Haters and Lovers of Veilguard

As per Kirkwall, I liked the city itself. It highlighted the grim atmosphere perfectly. However, they did cheapen out on the map creation too much - I wanted to see more places than step right up folks, here we have a stinky moat with the dead rats floating downstream, and here we have grim insight of the shady alley no 13 with the view of dumpsters, and right over there is the best - the Gallows, overburdened by the weight of thieves and suspicious mages... Had I stabbed dead 1 darkspawn every time I ran past the Hanged Man on some quest or other, the Wardens would be out of job. 

I am a lover, can't deny that. Over 200 hours in and still playing.

What I don't like about the game and would personally take points off the game's score are mostly technical issues - subpar face animations, subpar voice acting (except Emmerich and both female Rook), repetitive puzzles, teleporting back after falling, teleporting off water and lack of loadout saving.

The aforementioned issues are shortcomings, or shortcuts (due to rushed development), or perhaps oversights. Some of them can be patched, so there is that.

There are other aspects of the game which don't particularly please me too much, but they are there by design, they are intentional, they are what the game is supposed to be like, and I don't think they are necessarily worth taking points from the game (it would be like taking a point off the Pyramid of Giza because of its square base).
These are: the over-sanitized presentation, every society in North Thedas being all-inclusive (contrary to what we have been told), limited player agency, not able to dismiss companions, no dual wield warrior Rook (despite Taash), shallow romances, complete lack of humor/dark humor, and most conversations feeling like a therapy session.