r/masseffect • • 9h ago

NEWS It’s over

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Well, that’s that then

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u/hellothisismadlad 8h ago

Veilguard was their hail mary and it's totally on them and only them

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u/TheMustardisBad 8h ago

Veilguard was forced to change direction multiple times by EA while keeping the same release window

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u/Firecracker048 8h ago

While true, it wasn't the gameplay that sunk the game. Or the visuals.

It was the tumblr blog level of writing.

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u/Telos1807 8h ago

There were certainly errors made with the writing approach. There was a lack of teeth; like why can I as a Qunari and Bellara as an Elf walk around Tevinter freely?

But, come on. Don't we pretty much know they had a year to write the game? EA fucked with that project relentlessly. It's not completely on them, it's kind of a miracle it didn't turn out any worse. Hell I'd take it over Andromeda.

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u/Firecracker048 8h ago

You kinda contradicted yourself in the second paragraph. Even with just about a year, the basics of the places we went to were laid. They scrapped established lore and even took away all 'mean' options.

The fucked up the writing and atmosphere so badly. It was a purposeful choice to design the game that way. Andromedia you could at least tell people to fuck off