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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is apparently looking back on the series' long, eventual history, and taking inspiration from its many reinventions.
Speaking to Gamesradar+, Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director Corinne Busche says that "both the greatest challenge and the most interesting opportunity" in working on the game comes from dealing with how flexible the series has always been. "Every single edition of Dragon Age reinvents itself in some ways; the combat system, how we approach the world, the levels," she says.
Article continues belowFor example, The Veilguard's "quick weapon swapping mid-combat" is pulled right from Dragon Age: Origins, and its backgrounds are "a love letter to Origins." Meanwhile, "you can see a lot of Dragon Age 2 in there" from the upcoming game's fast, hefty action-orientated combat. And finally, the "Inquisition DNA" comes in via the "depth of the companion and character arcs and how they integrate into the world."
"I think I can speak for the entirety of the team, that our hope is that this all comes together to respect where we've been, but also advance the franchise into this next adventure," Busche notes.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard's creative director John Epler also recently dived into how the fourquel differs from its older siblings, explaining that "technological restrictions" meant past games would frequently rely on cutscenes - but The Veilguard aims to give us "much more immediate control" more often.
