‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ worth the ten-year wait, according to critics

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard has been praised by a number of reviews, ahead of its launch later this week.Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the first new Dragon Age in nearly a decade, following on from 2014’s Inquisition.

However, developers BioWare has had a shaky few years with disappointing reactions to 2017’s Mass Effect: Andromeda and 2019’s ANTHEM, which has taken some of the excitement away from the imminent launch.However, a number of reviews have called Dragon Age: The Veilguard a return to form for Bioware.Dragon Age: Veilguard | Reviews5/5 – CGM5/5 – Eurogamer10 – XboxEra10 – Press Start10 – Game Rant10 – ButWhyTho9.5 – TechRaptor9 – IGN9 – GamesRadar9 – COGConnected8.5 – Dualshockers8 – PushSquare4/5 – Dexerto4/5 – TheGamer3/5 – VGC3/5 – VG247MC: 84OC: 85 pic.twitter.com/1dpNsEAg3F— Shinobi602 (@shinobi602) October 28, 2024“As I excitedly slashed, blasted, wooed, looted, and delved my way through the stunning and enthralling world of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, I kept having one thought: ‘ Wait, BioWare made this?

2024 BioWare?’ I wasn’t sure these former masters of the roleplaying game craft could make a game like this anymore. But putting together my team of interesting and endearing companions to save the world felt like getting the old band back together, in more ways than one,” reads IGN’s glowing review while Eurogamer’s five-star review calls it “the best BioWare game I’ve ever played”.A number of reviews have praised the way The Veilguard embraces the new, while keeping true to the legacy of the series. “While Dragon Age: The Veilguard is undoubtedly different in many ways from its predecessors and takes lessons learned from Mass Effect to heart, there’s a lot to love – mechanically and narratively – about.