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[blue velvet]

I refuse to believe these are genuine reviews. Paid and astroturfed as fuck. had a feeling from the start that this game would receive a positive review, mainly because video game "journalists" align with its stance on gender politics.
Remember when these paid critics were shilling Concord? And nobody buying it.

 

[amigastar]

Between the horrible dialogue EviLore highlighted and the pronoun bullshit in the screenshots.....

I see, and yeah i agree. If the game is REALLY good i may ignore it though.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Whoaaa buddy

hahahahahahaha

And I thought “Mrs. Freeze” would be the dumbest thing we’d see in gaming this year.

This game is going to get absolutely butchered in the user reviews and the fandom.


Where are the dipshits saying “gee whiz wokeness is just a figment of your imaginations, I don’t even know what that word means anymore.”

 

[Singular7]

Can you imagine what they'll do to Mass Effect... my goodness.

What is so bizarre is how corporations seem to be synchronized in suiciding their franchises. I don't get it.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Whoaaa buddy

Holy fucking shit!!!!!

 

[EviLore]

Whoaaa buddy

From a business perspective, this simply isn't the way to do things.

When you produce a movie about LGB/Trans issues, you don't give it the Fast and the Furious license, a $250 million budget and position it as a summer blockbuster. You give it a modest budget and screen it at Sundance, get buzz from critics who are open to the subject matter, then get a streaming deal for the LGBT category.

Time and time again we're seeing existing IPs being hijacked for niche subject matter that doesn't align with the IP's fanbase.

 

[BigBeauford]

Whoaaa buddy

Jeez, we're already getting spoilers on how to unlock the "good" ending.

 

[balls of snow]

Gamers: Alloy is ugly and fat
Bioware: Holy my beer

Also a dwarf. Show us a more attractive dwarf than her. Its the Qunari thats butt ugly and wont get a spot in my party.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Mental Illness Age the Transguard

 

[Anchovie123]

Just finished watching skillups review, its hard to imagine how others are giving it 10s and 9s after watching that.

Bad writing
Bad story with little risk, feels "G" rated
Bad animations
Bad and repetitive combat
Bad exploration & level design
Bad puzzles
Good PC performance

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Whoaaa buddy

 

[PeteBull]

Stop letting your kids play games that aren’t for kids.

Bro, lets be real, tons of kids played even stuff like manhunt, not to mention first discversion of gta SA with hotcofee scenes, hell i remember back in the day we even had pirated version of sado maso fighting game on first playstation, unfortunately i dont remember the title anymore, i remember playing it on psx tho so as a teenager
Fake edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrill_Kill


And here some manhunt for ppl who forgot about it:

 

[SidViscous]

The world is going to end but the characters are more worried about their pronouns? Seems like a reach

 

[ikbalCO]

Holy hell, what the fuck they did to kunari

Also why the hell does everyone look like pixar characters?

 

[xenosys]

Skill Up had his FF XVI moment for 2024 and absolutely torched this game.

"Every interaction sounds like HR is in the room"

 

[CompleteGlobalSaturation]

This is the most manipulated review process I've seen since Starfield.

Similar scores from the outlets that were allowed to have it as well. Absolute joke, they deserve to fall on their faces.

My thoughts exactly.

I'm shocked at how highly Starfield was rated.

Either way, I have no interest in playing Veilguard - good reviews or not.

 

[struggler_guts]

Holy shill batman those 10/10 scores its all so obvious

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

As I've said with other games, the devs should absolutely be allowed to make their weird, confused game with their shitty narrative and characters if they want. I don't think anyone benefits from developers not being able to make whatever it is they envision.

But you have to admit, the LGBT nonsense is kind of hilariously bad. Keep these people away from your kids.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Holy shill batman those 10/10 scores its all so obvious

Review industry nuking itself to irrevelancy by destroy their own credibility.

 

[Dazraell]

I refuse to believe these are genuine reviews. Paid and astroturfed as fuck. had a feeling from the start that this game would receive a positive review, mainly because video game "journalists" align with its stance on gender politics.
Remember when these paid critics were shilling Concord? And nobody buying it.

