Thank you, Rook. | DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD | Ep 42

[@macieg9537]

The scene with Mythal and Solas reminded me of Leliana and Divine Justinia's relationship, when Mythal releases Solas from her service it's the same moment as "The Left Hand should lay down her burden" in Inquisition. I think Solas was bound to Mythal not through magic but through their relationship (whatever nature) and their past, just like Leliana was to Divine Justinia. He didn't want to let her down even tho it was not what she wanted anymore.

[@jyntonic]

Thank you for this! When you laughed, I laughed. When you cried, I cried AGAIN. I replayed this game right after I finished it. ⭐️

[@noxasaurus_rex]

I'm right here crying with ya, I've seen the ending more than once but it always makes me tear up everytime

[@galaxysleeper]

Your entire journey through the series will always have a special place in my vhenan, so many tears and laughter along the way. I'm so excited for what future the series' holds, even though I'll miss the egg.

[@supergirlvideoclips894]

When you reacted to Morrigan romance, you were upset that Lavender couldn't go with Solas like Warden did with Morrigan in the Eluvian. Somehow Veilguard topped that for Solavellan reunion.

[@MegMage]

OMG 😭😭😭😭

[@dianadrozd175]

@@MegMage Writers said that because Lavellan went with Solas, the "fade prison" would become better with time, as they could basically shape their surroundings there and well they are in love. And since she's now physically in the fade she's most probably immortal.

[@Anima19925]

Not to be dramatic but watching your playthrough was healing for me, just to be able to see you enjoy it wholly for what it is. I really enjoyed the game too, thanks for sharing your experience with us ❤❤

[@TheDream6842]

Fun fact: in previous games' codex it was said that Elgar'nan and Mythal were the parents of Sylaise, Andruil, Dirthamen and Falondin.

[@tWoTter]

Have you seen fly cam footage/screenshots of Solas looking at Lavellan after the kiss? It’s incredible

[@theinspiredgamer1949]

And so another Dragon Age play through comes to an end. As if saving Solas wasn't gut-wrenching enough, they had to go and give us a reprise of "Lost Elf" from Trespasser... To this day, I don't think any Dragon Age song has topped that piece. On a slightly related note, though, the music that plays during the final phase of Elgar'nan's boss fight is actually a remix of "Not the Chosen One," AKA Rook's theme! So I that moment, it's OUR music that's playing. The secret ending definitely sets up the Executors as the next big threat. They were set up in Inquisition as "Those Across the Sea," and given the references to the "Devouring Storm" at the end of Taash's quest line, then I think we might finally get to learn more about the world beyond Thedas in Dragon Age 5, if that ever becomes a thing. And the line "The Veilguard remains vigilant" makes me think that Rook and the remaining Veilguard would play a more prominent role in the next game. This play through was an absolute joy to watch, and I loved laughing and crying along with you. I really hope you check out the other romances after this like you did for previous games, as there are some moments in those (particularly Harding's) that I think you'll enjoy a lot. Despite all the controversy around this game, I had so much fun with it and I'm glad you did, too, Meg!

[@RainBass69]

Fun fact: if you hadnt romanced peepaw him and sttife would have gotten together. Saw it on a friends playthrough; it was pretty cute.

[@MrMathy16]

If you have time, I’d recommend checking out some dialogue of Cole in Inquisition (especially Trespasser). There’s so much foreshadowing to everything that was revealed in Veilguard! Everything that sounded quite random and weird suddenly makes total sense. Mindblowing

[@PB-Trinity]

Seeing another player having an emotionnal breakdown in front of the Atonement Ending will never get old. The writing in this game might be more or less off in a certain number of areas (duh, considering how many writers came and went on this project) but the themes of loss, grief, regret and redemption were very well crafted.

