Dragon Age The Veilguard is Astonishingly Awful

[@RennsReviews]

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[@Skreezilla]

I am glad i was not the only one with that mouse issue - i use 2 mice one on my bed would over ride my controller and made the game unplayable...... No idea how they have not fixed it, never had this issue with any other game when using a controller.... it is just..... amazing

[@DrZaiuss]

Renn is the real KZbin god.

[@kaihayakawa2776]

I'm about to use this code! Thanks Renn!

[@argumentativelysound2001]

You made it feel so satisfying not playing that game 😁👍

[@chodrick1]

If you like Half Life 1, play Abiotic Factor.

[@AngryJoeShow]

Excuse me, do you fellow gentlemen happen to be talking about the Ancient Elven Gods Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain?

[@undecidedtoystore3003]

😂😂😂😂

[@trippywalrus]

oh hey it's angry josh!

[@freshhands9461]

The Ancient Elven Gods Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain - quickly becoming the most copy-pasted names in all of Gaming history 😅

[@KabukiJava]

"The Ancient Elven Gods Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain" is forever etched into my mind in your guy's voices lol

[@Sivick314]

you mean THE ancient elven gods elgar'nan and ghilan'nain?!?

[@jooobyy]

I still cant believe games journalists and steam reviewers tried to gaslight me into thinking veilfart is a good game

[@DannyDovahkiin]

Thats weird on my end i saw nothing but hate lol

[@citizen3000]

@@jooobyy are the games journalists in the room with us right now?

[@TonyFleury]

@@citizen3000Aww, look at you trying to be clever saying something that a million other people have said. There actually were quite a few insanely positive reviews from major gaming sights. Once they received push back they later retconned their defense of the game by being critical after the fact.

[@citizen3000]

@ So? Different people have different opinions. Do you think the point of games journalism is to agree with you? Why do some people enjoying the game drive you into a rage?

[@MrSerpico145]

​@@TonyFleury not only that, but a few shill gaming YTers as well. Some of which shocked me.

[@levethix]

Remember when all of the access media said it was a "Return to form"? Yeah, that was hilarious.

[@terrancecloverfield6791]

It was a wake up call to me that the media and corporations are in big collusion with each other.

[@darianstarfrog]

Yup..every single one of them

[@madlysoldier5143]

Tbf, they ain't lying... When Return into the f**king ground is technically "Return to form" Return to when it was nothing

[@Sumiscloud]

There were so many botted reviews saying the same, even mistranslated ones where return to form means nothing!

[@MrConredsX]

All those access media sites are just PR department for big publishers, they exist to shill another shitty product for clueless dad to buy to little Jimmy

[@NostalgiaNet8]

Rest in pieces, Bioware.

[@andrewa7614]

Such a great studio... 15 years ago

[@modernmobster]

Rest in Piss, won't be missed.

[@Robert-fr9wl]

RIP?🤨 🙏😭 bro finally learn to accept Bioware's death years after the it was put into the casket years ago😢

[@yakivpopavich]

Go woke go broke, Jason Schreier and the shill access video games journalists were wrong. Go figure. Can't wait to see what DEI riddled slop Mass Effect 5 will be before Bioware is finally shuttered and all it's staff justifiably let go. Hopefully they aren't hired by any other studios either.

[@richardhunter9779]

@@andrewa7614 When EA bought them, I wondered how fast they would go to crap. Immediately. It was immediately.

[@dragonforks93]

Why they decided to give the Qunari human faces is beyond me, DA2 Qunari were peak

[@Thorn_416]

Agreed. they changed it because they are obsessed with deconstructing everything beloved that came before them. Miserable, spiteful creatures.

[@GangStalker17]

The series became a dating sim, and they clearly thought they were too ugly. They were pretty ugly in inquisition, but DA2 did actually have the perfect look for them.

[@amoksapandega8668]

@ Yeah its crazy we have Asian qun, african qun, European qun like wtf?? 🤨🤨

[@foodymann7309]

All DA2 qunari had the EXACT SAME FACE even though like 75% of the game was about dealing with the qunari. STOP mentioning it already, it didn't have a proper qunari implementation and just doing the same thing and giving all the qunari the exact same face in 2024 would not fly in any way shape or form.

[@Preaplanes]

@@foodymann7309 TF you mean 75%? It was 33% rags to riches, 33% qunari, and 33% mages vs templars

[@MarcioSilva-vf5wk]

When you have a director from The Sims helm a Dragon Age game, it shows. The juvenile and somewhat immature tone fits perfectly in a Sims-style game but feels totally out of place in a Dragon Age title.

[@woodwyrm]

Not only that, but the dev team went out of their way consciously to try to mimic the kind of dialogue prevalent in the first Avengers movie, for some godawful reason.

[@mrsubject1]

​@@woodwyrm Marvel's god awful tone destroying humour writing is the biggest red flag in games for me

[@manboy4720]

make sure to feed your cowplant, otherwise it might eat your sim.

[@_MaZTeR_]

@@woodwyrm Marvelization of cinema has spread to video games

[@Rhomcom]

@@_MaZTeR_ Jossification and its consequences have been a disaster for Western media.

