Was hyped, art director killed that hype.

[Telle]

Oh and a 70 dollar price tag. Sorry Obsidian, I used to sing your praises ever since KOTOR2....now you're just trash.

[RexJayden]

As excited as I was for DA the Veilguard, I passed on it due to activism in game development. I will be passing on this one as well - - removed from Wishlist. Shame on these folks for not just making games for gamers to enjoy.

[retsa2b]

Obsidian could surprise me and publicly dropkick this guy. Worth repeating that if I worked at Obsidian and a coworker vividly revealed in this fashion just how little respect he has for my financial well-being and that of everyone at the company, I'd be visiting a lawyer already.

[Jerome Powell]

Originally posted by retsa2b:

Obsidian could surprise me and publicly dropkick this guy. Worth repeating that if I worked at Obsidian and a coworker vividly revealed in this fashion just how little respect he has for my financial well-being and that of everyone at the company, I'd be visiting a lawyer already.

Obsidian celebrated a LGBTQ+ event last month according to their linkedin post

[Smoolio]

You're so scared of pronouns huh

[Telle]

Originally posted by Smoolio:

You're so scared of pronouns huh

This isn't 2009. That strat aint stratin no more. Not interested in your LGBTQP stuff.

[Jerome Powell]

Originally posted by Smoolio:

You're so scared of pronouns huh

excuse me, but I identify as right/correct.

[retsa2b]

Originally posted by Jerome Powell:

Obsidian celebrated a LGBTQ+ event last month according to their linkedin post

This is different and you know it. I'm sure Larian does that kind of thing on their own time as well, but they didn't then have one of their employees sabotage the company shortly before BG3 launched.

Obsidian basically has three options before them, and I firmly believe that they understand perfectly well that the result to their bottom line can be predicted based on which they choose, in descending order:

1: Fire and disavow (ha ha...) this turkey. The sooner the better. This is actually a very easy choice for Obsidian to make, because he very plainly DID come out as racist. That isn't some undeserved exaggeration. Bioware Montreal's original director got quietly removed for being exactly the same way—proof that even if they privately agree, the optics of such blatant reprehensibility can be persuasive. Besides, this idiot seems to already be braced for some kind of penalty.

2: Completely ignore everything. This is the path they're currently on and the best possible outcome is that the game ends up being too good to outright fail and they break even. I'm going to trust my "minutiae radar" on this one and assume, based on some of the jank we can already spot (like the dubious mouth engine), that the game is not going to be as foolproof as all that. Definitely not a good option.

3: Side with their racist employee. Say goodbye to the company—it would not survive this decision.

[Hooty McOwlface]

Originally posted by Smoolio:

You're so scared of pronouns huh

I CAN SMELL THE RAINBOW.

[Citizen Sloth]

Originally posted by Smoolio:

You're so scared of pronouns huh

Nothin to do with pronouns, the director is racist.

[SnakeShifter]

Originally posted by Citizen Sloth:

Originally posted by Smoolio:

You're so scared of pronouns huh

Nothin to do with pronouns, the director is racist.

Next he will tell you "You're so scared of racists huh" lmao

[rospec]

Originally posted by Smoolio:

You're so scared of pronouns huh

You are all over the forums spamming. I won't even be surprised if someone reports you and you get banned.

[YoYoStevo]

Originally posted by Smoolio:

You're so scared of pronouns huh

No, but I'm scared of what they'd do to me if I don't pretend their mental illness is reality.

[rospec]

Originally posted by Smoolio:

You're so scared of pronouns huh

I'm scared for their well being because they are not getting sent to psych wards.

[Retro]

nothing fascinates me more then the people who defend this garbage, it hurts them too even if they think it's a part of their 'movement' the whole activism push needs to completely vanish in gaming, they need to stop hiring activist and just make good games again.

[Telle]

Originally posted by Retro:

nothing fascinates me more then the people who defend this garbage, it hurts them too even if they think it's a part of their 'movement' the whole activism push needs to completely vanish in gaming, they need to stop hiring activist and just make good games again.

It'll crated. We just have to wait until the pipeline of woke games finally runs out.