Dragon Age: The Veilguard Named Time Magazine's Game Of The Year 2024

[@WolfheartFPS]

This has to be the best intro Slandered has ever done 😂

[@juliolosada9210]

True 😂

[@karmadyllic]

Agreed and it's not a small list we're talking about either 😂

[@SlanderedGaming]

😂😂

[@idiocracydude]

Damn even wolfheart got in on this.

[@stephenlewis6922]

Happy April Fools everyone!

[@VerminaeSupremacy]

Blizzcon 2016 or 2018 vibes anyone?

[@Marcos-tk1sf]

Naturally it's GOTY, a groundbreaking piece of art, and who better to judge than Time magazine? They're the ultimate authority on all things gaming.😂

[@mediumvillain]

They're not that good at judging current events either frankly

[@user-rr3sq8mh8x]

Time - before 1939 make man of the year some Austrian student from artist school;) So they know how recognized good things ;)

[@ericwang504]

lol

[@09connorr]

“How much did they pay” was exactly my first thought too!

[@tmastroni]

My first thought.

[@sadiya-xs3sz]

Calling the Fade the ‘demon realm’ is an interesting choice of words…I’ve never heard a dragon age fan reference the Fade like this. Really shows how much they’ve simplified DA’s lore.

[@theobell2002]

I mean, that is literally what the Fade is.

[@issacdiff3286]

​​@@theobell2002no it's actually not. but ok buddy maybe you should read the lore a bit better yet just do a google search 😂😂😂 come on man....

[@theobell2002]

@@issacdiff3286 Demons/Spirits come from the Fade. What do you mean? Maybe YOU should read the lore a bit better.

[@lisdraconis2212]

I think it is more due to this article very much being AI generated

[@scorvus238]

@@issacdiff3286 maybe take your own advice? Demons come from the fade, as do spirits. Your average chantry worshiper would believe it's the demon realm. It's obviously more nuanced than that, but not to your average maker fearing peasant.

[@Jasta85]

Pretty sure the article is AI generated. They even get details about the game wrong such as the number of companions, and get details wrong about the previous games.

[@chuckm1961]

Yes, it’s very logical to assume that inaccurate details in a news article are the result of AI generation. >?????????????????

[@BigDanGaming]

Bro what are they smoking 😂

[@SlanderedGaming]

I have no idea. 😂

[@mattdespard6576]

@@SlanderedGaming I don't know either....but I want some xD

[@RejHiman]

Copium with hint of saltiness.

[@user-zg6kb7jf4l]

My man Dan, I want the same shit they are on.

[@Not_CIA]

Yeah that's a wild list. This is a good argument for why non-gaming sites/forums/etc shouldn't be involved in stuff like the Game Awards. Half that review felt like they didn't play the game. I honestly wouldn't have a problem with it being top 10 depending on the criteria being used and this year being a bit shallow on big games, but #1 is wiiiiiilllld.

[@SlanderedGaming]

Same. Top 10 is fine but #1 is cray cray.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

@@SlanderedGaming maybe more like ‘ching ching’ than cray cray 😂

[@Jeymez]

they didn't, that article was likely brought to Time. meaning somebody paid to have it put on there, normally Time magazine don't really bother with gaming, but considering everything is political now a days, that's likely the only reason it's on there.

[@EmoBearRights]

They probably did ya know because despite what all the critics online would have you believe most people who actually played the game enjoyed. Some of them even played Origins and all of the other DA games. I know me and my mate aren't a representative sample (nor are necessarily all the moaning dudebros) but we both did. Is it prefect and could some things be improved - sure - but that doesn't mean it's unworthy of a GOTY. Also let's face gamer culture has some effing toxic elements which GG showed in abundance so let's not pretend that the gaming community is the ultimate arbiter of what a good game is or is above politics.

[@hibbity_hooblah]

Not even top 10. Not even fucking close

[@ectogamut]

They said “six available companions” but there are seven. You’d have play through the game to know that though

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

We all like to pretend Taash doesn't exist okay? Let us have that.

