No, it wasn't Solas that ate up the budget. But they did restart the project at least twice. And it shows. First they were working on DREADWOLF. Then they started to work on DA:MMORPG. Then they went to work on Veilguard. This is what ate up the budget. This is why we got the slop they named Veilguard.
Yeah, not a fan of their drip. You can also get it and it ends up being a Shadow Dragons casual outfit, so at first I thought, "Hmm, maybe this is the Inquisitor trying to go incognito in Dock Town?" but then they show up wearing the same PJs in the final battle. Like, the city is a literal war-zone, put some goddamn armor on, please!
fun fact: Isabella is the only character to be in every game (she is in multiplayer Inquisition), another fun fact: Every game has included a companion involved with a spirit.
You talking about the red suit the inquisitor wore that everyone hate had me crying. No, Ghil, no one likes the FREAKING PAJAMA SET 😂😂 Where is the cool armor that the leader would’ve worn?! 😂😂
It’s kinda insane in hindsight that how most of the reveals they set up were figured out by fans years before the game even came out due to the madness of the wait. Like ‘Black City’ seemed obvious, but getting ‘Earth fought back’ from just a quote from Cole was insane.
I'm genuinely shocked how many fan theories were correct while playing veilguard. Goes to show you what happens when fans are left 10 years to pick at clues lol
@@sveipr There's an incredible Solavellan fanfic that I've been reading on and off for the last 10 years that nailed so many things Veilguard confirmed, I was shocked.
Its even more crazy that people are going around saying all the lore in Veilguard is bad and its all retcons and none of it was set up in older games, when like yeah 90% of it absolutely was set up and figured out already by all us lore gremlins. People say they threw away Gaider's notes, but its pretty clear they kept them and followed them closely.
I will be honest, though some of the theories were correct, I feel the new writers.... USED the fan theories to write the plot. Because you can clearly see the difference in quality between the original writers and the new ones. Not hating on the game... but come on......
Most or at least some of them weren't "figured out". They were dictated. Veilguard ended up with such awful writers that they shaped their vision of the game on fandom's theories
@@ZehnWatersBlack City that Magisters got into was Solas’ prison for the Evanuris. By doing that they released small part of Blight into the world. Solas mentions that during the 2nd or 3rd meditation can’t remember.
If you focus on detonations, it's easier to categorize and we definitely got way more mages than anything else. Bellara, Neve, Emmrich are mages; Davrin and Taash are warriors; Lucanis and Harding are rogues. The fact that a certain choice removes either a rogue or a warrior does not help with this imbalance.
Well, no one had "the First Warden denying the presence of Blighted Elven gods while one screamed at him" on their bingo cards. Or a warden saying "we did not sign up to fight ancient gods" despite it being their main reason to exist.
Tbf to the first warden despite him being a douche he was in early stages of the calling which the gods fucked with him wardens are for old dragon gods not elven gods which does sound like what's the difference but for some people there are xd. Still a dick though
okay in the First Warden’s defense, Rook does kind of sound crazy going up to them like. “Listen to me. This isn’t just a blight. Two ancient Elven Gods that you’ve never heard of except possibly from Dalish folklore are real and they’re controlling the dragons, the darkspawn, the blight, all of it. And you have to listen to me, a complete stranger (or junior warden if you chose), to try and stop it.” and THEN they punch you.
@@brwnhearteyes The punch in the face comes after, and Ghil is yelling at them with her giant sky face. And is the one making those points, seemingly before we arrive. Dang, it would have made a somewhat good comedic moment if Rook had run up to them and done that, makes more sense than how well the mostly elven Veiljumpers took it.
Hearing you cackle made my day😂. Dont be so hard on yourself. The game itself couldnt even stick to its own early concept art. So at one point in time, your theories may have been correct. Playing veilguard and going back to these old videos is very intresting.
Caitie, Hawke was with the Grey Wardens in a way. Nicholas Boulton who voiced Hawke, voices the First Warden (named Jowin, lol). I found that incredibly ironic.
26:03 "If we do end up going to see the Wardens, we'll probably see Hawke..." well, you're sorta right. We do hear his voice actor haha (First Warden is played by male Hawke VA Nicholas Boulton!) Re companions, I thought Mae for ages too! And Vaea and Harding were defo who I thought would be Rogues of the party, Aaron a warrior, and Valya a mage available. As you said, she's in though and Last Flight is a part of Davrin's story!
You said the crows have changed. Can you make a video about that? I never knew and as such was very surprised with the crows in the veilguard as they felt quite alien to me.
Yeah- thats on the short list of videos! The change technically happened in Tevinter Nights 4 years ago- if you want something now the last video in the Tevinter Nights Book Emporium playlist has me talking a bit about it.
