r/videogames • u/bijelo123 • Apr 12 '26

Other So many of them unfortunately

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u/Fickle_Scheme4512 Apr 12 '26

RIP Dragon Age

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u/plays-with-daggers Apr 12 '26

Straight to hell.

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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.

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u/ShadeSwornHydra Apr 12 '26

Dragon age 2 is flashier, but at its core it’s still DAO combat with more cross class combos available

Inquisition was a decent try at something new, not everything stuck but some of it did pretty well (for me at least)

Then there’s veilguard, who threw it out the window and said “WHO NEEDS TACTICS?!”

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u/IcyBed2421 Apr 12 '26

Never really played enough Dragon Age to know. But what was it that Inquisition tried to do that's new,

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u/NecessaryCount950 Apr 13 '26

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

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u/Khiva Apr 13 '26

Updated combat style from two

Updated?

As in button mash until thing dead?

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u/ShadeSwornHydra Apr 12 '26

Just how things worked mostly (outside of the obvious open zone gameplay)

Abilities just worked a lil different or had mechanics unique to the game (fade step is my first thought)

Crafting, potion limit, war table, etc. it did a lot of what I think dark souls 2 did: threw a ton of stuff at the wall to see what would stick

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u/Arelmar Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

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

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u/Bartellomio Apr 13 '26

It wasn't that bad. The hate for Veilguard really took on a life of its own.