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- Comment on Corinne Busche, director of Dragon Ave: The Veilguard, departs BioWare 2 days ago:
It might just be that Taash isn’t the companion for you. I did not find them unlikable, just incredibly direct.
Dunno where you saw that, steamdb (steamdb.info/app/1845910/) has it listed on 38.99€ at a 35% discount, which is horrendous for a not even 2 month old release.
I found an article from about 3 or 4 weeks after release, so clearly the price dripped a couple times. And agreed, it is a bad sign for sales
- Comment on Corinne Busche, director of Dragon Ave: The Veilguard, departs BioWare 3 days ago:
I don’t think so. The writing of Taash was so bad and uncomfortable for the most part that I genuinely didn’t know if they were trying to mock trans-people with this representation
I disagree. The writing of Taash, while basic, has a lot in common with folks early in discovering their trans identity. Yeah, it is awkward and uncomfortable. Guess what, self introspection often is. I would say with Taash we see a lot of what would be internal struggles being vocalized. The good news is that Taash isn’t the only character you can interact with.
Breaking with an established formula can be a big detriment to a franchise.
Of course it can, but it doesn’t solely make it a bad game.
Veilguard, on the other hand, doesn’t get better. It just stays bad and even confusing at times.
I disagree. I really like the gameplay. It gets better almost immediately after the tutorial, though the tutorial is a little long for my taste.
All time peak on steam is 90k - that’s horrendous. Obviously, that’s not the total sales and it’s also sold on other platforms, so we do not know the real number. However,the game went on discount not even 2 months after release, and a pretty hefty one at that, 35% I think.
Yeah, again, I don’t think the numbers are great, but 90k on 1 of 4 or 5 big platforms isn’t dismal. And the discount could be telling, but (I just looked it up) it was around 29%, which is still $50. Part of that could be backlash to the $70 AAA price tag. All that being said, all of this is speculation without numbers being released from EA
- Comment on Corinne Busche, director of Dragon Ave: The Veilguard, departs BioWare 3 days ago:
If the discourse I’m seeing on dev/gaming twitter/bluesky is anything to go off of
It’s probably not. Everyone I know that has actually played has found it to be quite fun. It’s not perfect, but highly enjoyable 7/10. Most of the negative reviews I have seen are 1 of 3 things:
- It’S tOo WoKe And
- It not a CRPG like Origins
- The writing is not up the same standards as previous Dragon Ages
So the first one can be thrown out. 2 is true, but doesn’t make it a bad game. 3 is true for the tutorial portion for sure, but after that things open up. The story isn’t amazing, but it suits the gameplay well.
EA hasn’t released any sales numbers, so hard to say on that part, but probably not in the multiple millions. From what I can find it is probably selling fine. Not amazing, not bad, but fine. That also could be due to a variety of factors like marketing clarity or using an IP in a way that fans of the IP did not want. It does not necessarily mean the game is a bad game
- Comment on TikTok tells LA staff impacted by wildfires to use personal/sick hours if they can't work from home 1 week ago:
For the most part I agree, but we are quickly moving to a place where voting either won’t do anything or won’t be a thing. For now, organizing and community support is the best thing to do, but there may come a time where we need to think about other options
- Comment on TikTok tells LA staff impacted by wildfires to use personal/sick hours if they can't work from home 1 week ago:
Guess we better not try then…
The fact is that while there is no guarantee, you can at lest push to something better. Don’t self-defeat so early
- Comment on Apple CEO Tim Cook Donating $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund 2 weeks ago:
Hate to shatter that ideal more, but the US has never been a bastion of democracy. The electoral college has existed since the founding, women have only been able to vote since 1920, and black folks have only fully been enfranchised since 1965. Even so, the right has been working to disenfranchise black and poor folks ever since.
- Comment on Discussion: Cybertruck involved in attempted bombing in Las Vegas auto-locked after explosion 2 weeks ago:
Do they? Or is that just an extension of the right wing rumor that EVs explode more often than gas cars?
Cybertrucks are super fucking shitty, but for a lot of other reasons. Shitty to no QA, panels that are not properly attached, incredibly low visibility (even for a truck), undersized drive train components, and low actual utility to name a few. Oh, and everything that Elon is
- Comment on After years of holding out hope, 2024 was the year I finally gave up on BioWare 3 weeks ago:
I have not quite finished the game, but I did go through and do as many companion quests as possible, and they felt kinda drip fed. Probably just less developed than the main quest, which is a shame.
- Comment on After years of holding out hope, 2024 was the year I finally gave up on BioWare 3 weeks ago:
I hated the combat in Witcher 3. The combat in Veilguard does not feel the same to me, so if it is biting the Witcher, it also improved it. I get they were probably chasing trends, but Veilguard is a solid action game. The author clearly has a bias to CRPGs, and a soft spot for Origins (as do I), but that does not make Veilguard a bad game. Just different
- Comment on After years of holding out hope, 2024 was the year I finally gave up on BioWare 3 weeks ago:
The Witcher games have all had terrible combat, just getting slightly better each game. The folklore and universe are really what sells the Witcher games. Though the first one was still real bad.
