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

From what I’ve seen the companions are somewhat similar to what we have seen from dragon age in the past? Obviously no vampire but we did have blood magic/a spirit possessed dead person/werewolves etc

What do you mean by critical role cringe? I know what critical role is but help me tie it into this? Player choice or detailed shopping likely do in
critical role

The games are not the same but baulders gate appears to be closer to dao than dai was. Dai was a huge departure from dao and most of da2. Bg3 looks beautiful and choices matter plus the combat is what was promised but not kept in dai

So I’m very skeptical as it’s been years since we had the infamous live preview and that was years before bg3 was possibly created

I booted up dai the other day and I had forgotten how painful it is to turn on and off the game. When you save and close the game you can literally do a lot in that time. They have a lot to prove

Ehhh as interested as I am in BG3, it has more appeal to CRPG fans specifically the type who thumb their noses at the "dumbed down" RPGs of today. If it ever comes out on consoles, I think I'm going to struggle in the combat like I did with DA: O and Pillars of Eternity.

According to some old school RPG fans and PC gamers, apparently so. 

Agreed 100%! You should absolutely set the difficulty to whatever makes the game fun for you. Who gives one wet, gusty fart what BiGdIcK_197646281 living perpetually online thinks. 

Inquisition was made great by its graphics, main missions and score. Also the Trespasser DLC was excellent epilogue that showed the logical course of events of what will happen to a powerful organization in decline like the Inquisition while also setting the stage for Solas in DAD.

Without these factors, DAI it would have been like DAII: a somewhat mediocre game held up by its characters and some choices.

Whilst the title of the next game seems very on the nose when it comes to the main antagonist, I think it is going to prove deceptive and the real danger is yet to be revealed. Or, as you rightly point out, in other games there has always been a secondary antagonist (or more than one) who is actually more interesting and challenging than the final boss. At the moment my money is on the Executors, or their representative, filling that role, which will likely be linked to those strange pools highlighted in Horror of Hormack. The Executors are apparently opposed to Solas and he has warned against them but I didn't really need his advice on that one and it does point to them being an enigma in the fight against him.

Unless the Devs have been lying to us, the Crimson Knight and everything connected with Absolution is not going to have a bearing on the next game, although I suppose it is possible they might come into play in any subsequent title. So far as any evil Magisters are concerned, I assume they will be linked to the Venatori. I must admit I was surprised and disappointed that they are still a prominent faction after the fall of Corypheus. I would rather have the Black Divine as an antagonist as from what I know of his history and Dorian said about him, he could be interesting.  Mind you, I suppose that could equally apply should he be an ally.

My main concern is that what appears in the next game may not be as interesting as some of the plots that have already been covered in associated media. Also, that certain factions, like the Qun and the Crows, may be altered to be barely recognisable from our previous experience of them. In addition, I hope they don't overuse Varric in the narrative but the signs there are not good.

”The Dread Wolf? Hmm…oh yeah! The Inquisition dealt with him a while back. He’s no longer a problem, just some remnants of his followers.” - Random Innkeeper in an ideal world.

I believe he will have a small role. For me, I would have at the beginning of the game showing the elf in an isolated area doing his hocus pocus stuff. It backfires causing the release of the evanuris for the main character to deal with. Towards the end of the game, the main character learns one of the side effects from the deadwolf's nonsense was trapping himself in the fade. 

I don't care about the character, but he is one reason I will get the game.  That's because I'm curious how he will be dealt with. 

I am concerned that DA: Dreadwolf will crash and burn. The sudden shift from single player, to "Live service", back to single player I think is too late of a course correction for the game. As far as the franchise goes, I felt it lost a lot of what made Dragon Age "special" after Origins. It's why I never played anything but a warrior past Origins - I didn't care for how they did "talent trees" and "specializations" anymore.

Dragon Age has taken a nosedive off a cliff since Inquisition, really. DA 2 was a slight departure for certain, in overall quality. But Inquisition I have replayed less than Mass Effect 1 (which total playthroughs are a whopping 6 runs). Origins was the gold standard, and while I still enjoyed DA 2, it still left me feeling a bit meh. Inquisition's cast is rather bland and boring (outside of Varric, who I question the point of even being there in the first place). My other concern is that if Dreadwolf does bad, EA might just pull the plug on Bioware as a whole. Especially since Gamble left (which, is a good thing), it might be a signal that this is "ride-or-die" for Bioware.

After the ridiculously corpo-speak-sugar-coated lay off news I'm getting vibes of a famous airship explosion.

Can't help but feel that this was it, last guy turns off the light. Anything other than another Anthem-tier dead on arrival disaster would surprise me at this point.

Dragon Age Dreadwolf Is Reportedly ‘Not Coming Out Until Summer 2024 At The Earliest’



www.psu.com/news/dragon-age-dreadwolf-is-reportedly-not-coming-out-until-summer-2024-at-the-earliest/


Prediction: Another incident will happen and the new release time would be the 15th year anniversary in November 2024. Another reason for this prediction is this is likely the last Dragon Age game that BioWare will make and they want to go out with some fanfare.