Bioware has been trash since day one...but idiots love there garbage games
@PopxTartxThief Says:
27:37 I love how Isabela says that saying sorry for misgendering someone isn't enough because apolgizing makes it all about you and it causes drama, as she makes it all about her while doing push ups in the middle of the room while stealing the conversation and preaching that she know better than everyone else in the room.
@dudester6442004 Says:
great video, but makes me wonder about your judgement. you beat DAI 5 times?! so many better games out there bro!
@masha22092000r Says:
Remember those Elder Scrolls Online cinematic trailers?
There's one called "Arrival". (Just looked it up)
That's what I imagined DA:4 to look & feel like.
Instead we got a bad DreamWorks cartoon.
(Ironically the writing in ESO's story chapters is so much better than "Veilguard".)
@bicello Says:
woke games are bad because they are made by woke people that are hired because they are woke, when you hire based on different parameters than skill, 100% sure you will end up with a lot of unskilled people, and you have seen this, they can't write a good story, they can't write good dialogues, they can't write good characters, they can't make a good UI, they can't program, they can't come up with good design, etc etc etc
@ogrimtodeshammer2739 Says:
Heelsvsbabyface acually played Veilguard. He gave it a chance, the writing is cringe!
@TrueBlueMajikDewd Says:
Alistair in my DA:O became a dbag that got exiled. 😂 I love how different things can be.
@Grogeous_Maximus Says:
Old Bioware is long gone. Bethesda as well. AAA thinks toxic positivity and a corporate cult-like loyalty is the only way,
and these big companies are collapsing under their own weight. "Corporate art" is an oxymoron.
I am looking forward to Exodus, however.
My white friend said I was racist for disliking Jacob in ME2 lol. We still laugh at that, 10 years later
@vexicution5533 Says:
I was going to get it since it was going the hack & slash direction but after what I'm hearing about it I'm not getting it, so disappointing.
If you want to play a sick dark fantasy game, play a game called Soulstice.
It`s a hack & slash game that takes inspirations from the anime Claymore and Berserk, you will see the inspirations strait away as soon as you see the main character and the boss designs.
If you decide to play Soulstice I'd recommend that you watch Claymore and Berserk first just to get you hyped up to play the game, it`s cheaper and a much better hack & slash game than this crap.
Also...
There is a game I want to tell you about, as a black guy I have to let you know about this.
There is a hack & slash game that`s in development, what makes this game special to me is for the first time in the hack & slash genre the main character is black, on top of that the developer is black.
The game look sick, it has a visual aesthetic simular to beyond the spider-verse, you can preform parkour, you can switch stances, its futuristic, it has afro-beats music and the main character looks and sounds sick.
The game is called: Yasuke a Lost Descendant
If you`re interested check it out and support the devs (Dalliance Studios).
@Threesixtyci Says:
2:15 U can pretend if u want... but episode 3 was a fluff episode that did not serve a purpose. 9 episodes was the limit to show the whole first game... and ep3 wasted an hour that would have better served the story elsewhere. Such as giving more time for Ellie to bond with David fighting infected... or not remove the whole Ellie drowning part (though bet neil removed that on purpose)... or even more infected screen time.
The problem is that the current game scripts writers can't write, because all they know how to do is self insertions and only know how to beat you over the head with story plot points, since it's the only cliff note they know from the original story. And they surround themselves with yes hires... so nothing gets any criticism... and this is the end result.
4:50 oh so u know... well... this is what they mean by wokeness. It's the same people... the people who are inserting the top surgery scars and preach DEI are the ones writing these lame stories.... and making these lame IP diection decisions. it's all tied, together.
8:15 the difference is that these writers don't care about the original. They only care about their own vision. Their own spin... Just look at all the new star wars stuff... or Witcher Netflixs... they dont care about the source material.
30:45 ... think anyone wants to see you go off like you're doing... the why is because the people pushing these choices typically have no talent. Hense the writing in this game... and others like it. Point to a game with pronouns that is good. BG3 is how you add choices and options... not shoving it down your throat... and then scorn me for coughing it up and not liking it.
