Dragon Age: The Veilguard is taking a more stylized approach to its graphics than previous entries, to some degree, and this has resulted in common franchise enemies like demons and Darkspawn looking differently. However, there is an explanation for each case. The former seems to be tied to the weakening of the Veil, their associations with strong emotions, and so forth, whereas the latter is thanks to the newly-released Blighted Elven Gods of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain.
BioWare recently gave fans a look at 22-minutes of Dragon Age: The Veilguard gameplay (via IGN), focused on a Mage Rook and a personal quest for Davrin, the Grey Warden Companion. During this showcase, creative director John Epler and game director Corinne Busche provided some commentary on the events, the location, the Darkspawn, and more. Specifically, they both mentioned how the changes to the Darkspawn are due to Ghilan'nain, the God of Monsters.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Reveals New Exploration Feature
During a recent BioWare Discord Q&A, Dragon Age: The Veilguard director Corinne Busche explains how exploration abilities work.
When it comes to Ghilan'nain, there are plenty of lore theories out there, but the two known elements of her character is that she has a complicated relationship with Andruil and that she conducted numerous experiments. It's a popular theory that Ghilan'nain created the Qunari, likely through experiments of the Kossith and Dragons, and numerous other abominations can likely be attributed to her. Notably, Epler explained that Ghila'nain has experimented with the Blight before and the changes seen to the Darkspawn in Dragon Age: The Veilguard is due to her manipulation and experimentation on these Darkspawn. Busche would add that Ghilan'nain uses the Blight as a medium to warp the Darkspawn, and given what has been shown so far, it's an exciting turn of events - one that Thedas is not ready for.
The gameplay video shows players in a Grey Warden encampment, where NPCs and the devs revealed that the Blight is more organic and sentient-acting than seen in previous Dragon Age games. Specifically, the Grey Wardens have noticed that the Blight is acting differently than they'd expect or that history would suggest, and it stands to reason that the connection between the Blight and these Elven Gods still have a few twists and turns ahead for fans.
Of course, fans have about two months to wait before they likely learn more about this, as Dragon Age: The Veilguard releases on October 31. In the meantime, fans can expect BioWare to continue showing off more gameplay, more features, and other exciting news pertaining to the world of Thedas.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 80 /100 Critics Rec: 71%
- Released
- October 31, 2024
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ // Blood, Nudity, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- BioWare
- Publisher(s)
- Electronic Arts
WHERE TO PLAY
- Engine
- Frostbite
- Franchise
- Dragon Age
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X
- Genre(s)
- RPG
