The Veilguard turns a lot of common franchise elements on its head, but the way it keeps one franchise tradition alive is quite funny.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard has restored a surprising feature to the games that hasn't been seen since the very first entry in the series. The Hardened condition is a unique and permanent status applied to characters that can lead to several changes.

The Veilguard has been out on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, and the new RPG has divided the Internet. To this end, a metric ton of criticisms have been lodged against the new BioWare game. The primary criticism is the game’s writing.