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BioWaresays that you won’t need to play previous games to understandDragon Age: The Veilguard. This is despite the game kicking off with the aftermath ofInquisition, with several characters from the last game making an appearance.
Instead, BioWare says that The Veilguard will be accessible to fans both old and new. However, it adds that it will still be “respectful” to the previous games in the series, so we can still expect references to be made to older titles.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is “Respectful” To Previous Games, But You Don’t Need To Play Them
“One of the things we wanted to make sure with Veilguard is that it’s respectful and referential to previous games without feeling like you needed to have played Inquisition, or [Dragon Age 2] or [Dragon Age: Origins] to understand what’s going on,” says John Epler, creative director on Dragon Age: The Veilguard, speaking in aninterviewwith Game Informer.
“While there are references, there are moments that we have callbacks, it really is its own story, its own continuation with a different cast, with different characters,” Epler explains. “Historically Dragon Age always has had a different cast per game, so that gives us a lot of freedom in terms of what we want to lean on in the past, and what we want to bring in that’s new and forward-facing.”
This ties into BioWare’s reasoning for changing the game’s name from Dragon Age: Dreadwolf to Dragon Age: The Veilguard. As we previously reported,BioWare doesn’t consider The Veilguard to be a game about Solas, and the title change puts the focus on the companions instead. With this in mind, it seems that new players can jump in without having met Solas in Dragon Age: Inquisition, despite the game kicking off with his plans to tear down the Veil.
Despite this, we’re still going to see a bunch of familiar faces. Right now, we know that Solas (obviously), Varric, and Lace Harding will return as characters. It remains to be seen who else gets a cameo - although withThe Veilguard taking place 22 years after Dragon Age: Origins, our old friends could look quite different now.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the long-awaited fourth game in the fantasy RPG series from BioWare formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. A direct sequel to Inquisition, it focuses on red lyrium and Solas, the aforementioned Dread Wolf.
