Key conclusions
- Dragon Age series creator David Hyder has dismissed the idea that The Veilguard has turned the series into a “washer”.
- Hyder called the people spreading these criticisms “tourists”, implying that the Dragon Age franchise has always been “woke”.
Criticism of Dragon Age: The Veilguard series creator David Heider suggested that “woke” was ignorant, all the while calling those who spread it “tourists.” His rebuttal is just the latest development in the culture wars that have recently engulfed the future Dragon Age game
Several popular online boards include CoveredThe Steam Discussions forum has recently been inundated with criticism about the fourth entry in the long-running franchise being “woke”. It seems that some of the posters who contributed to this wave of complaints were not contradicted Dragon Age: The VeilguardThe Companions are canonically pansexual, arguing that this attempt to offer different romantic options robs them of their individuality. Others seem annoyed by the game's diverse cast of characters for various reasons.
Dragon Age creator says series was always 'woke'
Dragon Age Series creator David Geider recently decided to address some of those complaints, noting that “the usual suspects are upset about how 'woke' the new Dragon Age is, an apparently sudden and unexpected development in the series.” Continuing this line of thought, an industry veteran called the people who spread these sentiments “f***** tourists” in a recent Bluesky post. The label implied that these critics were falsely impersonating themselves Dragon Age fans who would have known that the series could be categorized as “woke” from the very first installment that hit the market back in 2009.
In a subsequent interaction with another Bluesky user, Hyder clarified that he has no problem with people liking or disliking what they saw in the future Dragon Age game so far. Instead, his comment was simply aimed at countering the notion that Covered takes the franchise to a new level of “awakening”.
Apparently, the usual suspects are upset about how “woke” the new Dragon Age is, clearly a sudden and unexpected development for the series. B*****g tourists.
While Dragon Age The series has always been pretty inclusive, starting before the word “woke” was even part of the common English language, and long before it was accepted as a sarcastic pejorative for anything perceived as progressive. This may help explain why the first three major installments weren't as polarizing, since they debuted at a time when widespread online culture wars of this sort simply weren't a thing.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is slated to hit the market on October 31 when it launches on both PC and current-gen Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Although Hyder has been quite outspoken of late about his views on the game and the wider ideas surrounding it, he has not been involved in Covereddevelopment since he left BioWare back in 2016.
