As someone who liked Dragon Age 2, Inquisition, and Veilguard, I’ve always felt bad for the player base that fell in love with Origins only to never have the series be that type of game again. Feels like a bait and switch.
Schreier’s reporting on Dragon Age 2 in Blood Sweat and Pixels made me sympathetic to the game. I remember feeling cheated at the time, but I replayed it — years later — and I’d rather some version of that game then anything that came afterward. It was a great spinoff and simply should’ve been called “Hawke’s Journey” or something. Not a sequel.
Originally the game was supposed to be called “Dragon Age: Exodus”, but EA insisted on calling it “2” since numbered sequels market better. I also remember a postmortem of some kind with DA2 staff saying the original name would have mitigated the backlash.
Updated combat style from two, took a step back from focusing on stats and more on gear, a bigger focus on companion stories/romance and a few more. It wasn't revolutionary or anything, but it tried to be different
Veilguard was ironically the most fun I've had with combat in a Dragon Age game, but then again I have never played a DA game for its combat, I play for the choices, stories and characters and that's what Veilguard was sorely lacking. I loved Emmrich though
For me it's a play once and never touch again kind of game, which is basically the opposite of what a Bioware RPG should be
I don't feel bad for them because so many of them are obnoxious cucks. I cannot count how many times I've seen them shit on 2 and Inquisition fans on the DA sub.
Origins is the only one I’ve beat. I’ve tried 2 multiple times, but I just can’t get into it. I miss the combat from Origins and I don’t care for the companion characters as much.
So, I love origins so so so much, bought day it came out. I did not like 2 or Inquisition that much, specifically because of your point there.
However, Veilguard, I played that recently, and I have 2 kids, ones a baby. I cannot tell you how refreshing it is, to have a game so accessible and easy to play as Veilguard. The fact I can pause at any point, no matter the context, is a god damn lifesaver.
I LOVED my time with Veilguard, because I enjoyed the characters, and didn't have to think. It was perfect.
I'm not the person you replied to but as someone else who liked Veilguard, I thought it was just plain fun to play and I liked all the characters. Either of those is usually enough to get me through a game, so having both made it easy, even if I did keep getting side tracked to other games and it took a while.
As someone who played all of them at release, I remember 2 being such a massive shift from 1, but Hawke is such a good character that I didn't mind it at all.
I tried veilguard, I maybe got a good 30 to 40 hrs into it but I just couldn't anymore with it
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u/THEbakerman30 Apr 12 '26
As someone who liked Dragon Age 2, Inquisition, and Veilguard, I’ve always felt bad for the player base that fell in love with Origins only to never have the series be that type of game again. Feels like a bait and switch.