We played four hours of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and have a much better idea of how it fits in with the rest of the series.
With each new Dragon Age game, BioWare brings a new evolution of its RPG series that builds on what came before. 2011’s Dragon Age 2 transitioned away from the CRPG roots of its predecessor for a more engaging and real-time action battle system. Then, 2014’s Dragon Age: Inquisition fully embraced gaming’s open-world trend at the time and delivered a story filled with political intrigue.
Related “I think about the prologue of games as being a contract that we make with the player about what you can expect, what is the promise of the game,” Busche tells Digital Trends. “I wanted players to have that opportunity to jump right in and really get a feeling for the stakes, the depth, and the emotion of the game, right from the opening moments.”
The Veilguard’s impressive visuals stand out to me in these early hours. After having replayed Origins a few months ago, the Minrathous’ sapphire and emerald hues look stunning in comparison. Lore also plays a part in making it look vibrant. Other cities are affected by the blight, covering them in oozing red and black grime. The contrast between these areas show off the game’s art direction, Busche explains.
Making friends Of course, the most important aspect of Dragon Age is its characters — and The Veilguard is already offering some memorable ones. Lucanis is quickly turning out to be my favorite companion; he has a demon residing inside of himself that periodically takes form and only he can see. That makes the other companions look at him funny as it seems like he’s just talking to air.
There’s another big choice to make later in the game that involved saving a city, and depending on what I did, I thought there would be a huge change in how the story progressed. However, all that really changed was the order of smaller events leading up to a side quest with Lucanis where we hunted down an old witch who bathed in blood to stay youthful.
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