[@pawel0s1]

Putting bg3 music in background for this thing feels criminal

[@ponzfantasmical5715]

The Sims menu music is on point, though. XD

[@Liiicek]

its throwing shade in the most beatiful way :D especially given the fact Bioware are creators of BG

[@MenacingThreat]

“BioWare is UNaware of how to make a good video game” -RennsReviews

[@yakivpopavich]

Go woke go broke, Jason Schreier and the shill access video games journalists were wrong. Go figure. Can't wait to see what DEI riddled slop Mass Effect 5 will be before Bioware is finally shuttered and all it's staff justifiably let go. Hopefully they aren't hired by any other studios either.

[@KotleKettle]

No, he's wrong. They don't know how to make a game. Just a game in general.

[@MenacingThreat]

😂

[@PowerSenpai]

Congratulations, you watched the first 15 seconds of the video.

[@GunGun-cf3ss]

🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@ImNotFlawless]

Every characters anatomy in this game looks so off...

[@desertfish74]

Because it is. And they even shrunk the heads before release.

[@RuthlessToothless88]

Especially Taash...

[@GeraltofRivia22]

All the characters heads are about 10-15% too big for their body size.

[@jfkst1]

They made the game cartoonish features so that it would appeal to children so they could socially engineer children into their sexual deviant lifestyles.

[@JohnDoe-dr9ff]

@@GeraltofRivia22Makes sense. LGBT have the “big head” syndrome, thinking they’re more important than they actually are. It’s just art representing life…how they perceive themselves. 😂

[@Gintyyy22]

The game developer era we are currently in is just devs self projecting and their scripts are elementary school level. These people don't live in reality.

[@frostycane5134]

These stories are results from the developers lives growing up. Almost all of them are privileged and lack imagination

[@mrjohnnyk]

@@frostycane5134 Yup, you can tell how they have never known adversity and got ushered into everything in life by virtue of checking off boxes.

[@mrman2415]

​@@mrjohnnyk They've never had real friendships or love either it would seem

[@soloistdeve]

Walking dictators without any life experience. Wholly protected, every need is catered to, never challenged, and every whim is entertained. They're not real people.

[@rumble1925]

They have to make everything lame and gay because thats what they are.

[@dondante23]

BioWare is giving Ubisoft a run for their money when it comes to speedrunning a 40+% discount.

[@allthatisj7931]

I wouldn't buy this game with 100 discount

[@tomigjikondi4746]

Veilguard makes Valhalla feel like the Witcher 3

[@mspionage1743]

Really sad man, really really sad. DAO was such a smash hit. They had such a perfect blueprint to follow up with but they just cannot help themselves. They destroy every... single... thing... they touch.

[@Shou_Fang]

Everything they touch turns to shit.

[@aviciousfridge]

They?

[@mrjohnnyk]

@@aviciousfridge EA

[@prestonprice-eo1xq]

Ironically, your comment about "they destroy every single thing they touch" sounds like the Blight itself. It's no wonder why this game was in development hell for the past decade. I'll always cherish DAO fondly though since it's still one of my favorite games.

[@Xainlrd]

D E I 🤩📈🚀

[@planescaped]

It is funny how there was a huge defense squad for this game out in force when it came out who have all vanished now that the dust has settled and the verdict is in... The Veilguard was atrocious.

[@louishenrigobin1224]

they still exist, they just crawled back to reddit

[@dragonforks93]

All the shill credit must have dried up when it became obvious there was no defending this turd

[@dkindig]

@louishenrigobin1224 Your comment is highly underrated...

[@GutsOfRivia]

Because Bioware wanted this game to be a political battleground but they didnt like the outcome.

[@rakionyellowmind2293]

Idk how but last time I checked it was rated mostly positive on steam. Don’t know how that happened.

[@AlkonKomm]

This game deserves so much more hate. I can't stand that the discussions always seem to boil down to whether you are on "team progressive" or "team conservative", when in reality it shouldnt even matter, cause the writing quality in this game is such dogshit, that you shouldn't defend it, even if you like the "woke" subject matter that was included.

[@Hydrogoniise]

And on top of that, this entry has effectively killed the franchise and any hope for continuation of the lore and characters that people actually did like.

[@modernmobster]

When will you people stop gaslighting yourselves and realize that all this drop in quality started with woke? They're interconnected. The lack in quality is partly due to the limitations set on them by their own agenda.

[@stuckintheinbetween]

I agree with this. While I'm on "Team Conservative," this is just a terrible game regardless of how "woke" it is. I played the 5 hour trial via EA Play and it has no redeeming qualities outside of some decent looking environments at times. I feel like some people have tricked themselves into defending it because they're on "Team Progressive" and feel the need to defend it from the "chuds." Guys and gals, it's okay to call a bad game bad.

[@machete777-l9g]

The Studio is on the verge of collapse, EA lost 20% of it's value, layofs,... How much more hate does it need? 😂

[@MiiQ2]

Writing is truly one of those things that you have to be good at. What side you are on does not dictate how good of a writer you are, you either have it or you’re shit at it

[@r.e.z9428]

I'm more surprised anyone expected different? Everything shown before the official release did the game no favors, and after release, it just turned out somehow worse.