[@RebelishGirl]

I love the ending so much, Inky and Solas FINALLY together 😭❤️

[@moonskull7299]

WHY YOU CRYING GIRL YOU GOT ME CRYING AAAHHHHH 😭😭😭. I love this man too much

[@empressvitamors8359]

Thank you for making this! I’ve loved reliving every second of Veilguard with you!💜

[@tiffanywithers9298]

Alix Wilton Reagan!! MY QUEEN

[@Haney944]

The last two hours were Veilguard`s redemption . Solas and Lavellan carried the whole thing on their shoulders ... hope the Fade physio treats them well!! :D

[@SBM-wl6mn]

I think Solas carried alot, because I chose the dagger ending and it was really good aswell. I actually think all the big story parts were really good (Ending, Weisshaupt, traviso/minrathous, Companion quest endings, etc)

[@sivanlevi3867]

I'm so glad you did this, Meg! Thank you for making this!

[@cidolfas86]

I am of the opinion that Veilguard was honestly a game that had it's reception written years before it was even released. No matter how "perfect" this game would have been in the general public's eye.... Yeah... I don't often take the side of publishers and big corporations, but Veilguard I feel is a great game getting trashed for simply existing :/

[@route77productions]

Not really, people were generally excited when Dragon Age: The Dreadwolf was revealed as it presented a darker tone. It was when people found out it was suppose to be a Live Service online game where excitement shifted to skepticism and worry. Then it got cancelled and revived as a Single Player game and reception was great again as people saw that EA learnt their lesson of not forcing BioWare to make live service games. Then the two people responsible for Dragon Age since the beginning left which had people worried and unfortunately for BioWare that reveal trailer did not do it any favors. All the reveal trailers perfectly show the tone of the game, from Origins to Inquisition. And when people saw the Hero Shooter like character introductions with a lighter tone in the writing, people were worried the tone would be like that. Despite people’s subjective opinions on it, positive or negative. Objectively the tone of that reveal trailer and the final game is not too far off.

[@cidolfas86]

@@route77productions Yes, really. But I am not here to change your mind.

[@route77productions]

@@cidolfas86Nor I. But this isn’t an opinion based fact. But you aren’t completely wrong. There’s proof of people reporting in the years of Dragon Age 4 coverage showing excitement even from those that ended up hating the game. So Years before? No. Objectively not. Months before as of that reveal trailer, yes. There were people that without a doubt made up their mind just based off that trailer. They wouldn’t play it or just simply hate it due to it not feeling like the previous three games and all due to that tone and the people who would play it and give it a chance, due to them liking that tone or were more open minded to it. Reviewers not included since it’s basically their job.

[@residual3638]

I'm a big Dragon Age fan and it has been so fun watching your play-through of the series! I had fun with this game but a bit after finishing it I overall felt pretty disappointed, which bummed me out lol. However, still really happy to see you and so many others connected with it and enjoyed it so much!

[@earendilthemariner5546]

Main playthrough i convinced solas to keep the veil up. Then i tricked him with the fake dagger once. Havent fought him. But the "solas chooses to keep veil up on his own" ending is great

[@LilithPectus-ob5ci]

Thank you for your reactions and playthrough, i was so mad at the game Awards too ^^ and it felt so good seeing someone else voice these frustrations with so much passion I Love all of the dragon age games and i have watched all of you three brave and positive you tubers, who played the game or in mapos case are still playing it Thank you so much for your journey !! :))

[@SharkSenpai42]

i was already getting emotional when i saw the mythal and solas scene, but when the cello version of the Trespasser music kicked in.... T E A R S, man. 😭😭😭😭i love this gd game

[@JohnZaun]

Its been hard catching up on every youtuber playing the game and doing my own playthroughs. But i have been checking in on people finishing it. And i too am very mad it didn’t get nominated for anything. Loved this game and Inquisition so much. And i wanna talk about it, but its hard to do so because people are...really negative. Loved seeing your reactions though and seen the ending at least four times now, and same.

