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Its difficult to discuss the nextMass Effectwithout discussing the lastDragon Age.
Dragon Age’s failure to deliver puts more pressure onto Mass Effect.
But it could also be said that the worst of The Veilguard came directly from Mass Effect, too.
In a way, this reflects their genres.
Dragon Age is a fantasy epic, spanning different heroes,vast regions, and democratic upheaval.
But that always felt part of a deeper issue with Dragon Age’s bad timing.
Again, possibly owing to its live-service roots, The Veilguard felt very shallow.
Character dilemmas were either weightless, obvious, or led to the same outcome.
Consequences of anything were rare.
This, it seemed, was the sort of lowest common denominator fantasy writing players wanted.
ThenBaldur’s Gate 3launched.
They were essentially two separate studios under the same roof.
It is unfair to say Dragon Age should have matched up to Baldur’s Gate 3.
It’s unreasonable to suggest all games in its genre must be at its level.
But the older Dragon Age games could have given it a run for its money.
The ironic thing is if the release order were reversed, things could have been different.
I can’t shake the feeling that Mass Effect would have fared better in the face of that struggle.
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