Schmooples' Den! The DA News Discussion Thread

It's wholly story-related - Maevaris Tilani and Dorian Pavus created a political body known as Lucerni (translates more or less to "light-bringers") who fought slavery, mage privileges, and corruption in the Imperial Magistrate, only for the Venatori to conspire against them and strip Maevaris out of the magister seat, which effectively ended the Lucerni. Mae took the fall and then took the movement underground to work from the shadows. Hence... Shadow Dragons. It's not that complicated or dictated by DA liking the word 'shadow', lol.

Sometimes I wonder if you like anything about entertainment. All I've seen you do is complain and yes there is a difference between criticism and complaining.

This is so funny, because 50% is mixed and a game i wouldn't buy full price. But it is a game i will look into if it is my taste.
I don't know why people trying to raise the bar. 60-70% it is a okay game. Peoples rating now a days is weard for me.
No game i played is a 100%.

Agreed! Besides, only our own score really means anything to each of us, or should... in my opinion.
Also, BioWare has problems in each game, none of it is perfect, objectively. They had masterpieces of dialogue and also cringe dialogue or scenes in every game. I find it is somewhat their charm They deliver something special for me no other studio can replicate. I know it's not perfect and still it's... perfect in a way. I just have most fun playing them, and that's how it should be playing games. You find the ones that grab you and you love them for it, no matter how imperfect

BioWare has always been better then the quality of their games. Might be a really odd way of saying it but its a phemnon that I have ascribed for years now. Which is why I do always have a soft spot for DA and BioWare games in general even if there are parts of them that bug me and I criticize heavily and lower their own personal score.

In some ways Veilguard is the game that feels like its truly lived up to all their potential that has been building up ever since I first started playing ME 2.

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Yes.

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Wolfheart was such a disappointment. His tantrum over not getting early access cast a big shadow over the game a week before release.

Immediately unsubbed though I'm sure he made up for it with the haters

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