With Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s October launch looming ever nearer, developer BioWare continues its sluggish 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 put up, The Veilguard will give gamers the chance to go to and discover locations round Thedas that collection veterans might have “heard whispers [of] prior to now”. These embody Arlathan Forest, Hossberg Wetlands, Minrathous, Rivain, and Treviso – and all get their very own little video excursions in BioWare’s put up in the event you’re curious to see extra.
Places in The Veilguard will, as you may 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 generally known as The Crossroads, which incorporates puzzles and further 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’re going to have one-on-one chats with companions, who every have their very own rooms to brighten because the story unfolds.
Companions even have particular exploration talents they’re going to utilise out on the earth, giving gamers new methods to work together with their environment. You may, as an illustration, “come throughout some historic Elven artifacts for Bellara to Tinker with when you wander by way of Arlathan.” And if you do not have the proper companion with you while you make a brand new discovery, that is not a difficulty – gamers can use the Lyrium Dagger to make the most of their exploration talents, even after they’re again on the Lighthouse.
As for The Veilguard’s new picture mode, particulars of that come by way of IGN. It contains a free-roaming digicam with tilt, focal size, and lens distortion choices, in addition to the power to cover participant characters, their get together, enemies, even NPCs – all to get the proper shot. Moreover, it comes with depth of discipline, 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.