[@Reac2]

Actually what they showed was fine...when it was still called Dreadwolf. Ever since THEN it's been garbage on a plate

[@GangStalker17]

Yea, sorta like a plant out in the wild that does everything in its power to show how poisonous it is so animals know not to ingest. The warning signs were evident.

[@Ancor_Vantian]

@@Reac2I remember seeing some supposed footage of an alpha build, and the combat was very similar to the new God of War, although a bit faster I liked that. That’s a game I would have loved to play.

[@r.e.z9428]

@Reac2 If you mean the concept art sure, the concept art looked completely different.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

​@@Ancor_Vantian. Funny, to me that's precisely the problem. Dragon Age shouldn't play as god of war

[@VTown1989]

"Something is just so off... It almost feels like they live in North Korea. And their dear leader is listening to every single conversation that they have." *Yep... And their dear leader that was listening was the HR Department*

[@Blobby192]

because your own government would never listening to you

[@mrjohnnyk]

That's basically the way things feel everywhere activists get in positions of authority.

[@danieldimov8625]

That Skill Up quote is still relevant, he couldn't have put it better.

[@_MaZTeR_]

As one of the early access reviewers said before the game released, the dialogue feels like you're talking with the HR in the same room

[@orkhepaj]

more like , hr wokers were hired for development

[@Khadharphak]

11:51 Did... that guy just speak _spanish_ in a fantasy world? Like yeah, they're speaking english to begin with but it's generally assumed in such cases it's either being translated into a native language for the viewer's convenience, or it's a close enough analogue to english that translation is unnecessary, but this is adding in a _second_ real-world language that also _isn't_ translated. Imagine if you were playing BG3 in english and instead of speaking Gith Lae'zel just inexplicably threw untranslated german into every sentence.

[@dotflann]

No bro you dont get it its le inclusive Obviously mexicans (the only spanish speaking people in the whole world) are gonna feel happy we acknowledged their existence

[@Foxador]

Could be worse. You had to pay real life money to hear Elf's speak Elven in the gollum game

[@XavIsOnline]

Ehh that happens sometimes, and its fun to poke at but I don't think its a big deal to just have a real world language in place of an incomplete conlang or something. At least for visual mediums. For novels it stands out more.

[@lisabet_]

You ever played a Dragon Age game? there's been french and spaniards since the first game

[@Khadharphak]

@@lisabet_ Yes, plenty of fantasy countries have real-world inspirations, but the Orlesians just had french _influences,_ they didn't speak _actual_ french. Leliana never never said "Sacre bleu!"

[@GeraltofRivia22]

I love how the games media and sites like Reddit tried to gaslight people into thinking Veilguard is actually good and it only failed because bad KZbinrs brainwashed everyone. As if we don't have eyes and ears to see the atrocious writing and dialogue ourselves.

[@darianstarfrog]

Exactly! Like we gamers are just brainwashed morons..jeez!

[@mrjohnnyk]

They're a bunch of activists that is why. They are always trying to push false narratives while gaslighting anyone who is based in reality.

[@mrjohnnyk]

@@darianstarfrog The whole brainwashed thing is just a total projection.

[@ChaldeaWarmaster]

Let's say they do genuinely enjoy the experience. That's on them and I will not invalidate that. But they must see and understand that it's still a bad DA game.

[@davidfa84]

90% percent of the sales are within the first week of a game's release. They have incentives to lie until word of mouth catches up

[@craeshendo]

I didn't hate this game like a lot of people did. I didn't like that it went on for so long and that side quests were so redundant. But what stuck out was the dialogue, which Skill Up pointed out was "Like HR was in the room as they recorded the dialogue" and the thought stayed with me the entire experience.

[@mrjohnnyk]

Pandering will result in that feel, it's an insult to intelligence.

[@Darkkfated]

"HR in the room" is from Skill Up's KZbin review. One of the only honest day one reviews of this trash fire we ever got.

[@fernandoruizayala5040]

​@@Darkkfated He has some bad reviews (lost judgment and stalker 2), but the one on this game gas actually acurrate with reality

[@Peachy_crow]

Have the same sentiment really. Although I went 30hr in ( around the time you have to do companion side quests) and found it such a chore I couldn’t keep playing lol… it just doesn’t have the rpg fun that I enjoy. Anyhow I traded it in and preordered kcd2 😂👍

[@Quintessence4444]

Even Gollum is getting a few 10/10s on Metacritic.

[@corruptparagon]

The controller was punishing you for that terrible cable management. Lol XD

[@johnnylight0]

Can't pull your desk out every time a new cable gets added. Sometimes all you can do is drop your cable behind the desk and hope you can grab it from the most convenient access point, then drag it to wherever you need it

[@awesome9174]

True​@@johnnylight0

[@Harpagio]

1:00 it’s a little disingenuous to put Corrine in the same group as the others. They all left BEFORE the game’s release to do their own thing. Corrine was fired AFTER release because the game sold terribly.

[@christosgeorgiafentis4825]

Wow, the similarity between that girls hat and your dinner mat was striking.

[@reap23]

10k views in 5 hours? Nah bro is underrated. This is gold content. The motel, the piece, the review, the gooner walls. 10/10.

[@1un4cy]

100k in 23 hours, whew, gonna pop off sooner or later

[@AC-hj9tv]

I helped goon the walls and ceiling

[@tubey84]

IGN 9/10 though. And they wonder why people say game journalism is dying/dead.