[@asrafkhalid1231]

wait..so time themselves ignored the obnoxious, self-insert crybaby ? 😂😂

[@AnvilOfDoom]

Or spend 30 seconds looking up the number, haha

[@JKXYGolden]

"unlike previous games in the series, going for the seemingly agreeable response won't always grant players the response they wish"

[@carefreerpg]

Every video needs a pause at the beginning instantly setting the tone 😂

[@ammo7]

The guy has only written a handful of articles in the last 2 years and 3 of them were "Best Games of 202X". This might as well just be an advertisement.

[@chuckm1961]

Right, but if you had agreed with his opinions, you wouldn’t be attacking his character. Odd, huh? Almost as if you think YOUR personal opinion is more valid than someone else’s.

[@JimJamTheAdmin]

​@@chuckm1961 Opinions actually do have degrees of validity, it's a fool who thinks all opinions are equal and valid. An opinion based on zero experience is worth infinitely less than an opinion from an expert on a topic. Please do not labour under the delusion that just because a claim is made it is valid.

[@GregoryPickettGamerPoet]

Bro ALL of you reviews are thorough and balanced. That's why we're fans 😂🎉

[@SlanderedGaming]

Thanks bro I appreciate it.

[@RandomWandrer]

Absolutely @SlanderedGaming Your review was fair and balanced. And you gave Veilguard a fairer shake than most other creators, without being overly forgiving of its flaws. Your view on the game is actually the closest opinion on youtube to my own.

[@ashanti5707]

Time's Magazine were listening to that Shane McMahon "here comes the moneyyyyy" theme song when writing this article 💰

[@CaptainBanjo-fw4fq]

Best character creator in video games? BG3 & Cyberpunk: Hold my customisable dong.

[@dylanbell268]

Dragons Dogma 1 and 2 have far superior character creators than DAV, what the hell did the writer smoke?

[@Guava11534]

Sure but it wasn’t bad. The character creator was pretty good

[@theobell2002]

DD1's character creator is pretty bad. The only reason why people regard it that highly is because you can fully customize your body which I admit is pretty good. But the faces are rough to deal with.

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

At least I can give my characters in DD 1 and 2 TnA you can't say the same about Veilguard now can you?

[@Guava11534]

@@Drums_of_Liberation okay and? I play a dude on all my games and I think that’s most normal gamers. It’s only a few of you who are just hyper fixated on making their perfect waifu protagonist, which I personally find weird as hell.

[@djgroopz4952]

I've never understood the fascination with character creators. They're just mannequins aren't they.

[@Holydiver60]

Grifter is just their latest buzz word. You are one of the most upbeat and positive people out there, dont let the comments get to you.

[@BigBobby69420]

For real, they need to go after the real grifters that claim “woke” for clicks

[@Xbalanque84]

Confession through projection.

[@TheEnigmaticBM39]

​@@BigBobby69420 they do go after anti woke chuds though

[@MikeColley]

They gave Lego Horizons and Starwars Outlaws top 10 spots???? Hoooo boy....

[@lukeluke333lukeluke]

Its a very questionable list...

[@JackDaniels1965]

This is one corporation looking out for another corporation. They seem to be circling their wagons since losing one of their own in an act of violence.

[@jhunscrown]

I like this video specifically because he’s way less sterile, every time he laughs it cracked me up.

[@msunderthesea123]

0:00 MOOD LOL 😂

[@vpelno2077]

JFC what timeline are we in exactly???? Edit: The Mass Effect Legendary edition is impeccable but it is a re-release of a previously existing franchise

[@JustLoveHnS]

About DA:Veilguar's combat... I'm 40 y.o. and I'm really bad at gaming, although I really like gaming. Because of my extremely poor degraded reaction I literally cannot play most games I'd like to play - at all. For example, I cannot play through first three missions of Outriders (basically tutorial), even on the lowest difficulty. So when it goes to actions of any kind, I'm stuck with Diablo 3, Borderlands 1-3 (campaigns, not endgame) and, miraculously, Veilguard. I can play it! On default (3d) ! So maybe that's why most people dislike its combat, while for me it's really fun and challenging. And my first playthrough was full light armor sniper build - a glasscanon. Right from the start it was hard as hell, after 30 or even 40 hours I started to oneshot medium threat deamons / darkspawns, while all giants remained huge sweat generators to the very end. All my point is: perception of veilguard's combat quality is... very subjective. And yeah, I'm probably some kind of semi-disabled minority (even if I have all my limbs and eyes on their place), but somehow I doubt that total number of players like me is completely negligible. P.S. There were days when I was speedrunning every single fps / fighting on highest possible difficulty, but those days are long gone, unfortunately :(

[@TheR6R6R]

Sorry to hear about that and thanks for sharing. I can't imagine losing the means to enjoy a favorite pastime, especially when you used to be good at them. To fall from heights is always going to feel worse than never getting into said heights in the first place.

