Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard Media
Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Official Launch Trailer
Dragon Age™: The Veilguard | Blighted Dragon Gameplay Trailer
Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Progression Deep Dive | Parts 1-3
Critic Reviews for Dragon Age: The Veilguard
A genuinely enjoyable, gorgeous action-RPG that lacks the storytelling nuance of previous Dragon Age games.
After 100 hours and 3 playthroughs of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, I feel justified in my ten-year wait and satisfied by the results.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard refreshes and reinvigorates a storied series that stumbled through its middle years, and leaves no doubt that it deserves its place in the RPG pantheon. The next Mass Effect is going to have a very tough act to follow, which is not something I ever imagined I'd be saying before I got swept away on this adventure.
A fantasy role-playing game of astonishing spectacle. This is the best Dragon Age, and perhaps BioWare, has ever been.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a Dragon Age game like no other, and that alone will put some people off. But it brings with it the traditions of excellent character writing, strong world building through narrative quests, and offers the most exciting combat the series has ever seen.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is an approachable, expansive action-oriented RPG and feels like a true end to whatever the franchise was before. The book's not finished, but a significant chapter has closed. While Dragon Age: The Veilguard is undoubtedly different in many ways from its predecessors and takes lessons learned from Mass Effect to heart, there's a lot to love – mechanically and narratively – about the new normal and what is hopefully a foundation for what's to come.
The Veilguard feels like a return to form for BioWare but issues keep it from being great.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is full of heart and soul. It’s also got some great ideas. Conversely, many of those ideas feel like they struggle to get out of first gear - and those that do find it harder still to make it to third. Sometimes the cleverest ideas are undermined by other systems or decisions. Simultaneously feeling polished to within an inch of its life in places and utterly half-baked in others, it’s as baffling as it is engaging; as frustrating as it is fascinating.
Industry Coverage
EA's Live Service Veilguard Comments Would Have Made Ex-Dragon Age Lead Quit
More former Dragon Age leads speak out against EA's live-service comments.
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Dragon Age Should Follow Baldur's Gate 3, Not Live-Service, Says David Gaider
"Follow Larian's lead and double down on that. The audience is still there. And waiting."
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Failure Might Be Due To Lack Of Live Service Components According To EA CEO
EA CEO Andrew Wilson thinks the lack of "shared-world features" is the reason the game didn't meet financial expectation.
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Both Dragon Age: The Veilguard Directors And All Writers Are No Longer At BioWare
After the latest round of lay-offs and restructuring, there are no writers from previous Dragon Age games at BioWare, from Origins to The Veilguard.
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