I was unfair towards Dragon Age Veilguard
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- It's not the promised Return To Form, but it's a decent game that is worth checking out if you're into casual action-adventure fun with some woke dialogues here and there.
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I get the criticisms and the “woke” stuff is very appearant at times but I also won’t let a single “I prefer to be referred to as they/them” to ruin an a tire game for me, it’s really not that big a deal lmao
@@formedblackhawk_4259 same. I haven't noticed that much forcing of this stuff upon me during playing.
The problem that some people seem to chose to ignore- Which is the main thing "on the other side" is that most people doesnt mind incluisivity and diversity its the forcing of it that people doesnt like. And majority of the time when its forced, it effects the game/movie/show and lowers the quality of everything else, because the focus is on "wokeness".
Like the top surgery scars
1. In a world with magic, why would you chose to have top surgery scars if your whole thing is to present as male and have people see you as such. Wouldnt chosing to have top surgery scars kind of negate that whole thing?
2. In a world of magic, if you felt you where born in the wrong body. Wouldnt you just use magic to present yourself as the other gender? You know, just be the other gender. Aka, just chose one of the two biological genders that you want to play as.
3. Skipping that whole thing. If you wanted top scars to just be part of the game/story and not use it as some kind of virtue signal, wouldnt top scars just be part of the selection of all other scars. You know, making it as nothing special, just something that is an option. Instead of setting as an on/off toggle. Or even better, lessen the amount of scars in the scar pool but let people move them around and change them. So people that want top scars can just chose to make them. And those who doesnt, dont even have to see that its an option. Hard to virtue signal that way though.
Pronouns. Sure. its a very small thing and most people dont really care about it that much. Personally find it silly. But if people need to feel special or wants to chose to be victims, sure use other pronounce if you want. If you get upset about pronounce or the incorrect use of it, you are the problem. Pronounce mean something, only if you let it. If you chose to give it power, YOU chose to give it power. Which in turn if you get upset about the incorrect use of it, its you who chose to be a victim instead of just shrug it off as it effects people in no other way then mentally.
The issue is that you have a whole scene in the game about missgendering and pronoun use. Which hasnt been a thing in the games before and is something taken not from the dragon age world, but from the real world. And majority of people dont conform to pronoun use and play games to get away from the daily stuff in normal life. Like politics.
And people more and more, chose to not support things with their wallets. Thats why the saying "go woke go broke" is a thing. Because the wast majority of consumers dont want that stuff in real life, much less in the products they consume.
In the end. If you support a product buy it. If you dont, dont buy it. And if you are part of the majority, you will be part of what makes a product succeed or fail. Pandering to a minority that not even most of them use your product. Is just bad bussiness
Yeah, the surgery scars are indeed a doubtful option. I've got some scars (from "common" surgeries) and tbh I don't want them in the games, as they don't define me. And your points are valid too.
The whole scenes with misgendering also felt like a mockery of the nonbinary people instead of an act of support. It felt like a child-oriented "racism's bad mkay?" lecture just to transcribe the part of cultural morals into fictional world.
And yes, I'm still a supporter of more options for customization but yeah, I kinda wish that instead of paying the reviewers for "back to form" feedback, they'd hired better writers instead. Or just paid me :DDD
I really don’t appreciate channels complaining about the 'woke' aspects. It’s simply a case of poor writing. Dragon Age has always featured queer characters… I’ll wait until this game is priced at 20 euros before considering it.
True, it's the poor writing and lack of context. I can't remember so many people complaining about Baldur's Gate 3, when you could literally be whoever you want and "play for all teams" relationship-wise. Same about Origins and ME.
Gay characters? Yeah. But pronoun and they them non binary crap no way
@@rockerboxghoul9560 why not? it's a fantasy game and a matter of choice (not obligatory)
@@CtrlAlexDel I was saying that gay characters always existed in Dragon Age. Not the rest of that crap, this is just added trash
@@rockerboxghoul9560 and I'm saying that it's really not that big of a deal, especially if it doesn't affect the game directly. Like "genitals customizer" in CP2077. It's just there if you need it for whatever reason.
