Dragon Age The Veilguard Criticism Thread (formerly Skepticism Thread) [Spoilers]

although Imshael as acompanion would be a questionable choice ngl

Everything in the narrative really centred around Solas' memories and his regrets. When they said we would see the past in the Fade, I thought we would see actual scenes where we witnessed events. Instead, apart from the Ghil one, it was all shown through the murals and then sitting around discussing them with the team. The other evil gods and factions were just inconveniences that the team had to overcome in order to get to the next reveal about Solas.

Have I understood this wrong or was Solas responsible for everything evil that had happened to the world? I'm not sure but did he originally give them the knowledge how to create bodies from lyrium? Anyway, then he left the Fade and took on a body because Mythal asked him. Then he helped her make the Titans tranquil. This caused their mental and physical decay that resulted in the blight. So they sealed it away. Elgar'nan decided he wanted to become tyrant overlord of the elves. Why didn't Mythal and Solas just kill him with his dagger at that point if they were both against it? Or why didn't Solas just take that action on his own? Instead Mythal seemed to be in favour so long as she could rule alongside him. Solas disagreed and started his rebellion. The other gods found the blight (red lyrium?) and started using it. Solas told Mythal who tried to stop them but they killed her. So he locked them away which somehow resulted in the Veil, which was an unintended side effect. Still not clear how he accomplished that. If he was that powerful, surely he did have other options? Anyway, it drained him so much he needed to take a nap for several millennia. Then he woke up, messed up with Cory, lost his orb, so he killed Flemeth/Mythal instead in order to steal her power.

Anyway, based on how she is presented in DAV, it seems Flemeth was actually the hero in all this. Working with Mythal all those years. Nudging events in the direction she wanted them to take. Helping the Wardens against the Blight

I've one big problem though. When we see her in DAI, who was she planning on having vengeance against? Why would that confrontation shake the very heavens? That sounded like she wanted the Veil to come down, particularly as that would be a side-effect of killing her old enemies. So, what happened? Did Solas killing Flemeth change her outlook on life?

Once again, it all comes back to that very contrived scene with the ritual. If Solas had successfully transferred the gods to their new prison, Mythal would never have her heaven shaking confrontation with them. If Rook hadn't disturbed that ritual then Solas could never have brought down the Veil because it was quite clearly stated that if Elgar'nan died, Solas could complete his ritual to destroy the Veil. So long as there was a god alive, that couldn't happen. So, if Rook had just stood and watched at the beginning instead of intervening what then? The only way for the plot to work is for Solas to have set the whole thing up so Rook would interrupt the ritual and allow the gods to escape so they could be killed. Is that it? Or am I missing something?

Nothing really makes sense in this game.  Yes, that was the perfect opportunity to exorcise the demon.   Rook was even told that early on.  Instead they exorcise Lucanis' inner demons that have nothing to do with Spite.     I couldn't understand why if Spite was so unhappy with their relationship he didn't either a) possess Lucanis completely or b. ask Rook to liberate him (assuming that there must be still some sort of binding in place which is why he can't just leave).   Alternatively, show that Spite is no longer a demon but has transformed back into whatever spirit he was originally, I don't know, Loyalty or Honour or something that would make his continued mutually beneficial partnership with Lucanis believable.  

Also, so far as I am aware, they never explained why Lucanis had supernatural powers in Tevinter Nights.   He wasn't possessed then.    So why did he have the sensitivity to magic, the enhanced hearing and an apparent command over the vengeance demons that they just went away when he ordered it?   That was the most interesting and intriguing aspect of him.  Had he been possessed by a spirit/demon then, that would have made sense.

I still find it incredibly silly that you have to sacrifice either Davrin or Harding. It feels very forced, because the entire reason for this outcome seems to be so Rook can feel the weight of regret, while they are stuck in the fade prison Solas got out of and left Rook in after the sacrifice of Davrin/Harding, all in order to create this parallel between Solas and Rook. But that whole fade sequence was kind of a let down to begin with, as I feel like even Inquisition is better at handling the responsibility and burden of leadership.

And what's worse, is that Lucanis fails to get a hit on Ghilly AGAIN, gets trapped by her tentacles so Davrin or Harding needs to distract her and get impaled by her tentacles so that Lucanis is able to break free and finally land the hit, while Davrin/Harding die. Third times the charm I guess, but I thought it was laughable how amateurish they made Lucanis look, failing twice in a row.