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[Luipadre]

wtf is going on over at Era? Skill Up is a banned source... lol

He is a banned source for a long time now.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Skillup's review is both brutal and extremely persuasive

 

[Dev1lXYZ]

Skill Up single handedly ended BioWare. His video is sitting at 382k views. EA is making more on the tax write off from the loss anyway. Good riddance. After Andromeda and Anthem, I was out. What gets me is that they lied the whole time through development about the writing and we all KNEW it.

 

[GHG]

wtf is going on over at Era? Skill Up is a banned source... lol

Yeh I can't even remember what he did wrong but there was some petty "reason" that they decided to cancel him (as it always is).

Bunch of softies.

 

[BigBeauford]

Dual shockers about to be banned as well. Remember, SBI is doing good things, but also don't mention their effect on the games they are involved in, because that's bad.

 

[Trippy]

The most middle of the road, inoffensive reviewers on YouTube in MrMattyPlays and SkillUp were pretty scathing in their criticisms of the games.

I’m curious to see how the most the rational minded and compassionate community on the internet are reacting to those reviews….

Oh….

 

[Topher]

wtf is going on over at Era? Skill Up is a banned source... lol

Probably said something good about Cyberpunk or Hogwarts

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

wtf is going on over at Era? Skill Up is a banned source... lol

Holy crap... how do those people survive like that? There's no safe space that's safe enough.

 

[Raven117]

wtf is going on over at Era? Skill Up is a banned source... lol

I think he has been banned for awhile.

 

[BigBeauford]

The most middle of the road, inoffensive reviewers on YouTube in MrMattyPlays and SkillUp were pretty scathing in their criticisms of the games.

I’m curious to see how the most the rational minded and compassionate community on the internet are reacting to those reviews….

Oh….

These genocidal reviewers must be stopped!

 

[clarky]

wtf is going on over at Era? Skill Up is a banned source... lol

Been banned for ages, kopped it around the same time as ACG.

Id like to say an era ban is a badge of honour but they hand them out like Eurogamer hands out 5/5's ie worthless.

 

[GHG]

The most middle of the road, inoffensive reviewers on YouTube in MrMattyPlays and SkillUp were pretty scathing in their criticisms of the games.

I’m curious to see how the most the rational minded and compassionate community on the internet are reacting to those reviews….

Oh….

"this has hit me super hard".

These people cannot be real.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

"secret Nazi youtube channel"

 

[DeepEnigma]

The most middle of the road, inoffensive reviewers on YouTube in MrMattyPlays and SkillUp were pretty scathing in their criticisms of the games.

I’m curious to see how the most the rational minded and compassionate community on the internet are reacting to those reviews….

Oh….

The ultimate sign of comfort and privilege.

When the brain no longer has to fight for survival, it starts to fight itself.

 

[Kacho]

Been banned for ages, kopped it around the same time as ACG.

Id like to say an era ban is a badge of honour but they hand them out like Eurogamer hands out 5/5's ie worthless.

ACG is banned too? Jesus fucking christ lol

Nice to know I'm not missing out on anything by ignoring the place. Haven't logged into my account in over 4 years. Fuck that place.

 

[TheChumpNation]

man these dialog options look so fucking terrible.

I want to play as a hero who kicks ass and saves the world. Not as some therapist who talks to all these weirdos about their emotions and helps them process their feelings.

My single biggest issue with all the Sweet Baby influence in gaming today isn't even the forced diversity or heavy handed political messaging (although both are grating), it's that that worldview doesn't allow for any level of legitimate conflict. The result is enforced bland storytelling and characters. There's no possibility for nuance, compromise, sacrifice, or risk. It's rather impossible to tell an interesting story without these things.

 

[Gambit2483]

He is a banned source for a long time now.

He's most likely on EA's blacklist as well now. That review was brutal

 

[cormack12]

 

[Kacho]

He's most likely on EA's blacklist as well now. That review was brutal

Dudes' review has blown up. It's going to cost EA a lot of sales, no doubt about it.

 

[GHG]

10/10, GOTY, best Dragon Age ever.

 

[Luipadre]

VA and VA direction is so bad too

 

[Palabragrís]

wtf is going on over at Era? Skill Up is a banned source... lol

He breaks their echo chamber.

Oh, sorry!
I mean: his message creates a more dangerous place for them.

 

[Topher]

10/10, GOTY, best Dragon Age ever.

 

[J3nga]

Fortnite with poorly made dragon age skins.

 

[Hayabusabruh]

What year is this game supposed to take place in?

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Hahaha not only is the writing and VA retarded, the lip synching and animations look like some animatronic puppets or something. So awful

 

[moxing]

Is there a trick I need to do to actually get inline twitter posts to load? I'm using Firefox if it matters.

Back to the game... I remember Fox News doing scandalized reporting 20 years ago on the first Mass Effect being "pornographic" because you could plow Liara. Anyone know what the plowing situation is in this? I'm always willing to forgive a little foolishness if I can pipe the whole town. It sure helped in the Fable games.

