#Also it's not a bioware game if your custom character doesn't look at least a little bit like a potato no matter what you do

[obessivedork]

cannot relate to people who want a remaster of Dragon Age Origins when the aesthtics of DA2 was peak design to me (minus the repetitiveness that’s understandable with the time crunch)

#*now an update of sorts where the game doesn't crash/saves don't corrupt I would love #I don't want to see my character's pores or realisitc scenery I want STYLIZED game scenery #and a GOOD STORY and a GOOD RPG #Also it's not a bioware game if your custom character doesn't look at least a little bit like a potato no matter what you do #Honestly I really like 1's graphics too. maybe I just don't like Inquisition's graphics because it makes my computer's fan SCREAM #idk. I also don't like open world I really liked the amount of open/closed world Origins has I think it's a good balance #2's graphics and character storytelling and Origin's type open/closed world and RPG storytelling would be a perfect game to me #Also I dislike the yassification of the darkspawn those things are supposed to be HORRIFYING and look like corruprted versions #of what they/their broodmother once were! #dragon age #don't get me wrong a lot of the background on INQ is pretty but I STILL like 2 aesthetically better

[glamfellens]

serious question: what non bioware games would you recommend to someone who really prefers that kind of game? rpg with custom protagonist, cutscenes and choices, that is. i don't exclusively play bw games, but a lot of what i play is made by them because i don't really know any other games in a similar style. or did you also mean "play games of a different genre/style"?

i'm currently going through bg3 and i do enjoy it but i wasn't a big fan of dos2 for example simply because of a lack of cutscenes with your character.

i don't mean this in a "well i only like video games like that so i won't play anything else!!" way, i would genuinely like to hear your recommendations

i think the thing here is that all game studios have a niche, something that is core to nearly all the games they make - and that kind of cinematic experience is very much a Bioware thing

i know i sound like a broken record at this point but i highly HIGHLY recommend Pillars of Eternity. if you enjoy high fantasy rpgs like Dragon Age then I really do think Pillars of Eternity is worth looking at. It doesn't have the same cinematic cutscenes as Dragon Age or Mass Effect but it does have character customisation, class options, faction reputation, and in the second game (Deadfire), companion reputation and romances. Other than that, I would also suggest Fallout. Fallout 4 is the most recent (I'm not counting fallout 76 lol) so I think that has the best to offer in terms of character creation (at least appearance wise) and cutscenes. My personal favourite is New Vegas - there's no romance or in-game cutscenes, but there's a lot of character customisation when it comes to how you want to play the game. You can customise how your pc looks of course but since it came out in 2010 its not exactly the best (though mods go along way) if I can suggest another rpg that isn't High Fantasy (and is another obsidian game lol), there's also The Outer Worlds. it's on my to play list, there aren't any romances but there is character customisation and from what friends have told me it's a very well written and enjoyable game :) like i 100% understand where you're coming from and i totally agree, i really do enjoy the more cinematic aspects of bioware games, they can add a lot to the experience! but having expanded out of mass effect and dragon age in the last year or so i've just realised that i also really enjoy games that react to my choices and have me and my pc deal with the consequences!! it makes for such interesting character and world building and this is why i think ive gotten so into fallout new vegas and pillars of eternity this year. sorry for the wall of text - i hope you're enjoying bg3 and its giving you the things you were looking for :) im definitely enjoying it

[omegastation]

tbh i've never liked f!sheps design but i'm glad they at least gave her one (after 2 games lol). imo it's too feminine, i wish bioware would be more willing to make fem protags who aren't super dolled up. not every woman needs to have perfect makeup & hair and boob armor (i mean seriously why did they keep that??). and obviously there's nothing wrong with being feminine, irl i'm very feminine, i just wish they had kept it more in line w me1&2's f!shep while still giving her a unique look

i'm super happy that they're diversifying the cc though i can't wait to see people's custom shepard's in may :-)

I feel like my English might fail me big time because I won't be able to be as nuanced as I would like to be but I'll try to answer.

Something seems off with her but I don't like the idea that "too feminine" is a reason to dislike a character design? Like femininity might become a problem if there is too much of it? It bugs me a little. It’s a knee-jerk reaction reading your message. But I also recognize that the male gaze exists, and that society has ridiculous ideas and expectations. So while I would like FShep to be designed without bias, she isn't :'( (and somewhere inside i'm screaming 'a piece of fabric has no gender!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' 'good makeup and hair should NOT be associated to women only!!!!!!!!!!!' 'everyone can be feminine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!').

I really don't like it when design decisions that should be applied to Shepard regardless of their gender aren't. It doesn't make sense that MShep can be buff and have good & proper armor but FShep can't.

And YES to diversifying the CC and all the custom Shepards we will get to see and fall in love with!!!! 

edit: i’m aware her being a soldier also comes with design expectations and like i said -> “i don’t like it when........”

#legendary edition #critical #bioware critical #thoughts #Anonymous #anon i edited the post see my reply there