Dragon Age Dragon Age: The Veilguard Thread

[AwesomeButton]

I'm barving so fucking hard, men.

Even the carpet has raised in support.

 

[Hedasd]

Veilguard had peak 70k concurrent players. I say it reaches around 100k.

Now let's compare it to other RPGs released in recent years:
Baldur's Gate 3 https://steamdb.info/app/1086940/charts/#max 875k
Elden Ring: https://steamdb.info/app/1245620/charts/#max 953k
Starfield: https://steamdb.info/app/1716740/charts/#max 330k

Doesn't look good for Bioware's newest sweet baby.

Biodrones will use the excuse of game being available also on EA store while ignoring a few facts. Game was announced as Steam Deck verified before getting a release date, they announced it wont require EA App for Steam version, had multiple news blogs and articles dedicated to pc version, came out for 60 dollars. Also Starfield was available on Game Pass and likely to have sold more on Xbox than pc. Veilguards marketing only worked for trannies and Bioware fans(indistinguishable at this point) and that is only because they made this game part of their identity politics like the retards they are. Its like black people in America thinking Black Panther was a good representation of actual black people in Africa and rushing to theaters.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

Did this really outsell bro game Black Ops 6? That's actually depressing jf true. We're a doomed species.

 

[Lacrymas]

Did this really outsell bro game Black Ops 6? That's actually depressing jf true. We're a doomed species.

"""""""""""RPGs""""""""""""" outselling broshooters wouldn't surprise me in this post-BG3 climate.

 

[Cael]

12 year old boys like big tits and violence, not having sticks and trannies lecturing them about pronouns and muhsogyny.

I mean

I mean, music aside I still think this is a pretty good trailer. Dropping the scabbard, dude knowing he's walking into certain death, knowing he's going to keep on swinging until an unstoppable mob takes him down, then that cut to the nice clean red/black aesthetic which defined a lot of Origins and gave it a distinct visual identity.

I wouldn't say it's an all-timer or anything, but it serves as a good reminder of how far things have fallen. Now the visual identity is all of the purple and the only willing sacrifice for the greater good are cringe-miners suffering through the game.

That trailer freeze frame has a guy stabbing darkspawn in the ass... from the front. Good luck getting anything even remotely as hardcore in present year.

 

[kangaxx]

Did this really outsell bro game Black Ops 6? That's actually depressing jf true. We're a doomed species.

"""""""""""RPGs""""""""""""" outselling broshooters wouldn't surprise me in this post-BG3 climate.

It would surprise me a great deal.

 

[Camel]

Codexers playing Veilguard.

 

[Axel_am]

Is anyone from the 'dex staff writing an official review for this?

 

[La vie sexuelle]

 

[Fargus]

Codexers playing Veilguard.

more like:

 

[jaekl]

They actually put a hand mirror on a table in the frame!! The corniest shit I've ever seen in my whole life lmao

 

[Hedasd]

Did this really outsell bro game Black Ops 6? That's actually depressing jf true. We're a doomed species.

"""""""""""RPGs""""""""""""" outselling broshooters wouldn't surprise me in this post-BG3 climate.

It would surprise me a great deal.

Black Ops 6 specifically shouldnt be a surprise, its the first Call of Duty on Game Pass since acquisition. Everyone have been speculating about if CoD will ever be on Game Pass on day one or not so its a big deal for casuals.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

This is what rpgs always wanted to be about.

whhhhhaaaaaaaaaaattttt ayyyyyy lmaooooooooooooo

I remember when people was angry on Bioware because you needed romance Zevran to learn ability :D

 

[jaekl]

That's why i always polish my armor to a mirror sheen... I used to fear the mirror... the mirror showed me who i trully wasn't... but now... a mirror gives me no more fear-or... i am a trans woman of vitiligo and a mirror won't ever put me down again... *a tear of pride drips down my cheek*

 

[Lacrymas]

I remember when people was angry on Bioware because you needed romance Zevran to learn ability :D

Idea for the next Bioware game - you get specific *active* abilities based on who you romance and your gender. The two-handed or sword and board ability is unlocked only if you are transgender.

 

[Hellion]

Like the "I'm non-binary" scene, the writing here feels EXACTLY like some troon writer trying to cope with xer existence by making xer real-life thoughts into in-game text.

I wonder if this turbocringe interaction is "locked" behind selecting they/them pronouns or is happening by default to everyone.

 

[Lodis]

 

[Axel_am]

Sheep people getting paid to make sheep noises.

 

[Mark Richard]

12 year old boys like big tits and violence, not having sticks and trannies lecturing them about pronouns and muhsogyny.

I mean

I mean, music aside I still think this is a pretty good trailer. Dropping the scabbard, dude knowing he's walking into certain death, knowing he's going to keep on swinging until an unstoppable mob takes him down, then that cut to the nice clean red/black aesthetic which defined a lot of Origins and gave it a distinct visual identity.

I wouldn't say it's an all-timer or anything, but it serves as a good reminder of how far things have fallen. Now the visual identity is all of the purple and the only willing sacrifice for the greater good are cringe-miners suffering through the game.

What's shown is known as 'The Calling' or 'The Long Walk'. It's where the Grey Warden begins to succumb to the Darkspawn taint, and so he/she descends into the deep roads alone to take down as many Darkspawn as they can before being overwhelmed. That's your character's inevitable future, even if they win (Judge Dredd has something similar where if a Judge reaches retirement, they venture out into the wasteland to bring law to the lawless). I mention this to point out how the scenes shown in the trailer are not some stock fantasy footage that has no bearing on the actual game. Bioware conveys the tone it's going for and what the Grey Wardens are. There's no white picket fence. No riding off into the sunset like Geralt of Rivia. You were dead the moment you drunk from that comically oversized chalice.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

I remember when people was angry on Bioware because you needed romance Zevran to learn ability :D

Idea for the next Bioware game - you get specific *active* abilities based on who you romance and your gender. The two-handed or sword and board ability is unlocked only if you are transgender.

If this were really the case, it would mean that Bioware is thinking about some connection between the mechanics and the plot. And clearly in this company there are two completely independent branches.

Like the "I'm non-binary" scene, the writing here feels EXACTLY like some troon writer trying to cope with xer existence by making xer real-life thoughts into in-game text.

I wonder if this turbocringe interaction is "locked" behind selecting they/them pronouns or is happening by default to everyone.

Oh, just look at this. The answer cannot be expressed in words, but you know it:



Are you try to have sex with me?

 

[Axel_am]

Oh, just look at this. The answer cannot be expressed in words, but you know it:

Call me old fashioned but I prefer bear sex to this.

 

[Irxy]

I wonder how the localization to any "gendered" language(Spanish, Italian, etc) will adapt this BS line.

Makes me wonder, Russian has 3 grammatical genders, shouldn't it be non-ternary then?

 

[Alienman]

I feel like

after watching that.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

I feel like

after watching that.

We all feel this way.

 

[Warrax]

Two of those are written by the same guy. Apparently he hadn't gotten to the "barve" scene yet and thought it was all overblown until he saw it himself.