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Critical Reception: The Divide and the Backlash
The critical response to Dragon Age: The Veil Guard has been everything from lukewarm to outright scathing. Notably, IGN initially awarded the game a near-perfect score of 9 out of 10, praising it as an exceptional RPG experience. However, just two weeks later, IGN’s own editors seemed to backtrack, publishing articles criticizing the game’s incoherence, conflicting narrative threads, and poor dialogue choices.
One reviewer's reflection captured the overall sentiment: the game feels "at war with itself," caught between the demands of a sequel and a reset for the franchise. Players quickly pointed out the bizarre, cringe-worthy dialogue clips that went viral on social media, further tarnishing the game's reputation.