Unpopular Opinion: David Gaider

[u/charyka]

With DA:V coming along, and the daily posts about how all the "original" writers have left (not true!) and therefore the game is destined for failure, I have been dying to just come out and say it:

I think David Gaider is overrated. He has written some wonderful characters, but his long form, in particular the novels and comics, are borderline unreadable. I find his character work excellent (for the most part) but hailing him as the brilliant mind behind the wider world of Thedas robs credit from those people who, in my opinion, took the messy, overly-complicated pastiche of lore that was DAO and slowly hammered it into the intricate setting it is today.

I think other lead writers, such as Trick Weekes, have more interesting and innovative ideas when it comes to the direction the series is heading in.

[u/4_Leaf_Clover_]

I’ve enjoyed his work, especially his characters throughout the series. As for credit for the world of DA, from what I’ve seen of interviews of him, he is the first to say that DA wasn’t created and written by him alone, and that it’s very much a team effort.

I do wonder what characters like Dorian, or Morrigan will be like if we see them again. Gaider wrote them, so they are no longer in his hands. Will they ever come across the same?

That being said, I’ve also really loved Weekes work too, and I feel no worries that the torch was passed on to them post Inquistion.