Polygon’s Editor’s Letter is a column from Editor-in-Chief Chris Plante that reflects on the video game and entertainment industries, their communities, and Polygon itself. New editions appear in the first week of each month.

November is a “Goldilocks window” for role-playing games. I’m burned out on horror movies, but not quite ready for Christmas music. I’ve scheduled chunks of vacation with no particular plans on how to fill welcome gaps in the calendar. And the harmonizing siren songs of the sofa, my favorite blanket, and a warm cup of tea can no longer be ignored.

Perhaps you can relate and have already begun scrolling Steam or your preferred console storefront for the next great RPG. The challenge, you will find, is choice.

2024 has been a historic year for the genre, with the release of not just one exceptional RPG designed meticulously for a particular subset of fans but many excellent titles, each heat-seeking a unique corner of the gaming audience. We have the awakening of a long-slumbering blockbuster franchise, a wholly original globe-trotting thriller set against a high-stakes election, and a reimagining of the most famous RPG of all time. Not to mention the Hawaiian open-world crime drama featuring time-slurping parodies of Animal Crossing and Pokémon.

So, as not to be prescriptive, I’ll use this month’s editor’s note to do something fundamental to Polygon: point you, dear readers, toward a video game that will make your life richer, however you might define that in this exceptionally unusual time.

Let’s open with a fastball down the middle. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the quintessential mainstream role-playing game. Whether that sounds like high praise or scathing critique will help you decide if it’s for you.

Developed by beloved RPG studio BioWare, The Veilguard revives a franchise that’s been quiet........

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