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. I don't think western developers desire to make attractive females in games. I think they're afraid of being called sexist, or it might just be engine limitations.

Frostbite engine isn't that well received for character models and animations and most triple A games emphasize realism over aesthetically pleasing,

It becomes a big problem when a lot of games use the same generalized engine like Frostbite or Unreal.

The thing is, I really only play the handheld Sonic games anymore, since I prefer the lower-tech 2D flat plane platform style of gameplay with Sonic. With the exception of having rented Shadow the Hedgehog once, I haven't played a single console Sonic game since Dreamcast, though I'd probably get Sonic Heroes for PS2 or Gamecube if I saw it at a thrift store for below $5.

That's really the only thing I can think of that's been retconned though. Even then, if you didn't kill Lelianna in the first game you won't notice it.

DAI was the subject of a review brigade over on Metacritic.

User scores are a lot more trustworthy than critic scores when it comes to games these days in my experience. There's usually a good reason why a critic score and a user score would be so polarizing. One is from a marketing outlet, and the other is from the actual consumer. Even if we ignore opinions on mechanics, character model, or writing, DA:I has a lot technical issues in it from what people are reporting. I'm not sure why a lot of AAA games these days have such buggy games, but the fact they can still get good scores despite this is kind of troubling. I wish reviews were more like Consumer Reports, but I guess the marketing part of the industry is too entrenched in the publishing part at this point to hope for that.

Maybe I'm just magically clairvoyant, but I pretty much never rely on reviews to see if I'll like a game. Just hearing about it, who's behind it, and what it's about is enough to tell me if I'll like something or not. Just knowing Persona Q is Etrian Odyssey + Persona is all I need to know that Ill love that game. Same thing with Smash Bros Wii U. Likewise, knowing DA:I is a Bioware RPG and Call of Duty is a Activision shooter tells me already I won't enjoy them. To me at least, knowing if I'll like a game or not is extremely easy.