While Dragon Age: The Veilguard has been well received overall, fans of the series admit that the latest installment misses a few aspects that the series is known for. Apart from the inter-personal relationships feeling a bit awkward, even the romances are pretty dry. It seems BioWare focussed a bit too much on the new gameplay approach and not enough on what the fans love about the series.
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A lot of players have also complained about not being able to talk to companions whenever Rook wants to, and instead have to wait for a notification to pop up. One of the latest issues that has been brought up has to do with Lucanis. While presented as a badass assassin in the promotional material, the Crow comes off very differently in the game itself.
Spoilers for Dragon Age: The Veilguard ahead.
He’s Just A Silly Little Possessed Assassin
After rescuing Lucanis in the Sea of Blood quest, which BioWare says most players found pretty difficult, Lucanis is available to tag along whenever you need him to. However, it seems he’s not quite the cutthroat assassin we thought he was. Players have been pointing out that he’s generally very nice, and needs to get a little cup of coffee when he’s stressed.
When he’s not being a stereotype, his inner demon takes over and just throws temper tantrums for no reason. You’d think the best assassin the Antivan Crows ever had would be a lot cooler than this guy. In the trailer, we saw him ruthlessly snapping someone’s neck, but as Glamonster pointed out on Reddit, he seems to come off as a bit silly in the final game.
“He is meant to be possessed by SPITE, and yet he is still nicer than most people before they’ve had their morning coffee,” said one comment on Reddit. “I expected to see a lot more appearances by Spite, and also get a range of cruel interactions and advice from him. As an assassin, did he just cuddle his targets to death or something? The assassin questline was like decaf.”
Some other comments also commented on how easily he let his cousin go, the one who was responsible for his imprisonment and betrayed his entire clan. Fans were hoping that Lucanis would be the nuclear option among the party, with any advice given by him revolving around murdering someone. However, it seems we instead got someone who needs his emotional support coffee whenever things go sideways.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the long-awaited fourth game in the fantasy RPG series from BioWare formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. A direct sequel to Inquisition, it focuses on red lyrium and Solas, the aforementioned Dread Wolf.