I’ve been following the marketing in Dragon Age kinda closely, because I’m really itching for a great crpg franchise, and I’m hoping the game is good. However, there are so many red flags surrounding this game, and it’s not looking great. Some of these have been discussed to death, but some have barely been mentioned.

• According to BioWare, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the first entry in the series where ‘the combat’s actually fun’
  • Edit:This was not said by BioWare, this was said by Mark Darrah who is formerly of Bioware and now only works as a consultant on the series.

The current team at BioWare is putting down the old games to market their new game. This is unprofessional, and honestly tone deaf. People have concerns over the gameplay being limited compared to the old games, and the devs’ response is to say the earlier games had boring combat.

• The lead director of the game has no prior experience with rpgs. Her previous role …