34:45 ...pff... and how does one vote with their wallet without giving them money first? You just insulted a review where a guy said I'm returning the game cause it has pronouns. But now you're advocating to vote with your wallet...
37:40 believe what u want... but that guy said he left it up to show that he messed up... that he didn't want to delete it and act like he didn't mess up. But yeah.... got to treat these yutubers as Fox and MSNBC the truth is on the middle.... though right now... ur playing on the exteme as well... and I'm calling u out for doing that.
43:25 are you Being obtuse on purpose? Those games sold units based of their name recognition, not due to their quality. The so called grifters that you keep bashing are shoving a spotlight on all this. And yet you insult them for doing it. So desperate to not be placed in the anti woke category, but want the same thing... they do... worthwhile, awesome games.
44:50 Jesus...dude... seriously... buy the game for me... I'm too poor to buy it.... ??? U freaking serious?
@damianp4451 Says:
Where do I donate the money man? I gotta see what you think after playing
@PaulusAlone Says:
When game reviewers are talking about the amazing hair physics of BioWares Dragon Age: The Veilguard (even though it was done by the FIFA soccer devs) and bragging about the character creator screen, then you KNOW “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark…!” - Hamlet.
@thunderhamilton1 Says:
people who bought the game despite not liking the initial things was due to wanting to at least be fair and give the game a chance to subvert their expectations. People don't respect the opinions of people who haven't even try to playing whatever game they say is bad
@odst123451 Says:
I like annoying the people that defend this game. I call it bad and they summon an army. It’s freakin great! lol
@joeherrera8826 Says:
I am surprised more people have not gotten more into Metaphor Rephantazio.
@Jacksonstreet71 Says:
Yeah, it's not about "woke v anti-woke." This is not a game for fans of DA0 (not woke), DA2 (woke), or DAI (also woke) because Electronic Arts' attitude towards "woke" is the same as their attitude towards "lore," "writing," "consistency" or "player investment." It's completely cynical, insincere, disingenuous, and contemptuous. They see it as a target market, that's it.
@painted_spiders Says:
Damn... I was really hoping that I could just cyberpunk this out & wait for it to hopefully get better but after watching this I feel like there's no hope.
@FuckYoutube-wf1wh Says:
Trump won you snarky b!tch
@the-dark-side. Says:
Let's see your character.
WHy are you showing up the one picture of the Qunari everyone hates. WHy not discuss how bad the character art is when showing us ANY of the other game play reveal trailer characters? Or your character? Is it because you didn't even want to make the effort in making a goofy looking character to show? Or is it because you spent 50 mins trying to convince us that you were disappointed in a game YOU DIDN'T PLAY.
@darkwolf9ball Says:
I played all the dragon age games this shit went progressive stupid and woke. Nah you not a dragon age fan if you ok with them lore breaking and out right doing retcons.
@xabichion Says:
What's frustrating is that while this game was obviously not made for me; it is wearing the corpse of a game series that once was. Had to watch it happen to many an IP that once elicited excitement for the future, but now a void.
@Primarch19th Says:
"That's RACIST"
@vanyadolly Says:
Unfortunately it only gets worse for anyone who cared about the story and the lore. It's very clear the devs didn't care or have any respect for the source material or the people who love it.
@amosra Says:
I bought it just to experience the thing for myself. The writing is the worst. I skip all of it and make decisions based on the last phrase the other person said. The graphics are childish... It's like a polished version of Immortals Fenyx Rising... The gameplay itself is not that bad as far as combat, but very repetitive. Lastly, I deleted the game and tried to get a refund from the Sony Store because, for the second time now, I save a game manually (even if it has a series of autosaves) and wake up to launch the game and my saved data is gone... Just on its own - GONE. I lost many hours and there's no way I'm doing it again. Contacted Sony Store who were less than helpful. Because I downloaded and played the game, they can't refund it. Yet, if I play and save new data it, it will most likely be deleted on its own - what's the point? The game is not playable - I would definitely not recommend (and that's not even starting on the woke parts of the game).
