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Review: Dragon Age The Veilguard Does Not Deserve All The Hate It’s Getting

I played over a hundred hours of Veilguard. While I see the differences between it and the old Dragon Age Games, I don’t understand the hate.

Oren Cohen
7 min readDec 30, 2024
Image: Electronic Arts.

I finished Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and I have thoughts. I did not play half the game and assumed some things about it. I played it until the end, then started another run and finished that, too.

Before we go any further, this article may contain spoilers about companion quests and the main plot, but I won’t spoil the ending. Still here? Great!

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So, with that out of the way, let’s dive in to talk about Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

The Dragon Age World

Let’s start with the obvious: this world is beautiful. I could spend hours just walking around and taking in the sights.
My gaming…

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Oren Cohen
Oren Cohen

Written by Oren Cohen

Software Engineer and Blogger. He/Him. Contact me: oren@thegeekwriter.com Newsletter: https://theorencohen.com Geek Peek: https://geekpeek.blog

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