Dragon Age: The Veilguard went for stylized art, but Mass Effect 5 project director says the sci-fi RPG "is photorealistic and will be as long as I'm running it"

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BioWare project director Michael Gamble isn't gambling on that

Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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Mass Effect 5 is side-stepping the debate that Dragon Age: The Veilguard kicked up with its more stylized art by sticking to the sci-fi RPG's established look.

That comes from project director Michael Gamble, who has been talking to fans on Twitter following Dragon Age: The Veilguard's reviews going live. In reply to one person asking BioWare not to "Pixar" Mass Effect like it apparently did with Dragon Age, Gamble says there aren't any plans to change how the sci-fi RPG series approaches visuals.

"I'm not sure I agree with the Pixar thing, but Mass Effect is photorealistic and will be as long as I'm running it," he says.

More broadly, Gamble says that while Mass Effect and Dragon Age come from the same studio, they're different games requiring different handling.

Gamble also says he won't say much more for now but will say that, regarding tone, Mass Effect "will maintain the mature tone of the original trilogy."

Iain Harris
Iain Harris
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