@damnitjim1767 Says:
I'm sorry you spent money on thus. I feel like every Dragon Age game is a little worse than the one that came before it.
@bitpine Says:
Wow bro! Yt hasnt showed me your shit in soooop long! Ive been subbed for almost 10 years and seeing your face was a blast from the past! I guess i just assumed you got banned? Now i got a bunch of new to watch though
@ThousandairesClub Says:
*CREATIVELY BANKRUPT* 🌈
@Kingconquest89 Says:
To be fair, imagine if they put a white guy as the main character in an AC game set in Africa (not Egypt but sub-sahara).
AC Shadows is set in Japan, and the ninja were always Japanese and mostly all men. Even as a black person myself, I even wanted to play as a Japanese ninja (male or female) in an assassin game. Yasuke could’ve been a side character like Adewale in AC4. What’s wrong with that?
@Scyborg832 Says:
Even removing the "woke shit" literally wouldnt do anything to improve the writing quality or enjoyment. This is just horrible handling of voice acting direction, tonal writing, and immersion maintenance. Like you guys said on snark tank. When the NB character is reveals it feels like a San Francisco coffee house conversation. What is dark fantasy about that entire interaction?
People focus on wokeness to the point where it ignores the real ideology behind these types of games. Corporate money maxing. Live service. Crunch. And like you said, toxic work culture, positive or negative.
Theres a great video about how our culture is eating itself out there by solar sands. Pretty much sums it up about creativity in Hollywood and video games.
@AmazingKevinWClark Says:
Im sorry that people are in denial, but there is a reason that this stuff is often executed poorly and its because activism has become full of bad modern day trends. The sooner people come to terms with that, the sooner we can start getting better things again.
@beniron5807 Says:
They were trying to make this a mmorpg right? The qunari look like wow’s Dranai without a large forehead and normal people legs (not the inverted knee joint). Their stride looks the same as them too. As an old school wow player it seemed clear what they were going for. Regardless of what they did to the races look or lore
@bluespindash6298 Says:
Qunari is a term for those that follow the Qun, its not a race. The Arishok in DA 2 and the "Qunari" presented in that game were different than Sten. In DA2 theres a side quest where a human can become Qunari. Its not just putting in the use of terms like non-binery in the dialog, it the fact they dont know the lore enough to create a continuation or they dont care and use it as a vessel to trauma dump their irl bull crap. A character that was part of the Qun and wants to leave because they dont feel that is them could have been a good story, but they could help themselves.
@rtuumm Says:
This video just came across my timeline, and I completely forgot I have been subscribed to this guy. I haven't seen a video of his in some 4 years. I completely forgot, yet I been subscribed this whole time.
@noBody-ue6cs Says:
8:26 everything you iust described i wiuld call design language. Whish is a word for conceot artists ti make a character or item look like it belongs in the world of a game their working on. You understood those characters and wrote a script that just seemed like it belonged there. (My time stamp is after he said all this shit, you gotta rewind it)
@noBody-ue6cs Says:
People arent just freaking out abiut everything. These problems need to stop before it gets this big. I dont care if uou cherry pick unhinged people.
@ProtoManiac2283 Says:
To me, 99% of the time, something being "woke" is not about what is added, it's about HOW it's added. The execution is incredibly important. I hate the word "woke" but if I had to define it in some way, it would have way more to do with the execution than with the ideas.
@zealot912 Says:
You are closeted.
@KGLordofhollows Says:
I have to voice my disagreement with some of your points here.
While Az's rant was way over the top, the "fcking pronouns" that everyone memes about was only part of it. His rant was about the injection of western politics (he called it Californian shit) entering these games in ways that don't fit. Which Veilguard is a stellar example off as you tourself said. Choosing pronouns in a game where the standard is already Body Type A and Body Type B, which is ridiculous in itself.
