"I Suppose This Isn't Terrible..."

Moreover, even with each region having its own sound, there's enough consistency between tracks that I never lose sight of the fact that im still in the same worldscape. I feel like that's what gets lost in Veilguard. The music is often more interesting or fun than it is emotive and moving, and we're supposed to be facing gods at the end of the world. The feeling doesnt line up with the circumstance. Its not unpleasant music by any means. Its just not music that tells a story to match the one my eyes are seeing. Like why does the fight with Elger'nan sound like it belongs in ME:A?

And thats my complaint for most of Veilguard. There are parts that could be so good and interesting on their own (some of them), but they feel cobbled together and not like they're all part of the same creature. It does make me a little sad.

I think thats what I miss the most in Veilguard. All the other games have been about a hero, and you can feel that. This game tries to be too much: its a game about a hero, but also mostly about their team which means the hero is really only a zoo keeper for them, but also its about an anti-hero which means that the hero's decisions are actually only a flavor laid overtop the anti-hero's actions, and all of these plots were created in their own vacuums with tin can telephones to connect them.

Veilguard also has a lot of weird silent moments because the music just isn’t long enough or it doesn’t loop?