Dragon Age: Dreadwolf becomes The Veilguard

Do wish they'd just gone one step further and let you change class. I'm enjoying the combat A LOT but it feels like it's going to be huge and a change of style would be cool because at some point I imagine it will become a bit tired.

Ha, just found a note "Treasure...try down"

It's actually really good. But.

So the combat is fine, if a bit easy and I don't want a souls like game from Dragon Age, but it's very samey.

The characters are okay, but some of the writing seems CW tv show level a lot of the time.

The overarching plot is like the Labour majority, broad but shallow.

Have to admit, the visual style put me off at first, but it is really a stunning game world. I think because it has a curated (rather than open world) play area, they could focus on creating some stunning environments. No time of day stuff so everything is super focused. I quite like the character visual style. Rather than go a Hellblade route, they went a Disney/Dreamworks for characters and I think it works really well. Almost a 'Clone Wars' quality to the visuals. Hair rendering was fantastic. Genuinely think the only thing left to conquer is proper fluid simulation.

The actual play areas are linear, but almost have a metroid style quality to them. Some areas open up after gaining certain abilities or after story beats. Large but limited areas.

Music was okay, but it felt like they were trying to capture previous music vibes, without actually capturing them. Kind of like the Star Wars sequels.

What was really nice is the character progression. In Mass Effect 2 for example, you had a recruitment mission and a loyalty mission, that was it. In this, you get many missions to expand the character, and I thought that was great. Much more incremental.

My biggest complaint is a lack of consequntial decisions. Until I do a second playthrough, I can't be sure, but I'm not sure there are many such decisions throughout the game, but I'm fairly certain they don't affect the plot too much.

In conclusion though, I would recommend the game to anyone. It's shallow, but good fun.

I’ve just got there for the first time. I like the dialogue choices so far, but I seem to be mildly annoying the freckly dwarf. The combat is fun and I’m only Lvl 2, so can imagine it’ll be a proper show later on.

Another interesting article:

www.ign.com/articles/dragon-age-the-veilguard-is-at-war-with-itself

Performance. I’ll take the fps every time.

Too fast not to have the extra frames. Still think it looks lovely.

Are the chests random drops? I have got so much gear for my companions but so little for myself. Getting annoying now. My sword isn't good enough.

Glad you're enjoying it so much, richyroo.

Real talk, though: who (if anyone) are you romancing?

Neve. That deep voice, sultry good looks.. I hope her bruises heal up first before we get jiggy.

Neve is the worst haha. The worst voice actor and the dullest character. Clearly people are going purely off looks.

I’m either bellara or Tassh.

I'm level 28 and combat is getting silly, in a good way. I've gone all in on the spellblade stuff with lightning, lightning and more lightning. Enough mana to burst out five abilities at the start of a fight and all are "strikes" which also inflicts bonus arcane bombs. Everything is exploding. Everything is electrocuted. I'm even electrocuting myself, which hurts but does more lightning damage to anything that touches me.

Bellara just got a bow that makes enemies vulnerable to lighting, and at lvl 30 electrocution will set things on fire. I should probably turn up the difficulty, but for now it's just funny.

I haven't decided on who I am romancing yet. I've just chosen the heart icon on everyone when I get a chance. Do I HAVE to choose?