Next up, vote with your wallets isn't enough. I shouldn't have to spend money to voice my opposition to decisions made in a video game. For instance, if Dark Souls 4 is suddenly an FPS like COD, I shouldn't have to pay to say "wtf is this shit Fromsoft". As long as a review is well put, I don't think we should exclude it, positive or negative.
Within that point, review scores are also important. Please remember that review scores affect developer's payments and bonuses (or even their employment). Awarding mediocrity with high reviews for supersticial issues (meaning these games get extra points for having DEI even when it's terribly implemented) shouldn't be an industry standard, but sadly it is (look at WuKong losing points for "not enogh women"). When journos decide to vote with their agendas, people react accordingly.
And I agree that giving any game a 0 is ludicrous, there are just as many people review boosting games with 10's as the review bombers do with 0's. Look at the episode you mentioned from TLoU series. The episode was good, but felt out of place, didn't progress the plot and the characters were changed from the game. Yet this is never heard, all you hear is "wokies" and "bigots" from each side.
Last point, Grumzz is indeed a moron, that I agree with.
@Biotic_Warlock Says:
I am quite enjoying the new dragon age. There are flaws with it, and I wouldn't exactly say GOTY, but I like it more than expected. It's nice to see an online opinion that is actually nuanced and not either blindly liking it or acting like pronouns are killing the planet.
@docmacabre Says:
After the commercial success of Inquisition, I absolutely cannot fathom why they decided to go down this route.
Usually, and this is more often than not a bad thing, when something is successful, companies produce more of the same until the audience cannot stomach anymore of it. See "Marvel humor". Ever since the success of Guardians of the Galaxy, the quirky, quippy type of humor has been in every MCU production. And by now, people are fed up with it.
Yet in the case of Veilguard, they veered off the path so far, it is utterly unrecognizable. Who made this decision? And why? I thought companies like to make money. But we didn't even get an unimaginative Inquisition clone.
Compared to what Veilguard turned out to be, such a clone would've been amazing!
@lloydtancred Says:
I've played them all, wasn't keen on second one, I'm not going to play this one, they can stick the preachy messaging up they/thems arse, why are all these idiots trying to dump personal issues into a game.
@dwzaphod Says:
“I think that it should not be hard to emulate greatness, once it’s already been laid out”. That defines what’s wrong with this game.
@domewing2012 Says:
Funnily enough, that misgendering scene is such a good allegory for the clumsy political messaging in this game.
The character being misgendered doesn't even say or react in any way to the "offending" remark. Some other character reacts awkwardly and then the speaker apologizes with an awkward, performative display, then monologues for the rest of the scene about how you shouldn't make a big show of apologizing because it makes it all about you.
That lack of self-awareness should be studied.
@L1n-eX Says:
games nowadays are clearly made by & for woke people proven time & time again, the grifters are annoying but it’s unfortunately the truth of this medium.
@charlesbackstrom6571 Says:
as someone who typically belongs to the right, i understand perfectly how annoying it is when people you may agree with on certain things just convey their ideas in perhaps the worst way they can, thus making YOU look like an idiot by association.
@Average-Tomboy-Enjoyer Says:
The only thing I could disagree with is the Allistair/Garus comparison. Cause that redheaded step child is the absolute worst and Garus is great both writing wise AND useful in the game. But I'm a big-time Allistair hater, and I'm so glad I can make him some nobody drunk in the sequel.
@FeliPeltier Says:
“A lot of these people are just grifters, pushing outrage, just trying to get money, and maximize profits.”
Yes, that’s why the anti-woke people are mad!
@eestiny9734 Says:
Dragon Age 2 gaves us the best Qunari and Flemeth design! Hawk design is awesome too! And we have our possessed mage Anders crazy actions, and their repercussion.
@djgroopz4952 Says:
It's a cycle at this point.
Anti Woke people complain about upcoming games
People complain about Anti Woke people being worried and "grifting" about everything.
Game comes out and turns out to be crap.
Repeat cycle.
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