Dragon Age: The Veilguard Developer Discusses New Recreation’s Companion Focus

BioWare has performed up the significance of Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s companions, leaving many followers questioning what makes these NPC social gathering members so particular. Nonetheless, Inventive Director John Epler defined what makes the brand new characters completely different.

What makes Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s companions completely different?

“Dragon Age has at all times been about characters,” stated Epler, “however to a point, it’s virtually felt like we’ve lucked into that. Inquisition is a narrative that in the end, you, the primary character […] have the largest half to play. We wished to inform a narrative this time the place you actually can’t save the world with out these characters. Past that, although, we additionally wished to provide them their very own arcs that may run parallel to the primary story and actually give them that sort of deep storytelling our followers actually get pleasure from.”

Elements of that quote really feel odd, particularly the sentence about Dragon Age lucking into the characters’ significance. BioWare mentioned that sentiment up to now, and it ruffled a number of feathers amongst followers who thought it was disparaging the work of earlier writers. Nonetheless, the remainder of what he’s saying is sensible in context. Whereas the social gathering members within the Inquisition had been vital, the plot unambiguously revolves across the Inquisitor. Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s companions will every carry a way more significant slice of the narrative load.

Veilguard’s companions additionally appear to have extra company than in earlier Dragon Age video games. “You’re not simply pulling collectively a bunch of people that will do no matter you say,” Elper stated later. “You’re assembling a household, and that turns into the core of what the Veilguard is all about. It’s about taking this group, this discovered household, and saving the world, facet by facet with them.”