The Veilguard had a lot to live up to. Its predecessor, Dragon Age: Inquisition, launched in 2014 and left the series on a devastating cliffhanger, a cliffhanger that went unresolved as developer BioWare went through 10 years of development hell and internal reboots,

Bioware has deployed numerous fixes in its latest Patch 3 notes for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, including quality-of-life adjustments and bug extermination.

Since the beginning, the Dragon Age series has been stories about making hard choices. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is no exception, and one of the first choices has to do with the mayor of D'Meta's Crossing, who gave up his town to the blight.