Dragon Age™: The Veilguard

I know I have low hours but this is about optimization and not the game itself.. Bioware needs to come back and fix DirectX I have a 9070xt and it is getting hung.. I cannot use ultra or ultra+ preset because one of the settings crashes the gpu, its get hung and then stops working.. and no im not using old drivers I will play with newer hardware eventually wont even support those drivers. Bioware fix this game ultra is unplayable or do you want people 5+ years later the game release still on High settings?? I cant even review the game because I spent 3x the game time hours trying to figure why it is not working also add FSR frame gen you bums im tired of nvidia exclusive features in multi year old games.

What a disappointment!!! After waiting so long for this it turns out to be utterly stupid. It's pretty, but that's the only good thing I can say about it.

Boli mnie to strasznie bo widać jak któś z góry zaorał tą grę bo sam początek i końcówka fabuły jest naprawdę fajna a zwłaszcza końcówka. Tylko pewnie ktoś stwierdził że musi zrobic swoje i zaorał pracę kompetentnych ludzi i wrzucił swoje nudne szczyny bo 70% gry (czyli cały środek jest fabularnie nudny i nieciekawy) Nawet wątek LGBTQ mógł być spoko bo sama końcówka fabuły tej postaci jest również napisana przez kompetenta osobę ale całą reszta sprawia że wogóle ci nie zależy bo zachwouję się jak idiotka i podejmuje głupie decyzje i gra przymusza nas by się z nimi zgadzać. Sam gameplay jest spoko bardzo przyjemnie mi się eksplorowało i walczyło

На наш любимый Dragon Age не походит абсолютно, но игра от этого хуже не стала. Да, все совсем по другому в плане геймплея. Да, даже сюда по полной запихнули "западную повестку ущемленных". Но сама игра как RPG интересна, сюжет тоже достаточно интересен.

It honestly isn't as bad as people said. Yes, it was a little on the nose trying to keep up in today's world, but honestly I would rather have it this way than not expressed at all. Gameplay and mechanics were fairly sound, although moved away slightly from the traditional Dragon Age feel and more hack and slash. The story was okay, not one that had many hard to see twists and turns, and certainly went on for far too long. Engaging characters bar a few. Would have liked to have seen some carry over from the previous instalments as I was a big fan of Inquisition. Get on sale, 6.2/10

