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

I had a slightly different idea along that line of thinking to reboot the series.  The beacon is actually a reaper trap...a simulation designed to learn the operational tactics and thought processes of the cycle.  Shepard wakes up and ME1 continues from there.  Using that approach ensures the validity of players choices from the original trilogy.  Of course you need a new batch of loveable aliens since characters like Liara, Wrex, Tali, and Garrus were just constructs of the manufactured reality.  Maybe I can finally get a Batarian squadmate.

So far, two things still make me want to play this game:

- Kill Solas

- See Ghilan'nain in action.

Seen a lot of her already thanks to all the spoilers so I guess that's something.

More confirmation/evidence of previous claims that dialogue isn't companion specific. Not similar dialogue, but identical dialogue:

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This feels like such a downgrade character wise from both 2 and Inquisition

You tourist! How dare you expect variety in your dialogue. Their artistic integrity is not to be trifled with. Don’t ask questions. Just consume product!

Harding should be ok. There's absolutely nothing about Bell that looks good, but I'm open to being wrong. Neve could be interesting if you can get over the flat, uninspired, monotone delivery of her lines. We've seen nothing from Emmerich which is very questionable in and of itself. Lucanis will be hit or miss, but it appears he's going to be the Miranda of this game in all but characterization. A shame. Taash actually might be good. Emphasis on 'might'. Davrin will be fine. 

Thing is... Absolutely none of them appear to have any 'bite' to them. I hope the 50 shades of nice thing turns out to be false. 

At least the first part is true. 

  From Khrazegaming.

  From Shacknews.

Yikes. 

So, on a positive note...

The more I look at the $60 price tag, the more I like it. Forget the $80 nonsense edition ($20 for a few extra cosmetic skins is pathetic). But for the $60 edition you supposedly get a full game. No day-one DLCs, no DLCs at all in fact. For $60 you get what is possibly the whole package (minus some cosmetics).

I remember not long ago there was a debate regarding $70 as the new standard price for the base edition of AAA-games. Starfield and Diablo IV (among others) were not shy at all. I am glad EA/Bioware was reluctant to charge $70.

Nevermind the inflation. When Mass Effect Andromeda became available for pre-order in late 2016 in three flavors: $60, $70 and $100; those same products today would be worth $78.7, $91.8 and $131.1, due to inflation alone. So again, hats-off for the $60 price-point for DA:VG.

Now, things may still get ugly pretty quickly. There could be a microtransaction store (though they are more like macrotransactions these days), which sell not only cosmetics but powerful items, best-in-slot items. Ubisoft for instance is not shy at all when it comes to that. I am sure EA are salivating over the money they would be leaving on the table without an in-game store.

Regardless, at least for the time being, I feel positively regarding the $60 price-point.

I'm trying to avoid videos generally, but does this apply to all companion dialogue? Or just a few generic lines that push the plot along.

The latter is lame, but the former is pretty game breaking to a game hyping up the companions.

Edit: well at least it seems to be only a few lines. Still lame though