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mythalism · 6 hours ago

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hmmm. thinking about how veilguard seems to subscribe more to the more traditional "video game as personal power fulfillment fantasy of heroism" than any other dragon age game, except perhaps origins, though origins does it more artfully.

#da2 certainly is not a power fulfillment fantasy #and inquisition seems like it could be on the surface #but under that surface is the horror of how power corrupts #and rots you from the inside and steals everything from you even yourself #maybe thats not true for a trevelyan #but inquisition at least has the opportunity to be played as either #depending on how the world treats your character as someone they are comfortable with having power #or not #which is a commentary in itself #origins idk #it has never stuck with me the way the other 2 games did so someone else will have to do that analysis #but veilguard is sooooooo hero fantasy fulfillment in comparison #you win in the end #nothing bad ever really happens to you at all #you tell everyone what to do and they listen and love you for it #no one blames you for anything ever #you are always right #you save the day!#compare that to leandra telling hawke their baby brother/sisters gruesome death is their fault #like JHERGJKHERGKJHREG #anyway its not necessarily a bad thing #but its a very... traditional #video game narrative path #that i dont think most of us were expecting or interested in #from a franchise who has deconstructed such things in the past #veilguard critical #mine

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