I’m a huge dragon age fan but I agree this game is not like the others. The gameplay is very dragon age 2 like but its not fluid and feels choppy sometimes.
I’m playing a rogue and when I just want to hit a wooden crate my character jumps up and down and almost falls over edges… The tactical part of fighting in this game is not there, inquisition had it perfectly. I could pause the game, fill up potions, play as my other companions if I died. You can’t do any of that.
The dialogue seems very AI like, short conversations and the start of the game is very rough, cant tell if the tone is suppose to be serious or not. Bellara seems to be a quirky funny not so serious character but I can’t tell if I’m suppose to be serious or laugh, when the world is falling apart and she is making weird jokes and doesn’t seem serious at all.
The writing is bad, combat seems choppy and its more of a hack and slash game rather than having to be mindful of your company ions health, gear and abilities.
There is no crafting at all in the game, there are a set number of weapons that you just keep upgrading by getting points for completing quests… Its just not that fun, I loved going through quests and wondering what weapon I’ll pick up or what schematic I’ll pick up. Maybe I’m just an old fart but this game has not been what I hoped for.
I’m hugely disappointed in this game and it really leaves a big sour in my mouth after waiting since 2014 for this game…
This type of disconnect is what happens when the media is more concerned about being in their sponsor’s good graces than complying with their obligation to their audience. Next time, politely decline Disneyland tickets and other freebies, ya know, like the code of journalistic ethics dictate…
Now, queue accusations of misoginy and whatever a loud minority of idiots does, while the overall message, that traditional outlets should not have these huge conflicts of interest undisclosed, gets drowned in the shit flinging by those with megaphones, vs the silent majority.
Veilguard didn’t fail because it had post op scars as a character option (but man, drama youtubers cashed in hard on that one), it failed because, apparently, nobody in the development team was as worried about shipping a good, well written and entertaining game, as they were with trauma dumping.
Edit: For the record, the laugh is for hyperbole, I’m pissed because this broken system results in further layoffs of people who were just caught in the meat grinder. UNIONISE yesterday!
I made fun of the games ratings when it came out because it had the same ratings as Starfield, and was downvoted. Some people just can’t accept publishers basically pay for reviews.
The 7th time harding yelled “BAD GUYS” was when I turned it off.
Good writeup
The writing was so bad. It sounded like children arguing rather than fantasy world characters.
Bad game is bad, shoking news!
They made another Dragon Age?
News to me.
Well, at least they’ve got a full team for the next Mass Effect? Until they get hit in the next mass layoff, that is.
I wonder how many writers they actually keep b/c it feels like none
Who needs writers when you can hire one underpaid editor with no real experience to turn LLM slop into a somewhat readable script?
Script??? Think bigger, friend, you don’t need developers, just tell the AI what you want and compile.
If you don’t have a script, what are the Generative Vocal Algorithms going to speak for the game? Or mass text word dumps to put on the screen for either no where near enough for an average person to read or so much longer than it actually needs to be?
“Oh, don’t worry, we’ll just have the Generative Vocal Algorithms start reciting the Bee Movie script. And for text, how about a 500-page dissertation on the philosophical implications of loot boxes? It’ll either be avant-garde brilliance or the perfect cure for insomnia. Your move!”
–ChatGPT (for realsies)
Well…that certainly puts my mind at ease!
How many studios are going to be closed because of this?
I imagine they will buy some more just to fire all the people and do nothing with the IP.
“Great idea, Johnson!” -ea
Fuck, is 1.5m players not sales, that could include free trails, EA play, Gamepass, Geforce thingy, etc.
Bummer. Played it. Liked it. Grab it on sale, I bet you’ll like it too.
Most of the intense (non-Nazi) criticism seems to come from people who didn’t play it.
