Dragon Age: The Veilguard

This is the worst game I have ever played in my life. A dirty game full of agendas. The dialogues in the game are very bad. Everything in this game is ****

Listen man, I get it. Im not very woke myself, but the controvertial scenes that everyone is talking about are really not important. They harm no one and are cringe and only that. If that doesnt let you enjoy a game, then you are nor a real gamer.

First of all it isnt a dragon age its a combination of gow and ff, story was satisfying, fighting get repetive after a while, env and armor designs are excellent plus overal graphic

Pros:
- Beautiful and unique worlds that I found to very engaging. I wanted to explore and find secrets within each space.

- Solas is a stand out amongst a cast of weak characters. He is layered and I felt very connected to his story.

- The Finale was what the game should have been striving for. Actual decisions with real consequences.

Cons:
- The writing. Everyone is saying it but it truly is written as if HR is in the room. It is so milquetoast, so bland and safe it becomes almost insulting. Rook talks to the companions as if they are children, nothing is left to the imagination, there is no subtext, you will be told exactly how everyone is feeling. Also, of course there is the classic quirky quips that will suck you out of a scene so fast you'll get whiplash. The tonal dissonance between what is happening in the story and what Rook / the companions are saying is painful.

- The villians. I cannot comprehend why you would toss a compelling character like Solas to the side for Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain. How does this decision even get made? They are 1 note, I can think of 1 scene where Elgar'nan displayed any sort of actual emotion. They have no substance, no meat and are their one personality trait is "I'm evil".

- The combat. I played on normal for 30 hours and never struggled once. However, the beefy health bars and 10 minute long combat scenarios became so tedious I had to lower the difficulty for the sake of my sanity.

- The companions. Emmerich and Davrin were decent, Neve was meh. The rest are really poor. I'm not interested in the culture war discussions with this game but Taash is maybe one of the worst companions I've ever had in a game. The moment where they label Emmerich, he gets upset and they ignore his desire to be called something else ruined them fundamentally for me. Their entire character is designed around identity and acceptance, yet they couldn't give a shit about what someone else wants to be called. It's even more upsetting that you can't call them out for their hypocrisy.

Amazing game, combat and storyline, most likely my GOTY (or maybe Silent Hill) only thing that annoyed me was the fact the companions just felt so shallow inside The Lighthouse, I wish we could talk to them more

Definitely my GOTY, just everything about this is a masterpiece, the combat, character background selection, call backs to the previous game, the graphics and story linex the quests are fun and compelling and are never boring or dull, the puzzles are fun, there's plenty to do and explore in all the many many different areas. I am not finished yet but I suspect when I do this will shoot right to the top of my favourites along with its previous title.