BG3 was well written and didn't try preaching to their audience about our earthly problems while being inclusive. Hogwarts was also well written and introduced their transgender character respectfully without making the player feel like a bigot. Cyberpunk just lets you pick your genitals that can only be seen in the menu and has nothing to do with being inclusive, so ya'll should stop using that as an example of inclusivity.
Veilguard appears (based on these reviews) poorly written and speaks down on their audience while preaching about pronouns, forcing the gamer to watch these scenes as they play. This implies the developers think YOU the player need to be coached about an issue so small compared to what the gay community has faced throughout existence, an issue that really doesn't need to be pointed out this obviously to the audience anyways. And again, these are earthly problems....I didn't play BG3/Hogwarts/Cyberpunk to be reminded of earthly issues. A good game helps you escape reality for a fleeting moment, because reality fucking blows.
If they wanted to include a non-binary character - they could have simply just referred to them as they/them the entire time, letting the audience piece that together themselves, maybe add it in some background lore. They could have focused on the characters actual personalities and feats of heroism, building their story up properly, instead of making them look like a whiny teenager. They could have focused on writing a better story, instead of a cheesy public service announcement. If you want to be inclusive...then, just do it without the pandering. It's really not hard to do. But no, they have to point it out and cram it down the players throats and make you feel like you're the problem that this has to even be put into a video game to get the message across. And for that, no - I will not pay full price for it. I'll wait and play it on sale.
Fair points! Can't argue with those. Maybe bioware sees this reflected financially and stops doing such projects with similar approach.
@@dustinl8113 Yes! So much yes! Well written characters, story, make the character truly likeable and there would never be a problem. I don't give rats butt about politics. I care about the story, writing, gameplay... Make those good and no one bats an eye. The game sells itself like BG3 did
I couldn't disagree more. Not only is the story absolutely godawful, but the combat and progression is soulless and painfully repetitive & mediocre. Enemy/combat mechanics, boss design, movement and battle mechanics, production quality, all of these things come across as extremely low effort and generic in this game. The only way I could see anyone enjoying Veilguard is if they actually like the game's story or they're bored enough to find the combat engaging, which speaks to their own lack of media literacy and low standards.
@@sirdamned9272 I'm not sure about the low standards, but Id agree that it would appeal to the ones who never or rarely played AAA before. And def not "the return to form"
@@CtrlAlexDel Yeah like I'm not trying to sound judgmental, but despite being completely turned off by its story... I still gave it a chance and tried to like the combat/gameplay. I found myself bored and I found it started feeling repetitive in under 3 hours. There's something very off about the exploration and world design, the movement feels quite bad and clunky to me, the combat mechanics themselves and the skills are straight up unfun to use after the first 1-3 times you try them. Not to mention, enemies are just damage sponges, their mechanics are simple, yet annoying and uncreative, bouncing between either dodging a circle on the ground or a cone and unavoidable "homing attacks" that are poorly telegraphed. To make matters worse, the overall structure of the gameplay is extremely formulaic and linear. The quest design is subpar, there's not a single boss battle in the entire game that does something creative or that makes you think "holy cow that was crazy/what just happened?"
This is the type of game where the roleplay elements and storytelling desperately needed to be good in order to carry the experience. But with a bad story, I can't justify rating this higher than a 3 or a 4 out of 10.
I’ll get it for $20 at some point
@@hollowbodymusic or maybe they'll add it to the game pass library like they did with many other ea games 😎
Take a sub, it's kind of rare to see game channels release full videos walking back takes on games while the controversy's still ongoing. I've been enjoying Veilguard, my daughter loves watching the game too like watching an action movie almost and she loves the characters and it's getting her more into fantasy and gaming. That's easily worth it for me.
Thanks for watching! Yeah, and it frequently feels like an adventre movie with interactive parts, which is kinda neat tbh. I just can't agree with the media hyping it like it's the best of all times.
i noticed something. you never made a video on torchlight 2. its an older game, but, to me, it refined the ARPG genre from what diablo 2 did.
True! Tbh I only played the first (and wasn't impressed anyhow) and Infinite, which is a gacha p2w fest. I'll def check the 2nd, thanks for reminding!
@@CtrlAlexDel to me, its one of those ARPG games that are simple, but they refined it to a huge extent.
You are out of your mind
@@AKABoondock19 thanks for watching anyway! 🙏