Dragon Age 4: Rise of the Woke Wolf???

Believe me, I do not suffer from brand loyalty. I suffer from my love of franchises, but I am very careful with my money. I haven’t purchased a game at launch in years. I’m that guy now who sits and waits both for real commentary and price drops. I also suffer from cynical optimism. I know people are dumb fucks, but I cannot completely believe that anyone with two brain cells to rub together can ignore reality forever, especially if they are in the business of making money.

Bioware is not who they once were, but the results of DA:4 will be the final test of if they have a future as a good developer anymore. I have not totally hated anything from them I have ever played or purchased, but then again, I did not play Anthem, because I knew it would be dogshit from first time I saw it.

K, I’m curious to hear your answer to this.

Why is Greedfall fun for you, without too much spoilers, please.

I have no idea how far I really am, but I know even though I’m a good 20 hours in, I’ve barely done much. I recently picked up Mr. Preacher in Conquistador armor, and I know there are at least 1 or 2 characters left for me to find. Thing is, I am so far very underwhelmed by the characters, the story, the gameplay…well, everything. The characters are boring so far, no real charm or connection. The combat is really iffy for me. I’ve got the game on Hard, so things can kick my ass if I am not careful, but the controls are not fun. The story is not making me wonder anything at this point, and I have yet to give two shits about anything I’m doing. The UI is a bit of a bitch, too.

I really would like to know why you like it.

What I can say is that I do disagree with saying PoE and Divinity fill any sort of gaming void. For me, those games are one and done. No replay value at all once you finish.

EDIT: I’m not going to discuss BW anymore, cuz you are clearly off that bandwagon, so not much point in engaging further on that. I will lastly say that I agree and see why you come down  on some of your positions, but I am not as rage monster about them as you are, so I don’t see a point in taking that end of our discussion any further.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Roas.

Simply voicing an opinion you don’t agree with makes me a rage monster, huh? Well, at you least you cant cancel me for voicing it here. haha
Dont assume tone. There was no hostility.

Whoa whoa whoa…no one is trying to cancel anyone here, friend. Your passion is coming off as very angry, so I felt there was no point in pushing the subject anymore. I’m here to have friendly debates, not fights, and I felt a fight coming on, so I chose to disengage that aspect of the conversation.

In turn I say back, please don’t assume something. I believe in free speech. Not once did I tell you not to have your opinion. Please do not accuse me of trying to cancel you.

That said, I’m a man of 40. By your commentary, I will wager you are as experienced a gamer as myself. I’ve seen it all since Nintendo hit the shelves. I’ve lived through every console war to date, and I remember  “Back in my day” when woke did not exist.

You speak some level of truth, but I cannot prescribe to the cynicism that it’s all over for games, and that I have to choose a side, because it’s all woke in AAA forever. I’m sorry, I don’t believe that. Clearly we differ quite a bit in how we view things, and that’s fine. I hate woke. I hate SJWs. They’ve ruined so much of what I love, that it hurts to even think about it. However, I’m not going to broadly paint everything in such black and white terms, that it’s only one way or the other.

I’m going to fight the only way I know how. By talking with people about games. Creating discussions. By speaking with my wallet when I feel it’s necessary. By going forward and trying to get my own IPs into the world as a counter balance to the woke agenda, to bring back true entertainment and escapism. We are at odds in how we view this topic, but I believe we can both agree on this.