Thursday, October 31st 2024
Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Now Available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC
Electronic Arts Inc. and BioWare announced today that Dragon Age: The Veilguard is now available for PlayStation 5 (also enhanced for PS5 Pro), Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam (Steam Deck Verified), EA app and Epic Games Store. This bold, heroic adventure is built to deliver on what the series is best known for: rich storytelling, fantasy worldbuilding, companions & fellowship, and a world where you matter. The next installment in BioWare's beloved franchise has captivated critics worldwide, with outlets such as IGN and GamesRadar+ proclaiming it "deserves its place in the RPG pantheon" and is "A true return to RPG form for BioWare" in their 9/10 and 4.5/5 reviews.
In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Solas, the Dread Wolf, wants to tear down the Veil that separates Thedas from the world of demons, restoring his people's immortality and glory - even at the cost of countless lives. But his ritual goes awry, and his worst fears are realized, as two of his most ancient and powerful adversaries are released. Players will step into the role of Rook, a fully-customizable protagonist who must rise up and unite their companions to stop these two powerful deities on a journey that will span across Thedas' bustling cities, lush tropics, boreal forests, fettered swamps and deepest depths.
"On behalf of everyone at BioWare, I want to thank you for joining us on our latest adventure," said Gary McKay, Vice President/General Manager, BioWare; Executive Producer, Dragon Age: The Veilguard. "After years of careful planning, countless hours of expert work, and innumerable design decisions, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is ready. We are so proud of this achievement and excited to see its impact on our worldwide community of fans, without whom none of this would be possible. We hope you have just as much fun in your own Rook adventure as we did creating it."
Dragon Age: The Veilguard offers 21:9 ultrawide aspect ratio support, uncapped PC frame rates and a suite of Ray Tracing features. Additionally, you'll be able to accelerate performance with DLSS 3, make gameplay even more responsive with Reflex, and enhance image quality and immersion with ray-traced reflections and ambient occlusion. Dragon Age: The Veilguard will also be available to play in "Ultimate" quality via NVIDIA GeForce NOW, and specifically enhanced for PlayStation 5 Pro. Additionally, this will be the first EA title to offer HDR10+ GAMING functionality that delivers outstanding high dynamic range performance automatically when enabled on PCs with compatible NVIDIA graphic cards and HDR10+ GAMING certified displays.
The title builds upon the pillars the iconic series is best known for, delivering a bold and heroic adventure guided by rich storytelling, fluid and strategic combat, companions and fellowship, and choices that matter. Key experiential elements include:
Players can purchase the Standard Edition of Dragon Age: The Veilguard for the suggested retail price of $69.99 USD on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, or $59.99 USD on PC. Meanwhile, the Deluxe Edition is available for the suggested retail price of $89.99 USD on console or $79.99 USD on PC and will include the following cosmetics: three Rook armor sets, six Rook weapons, seven companion armor sets and seven companion weapons. EA Play Pro members on the EA app will enjoy unlimited access to the EA Play Pro Edition starting October 31st.
The BioWare Gear Store is outfitted with a variety of merchandise, including Rook's Coffer. Available for the suggested retail price of $150 USD, Rook's Coffer features a variety of unique physical keepsakes including a light-up Lyrium Dagger, Rook's deck of cards featuring in-game art, and more (game not included).
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In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Solas, the Dread Wolf, wants to tear down the Veil that separates Thedas from the world of demons, restoring his people's immortality and glory - even at the cost of countless lives. But his ritual goes awry, and his worst fears are realized, as two of his most ancient and powerful adversaries are released. Players will step into the role of Rook, a fully-customizable protagonist who must rise up and unite their companions to stop these two powerful deities on a journey that will span across Thedas' bustling cities, lush tropics, boreal forests, fettered swamps and deepest depths.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard offers 21:9 ultrawide aspect ratio support, uncapped PC frame rates and a suite of Ray Tracing features. Additionally, you'll be able to accelerate performance with DLSS 3, make gameplay even more responsive with Reflex, and enhance image quality and immersion with ray-traced reflections and ambient occlusion. Dragon Age: The Veilguard will also be available to play in "Ultimate" quality via NVIDIA GeForce NOW, and specifically enhanced for PlayStation 5 Pro. Additionally, this will be the first EA title to offer HDR10+ GAMING functionality that delivers outstanding high dynamic range performance automatically when enabled on PCs with compatible NVIDIA graphic cards and HDR10+ GAMING certified displays.
The title builds upon the pillars the iconic series is best known for, delivering a bold and heroic adventure guided by rich storytelling, fluid and strategic combat, companions and fellowship, and choices that matter. Key experiential elements include:
- Fellowship: Dragon Age: The Veilguard's brand new companions come alive with some of the most compelling individual storylines in Dragon Age history. Expansive and dynamic stories navigate love, loss and complex choices that will affect your relationships and the fate of each member of the Veilguard. New companions like the Veil Jumper Bellara, the necromancer Emmrich, and the private detective Neve, come from iconic factions in Dragon Age lore, possessing individual skill trees and specialized gear for advanced team progression. You'll see familiar faces, too, such as the archer Lace Harding who returns to the series as a full time companion.
