holy shit I'm literally so fucking excited right now. I know I've made 3 dragon age posts in 3 days but I can't help it. I'VE BEEN WAITING 10 YEARS. I was in high school when inquisition came out. High school!
I'm a little bit concerned about only having 3 abilities for Rook (protagonist) and 3 for each companion. However, if its balanced well enough I actually use all the abilities I'll be pretty ok with it. Companion control was disabled for the preview.
I was a little disappointed in the Varric/Solas dialogue at the end. It wasn't bad but it felt like a missed opportunity. Varric should know by now that Solas has accepted the consequences of tearing down the veil. Talking about why this world is worth saving seems like a better line. The other dialogue seemed good. I liked rook's voice actor, I hope the voice actress is as good. Its confirmed that there will be 4 voice actors, male and female, with british and american accents.
But the visuals, holy shit. I understand now why all the tevinters look down their noses at southerners. That city was incredible! And Arlathan Forest looks fantastic too! The demon redesign is so fucking cool! I love how differently the rage and pride demons, as well as the wraiths, are animated.
Confirmed offline single player, no ea account linking, no microtransactions
limited open world, mission based quests.
Ability wheel with a higher level warrior rook
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A bunch of great environmental art
The two links below have plenty of information but if you just want to ask me go ahead.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/comments/1ddi1lb/dragon_age_the_veilguard_preview_thread/
https://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/comments/1ddg4gn/dragon_age_the_veilguard_official_gameplay_reveal/
You can control them in the Mass Effect way but not the CRPG way. You can tell them who to attack, and when to use their abilities. Although, I'm not sure if you can tell them where to move. Although, without cover mechanics I doubt thats super important. The game will feature some kind of combo system, so the abilities of you and your companions should have some satisfying interactions.
Got it, thanks!