Dragon Age Veilguard Isn't Great

[@dawn5143]

it’s like they were so afraid to make their characters unlikable, to the point they made all their characters unlikable

[@twilightgeneral777]

They were afraid to make their characters dislike eachother.

[@manggold8946]

True. I liked fking Sebastian more than any new companions in this game

[@jackharbor3347]

There is a 5 min cutscene that talks about misgendering someone in a fantasy video game. You can't make this up

[@silly6517]

@@jackharbor3347 probably because trans people and transphobia exist in that fantasy setting. if a fantasy world makes it clear that those exist, why shouldn't it acknowledge them?

[@anon4854]

I dont think they have either the self-awareness or the creative ability to write anything other than...whatever this is supposed to be.

[@N0M4DY]

Seems like Charlie had more fun in the character creator than the actual game itself

[@YELLOW617.]

Yeah, I'm watching him customize his character right now and so far he seems to be having a lot of fun with it.

[@idontwannatypeaname]

One thing that's always fun no matter how terrible the game is, making your character as horrific as possible

[@TatankaTaylor]

That's more of a Charlie problem than the game, tho. The game reviewed very well. And its #1 on Steam on several regions across the world. Its the best selling entry in the series.

[@TypicalBlakk]

@@TatankaTaylorthe game payed for those good reviews buddy

[@nyoin2028]

​@@TatankaTaylor begone bot cope, steam data alone says otherwise posted against EA origins archives where the older DAs actually came from post console life.

[@SymGenie]

The dialogue reminds me of corporate hell. Everyone constantly talking about the problem, over again to make it sound like they are doing something

[@KayD]

Let's touch base. Is this about those gods? Yes, we definitely need to close the loop on that one, I'm going to amend the agenda. I agree, the gods we freed are trying to kill us. I'll make sure to CC in the other members, shall we do Teams? Yes, make sure and send out a memo about those gods beforehand Right, the gods we freed? Correct. They're trying to kill us, let's get a date settled for th- Repeat ad finitum

[@kharmachaos667]

This game could have been an email 😂

[@emilioconde8782]

18:00. The ogre in 2010 Dragon age would pick up a companion in the middle of the fight and eat him. You would have to shield bash the ogre to save him. After you kill the ogre you drink it's blood. You and your crew are traumatized, as a player I'm just as scared of the darkspawn as Alistar and Duncan and crew. In 2024 Dragon Age, your companion goes "OMG I wasn't expecting to fight an ogre today but its nbd haha :)." Tone is completely off and the darkspawn feel inconsequential and non-threating. Edit: I was incorrect, you drink darkspawn blood before the ogre fight.

[@Markunator]

*2009

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

"THAT just happened."

[@miraqen7801]

it was designed for people who clearly dont play games, but for the affirmation. it's not a game at its core.

[@milirin]

no, you don't drink it's blood after that, have you played it in 2009 and never replayed it since then?

[@emilioconde8782]

@@milirin Yes, You drink its blood along with Alistair as part of the ritual to become a dark warden.

[@supertoaster0229]

Every time you picked the more "edgy" choice it's like it ran it through a 4kids filter instead of what you selected wtf?

[@DANBAN119]

@@supertoaster0229 4kids Sanji would fit perfectly with the rest of the cast in this game.

[@DillsyYourDaddy67]

It’s crazy how much the edgy choices in this game compare to origins. Like in origins you could literally murder children, let your friend be graped, sell elves into slavery and let kids be possessed by demons. It’s nuts how watered down this franchise has become

[@MechFung]

1: "What do you think your doing" - I'm gonna kill you!

[@ruskie099]

They must have used ChatGPT to write the dialogue options

[@supertoaster0229]

@@ruskie099 oh no bro that’s not ChatGPT that’s pure unbridled shit writing

[@BrianCharles-t6f]

In this dragon age role playing game your choices matter! Choice 1: be nice Choice 2: be nicely nice Choice 3: be super nice

[@armintor2826]

Blanket affirmation Blanket affirmation Blanket affirmation Blanket affirmation Welcome back, Fallout 4!

[@commodore1979]

Thats something alot of people in the real world dont know how to be so this really is a fantasy game

[@71hammyman]

In your life, your choice matters! Choice 1: touch grass Choice 2: touch grass Choice 3: touch grass Guess it doesn't matter, because you're never leaving that basement

[@realdoomerhours]

@@71hammyman Imagine being this mad someone doesn't like your fantasy-less fantasy game lmao

[@thatoneguychad420]

Have you seen the non binary, pronouns and the push up cut scene? Holy fuckin cringe. 😂 it's soooo bad it's like it was wrote by a malfunctioning Karen HR robot.

[@manynukes11]

All you need to become a AAA writer is to have watched at least 10 Disney movies

[@justinland1208]

None of the old good ones though.

[@moonasha]

millennial writer resume in a nutshell. God they're awful

[@bryanfrye8770]

All you need to be is woke and not give an actual shit about the players that buy your garbage AAA games.

[@TheForever206]

Sprinkle in a few CW shows for good measure. 😂

[@Neonagi]

"So that just happened!"

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

@19:42 Remember when fighting an Ogre was considered a serious danger? Remember when the Dwarves would have pre-emptive funerals for the people who specialized in fighting Darkspawn, because fighting Darkspawn was a big deal? Remember how Hawke could lose their brother/sister to the taint, and nobody made a fucking quip, because there were actual stakes? Did Dark Fantasy run over Bioware's puppy with a car, and this game is revenge against it?

[@NiueanCA]

i want to know what the devs opinion is on how new darkspawn are actually made

[@Skyumi-Vk]

I like how "evil" means not talking like an MCU character.

[@apexdude105]

How can a game, where the dialogue is apparently so important, do such a bad job with writing and voice acting? Look at Elden Ring, a game where a main thing about it is gameplay and they treat their lore and story is vague, mysterious, and open ended... they are miles ahead on terms of writing and voice acting. How is this a thing???

[@jean178pere]

@Nlgga231 i asked him

[@asimhussain8716]

Elden Ring was worked on by GRRM. This game was worked on who clapped and cheered during every scene of Game of Thrones season 8, then posted their reactions online thinking everyone was on the same page until they updated their group think programming to what most people were saying.

[@joethestrat]

Oh easy, severe lack of talent.

[@nikokrisp5273]

looks like the veilguard apologist has arrived lmao, elden ring maidenless dialog alone has WAY more positive reception than veilguard's entire dialog

[@YRVANDUK]

Elden Ring was not written by DEI hires

[@malcolmmorin]

I'm getting sick of the Quirkyspeak that's being used for dialogue in everything nowadays. It's exhausting.

[@Flesh_Wizard]

"well that just happened" "erm... it's right behind me isn't it?" "yeah, not my best moment" I'm tired boss, dog tired...

[@DestroyDEI]

Woke games cant have fitting dialogue in anything. Not sure why you're surprised

[@Creezusz]

@@DestroyDEI As if this is a problem with "woke". It's just modern writing that sucks

[@Jesse-or8di]

​@Creezusz Didn't you know? "Woke" just means "anything I don't like" now, apparently. The term is so watered down.