Tldr; Half of the talons got assassinated in the book, and the remaining Talons (Dellamorte, De Riva, and Cantori) decided to reshape the crows to protecting Antiva instead of fighting amongst each other. That's why you see the Talons being relatively on good terms in Veilguard, and acting as the protectors of Antiva instead of the usual shady antics that the crows used to do like we see with Zevran in Origins.
@@Strike-w6k I love how people "well versed in the lore" totally ignore everyone's lovable fancy pants Zevran wreaking havoc on the Crows for like a decade.
@ You wanted to return it before you even played it? How about forming your own opinion on the game first? Don’t have an opinion that was created from your social media algorithm actually try things out.
Not only did the wolf show up in the last boss fight, but he was part of a major set piece throughout the main story mission prior to it (and what a spectacle that was!).
To be fair, even if those comic characters aren't companions, a bunch of them (Mae, Antoine and Evka, Viago and Teia) end up as major NPCs. So you were mostly right?
The “storm coming from across the sea” is my current lore obsession because I NEED MORE. They are definitely winding up to more with the Executors and I CANT WAIT.
I'm so glad you're not letting the mindless hate brigade hold you back. Your DA content has always made the series even better to be a part of, and I'm looking forward to everything you give us!
I would not necessarily say "mindless." There are a lot of valid reasons stated by the community of why this game is a disappointment, outside of rage bait videos. Let's not put everything under the same umbrella.
@@Dominicanadaa "The community?" You mean the community that has bitched and moaned about every single Dragon Age release since pre-release Origins? The same community that has harassed devs for simply expressing their opinions? It wouldn't be a Dragon Age release without people getting offended by queer rep., the community declaring themselves better at the lore than the devs, pretentiously declaring it "not a Dragon Age game" and nitpicking the game down to the minute details. Same as it ever was.
@@mandu6665 Why wouldn't I be? I like Ghil's content, and have been a fan for awhile. I might have disagreed with her review, but that's perfectly fine. Just because you dislike one thing in a community, doesn't mean you can't like others.
So funny watching this! Makes me want to replay inquisition knowing what I know now but the keep is down for us console players and I really want to do a a new play through!
I played through all the games just before Veilguard and I’m getting the itch to do it again getting to the end of Veilguard. It’ll be interesting to see what is re-contextualized knowing more of the lore.
FInished the game today. Act 3 was amazing and so was the ending that i got. ♥♥♥ Act 3 was like a non stop emotional rollercoaster, my heart was pumping like crazy through the whole Act. And that ending, Simply superb.😁 By the way, Solas did betray us and he was a temporary companion in Act 3. 🤣
Some video ideas: 1️⃣ Which spirits all the known Evanuris were originally and why their names are what they are 2️⃣ How did the Evanuris make their bodies out of lyrium 3️⃣ How the lore around all the factions and races has changed from DAO to DAV 4️⃣ What you would have wanted to be different in DAV 1)Big things that can't be changed anymore 2)Smaller things that could (possibly) be patched 3)Smaller things that could be modded For example mine: 1) more things should have carried over from previous games 2) Inky should be importable to a new game like Rook is 3) Inky having prettier clothes(and armor in the last scene, my girl would not go into battle in a ugly pajamas😂)
"A romance where you steal someone from their partner would kinda slap! ...I just think it would be fun!" You, uh... You okay there, Ghil? I'm just a little concerned.
She is right. If done right, would be a nice change of pace for BioWare romance. Having a romantic rival, or love triangle, would add some new flavour.
But honestly what you said about the new protagonist being a new hire for the Inquisition was on point with what they have planned years ago. I got Veilguard art book as a gift two days ago and what they have planned at the beginning was very different than Veilguard first version of Rook was supposed to be on some sort of quest from the Inquisitor. Not gonna lie, i'm a bit salty since i read all of this, they had such great ideas...
I just found your channel reccently-ish (love Dragon Age but haven't really been that active in the fandom) so it's been fun to go back and watch older videos and seeing how things changed. Your channel has been very helpful in giving my mind a refresh about the lore. This video was fun to watch seeing what you got right or not. Most of what I thought DA4 would be about was off. (Besides the really obvious things of course.)
Ya know.. by now after playing the game and having my dreams annihilated by BioWare, I’m just going to headcanon that Sandal wrote this entire game in one of his journals. Because that makes more sense than DA: Veilguard
I love every time you crack up because it makes me laugh too haha. The Inquisitor is a lot of things but fashionable? Never. At least it wasn't those hideous pyjamas.
I wish EA hadn't crippled this game's development so bad that we basically had to cut the previous games to make a soft-reboot outta the fourth installment.
11:14 you need to think a little about party composition in Veilguard on higher difficulties for sure, but more for combos than just party “balance” like in older games.. Warriors/rogues/mages set up comboes for each other but not for characters of the same class. So when you’re a warrior you really want a mage and rogue with you most of the time for tough fights and so one.
