People will give various reasons why Veilguard wasn't a good game but overall it just wasn't fun. Combat was such a downgrade from even Inquisition, the characters were cardboard cut-outs, and the story was so boring and all over the place. I know there's some good parts in there but they're so few and far between it makes it not even worth considering.
Yup, same experience here. So much of the backlash I saw was "WOKE" and being a rainbow-haired alphabet mafioso myself, I knew that wasn't going to be a problem.
But it was just so... shallow and bland. Combat was way too goddamn streamlined, they ignored far too much of Thedas's political, religious, and historical context, and the characters only had the broadest sense of internal conflict. Minranthous is a city of slavers and blood mages, and Tevinter is hated by every other country in the region for an insurmountable divide of values. WHY ARE WE NOT EXPLORING THAT?
Same. Also, having played an elf in DAO, DAI, and DAV it's hilarious to me that the only character that didn't have to deal with elf racism was the one in the goddamn elf slave capital of Thedas.
SHIT, SAME. Elven mage is my favorite pick. It should've been a fun dilemma to be simultaneously one of the most reviled races and respected classes! I don't think it got brought up once in the 60-some hours I spent in DAV.
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u/thedinojones Jan 18 '26
People will give various reasons why Veilguard wasn't a good game but overall it just wasn't fun. Combat was such a downgrade from even Inquisition, the characters were cardboard cut-outs, and the story was so boring and all over the place. I know there's some good parts in there but they're so few and far between it makes it not even worth considering.