#EA devs

[unohdukseen]

BioWare uses AI in Dragon Age: The Veilguard codex cards

And I think it's not only there - most of the armor looks like the use AI for references.

But about the codex: this applies to the Grey Warden cards. First, a general view:

All cards in different styles made by different artists. But my eyes caught on this:

It's the same art that was run through AI-editor. And these cards are nearby, in the same game! Maximum disrespect for the work of the artist who made the original art (for DAI btw). The codex contains a few cards with this style, let's see the details:

They all was AI generated. I thought I couldn't be more disappointed in BioWare, but it turns out there is.

[devsgames]

Just this week in games:

- EA laid off 700 workers

- Sony laid of 900 workers

- Rockstar announces in-person work mandates for all employees (a 'soft layoff' that will force some staff to quit, which likely means that actual layoffs are forthcoming)

In 2023 6,000 games workers were laid off. Now in 2024 over 10,000 workers have been laid off, and there's still 10 months to go.

Not to be hyperbolic, but I think this is perhaps the worst year for video games ever if we're measuring by number of layoffs.

[itseghost]

the rude blacksmith has enchanted me. also feeling so normal about this game that i did pixel art for the first time ever to try and draw my farmer in the game style

[moonhze]

anadius has made it so so easy and safe for people to obtain ts4 and all of its packs without paying for them and i really wish more people knew about this bc the only way to get EA to pay attention to the terrible state of the game is to literally stop giving them money, 🏴‍☠️ the packs to keep playing the game u enjoy but know they only care about appeasing their shareholders/investors/whatever they are and they're all driven by money and have very little interest in the playable state of the game in terms of bugs and features unless the game is so broken that people are actively demanding refunds in mass or just not buying the packs at all.

[lizzybeeee]

I will never emotionally recover from this

[housederiva]

i'm so depressed about how staunchly they refuse to return to their unfinished game

I sighed heftily when I read this cause yeah, I agree. It feels very much like 'okay okay we finished the game now shut up and let us move on to Mass Effect'

And if ME5 is treated the same way as Veilguard then that's all she wrote for BioWare. The vast majority of us aren't here because of how pretty the graphics are or how shiny the UI is. It's the story some of us have spent nearly two decades with and the characters that have been a gateway to escape from the actual world for a moment. It's the love and care that was put into Dragon Age that moved it away from being just another AAA game shelled out by EA. Each of the four games has been drastically different yes, but Dragon Age has always been a collaborative story that used to feel more like art than an obligation.... and now that their focus has shifted to what brings in the biggest revenue pot... dear listener I'm afraid

[beastieballgame]

haha I distracted you with a pretty picture by @irischroma ….

anyway SORRY IT’S BEEN FOREVER but the great news is that beastieball’s early access launch trailer is releasing LITERALLY TOMORROW (NOVEMBER 1st!!) you can watch the premiere on Klei’s youtube, or watch it with us in the discord server :)

Be there or Beware…. oooooOooooOooOoo

[ayrennaranaaldmeri]

Deeply sorry (not really though) to say this but there is no way in hell EA told Bioware to put all the stupid shit they put into their stupid game or interfered to the extent that the game has all these aggressive flaws because EA.

[ode-to-fury]

Every now and then I get bummed out because I do actually like Veilguard. I really enjoy playing the game and expanding upon it but so many people are so negative about it it makes me feel almost guilty for liking it

[witsserviceablesubstitute]

There are some great NPCs in DATV. It could be because Rook is a Crow, but Viago and Teia come to life. Viago is constantly heckling Rook in a 'i'm-concerned-but-i'd-rather-die-than-admit-it' way and it gives him and his relationship with Rook a lot of character. I'd also do most anything for Evka and Antoine despite not enjoying the Warden quests much.

[kurgy]

What are your thoughts on Veilguard so far?

complicated. should preface this by saying i dont get to play a lot of games, especially new ones, so getting to play this was a rare occurence and despite my writing criticisms i enjoyed myself quite a bit and think the gameplay is fun.

that said, i dont think this is the final product even the devs wanted. a lot of the writing is disjointed and often just out of character, a lot of npcs and side quests revolved around comics and novels i never read and had no stake in, and their big reveals meant nothing to me bc ive only played the main games. the lack of past game choices even mattering definitely had a negative effect on the game in a few ways. things that were brought up early in the game I thought would be way more important than they actually were and their closures felt unsatisfying. the effort to seemingly remove any "problematic" aspects of dragon age is very.....odd. ignoring the racism that has been rampant in thedas since origins and just not commenting on it all honestly felt weird. not that i love fantasy racism or whatever but its impressive thedas apparently solved racism in 10 years and never brings it up again, i guess. i dont like the shop upgrade mechanic at all it actually sucks. the crows going from ruthless assassin's who buy and kidnap children to torture into their ranks to plucky freedom fighters was....certainly a choice. not a good choice but it was a choice. Isabella's ethical piracy is kind of funny. the devs said out loud they dont know who Zevran is

all that said the gameplay was really fun and i like all the companions, but the version of the game we got feels like its only existed for like 2 out of the 10 years its been in development

[csphire]

Is nobody else upset by this?

Warning: Major spoiler for Dragon Age Veilguard below regarding Varric and Solas.

Please bear in mind I've not gotten to the end of fail guard yet but I've been spoiled in this aspect. (Yeah that's what I'm calling this action game in a preschooler-level RPG guise as I'm holding my nose in order to play it.) I know Varric is dead-killed by Solas. But I don't understand why I've yet to see any commentary at all over how an Inquisitor, Lavellan especially, forgives Solas for killing a mutual friend?

Because I can't see my Lavellan forgiving him so easily. Sure he is trying to restore the world to what it was before knowing full well demons will kill some people. I can understand that and he doesn't have blood on his hands directly. He did take measures to minimize casualties etc. But apparently killing a mutual friend with one's own hand is a step too far.

What? Does Solas say something akin to, "Oppsie I didn't mean to kill him I swear! I was aiming for his shoulder and the fate of the world and all." How do we move past this finely polished coprolite? It just makes Varric's whole story arc and life seem cheapened. Where is the memorial?

Most of all I hate how it's only Rook who didn't know he was dead. Sorry, I can't suspend my disbelief that far although I could certainly swallow the idea better if Solas misled the two companions who were there also. Certainly one of them shed some blood too, right?

[jaderavenarts]

Sometimes I think about how Dragon Age's entire existence seems to have been an uphill battle against EA since it got turned into a series after Origins (which iirc was basically done by the time EA bought the studio) and I am both so thankful for the work the devs put into it to make each entry in the series work as well as they could under whatever circumstances they had but also bitter at how constrained they were/are and how much they get forced to sacrifice for trends like multiplayer. It feels like a curse to be such a long time Bioware fan and hearing certain criticisms where you're like "no wait, they didn't want it to be like that, here's what happened behind the scenes that made it have to be that way and how it was the best scenario they were able to carve out, but yes I also understand that it being the final result gives unfortunate implications" and I think about what being on the developer side of things must be like

[newvegascowboy]

I do kind of think it's a bummer that Veilguard is getting dunked on so hard considering the circumstances that surrounded its development. I genuinely do not think there was any way that game couldve come out any better without at least another year of development. On the other hand i keep seeing clips of dialogue and every one makes me 💀

[lizzybeeee]

Friendly reminder the Dragon Age Devs AMA is happening later today for all you Americans out there! Consider me very impressed that a majority of the questions with the greatest upvotes are quite critical of the game!

I linked it below!

[miyku]