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Dragon Age: Veilguard |OT| 'Oof': A non-buynary return to form

cormack12

Gold Member
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Enter the world of Thedas, a vibrant land of rugged wilderness, treacherous labyrinths, and glittering cities – steeped in conflict and secret magics. Now, a pair of corrupt ancient gods have broken free from centuries of darkness and are hellbent on destroying the world.

Thedas needs someone they can count on. Rise as Rook, Dragon Age’s newest hero. Be who you want to be and play how you want to play as you fight to stop the gods from blighting the world. But you can’t do this alone – the odds are stacked against you. Lead a team of seven companions, each with their own rich story to discover and shape, and together you will become The Veilguard.

Unite the Veilguard and defy the gods in Dragon Age™: The Veilguard, an immersive single-player RPG where you become the leader others believe in.

SAVE A BATTERED WORLD

Enter Thedas, a vibrant world of rugged wilderness, treacherous labyrinths, and glittering cities. The world is teetering on a knife’s edge while corrupt gods unleash havoc across the continent. Nations war, and factions splinter. Who will you trust? From the Arlathan Forest to the back alleys of Minrathous, this is a broken world. Your actions will affect the fate of Thedas forever.

  • Dramatic Single-Player Campaign — When corrupt Elven Gods threaten Thedas, lead the charge to save it. Rook isn’t afraid of a fight, no matter the odds. No matter the cost.

  • Vibrant & Diverse Environments — Enter a vivid fantasy world, and experience imaginative new locations as well as some you’ve heard of but never seen.

  • Larger-than-life Foes — Battle darkspawn, demons from beyond the Veil, dragons that rule the skies, and unique enemies as you advance your quest and fight for Thedas’s future.

UNITE THE VEILGUARD

Unite a team of 7 companions, each with rich lives and deep backstories. These are characters to befriend and even fall in love with. Among them, an assassin, a necromancer, a detective, each and all bringing their own expertise and unique abilities to the fight. You are never alone — decide who to take into battle, and together face down demons, dragons, and corrupt gods.

  • Recruit Distinct Companions — Your team is full of individuals with grim and wondrous histories, their own personal struggles and motivations, and rare skills that’ll help you survive. You’ll fight alongside Harding: The Scout, Neve: The Detective, Emmrich: The Necromancer, Taash: The Dragon Hunter, Davrin: The Warden, Bellara: The Veil Jumper, and Lucanis: The Mage Killer.

  • Rich Companion Stories — Deepen relationships with each companion and learn more about them on your adventures in Thedas. Your choices in these stories will impact how they develop, and completing them might unlock powerful abilities. Create memories with your team that will deepen your experiences in Thedas and give you more to fight for.

BECOME THE LEADER OTHERS BELIEVE IN

Select from different races and combat classes, customize your appearance, choose your character’s backstory, and begin your journey as Rook, Dragon Age’s newest hero. The choice is yours. On your adventures, you’ll gain new abilities and discover unique, powerful artifacts to enhance your own combat style. Brace yourself: there are tough decisions to be made, allies to inspire, and a fight that needs every sword, staff, and bow you can muster.

  • Be Who You Want To Be — Craft your personalized Rook with a robust character creator. Choose from a diverse set of appearance options for Human, Qunari, Dwarf, and Elf lineages.

  • Choose Your Way To Play — Select from 3 classes (Warrior, Mage, and Rogue), each with 2 distinct weapon types and unique abilities you can select between. Experience new strategic depth as you combine fast-paced attacks, parries, and dodges with the companion ability wheel to exploit enemy weaknesses and seize victory with devastating combat combos. Customize a combat style that works for you.

  • Deep RPG Progression — Level up your Rook and companions with their own skill trees. Choose perks and combat abilities as you climb towards more powerful specializations.
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Stu_Hart

Banned
So is the game actually good or not? How does it play? How's the story? How's the environments and the atmosphere? How's the music? How's the dialogue and the voice acting? We just going to harp on about this binary crap and make a million topics about it?
 

ManaByte

Gold Member
So is the game actually good or not? How does it play? How's the story? How's the environments and the atmosphere? How's the music? How's the dialogue and the voice acting? We just going to harp on about this binary crap and make a million topics about it?

Most of the reviews are positive, but they’re obviously all paid shills.

SkillUp’s negative review is the only one that’s the truth.
 

Nitty_Grimes

Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Veil into my veins.



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Question - why do they call it Q - can they not process vowels or something or simply can't spell queue?

Or is it just something special they do? Like if you have a wishlist its on your WL or something?

Or because its American, you can't have games in your line?
 
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adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Question - why do they call it Q - can they not process vowels or something or simply can't spell queue?

Or is it just something special they do? Like if you have a wishlist its on your WL or something?

Or because its American, you can't have games in your line?

It's just the way they label their "my queue" page, they just call it "MyQ"

Games you add to your 'rental' list. go in that queue, or "Q", and ship on release (or whenever available if you didn't lock them in for release).
 

MarkMe2525

Gold Member
Question - why do they call it Q - can they not process vowels or something or simply can't spell queue?

Or is it just something special they do? Like if you have a wishlist its on your WL or something?

Or because its American, you can't have games in your line?
I think it's just branding, a rather lame attempt at least.
 

Arsic

Loves his juicy stink trail scent
Who’s actually buying this in here so we can get some real impressions?
 

Luipadre

Gold Member
I was ready to jump in with my Pro, but after some footage, i decided to wait for more player impressions.
 
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Vyse

Gold Member
I'm primarily in it to finish the Solas story.

Though reading some previews that he kinda takes a back seat is a real bummer. They set him up as the main antagonist in the last one, would be a weird design choice not to follow up on that.
Love me a good RPG. Been a while since I’ve played DA. I should find a good recap on YouTube. Funny with all this noise around making characters ugly. I always made my lead character a super hot female redhead.
 

Complistic

Member
I've decided to experience the cringe first hand. The laughs are gonna be worth $16.99 (1 month of EA Play Pro) to me.
 

evanft

Member
This game honestly looks like dog shit. I can't believe someone saw this art style and was like, "Oh yeah this is great."
 

darthkarki

Member
This game honestly looks like dog shit. I can't believe someone saw this art style and was like, "Oh yeah this is great."

This game honestly looks amazing. I can't believe someone saw this art style and was like, "Oh yeah this looks like dog shit".

🤷‍♂️

It's weird how opinions work. Personally, I'm sick and tired of the same exact bog standard realistic dark fantasy style in everything. DAO, The Witcher, Baldur's Gate, EVERY souls game... They all look the same. It's boring. At least this looks different.
 

The Cockatrice

I'm retarded?
This game honestly looks amazing. I can't believe someone saw this art style and was like, "Oh yeah this looks like dog shit".

🤷‍♂️

It's weird how opinions work. Personally, I'm sick and tired of the same exact bog standard realistic dark fantasy style in everything. DAO, The Witcher, Baldur's Gate, EVERY souls game... They all look the same. It's boring. At least this looks different.

If From made this artstyle, they'd be eating their ass like a hungry dog. Theres a ton of colorful jrpgs that gaf loves, but oh no, Bioware made a game colorful, ITS BAD!
 

Sleepwalker

Member
I'm primarily in it to finish the Solas story.

Though reading some previews that he kinda takes a back seat is a real bummer. They set him up as the main antagonist in the last one, would be a weird design choice not to follow up on that.
He falls back into a secondary role in this, apparently. So I wouldn't expect much...
 
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