With Dragon Age: The Veilguard‘s October launch looming ever nearer, developer BioWare continues its gradual and regular stream of blog-sized info-nuggets and teases – this time revealing a bit about exploration, alongside information of a photograph mode.
As detailed in BioWare’s newest weblog submit, The Veilguard will give gamers the chance to go to and discover locations round Thedas that collection veterans might have “heard whispers [of] up to now”. These embody Arlathan Forest, Hossberg Wetlands, Minrathous, Rivain, and Treviso – and all get their very own little video excursions in BioWare’s submit should you’re curious to see extra.
Places in The Veilguard will, as you would possibly count on, function individuals to speak to, issues to do, puzzles to unravel, and lore to gather in a Codex – and all are accessed from a hub space often known as The Crossroads, which incorporates puzzles and additional missions of its personal. The Crossroads (overseen by The Caretaker) additionally connects to the Lighthouse, which in flip serves because the participant’s base of operations throughout The Veilgaurd – and it is right here they will have one-on-one chats with companions, who every have their very own rooms to embellish because the story unfolds.
Companions even have particular exploration skills they will utilise out on the planet, giving gamers new methods to work together with their environment. You would possibly, as an illustration, “come throughout some historic Elven artifacts for Bellara to Tinker with whilst you wander by means of Arlathan.” And if you do not have the appropriate companion with you while you make a brand new discovery, that is not a problem – gamers can use the Lyrium Dagger to reap the benefits of their exploration skills, even once they’re again on the Lighthouse.
As for The Veilguard’s new picture mode, particulars of that come through IGN. It includes a free-roaming digicam with tilt, focal size, and lens distortion choices, in addition to the power to cover participant characters, their celebration, enemies, even NPCs – all to get the proper shot. Moreover, it comes with depth of subject, auto focus, distance, f-stop, vignette, bloom, saturation, brightness, and distinction settings.
And that, then, is your newest blob of Dragon Age: The Veilguard information. Count on the drip-feed to proceed as the sport’s Xbox Collection X/S, PS5, and PC launch on thirty first October approaches.
