I've been re-playing Dragon Age: Origins and I was shocked how much things changed in writing in such a short period of time.
It's not the plot but the characters. Flemeth appears intelligent and commands respect without being a girl boss, even Morrigan does not appear as a girl boss despite her jabs at Alister - being voiced by Claudia Black does help.
It is also a lot grimmer, the 2 that die during the ritual to become wardens are made to be liked, the guy that was newly wed with a baby is killed by Duncan because he was afraid. The mages being turned tranquil or killed if they fail a test. You understand why but it is incredibly dark.
The writing is totally incompatible with what ever the DA: Vailguard is. in Origins we understand that killing an innocent father is ok in order to protect the world but in Vailguard it is a problem if you use the wrong pronouns?
I know all the woke leftist crap but did they ever read books or played games written before 2015?
Well, I guess I don't have to be ashamed that I liked Dragon Age Origins. Even though the writer was someone who's now a truly horrendous douchebag.
Not sure about the writer, I assume he is woke?
Origins had things like religion not being evil and even offering help and sanctuary and templars are holy warriors that are need it. Family has value, being a father is a good thing. People that are oppressed can still be evil. Understanding why someone did something bad does not excuse their behavior and attornment is required.
This on top of women not being just girl bosses or men being dumb and weak.
It highlights how much morals changed on the left in a relative short amount of time. How the left turned in some hateful mockery of what they used to be.
I assume the writer was one of those who changed?
There were multiple writers, though I'm going to guess AntonioOfVenice is specifically referring to David Gaider. Gaider, despite having left Bioware sometime after Inquisition, recently resurfaced online as an internet tough guy to start talking smack against everyone disliking The Veilguard. He also started throwing shade at the Mass Effect team, claiming they were shown favoritism by EA over the DA team and they treated him badly during his time working on the story for Anthem (with all his contributions to it left on the cutting room floor). All the while proclaiming he was one of the few stalwart heroes at Bioware trying to uphold the old-school RPG principles of yore when the company wanted to turn more to action games. Even though he was one of the many onboard with the changes DA2 was making to the series with its "press a button, something awesome has to happen" design "philosophy."
Honestly, Gaider's been coming across as a bitter old man lashing out in anger over the fact that his precious Dragon Age franchise so sharply declined. And that it's obviously all everyone else's fault.
If he defends Veilguard he is a lost cause. Who in their right mind would defend that pile of crap - from story to combat to pronouns and cringe dialogue to crappy artistic direction - that game is unsalvageable.
Funnily enough, he later on issued out his own complaints about The Veilguard, admitting he didn't care for the art direction, the gameplay, and the lack of choice transfers from previous games. So it's okay when he criticizes the game, but not others, particularly those of a certain political bend that doesn't match his.
Extremely woke. And obnoxious at that. I couldn't believe it was the guy who wrote a game that I found enjoyable. Note that the whole "slavery" thing in the game was a bit heavy-handed (regarding it as the ultimate evil), but that's the sort of Woke Lite you also see in GOT.
He may have changed, or maybe he can compartmentalize his wokeness and he's actually able to write something that appeals to normal people.