[@greg8597497]

Maybe that reviewer actually enjoyed the game…. A review is an opinion lol

[@MrJekken]

@@greg8597497 the game definitely got boosted from a lot of the press for political reasons

[@tubey84]

@@greg8597497 While of course possible, it's infinitely more likely that it was access media shilling for a AAA studio. As the title of this vid says, Veilguard is astonishingly bad, to the point where even the lead devs own mum wouldn't be scoring it 9/10 if they were actually honest. By the way, the IGN reviewer was trans. Because of course.

[@mrjohnnyk]

Games journalism has been dead for about a decade.

[@Crablover132]

“Stop noticing patterns!”

[@dotflann]

11:50 wtf?? I cant call anyone an idiot in this game yet you have characters dropping f-bombs in spanish??? Who the hell is this game made for?

[@tikhoav3315]

Mierda means shit, not fuck.

[@Xainlrd]

D E I 🚀📈🤩

[@zeyphr0505]

Everyone, and therefore... No one

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

Those are marginalized voices dropping f bombs in anguish, check your privilege /s

[@MrSerpico145]

Wait! This is a "GOTY contender" according to Mortismal gaming. He at least loved it...

[@citizen3000]

How dare he, doesn’t he know he needs to share your opinion?

[@MrSerpico145]

@citizen3000 there are objective problems with this game that prevent that label of GOTY, and he never once mentioned them. So, do you have something of substance to hit me with?

[@citizen3000]

@ What constitutes a GOTY is entirely subjective, the same as for any review of any game.

[@MrSerpico145]

@@citizen3000 wrong, you are pathetically disingenuous.

[@citizen3000]

@ I’m not being disingenuous, I don’t do that. I’m not here to defend the game. But definitions have meaning. Your problems with the game aren’t ’objective’. Neither you, me nor anyone can ‘objectively’ declare a game GOTY, either. They’re both subjective. And GOTY is very personal. It’s not a popularity contest, it’s an opinion.

[@skysix5733]

This game looks like it was made by someone who was deeply involved in the Sims

[@AdaptiveApeHybrid]

The Sims is way better than this though

[@OdiumTV]

The worst crime of all is the fact that they decided to really lean into the "uncanny valley" aesthetic for the game. It's just straight up unpleasant to look at for some reason while the art style is also *the only cohesive thing* in the game...

[@Wisald]

How could this be? Journalists told me it was 9/10 glorious return to form

[@GrimHijinks]

I love that most of the music for this review is from Baldur's Gate 3, an actually good game.

[@messofstuff1116]

Same. Feels like a roast on its own. In Bg3, gold at the starting area hints at the nature of your abduction. You can read between the lines of character dialogue and learn things NPCs are trying to hide, or even learn information they don't know themselves! Bg3 would never tell you a dock is suspicious 3 times like a baby. There's a quest where you can tell you're being played, simply because the quest giver offers you a reward greater than you would expect for a simple task. And the more you play, the more you uncover, the better it gets! Developers shouldn't fear having players miss things, it's just more content for future playthroughs.

[@_MaZTeR_]

Oh boy I feel bad for anyone still feeling optimistic about the next Mass Effect

[@kevoojames4410]

0:24 should be in a museum. That's a historical quote.

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

The thing with these “modern writers” is they haven’t experienced real life. 90% of their life and social interactions come from online, and it shows in how their characters speak to each other and interact. They don’t know how to make real friends, so neither do their dragon age characters. The writers also haven’t really suffered. They don’t have any life experience to draw from, other than arguing trolls on the internet. That’s why the “bad guys” are just cartoonishly evil, and the good people are annoyingly “morally” good, like a Saturday morning PSA. Also, I wish I could feed Joss Whedon to badgers after his “um actually” style of jokes have infected an entire generation of millennial writers.

[@viscountrainbows2857]

I would say part of the Whedon effect is people are found funny by their clique, so they think "Hey I can do that too!", but entirely missing why that type of dialogue can occasionally be decent because all their feedback comes from their peers and frienrgroup without workshopping if it is appropriate to sound like a California resident in a dark fantasy where "Omg dragons are so cool" is *not* how real people would react or view them in context. Tl+Dr verisimilitude in game and movie writing is in a long, deep coma and it needs to wake up

[@PenguinWithInternetAccess]

i feel like it's more of a tone issue than anything, the game clearly was asked to have a light, marvel-esque tone (for some fcking reason) so every character has to speak in an unnatural way

[@gosusteele]

How dare you invoke the BG3 soundtrack at 6:40 when talking about Veilguard

[@CreamProphet]

My exact thoughts when I heard it 😂

[@Notamuffins]

No top-down tactical view. Misleading and dumb conversation selection. Happy-going vibe in a supposedly dark and grim environment. Nobody pointed these out during development to avoid being called racist, sexist, or transphobic probably.

[@spookieboogi6161]

It’s what they did to the wardens that’s truly unacceptable

[@PensFan35]

It’s pretty clear that this was a live service game which they forced the developers to turn into a single player game last minute. It was never going to work. The most talented team in the world couldn’t patch this into a cohesive sequel worthy of the dragon age brand.

