and the game should know that.
And that is the issue. One of the main criticisms of this game is its superficial combat, unremarkable dialogue options/tree, and simplistic puzzles.
FF16 is the game in your example
Right. The “relationship” stuff has always been in Dragon Age. Totally fine as it was wrapped in gritty grimdark story with plenty of other story beats, character arcs, and consequences that matter.
Sorry, this is one of the stupidest things that was in this topic. You compare completely different genres and two different schools of RPG creation, RPG as a genre in the West and in Asia developed according to different canons and have different standards and structure of construction. Although recently the Japanese have been trying to copy pieces of Western RPGs, sometimes successfully, sometimes not so much.
Well, these are just your expectations, we now understand perfectly well that this is just an adventure with light RPG elements. But the problem is that BioWare itself thinks that this is an RPG and if you go to the site, you will see on the first banner: "Unite the Veilguard and defy the gods in an immersive single-player RPG." Therefore, we will consider this game as an Immersive RPG, because this is how the developer himself positions the game. And given the rich history, the huge lore of the game that was created over the course of 3 games, and the long development cycle that took 10 years, there are certain expectations for the game and certain questions.
The problem is that this is not an action adventure, this is an RPG, according to the developers themselves. I honestly don't know anyone who would compare Western and Eastern RPGs in their right mind, these are two completely different schools, and both genres have their own fans, some like the Western style more, some prefer the Eastern. But it would never occur to anyone, even to the crazy press, to compare them, since these are completely different genres.
No, I can easily play and complete both RPG styles and I can differentiate between them, I like some things in one and some in the other. Both have their downsides. For example, I'm now replaying Kingdom Come Deliverence to refresh my memory before the second part comes out. I like both RPG styles equally, and to be honest, I grew up on the Western style on Black Isle Studio games (Ice Wind Dale, Fallout 1-2, Baldur's Gate, etc.), I discover the JRPG genre for myself, thanks to the fact that at that time the Final Fantasy series began to rapidly gain popularity in the West and I got into this genre.
Well, go to Google, read their interview and listen to what EA CEO said - "During the conversation, Wilson emphasized that BioWare "has rallied around what made BioWare a fan-favorite studio," singling out the studio's talent for putting out a killer combo of immersive worlds, deep characters that mesh well with each other, and strong storytelling." Or Bioware creative director John Epler - “We’re a studio built to make single-player RPGs,” Epler says. “And more importantly, I think a lot of people have come here to build single-player, story based RPGs. So, it just kind of ended up making more sense to make this game the way it is versus a multiplayer game.” Even on the official website, on the main page, the game is designated as: "Unite the Veilguard and defy the gods in an immersive single-player RPG." as an immersive RPG. And believe me, they really believe that they made an RPG and their original plan was exactly an RPG. And the fact that later the players themselves began to classifyas an Adventure game is a common sense of the players themselves, there is no merit of BioWare or EA in this. The way the game turned out is how BioWare now sees the RPG genre and its development. And this is not only a problem for BioWare, it is a problem for RPGs as a genre in the industry as a whole, including even Japan, where for many years now Square Enix has been trying to finish off the Final Fantasy series with its feet in the same way.
I just don't understand what you're trying to achieve. I understand perfectly well that this is not an RPG. I wrote about this right away in one of the first messages and I think all adequate people who have at least some experience in this genre understand that this is not an RPG. This is a general trend in the industry - we are going down the path of degradation and simplification of game genres, and I don't see any prerequisites for this to stop in the near future. We will still rarely get old-school RPGs, but the main mainstream movement will be in this style.
DD2 had attractive females in game and no woke shit, and it is an rpg, and it didnt alienate half of its loyal fanbase, big difference vs newest DA
DD2 had attractive females in game and no woke shit, and it is an rpg, and it didnt alienate half of its loyal fanbase, big difference vs newest DA
It got many patches by now so both bug and performance wise its much improved after launch, couple that with nice discounts and u got the picture- it is simply cheaper and much higher quality experience.
Oh and look at DD2 char creator, u can actually create sexy pawn aka ur sidekick
DD2 had attractive females in game and no woke shit, and it is an rpg, and it didnt alienate half of its loyal fanbase, big difference vs newest DA
It got many patches by now so both bug and performance wise its much improved after launch, couple that with nice discounts and u got the picture- it is simply cheaper and much higher quality experience.
Oh and look at DD2 char creator, u can actually create sexy pawn aka ur sidekick
And i might be bit biased since i love berserk manga/anime(as u can guess by my profile pic) but u can even create GutS no probs:
Try this stuff in DA:V and u simply cant/arrent allowed to even.
And what surprises us in this? Everything that happens happens for one reason or another. The degradation of games in the direction of simplification began a long time ago, now they highlight where to go in color, and NPCs tell you in plain text where to look and which lever to pull, a compass hangs over your head where to run, and on the map they conveniently mark what and where to collect, etc. This already exists in all genres, it's just that in this case, since this was supposed to be an RPG... In such complex games, such simplifications are most visible. Since this is a rather complex and deep genre and from the beginning it did not imply help to the player, the player himself must study the world of the game without its help, game can leave hints, but player must figure them out himself.
