**spoilers**55hrs//110hrs edit* purchased and played Review. For those of us that started with Origins, The Veilguard will feel like the ending we should have had with Inquisition. The enemy tracking was great and the combat was on par as well. The choices of hair styles was absolutely fabulous!. While we finally got to see spectacular Dread Wolf action and the amazing graphics on PS5, some choices were hard to bear. The "i see dead people moment" really surprised me and yet another beloved character is gone.
Having to kill off an invested leveled companion, fast forwarding through forced diversity lectures and lack of player character outfit color style was a bummer. My toon put his hands on his hips in stupid super hero pose at every friggin convo. The companions rooms filled with style and belongings while "the boss" quarters remained sparse and minimally changeable. Super lack of character drops and every weapon my MAGE got was a dagger. Just like Mass Effect, they gave us minimal satisfaction for YEARS of invested time. Ending is fail or success. The special edition we get is appearance only! not actual armor and stuff in a chest like Inquisition starts.
I've never played a game i finished once with no desire to load it up again.
EDIT: 11/15 After learning online about the ending unlock and a missed world state edit, i played through again with my Inquisitor that Solas loved. i will revise my stars having now gotten the ending i wish i had 10+ years ago for my Inquisitor. Could have deducted a star for making me wait this long but i won't