Dragon Age: Dreadwolf becomes The Veilguard

Bwuhhh... I thought Dragon Age was a turn-based thing?! Did I dream that when I played the first game or did they make it hack'n'slash in a later one?

I've only just noticed the goggle wearing skeleton that seems to be a companion character. More of that please.

I like the idea of this being a more curated mission based structure. It harkens back to older Bioware RPG's.

I liked Inquisition, but having basically a half dozen or so really big maps with a lot of fetch quests wasn't the best game design (ME:A suffered from this as well).

Bioware of old really nailed that feeling of an epic adventure, with some quite focused mission based structures. Give me a hub, or a few that you basically use for a bit of character development and then launch some missions from there, it's much more akin to, what I would consider, a traditional Bioware RPG.

I also just got off FF7 Rebirth. Whilst I loved that game, there was a lot of bloat in there which could have been scaled back, so I am all for a more curated experience and I don't want to collect any fucking shards.

This looks pretty good. I got no real attachment to the series having not played the others (always been in the back of my mind to play but never got round to it). I didn’t realise this is coming out on PS5 too, thought it was just an Xbox exclusive.

I’ll third welcoming a return to something more mission and story focussed after the formless splurge of DA:I.

I’m slightly surprised by the negativity toward this from different bits of the media and youtubers. I’m not sure what they were expecting but it very much looks like another Dragon Age to me.

The internet giveth, and the internet taketh away.

The hivemind will only ever parrot what their favourite site/youtuber/most upvoted post says.

Waiting for the latest figures on the UK economy.

Vandelay Thanks for clarifying.

That sounds like Inquisition's alternative combat model - you could hit a button to enter 'tactical mode' (or something along those lines), giving you a broader view of the encounter and the chance to give commands to your party members.

So, Inquisition's biggest "sin" was not letting you kiss the dwarf scout?

Jesus fucking Christ why does every RPG have to be horny. IT'S OKAY TO HAVE CHARACTERS THAT DON'T WANT TO FUCK YOU

BUT I WANT TO FUCK THEM!

I understand people wanting their romance options, and I can accept that it probably just Isn't For Me.

But it is a bit weird that your party members in BG3 (and this, I assume) have no sexual preferences at all, and are down to potentially fuck the player character no matter what. Everyone has to be bisexual, everyone has to be the epitome of sexual freedom and progressiveness, regardless of the race or culture they come from.

It makes characters feel far less realistic and human to me. But if that's the price we have to pay for inclusivity, I guess I'm fine with it.

Hell, I didn't like Inquisition much at all, but I think the romance bits of it were the best that bioware has done until now. There were several party members who were not down to bang, and to me that's perfectly fine!

That sounds like more money than EA would be willing to invest.

Meh, Judy FTW