Latest Podcast: Episode 225 – February Already?!
Episode 225 – February Already?!
Podcast • Matt • February 13, 2025 6:28 am
Duration: 1:16:56 • Size: 70.44 MB

It’s February already??? We should probably get a podcast episode posted then shouldn’t we?

On this episode of the DBG podcast Matt and Lucas return after an extended break to discuss their favourite games from 2024, their most anticipated games for 2025, their reviews of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and LEGO Horizon Adventures, and give a bit of an update on what’s been going on for them lately. We hope you enjoy the show! Read more…

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard (PS5)
Reviewed on Episode 225
The Dragon Age universe returns after a decade with Veilguard, a more player-centric and approachable entry than its predecessors. However, BioWare has packed it with social commentary and side narratives that often feel like unnecessary distractions from the core experience. Fortunately, the gameplay is fun, boss fights are challenging, and the main story is engaging enough to maintain interest. Veilguard feels like a watered-down Dragon Age for a new age — one with a short attention span and that requires side-drama for no reason.
LEGO Horizon Adventures (PS5)
Reviewed on Episode 225
The combination of the LEGO video game formula we know and love, with the brilliant world and story of Horizon Zero Dawn should be a recipe for success. Unfortunately the potential of that concept isn't realised in Horizon Adventures. A lack of innovative gameplay ideas and a lacklustre "LEGO-fied" story leave a disappointingly repetitive and uninspired game which loses it's novelty pretty quickly.
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard (PS5)
Reviewed on Episode 225
The Dragon Age universe returns after a decade with Veilguard, a more player-centric and approachable entry than its predecessors. However, BioWare has packed it with social commentary and side narratives that often feel like unnecessary distractions from the core experience. Fortunately, the gameplay is fun, boss fights are challenging, and the main story is engaging enough to maintain interest. Veilguard feels like a watered-down Dragon Age for a new age — one with a short attention span and that requires side-drama for no reason.
LEGO Horizon Adventures (PS5)
Reviewed on Episode 225
The combination of the LEGO video game formula we know and love, with the brilliant world and story of Horizon Zero Dawn should be a recipe for success. Unfortunately the potential of that concept isn't realised in Horizon Adventures. A lack of innovative gameplay ideas and a lacklustre "LEGO-fied" story leave a disappointingly repetitive and uninspired game which loses it's novelty pretty quickly.
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Lucas
The Podfather/Convo Controller
Super salesman by day, Batdad and Gamersutra by night. As a self-confessed technology pacifist, he prefers to sit on the console-war fence and play games on his PC.
Matt
PlayStation Fanboy/Motormouth
Electrician by trade and yet also highly skilled at finding time to game around work and family commitments. A PlayStation fanboy with a platinum count and obvious podcast bias to prove it. Thinks DC is clearly superior to Marvel. Has been known to rant.
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