“There are a few things that stand out as a bit condescending, though.

Maybe condescending isn’t the right word either because it sounds harsh.

Roos goes on to criticise The Veilguard’s ‘reminder’ system.

From left to right: Male Hawke in Dragon Age 2, Lucanis in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and Solas in Dragon Age: Inquisition

It is heavy-handed, inconsistently heavy-handed which means I pay more attention to it,” she says.

She stresses that she “strongly supports” the storyline, but feels the game handles it poorly.

It becomes really apparent when having drinks with Isabela, Bellara and Taash.

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Rook even loses some of their snarkiness and the game pushes me to be empathetic towards Taash."

Isabela accidentally misgenders Taash and does a set of push-ups as a means of self-punishment.

The group then discusses how Taash isn’t the first non-binary member of The Lords of Fortune.

Verdant forestry near Kvatch.

“To a certain extent, the game feels derivative of itself.

A direct sequel to Inquisition, it focuses on red lyrium and Solas, the aforementioned Dread Wolf.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the long-awaited fourth game in the fantasy RPG series from BioWare formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. A direct sequel to Inquisition, it focuses on red lyrium and Solas, the aforementioned Dread Wolf.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the long-awaited fourth game in the fantasy RPG series from BioWare formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. A direct sequel to Inquisition, it focuses on red lyrium and Solas, the aforementioned Dread Wolf.

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Taash in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

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Rook fighting in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

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