 

[Punished Miku]

Honestly not even sure I'll play this one on GP in a year. God damn

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Humdinger]

I'm currently watching Skill Up's review of the game. It is not looking good at all to me. Specially for a narrative driven game.

"Every interaction sounds like HR is in the room". That phrase is just brutal.

Yes.

I don't necessarily trust Skill Up when he praises games (we have different tastes in combat, for instance), but I almost always trust his negative reviews. He analyzes the problems thoroughly, provides good examples, and articulates the problems quite well. When he doesn't like something, he really shows his chops as a reviewer.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

He is a banned source for a long time now.

His review seems to be the non BS one which makes DA=pass for me.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Is there a trick I need to do to actually get inline twitter posts to load? I'm using Firefox if it matters.

Back to the game... I remember Fox News doing scandalized reporting 20 years ago on the first Mass Effect being "pornographic" because you could plow Liara. Anyone know what the plowing situation is in this? I'm always willing to forgive a little foolishness if I can pipe the whole town. It sure helped in the Fable games.

If you let Taash talk your ear off about gender identity and agree with everything they says, they will let you see their mystery Qunari genitalia and top surgery scars.

 

[PisswasserYellow]

Jesus Christ, it's even worse than I thought. That dialog is elementary school level nonsense.

 

[Kacho]

Taul Passi giving us a stern warning. Hang on to your butts.

 

[Joel Was Right]

I'm watching the Big Bang Theory in the background while browsing YouTube reviews of the game, and I'm not sure if it's just me, but the language in the dialogue seems kinda out of place the setting. It wouldn't be out of place in Big Bang Theory (from these clips I'm watching).

 

[moxing]

If you let Taash talk your ear off about gender identity and agree with everything they says, they will let you see their mystery Qunari genitalia and top surgery scars.

For a second there I thought you were giving me a tutorial on the twitter thing.

 

[J3nga]

Hahaha not only is the writing and VA retarded, the lip synching and animations look like some animatronic puppets or something. So awful

It's been a while since I played Andromeda but I think it looked more solid.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Taul Passi giving us a stern warning. Hang on to your butts.

Fuck yeah incels let’s goooooo

 

[ManaByte]

Taul Passi giving us a stern warning. Hang on to your butts.

He’s talking about people like Grummz and That Park Place. Which means we’ll have about 10 threads a day on it.

 

[Luipadre]

His review seems to be the non BS one which makes DA=pass for me.

Even tho there are some games i like that he doesnt, his reviews are always good imo

 

[Edellus]

Yup. I don't necessarily trust Skill Up when he praises games (we have different tastes in combat, for instance), but I almost always trust his negative reviews. He analyzes the problems thoroughly, provides good examples, and articulates the problems quite well. When he doesn't like something, he really shows his reviewer chops.

Me and his preferences don't always align (for instance, although I acknowledge and agree with most of his criticisms of FFXVI, I still love that game), but I do trust him in being clear and giving good backed up arguments for his opinions.

I just watched Mortisimal Gaming review of the game and to him this is a GotY contender and the best entry in the series. I'm rather confused now, but I'm still currently leaning towards believing Skill Up mainly because he gave lots of examples with footage for most of his criticisms.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Ah yes, Mass Effect DNA.

Mass Effect Andromeda for that matter.

 

[mckmas8808]

Skill Up:

"[The game] is a colossal disappointment. I really can't put it any other way. I spent 50 hours playing this, and it was time that I desperately wish I could get back. I started having my doubts at around the 10 hour mark, I was thoroughly checked out at the 20 hour mark, and the remaining 30 hours were just excruciatingly painful as I was forced to suffer through the endless morass of banality that is Dragon Age: The Veilguard. In many ways, Veilguard is a bigger disappointment than Anthem was."

This is NASTY!!!! Man......EA just kills companies man.

 

[Topher]

He’s talking about people like Grummz and That Park Place. Which means we’ll have about 10 threads a day on it.

Also means the quest in question must be pretty bad if he is calling it this early.

As if I needed more reasons to avoid this game.

 

[evanft]

I'm watching the Big Bang Theory in the background

Bruh.

Read and watched some reviews and went ahead and pre-ordered.

Good idea. This will certainly be a hard to find game at release and you definitely want to avoid scalper prices.

 

[mckmas8808]

That second picture... These people just cant help themself.

This is a joke right? Like it's photoshopped. It has to be! Right?.....

 

[Luipadre]

This is a joke right? Like it's photoshopped. It has to be! Right?.....

The writing is. There are plenty of examples like this on the internet already. Game has awful writing and VA

 

[Ulysses 31]

Yeh I can't even remember what he did wrong but there was some petty "reason" that they decided to cancel him (as it always is).

Bunch of softies.

Maybe it was his TLOU2 review.

 

[cormack12]

Taul Passi giving us a stern warning. Hang on to your butts.

I wonder if it will be as bad as the spiderman 2 gay guys prom thing.

Maybe it be like Odyssey and we have to go looking for someone's nuts who are stuck in a goats ass