I think it's worth to wait until a couple of days post-launch and see if Metascore will change. Apparently some outlets were denied review keys. I've seen a few reviewers mentioning they were ghosted by EA, while being invited to their preview event. It's certainly a red flag

 

[proandrad]

Bro, lets be real, tons of kids played even stuff like manhunt, not to mention first discversion of gta SA with hotcofee scenes, hell i remember back in the day we even had pirated version of sado maso fighting game on first playstation, unfortunately i dont remember the title anymore, i remember playing it on psx tho so as a teenager
Fake edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrill_Kill


And here some manhunt for ppl who forgot about it:

And none of those games convinced any mentally normal child to commit acts of violence. Just like this game isn’t going to convince any mentally normal kid they should chop their tits off.

 

[BigBeauford]

 

[nikos]

This is starting to feel like the Saints Row reboot of Dragon Age.

 

[Last Hearth]

From a business perspective, this simply isn't the way to do things.

When you produce a movie about LGB/Trans issues, you don't give it the Fast and the Furious license, a $250 million budget and position it as a summer blockbuster. You give it a modest budget and screen it at Sundance, get buzz from critics who are open to the subject matter, then get a streaming deal for the LGBT category.

Time and time again we're seeing existing IPs being hijacked for niche subject matter that doesn't align with the IP's fanbase.

You have to blame this on management though, they are the ones who control the purse, they could have said "no, we're not investing $200 million for you to work out your personal issues. We're investing that in a commercial product that is going to generate profits."
They didn't do that, if management is so detached from reality that the developers can hoodwink them into investing shareholder's money like this, then honestly they need to be fired, even more than the developers.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

social media

 

[Dazraell]

 

[PeteBull]

And none of those games convinced any mentally normal child to commit acts of violence. Just like this game isn’t going to convince any mentally normal kid they should chop their tits off.

Ofc, what im saying is, parents should have a saying for what their kids are doing, since parents are responsible for the kids after all, with authority comes responsibility, so our fellow gaf-bro has 100% rights to ban this game from his household

 

[ikbalCO]

Skill Up had his FF XVI moment for 2024 and absolutely torched this game.

"Every interaction sounds like HR is in the room"

This review is fucking fantastic.

A good, kind, lighthearted necromancer DD

 

[proandrad]

Ofc, what im saying is, parents should have a saying for what their kids are doing, since parents are responsible for the kids after all, with authority comes responsibility, so our fellow gaf-bro has 100% rights to ban this game from his household

You right, just a trigger when people mention their kids, because no one but them cares about their kids.

 

[ClosBSAS]

Woke scores. There is no way its a an 8/10 let alone a 9 like ign says.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

The game is like the epitome of written by and made for Gen Z only

Dragon Age presented by Netflix

This already exists and it has just as horseshit writing as the Veilguard is purported to have:

 

[Kacho]

It’s crazy that EA gave a studio full of extreme ideologues tens of millions to make this.

Let’s assume this underperforms and BioWare doesn’t shut down. What happens with Mass Effect? They just try again with this crap?

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

You have to blame this on management though, they are the ones who control the purse, they could have said "no, we're no investing $200 million for you to work out your personal issues. We're investing that in a commercial product that is going to generate profits."
They didn't do that, if management is so detached from reality that the developers can hoodwink them into investing shareholder's money like this, then honestly they need to be fired, even more than the developers.

It probably seemed like a winning strategy when this game started development in like 2017, when everybody was drinking the DEI Kool Aid and audiences hadn’t yet grown sick and tired of this shit.

Can’t wait til they blame their audience for being a bunch of chuds, incels, and butthurt man children.

 

[Plague Doctor]

Let’s assume this underperforms and BioWare doesn’t shut down. What happens with Mass Effect? They just try again with this crap?

Easy, the same dipshit midwits saying that this is a make or break for bioware will then say that will definitely super seriously be their make or break for bioware.

Why? Cause we exist in a shitty simulation in which idiots will repeat themselves and nothing will change them.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Woke scores. There is no way its a an 8/10 let alone a 9 like ign says.