[@its_leon8478]

Thank you for this playthrough and for being open enough to see the beauty of this game ! You are one of my fave lets players and I‘ve enjoyed your da videos the most since that‘s my favorite game and to see how deeply you connected with every story was awesome ! Thanks for being a light in this shitstorm of grifters ! Here‘s hoping we won‘t have to have another 10 years for a new da game ! 🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@foxfire7]

Caleb was objectively funny, I don't know what you're talking about here Meg XD

[@tylerboyce4081]

Okay, as a longtime Solas hater, I want to confess: I was so very, very wrong. THIS is the canon ending for The Veilguard. 👏🏼

[@Mascifin]

The word "slay" exists. Here are two thousand examples.

[@BradTheAmerican]

That secret ending doesn't sit right with me at all. Spoilers below: I thought this game was already tying way too many things to the ancient elves, and now it's saying that the previous 3 games were orchestrated by the Executors. Every major event is directly connected for seemingly contrived reasons and the universe feels inherently smaller and less interesting to me as a result. Why I don't like that Loghain was somehow influenced by a shadowy organization from across the sea is because it undermines his own characterization and agency. Ferelden was occupied by Orlesians for 100 years before he helped push them out; he didn't need anyone to trick him into being paranoid about them or feeling betrayed by a naive king who'd let them back into the country to possibly do it all over again. Loghain's misguided yet well-contextualized fear was his own undoing and I thought that made him more interesting and nuanced than any of the future main villains we've had who are just mustache-twirling cartoon villains with fancy voice filters. In DA2, a greedy Bartrand got corrupted by a magic artifact and sold it to the wrong woman, but now I guess random guys across the sea somehow orchestrated a convoluted series of events to corrupt Bartrand as a means to sow chaos in Kirkwall when surely there are easier ways to do that. In DAI, Solas mistakenly believed that Cory would die unlocking his orb, but now I guess the Executors puppeted Cory and Flemeth or something and even had a hand in causing the Breach.

[@ookami-chan3328]

Told you there's gonna be way more crying...

[@sofiirenart7511]

Cried with you, we got the exact same ending. Cried like a baby. This ending DESTROYED me! I LOVED it!

[@gvirusqueen3559]

I wasn’t a fan of this game personally, however, the finale was the highlight in my opinion.

[@bbjunecake569]

This was such a beautiful game I cant wait for the next one. Truly a one of a kind experience.

[@smmm8978]

Thanks Meg ❤

[@FleursEnEclats]

Thanks again for all your video's! Your journey through all of thoses dragon age games

[@フェリーザ]

i crying watching videogame walktrough 😢😭

[@dileyb6336]

You need to do a gay romance next. Maybe Neve.

[@route77productions]

I liked Neve, thought her personal quest was not that good but I liked her character.

[@ch33les99]

Meg the Daredevil Born Again trailer just came out you should probably just mute all your social media feeds from now until March lol

[@FleursEnEclats]

it was such a beautifull end of stream , after all the hate we got online

[@luisfer071]

NICE reaction, i personally really love the game, it is not perfect but a good game, maybe i am simply to lenient, if i like something i can enjoy the games, the same happened with DRAGON AGE 2 and MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA, I enjoy them, not perfect but have fun with them, and that is why I play games

[@CanadianMoose272]

Notice how the Executors' models look a lot like Vorgoth, and in-game they said nobody knows what Vorgoth actually is. Just sayin'.

[@misami213]

your nose so red after crying😅 but yeah its worth it.

[@janaihamilton1895]

1:33:48 1:36:18 1:40:12 1:44:55

[@mastergrit9557]

❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@BamBam-3886]

React to the other endings

[@korki3581]

I LOVED Veilguard! But I have to admit the dialogue is sometimes... ugh. Not well written.