[@stephenlewis6922]

This article reads like ai wrote it...

[@Ythari82]

Was thinking the same thing

[@doloresabernathy9809]

Thanks! Awesome video and love your balance and honesty

[@SlanderedGaming]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@yaldabaoth2]

Zero seconds in and that's exactly my face.

[@DellikkilleD]

we live in the upside down lmfao.

[@Jacksapeon]

LMAO. I was having a bad day at work until I saw your thumbnail. Tks bruh

[@ashregriffin]

when i saw Neva i said the same thing you did. I have never heard of neva.

[@apollodingo3583]

Didn’t watch the game awards nominations I guess. This cringe because this is how we react when people haven’t heard of rogue trader.

[@Mike-r4h]

Neva is a nice, albeit very short, indie game with some thought provoking storylines. I wouldn't pay full price for it, but it's definitely not crap.

[@SlanderedGaming]

😂

[@IronCrone]

Your facial expression at the beginning was everything. That was my exact face when reading the title of your video before clicking. Your review was very fair and balanced and I loved this video and your rebuttal to the nonsense in the article. Makes me feel sane.

[@harrybroaddus846]

GOTY from Time. I'm in my 3rd playthru so not a hater but GOTY, no f'ing way. IMO you do represent a fair and balanced review.

[@champadin1755]

Metaphor not even being on the top 10 list is buck wild

[@johnnycandles8675]

That intro though....

[@Lair-98]

Man, Slandered you deserve to be so much bigger subwise. I've never watched a bad video from you. Thank you for keeping on putting out great content. This vid had me nodding and chuckling all the way through.

[@verde5738]

A long-awaited return to form! So stunning, so brave!

[@captainfantastic7643]

What would Time Magazine know about a form of media that has become MORE relevant over the last two decades.

[@KatallinaVT]

The discourse around this game, from all angles, has been such hot garbage. I bought it. I played it. I loved some things. I hated others. But the thing I've hated the most is people telling other people "You don't really believe that." about their own opinions.

[@alexramirez4110]

Star wars outlaws being above HD2 told me all I needed to know about this list before even getting to number 1 lol

[@lewie8487]

That team didn't make the Mass Effect trilogy, they just updated it. Huge difference...

[@Smittenz1]

Havent even gotten past the intro but man your laugh is contagious. Thank you for the content it has helped make my day better.

[@tribalstyle138]

Where's Balatro? It has taken over my life and I didn't know how to play poker before this. Also where is Lorelei and laser eyes?!

[@Rex1987]

In terms of RPGs made by smaller Indies i think that Skald: Against the Black Priory is one of the best this year. Hope that there will be a sequel like the dev had hinted at 😃

[@pavelowjohn9167]

That intro made my day, put a big smile on my face. Keep on truckin! 🙂

[@TheRetifox]

Seeing the intro of the video. I can already tell this is going to be a good one

[@sickbozo8152]

0 gamers were consulted for that goty

[@justinland1208]

I love the face you're making in the beginning of the video. Matches mine exactly on this.

[@Decaliyon]

Keep doing what you doing man You are great.

[@beckerscantbechoosers6768]

I just had to go back and rewatch that intro 10 seconds because that just put a smile on my face.

[@bexrex97]

Searched for Neva. Looks beautiful, will either give it a go or watch a playthrough🎉

[@isthianlyon1706]

Dear Time Magazine - Lol wut.

[@Agent789_0]

Do you guys not have magazines?

[@markjs1234]

I'm curious as to why Time Magazine makes a video game list... are gamers reading Time? Who's their target audience for this list? Doesn't make much sense to me.

[@doloresabernathy9809]

Love your honesty, thoroughness and fairness. and when you see obvious bullshit you call it out. love it! keep up the great work!

[@TheNrat]

Bro had give us trigger warning before we started lol

[@DerrPhi]

Love your healthy relationship to Ubisoft games in general. 😂 I think I might steal that approach.

