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

We've had 3 games telling and showing us that if you get the Blight there are only two possibilities: certain death or becoming a Warden (if you have the luck of having them around). That they reduced it to a simple status effect that can be shrugged off via antidote/waiting some seconds like a common poison is just preposterous

The more I read about this game, the more convinced I become that, if another DA game is made, it should completely ignore Veilguard as some story Varric made up, and decided it was too terrible to publish.

Maybe it should open with Cassandra noticing it in a wastebasket and asking Varric 'What's this?" And him replying "Oh, just some stuff I jotted down and the story got away from me. It's terrible, Seeker, really. Don't read it, or you'll lose respect for me"

Cassandra: *disgusted noise*

Long time lurker, first time poster - had to join to engage in the criticism tbh. I bought the game for some ungodly reason, mostly because I had to see for myself (and went in with 0 expectation), and I'm in the middle of the final stretch now (just got the pre-final boss romance scene with Emmrich, who I feel was created in a lab to appeal to me and force me to buy the game) so I'll probably post more in depth thoughts once I'm done after work today.

It's...I'll be fair and say there are positives, and there are the bones of something decent there. Having done the companion quests I actually quite liked Bellara (probably because her anxiety and guilt is relatable) and there were bits of Taash's quest I thought worked, and I couldn't stand them when they were introduced. But it's just that - the potential of something decent that doesn't get appropriately executed. I have turned my brain off to play it so I can ignore the lore and tone issues but even then the writing is obviously not good.

Just got Lucanis and I find it hilarious how little impact

I second this, if they’re gonna do a sequel they need to pretend this game doesn’t exist, if not I’m not sure I’ll be interested one bit

I still don’t have it yet, but the more stuff I see, the more I’m inclined to just pass on veilguard tbh.

I'm a Garrus fangirl from way back, Blackwall being a close second - probably why I did find myself actually enjoying Davrin through the game but I did miss having some more moral ambiguity and complications in this game, lol. I just want to replay ME 1 & 2 now.

I get the feeling with Rook they went "well everyone just plays Paragon with the genuine occasional Renegade interrupt, right?" It just comes off toothless.

Weekes has gone radio silent on release week because of current events:
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A good example of lack of professionalism among Nu-BioWare.

He was perfectly happy talking about Veilguard then started having a meltdown all because of something that doesn’t involve him did not turn out as he thought. He also should not be speaking of divisive issues, even on his own personal account, during a game launch as that invites unnecessary controversy.

It’s unprofessional and that’s reflected in the quality of Veilguard.