12-04-2025, 02:17 PM
Dragon Age is similarly something I have huge emotions regarding. It's one of, if not the, first ever game series I poured hours worth of time into - reading every piece of lore, playing the browser based Facebook spin-off games, playing every single path and choice and exploring every DLC and ending to it's fullest. Origins still stands as one of my favourite and maybe most influential games of all time, II gets undeserved hate and only ultimately because it failed to retain or refine things which Origins was heralded over, and Inquisition is maybe one of my most internally self-debated games of all time on if I love it or hate it lmao.
I've no interest at all in playing Veilguard, however. It's tone, aesthetics and presentation has confirmed to me that Dragon Ags and its future will likely cater very much so to the lowest common denominator. We went from ASOIAF fan fiction and dark fantasy, gruesome aesthetics with quest lines involving...(TW - SA)
To somebody coming to terms with their pronouns.
The latter wouldn't be a problem in most cases, but Thedas already has such a unique relationship with gender identity and roles, as well as sexual identification thanks to its religions and cultures doctrines. Inquisition knew that and handled it great.
Ultimately DA's decline, and hesitancy to tackle legitimate issues posed by this fantasy setting, is such a shame for me. II and all the quest lines it had involving the Tevinter Imperium and their slaves, Fenris, etc. which was only hinted at in a single quest in DAO with a Magister in the Elvish equivalent of a ghetto was so interesting and dark. Why are these Magisters suddenly so quirky?
Lowkey its graphical style is a consequence of Fortnite lmao (only half joking...)
I've no interest at all in playing Veilguard, however. It's tone, aesthetics and presentation has confirmed to me that Dragon Ags and its future will likely cater very much so to the lowest common denominator. We went from ASOIAF fan fiction and dark fantasy, gruesome aesthetics with quest lines involving...(TW - SA)
Spoiler:
The latter wouldn't be a problem in most cases, but Thedas already has such a unique relationship with gender identity and roles, as well as sexual identification thanks to its religions and cultures doctrines. Inquisition knew that and handled it great.
Ultimately DA's decline, and hesitancy to tackle legitimate issues posed by this fantasy setting, is such a shame for me. II and all the quest lines it had involving the Tevinter Imperium and their slaves, Fenris, etc. which was only hinted at in a single quest in DAO with a Magister in the Elvish equivalent of a ghetto was so interesting and dark. Why are these Magisters suddenly so quirky?
Lowkey its graphical style is a consequence of Fortnite lmao (only half joking...)
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