The fallen are mighty once more! Bioware get their mojo back, with a little help from this dazzling new Dragon Age game... writes PETER HOSKIN

The fallen are mighty once more! Bioware get their mojo back, with a little help from this dazzling new Dragon Age game...

writes PETER HOSKIN By Peter Hoskin Published: 01:32, 1 November 2024 | Updated: 01:33, 1 November 2024 e-mail View comments Dragon Age: The Veilguard ( PlayStation , Xbox, PC, £69.99) Verdict: A most welcome return Rating: OH, HOW the mighty have fallen. Once — thanks to releases such as Star Wars : Knights Of The Old Republic and the original Mass Effect trilogy — game developers BioWare seemed unbeatable.

Then, thanks to more questionable releases (Mass Effect: Andromeda, Anthem) they were left in the mud; a sorry tale. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts The fourth major game in the Dragon Age franchise, The Veilguard is the sequel to Dragon Age: Inquisition PETER HOSKIN: 'This is masterful, moving storytelling for Dragon Age veterans and newcomers alike. BioWare are back' Surely they couldn’t pick themselves up by returning to their fantasy RPG series, Dragon Age, a whole decade after the previous entry? And just a year after Baldur’s Gate 3 set a (very) high bar for the whole genre? Well, I’m happy to say: oh, how the fallen have become mighty again.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a triumph. Its new hero, Rook, has to recruit a bunch of old favourites to save the continent of Thedas from a pair of corrupt, rampaging elven gods — but, in doing so, he manages t.