Was the discourse around DA2 around 2012-2013 quite as negative as Veilguard discourse is now?
For the record as someone who discovered the series in 2023, fell in love with it, preordered Veilguard and spent over 200 hours in it, I think DA2 is better. Sure, Veilguard feels better to play since it's got the AAA budget and polish, but DA2 has the soul that Veilguard unfortunately doesn't. But surely this isn't how it was seen when it was still fresh.
I don't think that Veilguard will have the same redemption arc for obvious reasons, but I still wish discussions about it weren't like this. Despite everything I still like this game and I was gutted to see how poorly it was received and how badly it flopped.