Dragon Age: High-Level Combat Parts 1-4

Fair enough. I guess i'm just not bothered by it as much as you are, because i expected worse. Bioware may had an experience with ARPGs, but their previous games were third person shooters and DAVe is very clearly not one. So i was afraid that we will have situation similar to Mass Effect 1, which was... not good thirsd person cover shooter with rather terrible gunplay. DAVe at least looks competent and fun enough to me.

I wish sword-and-board warrior was that fun in DAI. Though I spammed that combat roll and shield bash as much as I could lol.

Healing is back, yes.

Whereas I hated the healing system in the first two games and loved the barrier/ guard in Inquisition. I am rather annoyed at the fandom right now.

Off-topic, but I absolutely adore Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm, and the Farseer/Liveship/Elderlings series is one of my favorite written works of all-time.

On-topic: I like Titan Stomp for dwarf and willowy elf warriors.

Lol. Well DA4 is bound to piss one of us off and please the other, but given the lack of gameplay footage when it comes to healing I'm reserving judgement/speculation onto which of us is actually gonna be pissed lmao.

DA2's healing was peak  

I wouldn't hold your breath. I too find it annoying that they've thrown out realism in favor of this Overwatch style of combat. Even if I'm playing in a fantasy world I still expect them to keep it grounded in real world physics...and each game has gotten worse in that regard. There's a threshold to suspension of disbelief. At this point I think I'm just going to buy a nice bottle of whiskey for release day...one way or the other I'll have smile on my face.

Maybe both of you will be okay. Because as i see it we get both barrier (same like warrior parry/dodge on one buttom fixed) and healing magic.

I do agree that for non-DA fans with a preference for a different kind of gameplay in RPGs, Veilguard isn't going to be appealing.

I did read quite a few posts around of people that aren't fans of the franchise and prefer a more action-based gameplay that liked what they saw, as well as a few that didn't really like previous games' gameplay and liking this.

To be honest, Bioware had been stuck in a hard spot in regards of the gameplay for DA, since they tried to accomodate both crowds since DA2, and failing to do so. I thought for years that a shift in either direction was needed, and it was likely going to be the action-oriented one.

It's not my preferred outcome (especially in regards on the direction they took for companions), but we'll see if it was the right one soon enough.

Look at those tomato sauce puddles. Such a waste. You don't need Grey Wardens to fight darkspawn, just send a few angry Italian grandmas against them and you're done.

You can probably disable them, usually harder difficulty turns these off by default.

Hopefully. There's a bunch of fluff that I'd like to either tone down or remove altogether. I'm already waiting at least until Black Friday or Christmas for a potential sale and to give modders time to hopefully make a camera zoom out mod, since it's highly unlikely there will be any camera zoom out in the game. I don't need to breathe down Rook's neck or smell darkspawn armpits. If I can't reduce a lot of the bullshit on screen at launch, maybe they'll patch it in later.

That champion ultimate being an orbital strike is peak hilarity, though. Had a good laugh seeing it. 

Still hate the green pots like I did in June.