While race played a crucial part in world-building and roleplaying for previous installments, Dragon Age: The Veilguard largely ignores Rook's race.

As I assembled my Avengers of Thedas, a team full of complex, interesting and nuanced characters I couldn't help but feel that same old BioWare magic come back. Dragon Age: The Veilguard isn’t just a return to Thedas,

One of the reasons it took me so long to start a second playthrough of Dragon Age: The Veilguard is that recreating the Inquisitor, the protagonist of 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition, is a painstaking process.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard offers deep customization that allows players to create pretty unique builds. Not only is it important to focus on Rook, but it's also essential to optimize your companion's builds so they can add as much support as possible on the battlefield.

The Veilguard had a lot to live up to. Its predecessor, Dragon Age: Inquisition, launched in 2014 and left the series on a devastating cliffhanger, a cliffhanger that went unresolved as developer BioWare went through 10 years of development hell and internal reboots,

The YouTube algorithm keeps threatening me with videos about how the new Dragon Age is a crime against Gamers. I haven't watched any of them, but my recommendations still overflow. Even people with less overheated opinions have been down on its relatively chill vibes and easygoing nature.

As a long-time fan of the Dragon Age franchise, I approached Veilguard with both excitement and trepidation. After 86 hours of gameplay, countless detours for treasure mid-crisis, and a bittersweet final confrontation,

Much like The Veilguard does with the Inquisitor, 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition lets you recreate your version of Hawke so they can appear for a quest line. The final mission, called Here Lies the Abyss,