Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Play it on: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Current goal: Get started

I am such a bloody idiot. Dragon Age: Origins is in my top five games ever. It occupies such a large part of my heart, with its characters and world imprinted upon me. I really enjoyed Dragon Age 2, despite its brevity, appreciating it as a fantastic RPG in its own right, rather than needing it to be superior to the original. And then I never played Inquisition. Why not?!

I do keep trying to. I’ve started it a bunch of times, but honestly, the deviations from DAO’s core format felt so jarring to me, and the characters didn’t immediately click, and it’d been so long that I’d forgotten far too many minor details, and I never stick with it. And that’s despite Kenneth’s constant eulogizing.

I’m now so concerned that not having played Inquisition is going to put a barrier between me and Veilguard, given the connections I’ve read about. Yet, I really want to return to that world, and the BioWare ethos, and the fantasy-meets-humanity it offers. Also, this time I rather like how much more like an action game it looks, feeling like I have more chance of fitting that into a crazy-busy life than a hardcore RPG. So I rather hope to carve out some of my weekend to dip in my toe. — John Walker