Dragon Age: The Veilguard Reviews
Surprisingly, the game’s aesthetic is rather cartoony. Character models, while expressive enough, are disconcertingly smooth and would have seemed a bit austere even a decade ago. While the design choice sits fine within the narrative, and there are many spectacular vistas to explore, it does seem like an odd decision for one of the biggest games of the year in an industry that’s forever striving for greater graphical fidelity. Looks aside, The Veilguard is a worthy addition to the roster of superb recent fantasy RPGs that together represent a stunning renaissance for the genre.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard will undoubtably be my 2024 Game of the Year. I was fully engaged for my 100+ hour run, leaving me both and fulfilled and bittersweet when it came to an end. While additional content from BioWare would be a welcome addition, the game stands strong as a complete experience. I’m already looking forward to diving back in for another run.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard isn't BioWare's best work, but it's good. Offering a beautiful world and a ton to do, heading back into Thedas is an easy choice for some. For others, the downgrade in writing and limited combat might be a dealbreaker.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is very much destined to be a decisive experience due to its more action-orientated combat, its cast of characters, visual style, and its writing. While I don't agree with every choice made here, and a few less than impressive character arcs, as well as the lacking presence of its elven gods in its story, Dragon Age: The Veilguard gave me everything else I wanted from it. It's action-packed and visually pleasing, and its use of Solas is extremely well-crafted and more than kept me entertained. Dragon Age was always going to be a challenge to remain relevant and a crowd-pleaser after a decade away, but ultimately, I loved it and it's one of the best games this year.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard shows a BioWare that wants to return to telling great single-player stories and taking us to fantastic places, but it only partially succeeds due to limited combat, a narrative with significant quality shortcomings compared to the past, and a technical aspect that suffers from the various identity changes the game has undergone over the years. Nevertheless, the new Dragon Age still remains fun to play, enticing to explore, and brimming with riches to experience and discover; thus, it deserves a chance from gamers.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Dragon Age: The Veilguard may not be the return fans have hoped for but its colorful world and action focused gameplay combined with wonderful writing for its characters still make this a solid RPG.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard does little to hint at the grand return of BioWare. Like Inquisition, Anthem, and Mass Effect Andromeda, The Veilguard does a great job with combat but lacks the meaningful story, writing, and exploration this studio desperately needs.
Though Veilguard plays it too safe too often, this update on a Bioware structure is addictive. It takes a while to get used to its presentation, but once it starts dishing out punches there is no going back.
Veilguard is a remarkable story with charming companions, excellent use of the tie-in media over the decade since Inquisition with some important characters originating from them, and a combat system that, while I did not and do not like it, I can recognize as high quality.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is an excellent sequel to the saga, captivating me from the very first moment, just like the previous three instalments. Despite uncertain narrative and writing, the title still showcases a richly detailed level design and a varied and balanced gameplay, offering extensive character customization and a role-playing immersion as only Bioware can achieve.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is an exceptionally polished game with an extremely satisfying combat system, lovely and interesting companions, and a stylistic new look that gives this long-running series a much-needed fresh coat of paint.
The Veilguard is a new entry into an old series. A series that honestly has struggled to find its identity. Fans looking for this game to remind them of Origins will be sad when they play this. But make no mistake, this is a really good, fun game. I enjoyed the heck out of my experience here. And there is a lot of content in this game as well. The Veilguard is jam-packed with content, side quests, story, and lore drops galore. Sincerely, I think there is something for everyone in this game.
It’s goofy, and earnest, and consciously inclusive in a way that makes me, a queer person, scared to talk about it on the internet (even after all these years). It’s bold, and comfortable in itself, and even in its weaker moments, It does feel different to the past games, but for me, it’s a good kind of different.
"Dragon Age: The Veilguard delivers a good action-heavy RPG, with moments of greatness buried in the second half of an extremely lengthy and linear opening. Veilguard does very little to revolutionise the RPG genre, and at times it feels like an RPG simply following the standardised template of what an RPG should be. But does that make it a bad experience? No, it just provides a less memorable adventure when compared to its genre counterparts. I could see Dragon Age veterans absolutely loving what Veilguard has to offer, but I can also see many players abandoning their adventure due to the extended linearity of its opening."
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a successful game from BioWare, reaffirming the franchise's relevance in an increasingly competitive RPG market.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a very tough nut to crack. I can't tell if I love or hate this game. On the one hand, I completely regret that I ever launched this game. For practically the entire game was going through my mind to abandon this title and return to the classic installment that was phenomenal like Origins or the much-loved Inquisition. On the other hand, I would love to play this title a second time, making a new character, making different choices, deciding on a different romance, and even more to try to get the best, not the worst, ending.
Review in Polish | Read full review
It’s a decent action game but falls short as a Dragon Age title. Choices have little impact, and the gameplay becomes repetitive. While it may disappoint fans, feel free to give it a try if you're curious.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
I’ve really enjoyed my time with Dragon Age: The Veilguard, outside of the somewhat slow start early on. Once the game opens up, there’s a lot of things to discover, and I greatly enjoyed the characters, voice acting, and just the overall presentation of the game throughout. It’s a huge step forward for BioWare at this point, and shows some promise for whatever they have in store for us next. Definitely check it out when you get the chance, you won’t be disappointed.
The Veilguard is an incredibly complex title to evaluate, in the throes of a particularly electric launch context. On the one hand, there are the objective sacrifices made by BioWare towards some features beloved by fans of the series. On the other, one cannot fail to highlight the validity of the work done by the development team, capable of rescuing a product that over the years has been one step away from eternal oblivion. It may not please, it may infuriate longtime fans, and it may disappoint those who were looking for a title similar to the never-replicated splendor of Origins. However, for those who can appreciate the good things present, the latest Dragon Age will be an enjoyable and long-lived adventure with one of the best crescendos in the history of the Canadian software house.
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