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

If I were a betting man I'd be tempted...not saying Varric isn't going to die but me thinks Solas might be busy fleeing with what Rook just unleashed.

Not only cheap/lazy, I find it a wee bit immersion breaking (yes even in a fantasy world), and even comical. Think Saint's Row IV.

Don’t forget Solas being sucked into the fade rift and being unavailable for 99% of the story or being locked in DLC.

I might be wrong, but I've read that some might form romantic relationships, not all of them.

I'd say it's very unlikely that *all* companions would end up in a relationship with each other, for the simple fact that they'd need to code multiple romantic relationships between companions, depending on the romance Rook goes for. 

It's a possibility, although to be honest the Evanuris, if matching what Inquisition, Trespasser and Tevinter Nights told about them, won't really need a reason to be hated or be considered enemies by the player.

The madlad himself returns. How you been Lenny?

Fucking wild to bring up FFXII and say nothing about the gambit system, considering the history.

As I said elsewhere, I am happy about playersexual or pansexual as they want to phrase it. I understand the criticism but from a selfish standpoint as somebody not affected by lack of representation I welcome being able to romance the companion I like best. (Technically I fall somewhere on the ace spectrum but don't care for ace options in games like some people here since I'm not sex repulsed, and my default is straight female, so I am catered to just fine no matter what.)
DAI screwed me over as a female elf I made for Solas before I knew what a collosal prick he was. Couldn't change my mind and romance my fav characters instead: Dorian and Cass. That really frustrated me.

I agree that companions having a sexuality is more realistic but since sexuality of a character is such a boring thing to me I see as separate from their personality, I really don't care. I know sexuality is part of a person's identity in real life so I understand why it matters to many people. But when it comes to companions it doesn't change anything about them 99% of the time. Solas and Dorian are an exception. And when it comes to Solas it's part of his racism but ultimately it wouldn't change his personality either if he fucked dudes.

I'm actually quite relieved it's pansexual because I frankly loathe preachy identity politics and don't need every character telling me about it. With so many different things people are now this would have required either a crazy number of love interests to offer a choice or only one of each. Catering to really everything to be truly inclusive is just not feasible. BioWare games have always been too much of a corny dating sim already. I have always much preferred the friendship writing anyway. Most of the romances I find cringe anyway.

I was so happy with BG3. I mean, sure, the game is horny as hell. But really, Larian just capitalized on the horniness of people. Especially those starved BioWare fans, lol. While it's maybe a bit over the top, I just loved that I had the option to romance the hot flamboyant gay man as a woman. Don't care that it's not realistic. I'm playing a stupid fantasy game. I love that I can change my mind on who to romance at any point as I learn more about the companions. I often start out with an idea who I want to romance but then I don't like their personality or somebody else's personality steals my heart. Karlach was not on my radar initially but five minutes in I loved her and was then conflicted about Astarion for looks or Karlach for personality. In the end the game solved it for me by Gale ninja romancing me without my consent, lol.

I hope my post wasn't offensive. Playersexual is a purely selfish preference of mine as somebody who doesn't replay a bazillion times to romance everyone. Ultimately never saw any other romance but Solas in DAI, never replayed.

Yeah, I'm not expecting it to turn into a CW show where everyone sleeps with everyone. It's likely going to be like the previous games, 1 or 2 couples forming or having some vague interest expressed but not ending up together. DA2 had Carver crushing on Merrill but nothing came of it and Isabela and Fenris mention once in banter they hooked up, while in DAI there's Blackwall courting Josephine but nothing comes of it, either, while you need to trigger a number of banters between Dorian and Iron Bull to get them to hook up, then talk to each of them at the end of the game for them to confirm they're committed to each other. Mass Effect has even less, Garrus and Tali being the only ones that I remember actually hooking up, while Zaeed only hit on Samara in the Citadel DLC after one too many drinks.