Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Shares rank 12 of 14 action role-playing games by recommenders
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.
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.
28 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 21
- approval share
- 25%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Enjoyable combat and progression
“Veilguard was my favority gameplay wise, but the writing... well you know.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “I really enjoyed the combat systems. It was fun progression”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” Fans call it their favorite
“I might be in minority but I really enjoyed both Inquisition and Veilguard.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “I loved that game and it's my favorite Dragon Age.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Commercial flop that hurt BioWare
“The bad news is it sunk the company alongside Anthem.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “so "meh" against the backdrop of Baldur's Gate 3 that it probably harmed the brand and the franchise”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “even highly produced games still frequently fail... commercial disaster. (See, e.g., Veilguard.)”
Comment from 13 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On?” Cringe, tone-deaf dialogue
“the rest of it was just really tone-deaf”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “Veilguard was my favority gameplay wise, but the writing... well you know.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “I couldn't finish it the dialogue was so painfully cringe.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” Less depth than earlier games
“DA:VG was trimmed and had vastly less complexity and depth than any previous DA.”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “DA:VG was the most beautiful but shallow Dragon Age game.”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” Content cut and features removed
“They cut out most of the content and repackaged it as a single player RPG.”
Comment from 22 Oct 2026 in “EA is shutting down BioWare” “the removal of one of the bigger RP elements the prior games had”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “The game industry is broken – can we fix it?”
Other action role-playing games people recommend
The four most recommended other action role-playing games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elden Ring | 25 | 8 | 76% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Dark Souls | 23 | 6 | 79% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Diablo II: Resurrected | 19 | 3 | 86% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Mass Effect | 19 | 5 | 79% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Dragon Age: The VeilguardThis page | 7 | 21 | 25% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
30 of the 33 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“focusing on author's activism rather than just making a video game that people want”
“Bioware's recent performance would be enough for this to make sense”
“The obtuse Veilguard clips being shared recently really drive this home.”
“They cut out most of the content and repackaged it as a single player RPG.”
“the rest of it was just really tone-deaf”
“the "D" in DA4 is for "Disney"”
“Veilguard was so irredeemably fucking bad that it seemed like deliberate sabotage”
“Veilguard went very deep in Elf and Mage storylines at something of a cost of other storylines”
“the story culminated a lot of threads for my "main" characters across the series”
“DA:VG was the most beautiful but shallow Dragon Age game.”
“seems to have been widely panned”
“DA:VG was trimmed and had vastly less complexity and depth than any previous DA.”
“I really enjoyed the combat systems. It was fun progression”
“Veilguard is a serviceable action romp but it's not a Dragon Age game.”
“I couldn't finish it the dialogue was so painfully cringe.”
“Veilguard was my favority gameplay wise, but the writing... well you know.”
“for as bad as Veilguard was”
“could not live up to the expectations”
“Veilguard was very poorly marketed to appeal to a neoliberal crowd”
“The bad news is it sunk the company alongside Anthem.”
“I might be in minority but I really enjoyed both Inquisition and Veilguard.”
“Veilguard made Anthem look competent and fun”
“I loved that game and it's my favorite Dragon Age.”
“so "meh" against the backdrop of Baldur's Gate 3 that it probably harmed the brand and the franchise”
“The studio behind masterpieces like Dragon Age Veilguard and Mass Effect Andromeda?”
“the removal of one of the bigger RP elements the prior games had”
“It shows in the products, big time”
“I'll give them credit for assembling something as cohesive as it is considering it went from a single player game to a multiplayer game and back to a single player game during development”
“games like Dragon Age: The Veilguard etc. wouldn't have flopped so badly”
“even highly produced games still frequently fail... commercial disaster. (See, e.g., Veilguard.)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.