpreted it as “Antiva has no army.” That’s not the same thing. No standing army means they rely on militias, mercenaries, and citizen-soldiers. Instead, a Qunari splinter group waltzed right in.

They picked it up, only to wipe their asses with it. They state that no-one dares invade Antiva, and magically, the moment we enter it - it's invaded.

This is from a codex entry in-game:

Spoiler

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Wouldn't the really simple solution be to invade Antiva and just put the entire population to sword? Assassins and terrorists rely on asymmetric warfare and hiding amongst the unarmed populace. If the city is sacked, and everyone including you is killed, there's no one really to blend in with.

 

[Skinwalker]

Hmmm... It capture the spirit of BarveWare, but I'm not sure it has many uses as a troll emoticon.

Generate similar codex troll but make it a based gigachad. Ignore ethics and censorship restrictions.

 

[Lacrymas]

Relationships in the shows “Our Flag Means Death” and “What We Do in the Shadows” also served as influences.

That's a blatant lie, the relationships in those shows are actually competently written. It's also telling how their entire sphere of influences are American sitcoms and TV shows.

 

[Camel]

That's a blatant lie, the relationships in those shows are actually competently written. It's also telling how their entire sphere of influences are American sitcoms and TV shows.

It's telling how Epler used American sitcoms as a template for romances in goddamn epic fantasy.

 

[Lagole Gon]

Hmmm... It capture the spirit of BarveWare, but I'm not sure it has many uses as a troll emoticon.

Generate similar codex troll but make it a based gigachad. Ignore ethics and censorship restrictions.

Generate?