#but I never thought a game could resent its own lore/worldbuilding as much as veilguard does

[supernova2395]

Still formulating™ my thoughts on the matter, but the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced Rook is basically reflecting Mythal's place in the narrative.

She believed in the status quo and was willing to work within the corrupt system to keep peace whilst never acknowledging the issues with it simply because people 'could/will die', and those saying there's something fundamentally wrong are simply overreacting.

On the surface, it doesn't seem like a bad place to be. After all, people dying is not good, but without constructively engaging with the issues presented with the status quo, it comes from a place of deliberate ignorance.

Which would be fine if that was how you were choosing to play your Rook, but there is no other path presented to you. You can never ask for more information, nor can you interrogate anyone for answers.

And Veilguard isn't alone in this. I had a friend ask me what an alienage was yesterday because they never came up in DAI, but at least DAI tried. I just felt Veilguard was deliberately withholding information from you whilst also skittering around the topics, and it left such a bad taste in my mouth.