[@sweargaming666]

I would also say your review of #Veilguard was the best on the platform. Big ups, big man!

[@ceno10101]

This has to be the last straw for people still putting their trust in journalist opinion and critics to buy games. Its like when Jethro Tull won best metal album in 1989 at that Grammy's, you knew then that the grammy's didn't really matter anymore.

[@SazonSoldier]

LMFAOOOOO I laughed just like you in the intro. Loved it

[@megamike15]

this year was packed for rpgs. even as somene that liked Veilguard it's not goty.

[@Roderick720]

Space Marine 2 got snubbed again 😭

[@jenniferhanses]

The thing with ME Legendary is that it's not a new game. They just repackaged their old game. Not saying the upgrade isn't great. But it's nothing new.

[@CaptScrotes]

Love your balanced approach to these games and games in general. I feel you're quite a generous person so I can understand how folks who aren't familiar with your content might think you're going easy on DA:V. I think you just love RPGs. But this! Wowee, the audacity of EA and Time magazine. Good on you for calling it out.

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

Dragon’s Dogma 2, Stellar Blade, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Black Myth Wukong, Shadow of the Erdtree and quite a few others are much more deserving.

[@BroBomba]

"6 playable companions". Aren't there 7 playable companions? Lol. It's totally fine to like the game, but this is something else 😂

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

Let us pretend Taash doesn't exist okay?

[@csabaszep8162]

Well, most people seem to have moved past the phase of "Bioware can absolutely make a great game next time" and are rather apathetic towards the studio. You could say Bioware spent all the goodwill they accumulated before.

[@alex-uw4mm]

honestly some of these points make me want to put on "Why you always lying?" times is so bad it makes IGN look professional

[@kyle1806]

Will you be streaming the game awards this year??

[@DeekJones]

Haha that intro 😂 thanks for keeping it real man

[@Ner0tika]

bahahahahahhahahaha laughed so hard at that intro

[@Vagran]

The intro, it was glorious.

[@ThisFlawedWorld]

Even though it was mainly only the face...but the Inquisition face creation sliders and free roaming boxes was literally astoundingly advanced. If they did all body areas with that level of freedom of imagination they would've at least won in that category. Generally, I very much dislike premade anything. I don't care if it's a list of 1,000 faces. It is still not up to your imagination. I have never once used a mod for it and yet I still have never been able to make a more satisfying Elven face/head in any other game, besides literally only Inquisition.

[@TK-zd7ym]

I mean who can refute Time Magazine? The number one authority of all gaming related content!

[@phatymcdaddy]

They gave alan wake 2 the award last year, so this isnt exactly a flex

[@TheEnigmaticBM39]

Alan Wake was good

[@leyasu888]

It is sad to see how much time magazine has fallen.......

[@bartoffer]

I actually read magazines and junk, full-on print versions. Which in a way leads to talking to other, similar luddites about the periodicals they're into, be it Political Science Quarterly or Foreign Affairs or whatever other dry, boring thing. I have never seen anyone reading TIME. I have never interacted with someone who reads TIME regularly, or even pays attention to it.

[@Immopimmo]

Lol.. same. I've just seen pop culture references to it. 😂 could as well be a made up magazine from where I stand

[@endisbegun27]

DIS SOME BULLLLLSHIT. Lmao love it man! Your vids always crack me up and we already living in clown world with this shit

[@ivanesparza9246]

after playing dragon age origins, i wanted more of the world choices and characters. So now i’m playing mass effect trilogy for the first time and i love it. I am a sucker for mass effect 1 tho, still at the beginning for 2

[@shellsmith831]

Bravo , I wish I could play ME for the first time again.

[@droe2570]

Ahh, Time, the one final bastion of gaming journalism...sorry, I couldn't keep a straight face.

[@TheBlueDeath123]

I have always appreciated your sensibility and rationality and this video is further proof you can be trusted to be honest 👍

[@isthianlyon1706]

This has made me want to play Metaphor, but also I've come away thinking Elden Ring's DLC has more standing than I anticipated. I enjoy my random lego game here and there, and not a single one of them belongs on a top 10. Even putting one on a list shows how unserious a job this article is, and yeah I'd love to know how much EA paid for this!

