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[GinSama]

I just want a dark fantasy RPG BioWare

Why the hell is that bear looking like that way??

 

[Fabieter]

Is it disgusting because there’s a non-binary character? Seriously, what is this bigoted shit?

Shitty writing isn't unreasonable to discuss and to call out.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Can't believe this is real. Somebody must have made these screenshots in Photoshop.

 

[EviLore]

I know, right? All he did was shave, wash his hair, and maybe lost some weight. Looks great!

So is this demon character thing specifically NB, or is that a characteristic of its species (i.e. they fluctuate back and forth between sexes, like a starfish or something)? I think there is room to explore a character that, perhaps unwillingly, has to transition genders and then starts thinking and feeling in an entirely different way as the hormone mix radically changes.

But to make it an unavoidable "lecture" in the middle of the game...no thanks!

The demon looking race is the Qunari. Nothing previously established in the lore about that afaik, just injecting modern gender issues into the series with this entry.

 

[DAHGAMING]

Id fuck it anyway, whatever it/that is.

 

[delfrickintree]

U laughing and using black person as a gif here, but tons of hood ppl have very strong opinions on that stuff, u can find it on yt even when they debate, since they are black this content is allowed to exist but i guarantee u take any avg conservative person(doesnt even have to be american, just person with traditional values which are around 7bilion in the world) and compare it to how brothers from the hood think about clownworld, u will realise our views are timid af still

i dunno man some of those brothas in the hood are lowkey zesty af

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Are u commited enough for the real stuff tho?

I can fake it

 

[TintoConCasera]

Why not? Non-binary people exist.

Not really, gender is binary.

Feelings don't shape reality.

 

[cormack12]

Reminds me of this:

Was this the same art team as Veilguard that illustrated this novel?

 

[Draugoth]

imagine being an adult upset by this.

The game is supposed to take place in a fantasy setting.

 

[SenaxxNL]

imagine being an adult upset by this.

in b4: Our game didn't meet our sales expectations, we have to fire 50% of the workers

 

[PeteBull]

i dunno man some of those brothas in the hood are lowkey zesty af

Back in the day this treasure was allowed to be made, top comedy and doesnt get old

 

[ElFenomeno]

Filth. Not touching this shit.

 

[Mister Wolf]

The game is supposed to take place in a fantasy setting.

Some people live in a fantasy world in real life. We call them delusional. They've existed in many forms throughout human history. So much so we have classifications.

 

[Boss Mog]

imagine being an adult upset by this.

Imagine being an adult who isn't upset by the erosion and collapse of science and Western civilization.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Serious question. Besides the non binary character, what other stuff in this game is GAF not liking....in detail? I have not payed much attention.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Serious question. Besides the non binary character, what other stuff in this game is GAF not liking....in detail? I have not payed much attention.

Dunno about the rest of GAF, but for me:

They ditched the good ol' CRPG combat for action combat.
Very bland art design.
Cringe dialogue.

 

[iCodec]

I’m curious if the game forces you to be respectful in these situations

 

[Roxkis_ii]

I'm starting to wonder if people are just picking games that already weren't looking good to find a culture war issues with.

 

[MetalFreak]

imagine being an adult upset by this.

This is only part of the problem.
Anything that promotes body mutilation doesn’t get my money.
Fuck those blue haired freaks, fuck BioWare for allowing the propagation of this virus!

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Personally I get the plight of the marginalized minority community, but unfortunately it comes with a price. Stuff like this in dragon age will stand out as as strange and maybe unnecessary. But if it happens to make a trans person happy and feel like their life is worth living because they don't think people see them as some sort of anomaly or biological mishap, I am all for it.

Man, you are such a good, moral person. People should be looking up to you. How can we ignorant, evil bigots even compare to someone as righteous as you? Let's all pray for little Timmys missing tricycle to appear in the next multi million dollar game to raise awareness for his suffering. I'm not sure if the world has taken notice, yet.

 

[UnrealEck]

Serious question. Besides the non binary character, what other stuff in this game is GAF not liking....in detail? I have not payed much attention.

The dialogue generally seems very poor. I have heard a bunch of it and then I saw someone quoting Skill Up's review regarding the dialogue and it was spot on. It's without nuance and is always very cautious about offending anyone.
The art design is really disappointing too. Could have been a dark, gritty, gorey DA game again but no, they had to make some sort of Fortnite-esque style.
I also dislike the accents of the characters. But that's my preference really and I know the older DA games had similar accents.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

This looks...fake. Is it not?

 

[geary]

Personally I get the plight of the marginalized minority community, but unfortunately it comes with a price. Stuff like this in dragon age will stand out as as strange and maybe unnecessary. But if it happens to make a trans person happy and feel like their life is worth living because they don't think people see them as some sort of anomaly or biological mishap, I am all for it.

If someone's thinking life worth living because feels represented in a video game, has so other problems...

 

[Interfectum]

I definitely want to spend $70 to be lectured on how I should be normalizing a clear mental illness.

Pass.

 

[delfrickintree]

I’m curious if the game forces you to be respectful in these situations

Plot twist, you have the option of hanging them with a noose right on the spot. Now thats an rpg!!

