Yknow The More I Think About It, I Really Dont Like The Twist Regarding The Elven Gods In Inquisition

Y’know the more I think about it, I really don’t like the twist regarding the elven gods in Inquisition

Solas’s pompous attitude re: the Dalish the whole game is really annoying (esp when playing as a Dalish) and the twist feels like it grants his views some legitimacy, because in a way, he’s right (he’s technically correct that the Dalish have lost their old ways and don’t fully understand their own history, but he’s not morally in the right).

I know the game did a similar thing with the Maker, with Corypheus claiming to have seen the seat of the Maker and finding it empty, but I still don’t like the twist of “the elven gods weren’t real gods, they were just mages and also slavers.” It feels like a “fuck you” to the Dalish, who didn’t need to be taken down a peg.

It also means (as I’ve seen someone else point out) that the two important examples we know about of mage-ruled societies (the ancient elves and Tevinter) were/are also societies that ran on slavery. Mages, like the Dalish, also did not need to be taken down a peg. There didn’t need to be another example of “mages bad.”

I just can’t help but to wonder if we *really* needed the “the Dalish’s beliefs are basically all lies” twist.

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Completely stealing this summary from Reddit so here's the link to that (new link since original reddit post with this summary was deleted)

'Dragon Age Dreadwolf' was internally planned for a September 2023 release but got pushed back to 2024. Currently it's planned for Summer 2024 at the earliest but could be pushed back even further (likely by the end of next year, but possibly even as late as March 2025, aka the end of EA’s fiscal). Incidentally, the next Mass Effect has been pushed further as well, as some people from the Mass Effect team have been pulled to work on Dragon Age instead. As for EA, they have started to acknowledge internally that Apex Legends, their major money-maker, is on the decline. The live-service hit has historically been able to offset the costs of their other studios, including BioWare On that note, the publisher has also recently restructured its operations. Unlike before, EA Sports is now evaluated separately from their other gaming efforts, which now fall under EA Entertainment. By decoupling FIFA and Madden from the rest, studios like BioWare will now be under more pressure to justify themselves to the publisher and its shareholders. Consequently, BioWare now finds itself in a bottom rung position at EA, making them the most obvious candidate for layoffs. Morale is low, these firings won’t help, and Jeff does not feel optimistic about the studio’s longterm future, particularly if Dreadwolf doesn’t land.

I post this to say this confirms my unfortunate belief that Dragon Age Dreadwolf has to be the best game Bioware has ever done (which frankly isn't gonna happen) and unfortunately kinda has to have the combination of a mass appeal, high quality, and mainstream success Bioware hasn't had in YEARS. And if Dreadwolf doesn't do what it needs to do, well the next Mass Effect can't be guaranteed.

I will say it'll definitely suck if Bioware as a whole ends up going under, but it'll suck hard cause EA caused it with their practice of neutering and changing so much of what made Bioware work as a major gaming company for so long. And now it's such a shell of what it was before this attempt to save it puts so much pressure the team doesn't deserve.