Veilguard Gameplay June 11th

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the combat either, but unfortunately it seems to always have been the end goal of the series starting from DA2. I just wish the DA team took notes from other action games than ME because there just doesn't seem to be a lot of complexity in the actions to me - at least, so far.

It could mean anything. Solas could just be setting aside his ambitions until this threat is dealt with, or maybe he could be convinced to stop or even killed at the end as the ultimate boss if you didn't get his "approval" up enough or something.

It just doesn't feel like he's being set up as the primary antagonist. Might explain the name change too. Perhaps they thought the name didn't accurately reflect the story beats.

Perhaps it even comes down to Solas having to make the ultimate sacrifice himself to stop his fellow gods once and for all. Redemption arc kinda thing. Incredibly tearful at the end with Inquisitor there to witness or even being the influence TO sacrifice, reversing course from bringing back the old world that’s now totally screwed everything and instead try to save what’s left. Atone for shizz.

You can feel what you want but this is just Dragon Age 2 and Dragon Age Inquisition combat but in a more fluid way. 

The main class being played was rogue. It has always been this animated and flashy. I imagine the as a mage you'll probably do the Fade Step (?) I think it was called if you wanna dodge abilities and use main staff attack with an ability loadout. Kinda like Inquisition.

I agree it's not Dragon Age Origins but it hasnt been that since.... Origins, though we are getting origins!

I knew Solas was going to f***-up leading to something worst. I didn't expect the MC helping. This wouldn't have happened had he not made his ritual right on top where he probably stashed two of the Evanuris (he was probably milking them for power actually, at least that's my theory for now).

But also, I'm going to BBQ that som' bitch

when people say that, I don't think they're talking about actual Bioware fans who simply don't like the new direction, they're talking about the people who literally are not even Dragon Age fans but show up to e.g. the gameplay reveal chat just to boo the game because they don't like e.g. the LGBTQ representation, or whatever the case may be. 

And if anyone is saying that about real fans like you, its dumb. Real fans aren't fans who automatically like everything. There's room for reasonable and good faith disagreement among "real" fans.

Well, any hope I had that BioWare would course correct after DAI just died with that gameplay reveal.

I don’t how the rest of you are not seeing what I’m seeing, but that was godawful. Wooden dialogue, phoned-in voice acting, terrible combat … it’s hard to pick out what was the worst aspect.

I’m done. Maybe I’ll play this game when it hits GamePass or when it goes on sale, but as far as I’m concerned, this is like someone puppeting the corpse of an old friend. It’s familiar, yet totally alien.

Farewell, Dragon Age.

While I'm quite sure something happens to Varric (not sure if dies or gets sucked into the Fade or smth), someone on Twitter brought an interesting point - that perhaps Varric here is a stand-in for Inquisitor

Interesting idea, when they got to that part I was thinking to myself "Are we going to seriously get an Inky reveal in the gameplay sneak peek?"

The more I think on it, though possibly cliche, I think it would be a fitting end for him given everything.

He created the Veil and locked away the Evanuris because he felt it was the only way to make things better for their world/free his people, etc. Then they started leaking out anyway as Archdemons and stuff slowly starts getting warped/screwed up. He becomes hellbent on trying to fix things again (in his viewpoint of "fixing"), despite the fact that his fix attempts led to not great things before. It now goes even more wrong, ironically with Rook and party kinda becoming a bit like Solas themselves by causing a bigger catastrophe while trying to prevent the current one, and now it really comes down to the brass tacks: Solas has tried everything possible to do his thing while staying alive. Being left with no choice here BUT self-sacrifice, it's an interesting full circle.

In DA:I during I think it was the Fade sequence? Where there were graves listing each of the companions' biggest fears. Solas's biggest fear was dying alone. Which is an interesting thought for a God to have, really. To have to face that fear now, potentially, and the player gets to decide - have/let/make him die alone for causing all this mess. Or Inquisitor there - as an old friend or an old lover - as the motivation to make the sacrifice and, in that moment, he's not alone... he has him/her in his sight/presence one final time.

"Do not weep, Vhenan, I am at peace with what must be done. And because of you, at least I am not alone to face my end..."