Basically, the in-game models were purposely made so they have oversized heads and small stubby limbs relative to their entire bodies. In other words, the characters were actively given "cartoon bodies".
What really bothers me on a deep level is how a series known for being "grimdark" or at the very least to be inclined towards the dark side of the fantasy genre was deliberately targeted in order to infantilize it.
What really bothers me on a deep level is how a series known for being "grimdark" or at the very least to be inclined towards the dark side of the fantasy genre was deliberately targeted in order to infantilize it.
This happened years ago. The devs that worked on inquisition said they moved away from the game being dark because they didn't like it.
Did everyone just skip over that game or something?
What really bothers me on a deep level is how a series known for being "grimdark" or at the very least to be inclined towards the dark side of the fantasy genre was deliberately targeted in order to infantilize it.
This happened years ago. The devs that worked on inquisition said they moved away from the game being dark because they didn't like it.
Did everyone just skip over that game or something?
So far I have only played Origins tbh, so knowing that the other games may also be "cartoony" does discourage me a bit from getting them...
Basically, the in-game models were purposely made so they have oversized heads and small stubby limbs relative to their entire bodies. In other words, the characters were actively given "cartoon bodies".
What really bothers me on a deep level is how a series known for being "grimdark" or at the very least to be inclined towards the dark side of the fantasy genre was deliberately targeted in order to infantilize it.
Cannot unsee it now, and, as Asmongold says there, seeing that makes it somehow even worse than it already was.
What is it with deranged sexual deviants and their obsession with infantilizing things?
What really bothers me on a deep level is how a series known for being "grimdark" or at the very least to be inclined towards the dark side of the fantasy genre was deliberately targeted in order to infantilize it.
This happened years ago. The devs that worked on inquisition said they moved away from the game being dark because they didn't like it.
Did everyone just skip over that game or something?
I remember them saying that, I also recall someone saying how Solas was not a romance option for men because they did not "want to do the trope of bisexual=evil", and also how they either laughed or were dicks about people berating their **** dialogue wheel, saying on the forums that the wheel is there to stay.
EDIT: By the way! I think their actual words on the grimdark was that they were "not comfortable" with it.
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Basically, the in-game models were purposely made so they have oversized heads and small stubby limbs relative to their entire bodies. In other words, the characters were actively given "cartoon bodies".
What really bothers me on a deep level is how a series known for being "grimdark" or at the very least to be inclined towards the dark side of the fantasy genre was deliberately targeted in order to infantilize it.
Woah, that is comparable to the difference between a default or poorly adjusted Hero Forge body proportion to a "realistic proportioned" Hero Forge body. The poor model bodies have similar issues where the proportions make them look too cartoonish or zany versus the realistic proportions you would expect from a Dragon Age game.
I just hope that we can get a mod that removes the relationships between the companions if you don't romance them, Hearing Iron Bull & Dorian talking about what they got up to back at base in Inquisition made me want to vomit....
That's what you get for allowing the degenerate ****** writer's walking fetish into your organization after he outright tells you he's a spy for muslim commies.
Dorian, on the other hand, is a great character if you remove his personal quest, which revolves entirely around his dad trying to mage the gay away. Oh, and his faggoty 'stache too.
I remember early in the development ( even on promotional material) one of the companion characters was originally a female white mage that looked decently attractive. Then in the final release she was a bald black woman who is gay.
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Apparently the UI for Dragon Age: The Veilguard is already bad enough to warrant someone making a nearly 20 minute video on how to fix it. It's so bad, the video makes a joke about the UI being bloatware and the game needing an ad block for its interface.
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BioWare doesn't have plans for Dragon Age: The Veilguard DLC right now, but that's mainly because the team is focused on ensuring the game ships with a complete story that isn't begging for a follow-up ending, as was the case with Dragon Age: Inquisition.
When asked about possible future additions in an interview with YouTuber MrMattyPlays, game director Corrine Busche explains that she's a "huge fan" of Dragon Age: Inquisition's Trespasser expansion, which wrapped the entire story with a nice bow and served as a bridge to the inevitable sequel. But Busche also says that Trespasser was "so essential to the Dragon Age: Inquisition story, it arguably should have been part of the base game."
Busche brings that up because it's apparently a critique that BioWare was well aware of and keen to avoid in The Veilguard. "We really wanted to make it the most complete out-of-the-box package we possibly could, from a player experience, the narrative, and everything else," she continues. "That's entirely our focus right now."