Seriously tho HogsIsland playing the easiest bait game with this forum and getting incredible salt mines. Whether they are sincere doesnt even matter

 

[SpokkX]

Well can you refuse to go along and just make her mad?

Player choice etc

If not however…

 

[Alebrije]

This looks...fake. Is it not?

Second, this looks fake , if not

And it's not about if You agree or not about the messages, is about lack of importance of those topics on the games lore. I mean.and evil force want to rule/destroy the world...SO when You hear people talking about gender, economic class, climate change, cáncer, Parkinson and tons of other topics...meanwhile they are being destroyed by that evil force.

 

[RoboFu]

Wouldn't it be Thou/Thine pronouns in a fantasy rpg though ??

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Man, you are such a good, moral person. People should be looking up to you.

Actually, yeah. You should.

 

[Thanati]

So, who cares? It's a character in the game.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I'm starting to wonder if people are just picking games that already weren't looking good to find a culture war issues with.

your wonder is misplaced

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Jesus

 

[delfrickintree]

Second, this looks fake , if not

And it's not about if You agree or not about the messages, is about lack of importance of those topics on the games lore. I mean.and evil force want to rule/destroy the world...SO when You hear people talking about gender, economic class, climate change, cáncer, Parkinson and tons of other topics...meanwhile they are being destroyed by that evil force.

Vitiligo was responsible for many human genocides in herstory.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

So, who cares? It's a character in the game.

it works the other way around too

 

[Synless]

God damn trash. Zero sale, it’s worse than I thought.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Serious question. Besides the non binary character, what other stuff in this game is GAF not liking....in detail? I have not payed much attention.

From what I've seen in reviews/discussions, there's no negative dialog options so it's more of a positive only dialog for flirting.

 

[dorkimoe]

Imagine being an adult who thinks there are more than 2 genders.

well it is a fantasy game so whats the issue?

 

[HogIsland]

This is only part of the problem.
Anything that promotes body mutilation doesn’t get my money.
Fuck those blue haired freaks, fuck BioWare for allowing the propagation of this virus!

you've been boycotting circumcised male characters all this time? wow.

 

[StueyDuck]

Serious question. Besides the non binary character, what other stuff in this game is GAF not liking....in detail? I have not payed much attention.

i've been saying since gameplay footage that the gameplay just doesn't look fun or good at all.

it seems that was the case after all.

the combat just looked bad from the get go.

 

[Fabieter]

Actually, yeah. You should.

Why?

 

[lughnasadh123]

With all the truly terrible things going on in the world, people including a non-binary character in a video game is the least important thing I'm wasting giving a fuck about. There're lot's of people in the world, including close friends and family (omg, especially family!) where we have severe different view points and yet can still respect each other's choices. People want to act like this is some zero-sum ideology where this is an attack on others when it's not. The whole anti women, blacks, gays, non-binary crap is just getting fucking tiresome.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Task 1: escape the jail and find a dagger

Task 2: find your long time friend on the other side of the city for food and clothes

Task 3: decide on whether townsfolk call you Sir or Madam.

 

[StueyDuck]

you've been boycotting circumcised male characters all this time? wow.

which games have circumcised male characters?

also are you saying that Jewish people are mutilating themselves?

Tell me more about your opinions and feelings on circumcision?

 

[Fabieter]

With all the truly terrible things going on in the world, people including a non-binary character in a video game is the least important thing I'm wasting giving a fuck about. There're lot's of people in the world, including close friends and family (omg, especially family!) where we have severe different view points and yet can still respect each other's choices. People want to act like this is some zero-sum ideology where this is an attack on others when it's not. The whole anti women, blacks, gays, non-binary crap is just getting fucking tiresome.

I could fill books with what's wrong in any country in the world but we are discussing video games here.

 

[tommib]

This is only part of the problem.
Anything that promotes body mutilation doesn’t get my money.
Fuck those blue haired freaks, fuck BioWare for allowing the propagation of this virus!

What about fake tits, fake ass, nose surgery, silicone glutes, testosterone shots and steroids? All good there?

 

[Ben87fr]

Haha yes ! Bioware has been shit for at least a decade, nothing good is gonna come from this company let it burn

 

[SHAKEZ]

well it is a fantasy game so whats the issue?

The issue is the twitter dialog taken straight from real life with no care for adaptation at all. It also sounds as stupid and eye-rolling.

 

[StueyDuck]

With all the truly terrible things going on in the world, people including a non-binary character in a video game is the least important thing I'm wasting giving a fuck about. There're lot's of people in the world, including close friends and family (omg, especially family!) where we have severe different view points and yet can still respect each other's choices. People want to act like this is some zero-sum ideology where this is an attack on others when it's not. The whole anti women, blacks, gays, non-binary crap is just getting fucking tiresome.

who is anti-women, blacks and gays and non-binary on here?

What are you insinuating about people who are critiquing the video game?

what is the crap that is so tiresome? people voicing their opinions?

 

[RoboFu]

So, who cares? It's a character in the game.

Context... it's pushing an external real world ideology through propaganda towards our youth. It's " not just a " anything.

It's like .. what do you want be?? a powerful primordial wizard!! , A valiant heroic knight !! Or a post op nonbinary top surgery scarred them..