It's interesting to go back and see what sorta was guessed before we got any sort of information. Sure seeing the artbook, your predictions and what we got in the end might differ quite a lot but everything was part of the fun, wasn't it? What we got is quite enjoyable and can stand on it's own based on it's merrit, even though as a new fan i don't like the turn it could go to with the implications of the executors but for that i will wait until your ideas what the executors could be. Certainly what i expected or hoped for wasn't what i got but i enjoyed the game non the less and was very impressed on how some of the companions grew on me, not as much as i would have liked but that is a common thread that follows all dragon age games, also mass effect. Sometimes you just don't vibe with some of the companions. But for me Harding and Emmerich were really enjoyable as companions and romance options. With the departure of several writers there is some uncertainty for me in how we will progress in the future storylines but for now i will look forward to Mass Effect 5 knowing that bioware did not die with this release, dragon age, like kala mentioned just reinvents itself everytime.
I hope that they include Ser Aaron in a DLC or (sigh) the next game. While Varric can never be replaced, I can see Ser Aaron being a similar mentor type character. I really liked him. It would be amazingggg to have Trespasser-style DLC that allows us to have one more goodbye with our companions, meet a few newly-introduced characters, include tinting, and set up the mystery of the Executors for the next game. If only!!
Six years from now when Catie becomes a VTuber 😅 There is a kid on a Treviso balcony talking about Antaam rounding up mages, but mentions it couldn't possibly apply to him... nervous twitching! Not saying a match but a fun head canon nod. Yay Executors! Zevran just side-eyeing Rook's gang... Love triangle goes boom!
My thoughts are mixed. I love all the new lore, how it confirmed a lot of our theories and posed new questions. I love the continued story, the new locations, new characters. I hate the combat. I hate only having two companions. I hate how Inquisition was nearly perfect and Veilguard failed me. I hate how they "put so much effort" into the companions and they still feel fake sometimes, some conversations don't fit or make sense. I was disappointed by the first romance i did (lucanis). I hate how it felt like we moved forward with gameplay in Inquisition and backwards in Veilguard. 10 years later and there are scenes in Inquisition I've seen like 100 times and I STILL cry. Nothing in my first playthrough of Veilguard made me feel that way until the very end, the last bit of my romance and how i handled Solas (with a romanced Inquisitor). I hate how basically this was a soft reboot of the series. I feel like the first time i played Dragon Age 2 after Origins...everything is so linear and boring. It feels like my choices don't matter as much. I wanted to feel the way i did playing Inquisition, i wanted this game to make me laugh, cry, and feel alive like Inquisition....it failed.
Hey Ghil! How long will your code for EA app stay active? I got DAV for PS5, but I'm planning to purchase it for PC as well after Christmas and I'd consider doing so through the EA app if cc codes are still active.
Is it just me, or did the Inquisition vibe seem to be more that the very environment of a world without the veil would be hostile to the non-eleven races rather than it just being about a ton of demons showing up without the veil? Did I misread that vibe?
It had less than that the game was rebooted twice if I remember right. Sorry you didn't like the game. Hopefully you find something out there you do enjoy.
@warmybear0451 lied to that this was a dragon age rpg. It just wasn't a good game. It was a great group therapy simulator with dragon age themes, but the plot and dialogue were so poorly written, paced and staged throughout the game. It's so painfully tone deaf throughout and I just got shoe horned into being this chipper, smug group counselor.
@warmybear0451 The only way we found out about no worldstates carrying over was because of a leak. They were intentionally withholding that information. Then they justified it by saying they did not want to ruin our past choices and create new ones, but in the process destroyed Southern Thedas essentially and Morrigan is a vessel regardless, along with the ending implication that past events were manipulated by a greater force. So yeah, they were dishonest and lied up to release.
It's a Dragon Age game however many times the salty dorks want to arrogantly proclaim it isn't. You don't decide if this game is a Dragon Age game or not. Only Bioware does.
@@mandu6665 I think it says more about this game, that the only people who jump to its defense are those who resort to insults and name calling as their only defense, which is hilarious because when it comes to rational thought and critical thinking, insulting your opposition is a clear sign that you are not intelligent enough to be discussing the topic, and invalidates any argument you might make. And for you or anyone else who reads this comment and think that I am some salty incel who's stance holds no water or worth considering, I am not salty, I am genuinely sad and disheartened by this game. This game had so much potential, and while I do not think that everything about it is bad, I think the majority of the community agrees that this was not a dragon age game, by the standards previously set by its predecessors. This game was a flashy high production cash grab by EA, and could only have been made for some small minority of people to enjoy, because the writing and pacing was so bad that it was clear that it was not made for the true fans who cherish these characters and stories
Through the Looking Glass: Merrill’s Legacy and Bellara’s Shadow • Dragon Age This is the video i expected from YOU. Instead, i have to find this in a raging, weirdo, W40K fans channel. Shame.
