#i knew he'd be tailored to my tastes from the trailers but lol they really got me with that one huh. crazy.

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more spoilers behind the cut, i met my future husband

lucanis: rolls up to the scene actively murdering venatori with cool wings and a sexy accent

me: god im so predictable. these motherfuckers know EXACTLY how to get me. what the fuck.

it's like they designed a character specifically for me to romance lmao. like. they knew my zevran-fenris-dorian loving ass would be IMMEDIATELY behind this grumpy, deep-voiced assassin man if he showed up killing people

i kind of like spite lol. very curious to see where that storyline goes.

harding: hears voices and says stuff she doesn't remember saying

me: YOURE IN DANGER GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

very cool to see more of the crows but WHERE is my BOY (zevran) :(((((((

getting evil vibes off of lucanis' cousin??? maybe im just too used to twists of nice guys turning out to be evil lol

SOLAS WITH HAIR????

crossroads is very cool!!!!! i like that this world still feels expansive but it's organized in such a way that i'm not getting the anxious vibes i sometimes got with dai.

still hate the combat lol. i keep running out of mana in like two seconds. i keep running out of potions. let me have more than three potions at a time pleaseeeeee. (i think the crow one lets you do this? man i shouldve been a crow as was my initial instinct.)

i changed my boys hair and gave him freckles and now i'd die for him. finally tweaked his appearance enough im totally happy with him. gonna give this tiny blonde twink everything he wants.

getting real vibes of foil narratives w/rook and solas. not sure how i feel about that yet tbh.

love the idea of rook as this wildcard. very hawke vibes.

neve is so hot. i won't romance her with this rook but she's definitely like. next. maybe after davrin.

honestly theyre all hot. what the fuck.

i dont really like that you cant like search for objects around you? i hate having to pay close attention to my surroundings to make sure i get everything... i liked dai's way of searching nearby for things even if it got annoying when it highlighted ladders and shit.

very cool fade lore.

i'm so ready to meet my other companions!!!!

also kind of enjoying the combo moves you can do with your companions? it DOES make them feel more integrated into the gameplay without having to do multiplayer.

harding's new powers are so cool... but once again SHE'S DEFINITELY IN DANGER.

also i AM playing veilguard and i made a wee pocket sized lad of a man for my first rook and i love him and his boyband hair. spoilers & reactions below the cut.

my first rook is a lord of fortune mage w/the plan to romance lucanis. he's very snarky and i love him.

i'm glad they made the call to go back to the like. da2 style of dialogue.

me so far every time rook talks to solas: get his ass!!!!!!

that said, i feel like they're making solas like rook too quick. what the fuck. it took my inquisitor like YEARS to build a rapport with this motherfucker.

i hate the combat lol. maybe i'll enjoy it more when i get used to it but there's too many moving pieces to keep track of for me. my favorite combat is where i can just like mash one button and easily kill everything in my path, i don't want to be strategic and have to micromanage everything. also what is this three potions bullshit. even dai gave you 10. and i have to like find them in random pots????? what the fuck????

very fun to sprint and jump. makes me feel zoom.

why do the elves just accept that their gods are back and evil? like. it feels like they accept it WAY too quickly lol.

dialogue so far is uh. very cheesy. a lot of "we're all great so let's work together!" stuff that is like. fine. but cheesy.

i'd die for lace harding. she looks so cute in this game.

when solas stabbed varric i SCREAMED. i was like. do NOT kill my boy in the first fifteen minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm still only like a couple of hours in but varric was being suspiciously sick in the cutscenes so i have feeling he is going to die :((((

me: where is my BOYFRIEND (lucanis) and my FUTURE BOYFRIEND (davrin)

i love neve but i have a feeling we are going to butt heads a lot lol. i'm playing my rook as the reckless, confident type with a saving person thing that feels true to what we know about his backstory and he's already disagreed with neve several times. whoops.

i love the little marker showing me exactly where to go. hell yeah, hold my hand with this bullshit. kind of glad they dumped the open world of dai and got us back on rails.... tho that may change as i get further in the game???

when i say i spent HOURS in the character creator.... like i love it but it honestly felt like TOO much tbh. esp. when i had to do it for rook and then immediately again for my inquisitor too.

i ended up going lord of fortune background almost entirely bc i liked their casual look the best but i think i'll definitely try to play most of the backgrounds. they're so fun! i was THIS close to doing shadow dragons.

honestly minrathous is really cool???? all the locations so far have been great, love the lighthouse. (v. funny 2 me that we get all of these cool locations thanks to solas. man knows how to find a cool spot and name it i guess.)

the updated blight is VERY creepy. also those new darkspawn??? i gasped.

i do like that they're playing solas as this like. enemy who is begrudgingly allied due to worse enemies. but i'm so curious how they'll play it when the inquisitor gets involved. i'm doing my kai lavellan inky who DEFINITELY is going to try to stop solas at all costs... uh oh lol.

i know people were salty about not getting to integrate a lot of dai choices but tbh i'm fine with it. i'm more happy we got to include our inquisitor tbh.

morrigan showing up looking younger than she did in da:o.... um okay lol. also i kind of hate that she's considered an expert on elven history yet again. stop that.

im going to say again i hate the combat bc i really do hate it. praying it grows on me as i get more used to it bc otherwise i'm enjoying the game a lot.