[@LouSassol69er]

Marvel dialogue

[@Proserpira]

I'm genuinely so upset about how smooth the Qunari are. The way the horns blend into the skin is pathetic. The sexiest, most violent, most brutal ritualistic dragon-killing race in all of Thedas has been babyfied.

[@SomeBlackGuy]

Wait... so this could've been avoided if Solas simply explained what he was gonna do beforehand? That is so unbelievably stupid I'm... actually at a loss for words...

[@Zerathil]

So much yapping, yet skipping the one line that could have actually mattered.

[@MB-jr3sm]

holy what a blast from that past bro, had to sub again, used to love your content back in the day along with chrisraygun and the gang, love ya bro, keep doing you xoxo

[@NtrnStrBlckHlDrkMttrNEnrgy]

tell me you've never played DA:I w/o saying you've never played it....

[@PABLOXxXfull]

@@blulikefriendlyhit1213 What do you mean, "yep"? He's not sealing the Veil, he's doing the opposite. Not only is it the whole point of Inquisition, it gets explained in the first 10 minutes of this game.

[@tabularasa0606]

You're forgetting that Solas doesn't trust anyone. The last time he tried he got betrayed by Corypheus. It is in character for him not to discuss what he is trying to do.

[@saintavenger7307]

Why the f*** do they keep changing the demons!?!? In Origins they were unique and scary now they’re just kiddie grim reapers

[@vahlok1426]

Wait til you see how dirty they did the Darkspawn. Again.

[@Zero-Dux]

I swear if they made darkspawn like they did the orcs in the ring of power ima lose my shit. Oh the darkspawn arent really evil, they are just misunderstood.

[@animeforever1962]

They look different in this game for story reasons. You might not like their new look but there is at least a reason behind it.

[@YorkJonhson]

The new designs don't bother me much in themselves, but I was always bummed that Inquisition mostly reduced them to just being interchangeable grunt enemies, whereas demon encounters in Origins were often a unique encounter with multiple outcomes depending on how you tried to deal (or make deals) with them. It made them feel like a bigger deal than just fighting another batch of mindless darkspawn.

[@Samagachi]

@@Zero-Dux i wanna know how they’re gonna make a race that kidnaps women and forcefeeds them their own flesh to reproduce “misunderstood”

[@EvilPumpkin]

Who knew the Archdemon was the real hero all along? It tried to spare us from this future and we killed it.

[@twilightgeneral777]

RIP Urthemiel, you were a real one

[@VisiblyPinkUnicorn]

Lived as Marauder Shields. Died as Marauder Health.

[@tristanjorritsma9709]

Corypheus was the good guy 💀

[@planescaped]

Turns out the best ending was losing in Origins all along.

[@bananassaultable]

Remember when in DA:O one of the standard finishers for a sword and shield character was bashing the enemy's brain out with the shield? and how every dialogue that would happen after even the tiniest fight would feature your character being completely dirtied by splashes of blood? And how the "impending doom" vibe was shown masterfully by giving you the option to do some really inhumane stuff to save the world? The new DA is so far from the design that even if it had been the best DA by the mechanics meter it would still be disliked by a sizeable chunk of the player base

[@laisamalforme5578]

But look god of war, they changed the gameplay completely and people loved it. If this would be a masterpiece people loved it too

[@hweheheh]

​@@laisamalforme5578people loved it because an absolutely insane amount of effort was out into making the Norse mythology fit into the universe. Just look up GoW documentary there's a really good video essay.

[@HighShamanMoses]

@@laisamalforme5578 they changed the gameplay but kept the general* tone this didnt do that- especially not as good as god of war did *i say general because Kratos has grown and changed but that's with proper characterization w/ a stable almost entirely singular Main Character

[@angryvaultguy]

​@@laisamalforme5578yeah but at least they didn't change the gameplay every freaking game There were many gow games that followed a Certain gameplay before it actually needed changes to keep it fresh

[@DANBAN119]

It doesn't look god awful, but it just looks like....slop. Churned out generic slop. Someone said it looks like those mobile game RPG ads, and now I can't unsee that.

[@Joyapp]

IGN 9/10 lol

[@TheNightman.]

@@Joyapp can't spell ignorant without ign

[@Flesh_Wizard]

I've been calling it "soy slop". It's a very specific brand of slop with AI generated looking characters, terrible story, "quirky" writing, and awkward conversation cadence. It's as if it were made by stereotypical Redditors

[@leila13dnd]

Ok the mobile game Rpg ad thing is real, actually. Lmao.

[@dud5606]

Visually yes. But it's supposed to be an rpg. And on that front the game is abysmal.

[@TheInsaneTeddy]

I don't remember where I heard it, but I remember hearing a comment along the lines of 'Every interaction between companions feel like HR is standing in the room.'

[@kev95]

Was that not on Skillsup review of the game?

[@TheForbidden_1ne]

Even if you didn’t hear it directly from SkillUp’s review, you’ve definitely heard that exact same line echoed around YT comments and other YTers videos (mainly because of how accurate the quote is)

[@Leo-mj1mt]

​@@TheForbidden_1neAll people agree because it's the ONLY scenario One can imagine to be True.

[@chopsandtoots]

​@@kev95 yeah that was Skillup's review lol

[@planescaped]

I want an omnipotent character to interject and mediate every conversation asking how each party feels. That'd really bring Dragon Age Shitguard together.

[@541landon]

Don’t know why this game even has dialogue choices when it doesn’t change a thing.

[@zzzzzzzzzz_me]

The Mass Effect trilogy had multiple dialog trees where each choice provided the exact same response. It's just way worse now

[@sanield2782]

​@@zzzzzzzzzz_me At least ME let you play renegade. Rook would email a report to HR about renegade shep

[@zzzzzzzzzz_me]

@@sanield2782 lol, fair enough. I just played through them enough to notice the lack of variety despite the implication of having three, completely distinct choices. Kinda ironic considering how the 3rd one ended, now that I think about it.

[@archbishopofthecrusades9579]

Like the various dialogs aren't even fitting. In DA2 at least angry, sarcastic, and diplomatic Hawke said the lines in different ways, same for the Inquisitor, here they just say the line very flatly, and the line itself seems no different from the others no matter how gruff you wish to be.

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@zzzzzzzzzz_me ME allowed you to fail or change quests by choosing the wrong options.

[@paule1624]

It’s like everyone watched the Saints Row reboot completely flop and said “let’s make all our characters and dialogue like that!”

[@hughmann9568]

Saints row is ironic humor. Literally doubling down the whole hipster vibe and intent. This was supposed to be a serious drama(like the games before it) and plays like a wattpad coming of age comedy. 😂

[@josephevans826]

And IGN had the nerve to give it a 9.. ain’t no way .

[@assortedsubscriptions4012]

IGN has been a shill org for sooo long now, I just expected it

[@madmintentertainment6268]

It's so weird its like we are all pretending it's not a scam lol

[@Ookayy004]

Well reviewer said n i quote "as a non-binary person myself" is an automatic 9 from ign

[@margarethmichelina5146]

I mean, it's IGN, what do you expect? You can't spell Ignorant without IGN.