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“It’s been four years and we’re getting restless” Oh you sweet sweet summer child of the past.
There's no traitor companion simply because solas ate up the betrayal budget
No, it wasn't Solas that ate up the budget. But they did restart the project at least twice. And it shows. First they were working on DREADWOLF. Then they started to work on DA:MMORPG. Then they went to work on Veilguard. This is what ate up the budget. This is why we got the slop they named Veilguard.
Technically speaking, the companion that can betray you in Veilguard, is Solas again lol
@@sveipr yeah, Solas betrays rookie twice. Like damn, this man is a serial trickster...
True it was f***ing Solas betraying us, again 😂
fool me once? shame on you.
fool me twice? shame on me.
fool me three times? man, come on. like what the heck thats really mean.
fool me four times-
25:27 Inquisitor's fashion sense is wearing pajamas to work, still
You know what? I respect it, they just wanna be comfy
Yeah, not a fan of their drip. You can also get it and it ends up being a Shadow Dragons casual outfit, so at first I thought, "Hmm, maybe this is the Inquisitor trying to go incognito in Dock Town?" but then they show up wearing the same PJs in the final battle. Like, the city is a literal war-zone, put some goddamn armor on, please!
Respect the Inquisitor's courage in showing their lack of fashion sense. 😂
"The first dragon age where a companion doesnt betray you" its because solas is there and he just betrays us AGAIN 😂😂😂
Twice also in just 3 hours of game time
Its always the mage, isnt it.
I can't believe I actually trusted him again to be betrayed😂😂😂
I mean, there is still a betrayal mage, its just solas again
That's true! He is technically in your party for a bit.
Or Varric because the thing that we talked with wasnt him so it was betray
fun fact: Isabella is the only character to be in every game (she is in multiplayer Inquisition), another fun fact: Every game has included a companion involved with a spirit.
Every game has a mage betrayal 😁
cullen and leliana too until Veilguard huhuhu
That wasn’t fun. That was just a fact
You talking about the red suit the inquisitor wore that everyone hate had me crying. No, Ghil, no one likes the FREAKING PAJAMA SET 😂😂 Where is the cool armor that the leader would’ve worn?! 😂😂
It’s kinda insane in hindsight that how most of the reveals they set up were figured out by fans years before the game even came out due to the madness of the wait. Like ‘Black City’ seemed obvious, but getting ‘Earth fought back’ from just a quote from Cole was insane.
I'm genuinely shocked how many fan theories were correct while playing veilguard. Goes to show you what happens when fans are left 10 years to pick at clues lol
@@sveipr There's an incredible Solavellan fanfic that I've been reading on and off for the last 10 years that nailed so many things Veilguard confirmed, I was shocked.
Its even more crazy that people are going around saying all the lore in Veilguard is bad and its all retcons and none of it was set up in older games, when like yeah 90% of it absolutely was set up and figured out already by all us lore gremlins. People say they threw away Gaider's notes, but its pretty clear they kept them and followed them closely.
I will be honest, though some of the theories were correct, I feel the new writers.... USED the fan theories to write the plot. Because you can clearly see the difference in quality between the original writers and the new ones. Not hating on the game... but come on......
Most or at least some of them weren't "figured out". They were dictated. Veilguard ended up with such awful writers that they shaped their vision of the game on fandom's theories
I was shocked to find out Corypheus was basically correct the whole time
Black City being an Elven thing was already theorized as early as Origins. Inquisition just sort of confirmed it.
@@Will-sb4hf I mean...did it say in the game they made it? From what I can tell the Elves just lived there.
@@ZehnWaters Yes, they did.
@@SunniestAutumn hm. I’ve only played through Veilguard once, when did they say specifically?
@@ZehnWatersBlack City that Magisters got into was Solas’ prison for the Evanuris. By doing that they released small part of Blight into the world. Solas mentions that during the 2nd or 3rd meditation can’t remember.
I can't wait to be balls deep in some lore videos.
With DAV material? Lmao. Barely any hints left.
If you focus on detonations, it's easier to categorize and we definitely got way more mages than anything else. Bellara, Neve, Emmrich are mages; Davrin and Taash are warriors; Lucanis and Harding are rogues. The fact that a certain choice removes either a rogue or a warrior does not help with this imbalance.
Well, no one had "the First Warden denying the presence of Blighted Elven gods while one screamed at him" on their bingo cards. Or a warden saying "we did not sign up to fight ancient gods" despite it being their main reason to exist.