As a longtime fan of both the Dragon Age and Mass Effect universes, it was very important for me to play this game and experience it for myself. Let me start with the positives: 1. Mage gameplay I really enjoyed the execution mechanics, charged attacks, and the continuous beam fired from the staff. They look great and feel genuinely satisfying to use. The game gives you a much stronger and more complete feeling of actually playing as a mage. 2. Simplified loot system There is no overcrowded inventory and no headache over deciding what to sell and what to keep. Upgrading equipment is very simple and intuitive, and it is always clear whether an item belongs to the main character or one of the companions. 3. Scenery Many of the environments are genuinely epic. Some of them even reminded me of locations from previous games in the series. 4. Musical themes from Dragon Age: Inquisition Without exaggeration, I would say this was one of the best decisions in the entire game. Whenever I heard music from Inquisition, I genuinely cried from happiness and nostalgia. That is how deeply happy I was to hear those themes again. Now for the negatives: 1. Performance issues As you can see, my hardware significantly exceeds the recommended system requirements. Despite that, I experienced constant stuttering throughout the entire game, with the frame rate dropping from around 100 FPS to 30, as well as severe lag in the main menu. One of the cutscenes during the final battle even turned into a slideshow running at 10 to 14 FPS. It was absolutely terrible. Even years after release, the game still has enormous optimization problems. 2. Romances In every previous Dragon Age and Mass Effect game, I always struggled to decide which character to romance. There were always so many attractive, charming, sweet, well-written, and genuinely desirable characters that I wanted to experience a romance with all of them. This game gave me an experience I had never had before: I did not want to romance a single companion. Every companion feels shallow and unappealing, and the romantic scenes themselves are simply awful. In previous games, these moments were usually filled with fire, passion, love, and sex. They awakened interest, desire, and genuine emotion. You could feel the beauty of the human body, the fire in the characters’ eyes, and the depth of their feelings. Even the dialogue in those scenes could leave a lasting impression. Here, however, it feels as though the people responsible for the romantic scenes actively hated everything that made those moments appealing. I have never seen romance this bland anywhere else. As the saying goes, I kiss my grandmother goodnight with more passion than there is in all the love in this game. 3. Overall atmosphere The world of Dragon Age has always been one of the defining examples of dark fantasy. It is a world filled with blood, death, demons, darkspawn, murder, and destruction on a massive scale. The world is constantly going to hell. All of that was combined with remarkably well-developed characters, excellent dialogue, and memorable interactions between the protagonist and their companions. Plot twists could surprise or shock you, while the dialogue could impress you, make you smile, or even make you laugh. Here, the world feels so heavily filtered that it is almost like being inside a children’s cartoon. Everything feels so safe that it becomes unpleasant. There is no real sense of danger or depth. Everything is so shallow that it feels as though ChatGPT helped write the game. 4. Non-binary representation and inclusivity The sudden and widespread inclusion of Asian, Black, and Indian characters feels strange and out of place after previous games portrayed most of the world as predominantly white. The non-binary content feels even more out of place. Why is it here? This is a game about dragons, death, mages, templars, elves, gods, demons, darkness, and the end of the world. This kind of content would feel much more appropriate in The Sims or Life Is Strange for example, but not here. Overall, I was left with the impression that the people who created this game either knew absolutely nothing about the lore of the previous three games, which would explain why they changed the entire identity and feeling of the series so drastically, or they did know the lore and consciously chose to disregard it, along with the entire legacy of the franchise. They took Dragon Age, one of the most iconic and influential series in its genre, and turned it into Fortnite.

Honestamente não é um jogo ruim... mas também não é um jogo bom. Ao meu ver os pontos positivos acabam sendo cancelados pelos negativos. Por um lado a gameplay é muito divertida, joguei como um mago e como ladino e com ambos me senti invencível com as builds que fiz, além disso, alguns dos mapas são bem bonitos e existem alguns personagens (Solas, Emmerich, Davrin) e momentos da história que são interessantes. Por outro lado é meio difícil de engolir que esse jogo se passa no universo de dragon age, principalmente para mim que joguei todos os jogos anteriores. Muitas das coisas que acontecem na história não fazem sentido, as escolhas feitas não tem peso (e as escolhas dos jogos anteriores são desconsideradas ou não tem impacto nenhum na narrativa), muitos plots e lore do jogos anteriores são descartados ou não são mencionados, além disso, alguns dos companions são insuportáveis (sendo o Lucanis o pior, porque nada na caracterização ou história dele faz sentido). Na minha opinião, não vale a pena gastar o preço completo para jogar esse jogo, mas se ele tiver com alguma grande promoção ou se você tiver o EA play pode valer a pena para experimentar.

Mit beiden Augen zu gibt es einen Daumen hoch. Eigentlich wäre es ein Daumen runter, aber ich glaube an BioWare. Dragon Age: The Veilguard macht vieles richtig — und scheitert trotzdem an den wichtigsten Dingen. Das Kampfsystem ist richtig gut. Schnell, taktisch und befriedigend, mit einem Team-System das stark an Mass Effect erinnert. Auch das Leveln der Charaktere und Gegenstände ist gelungen, und die Herausforderungen motivieren. Vom reinen Gameplay her macht das Spiel Spaß. Aber dann die Story. Am Anfang noch interessant, wird sie zunehmend übererzählt und verliert sich in immer abstrakteren Handlungssträngen — spätestens beim Elfen im Limbo fragt man sich, wohin das alles führen soll. Die Welt fühlt sich nicht wie eine zusammenhängende große Welt an, sondern wie Stückwerk — einzelne Gebiete, die irgendwie zusammengefügt wurden. Das ständige Springen zwischen den Welten verstärkt dieses Gefühl nur. Das größte Problem sind die Charaktere. Sie bleiben blass und langweilig, was dafür sorgt, dass die Geschichte nie wirklich treibend wird. Die Dialoge sind banal und ohne emotionale Tiefe — runtergerzählt statt erzählt. Das ganze Spiel fühlt sich dadurch leidenschaftslos an, als würde es nur eine Checkliste abarbeiten. Schade, denn der Grafikstil ist zeitlos schön, die Teams mit den Skill und dem Aufleveln stimmt, und das Kampfsystem macht wahnsinnig Spaß und fühlt sich wuchtig an. Aber ohne überzeugendes Worldbuilding, starke Charaktere und gute Dialoge bleibt es leider nur halb so gut wie es sein könnte. Wer reines Gameplay sucht, wird Spaß haben. Wer eine Geschichte mit Herz erwartet, wird enttäuscht.

