Considering that there was a decade between Dragon Age: Inquisition and Veilguard... I feel the jump in visuals isn't significant.
There were moments in Inquisition with large scenic vista's and I thought "wow, that looks great!" especially back in 2014. - It really showed what Frostbite could do.
Veilguard uses the same game engine and some of the artistic choices (I.E. Characters) were a slight regression... But I never had that moment where I wanted to stop and just check out the scenery like I did in inquisition.
This is on PC of course, so I was never hamstrung with the 1080P blurry visuals of consoles back in 2014.
Inquisition in 2024 at 4k with Redux overhaul mod can look spectacular.
I was actually happy with the writing in Veilguard for the most part, I love the story arc of Varric and Solas, their characters have come a long way.
But sadly we didn't get to see more of Morrigan and other characters from Origins which I felt were the strongest in the series. (Especially the bickering between Morrigan and Alistair.)
The humor and sarcasm wasn't as pronounced.
Overall it's a good game, it's just not a industry defining game, if you liked inquisition you will like Veilguard.
--::{PC Gaming Master Race}::--