Dragon Age Dragon Age: The Veilguard Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[ArchAngel]

I mentioned this a few months ago, but you can tell how mentally handicapped the writers are just by looking at the faction Shadow Dragons.

They are anti-Tevinter and anti-slavery. Why are they named after dragons, the ancient gods to which Tevinter sacrificed millions of slaves?

You wouldn't name an anti-nazi group Shadow Hitlers, would you?

You forget that current day fascists are called Antifa

 

[Shaja]

Uh, every time I see a screenshot from this game my IQ drops a point. STOP THE PASTE!

 

[Pink Eye]

 

[Cryomancer]

About CDPR, is truth or fake news that when they launched a scolarship that discriminates against the group that founded their company(Polish man) and adopted ESG, a lot of high end workers moved to other studios like Warhorse studios?

 

[SixDead]

Poland you were the last resistance.

Not even in top-100 in Russia
Edit: you simply can't buy it here, thanks EA

 

[rubinstein]

Uh, every time I see a screenshot from this game my IQ drops a point. STOP THE PASTE!

You've gone too far, now drop and pull an Barv

this entire "pulling a barve" is so uncool. from lingo to idea behind it. its what saturday-morning cartoon pirates would do, not "dark fantasy" pirates. really reinforces the idea the game was written like its target audience are children.

 

[Konjad]

this entire "pulling a barve" is so uncool. from lingo to idea behind it. its what saturday-morning cartoon pirates would do, not "dark fantasy" pirates. really reinforces the idea the game was written like its target audience are children.

not children but manchildren

 

[whydoibother]

Bulgaria has it at #2 too
Then again, half the Top 10 is free or deeply discounted games.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Bulgaria has it at #2 too

Mayka B1lgariq can into westoid brainrot))

 

[Pink Eye]

:thinking:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziff_Davis
https://investor.ziffdavis.com/stock-information/ownership-profile/default.aspx

 

[taxalot]

I'm never getting over this 'are you non binary yes/no (you must choose)' logic.

Technically, I can decide to be non binary and just fuck hot women because and dress in men clothes, no ?

 

[Child of Malkav]

Anyone seen this? Really cool.
Talk about the connections of SBI and especially Ubisoft. Plus a chart showing their involvement in various projects.

 

[whydoibother]

I'm never getting over this 'are you non binary yes/no (you must choose)' logic.

Technically, I can decide to be non binary and just fuck hot women because and dress in men clothes, no ?

That's how being non-binary is handled in Mount&Blade.

 

[Drowed]

Top 2 in HUE land too, but that's... strange. People here usually aren't big on CRPGs. I don't know a single person who plays this kind of game here. I mean, 249BRL is like 1/5 of the salary of most people, people here don't buy games full price. Some do, of course, but to the extent that the game reached 2nd place? Dunno, seems fishy to me.

 

[Pink Eye]

Technically, I can decide to be non binary and just fuck hot women because and dress in men clothes, no ?

hot women

 

[Lacrymas]

I'm never getting over this 'are you non binary yes/no (you must choose)' logic.

Technically, I can decide to be non binary and just fuck hot women because and dress in men clothes, no ?

That's how being non-binary is handled in Mount&Blade.

That's how non-binary is handled irl too. I haven't heard any substantial arguments about being non-binary. Try to explain non-binary without mentioning clothing and hairstyles (aka just fashion choices) challenge: impossible.

 

[rubinstein]

Technically, I can decide to be non binary and just fuck hot women because and dress in men clothes, no ?

hot women

finally: the unawesome button

 

[Storyfag]

Bulgaria has it at #2 too

Top 2 in HUE land too, but that's... strange. People here usually aren't big on CRPGs. I don't know a single person who plays this kind of game here. I mean, 249BRL is like 1/5 of the salary of most people, people here don't buy games full price. Some do, of course, but to the extent that the game reached 2nd place? Dunno, seems fishy to me.

 

[Xorazm]

I've said this before: unless you are getting sales numbers from a reputable third-party (and when it comes to video games in the US, there is basically one company that actually has the data, and that is Circana), or unless it is reported in official financial documents like quarterly/annual reports, YOU SIMPLY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY UNITS A GAME HAS SOLD.

Statista, Steam (or SteamDB), VG Chartz, etc., these are all notoriously unreliable. People who track the video game industry for a living do not use these sources because they are untrustworthy. Nobody is going to know how many copies this game has sold until the nerds have started crunching the numbers from the various points-of-sale. A good rule of thumb, however, is that if the company (in this case EA) doesn't announce the number after the first few weeks, it is because the number is not great. It could be "fine" or "enough" but no company is going lead with their chin and report a low purchase rate.

The only thing you can do is wait. And read the user reviews and have a chuckle.

I think it's going to do strong numbers out of the gate. Like I said, there will almost surely be some form of "strongest release ever" to go along with more "Bioware is back!" headlines. I'd also expect a "we're very pleased with the performance of Veilguard," that one is almost inevitable. We'll have our memes and glorious cringe clips, Biodrones will get to escape their miserable lives for a while, and EA will rake in the sheckels.

One outstanding question, of course - a lot of people are going to buy it in order to review bomb and refund. The only thing of any meaningful value to watch will be what EA says on calls with shareholders.

But I still think it's going to do fine and Bioware is going to do fine - they're still the shepard (hur) of some very valuable IPs. And with standards as low as the Veilguard audience, would you really want to lose access to those people? It's pretty clear the play, and I think it's a smart one - use this game to soak the diehards while roping in the kiddies, and once you've got that audience captured, start putting the squeeze on - mobile spinoffs, live service, gacha. They got spooked because they know they're on thin ice, plus the gullible younger kids have no idea what a Dragon Age is, but I'd put good money that's the long term plan.

These people will obviously buy anything. Why would you not want to wring every dime from them? You think these people won't throw giant gobs of cash at the most garish possible cosmetics? The more money this game makes the more certain a live service soaking is going to be in the works, and no one will laugh harder than me when EA starts raking in millions on 100 dollar Solas skins.

 

[sebas]

Did it not occur to them that "Doing a Barve" sounds like "Doing a Barf"?

 

[MakenBro]

Uh, every time I see a screenshot from this game my IQ drops a point. STOP THE PASTE!

This thing is a woman in 2024.

 

[sebas]

Bulgaria has it at #2 too

Top 2 in HUE land too

#2 in Robmania too

 

[whydoibother]

Try to explain non-binary without mentioning clothing and hairstyles (aka just fashion choices) challenge: impossible.

"Sometimes I feel like I am trans, and other times I feel like I am not."
When I read non-binary that's what I percieve - someone either on their way to trannydom, or on their way back from there. The bisexuals of genital mutilation.

 

[Haba]

Come on guys, you've never noticed that even the most shittiest big studio releases always go to the top of the "Global Top Sellers" chart on Steam?

It is almost like it was a marketing trick!

 

[whydoibother]

No hablo ingles, what's that pulling barve shit?