[@r.e.z9428]

Yeah, but did the writing have to be that awful though?

[@HPLovesCraftsCat]

or the fact DEI has taken over that company. stop coping

[@r.e.z9428]

@@HPLovesCraftsCat The “DEI” mindset was leading the development yes.

[@CropCirclePictures]

@@HPLovesCraftsCat lol sounds like you’re the one coping

[@MrSerpico145]

​@@CropCirclePictures nuh uh you are

[@darianstarfrog]

And people keep defending the awful decisions of the devs, saying its the higher ups faults..lol..no..ALL creative choices were their own..accountability is impossible for these kind of 'people'..

[@1un4cy]

Truth is out there, was just bad development all around, the least they could do is accept it was bad and learn from it to possibly make a good game in the future (but we know they don't do that, they call us grifters for not buying it)

[@SeventhheavenDK]

If something I am happy we finally see consequences for these pseudo devs.

[@amberbaum4079]

They already had massive mismanagement problems during the development of Dragon Age Inquisition. And it shows.

[@deathsyth8888]

02:42 Look, its "Angy Josh"! From the "Angry Josh Show" KZbin channel!

[@mkvsky]

Disgusting writing, those writers should just not be hired even to write ads for mobile apps.

[@chadwolf3840]

IGN gave it a 9 and Mortisimal Gaming said it was GOTY (although Mortisimal rambling verbal diarrhea of a review made me think he hadn’t even played it).

[@LordMuzhy]

Mortismal lost so much respect and credibility from me that day, I stopped following him

[@chadwolf3840]

@ same, but all his reviews are complete verbal diarrhea without specifics and have absolutely zero proof he actually 100%’d the games. I think the dude is the biggest fraud game reviewer on youtube.

[@kevinbrodacki]

He liked starfield, dragon age and Star wars... No one can genuinely have such an awful taste

[@CardCrusher29]

@@chadwolf3840 Completionists are "different". I don't trust his reviews, but don't doubt his completed games. All that obsession with achievements/trophies jumble their brain.

[@chadwolf3840]

@@CardCrusher29 if he has really 100%'d all those games he claimed then why does he never post a quick screenshot showing that all acheivements had been completed? There are tons of people in the comments requesting it and yet he never does it. The dude is a fraud.

[@SerfsUp1848]

Oh man. Your review completely confirms this was meant to be a live service coop game. Random loot everywhere, big ass health bars, the info being repeated constantly so you can jump into any instance. And probably other stuff. Jesus. What a mess.

[@sentimentalmariner590]

My favorite boy in the whole wide world uploading again!

[@GorGob]

He's a man.

[@ElDrHouse2010]

Remember when Dragon Age was a grim dark fantasy setting? Well its the same but the characters are from some Disneyland Pixar animated movie for kids now.

[@LyaksandraB]

The poor sweeping woman got yelled at because the devs are checklist incompetent hires. :(

[@jubeaumont6305]

Can you elaborate pls ?

[@CorruptedDogg]

At least HR hiring managers filled their quotas

[@Jeneric81]

It’s funny that CD Projekt RED did this better in Witcher *1*

[@xILLxChronic]

Angry Josh

[@AsuKawajiri]

Assman Gold

[@deathsyth8888]

I love him. And also OtherJosh & Alan

[@scrimbim6056]

Deported Diago

[@appledr8808]

I've heard that early into development The Veilguard was supposed to be a live service title which during development shifted into a single player game, could you imagine if this came out as a live service...

[@ShinFahima]

A lot of the UI elements and features of the game gave me MMO vibes when I was watching this. That would explain a lot. XD

[@KeytarArgonian]

1:09 That’s what happens when you make a live service multiplayer game, and then see that your other game Anthem tanked along with 90% of other released live service multiplayers, so you panic and pivot to turning it into an action game wearing an RPG skinsuit but keep the assets you’ve already made. That’s why your companions feel more like AI bots that you can’t really control fully and say shoutouts because they are filling a player slot for if you couldn’t find another player to join. That’s why your puzzles take 15 seconds, because the multiplayer team is supposed to be sprinting through the corridor and arena levels as fast as possible, like Destiny. It’s why you have a main ‘hub’ (like Destiny) and you ‘press X to launch mission’ on replayable areas (like Destiny).

[@Evanz111]

I’ve literally never played a game that is more of a 5 out of 10 than this one. I finished the platinum trophy weeks ago and already I completely forgot the game came out with lots of people talking about it. Excuse me for the outdated vernacular, but the game is the perfect definition of “mid”.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

The gameplay maybe, but the writing is so much worse than just "mid".

[@AdaptiveApeHybrid]

​@@GeraltofRivia22story driven game with a bad story and mediocre game play? *mid*

[@Johnnocide06]

Easy to platinum? I may get this rubbish just so I can say I've finished all DA's

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

It's not the fact Corinne Bushe left the studio that made Veilgard bad. It's the fact he was in there in the first place. He's one of the reasons this game was so badly written and had tons of dei crap

[@Jibbzz]

So, I was playing BG3 when I was watching this, and I was losing my mind with the 'doubling music' until I paused your vid. I was bamboozled.

