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

Generally, I do not find drunk people funny either, but there are a few exceptions, and Oghren is one of them.


During the main game Solas was not too bad. Sometimes he did grate on my nerves with his whole "I am the most superior elf ever!" Would have been nice to learn even as a human that the Dalish tattoos were slave markings. You know the same shit they pulled with Anders in DA2 about Karl. Thanks again, Bioware.

As for the only clan of Dalish elves in the game, that was just sad. Really? This is a Dalish clan? I mean, I get the reason for the Dalish clan being messed up in DA2. But this clan in DAI is not a clan, it's more like a line.

The Temple of Mythal was painful. Very painful.


Also, I find it laughable that anyone who wants to pay respect to Mythal needs to do a puzzle. What is going to happen in DA4? We need to pay our respects to Falon'Din by completing an ancient crossword puzzle? Or perhaps there is some form of Elven Twister? With an ancient Andraste Temple are we going to have to pretend the floor is lava?

The Ancient Elves were, meh. I felt it was another one of those things, that the plot needed these ancient elves to show and they are gone. Here is an idea, why not let Abalas drink The Well.  Or how about just let the knowledge be lost. Oh wait, that would make sense and would once again go against the direction of the ending Bioware needed it to go.

And you get to the end and there is a kiddie pool and you spend the next few dialogue choices discussing who will drink the Kool-Aid. And if you choose not to drink the Kool-Aid, well you miss on a variety of interesting dialogue and lore in the DLC. Gee, thanks Bioware.


If you pay attention to the main game dialogue, the spirit of the Divine tells you, "Your mark cannot be removed until your death."

So, you find Solas in Trespasser who absorbed the power of an Old God and Mythal, and suddenly you are "cured" from the anchor, by Solas, melting half your arm. Um. Excuse me?!? Oh right, it all did not need to make sense, because the plot needed this to happen. (Sighs) Gawd damn this writing.

Furthermore, Solas in Trespasser, "I am going to tell you my plan and make a case for why I am doing this even though it does not make sense. And you cannot stop me now, because the writers want this whole thing to be setup for the next game to which, your Inquisitor will not be the one stopping me. Oh yes, I am evil now but I am not. Muhaaaa!"