Tbf to the first warden despite him being a douche he was in early stages of the calling which the gods fucked with him wardens are for old dragon gods not elven gods which does sound like what's the difference but for some people there are xd. Still a dick though
😂
Wait... What? I'm not gonna play Vailgaurd so could I have some frame of reference please?
okay in the First Warden’s defense, Rook does kind of sound crazy going up to them like. “Listen to me. This isn’t just a blight. Two ancient Elven Gods that you’ve never heard of except possibly from Dalish folklore are real and they’re controlling the dragons, the darkspawn, the blight, all of it. And you have to listen to me, a complete stranger (or junior warden if you chose), to try and stop it.” and THEN they punch you.
@@brwnhearteyes The punch in the face comes after, and Ghil is yelling at them with her giant sky face. And is the one making those points, seemingly before we arrive.
Dang, it would have made a somewhat good comedic moment if Rook had run up to them and done that, makes more sense than how well the mostly elven Veiljumpers took it.
I think solas ripping down the veil would’ve been cool. Then we’d go fix it. Win-win.
i was so into these videos and lore back then. such a good era......
Those videos kept me sane during my long shifts at the clinic.
Ngl I'm laughing a lot about the fact that you got the COLOR right 😂
Hearing you cackle made my day😂. Dont be so hard on yourself. The game itself couldnt even stick to its own early concept art. So at one point in time, your theories may have been correct. Playing veilguard and going back to these old videos is very intresting.
That's a good point, maybe caitie could compare her old guess video to the art book instead???
Shales VA died 3 years ago :(. Her name was Geraldine Blecker
Caitie, Hawke was with the Grey Wardens in a way. Nicholas Boulton who voiced Hawke, voices the First Warden (named Jowin, lol). I found that incredibly ironic.
Very ironic haha
That isn’t ironic, it’s coincidental
You were right about Dorian getting an advisor spot...back when it was Project Joplin (art book ftw!)
I mean, we do technically get a poly romance option. . .they just happen to share a meat suit 😂
7:02 “ that was not something explored in veil gaurd” should just be the tag line for this game
26:03 "If we do end up going to see the Wardens, we'll probably see Hawke..." well, you're sorta right. We do hear his voice actor haha (First Warden is played by male Hawke VA Nicholas Boulton!) Re companions, I thought Mae for ages too! And Vaea and Harding were defo who I thought would be Rogues of the party, Aaron a warrior, and Valya a mage available. As you said, she's in though and Last Flight is a part of Davrin's story!
no I get you-they should've let me steal Antoine away
Caitie can you please do a lore video on lichdom at some point? Currently drowning in Emmerich angst and I need to know EVERYTHING
You said the crows have changed. Can you make a video about that? I never knew and as such was very surprised with the crows in the veilguard as they felt quite alien to me.
Yeah- thats on the short list of videos! The change technically happened in Tevinter Nights 4 years ago- if you want something now the last video in the Tevinter Nights Book Emporium playlist has me talking a bit about it.
Yeah, the Crows used to be a ruthless group of assasins and whatnot. But then BioWare decided to cut their balls off to fit the theme of Veilguard.
Tldr; Half of the talons got assassinated in the book, and the remaining Talons (Dellamorte, De Riva, and Cantori) decided to reshape the crows to protecting Antiva instead of fighting amongst each other. That's why you see the Talons being relatively on good terms in Veilguard, and acting as the protectors of Antiva instead of the usual shady antics that the crows used to do like we see with Zevran in Origins.
I want a poly romance or an open relationship in a dragon age game 😭
@@Strike-w6k I love how people "well versed in the lore" totally ignore everyone's lovable fancy pants Zevran wreaking havoc on the Crows for like a decade.
Haven’t even finished the game yet and the Bioware depression is starting to hit me. Chapter 10 and I don’t want the adventure to end
Lucky you. Even before I started the game I couldn’t wait to return it. That game is a sad sad 10 years wait
@ You wanted to return it before you even played it? How about forming your own opinion on the game first? Don’t have an opinion that was created from your social media algorithm actually try things out.
Not only did the wolf show up in the last boss fight, but he was part of a major set piece throughout the main story mission prior to it (and what a spectacle that was!).
To be fair, even if those comic characters aren't companions, a bunch of them (Mae, Antoine and Evka, Viago and Teia) end up as major NPCs. So you were mostly right?
Taash is a warrior, but she uses the very rogue-y dual wield weapon set. So, kinda?
That cackling for Harding :D
I love that the party plays to their strengths and don't fit into rigid class boxes, they can do multiple skills and combine them
Please tell me you're going to have your husband react to veilguard characters, I still think about him calling Oghren "cock-eyed Sam" 😭
The “storm coming from across the sea” is my current lore obsession because I NEED MORE. They are definitely winding up to more with the Executors and I CANT WAIT.
I'm so glad you're not letting the mindless hate brigade hold you back. Your DA content has always made the series even better to be a part of, and I'm looking forward to everything you give us!