[@a_smile55]

7:03 actually died when I saw this

[@Floris_VI]

Ikr😂😂

[@evertenplaza3673]

Honestly at this point I feel like I could be writing better than at least 80% of the writers in these games, I just wish I could get into the industry

[@johndiddilyjoe6258]

Doesn't really matter how good of a writer you are when there's a checkpoint list of themes, ideas and characters that you must implement. The best writer in the world couldn't make this work.

[@memedealermikey]

@@johndiddilyjoe6258 the main problem isn’t even executive intervention… it’s TIME. Writers don’t have enough time to fix these piles of shit. Bioshock for example had a lot of the studio heads breathing down the neck of the developers but regardless pushed out a fire game.

[@Mr.KneeGrow]

From my experience with creative projects crunch time is absolutely necessary for the creative process. Look at some of the best games ever made and they were made in a short amount of time while being rushed and that is good if you've ever experienced something like that and are passionate about what you are creating. "Not enough time" is an excuse talentless hacks who hate the thing they are working on use to deflect criticism. @@memedealermikey

[@johndiddilyjoe6258]

@memedealermikey I disagree. Time does not = quality. A lot of writers need someone breathing down their necks to actually produce something. Great, great games have been made on time crunches as you point out. Personally I think limitations like time and money lead to the greatest innovations in all forms of art. Of course there's a balance though. Look at the dozens of dead or dying crowd funded indie games. Where the developers are given a crazy budget, no corporate bs and no real time restrictions, and still they can't deliver. Time is not the solution.

[@mrjohnnyk]

@@johndiddilyjoe6258 Best writers wouldn't get a chance anyways if they don't check all the correct appearance and ideology boxes.

[@Blind4156]

Love your humor, love your editing, looking forward to whatever you make for us this year man. Good Luck!

[@ScorpoCorpo]

Aww yeah, I'll drop what I'm doing to have Renn in my ear

[@blairowens8912]

its funny reviews are still coming out because the game is so painful to get through. yo that plate mat reveal was actually insane. holy crap im dying.

[@REALxsteel]

I don't think anyone combines well thought out criticism with perfect comedic timing like you, please never change

[@Fuzely]

10:40 Renn that is not cable management. Your cables managed to strangle themselves

[@skrrrtsusman3450]

i think they mistook the lighthearted banter to ease tension in Origins as MCU cheesey dialogue.

[@graphiste4851]

Man you really need better cable management. That mess gave me a minor anxiety.

[@HerrMau]

I already hated the hidden stash stuff in Inquisition. I felt forced to constantly press the scan button, running like a submarine through Vedas, missing the beauty of the scenery.

[@BerryBabaBear]

Whaaat? So you quit before getting Taash? But she's the best thing in the game! Especially for your mental health!! 😂

[@jmmywyf4lyf]

Anyone who couldn't tell this was going to be awful from the very first reveal should just stop gaming all together. The writing has been on the wall since dragon age 2. Then you had the awful ending and soulless multiplayer shoe horned in from aspect 3. Inquisition was trash, Andromeda was trash, and some was trash. How were you expecting a gem after all of those horrible games

[@amberbaum4079]

DAI got a GOTY the year it was released... Urgh. Finally got around playing it in 2023 and I speechless. It's so bad and disjointed. Why the hell do so many people praise this game. It's like they never played a game with competent writing and good gameplay before. It's a slog to play through and everything feels meaningless.

[@Robert-fr9wl]

Should say the same for people expecting the Witcher game from CD projekt Red😮 The writing is on the wall. " were going to pull Every lever to ensure diversity within our games"🙄 Rip CD project Red😌 thx for giving us The Witcher, and Cyberpunk 2077😊 atleast

[@charlottewiltshire6076]

I actually disagree with the notion that Inquisition was trash: it had better gameplay than Dragon Age 2 (Nightmare difficulty in that game making some enemies randomly immune to certain damage types in addition to a billion reinforcements in every single fight made me believe that DA2 was designed by a team of actual lobotomites) and - a hot take incoming - arguably some of the most interesting companions in the series. Don't get me wrong, everyone likes Alister/Morrigan and the rest of your team from Origins, sure, and I do too, but whenever people bring them up as examples of "amazingly written characters" it's almost always them just being witty and cracking jokes to each other, rarely anything more deep than that. Meanwhile, I still distinctly remember the long mind chess game between Solas and Iron Bull that they would randomly play with each other during exploration - a game that was both completely real (you could follow their moves yourself if you wanted) and also directly tied into their mindsets and beliefs as characters (like the ideology of Qun for Bull or Solas actually being an ancient elven god with a bunch of personal baggage and guilt stemming from that) - or Vivienne discussing the pros and cons of Mage Circles and politics that go into that, or Cole suddenly sharing some pretty deep insight about the other people in the current party and them reacting to their inner thoughts and feeling being completely exposed - many things like that. Yes, the main story in Inquisition is pretty boring and Corypheus (aside from that one his famous line) sucks major ass in terms of being a good antagonist, but other than that - and maybe all of the time-related gameplay stuff that made you wait for literal hours before completion - it isn't really *that* bad, definitely not on the level of Andromeda or, god forbid, Veilguard. There is a lot to like here.

