Dragon Age: The Veilguard

En****ification.

Video games used to be made by video gamers for gamers, it was not an industry of particular note, actually quite niche, in the last decade and especially during covid the gaming industry has grown in to something of a leviathan.
That has attracted a lot of investment, people who see a bandwagon and jump on it to extract as much money from it as possible, these people know nothing about the gaming industry or gamers, they think they know how to maximise profits, like making your product appeal to the most people possible, so not for kids only, not for adults only, but both, don't do anything that might upset someone, don't take any risks of any kind, make it inclusive to everyone, if you do all of that then everyone will like your product, right?

So how do you do that? Well that is simple, there are lots of consultancy firms who for a fee will tell you everything that is wrong with you, your company, its employees, your product and how to fix it, of course if your company and its products didn't have all these problems there would be no reason for these people to exist. So prepare for never being satisfactory to these people.

And this is how talented people get pushed out for not thinking in the right way, replaced by vapid, airheaded, talentless people who end every sentence with a downward inflection like its a ****** question, people who obnoxiously put effort in to sounding unthreatening. *yuck*.

This is why games are boring but safe garbage, the woke stuff is just part of this 'widest possible appeal' and the thing is once you're faced with a woke activist giving you an emotional spiel about how you can make a difference in the world it sounds plausible and may even appeal to your ego, if you don't have such an ego the vialed threats of how you, your company and its product might be portrayed if you don't comply would sure as **** do it.

This is why i'm comfortable watching it all burn to the ground because getting trapped in all ^^^^ mess needs to be seen as the far greater threat than the actual threats.
 
This game is a YT clickbait creators wet dream....some of the titles "DA:V is DEAD in the WATER" and "BIOWARE PANIC" :D

Really interested to see how this sells. I do wonder what went on behind closed doors 4/5/6 years ago which made devs/publishers lean so hard into the DEI stuff and put it front and centre of some of their games. Let's be honest, if it's done modestly (like in BG3) then no one cares, but something must have have been in the water at some of these places to make it such a large part of the games.

I'm still planning to pick it up, but I'll wait for the furore to die down and the discounts to kick in first. My main concern, from watching the reviews isn't all the DEI stuff that's getting people worked up, it's the (apparently) uninteresting interactions, poor character development and "Lets all be friends and save the day!" as pointed out in a few reviews (like SkillUp) that puts me off. Anyway....I foresee a "Mixed" Steam review and lots of angry Metacritic comments.
 
Was watching some videos earlier and I think it looks really good, except the Shrek style Disney characters. The people complaining about the Trans stuff need to get a life, it's optional.
 
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Says it all really! You cannot trust post launch reviews!
 
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Says it all really! You cannot trust post launch reviews!


And people say shill media doesn't exist...the whole thing is utterly corrupt.

And then the copers claim that independent CC's with no skin in the game are just as bad...it's not even close.

Look at this, what an absolute joke, a completely mid game at best, that has disapeared without a trace really, given the setting, the studio, the length of development etc - this was one of the most hyped and anticipated games of recent years, but according to the gaming media establishment it's one of the games of the decade...so what's Baldur's Gate 3 then? a 13 out of 10, 8.5 stars out of 5?

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Here's another @Apex

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Something very suspect about all this...


The only people who can't see what is going on are just being wifully ignorant, we've heard about CC's not getting review copies because they weren't positive enough, and it's clear there's scripting going on with the usual outlets, same outlets that join in in the attacks of fans who refuse to just go along with DEI, or just wonlt buy flat out terrible games.

These corps feel they're entitled to our money without putting in any effort, same with Hollywoke. Entertainment is now refusing to make products people want to buy, but has decided that making what they want to make and gaslighting their audience is the way to infinite riches...

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Here's another @Apex

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Something very suspect about all this...

These days I have a few go to reviewers and even then I don't take their word for it and make my mind up based on what I have seen.

Even better don't buy on launch if it is not a must play game and in a few months it will be obvious what's what with users reviews and posts on here. Plus you get bug fixes and a cheaper price.

Like right now I have 30+ games on my steam wishlist. Topping them are games like God of War Ragnarok, Silent Hill 2 and Black Myth Wukong. But they are all full price right now and I have games installed I am struggling to get the time to play. So no way amnI paying full price for those when I have not even completed games I am playing now..
 
Another thing that baffles me, people clearly don't give a **** about spoilers because they read about all the "woke" stuff before the game is released.

I wouldn't have a clue if trans stuff is optional because I don't go hunting out spoilers. I didn't even know there was trans storyline bits until people posted twitter feeds in here.
 
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These days I have a few go to reviewers and even then I don't take their word for it and make my mind up based on what I have seen.

Even better don't buy on launch if it is not a must play game and in a few months it will be obvious what's what with users reviews and posts on here. Plus you get bug fixes and a cheaper price.

Like right now I have 30+ games on my steam wishlist. Topping them are games like God of War Ragnarok, Silent Hill 2 and Black Myth Wukong. But they are all full price right now and I have games installed I am struggling to get the time to play. So no way amnI paying full price for those when I have not even completed games I am playing now..


Tbh, I haven't bought a game on launch since the Rome Total War 2 debacle, and I tend to buy only when cheap, finished and fixed - you end up paying less for the best experience.

Trouble is these days, people can't wait to flex that they "grabbed" domething on pre-order etc - they're completely brainwashed into consumerism in away I never thought I'd see, the concept that people would actually line up pay in advance for a game that might be dogwater is still absolutely wild to me - but they got away with it...and it has killed gaming, but people wonlt listen, they'd still rather hand over £70 in advance...mugs.

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Another thing that baffles me, people clearly don't give a **** about spoilers because they read about all the "woke" stuff before the game is released.

I wouldn't have a clue if trans stuff is optional because I don't go hunting out spoilers. I didn't even know there was trans storyline bits until people posted twitter feeds in here.

Everything baffles you Vince...

:)
 
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