I generally only complain about games that I WOULD have been interested in.

Yet it sold less then half of the PS4 remaster which is now at 30 million. It will never come close to that... gee I wonder why? 🤔

Outselling the PS3 version isn't impressive considering the PS4 sold 40 million more consoles and had a much higher attach rate.

Genre matters.

Narrative driven action games, hero shooters , fighting games..etc. character designs matter.

So you think characters design is largely irrelevant?

When did I say genre , gameplay and story didn't matter? Having appealing characters is the bare minimum. You can do all those things well and if you have unappealing characters it's unlikely the game will do well.

Think of it as a new vehicle. If you're shopping for a new SUV and you find one that drives well , is safe, reliable and gets good gas mileage but it's ugly as shit are you going to buy it? Or are you going to wait for one that has all those things and also looks great? You are essentially saying character design is irrelevant and that is absolute nonsense.

@last_lap: I haven't changed shit. I can tell you these games fail before they do... just about anyone can. It's not my fault you want to play dumb.

Intergalactic and Assassin's Creed shadows are up next.

I'm saying every interaction with her requires you to be nice to her even outside of the side quest. Your only way to avoid it is essentially to never use her.

Also are you making the argument that if I don't like certain side quest I should just skip it? How about no? How about they make side quest that actually make you want to play them? Recomending you skip side quest In the game you just bought is asinine. Optional quest should make the game better and enhance the game not make it worse.

I think what separates BG3 is it allows you to play the game however you want and pulls no punches for anyone. Compare that to Veilguard which forced you to deal with a certain character and gave you no other alternative other then to support her.

Abby was voted top 3 most hated Playstation characters. Matter of fact when the game originally released they hid she even existed. The launch trailer was doctored to make people think Joel was in the game more then he was. So I don't think that helps your argument. They basically straight up lied to the consumers to get you to play her.

How do they get a free pass? "The last of us" as successful as it was sold about half of what the original one did despite sequels on the PS4 routinely outselling their predecessors. In other words they lost about half their audience.

Veilguard was a direct sequel to the most successful DA of all time and is now one of the biggest flops of the year.

You can tell when something feels forced and when it does it usually fails.