Were not quite there yet, but this is certainly a step in the right direction.
If youre like me and havent finished Inquisition yet (sue me!
), youll be safe to start from scratch here.
Those reasons being, of course, much bigger threats looming on the horizon for Rook to deal with.
In a way, BioWares pragmatism benefits the story.
Its going to destroy the world now!).
There should be more RPG in this RPG
What doesnt help are the uninspired dialogue choices.
Thankfully, the companions themselves stand out more than the tapestry binding them together.
Combat woes
Dragon Age: The Veilguard departs from series conventions with an ability-based real-time combat system.
Different abilities can mesh in different ways, too.
Sunder abilities can prime enemies for Detonate abilities, which cause massive damage combos.
This is a rather simplistic take on combat for an RPG, but it works.
Once you figure out which abilities work best for you, theres little room for experimentation.
Granted, the skill tree does ease this issue somewhat.
This happened almost often enough for me to give up on locking onto enemies entirely.
Exploring Tevinter
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is not an open-world game.
Its important that players have a reason to explore a world this beautiful, however.
Nevertheless, BioWare came through on these environments.
The only real dampener on this games exploration are its rather pedestrian puzzles.
In The Veilguard, they will only solve a few simple variations of three puzzles throughout the entire game.
I have genuinely played more complex Lego games which is not a slight on Lego games.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is out now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
We received a copy of the game for this review.