[@forest_hobo]

They are bought by the woke agenda so no wonder there 😅 also who cares what they say, ign hasn't been valid for years

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Someone pointed out that the UI and character/gear menu looks like a ripoff of Hogwarts Legacy and I can’t unsee it

[@ianpfister1660]

I feel like the character design itself also looks the same vaguely too

[@hunter.youtube]

It's been a while since I tried playing Hogwarts Legacy, but wasn't it basically the Destiny 2 menu in the first place?

[@NegativSpace-pd6cz]

Yep and I wasn’t a huge fan of the Hogwarts UI, both look ugly as shit

[@NaruBrilu]

Yup, similar cant go rouge route either. Which tbf it's a bit more justifiable in Hogwarts cuz ur a teenager in school. Here this is supposed to be an rpg

[@nathanfranck5822]

Sooooo they're trying to capture all the Hogwarts players... This makes so much more sense

[@gracecalis5421]

I don't understand why they made Solas a secondary antagonist when Inquisition played him up so much. Most of all, he's actually an interesting and nuanced character, as opposed to the Elven gods who end up being the main antagonists, who are literally just moustache-twirling one-dimensional Saturday morning cartoon villains. Shame because their actual character designs look cool.

[@grumboflipflorp5688]

To be fair, I don't expect the average gamer to pick up on nuance

[@abdeaubacktayes750]

I swear i heard shillup say the exact same thing.

[@goldenlordofnightmares]

Then forgot about the Architect I guess

[@gracecalis5421]

@abdeaubacktayes750 Probably because he played the same game I'm playing. Idk maybe we're both wrong, maybe Solas becomes more central in the later acts, or the other two gods become interesting.

[@dkznikolaj7013]

Well... That's the common factor every time a game is woke. Super onedimentional characters. Cause in the mind of woke people, it really is just good vs evil - them vs all the racists, bigots and sexists. That's why the writing sucks in both games and movies that are woke... They don't see people, they just see labels.

[@dyingfiend7954]

The game feels like it was made by emotionally stunted Tumblr millennials so it tracks you can't be evil. It also makes me mad a lot of the OG creators have left. Inquisition visually and thematically feels better. I stand by the statement that Veilguard looks and feels like Fortnite (and feels soulless lol).

[@kev95]

Agreed.

[@USBmi]

I feel like you’ve never been on tumblr before

[@dyingfiend7954]

@@USBmi I am a tumblr veteran but it really depends on which side of tumblr.

[@karandullet380]

Agreed

[@edgelessuser5]

Everything else I expected but why the Darkspawn design?? Why does every game after Origins keep downgrading the Darkspawn?!

[@garrick3727]

Because Bioware are Disney now, so none of the enemies can be too human looking. It's all a big vortex from space and robot-like enemies that don't bleed.

[@Andrewflynn16]

The only one that looked better to me after Origins was aspects of the Ogre’s in the second game

[@SL4PSH0CK]

My same 1st efin thoughts with the darkspawn appearing in game 😂

[@sanield2782]

Bruh the darkspawn and the qunari both look like ass

[@edgelessuser5]

@@Andrewflynn16 I was actually considering editing my comment to mention I do actually like the ogre in number 2. Literally just beat the game again yesterday and it was actually better than I remembered it considering it was probably my third favorite of the now 4 games. Haven't tried Failguard yet but I am not shilling out full price for what I'm seeing. I just saw the pushup scene people mention and I cringe so hard from everything I'm seeing and hearing in that scene 🫠

[@flampagan1994]

This looks and sounds like a 90's cartoon, why are everyone standing around spouting the same plot synopsis and having a circle jerk about team work?

[@neilflavelle1]

Honestly that sounds like every jrpg to me

[@awesomefatBruceLee]

Wait you're comparing what decent well regarded media to...this?! DON'T YOU BLASPHEME IN HERE, DON'T YOU BLASPHEME!

[@AGuyWithFace]

Likely because that's what the writers experience in their day-to-day at the workplace. Any negativity or disagreement is highly frowned upon, so everyone pretends to be chummy and get along and always share the same opinions, so it makes sense that's how their writing ends up.

[@gonz18188]

Bro your background gets slammed in your face repeatedly it’s almost comical. If I I had to hear one more time how I saved that one village that one time

[@awesomefatBruceLee]

@@flampagan1994 just saying the closest this thing has to a 90's cartoon would be the porygon episode of pokemon because the pronoun scene in this game is a literal cognitohazard, its not worth the risk.

[@geladu7985]

this looks like a fake videogame that someone would be playing on a tv show

[@quickfate]

Holy shit, your right, thats what the melted clay look reminds me of.

[@AlphaOmegon]

OMG spot on

[@shawnd220]

IS THAT…… JOINT IN THE TEN YEARS MAN!!??

[@leon30517]

ten years

[@Walliin]

Super spot on. It feels like a game made by someone who’s only ever heard of video games

[@N0rmandy]

Dragon Age 3 DLC: Solas goes on a rampage, betrays you, goes on about needing to end the world because bla bla Dragon Age 4 starting act: Solas was trying to prevent a bigger bad?? Solas could of... you know... not do what he did in the DA3 DLC....

[@Megaphy]

This writing is abysmal...Neve is the detective and she constantly talks about investigating things, Harding talks abour scouting- Such surface level exposition. Absolutely criminal coming out of Bioware.

[@williammoore1030]

They need Chris Avellone back.

[@RenegadeSpider2]

@@williammoore1030they need to quit following woke politics. They gotta keep trying to weave woke shit in and it makes the writing horrible

[@FactoryDan]

Have you considered that you're just a bigot for not liking this obviously stunning and brave game??? 😗 JK, JK 😙 Just joshin' ya

[@MrBeetsGaming]

@@RenegadeSpider2 They're not even trying to weave it in they're trying to build the entire game around it

[@catwaffles9960]

@@RenegadeSpider2 zzzzzzzzzzz so tired, get new material, anti-woke grifting is so tiresome

[@kronksstronkstonks6360]

13:38 Minor issue but it ground my gears to fine dust; This is an automaton made of unconnected parts around a magical core, yet when the magical core dissipates the body still acts like a coherent whole despite being unconnected sheets of metal. They didn't even animate the parts falling apart its just light on = alive, light off = dead. It upsets me a little ngl. 14:14 MAJOR issue; this is forgotten lore, and the elves do not remember their history and yet these elves are aware of it all, even the fate of their gods which up until this game had been wreathed in myth legend and mystery. The elven pantheons situation being unknown to all except Solas, presumably Flemeth and the Inquisitor (thanks to speaking to Solas) yet everyone and their mother knows about it in this game for some reason.

[@Reaver102]

They hand waved the elf lore by saying they found a bunch of stuff in the 10 years lead up to veilguard. Its pretty trash, would have been more interesting if the dalish flocked to the evanuris.

