I never expected Veilguard, I hoped and prayed and spent months scouring Bioware news for any sign of DA4 at that point code named Joplin out of a desperate need to cope. When the dreadwolf trailer released I felt a sense of hope but at the same time with the various resignations and layoffs that hope was muddied with concern, not for the game but for the people and the creative souls behind the game.
It is so easy to forget that there are real people behind this game who underwent immense stress and trauma to themselves to make sure this game got released. Dragon Age and Bioware as a whole has introduced me to some wonderful people, and gives me hope daily much like Star Trek that the world can be a better place.
That said as someone who is in the Critical space, and likes to engage with my media on an in-depth level that was born out of my virgo desire to know everything and writing, I hate that the DA Critical space has become a pit of toxicity that encourages people to say the most scathing things to the Developer Team under the guise of online anonymity, if you don't think the Developer team was reading your critiques and wish lists for Dreadwolf. You are lying to yourself. They loved interacting with fans and speaking with us in AMAS and Q&As and just in general on their Twitter/Bluesky Accounts, they were social media aware. I dont think this is a bad thing, they have always been passionate about DA and wanting to see and interact with the fandom and the fanworks.
They pivoted Joplin a Multiplayer concept into a single player game with no pre-production or reset. It is, and always will be a miracle we got Veilguard. It may have it's issues, but so did DAI and DA2, and lets not forget DAO. I have cried and mourned the franchise and the developer team deserves so much more than what they received. I hope the Devs know how thankful some of the community is, and that the devs are able to heal and rest now.
My meta and critiques on stuff is over seven months old in drafts will eventually be published but it will be published because I enjoy the lore, and want to build off it more. Yes this is about that article from bloomberg.
