That really was handled poorly and I don’t mind the subject matter in general. But to pretend the whole game was like this and didn’t have any qualities is also kind of misleading.
They shouldn’t have made it a dragon age game, I think it would have been received somewhat better.
A shame the studio is gone, I am a huge mass effect fan.
Honestly, the culture war against the game that coincided with the 2024 election was one of the saddest things. The devs got so much abuse and even death threats. It reviewed well, was extremely polished, and had an excellent gameplay loop. Some of the same writers from the first game helped write this one, including Trick Weekes. But it was caught up in a toxic anti-DEI culture war that absolutely killed its sales and ultimately led to the studio's closure. I hope gamers are happy with themselves.
I played the game it wasn't very good, like the writing was atrocious, the levels were disconnected which was weird and disjointed.
The gameplay was pretty good, and the actual levels for the most part were interesting enough. Just gotta skip all the dialogue. The games writing felt like it was scared to upset anyone, it was just bad. It definitely got too much hate though because literally nothing deserves the hate it got.
The writing wasn't perfect, but there were plenty of games in 2024 with far worse writing. The reason Veilguard became such a target was as much a product of the culture war as anything else.
I'm fully convinced that if the non-binary storyline had been scrapped before release, the game wouldn't have generated nearly as much controversy. There are plenty of people in gaming fandom who don't want these themes in games, no matter how well they're written.
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