We Played 7 Hours of Dragon Age: The Veilguard

And it could be BioWare's best in years.

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Robert Scarpinito
September 20, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard feels like Baldur’s Gate 3’s cousin. I know how insane that sentence sounds, particularly with BioWare’s history in the Baldur’s Gate series.

—Andrew Otton, Editor in Chief

BioWare held an on-site event where our editor in chief Andrew Otton got to play nearly seven hours of the next chapter of Dragon Age. If you’ve been skeptical because of Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem, Veilguard just might be the antidote to your BioWare blues.

Andrew also chatted with Game Director Corinne Busch about her team’s perspective on player choice and storytelling, both of which are integral to the Dragon Age formula. She said the team focused on one word the most: intimacy.

And that’s not necessarily romantic intimacy (mostly—this is still a Dragon Age game). They want you to feel embedded in the world, to really feel like you’re on the ground and part of the universe.

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