[@garroshhellscream594]

And the way everything seems so magical and everyone don't give a damn about it is so weird man. Is this the universe were mages were locked into towers?

[@abroogie]

I heard a line of dialogue earlier about how the Qun "take care of each other" and I just.... can't with the desecration of lore that is so established.

[@randomdude2546]

@@garroshhellscream594 Not in tevinter which is where this shit takes place I think so that actualy makes sense , still woke thrash tho sad to see dragon age go like this

[@shoogazi3280]

Doesn't help the automatons look straight copy-pasted from BG3

[@leila13dnd]

If Veilguard did one thing right, then it's to make me appreciate Inquisition more.

[@emPIEror]

Inquisition is an aweful piece of trash but after seeing this.. Damn it's like a masterpiece of games

[@Verm0uth07]

As much as I want to, I hated the neverending fetch quest in inquisition with a passion.

[@ihavenoclue9756]

All the dragon ages suck, I dunno why folks are surprised 😂

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

I honestly wanna go replay the original trilogy now

[@DemNiciSeinYT]

@@ihavenoclue9756 Thats like your opinion man, i enjoyed all of them, even inquisition

[@hedgehog.of.cydonia]

and i was already hoping, that Baldur's Gate 3 taught big publishers something

[@fox-dies]

the game was definitely in development before bg3 released, lol, its been 10 years since inquis. not much they can change in a year besides very topical things.

[@leviticusprime4904]

@@fox-dieswell maybe they should've scrapped the whole project

[@arehtman3329]

It was in development like how cyberpunk been in development since 2013 They scrapped the whole game after anthem and made it from scratch

[@AnthonyBrownJr-cw4dz]

Balder series is trash

[@MohammedKin99]

@@AnthonyBrownJr-cw4dzL take

[@Jacqli-Rivoli]

Seeing old beloved characters from previous Dragon Age games forced to be a part of this abomination of a game upsets me as a Dragon Age fan.

[@Senumunu]

at least they had the decency to disfigure Morrigan so much she looks like a different character (with 4 tits) so it doesnt feel as bad

[@archbishopofthecrusades9579]

This series ended with Inquisition before the DLC, maybe at Aeakening and Origins lol.

[@Pharis111]

@@archbishopofthecrusades9579 Solus went on to destroy the world as well as any good will that was left ANTHEM and ANDROMEDFA after trespasser. Though the inquisitor tried, it was fate that solus destroyed the world and failguard is just the fever dream of a dying world.

[@sev1120]

​@@Pharis111It would've been very neat if Veilguard was a story of the heroes struggling to maintain their world, despite it evidently being in it's death throes as a new one, an unfamiliar one, is forming around them

[@gathererofmagic5350]

Meh I've been around since day 1 DAO it's not that bad calm down you crybabies.

[@superioropinion6421]

an rpg where your choice doesnt even matter, wow

[@stefanocarpinelli4839]

So skyrims main story basically too😂

[@Dr.Frankture]

​@@stefanocarpinelli4839Skyrim does have a lot of decisions you can make. Also, it's from 2011 and it's better than this garbage, in both story and actual gameplay.

[@stefanocarpinelli4839]

@ I totally agree I mean more in the main story. Skyrim is a wayyyyy better game.

[@JimmyDoogs]

How does this game compare to Hogwarts Legacy? I liked that game good enough. Is this better than that?

[@threestars2164]

@@Dr.Frankture ???? Skyrim is on the same level as the games telltale games used to make, as is the dragon age series.

[@ti-lo5hy]

Dialogue that sounds like it's fresh off a mandatory HR sexual harassment training video.

[@Andrewflynn16]

It should.. it’s a mature game and we deserve to have both half’s of the video at the minimum instead of just the HR approved shit

[@WSmith-s8v]

It sounds like I'm on a business call. So cringe.

[@AyamineMISC]

it's written by people that never had any real life experience outside of virtue signaling, no friends, no love, nothing. And these people have the gals to lecture you.

[@_tsu_]

SkillUp said the same thing. Every interaction feels like HR is in the room.

[@CakeW17701]

@@WSmith-s8v It is like when Im at Ice break activity but the ice never break lmao.

[@Arunnn241]

Why is Morrigan so nice? She's usually snarky as hell until she really likes you

[@karandullet380]

Well if you had a child with her she becomes quire pleasant for his sake but still a bit sarcastic and prideful you'll know if you've played inquisition

[@solidskullz5736]

I heard some of the writing earlier today and it sounds more like something you would hear in an early 2000s Disney channel show than a fantasy series

[@daveuppercut1]

I did.

[@garvielloken8494]

@Nlgga231 Everybody?

[@mattacer]

youre incorrect, this is just somebodies fan project

[@MrConredsX]

Its written like its Sesame Street episode, but that's the level of development the woke leftist have when living their entire life on Californian campus and then at their DEI job

[@Michael-bn1oi]

​@Nlgga231 christ your head is empty

[@garrick3727]

It reminds me of a G-rated Disney Marvel movie. Do you actually ever kill a human or elf, or are all the enemies just "magical creatures" that never bleed. I know there are cultists, but they are hooded and you cannot really tell what they are. Remember in DA:Origins and DA2 where your character would be literally covered in blood? Do they have any of that Grimdark stuff, or is this just a Disney movie?

[@hwykng82]

and the wise cracking snarky dialogue too

[@ohspookster]

genuinely the first enemies in the game are venatori?? who are known to be humans??

[@ThePopo543]

Also can we k* ll or at least kick out companions, or make them hate us so much that they leave? My guess is no, and that's an epic fail.

[@Hedonite]

The blight in this little like. Sea village after arlathan forest was pretty grim. But everything else so far is more whimsey (I'm about 5 hours or so in)

[@lightworker2956]

It's a Disney movie.

[@Ikarusu]

the fact that even though theres a small floating text saying how to do a basic attack they still pop up a massive window pausing the game saying the same thing except as a giant paragraph with a preview video really says a lot about game design nowadays

[@cleebbb]

@Nlgga231who asked you to ask who asked?

[@chrisperry4014]

And obviously it is needed since Charlie didn’t even realize why he couldn’t change the surname despite several indicators around that input box that denoted it was dictated by background choice. People don’t read. He didn’t even stop once to read a codex entry. It’s not surprising. This isn’t his style of game. That doesn’t t mean it’s bad. But plenty of people enjoy the pace and storytelling as well as the codex entries.

[@yaahya4502]

@@chrisperry4014 He did see it after trying to put one the first time. The game is not good, it is heavily on story and the story is bad, period

[@chrisperry4014]

@ have you played the game yet? Please shut tf up

[@jonathanpilcher337]

Or maybe it says more about the average reading comprehension

[@TT-rq3so]

the level of niceness is so unreal, it comes off as inauthentic, anyone who is too nice just comes off as fake, basically a sleazy car salesman -- is this how people are in California?

[@angel_of_rust]

it's the condescension

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

​@@angel_of_rustNah, Californians just straight up cap you. The sociopolitical slant of california prefers to browbeat you into submission though; gaslight, talk down, pick at insecurities/doubts, twist your words/intent, make you think you're bad because they're framing it that way from the start, then just keep at it til they win. The affectionate term is "worm". They worm their way into your brain and do everything they can to undermine your ability to oppose them.