I would not necessarily say "mindless." There are a lot of valid reasons stated by the community of why this game is a disappointment, outside of rage bait videos. Let's not put everything under the same umbrella.
I mean Veilguard is Traash, but that shouldn't effect her. She's great, and is not to blame for how Veilguard turned out.
@@madness1931 Then why are you here?
@@Dominicanadaa "The community?" You mean the community that has bitched and moaned about every single Dragon Age release since pre-release Origins? The same community that has harassed devs for simply expressing their opinions? It wouldn't be a Dragon Age release without people getting offended by queer rep., the community declaring themselves better at the lore than the devs, pretentiously declaring it "not a Dragon Age game" and nitpicking the game down to the minute details. Same as it ever was.
@@mandu6665 Why wouldn't I be? I like Ghil's content, and have been a fan for awhile. I might have disagreed with her review, but that's perfectly fine. Just because you dislike one thing in a community, doesn't mean you can't like others.
i was really hoping for a video like this, you and jordan should react to your split the veil wishes for DA4 too
So funny watching this! Makes me want to replay inquisition knowing what I know now but the keep is down for us console players and I really want to do a a new play through!
I played through all the games just before Veilguard and I’m getting the itch to do it again getting to the end of Veilguard. It’ll be interesting to see what is re-contextualized knowing more of the lore.
@@ducky36F Veilguard pretty much rped the lore.
@@attilamarics3374 No it didn't. Touch grass.
@@Sbaliosa It did.
@@attilamarics3374you're gross. It's video game.
FInished the game today. Act 3 was amazing and so was the ending that i got. ♥♥♥
Act 3 was like a non stop emotional rollercoaster, my heart was pumping like crazy through the whole Act. And that ending, Simply superb.😁
By the way, Solas did betray us and he was a temporary companion in Act 3. 🤣
Some video ideas:
1️⃣ Which spirits all the known Evanuris were originally and why their names are what they are
2️⃣ How did the Evanuris make their bodies out of lyrium
3️⃣ How the lore around all the factions and races has changed from DAO to DAV
4️⃣ What you would have wanted to be different in DAV
1)Big things that can't be changed anymore
2)Smaller things that could (possibly) be patched
3)Smaller things that could be modded
For example mine:
1) more things should have carried over from previous games
2) Inky should be importable to a new game like Rook is
3) Inky having prettier clothes(and armor in the last scene, my girl would not go into battle in a ugly pajamas😂)
"A romance where you steal someone from their partner would kinda slap! ...I just think it would be fun!"
You, uh... You okay there, Ghil? I'm just a little concerned.
She is right. If done right, would be a nice change of pace for BioWare romance. Having a romantic rival, or love triangle, would add some new flavour.
But honestly what you said about the new protagonist being a new hire for the Inquisition was on point with what they have planned years ago. I got Veilguard art book as a gift two days ago and what they have planned at the beginning was very different than Veilguard first version of Rook was supposed to be on some sort of quest from the Inquisitor. Not gonna lie, i'm a bit salty since i read all of this, they had such great ideas...
Well Varric does mention Hawke! Just not anything about their current state or anything XD
I always liked your style. I enjoy the way you start off your videos.
Lore video on Solas’ mullet when? Please! My mind is ready to descend the lore iceberg!
This was so great to watch!
Inquisitor outfit choices: Nutcracker or pajamas
I just found your channel reccently-ish (love Dragon Age but haven't really been that active in the fandom) so it's been fun to go back and watch older videos and seeing how things changed. Your channel has been very helpful in giving my mind a refresh about the lore. This video was fun to watch seeing what you got right or not. Most of what I thought DA4 would be about was off. (Besides the really obvious things of course.)
Yay! That was a fun walk down memory lane :)
Heir, the teacher for the assassin specialization for rogues in DAI, is in the casino hanging out in Treviso. Heir helps young Jacobus !
I really wanted to know more about the Titans and what it means for the templars.
I love your laughters. Totally made my day 🤣
Ya know.. by now after playing the game and having my dreams annihilated by BioWare, I’m just going to headcanon that Sandal wrote this entire game in one of his journals. Because that makes more sense than DA: Veilguard
I liked the 'vowel' theory though :(
Seeing mentions of heroes of dragon age made my soul hurt. I sort of miss that crappy game lol
I mean your guesses were closer to their original plans
To be very fair to past you, a lot of things changed in 10 years
I love every time you crack up because it makes me laugh too haha. The Inquisitor is a lot of things but fashionable? Never. At least it wasn't those hideous pyjamas.
Inky went from southern pjs to northern ones. Hoping for mods to put her gleaming regal armor for approaching the dread wolf
Oh no, no one of our companions technically did betray us. Solas was briefly in our party
Should have seen that one coming
OMG YAAAAAYY I’M SO HAPPY YOU CAME BACK TO THIS!!!
