Summary
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard has an 84 critic rating and mostly positive player reviews on Steam.
- Negative user reviews on Metacritic criticize the game's LGBTQ representation.
- Review bombing efforts have dropped the game to a 3.3 user rating.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is being review bombed by angry gamers on review aggregate site Metacritic. Dragon Age: The Veilguard launched a whopping 10 years after Dragon Age: Inquisition hit store shelves, and has so far earned mostly positive reviews from critics. While it hasn't earned the same kind of acclaim as Dragon Age: Origins and Inquisition, The Veilguard reviews have put it ahead of the divisive Dragon Age 2.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard reviews have landed the game an 84 overall critic rating, making it one of the better-received new releases of the year. Many fans seem to be happy with the game as well. Dragon Age: The Veilguard has 7,532 user reviews on Steam at the time of this writing, earning it a "Mostly Positive" overall rating, and it has also enjoyed over 77,000 concurrent players on the platform at its peak.
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While Dragon Age: The Veilguard has enjoyed a mostly positive reception so far, there are those who genuinely don't like the game. There are also others who likely haven't even played it, yet have decided to review bomb Dragon Age: The Veilguard anyway. Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Metacritic page has been flooded with negative user reviews, dropping it to a 3.3 overall rating with over 1,700 negative reviews so far and counting. Many of the 0/10 reviews criticize the game over its so-called "Pixar graphics" and "woke" dialogue.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Has a 3.3 User Rating on Metacritic
The Veilguard review bombing efforts seem to primarily revolve around perceptions of the game as "woke." Dragon Age: The Veilguard features LGBTQ characters, and one scene in the game shows how characters react when someone is misgendered. Because of these elements, various negative reviews accuse the game of pushing a "political agenda," with some going as far as to accuse BioWare of "ruining Dragon Age."
Now, it's highly likely that many of the negative user reviews come from people who did not even bother to play Dragon Age: The Veilguard before issuing their score. There are also those who left negative reviews that did play the game and didn't like it for whatever reason, whether that be Veilguard's combat changes or that they didn't care for the game's story. On the flip side of that, there may also be people leaving 10/10 scores that didn't play the game either. There's really no reliable way to differentiate between who has played the game and who hasn't, and so fans will have to keep that in mind when taking user reviews into consideration.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 80 /100 Critics Rec: 71%
- Released
- October 31, 2024
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ // Blood, Nudity, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- BioWare
- Publisher(s)
- Electronic Arts
WHERE TO PLAY
Enter the world of Thedas, a vibrant land of rugged wilderness, treacherous labyrinths, and glittering cities – steeped in conflict and secret magics. Now, a pair of corrupt ancient gods have broken free from centuries of darkness and are hellbent on destroying the world.
Thedas needs someone they can count on. Rise as Rook, Dragon Age’s newest hero. Be who you want to be and play how you want to play as you fight to stop the gods from blighting the world. But you can’t do this alone – the odds are stacked against you. Lead a team of seven companions, each with their own rich story to discover and shape, and together you will become The Veilguard.
- Engine
- Frostbite
- Franchise
- Dragon Age
- PC Release Date
- October 31, 2024
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- October 31, 2024
- PS5 Release Date
- October 31, 2024
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X
- Genre(s)
- RPG
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
