Dragon Age's former lead writer has many, mostly positive thoughts on Veilguard's romance options, story and environments

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Former Dragon Age lead writer and Summerfall Games co-founder David Gaider has strung together some opinions on Xitter - the original spawning ground for all opinions - about the full reveal video for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, expressing broad enthusiasm for the new RPG’s narrative tone, combat system and environments, while offering a more ambivalent analysis of BioWare's decision to let players seduce every last member of their party.

Those Xeets came through yesterday. Since then, in the wake of a bunch of articles recapping his thoughts, Gaider has chucklesomely added that “I should shut up about Dragon Age for a while” and that “I have other things to do than to provide fodder for news articles that like to talk about what "former Dragon Age lead writer" tweets, after all”. Ooft!

I’ve seen this kind of jovial bait-and-switch before, when an industry luminary serves up some insight on social media, waits for the internet’s news mosquitos to swarm the jar, then slams down the lid and traps those foolish insects of journalism in an atmosphere of mild professional embarrassment and self-loathing. Well, I didn’t make it into your dang jar yesterday, David. I was off buzzing around Monster Hunter at the time. So here I am fluttering at the glass, trying to rejoin my brethren. Let me in, David! I also wish to batten on the sweet nectar of your comparisons with Dragon Age 2!

Here’s Gaider’s initial thread on the full reveal gameplay footage - not to be confused with the much clowned-on story trailer, which is one wisecrack away from having Chris Pratt abseil through the ceiling in a tuxedo. "Overall, I'd say this made for a better introduction than the reveal trailer," Gaider begins. "We see some story, and tone-wise it feels a lot darker and more DA. Like I said, trailers often need to be taken with a grain of salt, and my impression is that many fans are relieved. Which is great.

"I could pick on a few things," he adds. "The stylized characters will take some