Dragon Age Veil Guard

Mike Hoxbig said:
The plan for me was to finally give it a go during the holidays, but for now it'll have to wait. Indiana Jones is getting a better reception and it's "free"...
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Ye it looks great! I don't pay for Game Pass anymore so will wait for this one on PS5.
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Indiana Jones is getting a better reception and it's "free"...
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Game still doesn't look that good to me but I guess I'll have to try it out myself.

What do you mean "free"? :unsure:
 
wbot said:
This weird veilguard obsession from you haters is getting really old now.
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Only because you like this game. Now shush and let me dunk on the LGBTQIAAP+ shït heap pretending to be a Dragon Age game.
 
stefan9 said:
Why should it be surprising that people that are interested in kcd2 are finishing kcd1 in the holidays to be ready for the Feb launch.
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So people are flooding back to a 6yo game to get ready for a sequel in TWO MONTHS, with, right now, the same amount of players as a super duper AAAAAAAAAAAAAA Dragon Age game that itself has not even been out for two months.

Cool.
 
So for those who have played it, how is it? Woke whatever aside, I don't care about that.

How is the gameplay, controls, visuals, audio, story, voice acting etc?
 
UrBaN963 said:
So for those who have played it, how is it? Woke whatever aside, I don't care about that.

How is the gameplay, controls, visuals, audio, story, voice acting etc?
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Think all that is fine, just don't go expecting Dragon Age. Think of it as a new IP and it's all good...
 
UrBaN963 said:
So for those who have played it, how is it? Woke whatever aside, I don't care about that.

How is the gameplay, controls, visuals, audio, story, voice acting etc?
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Gameplay/combat = excellent. To me it feels just like any other Bioware game, minus the tactical stuff. Feels the same as DA2, Inquisition and even Mass Effect. Personally I prefer this fast-paced combat over slower tactical stuff from Origins etc. Quests are also mostly fun.

Downside is that puzzles for example feel like it was designed for 5 year olds. Have never seen easier puzzles in a game in my life.

Controls = excellent especially after the game was patched.

Visuals/art = amazing.

Audio/soundtrack = amazing.

Story = I thought it was great overall. Some really epic moments and most of the companion quests were well written. It is true though that everyone is a little too nice.

Voice acting = excellent as you can expect from Bioware. Best of all is the return of Claudia Black as Morrigan :p

Other pros: tons of collectibles like lore and armors/outfits/weapons and decorations for the Lighthouse which makes exploration fun.

Also trust me, the woke stuff is not that bad at all. This from someone who hates everything woke. Even Taash: she's cringey at times but not as bad as they say at all. And she's pretty much a blue version of BG3's Karlach lol.

Just get the game, it's a 9/10.
 
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wbot said:
Gameplay/combat = excellent. To me it feels just like any other Bioware game, minus the tactical stuff. Feels the same as DA2, Inquisition and even Mass Effect. Personally I prefer this fast-paced combat over slower tactical stuff from Origins etc. Quests are also mostly fun.

Downside is that puzzles for example feel like it was designed for 5 year olds. Have never seen easier puzzles in a game in my life.

Controls = excellent especially after the game was patched.

Visuals/art = amazing.

Audio/soundtrack = amazing.

Story = I thought it was great overall. Some really epic moments and most of the companion quests were well written. It is true though that everyone is a little too nice.

Voice acting = excellent as you can expect from Bioware. Best of all is the return of Claudia Black as Morrigan :p

Other pros: tons of collectibles like lore and armors/outfits/weapons and decorations for the Lighthouse which makes exploration fun.

Also trust me, the woke stuff is not that bad at all. This from someone who hates everything woke. Even Taash: she's cringey at times but not as bad as they say at all. And she's pretty much a blue version of BG3's Karlach lol.

Just get the game, it's a 9/10.
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Thanks homie.
 
UrBaN963 said:
So for those who have played it, how is it? Woke whatever aside, I don't care about that.

How is the gameplay, controls, visuals, audio, story, voice acting etc?
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Story good.
Combat depends whether you like action combat, if you do you will like it. I prefer rtwp or turn based so don't like it.
Character are good - decent. The romances aren't as good as previous bw games.
The writing starts off badly but its better as the game progresses.
 
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stefan9 said:
The romances aren't as good as previous bw games.
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Yeah all I got was a little kiss from Neve at the very end before the credits. That's it. Not sure if that's all there is or if I did something wrong. She was pissed after I picked Treviso over Minrathous though.
 
I jumped in last night for a couple hours, decided to go with a mage.

So far I'm enjoying it, it's no game of the year but seems fun so far and it really does look nice. The whole "cartoony" look that we saw in the trailers really does a disservice to what the game looks like in actual gameplay.
 
Mort had enough of the anti Veilguard crowd:
 

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So after like 10 hours of this game I still have no fckin idea why the anti-woke brigade is so worked up about this game.

I did make the mistake of going to far in the story that certain side missions expired, which is a bit annoying as I've had to go back to a previous save now to complete the missions. My thinking was that I want to unlock more of the companions so I can decide who I want to roll with but that was clearly a mistake :laugh:
 
So finished the game and thought it was ok.

The ending was pretty epic really enjoyed it but there are things I wish they had done better. Some of the story lines are like a 12 year old wrote them and the next story line is epic. Maybe bg3 broke how characters are meant to be portrayed I remember all my decisions with shadowheart, karlach etc but these characters just felt disconnected.

Then you have epic battles that are challenging and some battles are brain dead, at one point the buzzer rang I went to get my checkers 60 delivery from the gate came back inside put the groceries away and went back to the TV and as I sat down my character dies. Like 5 mins of not touching the remote.

The combat at first is cool but after 60 hours of the same thing it felt boring. I have put many hours into poe2 since it released and it just feels more fun.

I will play anything and even like no mans sky when it released but this was the theme for the game some good and some bad. The biggest problem is you can't patch the bad like you can't do 100hours of rerecording dumb interactions and badly written dialogue.

Really wanted to love this game but I think it's ok and there is fun to have but it's pretty forgettable. Not comparable to the greats like Witcher3, Elden ring, BG3 so will give it a 6.5/10.
 
Scary_Turtle said:
Really wanted to love this game but I think it's ok and there is fun to have but it's pretty forgettable. Not comparable to the greats like Witcher3, Elden ring, BG3 so will give it a 6.5/10.
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Which is why I generally don't believe most mainstream gaming journalists anymore with their reviews.

IGN - Veilguard 9/10
IGN - Witcher 3 9/10
 
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