A technical masterpiece with all the DLAA and options you could want to choose from, and then there's a game and story in Dragon Age: Veilguard I've just started because of PC settings and character creator goodness, but it's so beautiful and emotionally drawing from the opening beats to the point if you're letting some "plays clickbait and drama farming" stop you from playing this Dragon Age instalment, especially if you're a long term fan- you're the one missing out because you let other people decide how you feel.

Update: I have now finished the game and if you know me, playing an entire RPG in less than a month isn't something I've done since Mass Effect 2. I only play games this fast when I really love them. I'll stand by technical masterpiece- I mess around with a CPU bottlenecking max FOV, DLAA and RT but the game needs a population slider for people without a high end CPU like mine. Also- Frostbite continues to be CPU intensive and reviewers show they barely do surface passes. Max 1080p is beyond 8 GB VRAM cards.

I played as an elf Veil Jumper and I was drawn into the story, drawn into this amazing breathtaking epic where you shape whether even a god can or deserves to be saved. You can screw up or defy those who call themselves your gods for a future without them. Your team aren't allies alone but friends. You trust them and they look out for you and with literal gods tempting the world, that's who you want by your side.

The gameplay, I loved but then I used to do endgame SWTOR... certain fights are too overtuned for your normal difficulty compared to even the last battle and when faction score is tied to narrative possibility, no boss should be harder on the baseline than non skippable ones.

Dragon Age is still dark fantasy and the lore fills in so many gaps while leaving space were the story to continue, it's great. I loved seeing my Inquisitor again but Dragon Age is served by rotating protagonists, each being a chapter in a neverending story. It's an RPG where they give you everything while leaving room for your voice without having the main character be too quiet or overwrite you. This is your chapter, your Rook. I found this game very inspiring, creatively with amazing art direction, design and acting.

Replica's score: 9.5/10 as a Dragon Age game, 9.8/10 as its own even newcomers can jump into.