[@zackestin1368]

bioware is canadian, not california, for clarity.

[@TransMascTrump]

You don't know anything about California lol

[@karandullet380]

​@@zackestin1368it's confirmed then all Canadians are like this

[@picklefathernurgle2719]

Hey, Charlie, did you know the Elven Gods escaped from their prison?

[@williamfalls]

Watch there be a DLC plot twist in which they actually didn't. And every step you take you hear them being surprised by this newfound information. Then at the end of it, you free the Elven Gods so that they can go back to saying it.

[@garrick3727]

Don't spoil it for him. Sheesh. He was just beginning to pick up the subtle clues in the dialog as well.

[@Pawnband]

For real?? They should have mentioned that..

[@archbishopofthecrusades9579]

​@@Pawnbandseriously how did they expect us to understand this deep lore.

[@MB9613]

It's crazy right? I heard they are killing people too. Maybe by working as a team some heroes could stop them

[@strikebolt]

Jaw simulator

[@assortedsubscriptions4012]

Mewing simulator

[@DavidMee-ko3jx]

@Nlgga231bot

[@primalspongebob6144]

MOGGED 💀💀💀

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

I’m surprised Charlie skipped the scarring. He completely missed the top surgery scars. Also I find it comical you can give a male top surgery scars and adjust the size of his butt and budge, but if you a female you can’t give her breasts bigger than a 32 A and a flat butt

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

Look maxing simulator

[@jimmygreenspan8832]

I forgot. Have the elven gods been released? And are they or are they not blighting the land?

[@garrick3727]

You'll just have to keep playing the game to find out.

[@marchmelloow]

They're not just blighted, but powerful. And they're not just powerful, but evil. And they're not just evil, but blighted and powerful. Oh, and don't forget evil.

[@jonahmiller5881]

@@jimmygreenspan8832 they're actually killing people, too!

[@boi3987]

@@garrick3727 Please no, I'll play DAO: Awakening instead

[@jonahmiller5881]

Whatever happened to the whole 'fighting darkspawn is lethal for non-Wardens because exposure to their blood is poison' thing? They're just bathing in darkspawn guts left and right now? EDIT: Nice, seems I was being a dumbass again. Thanks to the kind commenters who pointed out my error! I'll leave this up so folks can see the counterpoint to this complaint.

[@jaiapenopicante7758]

Think less and buy product.

[@jonahmiller5881]

@@jaiapenopicante7758 I love the AAA gaming industry!!!

[@wraith29A]

This is what I'm thinking as well... The whole point of being a Grey Warden is lost.

[@sleepyhead644]

Your companions in Origins fought through a fucking blight with no problems and only one of them was a warden. There's a lot to complain about with this game but come on, it's always been like that with the darkspawn.

[@WillieMaximum]

​@sleepyhead644 yeah the warden blood ritual is so they can detect DS movements and "hear" the Arch demon's orders, also p sure it's needed to absorb the arch demon and actually kill it proper.

[@FurtherFox1856]

Here before the “Dragon age situation is crazy” people

[@Yasviele]

The comment section situation is crazy

[@akanesakurada8298]

I think the situation is already there before the game release.

[@FurtherFox1856]

@Nlgga231 bro why so aggro? 😭🙏

[@Deathy-zt5je]

Dragon age situation is crazy

[@kevinseraphin5456]

@@FurtherFox1856 Dude that's a bot, it literaly responded that exact same thing under dozen of messages

[@btbrotherton]

This is so weird how they’re facing an apocalyptic situation and battling and killing all these creatures and still all so jolly.

[@Flesh_Wizard]

Soy psychos

[@archbishopofthecrusades9579]

Yeah, Varric being a wisecracker to cover up hsi fear and depression is great but wr need serious characters like Cassandra, Wynn, Ferris, etc. Too. We need to see a spectrum of reactions and tactics, then we can get to knwo their personalities and humor

[@sev1120]

​@@archbishopofthecrusades9579 Hell, the moments when Varric was serious hit extremely hard because in the other games he's in, he's one of maybe two comedic characters. In DA2, he and Merryth worked well as polar opposites of the comedic spectrum. Intentional comedy to hide fear, and the unintentional comedy caused by lack of knowledge. Then in DA:I, you had Varric and Bull. Iron Bull is a wisecracker, but he does this to maintain morale, and to hide his own fear and dread over the fact they have an impossible mission. And even if you had both comedic characters in a party, each one always had a straight-man to bounce off of. Someone who was resolute in this situation because they needed to maintain their stoicism

[@diomedes7971]

@@chromesucks5299 This is exactly what I felt when I saw the opening scenes of the game.. This is a badly written MCU tv series.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

Everyone's a Marvel hero now

[@sh_i_ro]

wait till he sees the push up scene

[@soldiermainsaregay9421]

He doesnt adress at all the cultural war he is to mainstream to say something about it

[@oliverfletcher8535]

@@soldiermainsaregay9421you're right but it's so unbelievably bad I have a hard time believing he won't say anything about it

[@TypicalBlakk]

@@soldiermainsaregay9421facts dude has no balls

[@theangrydweller1002]

@@soldiermainsaregay9421you don’t have to be into culture war stuff to see how ridiculous and cringe it is

[@johannderjager4146]

​@@TypicalBlakk, ...or maybe he just doesn't want to get into those things because of how divisive they are? He doesn't really EVER talk about politics regarding either side unless it's something utterly ridiculous. Besides, there's no shortage of channels that talk about the culture-war aspect, I already have that covered in my viewing experience.

[@Interweb_Gremlin]

Listen, Charlie understands it's bad, but he doesn't understand how bad it actually is. In the other games, that village part would have been a whole zone dedicated to visual storytelling, but instead, they just tell you shit like you're supposed to care. And don't even get me started on the god shit. Everyone is spouting lore like its common knowledge. The game just tells you shit. there's no mystery, no discovery. Bioware, what happened? HOW did this shit get pushed?

[@hweheheh]

Everyone responsible for dragon age origins and mass effect is looong gone

[@karandullet380]

​@@hweheheh yup most left after inquisition the last good dragon age game that deserved it's title

[@Liesmith424]

The thing I really appreciate about this game is that the elven gods have been freed, and they're killing everyone, but by working together and using our individual strengths as a team, we can defeat the elven gods that have been freed and are killing everyone.

[@windy8544]

it's nice that the elven gods didn't figure out how to work as a team because bad people are stupid

[@threestars2164]

So basically mass effect 2 all over again?

[@bogokhulnik]

Wait, the elven gods have been freed?

[@aj0413_]

Animation, Dialogue, Writing, etc… basically all the most important pillars of the game are just…not there

[@goldenlordofnightmares]

Animation is janky af

[@williamyoung9401]

"I'll make him all skin and bones..." -Charlie

[@Bemenhorst]

10/10

[@gregorymorse8423]

Technical development looked solid. They literally ruined the game by replacing the talented designers with fools while keeping the dev team intact. Rest assured the devs should move yonder

[@무군]

UI, writing and animation all look and feel like it was made by people who really wanted to work for Disney Pixar but failed their interview.