I was so cooked not getting to see Cassandra after making her leader of the whatyoumacallsit
I wish EA hadn't crippled this game's development so bad that we basically had to cut the previous games to make a soft-reboot outta the fourth installment.
First! Was waiting for your video!!
11:14 you need to think a little about party composition in Veilguard on higher difficulties for sure, but more for combos than just party “balance” like in older games..
Warriors/rogues/mages set up comboes for each other but not for characters of the same class. So when you’re a warrior you really want a mage and rogue with you most of the time for tough fights and so one.
"[What the inquisitor is wearing is strange] cause it's just the gear for the Shadow Dragons."
Me with a Dorian-mancer inky: *ash's evil dog emoji*
It's interesting to go back and see what sorta was guessed before we got any sort of information. Sure seeing the artbook, your predictions and what we got in the end might differ quite a lot but everything was part of the fun, wasn't it?
What we got is quite enjoyable and can stand on it's own based on it's merrit, even though as a new fan i don't like the turn it could go to with the implications of the executors but for that i will wait until your ideas what the executors could be.
Certainly what i expected or hoped for wasn't what i got but i enjoyed the game non the less and was very impressed on how some of the companions grew on me, not as much as i would have liked but that is a common thread that follows all dragon age games, also mass effect. Sometimes you just don't vibe with some of the companions.
But for me Harding and Emmerich were really enjoyable as companions and romance options.
With the departure of several writers there is some uncertainty for me in how we will progress in the future storylines but for now i will look forward to Mass Effect 5 knowing that bioware did not die with this release, dragon age, like kala mentioned just reinvents itself everytime.
I suspect, your predictions would've been closer to the actual game, had this game come out earlier.
I hope that they include Ser Aaron in a DLC or (sigh) the next game. While Varric can never be replaced, I can see Ser Aaron being a similar mentor type character. I really liked him. It would be amazingggg to have Trespasser-style DLC that allows us to have one more goodbye with our companions, meet a few newly-introduced characters, include tinting, and set up the mystery of the Executors for the next game. If only!!
Bioware has already stated there will be no DLC for Veilguard.
You haven't read Dark Fortress, have you?
Oooh, I’m so close to finishing my first playthrough but as soon as I do I HAVE TO WATCH THIS!
Omg the Ellis tweets were so cringe and just ugghhh. Other than that great vid. You were right about the Antaam and Venatori as well.
This is perfect timing! I just finished the ending of the game like an hour ago! I'm still processing lol
Same, finished it 2 days ago, can't believe it
you mean like stealing Harding from Taash? yeah done that
Six years from now when Catie becomes a VTuber 😅
There is a kid on a Treviso balcony talking about Antaam rounding up mages, but mentions it couldn't possibly apply to him... nervous twitching! Not saying a match but a fun head canon nod.
Yay Executors!
Zevran just side-eyeing Rook's gang...
Love triangle goes boom!
My thoughts are mixed. I love all the new lore, how it confirmed a lot of our theories and posed new questions. I love the continued story, the new locations, new characters. I hate the combat. I hate only having two companions. I hate how Inquisition was nearly perfect and Veilguard failed me. I hate how they "put so much effort" into the companions and they still feel fake sometimes, some conversations don't fit or make sense. I was disappointed by the first romance i did (lucanis). I hate how it felt like we moved forward with gameplay in Inquisition and backwards in Veilguard. 10 years later and there are scenes in Inquisition I've seen like 100 times and I STILL cry. Nothing in my first playthrough of Veilguard made me feel that way until the very end, the last bit of my romance and how i handled Solas (with a romanced Inquisitor). I hate how basically this was a soft reboot of the series. I feel like the first time i played Dragon Age 2 after Origins...everything is so linear and boring. It feels like my choices don't matter as much. I wanted to feel the way i did playing Inquisition, i wanted this game to make me laugh, cry, and feel alive like Inquisition....it failed.
No, it didn’t confirm our theories. The new writers outright stole those theories and used them as their own
Ghil Dirthalen making herself out to be old and decrepit at the beginning of the video, lol
Also Fenris 😩what should have been.
I WISH we had gotten the red suit, that would've been merciful
To be fair, it's not your fault that you can't track bioware's plot jumps between games. They truly cannot commit to an idea for more than one game
Yissss Executors video coming up!
7:57 I’m a vowel believer I’m sad they didn’t stick with that 😂
Lmao no I did not like the Inquisitor's outfit
Hey Ghil! How long will your code for EA app stay active? I got DAV for PS5, but I'm planning to purchase it for PC as well after Christmas and I'd consider doing so through the EA app if cc codes are still active.
