Dragon Age: Veilguard Wins
Dragon Age: Veilguard is outpacing Crimson Desert in positive Steam reviews — an early win for BioWare's narrative comeback that fans are noticing in review metrics and community chatter. A major endgame choice centered on Solas was cut from the finished game for logistical reasons, according to writer Trick Weekes — the team says player agency remains core despite the removal. ( )
As of March 20, 2026, Dragon Age: The Veilguard had 43,741 Steam ratings with 29,998 marked positive (about 68.6%), while Crimson Desert had 18,526 ratings with 10,850 positive (about 58.6%). (tech4gamers.com ) (tech4gamers.com) Crimson Desert reached an all-time Steam peak of 239,045 concurrent players on March 19, 2026, the day of its launch, according to SteamDB. (steamdb.info ) (steamdb.info) Pearl Abyss’s share price fell roughly 29–30% on March 19, 2026 after early reviews and critic averages appeared, a market reaction reported by multiple outlets including Forbes and IGN. (forbes.com ign.com ) (forbes.com) Writer Trick Weekes told Kotaku the game originally included a final conversation in which Morrigan and the Inquisitor would ask the player “why” they chose their Solas ending, a scene Weekes said was cut because accounting for every protagonist background was a “logistical nightmare.” (kotaku.com ) (kotaku.com) Kotaku and other guides note the released game still offers three distinct ways to resolve Solas—fight him, outsmart/trick him, or redeem him via an optional quest—each producing different end-sequence variations. (kotaku.com ) (kotaku.com) Datamining and follow-up reporting recovered unused dialogue showing a larger, abandoned Inquisitor scene and other cut content, evidence that BioWare iterated on multiple endgame beats before finalizing the release. (thegamer.com ) (thegamer.com)