É um bom jogo e tem uma ótima gameplay, mas peca no quesito Dragon Age. Tendo zerado os anteriores dezenas de vezes cada um, seguindo rotas e escolhas diferentes, Veilguard não tem o sentimento de que suas escolhas realmente importam, como os anteriores tinham. E o que me deixou muito chateado foi o fato das centenas de escolhas que fizemos nos jogos anteriores de nada valem nesse. apenas três, e mesmo essas quase não mudam nada. A segunda coisa que me chateou foi o romance. Os diálogos no quesito romance não entregam sentimentos e deixam a desejar. Dito isso, não consigo não gostar desse jogo. Pode não ter sido o Dragon Age que eu esperava, mas foi um bom jogo. Tendo o comprado e zerado na época do lançamento e conseguindo todas as conquistas, e agora o jogando outra vez, continuo com o meu veredito: É um bom jogo. Só espero que esse não seja o último jogo da saga, na qual conheci vendo um vídeo do Tio Zangado na época que ele gravava a tela com uma câmera, na qual comprei as mídias físicas originais dos 3 para o meu Xbox 360, e depois recomprei o Inquisition para o Xbox One para jogar as DlCs. Na qual me fez pagar o preço cheio nesse jogo e recomprar a coleção para jogar pela centésima vez, agora no PC. Tenho a esperança e o desejo que não seja o último.

I tried. I really did. But this game has no soul like the previous Dragon Age titles had. I acknowledge that there were things about 2 and Inquisition that didn't jive for people due to gameplay purposes or reused assets (moreso in 2 due to Bioware's financial state at the time before/during the whole EA merger thing), but you can't deny the lore and writing and acting from the characters was still there and as alive as it was in the first title when we all first encountered this series and it's gorgeous world and lore. To this day I am still a Dragon Age fan because I refuse to let what this steaming pile did to the lore and morality of the franchise ruin what were several runs and hundreds if not thousands of hours spent thoroughly enjoying the kind of stuff Bioware used to make. The problem is Veilguard wasn't made by those same folks, and it shows like a giant neon sign on a city street in the dead of night. You can't ignore it, it's obnoxious and loud both audibly and visually, and you just want to get away from it as fast as possible. So much of the dialogue is excessively cringy sarcasm from people that don't sound like they've ever acted much in their lives, and a lack of actual stakes and shades of grey like choices and decisions in the games used to be. The fact they also go out of their way to have you gte in contact with just about zero of the older companions or npcs we've had personal dealings with also tells a lot - I'm not saying it needs to be nostalgia city with old faces showing up every 2 minutes, but when basically NONE do despite their being dozens of major faces from the past 3 titles, and any that do feel forced or gutted from their previous iterations really doesn't do the game any favours either. I still get the Dragon Age itch from time to time, but the only thing that'll satisfy that is either the occasional fanfiction or reinstalling an older title and playing it again for a bit. This game didn't and never will scratch that itch unless they were to somehow go back in time and keep a lot of...whatever this mess was as far from the drawing board as is humanly possible.