Turrin

I completed Dragon Age Veilguard! 2 weeks and 80 hours and i've completely turned around my opinion on it. the writing and plot became much more exciting halfway and ended strong. yes some of the writing is a little too earnest, but JRPGs do this too. this felt like a game made by people who grew up on JRPGs. i enjoyed the scenes about identity because my heart is open to empathize with these characters and their perspectives, and i find them valuable even if it's imperfect (particularly when on decisions the player is forced to make that don't feel right or earned). the game is VERY reactive to your choices, and i marvel at the amount of writing needed to be done to accommodate every possible party permutation. even at the very final battle, my 2 chosen final party members remembered a small sidequest cutscene and talked about it as we headed toward the final boss. this game still lacks deeper role-playing system (you can't just talk to anyone, your character's personality is set in stone) but the richness comes from interacting with your party and how they interact with each other. this game surprised me in many many ways. and yes, the biggest miracle is that by the end, i actually cared about the Dreadwolf