{"id":80542,"date":"2024-06-12T16:39:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T16:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/veilguard-is-addressing-criticism-of-da2s-romance\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T16:39:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T16:39:30","slug":"veilguard-is-addressing-criticism-of-da2s-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/veilguard-is-addressing-criticism-of-da2s-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"Veilguard Is Addressing Criticism Of DA2\u2019s Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"


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BioWare\u2019s upcoming RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard <\/em>seems heavily influenced by 2011\u2019s Dragon Age II<\/em>. It\u2019s evocative of the second game\u2019s action-driven combat<\/a><\/span>, goes back to its three-path tone-driven dialogue, and its letting you romance any character you want<\/a><\/span>. However, it does seem BioWare learned some lessons in the 13 years since Dragon Age 2<\/em>, as it will be circumventing one of the criticisms of the second game\u2019s approach to romance and identity.<\/p>\n

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In 2011, Dragon Age 2 <\/em>was an early example of what would colloquially go on to be called \u201cplayersexual\u201d romance<\/a><\/span>. This refers to when players can romance any paramour regardless of their character\u2019s gender. Games like this are often criticized for making characters feel like they are molded by the player\u2019s presence, rather than people with their own individual identities. Dragon Age 2\u2019s<\/em> four main romanceable characters are all bisexual, but the game has a storyline involving party member Anders, whose past relationship with a man is only brought up if protagonist Hawke is a man. DA2<\/em> writer David Gaider told Kotaku <\/em>in February this was meant to distinguish Anders\u2019 relationship with male or female versions of Hawke, but recognizes this comes off like the mage\u2019s identity was a switch to be flipped in hindsight.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, we just didn\u2019t have enough time to get enough feedback and iterate on those situations,\u201d he said. \u201cWe would hit a particular interaction, we would make a judgment call either as a group or the writer on their own, and that was it. There was no time for anything more than one gut-check, which is probably not the way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Veilguard<\/em>, meanwhile, seems to be going out of its way to make it clear each of its party members are pansexual, regardless of who Rook is or if they\u2019re initiating a relationship with them<\/a><\/span>. In an interview with IGN<\/em><\/a><\/span>, Veilguard <\/em>director Corinne Busche said the team was cognizant of how these player-facing relationships can be \u201coff-putting,\u201d and wants to make it clear that each of these characters\u2019 identities are independent of the player. This can be through their other previous romantic histories, or future love stories that have yet to unfold.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir past experiences or partners, they\u2019ll reference them and indeed who they\u2019ll become romantic with,\u201d Busche tells IGN<\/em>. \u201cFor instance, we saw Harding. I might be playing a straight male character flirting with her, but I choose not to pursue a romance. She might get together with Taash. So my perception, my identity has no bearing on their identities and that comes through really strongly.\u201d<\/p>\n

That The Veilguard<\/em>\u2019s companions can end up in relationships with each other if you pursue them is exciting, and something Dragon Age <\/em>has done in previous games. If you\u2019re going to have a cast of pansexual misfits, some of them might as well start smooching. It\u2019s also one of the surefire ways to demonstrate a character\u2019s identity without it having anything to do with the player. Anders\u2019 story may have run into this clarity issue in Dragon Age II<\/em>, but party members Fenris and Isabela enter a relationship with each other if the player doesn\u2019t pursue either. This helped alleviate the feeling that their identities were tied to Hawke, so at the very least, it seems BioWare is aware of criticisms that follow the free-for-all romance approach and is trying to circumvent them.<\/p>\n

Dragon Age: The Veilguard <\/em>is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X\/S this fall.<\/p>\n

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