The Absolute State Of Dragon Age: The Veilguard

you know like a lot of people I was pretty excited at the prospect of a new Dragon Age game I mean I'd played Inquisition back in the day and while it wasn't the deepest or most sophisticated RPG ever it was still a fun game with some decent characters a detailed world and rewarding combat system that kept me

reliably amused for a few weeks BioWare have a mostly decent reputation as a game developer and they've been working on this thing for almost 10 years so surely the veil guard would turn out to be their magnum opus I could kiss you right now I'm going to kiss you right [Music] now oh how wrong I was at least

according to the reviews that I've read the gameplay footage and the excruciating cutcenes I've had to endure as best as I can tell the veil guard is basically a perfect microcosm of everything that's bad in modern gaming ious and simplistic combat uninspired level design shallow storylines horrendous character animations and conversations that feel more like a

group therapy session for the writers than something that real people would ever say I'm glad the Lords of Fortune have tash's back oh tar isn't the first non-binary member of the Lords really it was a little before your time but HX was one of ours huh bastard look better than I did in a dress or pants and out of

them too H honestly guys walk me through your thought process on this one how exactly did you imagine a scene like this was going to go down with your average gamer who's a bit tired of modern culture and just wants some Escapist entertainment in a world of fantasy and adventure and don't get me wrong here that's not to

say you can't tackle subjects like this it's just that it has to be handled properly you can't just beat the player over the head with the writer's own personal an and Hang-Ups why is this game so obsessed with gender and identity anyway oh okay you know you can always tell when characters have been