Dragon Age: The Veilguard takes place 10 years after Dragon Age: Inquisition

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is about 10 years after Dragon Age: Inquisition.

In a Q&A session held on Discord and relayed by Shinobi602, the crew confirmed a number of hitherto unknown points of the extremely anticipated sequel, together with the information that The Inquisitor will “undoubtedly be a part of the story”.

We additionally realized a little bit extra about how the sport shall be unfold, together with information that, not like Inquisition, there shall be no energy mechanic to dam progress, areas can change based mostly in your decisions, and you may return to finish aspect quests – that are described as “handcrafted and story centered” – in areas you’ve got already visited. The crew additionally mentioned that there shall be no “fetch quests”.

Moreover, your origin story “will come into play lots through the course of the sport”, “supplying you with alternatives to outline who your Rook was and is, and many dialogue choices”.

The crew additionally mentioned that it has determined to drop the social gathering measurement from three to 2 with a purpose to concentrate on a “way more intimate expertise” by which you will need to stability the abilities of your companions way more fastidiously than prior Dragon Age instalments.

For the total scuttlebutt – together with just a few potential spoilers – open up Shinobi’s publish under:

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ICYMI, David Gaider not too long ago shared his ideas on Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s romance choices. Gaider, who’s the creator of Dragon Age and lead author on the sequence’ earlier instalments, provided up a prolonged thread on social media platform X the place he in contrast the romance method to the favored Baldur’s Gate 3.

“I suppose the transfer in [Dragon Age: The Veilguard] to ‘all companions are romanceable by everybody’ is not an enormous shock, contemplating [Baldur’s Gate 3], however – unsurprisingly – I’ve just a few ideas,” Gaider mentioned, earlier than acknowledging the “fandom is fairly break up on romance design”.

For extra, Chris went hands-on with Dragon Age: The Veilguard earlier this week, and he was moderately taken with it. “Whisper it, however Dragon Age: The Veilguard has me considering the unthinkable: it seems like BioWare is again,” he wrote EuroGamer’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard preview.