[@Azrael178]

those are probably the least demonic demons i have seen since... idk, warhammer games got my standards for demons high

[@amannamedsquid313]

The demons in the previous games were pretty demonic looking. Iconic too.

[@skaterhaube6026]

It's an art students rendition of a demon which is always a humanoid with some fucked up eyes or something

[@kizuki2650]

Its not a demon its a pride demon😂😂😂

[@vahlok1426]

Demons in the other games looked amazing, especially by comparison to these Spirit Halloween decorations. Pride demons for example were hulking, purple carapace covered brutes who wielded lightning magic and stood at around 15 to 20 feet tall.

[@Pharis111]

@@vahlok1426 Yeah, in inquisition, I feared the appearance of a pride demon considering how they would stroll in with their warhammer 40k looking ass.

[@planescaped]

Most character creators try to give you tons of options to make a good looking character... Veilguard is the first game where they give you tons of options to make a terrible looking character. This game beats the Dark Souls series at creating hideous monsters and freaks to play as, lol.

[@dasuberpanda]

Charlie created the guy on the warheads candy wrapper

[@baakojang2.030]

Underrated comment

[@MatteoTheFritoBandito]

Lol and what has been seen, can not be unseen

[@Serket800]

The fact that IGN gave it a 9 is beyond believable. They gave Stellar Blade a 7 and Black Myth Wukong an 8. I wonder how much they get paid. EDIT: I didn't mean to start a war in the comments

[@yunusgokcen174]

I hate IGN, they are so fake.

[@Sinaeb]

true, stellar blade should have been a 3

[@goldensaiyan4]

​​@@Sinaeb Nice bait

[@Fr00stee]

bc they probably got paid to make a good review by ea, its really obvious when people who gave even minor critiques of the game were denied review codes

[@Serket800]

@@Fr00stee all they were missing is the "sponsored" part.

[@a_passing_cloud]

“I wanna be evil…but best I can do is being direct.” That’s the joke guys. If you’re direct, you’re evil. 😂

[@windy8544]

no, the joke is you can't be evil, or rude, or have any choice or personality

[@Firebear31]

So Germany all over again

[@adsmexp]

Strict control stripping away your rp element in a rpg.

[@A1phaz0ne]

@@Firebear31 The German localization for the game is actually unplayable. I hope charlie catches wind of it and makes a video on it. The reason its so horrid is because the german language doesn't actually have the same words that the LGBTQ group has come up with. Meaning the dialogue in the german localization is just gibberish. For example, here's what some of the dialogue would look like in English, from German: "Hen is a capable fightere, but the leader*ess of the troupe is not a reasonable person:ess." Now imagine the whole game's dialogue structured like this. What in the actual fuck, right?

[@ghostlyhousehorrors]

​@@A1phaz0ne so it's the Latinx all over again. I'm guessing German has gendered language as well, so neutralising it comes off as awkward. I'm nonbinary and even I think forcing such changes to a language is a bad idea.

[@pAdude350]

I'm so sick of "clever" dialogue...

[@threestars2164]

But it's so heckin doubleplusgood like my marvelslop collection!

[@followertheleader]

I know Obsidian gets a lot of heat but for anyone who has played the outer worlds you can at least be evil.

[@visionforetold4568]

Outer Worlds was mid, this is mid

[@baakojang2.030]

@@visionforetold4568L take

[@XxSombreroguyxX]

​@@visionforetold4568you're mid

[@Bagingibagungi]

Outerworlds was really fun. People don't like fun anymore. They want their idea of perfection. It's sad af but goofy fun is no longer allowed to be considered good. Not every movie has to be citizen kane and not every video game has to be elden ring :(

[@catfish8716]

​@visionforetold4568 Outer worlds was mid. This is awful

[@manlet_king]

I half expected Rook to burst into song about friendship and the importance of sharing and caring every time he spoke with members of his team....

[@madbro4803]

@@manlet_king we're all in this together

[@HeavyArmsJin]

I just hate how guardians of the galaxy-ish all these AAA games try to be, they captured none of the charms and dumbed everything down

[@mememaster9703]

bud, thats already guardians of the galaxy. you think theres charms in that marvel slop?

[@kulerthankule]

⁠@@mememaster9703Yes

[@Mr.Bimgus]

​@@mememaster9703 When it was fresh and original? Yeah, there absolutely was charm. Iron Man was a fun character in his movies, because in most superhero movies prior to Iron Man, most of the time the hero takes themselves way too seriously. It was a breath of fresh air to have a more lighthearted hero. It's become boring, dull and irritating because these days everyone is Iron Man, and I'm tired of the trope. Everything in moderation.

[@lucasjones3338]

You used to be able to be mean or renegade but not necessarily evil. Even in DA2 you could be a blood mage but no one ever acknowledged it. This one just has no choice at all. The illusion of choice isnt even there.

[@themilkman9451]

All they had to do was write a decent plot. Couldn't even do that. 1 hour in and they already assassinated the character of Solas, guy was my second favorite DA villain behind the Arishok. At least it explains why they changed the name from "Dreadwolf" to "Veilguard", it's not about Solas anymore.

[@Violesada]

so depressing bro. all that build up for nothing. theyve done the templar-mage conflict all over again.

[@johnpantag472]

​@@Violesadalmao did you even play inquisition. The templar-mage conflict mattered throughout the game.

[@themanfromthefargalaxy7656]

This guy still thinks it's about Dragon Age.. LMAO! DEI bruh, DEI..

[@Violesada]

@@johnpantag472 that questline was not given the love it deserved. especially since it after its done, it plays second fiddle to corypheus' boring ass. It should've been the focus of the whole game imo.

[@luisochoa576]

He was a toxic male so they couldn't keep him alive. He'll be back and bend his gender in the next game.

[@βιτψηασσνιγγα]

I had no those were darkspawn when I saw them. Darkspawn wear armor and use weapons. These just look like generic zombies/ghouls with red eyes

[@littlehorror1057]

Exactly. However animating and designing the armor would have required taking time away from writing about DEI.

[@ffffdsd]

The little ones are just the husks from mass effect but red instead of blue

[@antoniobrown247]

​@@ffffdsdyou know the more I watch, the more I see it 😭😭the darkspawn was cool looking in Origins now they look so bad.

[@sev1120]

And Dragon Age already has zombies and shambling corpses. Ghouls exist, but they're the first step of darkspawn-ification

[@thatguyjax1092]

​@@ffffdsdso, abominations from me2

[@Power2thePwnage]

I already lost it at the first cutscene. “You really think you can come into my place and make demands?” *cuts to Pubis’s little smile

[@Cherokeechuck9]

The quick cuts to him during the action scenes were the best. Like around 19:33

[@TomJakobW]

*pubis tips fedora*

[@RedAlpha101]

"Isnt great" bro didnt even get to the 2nd companion.

