Dragon Age creator David Gaider weighed in on the discourse surrounding Veilguard.

So “woke” means all of the following together, trying to summarize:

  • A game includes anything related to LGBTQ+ or political left-leaning ideology.
  • The above is presented via non-gameplay elements. It’s fine if its in the gameplay.
  • The game was a commercial flop or critically panned.

Did I sum that up correctly?

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So this then begs the question, why are people decrying games as “woke” trying so hard to push their political agenda into gaming discussions? After all, as per point 1 + point 3, the game was already criticized/panned anyways, then someone came in and tries to push the critique onto a political level instead of a game one.

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