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

I'd actually love that. But the game is marketed with the tag line "Dread Wolf Rising", and the short teaser trailers showed artists working on the Solas model, so I'm pretty sure he will be central to the plot.

Being a nobody (and mostly remaining one during the game's story, because pretty much all protagonists start as nobodies before their inevitable meteoric rise to glory) would be a very welcome change, but truth be told, whether we are a nobody or a leader in charge of a powerful organization like the Inquisition makes very little gameplay difference - in the end, we will face the bad guy with three companions at our side. Gameplay wise, the Inquisition barely mattered in DAI, and they had to add the war table to at least give a threadbare illusion of being in charge of a powerful faction. All that manpower and resources, and the Inquisitor didn't even bring all companions to the final battle. The Inquisition was part of the story, but barely part of the gameplay, and so a total nobody would practically play in the same way - a team of four doing all jobs the story will provide.

But man, I'd love a story where our protagonist did lots of important stuff in the background, totally unrecognized by the world at large, only to watch someone else get all the credit before finding another caravan guard job to pay the rent.