So I finally platinumed Dragon Age Veilguard and am about 2/3rds of the way through my second playthrough to see if there are any substantive differences if you make the other choice in chapter six (the answer seems to generally be not really) and my thoughts tend to boil down to:
It feels like they either forgot 15 years of lore explored in the previous three games or are just wiping out everything prior so they can take the series in a new direction without any baggage (see also my note about there being no substantive differences in the playthrough despite a fairly consequential choice in chapter 6 BEFORE YOU EVEN RECRUIT THE ENTIRE PARTY and the way that the background you pick really plays out for flavor text but, again, not really much substantial)
I liked all the characters but Emmrich was a special delight, if only because he was such a stereotypical example of what laypeople think academics are like but that one review I read that said it was like a "party full of Wylls without the Mizora plot twist" was so fucking right
The choice you have to make in chapter, er, 10? 11? The OTHER big choice sucks rocks both because I like the characters but also because neither makes sense lore-wise
I really want some lore drop on the other Evanuris now, especially Dirthamin and Falon Din, given the whole Mythal thing...
...I also am happy to see that Emmrich/Rook is popular on AO3, not surprised to see that Lucanis/Rook seems to be the most popular pairing, and saddened to see there's only 8 Felassan/Solas fics (THE FUCKING NOTES ALL OVER THE FADE GDI) and there appears to be exactly 0, yes ZERO, friends with benefits Warden Rook/Antoine/Evka fics. This is a fucking disaster folks.