Any publication giving this game a 9 or a 10 is essentially tell you that they cannot be trusted to be objective and their either fucking dense and have no concept of quality, or a woke activist shill intentionally trying to signal boost tripe because it aligns with their activist agenda.

 

[PeteBull]

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Atypically for a modern BioWare game, character generation gave me control over not just my Rook’s head but also their body to some extent, with a “built/thin/fat” triangle slider that is becoming more common. Thus I was able to craft my typical busty, plus-size redhead in a way that previous DA games did not necessarily allow. No character creation options are “gender-locked” or even gendered; you choose your Rook’s pronouns (he, she, they) and gender ID (man, woman, non-binary) separately from both their body and from each other — a simple thing, but a nice alternative to the current common practice of presenting gender as simply “body shape.” For the curious, there are conversations where a non-binary Rook can make dialogue choices that refer to their gender identity

 

[Luipadre]

These pics man

Looks like this wont be my first Pro game afterall

 

[PeteBull]

Woke scores. There is no way its a an 8/10 let alone a 9 like ign says.

Eurogamer gave it max 5/5 score, ofc Hogwarts Legacy review didnt even happen, it got cancelled

 

[Skitso]

It’s crazy that EA gave a studio full of extreme ideologues tens of millions to make this.

*hundreds of millions

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Do normal people see this and honestly think "YES. THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR"?

It's just weird seeing these people high-five each other over missing the point of Dragon Age so completely. Out of touch isn't nearly strong enough of a term for it anymore. Just plain delusional?

 

[PeteBull]

These pics man

Looks like this wont be my first Pro game afterall

Its for the better bro, u dont wanna defile ur brand new sexy ps5pr0 with this kind of clownworld trash

 

[Lokaum D+]

 

[Cyberpunkd]

The game’s cast of lovable weirdos will give you what you’re looking for.

I absolutely detest the “lovable weirdos” trope, it’s an obvious throwback to all the antisocial geeks back in the day.

 

[Topher]

I see, and yeah i agree. If the game is REALLY good i may ignore it though.

I was planning on doing just that, but when identity politics is as heavy handed as this then I'm just going to opt out. It isn't for me.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

I don't even care for the anti-woke crowd but holyshit that dialogue

 

[EviLore]

You have to blame this on management though, they are the ones who control the purse, they could have said "no, we're no investing $200 million for you to work out your personal issues. We're investing that in a commercial product that is going to generate profits."
They didn't do that, if management is so detached from reality that the developers can hoodwink them into investing shareholder's money like this, then honestly they need to be fired, even more than the developers.

100%. Management signed off on developing a game with a trans director who had a major interest in incorporating LGBT issues into the design. It's not her fault that she made the game she was interested in making. That's what creatives do.

If you hand me 100 million dollars with no oversight you can expect a hardcore immersive sim with a Dark Souls interconnected world and mature themes.

 

[Isa]

You have to blame this on management though, they are the ones who control the purse, they could have said "no, we're no investing $200 million for you to work out your personal issues. We're investing that in a commercial product that is going to generate profits."
They didn't do that, if management is so detached from reality that the developers can hoodwink them into investing shareholder's money like this, then honestly they need to be fired, even more than the developers.

I agree. Its wild too because for a western game it seems to be moderately stable at launch which is impressive, competently made despite being dumbed down and not tying up much choices from the prior entries. Its largely a death by a thousand cuts style fatality for some of us that is such a turnoff. I wonder how they fare in the long-term.

 

[Icymanipulator]

You can no longer control your companions. You can issue commands to your companions, there are three ability slots for each of them - and they share the same cooldown, like what the actual fuck BioWare.

How dumb
Guess it’s just another action game now

 

[Doczu]

Holy shit, Skill Up is annihilating Veilguard. He sounds like a very disappointed parent.

Ouch, nothing beats harder than a father who looks at you with a dead stare.

What's the verdict incels. Did we win?

Let them sniff the review farts, they will get murdered on the sales front