Dragon Age The Veilguard Criticism Thread (formerly Skepticism Thread) [Spoilers]

She also continued to work on Varric, until her firing. Lucanis will be the last companion she wrote for DA.

Taash and Solas are written by Weekes, while I think Bellara is written by Epler.

I know this is just marketing speech for the social media addicted, romance obsessed fanatics of the fandom that will be writing fanfics and drawing fanart of these characters for years to come but damn is it turning me off. Especially when Lucanis was looking like the only interesting option for me 

But it really shows what kind of demographic they are targeting at this point.

   
I wouldn't say it's really marketing speech, given that Mary has been fired, alongside Lukas, in last years' layoffs.

I do get being concerned if what she said doesn't appeal you, although the last part is weird to me. Origins had Alistair, after all. 

Isn’t that basically the same fandom that Bioware always used to cater for, even before Tumblr and Twitter were things?

I don’t think either Bioware or Larian made their games exclusively for that crowd, but both certainly aware of what a big chunk of their market wants from them.

Mmm. I admit that I’m somewhat of an outlier on Horror of Hormak, and I suspect that’s because I’m a big horror fan in addition to a Dragon Age fan. I just found the pool of goo that made mix n’ match critters to be kind of silly; I envisioned something so much worse.

The giant centipede monster was better, but the fact that it was a gay human centipede pushed it into silly territory.

I will say that I liked the implication that the halla were originally created to pull wagons of experimental subjects to Ghilly’s monster factories. Yet another thing the Dalish got hilariously wrong.

They’re going after the Tumblr demographic who spent their development years writing smutty fanfiction and making death threats over incorrect pairings. They are incredibly toxic and obsessed with sexual preferences hence everyone is playersexual and why the color scheme is bisexual purple. This is also why the series has become less edgy and more cartoony.

If the purple color does have an intent behind it, I think it's more likely that it's a remnant of the original idea that any hidden meaning behind bisexuality. Especially considering they went for pansexual characters, not bisexual ones. Looking online, the color associated don't match. 

It feels like some of you might be forgetting how certain characters were written since the first game, and how DA games always had their fair share of goofy, comedic and sometimes cringy and juvenile moments, or characters that leant more towards those concepts. 

I'd also say fans of every kind of sexual preferences, straights included, had proven that they can be quite toxic, with a big evidence coming from the original BSN.
And toxicity isn't limited to romantic plots, especially in regards of Bioware games and their fans.

The big issue would if if those moments and sides of characters, and plots, aren't balanced with more serious, and in my opinion dark moments and elements. 

I did mention later in the post that the big issue would be not having a balance between the two parts. 

Based on the trailer, I think concern and criticism for that is fair. 

Judging an entire game by a trailer isn't always correct, though, especially considering Bioware has released before lackluster trailers. It doesn't justify the reveal trailer, especially considering their current predicament and the fact that the changed in the combat alone would be heavily scrutinized, and by a fair amount of players criticized.

I don't think the gameplay trailer, while having its fair share of issues, gives that exact impression, though. Neve and Harding don't appear to be juvenile, and Varric is...Varric. I'm more concerned on the aesthetics of the enemies then the 'human' characters at this point, to be honest.

There are indications in terms of environment shown that the game would have a balance with some dark atmospheres and environment, but I definitely get the concerns, because they are the same I have. I just have, I guess, a bit more faith in the writing team, given that they all wrote in the previous games...but I think a good way to showcase the game would be through one of those areas or side plot, if they are in the game as some suggested.

I don't see any problem with that. It's your money, and you shouldn't spend it foolishly if you're certain the game will be bad and/or not appeal to you. I'm not nearly as convinced as you that this game won't have any dark fantasy elements, but I have my fair share of concerns.

I'd say failing to meet the unit threshold could happen even if the game turns out to be good, because it could very well be a highly unrealistic one.

I also think that if it fails financially, Bioware is more likely then not going to be closed. I very much doubt Dragon Age will be worked on again anytime soon in that scenario.

There are too many who can't distinguish between adult and "adult"