Quote from: IsobelWoods on October 14, 2025, 04:54:21 PMI've just started Dragon Age: The Veilguard. I was a bit worried about it based on some reviews I'd read but at about 8 hours in it's pretty good.
There is an option now in some of the dialog to define your character as trans. I'm not sure what effect this will have story wise but as I wasn't expecting it it was a positive surprise.
Yeah, Bioware took a LOT of heat for that. It's one big reason the game received a lot of negative attention. I've played a bit of it myself. Far as I can tell, it gives you extra conversation choices in relevant conversations because the game explores gender identity with some characters. Another reason it got a lot of heat. Because we all know the majority of neckbeards want to be "Shooter guy". And hate people having options and choices over how they want their character to be. In the same way Cyberpunk 2077 took heat for allowing you to choose your character's body type and genitalia separate from their identity, and how you wanted to roleplay them. If you aren't playing a gigachad, dudebro character with massively overproportioned, skimpy women in games these days, a lot of people don't like it. And aren't shy about being vocal about it. Which is a shame.
🔗I won't spoil anything for you, Isobel, other than to say take what you get from a place of people trying to understand people with different identities... with admittedly mixed success. But points for effort.
I am looking forward to Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2. For probably obvious reasons, lol. I never got the chance to play the original, which I have seen other people play and it's a bit of a cult classic.
