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Thank you for the well rounded review 😊 DAtV does feel like an overall decent RPG and I mean it, but it just... doesn't feel like a Dragon Age game. Long comment follows... I've been recently replaying the previous trilogy in anticipation of the new game. The previous games are dark, especially DAO, very dark. The characters have depth and are not afraid to argue with the main character or each other, there're so many hard and conflicting choices to be made with relevant consequences. I still remember how weird I found DAII when I played it for the first time, mostly because of the changes to the visual and playing style, but I got used to it and loved the writing. Same with Inquisition. I can imagine that I might have enjoyed DAtV so much more if played independently to the previous games in the series. I wish they had allowed players to switch on/off the narration explaining just made choices and improved the writing instead of describing things such as the environment - i.e. when entering D'Meta Crossing - that's just compensation for bad writing or directing. Know your audience, trust them, let them feel it for themselves and figure things out. Nobody can ever please everybody, I get it, but DAtV feels like a cartoon version of Dragon Age games and not in a good or intriguing way. This should've been a standalone game set in a different universe. This game made me feel things, sure, but it was a watered down tea rather than the rich brew we've come to expect from Bioware once pioneering the industry.

Lmao wtf was that dialogue with Emmrich? The (stupid lying) wheel says "Please don't worry", then your character proceeds to go all accusatory "ur breaking my heart" and calling him insecure. Wut? Insecure or not, Emmrich is raising a very legit concern that people entering age-gap romances should consider. He's being responsible here checking out whether Rook has actually thought about it, like he said he doesn't want to burden her, him worrying about this is very mature and sweet of him. But then the game acts as if HE should be the one apologizing to her??? Bruh! You're the one who should be saying: "No don't say sorry. I was being a bitch." Like, this all could have been fine if the game actually let you freaking CHOOSE what you say. If you want to RP her being immature here, then fine. If you want to RP her as someone who callously brushes off his concerns and acts as if she's the one wronged here, then fine. But do NOT force this sorta behavior on the player by having a dialogue system that downright lies to you. It's this kinda stuff that can very easily make me absolutely despise my own playable character.

There's a lot of self-insertion in modern media by these woke weirdos with no life experience but full of resentment towards traditional western culture. Result is a script that sounds fake and is full of ideological garbage rather than just telling a good story. -> 🚮

As someone who only recently played through ALL the previous DA games before I started Veilguard, am I the only one who genuinely likes this game? I read through many reasons for not liking certain companions be it the voiceacting or the writing itself and I must say I personally have to disagree. I like the game. Sorry not sorry for disappointing y‘all if this opinion doesn‘t suit you ;)

The only way to fix this game is to rewrite the whole game, and I mean literally everything. It's like the worst part of Marvel with a Dragon Age skinsuit mixed with bad fanfiction. And that's me being nice after enduring 35 hours of excruciating cringe trying to play the game. And by trying, I do mean trying, because the game refused to let me play and just kept forcing me along a railroad with massive guardrails.

sounds like a really powerful nimby. Who has more raw power but does nothing save gloat of it and brag of how large her houses are.

Why is no one talking about the real issue varics death. If he died in the first 30 seconds of the game, why was he narrating the entire game. What his fade spirit was talking to the audiance the whole time and some how still new every detail of what was going on. If varic is truely gone this will be the final da game i play. I know he wasnt in origins but he easily is the face and voice of the franchise.

the young audience is the goal for all major emnterprises and services, is a strategic thing, but if you assist Dragon Age absolution who is amazing and is after inquisition you will see that the backstage troubles and the aftermatch from Bio VS ea clash severely damage the produtction of the game. is not horrible like Andromeda ( when nothing are remotly ME beside the tittle) the major mistake whas not being able tho import the choises from the keep. this is a must have- non negotiation for ME or they can Expect full scale War with the consumer. all them

goose you think the other evanuris die in the fade fithing between them after every dragon/proxy aka arquedemon die in the blights, solas say they die, but in game we see that kill they dragon proxy, dont kill the corespondent evanuris. so they are to be "alive" for a time after each blight. i think. the enginers and arcthets wil be rich with each contract to rebuild ferelden, olrais, antiva, maybe some Qunari ( the true ones not that macho bulshit tal vashoth) enginers may be great. and nevarra can ofert undead for the labors.

i would be interested to hear your analysis of what makes BG3 a masterpiece. i see you covered it some but I didn’t see a deep dive like this. BG3 is amazing in every way - but I cannot even explain to myself why I can play it indefinitely. and steam stats indicate I am not alone. Hearing more about that work of staggering genius would be great.

