Was that the first one? I never did see that one but yeah that seems silly. Sometimes it makes me wonder if it was created in parallel when that sort of stuff happens so left hand is unaware of what the right hand is doing so covering their bases.
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Maybe, who knows. It's a mess. But Varric's line is nowhere close to it. It's a tutorial level, a recap, and an introduction for new and old players. Nothing terrible with it, at least not to the point of writing an essay with it as a centerpoint imo
aug 19, 2025, 11:22 pm • 2 0 • view
I do think there's a challenge of context which, even before I was in game dev, understanding that a line may not be explicitly *for me*, that is important to remember. Someone wholly neck deep in the lore of fandom and following everything so closely is a small slice of the club.
aug 19, 2025, 11:24 pm • 3 0 • view
They are also often the most present, and typically also your strongest evangelizers for the word of mouth stuff.
aug 19, 2025, 11:24 pm • 2 0 • view
That's true. But you need a pact of trust there. That's why I went and made that comment, because some people were assuming it was bad bc it was pc gamer and Veilguard, but also why I think it's not a good article and that it didn't pushed the interesting point ahead even if they spent words on it.
aug 19, 2025, 11:28 pm • 0 0 • view
I mean, if you used your word count to point out (correctly) that it's very unlikely that the writers were the ones making those choices, and that it refers to a wider phenomenon, then why didn't you expand on the phenomenon in other games or other examples of exec meddling? Why Varric's line?
aug 19, 2025, 11:31 pm • 0 0 • view
I think that while their points stands, the argument is weakened by using Veilguard as (once again, tbh) an easy target. Not that it couldn't be used as an example, of course, but if you could have gone all the way, then why are you hung up on a tutorial line, my guy? Idk I don't like it.
aug 19, 2025, 11:33 pm • 0 0 • view