About two weeks and we can play this! Will it be good? Will it exist? Will the the Dreadwolf consume our souls?
Ask The Maker.
Are we getting reviews this week? Not sure I will complete Metaphor fast enough for that to be an issue. However, I would still like to see the reviews.
The internet seems to think the embargo will be lifted on October 28, so here's hoping!
Still not thrilled with the gameplay continuing to drift ever further from classic RPG stuff, but I am otherwise still pretty excited to continue to the Dragon Age saga and I expect to snag and start this one as soon as I have room in my current rotation.
Still not thrilled with the gameplay continuing to drift ever further from classic RPG stuff, but I am otherwise still pretty excited to continue to the Dragon Age saga and I expect to snag and start this one as soon as I have room in my current rotation.
I really didn't like the combat for Inquisition so I'm hoping this is at least more fun. My main concern is the high turnover of staff, that rarely ends up making a good, cohesive product.
New release trailer has been released. Lots of epic quick cuts really leaves us with no idea what the gameplay is like. Cinematics will probably be pretty great though...
I will be watching reviews with interest. I like the series and I love Bioware but they have had a rough few years so I until the reviews hit I won't be buying.
I will be watching reviews with interest. I like the series and I love Bioware but they have had a rough few years so I until the reviews hit I won't be buying.
This is exactly where I am. And even if the reviews are great, I have so many pile games at the moment that I feel no need to rush out for this one yet.
I recall enjoying the combat in origins, sort of realtime combat with pause, I can't remember the combat in Inquisitions, and I've never played God of War. As an afficionado of the Pathfinder, Pillars of Eterenity, and BG3 style combat, how likely am I to enjoy this more or less than previous games?
Veilguard is a fully realtime action game, though you can pull up a menu to pause and give commands to your party members. It's similar to Mass Effect in that regard, if you've played those. From what I've seen (and the reviews coming out in ~30 minutes will likely confirm) there is nothing resembling CRPG gameplay in this.
I think it is very far from Pathfinder, PoE, GB3.
More of an action game.
Initial reviews look promising!
Ah. A dedicated thread.
About has thorough a spoiler free review as you could hope for. A broad thumbs up for a 7/10 experience.
*it is so odd how different reviews are. Mortismal Gaming says it is his game of the year, Skill UP says it is horrible. It feel like they are playing different games or something.
An NPR review - the4y are in the sophisticated society when NPR does a story
Tonally inconsistent ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ is still BioWare’s best action game
A old school written review!
Dragon Age: The Veilguard review - the best BioWare game I've ever played
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is A BIG Disappointment... | Review - MrMattyPlays
*haven't finished watching yet
I do not recommend: 'Dragon Age: The Veilguard' (Review)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is BioWare on Top Form
Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Review After 100%
*41 minutes! Wow I am going to have to wait to watch this one
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Review - IGN
What bg3 director said about veil guard
https://x.com/cromwelp/status/185094...
I’ve been playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard in complete secrecy (behind my backpack at the office in front of a giant window, in the kitchen). From me, you may be wondering “is this a game compatible with my experience during BG3” so I’ll tackle it from that perspective.The answer is yes. It is to a heavy, 9 season long show what a well-made, character driven, binge-worthy Netflix series is.
It has a good sense of propulsion and forward momentum. The combat system is honestly brilliant (to me, a mix of Xenoblade & Hogwarts which is giga-brain genius). It knows when it needs a tentpole narrative moment, and it knows when to let you toy around with your class and exploit some of its stronger elements.
More important, to me, it feels like the first Dragon Age game that truly knows what it wants to be.
In short, if you want some character driven romping with a strong combat system in a universe you know, love, or have heard of, it is much better than the average action game, and much less heavy than the gargantuan RPGs that may intimidate at times. In a word, it’s fun!
To me, I’m extremely happy BioWare gets to stick around - presumably - in these uncertain (because of moronic corporate greed) times. An existential game, and a fun one at that.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard performance analysis—decent frame rates and blessedly glitch-free
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Review - A Decade-Long Wait Worth It? - Noisy Pixel
Eurogamer: "The best Bioware game I have ever played"
RPS: "A reluctant RPG, but a compelling, heartfelt action adventure" A positive review, but the reviewer slowly came round to it rather than being grabbed straight away
I didn't fancy another Very Large game right now, but it's making me reconsider.
I had enough funny money from this dumbass reward system at work to pre-order, and so I have.
Hmmm... The reviews are keeping me on the fence. Will be interested to hear from GWJ folks.
Hmmm... The reviews are keeping me on the fence. Will be interested to hear from GWJ folks.
Those nitwits? Good luck with that! 
Love how the IGN review opens with “wait- Bioware made this? 2024 Bioware?!”
