Dragon Age: The Veilguard, BioWare’s long-awaited sequel to 2014’s Inquisition, finally arrives in October, and one drastic change has already been ridiculed by fans.

Brave soul that I am, I'm about to embark on a perilous quest. Over the next however many paragraphs this potentially rambling feature ends up being, I will say some nice things about Dragon Age 2. I have done it before,

BioWare's Derek Wiles has explained that a photo criticizing Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Qunari design features a player character and not an NPC.

The Veilguard on October 31 and create your custom character, you’ll be asked what Faction your protagonist Rook came from before the game starts. As you’ll notice as you recruit new teammates throughout your journey,

Back in June, during Summer Games Fest, I was able to sit down for a behind-closed-doors preview. However, that session was strictly hands-off; we were only able to watch the presenter go through the character creator and play the game's opening prologue. My hands-on at publisher EA was significantly more eye-opening -- and exciting.

BioWare was suspiciously coy when asked whether it was considering releasing a standalone character creator for Dragon

It’s a bold move to hand out a title like Game of the Year before a game’s even released. But after getting a preview and marathoning Dragon Age: The Veilguard for seven hours straight, I can confidently say that if you like action RPGs, this is the best in the genre for 2024. Sorry, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but it’s not even close.

Veilguard playtime. During that, we got a good feel for how it plays and its general structure that’ll inform the rest of the game. To immediately echo early buzz from over the summer, the combat is very impressive.