Dragon Age: The Veilguard - A woke disaster? Yep!

[Kharash]

As far as i know, there is a companion in veilguard who is a cofee addict

Somehow that's one of the most 'millennial writing' things about this game yet.
Just like my heckin Starbucks you guise

 

[Prophetic Spirit]

As far as i know, there is a companion in veilguard who is a cofee addict

What? Being a drunkard isn't more possible?
What the fuck is wrong with those stupid writers? WHERE'S OGHREN, DAMN IT!

 

[Brap God]

I recently watched another one of those videos clowning on Troonguard by comparing the writing to that of BG3. The first example is the coffee talk scene, for those who want to see just how bad it is.

 

[God of Nothing]

There's a cottage industry of YouTubers who do nothing but historical food and they're both fascinating and delicious; perfect for a fantasy game, you would think.

those are weirdly comfy videos

What? Being a drunkard isn't more possible?
What the fuck is wrong with those stupid writers? WHERE'S OGHREN, DAMN IT!

being depressed

 

[Sargon's wife's son]

As far as i know, there is a companion in veilguard who is a cofee addict

that would make sense if they were upper class oh hell even for mamoy Turkish based slash Middle Eastern country people been drinking coffee for a long time

 

[Weltraumfürst]

As far as i know, there is a companion in veilguard who is a cofee addict

Well, Lord of the Rings has potatoes I guess, and the Qunari haul from a foreign land with all sort of exotic plans, so why not? Of all the stupid shit in the game, the existence of coffee is minor.

 

[Deus Exica]

genuinely hated every minute of Baldur’s Gate 3. And I played it start to finish 3 times

This is genuinely retarded. Why would you play a game you hate every minute of for several hundred hours? You clearly enjoy the game or have some kind of ascended contrarian autism that requires medication to fix.

Because everyone kept saying “it only gets good if you do X”

Nobody said this.

Somehow that's one of the most 'millennial writing' things about this game yet.
Just like my heckin Starbucks you guise

It's the same way the Asian faggot is obsessed with HECKIN WAFFLES XD!! in the new Saints Row. Fat millennial women who are obsessed with consumable food mistakenly believe affection for culinary products or caffeinated piss equals a personality.

 

[Mola Ram]

Well, Lord of the Rings has potatoes I guess, and the Qunari haul from a foreign land with all sort of exotic plans, so why not? Of all the stupid shit in the game, the existence of coffee is minor.

In isolation, no one would care. A lot of shit gets slung at Inquisition, but I don't think I've ever heard a complaint about the Iron Bull banter that reveals his love for hot cocoa with marshmallows. (It helped that the word "marshmallow" never appeared, instead using the French word for them, or perhaps a quasi-French "Orlesian" word.) But in conjunction with all the other soft, fuzzy, kumbaya bullshit that's infecting modern fantasy, it's just one more twist of the knife. Of course they rhapsodize about coffee instead of focusing on more interesting or weightier issues, because this is just the writers putting what few things they know about from the real world into their lame friendship simulator.

 

[Weltraumfürst]

But in conjunction with all the other soft, fuzzy, kumbaya bullshit that's infecting modern fantasy, it's just one more twist of the knife.

Oh, I totally agree, don't get me wrong. But that's a different subject. Only the individual piece of the shit mosaic is fine.

 

[Mola Ram]

Oh, I totally agree, don't get me wrong. But that's a different subject. Only the individual piece of the shit mosaic is fine.

After watching the video, I'd also add that the writing is just fucking atrocious. There is literally nothing interesting about this, beyond, "Oh, look, our fantasy characters love coffee! Isn't that just so quirky and adorable?!"

But then again, without atrocious writing Veilguard would not be what it is.

 

[Samuel Fuller]

Well, Lord of the Rings has potatoes I guess, and the Qunari haul from a foreign land with all sort of exotic plans, so why not? Of all the stupid shit in the game, the existence of coffee is minor.

What do plans have to do with coffee?

 

[Mola Ram]

What do plans have to do with coffee?