- Comment on After years of holding out hope, 2024 was the year I finally gave up on BioWare 3 weeks ago:
I can’t say this for the author since they seemed to have finished the game, but Veilguard starts real rough, but got really fun to play. The story isn’t anything to write home about, but it suits the more action oriented combat well. I get it is not the DA CRPG everyone seemed to want, but it is a damn fun 3rd person action game. Besides, we still have Baldurs Gate 3.
- Comment on Fallout 76 Ghoul Experience Detailed by Bethesda 4 weeks ago:
The weight limit is bad. I played recently and it seems like they did some adjustments, so not as bad as it used to be
- Comment on Intel finally notches a GPU win, confirms Arc B580 is selling out after stellar reviews 4 weeks ago:
They have a harder time with older games in general. DX11 (I think) is still new for Intel
- Comment on Fallout 76 Ghoul Experience Detailed by Bethesda 4 weeks ago:
Not much good could be said about him
- Comment on Fallout 76 Ghoul Experience Detailed by Bethesda 4 weeks ago:
Also, game is pretty good nowadays
- Comment on Balatro is rated PEGI-18 and Among Us inspires disgruntled people with medical needs. What other video games have been secretly eroding the very fabric of American society? 5 weeks ago:
Jean shirt, jean jacket, and jean pants is the Canadian tuxedo
- Comment on Balatro is rated PEGI-18 and Among Us inspires disgruntled people with medical needs. What other video games have been secretly eroding the very fabric of American society? 5 weeks ago:
Is that gambling in a Canadian tuxedo or gambling with jeans? Every hand you lose you pants…
- Comment on Balatro is rated PEGI-18 and Among Us inspires disgruntled people with medical needs. What other video games have been secretly eroding the very fabric of American society? 5 weeks ago:
Jesus take the roulette wheel
- Comment on Balatro is rated PEGI-18 and Among Us inspires disgruntled people with medical needs. What other video games have been secretly eroding the very fabric of American society? 5 weeks ago:
What about if you’re gambling for Jesus?
- Comment on Blacksky Is Nothing Like Black Twitter—and It Doesn’t Need to Be 5 weeks ago:
It is not that though. Safe spaces doesn’t mean they don’t ever have contact from outside groups, it means they have a place they can take a break and know there is a certain cultural understanding. It is a vacation, not a permanent move.
- Comment on Balatro is rated PEGI-18 and Among Us inspires disgruntled people with medical needs. What other video games have been secretly eroding the very fabric of American society? 5 weeks ago:
Balatro is E for everyone 10+ in freedom ratings. We don’t give any shits about gambling imagery over here (Yes, I know balatro is not gambling and the PEGI rating is BS).
- Comment on Discord’s New Age Verification uses AI and Your Face! 5 weeks ago:
But I don’t want to give discord my face. I need that
- Comment on Blacksky Is Nothing Like Black Twitter—and It Doesn’t Need to Be 5 weeks ago:
It’s not the same thing. One was meant to keep black people out of society, and the other is meant to provide community for marginalized folks (in this case black folks, but any marginalized group can have a safe space). And yes, we still have racism and bigotry, but comparing something that was meant to further marginalize people to something that is meant to provide community is just silly.
- Comment on Blacksky Is Nothing Like Black Twitter—and It Doesn’t Need to Be 5 weeks ago:
Safe spaces are not segregation in the same sense as US history. These are folks self selecting, not the government selecting for them. Often online spaces especially need spaces like this so folks in marginalized groups can have a safe community. They are also not stuck to the one feed, they can just choose what feed they want when
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 15th 5 weeks ago:
Been back into Satisfactory for the Ficsmas event. Thinking about trying Marvel Rivals later this week. Seems like Overwatch with Marvel characters
- Comment on FromSoftware is making more Elden Ring after all, with the co-op Elden Ring: Night Reign 5 weeks ago:
That is true. I wonder if they are going to do voice comms
- Comment on FromSoftware is making more Elden Ring after all, with the co-op Elden Ring: Night Reign 5 weeks ago:
For sure. I hope my friends want to play, otherwise I’ll probably skip this one
- Comment on FromSoftware is making more Elden Ring after all, with the co-op Elden Ring: Night Reign 5 weeks ago:
Vaatividya had a good overview video. Looks fun to me, I just hope the community doesn’t turn out to be shit…
- Comment on FromSoftware is making more Elden Ring after all, with the co-op Elden Ring: Night Reign 5 weeks ago:
They are using Dark Souls enemies in this game. Not a bad thing mind you, just interesting.
- Comment on Amazon starts selling Hyundai cars, more brands next year 5 weeks ago:
I would be very surprised if that is why Amazon chose those cities. Having worked there, they would have pulled demographic data to see how many new cars are sold each year and released in the highest volume cities with dealers willing to work with them.