Do you plan to make videos about Avowed? After the massive disappointment of Veilguard I’m banking all my hopes on that (also Kingdom Come but that’s a bit of a different genre).

goose you think corypheus are some kind of envoy the Evanuris trying shaterd the veil trough the breach to free them in inquisition and Solas retain this little piece of intel ? and when Morrigan drink form the well she get this and more Knowloge .

I wish you did the whole scene though

Very interesting video! I would like that EA will pay you to rewrite the full game XD And I want to thank you because your videos are very useful to me to learn english!

Do you think the script was made with AI and slightly fixed by the writers? There's a few scenes that come to mind.

I also noticed that in romances, we have the same scenarios. It felt so lazy. With Neve, Davrin and Emmrich, it was the same : you are alone with them, and suddenly you lean for a kiss, but you are disrupted by a creature nearby

It’ll be the “look at me I’m special” dragon age game

TBH. I was excited, and then I got 20 hours in and noticed I wasn't really enjoying the game besides the combat. I liked the parts where you could see solas's memories in the fade, but I didn't feel anything for the companions, and I tried so hard. But the dialogue was so shallow. I tried to say it had terrible writing and disregarded a lot of lore, and I got reemed by people. It kind of made me hate the fandom. Like you can't say any critique without someone lashing out at you.

At 15:30, it seems your suspicion about there being different writers turned out to be true. The original concept art and story for Dragon Age Veilguard (the game was going to be called Dreadwolf) was leaked and yeah, they changed the story entirely. Why? No idea. In fact, the only thing they used from the original Dreadwolf story was the ending, which now shouldn't come to a surprise as to why the end of the game felt so good, while everything else felt like a chore.

"As a consumer, I was entertained for eighty-three hours. As a thinking person, I was deeply hurt." This perfectly summarizes the game for me, and my experience with it as well. If you shut your brain off and just enjoy the ride, it's fine. If you're looking to engage with your media on a deeper level, it is a disappointment. The bones of the story and the writing were so good, with such promise. A bit more polishing and someone to act as an editor who could tell people "No, this is not good writing. Go back and try again." would have made a world of difference, I think.

I agree with this 100%. I read every book and comic and the way they pulled so many characters into this game brushing over large amounts of lore really bothered me. Even though I had fun playing I don't know if I will play it again like I played the previous 3 games many times.

Wow 10x better the way you wrote it! It feels more naturel to some one talking together. No a robot.

The moment i felt its like AC:Valhala, in that i dont have an anxiety too go somewhere i knew it was a mid game. Now playing BG3 i got that again. This is like you say a game to turn your brain off. Also im tired of trying to make sense of this lore. i dont like it and who gives a shit if they change it again next game as well as the protagonists. Im also tired of arguing with people defending taash.

WOW, ngl your Rook and Inquisitor is smoking hot. With Morrigan next to them.

I called varric straight away too. Bummer

Hi, Goose! I'm too late ofc, but glad to see you)) i don't want to talk about the writing( too sad), but what do you think about the music? I'm scared to say it, but i was dissapointed. "The Dread Wolf" theme hits hard for me, but the rest...meh. but i want to know your opinion) thank you for vid! it helped a lot!

I think Harding's hesitation makes sense because its after she has tried it. She was excited about the smell of the coffee rather than the drink. That being said it's painfully clearly an attempt at the millenial "Adorkable" sitcom dialogue Lucanis' personality is very lacking in this, though. If they wanted something deadpan, the writing and delivery are both not hitting home. The dialogue achieves seeks to achieve nothing but runtime. Edit: I spoke too soon. I see what they are going for. My cold heart just didnt pick up on it

This is a great video. I don't have much to say without making a super massive post. But two things that stood out to me that I greatly disliked are the level design of the cities and the lack of bite the series used to have. The cities feel more like puzzles than actual cities and there really is no rhyme or reason to them. I like it when cities are designed in a logical way that also allows for combat arenas. Instead, you have a main thoroughfare that suddenly stops and you have to climb a ladder. Wait, scratch that, you have to climb up some scaffolding then jump five feet to kick down a ladder. What is this? It's padding that adds nothing to the experience of making that shortcut. All this works in the fade and, to a lesser extent, Arlathan Forest. But for the cities? Bleh. It does the art great disservice because, like you mentioned, environmental art is absolutely gorgeous. The second is the setting got sanded down. It used to be messy. Politics were at the core of them and it was the better for it. But now it's just good guys are good, everyone gets along, and the bad guys have no depth to them. It feels like HR-In-The-Room kind of writing and it's just not for me. I know people love cozy writing and a non-insignificant amount of people praised how light it was in this game. But for me, I miss the moral ambiguity. The crows used to me more insidious and mercenary, there was discrimination against non-humans, Tevinter didn't feel oppressive and the only ones using blood magic were a "cult" instead of the norm. I missed all of that and despite the world on the brink of annihilation all these kingdoms looked inward and used the situation to their advantage to gain political power by withholding support from you unless you help them. Anyway, that's my massive post. It's not super massive, but it's big enough. I really enjoyed the video and thanks for making it!

