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

I still prefer the romances being squadmates, regardless of the amount of content. The choice being between a single squadmate and a single npc just provides very little variety. BG3 made sure everyone got an even amount of choices and content, not sure why DA in its latest entries couldn't do something so simple.

Yeah this is definitely a more Mass Effect thing I think... But I think Inquisition advisors were fabulous for the most part, albeit I do think Josephine got dealt the worse hand between her and Cullen. Even Leliana had bigger moments to shine and she isn't romanceable.

But honestly, regardless of my love for Iron Bull, and the influence Dorian has had in my life, I'd still probably take Cullen over either of them. Not because I find him more attractive than them, but because his romance and overall plot importance outweigh both Iron Bull and arguably perhaps even Dorian, especially if you go for mages instead of templars. So on that note at least, the squadmate vs advisor/npc argument isn't the strongest in Inqusition specifically. 

You should see The Witcher 2 sex scenes, they're even more softcore pornier. TW3 scenes were better

As much as I love Miranda, Issy is definitely my all time favourite BioWare romance execution. 
It’s now 2 dragon age games where the Hetro/bi romance writing has been completely unappealing to this particular man.

True that true that! Good thing Dragon Age Inquisition or other games in the series aren't roleplaying games or anything, where you might explore different roles and choices you wouldn't or couldn't in real life. 

As far as that particular kind of choice goes, not interested. All my male and female characters romance women exclusively

Gotta say that I thought romance will ruin Veilguard based only on what they said during the promotion. I can safely say the game ruins itself, no help from romance needed

No offense, but if you think that you must be living under a metaphorical rock.

I'm on your side, DAO is superior to DAI imo, but I can't deny I have my biases and people who played inquisition first have theirs. Inquisition was also more appealing to people who were turned off by some of the content in Origins. I don't necessarily agree with it, but I think it's fair to like it more if for example some things in Origins trigger you or disturb you to the point of not enjoying it. And I'm sure there are other more or less objective reasons.

Totally fair, there are large chunks of inquisition that are boring af

Dragon Age Inquisition was a really interesting exploration of faith and what it means when that faith is challenged. Even as an atheist myself, I found it really fascinating, because I've never had a roleplaying game try to engage me that way. Wish Gaider had stayed on to steer this ship to the end, even if he's probably been happier make visual novel musicals isntead.

To be fair, I've seen a lot less whining about the female love interests this time around. Remember the guy who tried to "scientifically" prove Cassandra had a male skull back when DA:I came out? Whether that's a sign of the times, or those discussions have moved to Reddit or even darker corners of the web, or my fellow girl-loving dudes are chill because they have more options this time around and they are more conventionally attractive, I don't know.