[@nicklasveva]

@@Robert-fr9wl I heard that witcher 3 was insanely unpolished at release. Apparently it's been a pattern in their company for a while. But they release patches for years until the game is well done. But having played Cyberpunk 3 months after release and 2 years after release, I can't say that the game was worth my time. The writing is extremely corny. Female V is literally just Male V in a skin suit with a voice changer. The dialogue of female V was made to sound like she was a badass outlaw. But she just comes off as the cheesiest and snarky girl boss ever. The voice acting is so fucking BAD. Every interaction sounds the exact same. It's either "YO WTF WE HAD A DEAL" or "I have a gun pointed to your head and now I'm going to kill you because I am very badass."

[@SeventhheavenDK]

​@@amberbaum4079. I don't think Inquisition is a trash game, but I think it is very mid, and I also think that a lot of the problems for Dragon Age, and overall for the RPG genre started there. Also, all the games nominated that year on GOTY were very mid. Any could have won, and there won't be much difference. That said, it has looked very weird to me how Inquisition won GOTY with only a few weeks of being released. I have thought for some time that there was actually somw kind of shady deal behind Inquisition's GOTY. Even the sales have a shady trick behind it. First, the GOTY deal was precisely to trick "normies" into buying the game (most of these people probably just got to the Hinterlands and never touched the game again). The game was released during the console generation shift (for instance PS3/PS4), and suddenly they stopped supporting the old generation console and forced you to buy the game once more if you wanted to get the last patches and DLCs (Trespasser and the Descent). So, don't get gaslighted by Inquisition's "sales" either.

[@kingleonida5513]

My man has the most unique reviews i ever saw, you deserve so much more credit

[@PODsyndrome]

I'm just confused that the very vocal modern audience that asked for this didn't line up at every GameStop for a midnight release. Each should have bought two copies.

[@SIPEROTH]

They did.

[@DivinityOfBLaze]

One thing that annoys me above even the writing, combat, how the game treats you etc. Is how it went from a fairly grounded setting thats almost like Witcher. You have monsters and magic but people are people. They don't have super powers. Even the Warden in Origins wasn't tossing his shield like captain america. You fought in a way that is somewhat believable. I think that contrast to the things you fought added a layer of hopelessness and made the fantastical elements stand out even more.

[@luketitusmandrake8518]

It’s like Kim jun un made a Disney movie, tried to force you to participate in it’s janky execution, and then sent you a bill for $25.

[@thesomethingthatisntathing514]

1:06 It's Halo Infinite. Not Halo Unlimited.

About the tone of the game: I remember some other video where the guy said that the dialogue feels like HR is in the room, and I fully agree.

>put your name in the credits of a shit game >tell a room of incompetent writers that they are shit >just leave Laidlaw had no choice.

[@GutsOfRivia]

This is what happens when you make a game for journalists to reveiw instead of for normal people to play.

[@SIPEROTH]

No, this is what happens when you make a game even though you don't care about games. You make a game for people like you. The people that don't care about games ether. They are called the modern audience.

[@Scornfull]

@@SIPEROTH Same difference tbh

[@radioface86]

What the hell is up with modern games' obsession with vitiligo these days?

[@blackpajamas6600]

Representation. That word alone makes some gamers cringe, but I don't know that it's problematic unless it's included as an overt invitation to virtue signal. But in this very same comment thread, another player was surprised and grateful to see a game character with vitiligo in this particular game. That commenter's sentiment amounted to: it's cool to be seen as a normal part of life. TL;DR - I would worry about it. If the developers are virtue signaling, don't buy the game. If they're not, then they've created a game world in which players with vitiligo (or who are simply affected by it) see similar faces being treated like regular people. I've seen bullies pick on kids with this very condition. The prejudice is real. I say, if they're not demanding you recognize them, then you (thankfully) don't have to.

[@radioface86]

@blackpajamas6600 dude your TL;DR needs a TL;DR. I'm pretty sure that breaks the laws of physics or something.

[@blackpajamas6600]

@radioface86 We all have to be special for something. No guarantee that something is good.

[@memedealermikey]

@@blackpajamas6600 all that yapping and you didn’t simply come to the conclusion that they pander for money?

[@blackpajamas6600]

@memedealermikey Guerilla Games and Bioware put characters with vitiligo in their games for... money? For that sweet, sweet vitiligo cash, right? That's ridiculous. It's obvious that people like you would rather *not* see characters with vitiligo, so why not pander to you? Cuz you're too smart, right?

[@amoksapandega8668]

😔😔😔 Veilguard is literally what i see if they hire tumbler fan fictions writer, no Improvement they just change it to be what they want Please Decannon Veilguard please

[@Main_Protagonist]

they need to decanon everything after origins and give franchise to larian

[@amoksapandega8668]

@@Main_Protagonist the combat or gameplay in DA 2 or Inquisition maybe not good, but the story is top nocth man Especially in DA inquisition, i mean you literally see your MC origin's son in Inquisition 😭😭

[@Main_Protagonist]

@ I remember running around the grey city in DA2 thinking it was a tutorial zone :|

[@Tsuki-y7z]

Why did anyone expect anything else? Inquisition was already exactly what you've described, the foundation was rotten.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

​@@Main_Protagonist. That's an exaggeration. Only Veilguard needs to be taken out from canon (and in my book is already out).