Actually the design isn't good either. Let's take Nevarra for example. Yes, here we have the Grand Necropolis which is full of skulls, skeletons and the Pentaghast coat of arms. All right, it works. But then we go to a manor owned by a local noble family. And it has exactly the same design as the Necropolis - skulls, skeletons and the Pentaghast coat of arms. But why?! Is Nevarra just about skulls and death now? How do these people suppose to live there? Even their bed has a giant skull. Imagine if the Cousland manor in Origins had mabaris everywhere. Why a Nevarran companion from the previous game was a better representation for her country with her hairstyle, accent and stories than the actual country itself in this game? None of the Nevarrans in Veilguard have Cassandra's accent or crown braid, I purposely examined every NPC in the Necropolis. Not to mention that Emmrich's parents' tombs have the Pentaghast coat of arms but they were commoners as he confesses in a banter with Harding. It is evident that the designers didn't have any idea about the lore... It's just so lazy and lame.

So I’d like to hear more of your take on why you think the writing wasn’t rushed. I know you give the theory that it’s by design to prep fans for the show & perhaps that has something to do with some of the tone, but the general quality throughout like you said, doesn’t feel like a final draft. Moreover, when people say the game had 10 years of development, they’re willingly ignoring what we know about the development timeline whiplashing from single player to multiplayer and back to single player finally. Between that and the disruptions of the pandemic & as well as the writers’ strike, I don’t see any way for the writing of this game to not have been rushed & I think it’s a miracle we got gems like the finale at all. This context by no means somehow makes the game writing suddenly good, but I don’t think it’s fair for people to be acting all surprised & offended at the team who fought tooth & nail to bring us anything remotely resembling dragon age games of past with the hand they were dealt instead of another awful soulless micro transaction plagued multiplayer disaster. Do I wish the writing had been more inspired & well crafted? Obviously. Is it preferable to the alternative EA would have had this game become without the work of the writers? Certainly.

The caretaker manipulating all of them into being overly nice immediately would have been immensely cool.

just came from burning southern thedas where last scraps of survivors are starving in my skyhold - anyway Rook, how is your sex life?

I just found your channel, watched your rewrite of the Lucanis/Harding coffee scene, and finished the section here on immersion. I'm going to have to come back to watch the rest of this video later, but it seems like you and I have nearly identical opinions. I romanced Solas multiple times in different Inquisition playthroughs, so it's no surprise I loved all the Solas and Solavellan scenes. But that almost makes me even sadder about the rest of the writing. As a writer myself, if I zoom out and look at the outline of major plotpoints in Veilguard, this game should have been an 11 out of 10 for me. I love the concept and all the major twists and turns, but even the really good scenes didn't hit as hard as they should have, because the writing for the rest of the scenes didn't pull its weight to build up and support those more important scenes. I should have been ugly crying when Mythal released Solas from her service when I got the good ending, but as beautiful as that scene was, it couldn't quite get me crying on its own. When I finished playing the game, I had to take some time to sort of mourn the game we /almost/ had, if only the writing and pacing had been better. I also wanted to add to your point about Taash's arc about their gender identity thematically contradicting the forced choice regarding their cultural identity. There was another inconsistency with the Dragon King plotline. Maybe I'm missing something, but I found it really strange the game gave Taash of all people the "girl power" moment when it implied they were a queen when they killed the Dragon King. Why are we giving the girl power moment to a character whose arc is largely about them not being a woman? It definitely broke immersion for me.

I really didn’t like how they handled the returning characters-Morrigan, Dorian, and Isabela felt completely off, like shadows of who they used to be. Plus, my HoF, who romanced Morrigan in Origins and had a child with her-a dynamic that played a big role in Inquisition-was completely overlooked. The HoF’s search for a cure for the Calling was another fascinating plot point that added so much complexity, but none of it was acknowledged here. On top of that, the Inquisitor was barely involved in Veilguard. This really should have been a direct sequel to Inquisition. Instead, I’m just going to pretend Veilguard is one of Varric’s cheesy novels.