This game causes me physical pain

I finished it two weeks ago.

It makes me really happy to see that people have enjoyed this game, even though I found it frustrating. It's always a beautiful thing to resonate strongly with a story, and so I'm envious of Veilguard's fans.

My issues with the game have been rehashed by many players in this sub, so I'm trying really hard to not vent TOO much. But... well... shit.

Apart from the lackluster romances (I WAITED TEN YEARS FOR A HANDFUL OF RUSHED SCENES WITH HARDING WHAT THE FU--), the one-diminsional antagonists (except for The Butcher. That man is 10/10), and the deceitful combat (as soon as I realised the companions couldn't actually take damage or die, I also noticed that they're practically invisible to enemies during combat. 'They're hitting us from range--' What do you mean US?), my biggest issue with the game is that, from the plot, to the characters, to the dialogue, to the entirety of this version of Thedas:

What you see is what you get.

That is to say that there's practically no subtext or mystery in this game. There's nothing to unravel about the characters that they won't just tell you, nothing to discover about the world that fundamentally affects Rook's/the player's choices, no moral/ethical quandries in a storyworld loved for it's inherent moral/ethical dilemmas. The Bad guys are just bad guys. The good guys are unequivocally, irrevocably nice (and your companions lack real agency -- it would've been nice to see them make their own decisions, particularly at the end of their arcs, based off their relationship with Rook and the events of the story. Why am I choosing Taash's culture for them when their whole arc is about accepting and embracing their own identity? Why am I telling Emmrich whether or not he should let his defacto son die when his arc is about coming to terms with mortality? Why, why, WHY?)

Rook is a potato.

The game is infested with the illusion of choice.

That's not my Inquisitor.

I want to see Solas's agents.

'Hardened' means nothing if you're not playing Orgins (pun-fucking-intended).

But at least I took some cool photos.