with Dragon Age: The VeilguardAs ‘s October release draws ever closer, developer BioWare continues its slow and steady flow of blog-sized info and teases – this time revealing a bit about exploration, along with news of a photo mode.
As detailed in BioWare’s latest blog postThe Wellguard will give players the opportunity to visit and explore locations around Thedas that series veterans may have heard whispers about [of] These include Arlathan Forest, the Hosberg Wetlands, Minrathus, Rivan, and Treviso – and if you’re keen to see more, they all have their own little video tour in BioWare’s post.
As you might expect, The Veilguard will feature locations, with people to talk to, jobs to do, puzzles to solve, and lore to collect in the Codex – and all is accessed from a hub area called The Crossroads, which features puzzles and its own additional missions. The Crossroads (overseen by The Caretaker) also connects to the Lighthouse, which in turn serves as the player’s base of operations throughout The Veilguard – and it’s here that they’ll chat face-to-face with companions, who each have their own room to decorate as the story unfolds.
Companions also have specific exploration abilities they’ll use in the world, giving players new ways to interact with the environment around them. For example, you can “find some ancient elven artifacts for Belara while wandering around Arlathan.” And if you don’t have the right companion with you when you take on a new quest, that’s no problem – players can use the lyrium dagger to take advantage of their exploration abilities, even when they’re back at the lighthouse.
As for The Wellguard’s new photo mode, it’s detailed further down. Via IGNIt features a free-roaming camera with tilt, focal length, and lens distortion options, as well as the ability to hide player characters, their party, enemies, even NPCs – all to get the perfect shot. Additionally, it comes with depth of field, auto focus, distance, f-stop, vignette, bloom, saturation, brightness, and contrast settings.
And then, that’s your latest news on Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Expect the drip-feed to continue as we get closer to the game’s Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC release on October 31st.
