why is nobody talking about Veilguard

[Roz]

@Testament i can’t hear you above the sound of the best cast and the most daring narrative

[Testament]

@Roz I dunno about most daring narrative, but I’ve never disagreed with DA2 having had the best group of companions. Certainly better than Inquisition by leagues.

Probably better than Origins. Like, who the fuck ever used Wynn.

[Roz]

@Testament said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

@Roz I dunno about most daring narrative, but I’ve never disagreed with DA2 having had the best group of companions. Certainly better than Inquisition by leagues.

Of the first three DA games (just because I haven’t finished the third), it’s the only one that has a narrative built on the arc of a tragedy. It’s not the traditional heroic arc that most games are built on. It’s a narrative where you cannot win at the end. It’s not just the most daring of the DA games, it’s the sort of narrative structure that most video games don’t dare to embrace.

Probably better than Origins. Like, who the fuck ever used Wynn.

Omfg Wynn is great

[Pavel]

@Roz said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

WGA doesn’t include video game writers AFAIK

It does, though not many video games are written by members, and the WGA Awards had a category for video games from 2008 - 2019. It gets complicated and political quick if you do a deep dive on it, so for the sake of your sanity I’d just not.

[Wuff]

Dropping spolier warnings here for some rants about the game.

Spoiler

You’d think with having to choose which city to save from a dragon attack would have more negative effect than grumbling and not healing you before otherwise business as usual.

Watching Ghilan’nain freak out at the end of Weisshaupt pretty much cemented the Saturday Morning sterilization vibes. I was seriously expecting a ‘CURSES!’. Or the like.

Harding being freaked out by Lucanis and Spite enough she looks ready to put an arrow through them at a moments notice like Williams could do to Wrex in Mass Effect. But nope, she never takes the shot. So you end up not having one party member actually doing in another for what might be the good of the team.

And if you choose Davrin to lead the second team at the end. Why did they have Assan follow him in when they could have had him pull up just short to stay with Rook on like a dying order? And choosing Harding instead apparently locks you out of getting the stinger in the crappy golden ending. It feels needless and excessively cruel there.

The moments for being tragic could really have been picked and been handled better.

[Rinel]

@Testament said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

Probably better than Origins. Like, who the fuck ever used Wynn.

Wynn is my favorite companion from Origins, haha

DA2… well. It certainly looks good in retrospect, doesn’t it? I wasn’t a fan of a lot of its choices, but pretty much all of them (besides rushing it and endlessly reusing environments) were better than Veilguard. Like, yeah, I think the only really memorable enemy is the Arishok, but he’s absolutely incredible.

[Roz]

@Rinel said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

@Testament said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

Probably better than Origins. Like, who the fuck ever used Wynn.

Wynn is my favorite companion from Origins, haha

DA2… well. It certainly looks good in retrospect, doesn’t it?

[Third Eye]

I also liked Wynne! If you don’t play a mage she’s an extremely efficient healer/support.

Someday I’ll play Veilguard. Probably in like 2 years, given my schedule of games.

[Pavel]

I liked my time with Veilguard. Just as I liked my time with Origins, Hawke and Friends, and Inquisition. I also enjoyed Mass Effect Andromeda and desperately want a sequel, but know it probably won’t happen. There are valid critiques in here, of course, the game isn’t perfect. But I enjoyed myself… so if you can get it cheap or as part of a subscription you already pay for, then play it for a bit. At worst, you’ll be bored.

[Rinel]

@Roz said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

@Rinel said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

@Testament said in why is nobody talking about Veilguard:

Probably better than Origins. Like, who the fuck ever used Wynn.

Wynn is my favorite companion from Origins, haha

DA2… well. It certainly looks good in retrospect, doesn’t it?

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