If you've been settling into the first few hours of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, you might've responded in the same way I did—with a reflexive grimace every other line. Now that I've sunk close to 50 hours into the game, I'm here to tell you to keep going. The story does get better. Kinda.
I still think Dragon Age: The Veilguard misses the mark in a lot of ways, and the problems of its opening hours are still present in the rest of the game. But there are things to like here. Its characters sometimes have charming moments, it does have some interesting lore drops, and I have, at times, found myself genuinely endeared to its cast. I still think we're leagues below Dragon Age: Origins in character writing (and still measurably lower on the ladder than Inquisition), but there are bright spots.