[@alexanderyuri796]

This end put me KO 😭😭😭so proud of her 🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@SBM-wl6mn]

1:34:22

[@trustnoone5821]

I was really not happy with what they did with solas and inquisitor it was just not enough at all they felt like different characters to me and my inky felt absolutely unimportant in the game the reunion was also kinda meh if u consider how long people have been waiting for that still I enjoyed this game

[@BamBam-3886]

Nobody ever said the game was bad, its a good game yes... but when it comes to long-term storytelling (the whereabouts of The Hero of Ferelden, the whereabouts of Hawke, the state of Ferelden/Orlais, does Keiran even exist, why didn't other characters come back like: Iron Bull, Merrill, Fenris, Sandal etc) it messes the whole DA universe. The "secret" ending basically means the idea we're gonna get a DA 5 but I think everyone strongly believes that we're never gonna get a DA 5 game. Regardless of the games success or unsuccess, after all the trouble, ups and downs the game went through the last 10 years, I think some predicted this would be the last DA game

[@LordMuzhy]

Gay

[@MakingSomeTea]

So proud for you that you have the confidence to come out like this ♥️

[@drewellis95]

My Rook killed Solas (I never romanced him, so I did not have that connection except the friendship). Once he saw what Solas did, his eyes set on killing him. I am glad I completed the game put over 100 hours in. The game is not bad at all; there have been worse; it's just not for me and I would not go back to it. It felt grindy to me at points. I always smile hearing Solas theme, though that's a banger I love it🤣

[@Chichiue]

He doesn't die in any of the endings, or else the veil would come down... which was the thing everyone was trying to avoid. You just fought him lol

[@MrEvilside]

Nah, true ending is punching Solas again :)

[@nerdalicos]

no ❤️

[@nightfrost1891]

bioware's poll says otherwise overwhelming amount of people chose redemption, like 70% if i'm remembering right (i do know it was the most popular option)

[@ciri9142]

No😡

[@jimilesaint1868]

Solas deserves no redemption or anything close to it. I ended up using the trick him ending. I am glad my inquisitor saw through him the first time.

[@nightfrost1891]

even if you don't like him, him actually acknowledging his faults and binding himself is better than forcing him i mean that goes for everyone right? so i don't get this take and tricking him makes literally no sense, it's his own dagger.. he would know out of all options it makes the least amount of sense

[@jimilesaint1868]

@nightfrost1891 He isn't trustworthy at all. Him acknowledging faults is all he ever does, and uses that as an excuse. He deserves no companionship in there either. It's jail for a reason. I do agree, that why wouldn't he see past his own dagger and almost looks at it like he knows it's not his.

[@NibiNibi]

Yeah, well, that's just like, your opinion, man

[@BadgerPride89]

@@nightfrost1891 in the scene, solas is so high on his own supply that he legit doesn't check (ya know, just like all his other plans failed because of some failure of imagination on his part). like the orb situation alone should tell you that this makes sense as an ending for him (as do all the others).

[@luctardin]

I don't believe Solas deserves any redemption and even though I had the redemption option during the final choice, I still chose to fight him and punch him into the fade. He goes "I am a god and you're just a mortal", and yeah, that's who he is. But I will grant you that the part in the redemption ending where Mythal goes "I release you from my service" is very moving. Again, he's a well written character, and there is depth either way. Loved to see your perspective on things.

[@gvirusqueen3559]

I guess they had him say that in that ending to show how far he’d fallen. It still felt a little OOC to me.

[@gamingwithgav161]

Thank you for this Playthrough Meg my Canon Ending with my Elf Female mage Rook i didn't get the choice to use Mythal to convince Solas to stop i only found 4 out of 5 wolf statutes i only got Trick Solas with Fake Dagger or Fight Solas since solas betrayed my Male Quanari Inquisitior and killed Varric he was unredeemable also in the fade Varric said instead i had to fight solas not what you had crazy 😂 tricking him at his own game seemed like a fitting end for the traitor egg after all hes done calling himself a fool was satisfying you should 100% react to all the endings to VeilGuard even the worst ending i love VeilGuard this game was great the hate for it is ridiculous we all laughed and cried together Meg 🤝🫂

[@nightfrost1891]

trick makes no sense to me, it's his own dagger he would know the difference idk how you could finish with not all the statues bc you'd at least want to finish the paintings/lore drops