[@lcicada]

I'm convinced the article was written by AI lmao EDIT: Love your laughter, Slandered! It's contagious! :D

[@happysailor5726]

Spot on, hahaha! Keep it up, great video.

[@toastyy1455]

Slandered: "I have NEVA heard of this game before" I see what you did there lol :D

[@jeffhannah1250]

Slandered, I'm curious as to why you don't play Dark Souls like games? By the way, I think your DA veilguard review was one of, if not the best I've seen. Cheers!

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

Maybe he likes to game without throwing his controller into the TV?

[@Blood4Baphomet]

Neva is a beautiful indie game well worth being on a list imo but holy shit... Lego Horizon? Outlaws? No way man. Where the hell is Space Marine 2? Also, even MH Wilds character creator is far superior to DA:TV

[@scottlambert9074]

I probably liked veilguard more than most. I can't say if its game of the year or not, because i didnt really play many other games, still playing last years games the majority of this year. I definitely think there were problems in the game that I wouldn't expect from a game of the year, so I wouldn't volunteer it into that category. I do think the game is maybe two pre-ending DLCs/expansions away from being a top 10 game for me (a few more systems, a few more types of enemies and paths, choices, etc.), but unfortunately we wont get those. That being said, this is an excellent blueprint for the next game, i don't think they need to reinvent the wheel again or anything.

[@lillindine]

You have such a great laugh. 😂 best intro.

[@Riverfall_]

The marketing is just doing their job. They probably realized that they can't sell Veilguard to people that play games and already knowVeilguard is about, so now their target audience are those disconnected from gaming. Paying up to make it a game of the year in non-gaming journal is a way to go. All so they can put on the sticker of "time's game of the year". It's certainly a better strategy that trying sell it to players who already decided that Veilguard isn't worth their time and moved on.

[@spellandshield]

Grifter in 2024 just means someone you don't like or someone whose opinions you don't agree with...that is a "grifter" in the current year. Pay it no mind.

[@RandomWandrer]

Well no... Slagging stuff off on youtube is big money. So there are legitimate grifters who amplify a few small flaws to massive problems just to get clicks. That's fine. People clearly find raging on stuff to be entertaining. And grifting on that rage is a good business model. But let's not pretend it's ingenious 😂 Slandered Gaming however is based and no grifter. He says it like it is!

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

Nah bro. Grifter means these fools who make the same video 20 times and never say anything different. And you have to take a shot every time their complaints include the words woke and pronouns.

[@theosintpi]

Loved Metaphor. My GOTY. And if you’re including expansions/dlc, then Shadow of the Erd Tree. I loved both

[@theani-lysis816]

Huh, I do find it rather ironic that some are griping, because your review on Veilguard is probably the one I found the most insightful and reasonable with its criticisms. I do enjoy Veilguard for what it is and do think it's a solid game at the end of the day despite its flaws, but yeah don't know about it being on the level of a game of the year kind of game (also had to pause the video a sec just looking at the starting praise for the Veilguard being "most advanced character creator"; I do enjoy its character creator, but as someone who has Dragon's Dogma 2, I can fully attest to the fact DD2 is the one that has the more advanced character creator, I've had some really distinct and visually interesting pawns join me in my adventures).

[@Matt-zp4oc]

😂😂 you have to be kidding me - the title had me rollin, then when you started in I lost it completely

[@CyrusIsnt]

Wft was their character background ? I only could be nice

[@victoriaanne6332]

Are we going to talk about them saying VG has 6 companions when it has 7😶

[@RejHiman]

Never have i ever vote GOTY nominee because they have great placement of cheekbone and Skin placement like wtf?

[@hamfistsman6267]

Time shouldn't even be weighing in on video games. They are obviously ignorant.

[@10jnewman]

They said 6 party members but aren’t there like at least 7? Or are they trying to mentally erase tash like everyone else is!

[@wargodmarrs9492]

I’m one of the dissenting voices that actually does enjoy Veilguard. I had a blast playing it, and I loved the cast. Even I think it’s pretty egregious, however, that whoever wrote this article didn’t know or care enough about the game to know that it has 7 companions, not 6

[@ShadowMoses900]

They once had Hitler as their person of the year, tells you everything you need to know about their magazine.