Can’t wait for Thursday.
I was worried after watching the SkillUp review, but after hitting up OpenCritic and seeing the "Strong 83" rating, I'm a bit less concerned.
It's on EA Play Pro, but I only have the basic EA Play with Xbox Game Pass, so I'll have to shell out to try it. As a hardcore Dragon Age fan, I think it'll be worth it.
This will be the second game I will play this year that I would told you would never exist (the first being College Football 25).
I am unreasonably excited play this, if for no other reason than it exists.
I was worried after watching the SkillUp review, but after hitting up OpenCritic and seeing the "Strong 83" rating, I'm a bit less concerned.
After watching several reviews SkillUps seems to be widely more negative than any others.
BadKen wrote:I was worried after watching the SkillUp review, but after hitting up OpenCritic and seeing the "Strong 83" rating, I'm a bit less concerned.
After watching several reviews SkillUps seems to be widely more negative than any others.
Complaints about 'HR being in the room for all dialog writing' means I can be pretty confident in ignoring his channel/opinions.
I've been wanting to play an open world [a|c]rpg for a while, but keep bouncing of the ones I try. I'm hoping that this may be stickier than the last few I've tried.
I've got Rogue Trader to finish, so I think I'll focus on that for now, and I'll probably grab this in January or February.
I've been wanting to play an open world [a|c]rpg for a while, but keep bouncing of the ones I try. I'm hoping that this may be stickier than the last few I've tried.
It's not really an open world game, or a traditional crpg, so if that's what you're hoping for this may not be the one for you.
Oh the reviews are over here. Cool
farley3k wrote:BadKen wrote:I was worried after watching the SkillUp review, but after hitting up OpenCritic and seeing the "Strong 83" rating, I'm a bit less concerned.
After watching several reviews SkillUps seems to be widely more negative than any others.
Complaints about 'HR being in the room for all dialog writing' means I can be pretty confident in ignoring his channel/opinions.
Yeah, the other complaint that I found kind of weird is that Veilguard is not nearly as dark as other entries in the series. So maybe they wanted to focus on a lighthearted fun adventure? I don't require my RPGs to be depressingly oppressive like in the first game where one guy dies from drinking demon blood and another guy tries to run but is killed by the Grey Warden doing the induction ceremony. Given the times we are living in, a little humorous escapism might be just the ticket.
On the other hand, SkillUp did point out some things I can't unsee, like the facial animations. The examples from the review are BAD. Like Mass Effect Andromeda before it was patched BAD.
I'm looking forward to seeing for myself.
p.s. I'm not quite sure how to react to that Fextralife video. If EA really was trying to curate reviews, they did a shitty job of it. There are a good number of marginal and negative reviews in the OpenCritic list. I think it's weird that they didn't get Fextralife a review code, because as he mentions, his YouTube channel is one of the larger ones covering RPG games. Given his experience with Cyberpunk 2077, it's understandable that this unusual situation would look suspicious.
I'd prefer to see Fextralife impressions of the actual game than his impressions of why a review code didn't show up, though. It's a pretty serious accusation, saying that EA deliberately put their thumb on the early review scale. Enough people hate EA with the burning passion of a million suns that the comments in that video are just red meat for Angry Internet Gamers.
Moggy wrote:I've been wanting to play an open world [a|c]rpg for a while, but keep bouncing of the ones I try. I'm hoping that this may be stickier than the last few I've tried.
It's not really an open world game, or a traditional crpg, so if that's what you're hoping for this may not be the one for you.
Based upon what I've read, it's more arpg than crag and "semi-open" world. Which, I think, is what I maybe looking for. I'll know this weekend!
Ok so based off the reviews I have looked at so far. This is the best game Bioware has ever made while being the worst dragon age ever made. The gameplay is great, but you should play on easy because gameplay is a slog. The story is great, but the companions are not good and the story is only ok. This is a solid 7 as long as you forget it is a dragon age game and is the game of the year.
I guess I will wait and see the reaction here. Dragon age was never my big Bioware game, that was mass effect. I will have to see if the companions click with me as the ME andromeda ones didn't click with me and that meant the game didn't click with me.
Ok so based off the reviews I have looked at so far. This is the best game Bioware has ever made while being the worst dragon age ever made. The gameplay is great, but you should play on easy because gameplay is a slog. The story is great, but the companions are not good and the story is only ok. This is a solid 7 as long as you forget it is a dragon age game and is the game of the year.
I guess I will wait and see the reaction here. Dragon age was never my big Bioware game, that was mass effect. I will have to see if the companions click with me as the ME andromeda ones didn't click with me and that meant the game didn't click with me.
Sounds very similar to how Dragons Dogma was reviewed and scored.
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