Video Game Thoughts

Taking place ten years after the events of Inquisition, The Veilguard will likely go down as the most controversial game in the Dragon Age franchise, if not the last. When production began in 2015, the game was originally a live-service game, because EA. After the success of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order in 2019, the game was re-envisioned as a single player experience. After lengthy delays and changes to staff, the game was first announced as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf in 2022, be

Originally conceived as the follow-up to Origins, the team sought to correct many of the perceived wrongs of both the franchise and of Bioware as a whole. Where the team felt that their games had been getting smaller, Inquisition sets out to have huge, sprawling open areas. And where Dragon Age II and Mass Effect 3 saw a minimization of player choice and agency, Inquisition uses choice as one of its primary tent poles for the experience. The team set out to create a game that

Development on this game began in 2017. Billed as a "reverse horror" game, the player takes on the role of an amorphous blob that escapes from containment in a government facility and proceeds to wreak havoc as you try to escape. The gameplay is similar to a typical Metroidvania, with a bigger emphasis on puzzle solving than combat. In keeping with the theme, combat can barely be called that, as you either completely obliterate the people in your way, or use the environment a

The first official game that I started and completed in 2025 is both a sequel to a previous game I've covered, as well as a game that I have played through multiple times. I swear this is not going to be a running trend, though you can probably guess a future entry or two by now. After the unexpected success of Dragon Age: Origins, EA, true to form, gave the team at Bioware 16 months to produce a sequel. This obviously led to a lot of crunch time, which, much like the candy b

It seems only fitting that the last game I played in 2024 would also be among the first I played of the year. After putting well over 80 hours into it upon release, the game called to me, like a Siren on the rocks, begging me to play it once again. In this case, I was all too happy to oblige. Originally conceived in 2014, Unicorn Overlord was intended to emulate the classical tactical RPG's of the 90s without drawing inspiration from any one of them specifically. In doing so

To start the year, there were two games that I began playing in 2024 and finished in 2025, with Dragon Age: Origins being the first of the two. Neither of these games were new to me, as I had already played them before, thus they do not count toward my grand total of 52 games. Since I did finish them both in 2025 and have thoughts pertaining to them, I thought I may as well include them. Consider these bonus entries. Dragon Age: Origins began development at Bioware in 2002 a