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lostburgerprince · 1 month ago

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you can't "just add a few codexes". you have to write those codexes. you have to write them in the proper voice and style and so it doesn't just fit ONE specific person's worldstate but anyone who also may have made the same decision as them. (you might even have to write multiple variations of the SAME CODEX to account for gender/race/class/romance) you have to edit them. you have to decide where those codexes are going to appear. you have to put them somewhere where people who want to read them will find them. you have to program them showing up. you have to flag it so it only shows up in sPECIFIC versions of the game. (because god forbid it doesn't and breaks someone else's immersion) you have to bug test that. you have to hope it still works when it ships.

and after all that the people complaining might still pick up said codex and close out the window immediately. or run past it entirely and complain that they made a selection in the worldstate that never paid off.

and then you've just spent all that time fleshing out something that's just a small nod to a very small percentage of players. time you could have spent on the current plot or companions. time you could have spent on making *active* decisions matter. these things can easily take up weeks or months like you wouldn't fucking believe.

#i challenge anyone complaining about this to try doing it for themselves #really pick up a pen and write these codexes you want so bad #and have it up to the same level of quality it should be for the game #then actually wait until the game comes out and you play it *for yourself* and see if this is still a 'valid criticism'#and hey maybe you do at the end of it all and that would be fine and valid!#until then complain all you want but criticism requires you to make evaluations with context so this is not 'valid criticism'#preparing to get repremanded by my friends for Posting but this is eating away at me inside as someone who takes critique very seriously #esp now that im replaying inquisition and realizing how unfinished and empty it is bc they cut so much stuff to account for worldstates #do you ever think about how upgrading skyhold is almost purely cosmetic and doesn't fucking matter in the end fight #just so some npc in the herald's rest can talk about what happened to merrill's clan or i can get letters from zevran at the war table #granted this prob would have made varric killable and deprived us of silver fox varric so it is what it is #obligatory its fine to be mad/upset/whatever but stop talking like this was a decision made lightly or to spite you The Player #they are not rubbing their hands together maliciously in the writers room like some evil cabal get a grip #dragon age

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