The point he's making is that potatoes should no more exist in Middle-earth than coffee or plants mentioned by the Qunari should exist in the areas of Thedas we've seen; all of those things should be restricted to other parts of the world (in Middle-earth's case, because Middle-earth is explicitly an ancient version of Europe and potatoes are exclusive to the New World; in Thedas, because we've seen nor heard of any geographical areas that would reasonably have coffee beans etc.)

Of course, if Middle-earth were really 1:1 ancient Europe, there'd be no agriculture or domesticated animals, so perhaps a touch of artistic license should be expected.

 

[Samuel Fuller]

The point he's making is that potatoes should no more exist in Middle-earth than coffee or plants mentioned by the Qunari should exist in the areas of Thedas we've seen; all of those things should be restricted to other parts of the world (in Middle-earth's case, because Middle-earth is explicitly an ancient version of Europe and potatoes are exclusive to the New World; in Thedas, because we've seen nor heard of any geographical areas that would reasonably have coffee beans etc.)

Of course, if Middle-earth were really 1:1 ancient Europe, there'd be no agriculture or domesticated animals, so perhaps a touch of artistic license should be expected.

Yes, but what does planning have to do with any of that? Does transporting blueprints somehow mean one can't have coffee?

 

[p1138]

In isolation, no one would care. A lot of shit gets slung at Inquisition, but I don't think I've ever heard a complaint about the Iron Bull banter that reveals his love for hot cocoa with marshmallows. (It helped that the word "marshmallow" never appeared, instead using the French word for them, or perhaps a quasi-French "Orlesian" word.) But in conjunction with all the other soft, fuzzy, kumbaya bullshit that's infecting modern fantasy, it's just one more twist of the knife. Of course they rhapsodize about coffee instead of focusing on more interesting or weightier issues, because this is just the writers putting what few things they know about from the real world into their lame friendship simulator.

I think the problem with shit like coffee existing is how they go about it. If a character simply said at one point that they needed a cup of coffee and the dialogue moved on from there and never needed to specifically address it again, no one would give a shit. Instead you get a character who has half of his personality revolving around coffee like he's in a fucking folgers commercial. And it is basically the same as the waffle shit from saint's row. The reason for it? Retarded writers.

They don't think of people as being complex. They break everything down with identity politics. So by the time they've come up with "spanish or something, pansexual, male, demon, assassin, coffee" they just go with that basic set of details and nothing else, even important shit like how would that character react to things, how do people react to the character, and so on. Instead it just comes off as a weird coffee fetish with a tacked on bullshit excuse for "story".

 

[Mola Ram]

Yes, but what does planning have to do with any of that? Does transporting blueprints somehow mean one can't have coffee?

Deliberately and repeatedly misreading a typo is poor form. Plebian behavior; the act of a wit-would.

 

[The Penultimate Warrior]

Perturbed Pedro's review is out, he doesn't like it

 

[Samuel Fuller]

Deliberately and repeatedly misreading a typo is poor form. Plebian behavior; the act of a wit-would.

Wit-would? What is that in English?

 

[Weltraumfürst]

Yes, but what does planning have to do with any of that? Does transporting blueprints somehow mean one can't have coffee?

There's a lot of planning involved with growing anything, really. You have to account for seasons, weather/climate, fertility, crop rotation and so forth. Are you dense?

 

[Kharash]

The point he's making is that potatoes should no more exist in Middle-earth than coffee or plants mentioned by the Qunari should exist in the areas of Thedas we've seen; all of those things should be restricted to other parts of the world (in Middle-earth's case, because Middle-earth is explicitly an ancient version of Europe and potatoes are exclusive to the New World; in Thedas, because we've seen nor heard of any geographical areas that would reasonably have coffee beans etc.)

Of course, if Middle-earth were really 1:1 ancient Europe, there'd be no agriculture or domesticated animals, so perhaps a touch of artistic license should be expected.

The Shire is very reminiscent of 19th century rural life, there's other anachronistic elements as well. As the hobbits travel through middle Earth they kind of go back in time with the audience.
It's safe to assume this was entirely intentional by Tolkien.

 

[God of Nothing]

Perturbed Pedro's review is out, he doesn't like it

so brave after everyone else already trashed it
truly