- Choice and Consequences: Dragon Age: The Veilguard builds on the series' deep role-playing roots, providing extraordinary storytelling and worldbuilding, deep personalities for each companion, meaningful choices and impactful cinematic moments. The bonds you create and the relationships you forge will be affected by your choices made throughout your journey.
- A Crafted Experience: As a character-driven RPG, Dragon Age: The Veilguard delivers a crafted experience that pays homage to BioWare's history of storytelling. The Lighthouse provides a central place where you can rest, learn more about the world through conversations, while the Crossroads allows you to traverse to separate explorable regions of the world with your companions. You'll experience more of Thedas than ever before as your story unfolds across meticulously crafted biomes and beautiful regions including Rivain, Weisshaupt, Arlathan, Minrathous, the Deep Roads and more, each inviting you to delve deeper into the narrative and uncover the mysteries of the land.
- Fluid, Customizable Combat: Immersive combat blends fluid moment-to-moment controls with tactical decision-making. Players can fully customize their experience to fit their playstyle with diverse skill trees among three different classes - Warrior, Mage and Rogue - each with unique abilities and specializations. Choose two companions to join you on your quests and unleash powerful team combos that can change the tide of any battle. Make strategic choices and direct your allies to fight, heal or stay out of the fray with the newly-added ability wheel.
- Be the Leader You Want To Be: Dragon Age: The Veilguard features a robust character creation system that allows you to be the leader you want to be with a vast range of customization. BioWare has created the most comprehensive character creator in Dragon Age yet to make this story truly your own.
Players can purchase the Standard Edition of Dragon Age: The Veilguard for the suggested retail price of $69.99 USD on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, or $59.99 USD on PC. Meanwhile, the Deluxe Edition is available for the suggested retail price of $89.99 USD on console or $79.99 USD on PC and will include the following cosmetics: three Rook armor sets, six Rook weapons, seven companion armor sets and seven companion weapons. EA Play Pro members on the EA app will enjoy unlimited access to the EA Play Pro Edition starting October 31st.
The BioWare Gear Store is outfitted with a variety of merchandise, including Rook's Coffer. Available for the suggested retail price of $150 USD, Rook's Coffer features a variety of unique physical keepsakes including a light-up Lyrium Dagger, Rook's deck of cards featuring in-game art, and more (game not included).
56 Comments on Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Now Available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC
I think its funny how BioWare keeps making major flubs and still existing (Not calling for them to disappear, just get better). I mean better studios have been scrapped for less.
Maybe this one but it's been a while
www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/73
I just wanted a sequel to Inquisition or Origins, with BG3 levels of quality and options.
DAO was one of my all time favorite RPG too, too bad they kept making it worse with DA2 and DA Inquisition
Graphics doesn't look good
combat system looks dull
Hobbit characters
Dead eyes
Lack of facial expressions
Pass.
A shame for the series, and probably the last one we gonna see...
Most people seem to like the game.
One thing I did note is where quite a few people are mentioning the artwork/graphical design, I think it might be customisable to a certain degree for characters at least. I say that because when I was customising I came to a selection that referred to the character and their followers with 4 choices I think, Cinematic (default), Cold, Warm and sharp and trying each one changed the visual appearance, I will find out tonight if it makes a difference to the characters overall appearance once I get to a spot with some decent lighting.
Shader compilation is the first thing you come across when starting the game for the first time, it took around 10 - 12 minutes for me and the AIO fans were starting to ramp up significantly but by the time I got to the Bar straight after customisation things were steady and silent on the cooling front. Pre play everything seems smooth and well thought out but like I said early days, a nuke may drop at any time lol.
At the moment I have set detail to High on the games recommendation with a couple of further tweaks but RT off for now, I will play some more with graphical settings soon to get a feel for what my somewhat aging system can do with this game.
Edit: I started with Human Warrior. You also get to customise the Inquisitor who apparently makes a few appearances throughout the game.
I'd expect it to settle in the 6.5-7.5 ish area but that's pretty much 90-95% of games these days.
Not bad considering there are people likely buying it just to leave a bad review and then refunding it..... Cuz gamerz are ridiculous like that.
www.pcgamer.com/games/dragon-age/before-you-play-dragon-age-the-veilguard-you-really-should-change-the-annoying-wayfinding-settings/
www.pcgamesn.com/dragon-age-4/best-settings
On a side note, I am now mostly on Ultra settings (including textures/detail/visual effects) with a couple of exceptions and no RT, at these settings at 1440P I am using 8.75gig of Vram on my 4070 and the 11900K is chugging along using all cores as far as I can see and sitting in the 60's C, this game in combat whilst still early on remains pretty good and so far smooth and glitch free.
Game seems popular and shouldn't pose any issues with installing copies for testing.