A far cry from
The negative is that EA has so little faith in this game that they're not giving them a DLC budget.
Basically, the in-game models were purposely made so they have oversized heads and small stubby limbs relative to their entire bodies. In other words, the characters were actively given "cartoon bodies".
What really bothers me on a deep level is how a series known for being "grimdark" or at the very least to be inclined towards the dark side of the fantasy genre was deliberately targeted in order to infantilize it.
They did the exact same thing in Mass Effect Andromeda. I remember everyone calling the protagonist a manlet and ****.
There is some weird midget at Bioware that is desperately trying to normalize manlet energy.
BioWare doesn't have plans for Dragon Age: The Veilguard DLC right now, but that's mainly because the team is focused on ensuring the game ships with a complete story that isn't begging for a follow-up ending, as was the case with Dragon Age: Inquisition.
When asked about possible future additions in an interview with YouTuber MrMattyPlays, game director Corrine Busche explains that she's a "huge fan" of Dragon Age: Inquisition's Trespasser expansion, which wrapped the entire story with a nice bow and served as a bridge to the inevitable sequel. But Busche also says that Trespasser was "so essential to the Dragon Age: Inquisition story, it arguably should have been part of the base game."
Busche brings that up because it's apparently a critique that BioWare was well aware of and keen to avoid in The Veilguard. "We really wanted to make it the most complete out-of-the-box package we possibly could, from a player experience, the narrative, and everything else," she continues. "That's entirely our focus right now."
A far cry from
The negative is that EA has so little faith in this game that they're not giving them a DLC budget.
That entire chart is ********. Every employee draws from the same resource: money. Employees assigned to making DLC pull money from those that would be fixing the game.
That entire chart is ********. Every employee draws from the same resource: money. Employees assigned to making DLC pull money from those that would be fixing the game.
That's a programmer/scripter issue. Those artists and designers have to go somewhere, either laid off or assigned to a different project.
That entire chart is ********. Every employee draws from the same resource: money. Employees assigned to making DLC pull money from those that would be fixing the game.
That's a programmer/scripter issue. Those artists and designers have to go somewhere, either laid off or assigned to a different project.
Not the customer's fault that they hired too many designers and artists.
That entire chart is ********. Every employee draws from the same resource: money. Employees assigned to making DLC pull money from those that would be fixing the game.
That's a programmer/scripter issue. Those artists and designers have to go somewhere, either laid off or assigned to a different project.
Not the customer's fault that they hired too many designers and artists.
This is how it always goes, the team starts small, gets bigger as production ramps up, then gets smaller again.
Should really only be a small team that is perm hire with a strong skillset under the belt for key areas, then a lot of time should be in requirements and planning. Once that is ironed out and set in stone, you setup for hiring of contractors for each design phase to handle the bulk work under perm lead direction with each phase completing and moving on to the next phase. Any minor iterations can be handled by the perm team (more waterfall approach with any iteration cycles primarily being during each sub phase).
With a good experienced planning and design team who understands structured development and requirements, the process should more properly reflect actual goals and it more likely avoids all the garbage that modern developers get hung up on (ie feature creep, design paralysis, etc...).
That entire chart is ********. Every employee draws from the same resource: money. Employees assigned to making DLC pull money from those that would be fixing the game.
That's a programmer/scripter issue. Those artists and designers have to go somewhere, either laid off or assigned to a different project.
Not the customer's fault that they hired too many designers and artists.
Usually it's a problem when too many customers have too little standards.
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Apparently the UI for Dragon Age: The Veilguard is already bad enough to warrant someone making a nearly 20 minute video on how to fix it. It's so bad, the video makes a joke about the UI being bloatware and the game needing an ad block for its interface.
Didn't watch the full video, assumed its some engagement bait anyway, but **** the UI is indeed dogshit.
Apparently the UI for Dragon Age: The Veilguard is already bad enough to warrant someone making a nearly 20 minute video on how to fix it. It's so bad, the video makes a joke about the UI being bloatware and the game needing an ad block for its interface.
Didn't watch the full video, assumed its some engagement bait anyway, but **** the UI is indeed dogshit.
I wonder what's the designer's expectation of adding so much on-screen junk, basically forcing the player to spend 5 minutes looking for stuff in a 1 minute fight. Sounds like a great way to have 99% of the target audience not actually playing past the prologue.
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