It's pretty crazy that you got a lot of stuff pretty right
It looks better than the Beige
Is it just me, or did the Inquisition vibe seem to be more that the very environment of a world without the veil would be hostile to the non-eleven races rather than it just being about a ton of demons showing up without the veil? Did I misread that vibe?
I genuinely believed Mae was going to play a big part in Veilguard 😅
Maybe if the game were set on Seheron.
Side note: I need a DA game set in Seheron someday.
Ghil, do you think the laws of magic are changed with what was revealed in Veilguard?
my inquisitor romanced dorian so I just headcanon that he gave the inquisitor that outfit as a joke and my inky just kept on wearing it because
I was right about the titans and that the evanuris did it and the blight, just not who did it
How about a prediction video of DLC for Veilguard?
The devs said there won't be any DLC
@@lilithrose8048 the game flopped. So it wont get anything.
@@attilamarics3374 How is it a flop?
@@Will-sb4hf It sold bad according to most people, and even the player counts are low as hell.
I dont think it have anything to do with Flop, they said it wouldnt have a dlc since the game released. Bg3 also dont have a dlc and it didnt flop
26:18 well technically hawk were actually mentioned by Varric in an off hand comment at some point between missions if you check up on him in his room
Good guesses
😂 as soon as the video you started the video
Past katie: WELCOME WELCOME PATRONS!!!
me: 😢 my ears... MY EAAAARS!! *bleeding*
Neve is my boo 🖤
Seems like Seheron got cut... but maybe something for a sequel.
Yeah. The Qun stuffs definitely got cut. Saarbrak was deep into the DAV concepts and even VaV portrayed how life is like in Par Vollen.
26:16 Hawke 😢
I think the mic sounds worse through re-recording than the original 😂
do you have a bluesky account i can follow ?
Yes! Username is just ghildirthalen :)
@@GhilDirthalen thank you
2:20 You don't need to worry about a predictions video for Dragon Age 5. I cannot imagine Bioware surviving this.
You don't need to worry about what a dragon age lore channel is going to do for future videos on her channel. 👍
I'm actually really upset we got new factions instead of established ones like the Fog Warriors.
Taash did betray us ( with terrible dialogue).
He said in didn’t play the game
@@ducky36Fwhat??
I certainly didn't predict that the game would be worse than DA2 with a decade of development time.
Thanks for a boring comment on a fun video
It's a fantastic game, I dunno what game you were expecting but it was pretty damn great to me
@@valridagandid you hate the other dragon age games ?
It had less than that the game was rebooted twice if I remember right. Sorry you didn't like the game. Hopefully you find something out there you do enjoy.
Development hell of 10 years is no better.
2018 Ghil used to be more serious and less loud. Miss that. The constant laughing and screaming hurts my ears.
Oh? I like this better. Makes her video more fun. She wasn't reading lore videos here.
Agree
Feel free to move on then
I'm honestly quite upset with da4. I just feel lied to, and it's just not a dragon age game and I'm really so baffled. idek what else to say about it.
lied to in what way? Lore wise like 99.9% of it has been appropriately setup for over a decade.
@warmybear0451 lied to that this was a dragon age rpg. It just wasn't a good game. It was a great group therapy simulator with dragon age themes, but the plot and dialogue were so poorly written, paced and staged throughout the game. It's so painfully tone deaf throughout and I just got shoe horned into being this chipper, smug group counselor.
@warmybear0451 The only way we found out about no worldstates carrying over was because of a leak. They were intentionally withholding that information.
Then they justified it by saying they did not want to ruin our past choices and create new ones, but in the process destroyed Southern Thedas essentially and Morrigan is a vessel regardless, along with the ending implication that past events were manipulated by a greater force.
So yeah, they were dishonest and lied up to release.
It's a Dragon Age game however many times the salty dorks want to arrogantly proclaim it isn't. You don't decide if this game is a Dragon Age game or not. Only Bioware does.
@@mandu6665 I think it says more about this game, that the only people who jump to its defense are those who resort to insults and name calling as their only defense, which is hilarious because when it comes to rational thought and critical thinking, insulting your opposition is a clear sign that you are not intelligent enough to be discussing the topic, and invalidates any argument you might make.
And for you or anyone else who reads this comment and think that I am some salty incel who's stance holds no water or worth considering, I am not salty, I am genuinely sad and disheartened by this game. This game had so much potential, and while I do not think that everything about it is bad, I think the majority of the community agrees that this was not a dragon age game, by the standards previously set by its predecessors. This game was a flashy high production cash grab by EA, and could only have been made for some small minority of people to enjoy, because the writing and pacing was so bad that it was clear that it was not made for the true fans who cherish these characters and stories
Through the Looking Glass: Merrill’s Legacy and Bellara’s Shadow • Dragon Age
This is the video i expected from YOU. Instead, i have to find this in a raging, weirdo, W40K fans channel. Shame.