[@jhit2026]

I like a good message but forced positivity is terrible. Theres what in the writers heads and then theres the real world.

[@astroreflux]

16:00 you're telling me the game can actually be wrong? this has just validated all the times i thought i pressed the button but it didn't work. all this time they might have actually gaslit me into thinking im bad.

[@dullbabad8836]

that bg3 music makes me piss.

[@DavidELD]

WAtch out we got a Durge evil ending here!

[@lhvjr12]

Idk why it took so long for your channel to be recommended to me but I'm glad. This review and the dry sarcasm calling out the shit gameplay is right up my alley. Subbed.

[@johndiddilyjoe6258]

The Avatar video is great

[@rakionyellowmind2293]

He’s just a good KZbinr

[@123hattan]

Renn, if you insist on inhaling so much mold, you might as well go to a foret with mushroom.

[@kalvinang]

I download pirates version to test the game & delete it after 2-3 hour. This game is so bad that playing it is a waste of time.

[@ianwalters451]

Its not the best game ever but i enjoyed it enough to finish it and want to start another play through.

[@spookieboogi6161]

I miss origins combat I liked watching my WARDEN just hop on a dragons head and end it with a long sword and the healing mages god I loved them.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

Personally, I also loved Origins combat. I always play as a Mage, and I always felt that I had control of the entire battlefield with all the plethora of spells. I also liked the chance to set your companions tactics. It even helped with roleplay. For instance, my Warden romanced Alistair, and I had him set to always come to Overpower any enemy who dared to get close to my Warden 😂. Same with the Mabari and his overwhelm ability.

[@TheHeartThatRunsCold]

There's something even worse about the parry system that I'm glad you didn't experience or notice. If enemies aren't targeting you, you can not parry them. The marker will still pop up, but your block will be ignored.

[@ТАДАМ-ю4ж]

Renn we for sure need some UNDERRATED Great games for people who dont played them yet. Games like Tyranny or Pillars of Eternity. Games like Pathfinder Kingmaker and many more where you choices have real impact and meaning. Where writing is top notch. Gave people and you reason to love games

[@mrsubject1]

I would love to see him do div 2

[@FeliPeltier]

I started calling this game DA: The Traash Collector because of all the crap on the ground… that ended up just being trash.

[@damienruzco]

Step1: see YT notification that has “Rennsreviews” and “Veilguard” in the same sentence Step2: I faint from excitement Step3: I wake up 45 minutes later to watch

[@AuthorKevinCraver]

7:29 Sweet baby. I see what you did there.

[@nopenope7777]

God bless you for playing through veilguard. ❤

[@ihave7sacks]

You didn't finish the video did you . . .

[@memedealermikey]

I must go to the one placed untouched by capitalism……. SPACE

[@TieMMK]

the guy corrine bushe literally directed this fail game and left before they "fire him". any game hes directing or has anything related to in the future, i wont even play the trailer let alone the game.

[@Asterra2]

6:07 The sound effects being "visceral and punchy" here is just shorthand for "they did the same exact thing that BG3's sound designer did and added a kick drum to every single impact sound effect". Lazy as F--- sound design that I'm really starting to get sick of.

[@Ckoz2829]

For God’s sake, Renn, stop sleeping in 2 star motels and stop playing 2 star games! They’re both full of bugs and leave your wallet empty! Go back home and treat yourself to some of the finer things in life!

[@DepressionOfMyCat]

fuk your review video are SO perfect, they are funny, creative, well made AND the critique is great. Thank you SO MUCH for uploading and all your work! ALso I love how much Baldur's gate 3 music is playing in the bg. It...gives everything the extra bitter taste haha

[@scrimbim6056]

That pillow at the end was A BIOHAZARD OMG

[@damien9683]

12:26 "Why are there so many chests?" Simple, because they CUT them OFF every female model in the game!!

[@ReccaWolf]

Original DA games: Knows who to romance, fight injustice and racism with a bit of humor, better fighting system, great character synopsis and lore. 💪😎 DA Veilguard: “I’m non-binary.” 🤡

[@ItsWhittt]

Damn, didn't even make it to the worst of it before tapping! Bioware made nothing but my favorite RPGs when I was younger, DAO, Mass Effect, KoTOR are some of my most memorable playthroughs ever. I softlocked myself in the last Dragon Age Game and said fuck it, Andromeda sucked too, I wasn't even gonna risk steam not refunding me (which is almost never) for this one. Great video though! The writing on the wall was a good bit, got me thinking of all the other hotel wall Banksys out there to discover :) The fuck off massive coaster on their head was great too

[@dipndaVic]

So the writing on the wall was a joke and not really left there by someone else?

[@ItsWhittt]

@@dipndaVic Don't be mistaken this is standard in most hotel rooms under $130 a night. My point in recognising it was we never stop to smell the flowers anymore, and I haven't busted my blacklight out in a while to look for some diamonds in the rough myself!

[@ItsWhittt]

@@dipndaVic No that's the norm, it just reminds me to stop and look once in a while

[@SataniaMcDowel]

I'll stick to the ps3/Xbox 360 games of DA

[@kingleonida5513]

"ASSMAN" thats peak humour

[@Infinite.Worldz]

7:42 when he turned that black light on. I freaking lost it 😂