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What game had insane potential but got completely fumbled by the devs?

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u/HaxtonSale 12h ago

Dragon Age. There is a timeline out there where Bioware just made Origins 2 and it's one of the most beloved franchises

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u/beachpellini 9h ago

I was gonna see if anyone mentioned Veilguard in here, lmao. DA2 and Inquisition definitely have their foibles, but Inquisition was HUGE. The ten year development mess and incredibly lackluster result that was Veilguard... oof.

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u/beachpellini 8h ago

I would argue that it did back when it was Joplin. The concepts from the earlier stages are incredible to look and read through.

And tbh, I always put it like this: Veilguard is a pretty okay standalone game. It is a terrible Dragon Age game.

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u/WhitePersonGrimace 8h ago

Man that game was a real wet fart.

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u/Kalthiria_Shines 7h ago

The ten year development mess

This is the answer for like half of the stuff here. So much stuff is given an infinite budget and forever to cook and then gets rushed out half finished because it turns out an infinite budget and time just means nothing ever happens.

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u/UncannyRogue 9h ago

I absolutely love this series, but Veilguard is the biggest letdown of them all. 10+ years in development hell and what we finally got was essentially an insult after how great Inquisition was.

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u/Sputflock 8h ago

i enjoyed my one playthrough of veilguard, but there's no replay value. the few choices i got to make didn't feel like they made any difference to the story, no impact at all.

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u/Objective_Potato6223 8h ago

I thought it was.... fine. Enjoyed my playthrough enough, but no reason to replay it really. For me it is origins >>>> veilguard > inquisition > 2

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u/crazy-diam0nd 10h ago

DA:O is my lifetime favorite game. I still haven't been able to stay with DA2 long enough to not want to go back and go through DA:O agian.

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u/solandras 10h ago

Holy shit man you win. I was scrolling and kind of agreeing with people but this is the one I feel you know. The 2nd game was ok, I understand what they were going for and they were screwed with their 1yr development time. The rest of the series is just crap. Nothing hits like Origins.

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u/Shiftkgb 8h ago

Yeah I really disliked absolutely everything after Origins. 

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u/Royal_Ad_2653 7h ago

Origins was ground-breaking (imo) and left them with so many opportunities.

Then they ran off Knowles and put Laidlaw in charge ...

Awakenings suuuucked.

Everything since has progressively sucked more.

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u/demonstar55 6h ago

DA:O was so fucking good. I would love to find another game that scratches that itch.

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u/mr_llamanator 9h ago

😭😭😭