BioWare Discusses Character Creation, Accessibility and More in Dragon Age: The Veilguard Discord Q&

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BioWare Discusses Character Creation, Accessibility and More in Dragon Age: The Veilguard Discord Q&A | MMORPG.com

BioWare has shared some additional details on Dragon Age: The Veilguard as part of a Discord Q&A.

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Scot

"It also looks like there will be many options for players to find a level of difficulty that best suits them." - Err having a few difficulty settings is a highlight, not the norm?


"BioWare’s confirmed that players will be able to choose their own pronouns and even when or even if to disclose their gender identity." - that's a highlight?

Looking at the Q&A myself my highlight is that race means nothing, your race determines nothing other than your looks by the sound of it. Why is that important, well that plus auto targeting spells easy mode in big letters, so hopefully those difficulty levels have some punch.

Pher0cious

Scot said:

race means nothing, your race determines nothing other than your looks

Taking all the rpg out of an rpg.

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GrimDogGaming

DEI Fortnite Age is a pass.

Gorwe

Pher0cious said:

Scot said:

race means nothing, your race determines nothing other than your looks

Taking all the rpg out of an rpg.

Honestly? Did it matter in DA:O?

Scot

Gorwe said:

Pher0cious said:

Scot said:

race means nothing, your race determines nothing other than your looks

Taking all the rpg out of an rpg.

Honestly? Did it matter in DA:O?

Always regardless of genre, you take out the "RPG" then they take out the "O" and all you have left is MO.

Gorwe

Scot said:

Gorwe said:

Pher0cious said:

Scot said:

race means nothing, your race determines nothing other than your looks

Taking all the rpg out of an rpg.

Honestly? Did it matter in DA:O?

Always regardless of genre, you take out the "RPG" then they take out the "O" and all you have left is MO.

That's not answering the question, is it? Sure, you couldn't have story parts of a Duster as a Human or of Dalish as a Dwarf, but besides that, were there any big gameplay differences in DA:O? Not that I can remember off the top of my head.

Scot

Gorwe said:

That's not answering the question, is it? Sure, you couldn't have story parts of a Duster as a Human or of Dalish as a Dwarf, but besides that, were there any big gameplay differences in DA:O? Not that I can remember off the top of my head.

As you can see with each iteration the mechanical differences get less, this sort of gaming philosophy is based around the idea that a player should not have to read anything to play a game. Not a guide, not watch a video, just jump in.

So its not so much removing RPG as removing "difficulty"...it is an "easy mode" gaming philosophy which has effected the entire industry and did not see any kick back outside of indie until Dark Souls came out. Regardless of a few aberrant titles, the march to ever easier goes on.

Dragon Age: Origins

In Dragon Age: Origins dwarves are a playable race for the Warden by choosing the Dwarf Noble or the Dwarf Commoner Origin. Furthermore, in the expansion, Awakening, the Orlesian Warden-Commander can be a dwarf.

Racial benefits: +1 strength, +1 dexterity, +2 constitution, 10% chance to resist hostile magic

Dragon Age Journeys

In Dragon Age Journeys, dwarves are a playable race for the protagonist by choosing the Dwarf Noble or the Dwarf Commoner background.

Racial benefits: +1 strength, +1 dexterity, +2 constitution

Dragon Age II

In Dragon Age II, dwarves are not available as a playable race for Hawke. However, they are present as companions and non-playable characters.

Racial benefits: +1 strength, +1 constitution

Dragon Age: Inquisition

In Dragon Age: Inquisition, dwarves are a playable race for the Inquisitor.

Racial benefits: +25% Magic Defense