I really feel like Dragon Age Veilguard was in a lose/lose situation for a ton of DA fans bc there is no way to create a DA game that is more strictly linear by minimizing the choice impacts of the previous 3 games without pissing off ppl who felt the OG trilogy's really made their choices have lasting affects, even if those affects also in the grand scheme of things didn't really do much in each game beyond lore flavor text, cameos, and Morrigan's story. Dragon Keep did something to fans' brains chemistry that really made it feel like the games were way more personal than they really were (me included). Like some of the people are out here like "so nothing I did mattered?", Well...did how you handle Loghain really have any lasting gameplay and narrative affects that shook up DA2 or DAI? Truly? Like The Warden is never seen again in the series, you can see some of their respective love interests and get a nod on their potential travels, but for the most part they are gone and their big impact actions was stopping the 5th blight and helping Morrigan have a baby...everything else is just different spices on the same meal. Did Hawke's story really do anything for the mages or templars throughout all of Ferelden?? Minus make them a person the Chantry wants to use to help band ppl together? Did Sebastian becoming a king and Aveline joining up with him while most of the south is dying to darkspawn in a codex in Veilguard really erase their interactions in DA2??? Or is it in the face of death and doom unlikely people join together once more?? Does it hurt when you hear Isabela talk about learning what family meant to her if you turned on her in DA2? Sure, that is a slap to your choice, but we knew they were going this route; we knew they were going to pick what was canon and what was not in this all but confirmed soft-relaunch of the series. I'm not saying this game should be given a free pass on their writing's flaws, bc there are many...it is a Bioware game after all. But I am saying you might need to let go of the OG trilogy to enjoy this game's potential. You obviously don't have to listen to me, but if you keep comparing it to the original 3 you are never going to be anything but disappointed in Veilguard, bc it is not the same RPG first, action story second. It is a Linear, action based game with the RPG taking a back seat. Brother it is Mass Effect with elves. And I think if that hint at the end of the credits is anything to go by, if this is the set up for a new series of Dragon Age you are going to be spending more time with this group...at least I hope that is what they were hinting at bc this ending with this group left me feeling the same way I felt at the end of Mass Effect 1, like they just starting off with these characters and you have more to explore with each of them.