[@jethrostaz4407]

I don't usually laugh out loud but "people always die, its what they do" got me pretty good.

[@wiseguidedmissile]

4:47 charlie’s character was so cursed, so horrendous, it caused the space-time continuum to recoil and spawn a rift from fortnite

[@silkyjohnson4208]

That weird purple disneyland ui bugs the shit out of me

[@peanutdecided6256]

bisexual lighting, not even joking.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Melonie Mac pointed out the UI and character/gear screens look like a ripoff of Hogwarts Legacy and I can’t unsee it

[@alejandrolagos9603]

Long ago i realised. Games has purple=trash. I remember mires morales spiderman game woke me up, so trashy

[@skaterhaube6026]

I'm noticing a trend of excessive amounts of purple and blue being in every piece of modern media

[@LeonJohnson-yi3hg]

It’s gross

[@profestia]

Its crazy how many people are literally slurping up this slop with glee

[@DevoNation23]

They killed dragon age :(

[@Ninj7]

The original devs left long ago, it's been dead for awhile now.

[@AlphaOmegon]

Another bag for the fishes

[@DevoNation23]

@@Ninj7 real and true

[@juliosubagio3355]

They already killed Mass Effect before with Andromeda. How people still have any expectation for Bioware after Anthem & Andromeda is completely beyond me.

[@feralperil]

look how they massacred my boy :(

[@Marryjanesbud]

What they did to Isabella legitimately convinced me to not even pirate the game. They disrespected the entire fanbase with this “game.” I can’t even imagine what they’ve done to fan favorites like varric or morrigan

[@POWERSTOVE]

@Nlgga231 i did

[@nautilusguts]

@Nlgga231 who asked

[@aidan1R]

Same person who asked you​@Nlgga231

[@Luminousreign]

what did they even do to isabella?

[@tamaraaerys1269]

What did they do to Isabella ???

[@dariusz.9119]

But IGN and other citics gave it 9/10 or even 10/10. How can it be bad if it's (according to professional critics) in the same ballpark as RDR2, Elden Ring, GTAV or TW3?

[@jiero3253]

I don't think listening to IGN is a good idea mate

[@aidan1R]

​@@jiero3253that is the joke

[@Ajax_Cleanerman]

Hell yeah brother listen to the same journalists who gave gotham knight a 9

[@71hammyman]

What a cancerous community this is, absolute sheep

[@sinisterz3r090]

Money talks.

[@Schizophrenic0]

his character looks like hasbulla 100% 1:55

[@apensalesman]

On god that thought just popped in my head and then I saw your comment materialize on the mobile view. Thank God I wasn't the only one thinking this

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

Meanwhile IGN 9/10 😂😂😂

[@DeffoZappo]

IGN: Doom 2016 =7.1

[@Y.T.STachi]

@@DeffoZappo And Sparking Zero a 7 the point is unless you pay IGN will give a shit take which is kind of weird since people pay IGN to give a shit take

[@The_Real_Iggy]

@Y.T.STachi sparking zero has dogshit balancing and doom 2026 was lowkey ass, eternal was peak

[@Royal_Rage]

​@@Y.T.STachigave tlou2 a 10💀..ig whoever pays them the most🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Pretty convenient IGN was one of the very few outlets to receive a review copy despite the big embargo and just so happens to give almost a perfect score… Tell me IGN puts out paid reviews without telling me they put out paid reviews

[@andypaul3788]

Look at how they massacred my boy. This is nothing like the names I grew up with and cherished so much :(

[@drcheesecak3]

This isn't dragon age, this is woke age

[@user-fo1ow1jq3b]

@andypaul3788 wait what's wrong with it?

[@user-fo1ow1jq3b]

@drcheesecak3 dragon age has always had gays

[@normalcomic4768]

I'm a Mass Effect guy so I didn't play Dragon Age, but I do know Bioware. Here's the immediate tell sign a company doesn't care about an IP and don't care for it: Changing its Genre radically from a dark fantasy, to something laid back friendly and more marketable to the masses. A action genre like the Avatar Airbender series can naturally go from kids to a teenager audience with Korra, but if you did a Comedy series and switched it into a War story where the characters die, you failed.

[@Naulstad]

​@@user-fo1ow1jq3byet again, it isn't just gays. How many times do I have to say it?

[@funklestiltskin6140]

I'm convinced they fed the DA wiki to an AI to write their plot and script then hoped for the best.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

Prompt 1: "Write a summary for a potential sequel in the Dragon Age series." ChatGPT: "Ok, here you go:" [dumps a few paragraphs of AI wiki/fanfic-amalgamated cringe] Prompt 2: "Expand on paragraph 1." Prompts 3-1000: [continued "zoom and enhance" on elements of the summary until script is of sufficient word count] Prompt 1001: "Rewrite each line of the main character's dialogue in a more direct/brutal tone." (to be used for the "renegade" options)

[@Fade2GrayOG]

You should eat the fruit. I prefer the cookies. Everyone prefers the cookies. Ok. I will eat the fruit.

[@chrisfondakowski4104]

27:58 "The power one. The power of two. The power of manyyyyyy," ahhh energy 💀

[@thatmeme8648]

This game is the equivalent of "Mom, can I have Baldur's Gate 3?" "You have Baldur's Gate 3 at home."

[@mcnair435]

Not being able to be evil in a choice based bioware game is a crime.

[@threestars2164]

What "evil" choices existed in the previous games? You were always the hero.

[@nutterbutter2056]

@@threestars2164in the first game you could sell a bunch of elves to slavers, the city elf origin you can let your cousin get raped for money. in the second game you can also just straight up sell one of your companions back to his slaver owner… you were the hero in both games but you could still just be an objectively evil shithead, which is an option just like, not present in this game in the slightest

[@ebrietaas]

I know everyone is talking about the dialogue, but I'm still surprised more people aren't bringing up just how abysmal the plot is ? There's no mystery, no excitement to make you wanna go forward and learn all about the storyline and hidden points. It's all "let's fight the bad guy, haha !" Maybe it gets more complicated, idk, but honestly there should be at least SOMETHING from the very start.

[@xuhatron]

it does get complicated, but you really need to play further into the game to reveal some secrets. there shouldn't be any mysteries, the game just answers all of the questions players might have had from the previous games.

[@HobbolinGobbolin]

Solas gets to look the same but they turn Varric into Jack Black 😭

[@Agent789_0]

Devs have to stop letting their kids write their scripts in crayon.

[@rowdygoat2334]

😂😂😂

[@LouSassol69er]

Hopefully the deus ex/guardians of the Galaxy writer comes up with some better crap than this. I know she didn't work on this but is for Mass Effects main narrative.

[@chriskoloski32]

They need to stop letting trans people make important decisions

[@windy8544]

kids would write much better stuff

[@kwenb1]

i am now trapped, which is to say i am not free

[@drake128]

This isn’t dragon age . This is a toddler’s crayon drawing being labelled a Van Gogh

[@chilihunter7392]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…

[@RobertMalachowski]

@@chilihunter7392 My eyes fell out

[@tychodragon]

Mental Illness Simulator

[@juantony]

We all agree that this isn’t Cannon from the lore.?

