Dragon Age Veil Guard

The moment I saw the art style I knew that this was not going to be for me. I'll wait for Steam reviews but I will skip this for now.
 
wbot said:
The last couple of Bioware games (Andromeda and Anthem) were both failures. Dreadwolf aka Veiguard was always promised to be Bioware's redemption so the fact that it is being praised by critics means it is indeed a return to form for Bioware.

Don't be a tinfoil hatter lol.
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It was promised by Bioware to be Bioware's redemption, so they tried to ensure that it was by not sending review copies to reviewers who weren't glowing after the preview.

The one guy from Skill Up (who isn't a big DA fan) was positive about the preview so they got a review copy. The other guy (who is a big DA fan) did the review. You won't get much more neutral than that. If you are going to watch one review, watch this one. He gives examples of how it plays like a Disney movie more than dark fantasy, and how it's impossible to be bad or create conflict.

The reviews you are seeing are those who were pre-selected by Bioware after the preview, i.e. they used the preview event to filter out who to send review codes to and do risk management, which is pretty scummy, because the only ones who suffer from reviews that aren't honest is us.

Here's two more who didn't get review copies, because they didn't "convey the right messaging", despite being assured by Bioware that they would get it. There's a reason why those exact words "return to form" are used. How can it be when most of the people who worked on the previous DA are no longer there? It's Bioware in name only, not the Bioware we know. It's definitely not tinfoil hat stuff.



I hope you enjoy the game, I really do. But as a huge DA fan I'm skipping it until the schitstorm passes...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
The reviews you are seeing are those who were pre-selected by Bioware after the preview, i.e. they used the preview event to filter out who to send review codes to and do risk management, which is pretty scummy, because the only ones who suffer from reviews that aren't honest is us.
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This is easy to test. We can check back in two weeks to see when there are more reviews logged, and while the score will probably change by a few points (could change either way) it's unlikely to fall under 80 imo. There are enough critics that liked the game enough to have scored it decently
 
prod said:
This is easy to test. We can check back in two weeks to see when there are more reviews logged, and while the score will probably change by a few points (could change either way) it's unlikely to fall under 80 imo. There are enough critics that liked the game enough to have scored it decently
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And that's only because they're in the majority anyway. It's a sad indictment on the state of the industry. Reviewers pandering to studios so they aren't deprived of early access review codes in future...
 
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Yes.. 100 for Drangonage because it can't hurt feefees
 

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Oh well. Will get it in a year after all the patches and stuff. Should be decent
 
Skillup review.
"Every interaction sounds like HR is in the room"

DA: Failgaurd. The leg day of RPGs.

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yeah I want to play it still. SkillUP reviews are not a breaker for me. Some games he slated gave us many great fun gaming sessions.

I am just cheap though so will wait for inevitable sale, unless gameshare bud can't wait. but truth be told, BLOPS 6 has really delivered and, among others, will keep us busy till the inevitable sale.
 
Unfortunately, I had to dig to find those nuggets of writing gold. Especially early on in the story, The Veilguard does lean into the kind of quippy, woefully unfunny dialogue common in many modern blockbusters. Quips like those feel like a desperate bid to make The Veilguard seem much more approachable from the jump. Games like Baldur’s Gate 3 show that kind of writing isn’t necessary to create a widely beloved RPG, and it implies a lack of confidence in the writing and Dragon Age’s lore on BioWare’s end.


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The Veilguard’s sidequests are what let me down the most. I’m not talking about the companion- and faction-focused ones that are given the same detail and polish as story ones, but the random regional quests players can find by exploring Thedas. I stand by the fact that a hallmark of a truly great RPG is that the sidequests are outstanding. Games like Baldur’s Gate 3, The Witcher 3, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, or even BioWare’s own Dragon Age: Origins back up my belief.

The Veilguard fails to live up to that standard. If you’re a die-hard Dragon Age fan who knows a lot of the series’ lore, you’ll probably enjoy the little lore nuggets each sidequest offers. If not, the lack of variety is disappointing. On the gameplay front, all sidequests eventually boil down to fighting the same kinds of enemies you’re already fighting plenty of in the main story, which gets tedious.

I don’t feel compelled to play the sidequests I haven’t completed yet or replay it anytime soon.

In general, The Veilguard lacks compelling choices or consequences. Any that do exist are very heavily telegraphed, and as someone who completed every companion and faction quest, I was disappointed by how little they seemed to factor into the game’s ending. There are exceptions, of course. At one point, I punched the leader of the Grey Wardens in the face during a story mission, so I couldn’t save him in a later companion sidequest.

Those moments feel few and far between, unfortunately. That’s a shame, as The Veilguard is a densely packed game that someone could easily play for up to 50 hours or more, yet I don’t feel compelled to play the sidequests I haven’t completed yet or replay it anytime soon. I just don’t think my experience would be much different. Like other parts of the game, it gives off the vibe that BioWare was cautious in returning to this choice-driven RPG formula, playing it safe and ensuring that it could execute variety from a few key choices in a vast RPG before getting more ambitious in the future.
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https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/dragon-age-the-veilguard-review-ps5/
 
Let people enjoy their politically woke game about medieval fantasy trannies.
 
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a Grand Adventure Worth the Wait | Review

We received the opportunity to play through the long-awaited Dragon Age: The Veilguard ahead of its release and we’re here to tell you all about it. It’s been a long ten years since Dragon Age fans…
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For this review, I played the game on the Playstation 5 on Storyteller, the equivalent of Easy Mode.
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I have always been under the impression that "story mode" is the easy-peasy lemon squeezy walking in a breeze simulator setting. Is "easy mode" not considered the level above the story mode? Odd, but...

A Story Worth Telling​

Given we’ve been waiting ten long years for another trip to Thedas, I can state with complete honesty that Dragon Age: The Veilguard was not only worth the wait, it’s easily one of the best games to come out in 2024. Seriously, this game needs to be included in any discussion for Game of the Year. Give the story a chance to play out, it’s one that deserves to be told.
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