Longtime BioWare developer Mark Darrah has called out toxicity in the gaming community, specifically those who target writers, actors, and other devs online.
While he does not mention Dragon Age: The Veilguard by name, it appears to be in relation this this latest release, as he calls out those who celebrate layoffs - something BioWare was hit with after The Veilguard launched. He argues that many who are abusing devs online don't actually know what caused a game to have issues in the first place, as they are not privy to what happened during development.
Darrah made these comments in a new video shared on his YouTube channel, titled, "Your $70 Doesn't Buy You Cruelty". Here, he gives several reasons why gamers should not be cruel to developers. The first of which is that it's simply not a nice thing to do, but digging a little deeper, he also suggests that they may be getting angry with the wrong people.
"I'm not saying you're not allowed to be angry about it, I'm not saying you don't get to express your dissatisfaction with the content of the game that you're not enjoying" he starts. "But when you climb into someone's personal...
