I am so glad this video popped into my recommended out of the blue, it was genuinely such a fun and awesome video!

I suddenly have the urge to destroy textile machinery

I agree with the wealth caps, they are necessary, not petty.

My petty law would be banning people from playing their music out loud in public. Not street performers, I mean on their phone, speaker, headphones, etc. Mandated headphone usage, volume cap, suppression of high bass and pitch. Tyranny.

There's nothing like having the absolute worst run of Hades where none of the boons synchronize and I get zero upgrades but I still beat the crap out of my dad because I'm that stubborn.

My current campaign has been devoid of both "dungeons" AND "dragons." Are we just playing a game of Ampersand?

As a former theatre kid who is currently in school for (history) education, I feel called out.

Hey, if it's the game for you that's pretty awesome!

I'll try it, someday, maybe. I'm not sure if I'll pull a summer of 22' and play them all in one sitting though, that will probably be a bit much for me.

I have a big enough backlog of games as is, but it won't hurt to wishlist another.

Definitely a situation where I need to see if I context then?

If it is ever on sale I may pick it up, but I'm a little Dragon Age fatigued (playing through all three games over one summer before VG was a marathon)

Not to mention the Dreadwolf development hell, kind of killed my hype.

I wouldn't call myself an Origins purist, but I really do have a soft spot for classic RPG games that give you a huge drop down menu of dialogue options, some mutually exclusive, some not.

That's probably why I liked BG3 so much, because it made me feel like I was playing Origins again.

To be fair though, the RP elements have been moribund since the dialogue wheel in II. But a man can dream.

And regarding gameplay: I have always been a mage player, always sided with the mages, fun stuff all around. And the one thing I've consistently heard positives about VG was the combat.

Dragon Age had bisexual icons Leliana and Zevran before same-sex marriage was legalized in most countries (2009) which I think is huge!

And as for the why, honestly I can't say 100% but the dialogue I've heard can be pretty corny, and I have heard the roleplaying elements are pretty limited.

It really sucks that Veilguard got caught up in the culture war nonsense. Dragon Age has always been a socially progressive series so I have no clue why it's a surprise.

From what I've seen of clips, I know that Veilguard won't be my thing. But I'm glad you are able to get enjoyment out of it.

"Lean" is a good way to describe it. In terms of themes and plot it is definitely the most streamlined and never really meanders. Very good set up for the powderkeg that was the mage rebellion on my opinion.

And yeah I agree on you with Inquisition. It's just so...daunting to get through.

Survival sim:

I gotta eat, sleep, drink. What next? Entertain myself?

Filling those bars is my only purpose.

The Ubisoft open world model and its consequences...

Empty space with collectibles and radiant events in between to fill a catalogue.

There are so many games which I feel like would have been so much better if they just...weren't an open world.

When I played through the Dragon Age series though, I did end up liking II a lot though, kinks and all. Can't say I prefer it over origins, but honestly, I had more fun with II than I did Inquisition.

Have not played Veilguard, so I cannot say anything about it.

I wish it was given more time in the oven, most (if not all) of its most glaring issues can easily be explained by the crunch involved in its creation.

I wonder what the lore implications of Hawke and crew singlehandedly depopulating Kirkwall on their nightly strolls are though.