Bioware hasn’t exactly had a good reputation for the last few years — between adding multiplayer to Dragon Age: Inquisition and the failure of Anthem, to say nothing of the rumors it was planning to make Dragon Age 4 a live-service game, fan confidence in the legendary studio has withered. Now all hopes are hanging on its next game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard . Coming out 10 years after Inquisition and 15 years after Origins, Veilguard brings with it the hopes that the studio can return to its strengths.
Well, having played seven hours of Veilguard during a special preview event, I’m happy to report that, thus far at least, Bioware seems to doing just that. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is everything fans of the series have been asking for in terms of lore and story, and everything they might not have known they needed in terms of gameplay. While at the preview event, I had a glimpse of several different areas and characters within the game, and played a few different missions.
I also got to toy with the character creator and built my own Rook from the ground up, testing several of the different options. I also got to visit several areas of the game and meet several of the characters players will encounter in the game. Before I get to anything else in the game, I have to shout out Veilguard’s character creator.
Whatever character you’ve ever wanted to make in the Dragon Age setting, you can make them here. You’ve got gorgeous hair options, asymmetry, makeup options tha.