# Dragon Age: The Veilguard

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Dragon Age: The Veilguard and 21 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Fans praise its combat and progression and call it a favorite Dragon Age, but critics say it lost series depth and dialogue, and blame it for hurting BioWare.

## Why people recommend it

- Enjoyable combat and progression (2 comments): "Veilguard was my favority gameplay wise, but the writing... well you know." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186461)) "I really enjoyed the combat systems. It was fun progression" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50187281))
- Fans call it their favorite (2 comments): "I might be in minority but I really enjoyed both Inquisition and Veilguard." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185737)) "I loved that game and it's my favorite Dragon Age." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185679))

## What people warn about

- Commercial flop that hurt BioWare (3 comments): "The bad news is it sunk the company alongside Anthem." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185826)) "so "meh" against the backdrop of Baldur's Gate 3 that it probably harmed the brand and the franchise" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50185648)) "even highly produced games still frequently fail... commercial disaster. (See, e.g., Veilguard.)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515490))
- Cringe, tone-deaf dialogue (3 comments): "the rest of it was just really tone-deaf" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50191527)) "Veilguard was my favority gameplay wise, but the writing... well you know." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186461)) "I couldn't finish it the dialogue was so painfully cringe." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186671))
- Less depth than earlier games (2 comments): "DA:VG was trimmed and had vastly less complexity and depth than any previous DA." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189196)) "DA:VG was the most beautiful but shallow Dragon Age game." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189540))
- Content cut and features removed (2 comments): "They cut out most of the content and repackaged it as a single player RPG." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50191805)) "the removal of one of the bigger RP elements the prior games had" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50141643))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Elden Ring](https://hackerapproved.com/p/elden-ring.md): 25 recommend
- [Dark Souls](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dark-souls.md): 23 recommend
- [Diablo II: Resurrected](https://hackerapproved.com/p/diablo-2.md): 19 recommend
- [Mass Effect](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mass-effect.md): 19 recommend
- [Path of Exile](https://hackerapproved.com/p/path-of-exile.md): 15 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Dragon Age: The Veilguard", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dragon-age-the-veilguard/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).