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rahabs · 2 months ago

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#as always fuck patrick weekes what an insufferable dickhead (via @lambofsin)

You’re so correct. My revulsion and utter disdain for that man runs deep.

Well, on the upside, Veilguard’s absolutely horrid writing and utter lack of meaningful roleplay mechanics made me appreciate Inquisition’s already watered-down writing and roleplay mechanics.

#Patrick ‘No One’s Allowed to be Mean to my Horrible Self-Insert OC Taash’ Weekes #Patrick ‘No One’s Allowed to do Bad Things in a Video Game because I Think that Means They do Bad Things IRL’ Weekes #Patrick ‘Let Me Beat You Over the Head with a Cudgel with my Bad Political Takes’ Weekes #Patrick ‘I Run a Campaign on Good Vibes Only (as long as you agree with everything I say)’ Weekes #I could go on.#I swear it’s like he became head writer and with no one to keep him and his nonsense in check he just went mad with power #Like I’m not discounting some of the better character/etc he’s written but Veilguard is so objectively poorly written #And he’s directly responsible for a large chunk of it and I feel like it is that no one was there to tell him #’Hey Patrick maybe chill yeah??’#And then of course I’m sure there was a lot of corporate sanitisation and inference from EA/BioWare #But Taash was his and. That’s a really atrociously poorly-written character #And he’s also been crowing on social media for YEARS about how he didn’t want players making bad decisions #Because in his mind that must mean they support or do bad things #So obviously apparently his solution was… to cut all the roleplay elements out of an RPG? All right #So now instead of Dragon Age: Veilguard we’ve got Dragon Age: Nice Guy Daycare Simulator #Where your only open is to validate and hold everyone’s hands and tell them gently to get along #With your three personality options: Nice Guy; Nice and Sometimes Mildly Sarcastic Guy; and Nice and Occasionally Maybe a Bit Stern Guy #This is the only Dragon Age game where you HAVE to recruit all the companions and you HAVE to get along with them all #And you HAVE to do all their quests #And oh I hate it.#I hate how this game makes me feel like I’m being forced down a certain path.#It’s like a Ubisoft attempt at making an RPG and for BioWare of all companies #Who have made some of the greatest RPGs of all time? Who have PIONEERED this genre of video game?#Veilguard’s half-arsed first-draft writing with no meaningful choices or roleplay options?#It’s unacceptable to me #And I blame Weekes not SOLELY but I do blame him for a lot of it. I can practically smell him on this game #chey.txt #Veilguard critical #That scene with Taash and Emmrich where Taash is being an utter dickhead to him and you can’t?? Even comment on it?#Can’t say ‘hey Taash stop being an utter twat!’

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