[@iamnotjcook]

​@Insomnia-DemonInquisition was an ambitious under baked sophomore slump that I can accept being in my trilogy. Maybe when the third game comes out they'll tie it all together

[@miguelcanizares7522]

​@@iamnotjcookwas dragon age 2 bad? i didnt play it

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

@@miguelcanizares7522 Dragon age 2's gameplay was bad, but I liked it's story & it is honestly small enough and pretty self contained that I don't see a good reason anyone would call it noncanon.

[@Fearz792]

⁠@@miguelcanizares7522It’s extremely underrated imo, not as good as Origins but it’s a solid game

[@Meosychs]

Personally I haven't played it but with all the comments about how DEI was involved....yeah I agree.

[@CybershamanX]

(26:08) In case you missed it, their gods have escaped. I love Charlie's "this must be how Dormammu felt" comment. 🤣

[@Emre.55]

Also don't forget they have to work together and all be friends. Don't thjnk they mention that anywhere, but it's important.

[@CybershamanX]

@Emre.55 Ah! The power of friendship! Now that you mention it, that makes so much sense! I can see how the writers got so wrapped up in the mystery that they thought it was obvious!

[@daben7145]

steam rating went from 64% to 77%, smells fishy, but skillup said he noticed the game was bad after the 10 hour mark, maybe people need to get to the bad stuff first to get the full picture :O

[@Zephy_Sky]

I'm not usually prone to conspiracy theories. But there is *alot* of fishy crap going on with this game. I'm interested to see what people find in the coming months, but the fact there is already a bunch of shady stuff out about it now speaks volumes.

[@tylerulfmann4586]

It’s interesting in that the reviews had significant performance issues Then all of sudden there was a strange push for chat gpt reviews weird perfect spelling Similar language that kind of stuff appear to effectively hide those reviews

[@c0n2oo3]

Maybe some people just like the game? What’s wrong with that

[@drcheesecak3]

I noticed it was bad after 5 mins. Are people that bad at games they need 10hrs to see trash

[@Mc76204]

Oh skillup, the reviewer who said nothing wrong about cyberpunk 77 at launch, lmao.

[@fox-dies]

i like how he said 'its one of pubus's bretheren, its got horns!!' and doesnt know how right he is lol. ogres are darkspawn that were created by qunari broodmothers.

[@captainofthelemonwipes4160]

Correct. 👍 Nice touch.

[@RomnysGonzalez]

It's insane the disparity between what reviews gave this game as score and the public score of this game. Reviews love it Actual real people and community sentiment is so sad and disappointed.

[@user-fo1ow1jq3b]

@@RomnysGonzalez 10/10 for me

[@thebro6204]

​@@user-fo1ow1jq3bthat's fucking wild. I'd probably need a shovel in order to dig to your standards

[@Mebsuta]

Let me be the millionth people to say it: publications and their writers have a very defined philosophical and political ideology/agenda through which they hand out ratings. This very often conflicts with what normal people like.

[@mr.penguin4614]

theres a ton of forced hate. most of these people aren't playing the game

[@ryanhorton3248]

Kind of resembles the current political climate. It's like people see and hear one thing, but then the media tells us the opposite. Very weird time to live in.

[@holyreaper9605]

“What should I name him? Pubis Ladeer?” I fucking DIED

[@AlexanderOCE]

​@Nlgga231 bot

[@holyreaper9605]

@Nlgga231bro created this account a week ago, slaps on a cringe pfp, and starts shitposting. I bet you eat corn longways bum

[@bilson7523]

I can't stop laughing at all these cutscenes with Pubus. You got super serious discussion topic about world ending events, then it cuts to a guy who spent the last 7 years mewing and getting hit in the face with a frying pan.

[@angrygreek1985]

i love how charlie sorta says almost in passing "wait, do they all have the same attacks?" like it hadn't quite sunk in at that moment that yes, yes they do. Every enemy in the game is the same. They're the same enemies with varying levels of damage sponge.

[@MultiStendhal]

Never thought Sims 4 would get a medieval fantasy DLC.

[@Pitchguest]

Could they GET anyone more wimpy sounding to voice the character? It's a Qunari but it sounds like it was voiced by a Starbucks hipster.

[@PULI3r]

You have a choice in the character creator. 2 male voices and 2 female ones, each with medium and low pitch. The other male voice sounds miles better.

[@AC-ov5ny]

this is the least of this game’s worries, and despite how much greater effort bg3 had put into it, it had same problem with orc and dragonborn characters.

[@Pitchguest]

@@AC-ov5ny Yes, of course, RPGs for the longest time didn't have voice actors and they worked out just fine but it definitely doesn't help their case. The other voice is supposedly better, but the dialogue... it's like that infamous Harrison Ford line, "you can type this shit but you sure as hell can't say it."

[@yorudan9447]

The Demons look and feel so shitty. Playing through Origins right now, and Fade Demons are supposed to be more menacing, sometimes grotesque depending on what they represent. Some are cunning, and deceptive, others are forceful and evil. The Mage's Harrowing is the perfect introduction to it. You meet three demons in there, and they COULD NOT be more different. Here, they're just cookie cutter villain 76 77 and 78

[@missbunnypaints7743]

It's so trash... can't believe they have ruined that hard the demons and darkspawns

[@FlyMysticalDJ]

Saying the game isnt great is probably the nices thing you could say about it.

[@lordofthebuckets2676]

Calling it now: Elder Scrolls 6 will be at about the same level of mediocre to subpar quality as this game but people will call it game of the year.

[@VegetaHitsGirls]

Delusional.

[@XavIsOnline]

For the first few months to a year yeah. Then the backlash, led by video essays with titles like "Dickwood is NOT a Masterpiece" and "Elder Scrolls VI: Dickwood | An Utter Disappointment [runtime: 48 hours]"

[@lordofthebuckets2676]

@ People treat Bethesda with kid gloves.

[@lordofthebuckets2676]

@ And they’ll be correct. Starfield might have been impressive 15 years ago.

[@doomfistmain5515]

@@lordofthebuckets2676 they used to but outside of the diehard fans people shit talk Bethesda all the time, starfield was shit on by everyone

[@realsquidward4150]

People of taste, we meet again. Who needs melatonin when you got Moisty at 2am

[@realsquidward4150]

@Nlgga231oh boy, your name says it all. You have much to learn young padawan. Understanding life means being in peace with yourself and you seem to carry a lot of hatred😘

[@nontoxic9960]

@Nlgga231 I asked.

[@setiawan2791]

​@@realsquidward4150don't need to engage, that's bot

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

@@realsquidward4150it’s a bot 🤡

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

If you get the side view, you'll see that the butt slider is USELESS. It goes from literally no gluteus muscles to small.

[@BeeWarrior_]

So men cant sexualise the "women"

[@anaguma90]

Meanwhile palworld lets you have a gigadumptruck ass

[@johnhilton4245]

Isn’t great is an understatement Charlie