Summary
- The latest Dragon Age: The Veilguard update includes recommended levels for side quests, bug fixes, and adjustments to game credits.
- This could be the last update for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, unless game-breaking bugs are discovered.
- BioWare is now expected to focus its full attention on the new Mass Effect game.
BioWare has released a new update for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Dragon Age: The Veilguard launched towards the end of 2024 and was released to mostly positive reviews. Unfortunately, Dragon Age: The Veilguard wasn't embraced as warmly by the Dragon Age community as some may have hoped, with the game ultimately failing to meet EA's sales expectations.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard sales weren't as high as expected, which is disappointing, but that hasn't stopped BioWare from supporting the game post-launch. There are no plans to release Dragon Age: The Veilguard DLC expansions like previous DA games have received, but the studio has released various patches to address lingering issues with the game. The latest, and potentially last, such patch is now available for Dragon Age: The Veilguard fans to download right now.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Director Has Left BioWare
Corinne Busche, the director of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, reportedly leaves BioWare, leaving fans concerned about the series' future.
The latest Dragon Age: The Veilguard update has made a quality of life change so that players can now see recommended levels before starting side quests. This way, players will have a fair warning before they try to start any Dragon Age: The Veilguard side quests that are beyond the means of their character. Besides this quality of life change, the new Dragon Age: The Veilguard update is mostly focused on bug fixes, resolving various issues that have been reported since launch. It also makes "some adjustments to the game credits," though specifics on that front are not available at this time.
It seems as though this may be the last of the Dragon Age: The Veilguard updates. In a message that came with the patch notes, BioWare included the phrase "Dareth shiral!" This translates to "safe journey," which fans have taken to mean BioWare is saying goodbye to The Veilguard. Future updates may happen if any game-breaking bugs are discovered, but BioWare is said to be "happy" with the game's stability.
With work seemingly done on Dragon Age: The Veilguard, BioWare is expected to turn its attention fully to the new Mass Effect game. The new Mass Effect is expected to still be years away from release, but anticipation is still high. The new game is expected to continue the story where Mass Effect 3 left off and will feature some returning faces, though the full extent of what the game has in store has yet to be revealed. Hopefully, now that Dragon Age: The Veilguard has wrapped, updates on the new Mass Effect will come at a faster pace.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Update Patch Notes
Quality of Life Changes:
- Recommended levels have been added to side quests that players may receive at significantly lower levels.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where Rook could only flirt with Lucanis in a specific conversation.
- Fixed an issue with the Regrets of The Dread Wolf quest not triggering properly or stopping Rook with an invisible wall in the Crossroads.
- Fixed a blocking issue with a puzzle in the Converged City area of the Crossroads.
- Fixed an issue with the “Imperium’s Resolve” armor causing negative damage instead of the intended zero fire, cold, necrotic, and electric damage.
- Fixed excessive clipping on Taash’s “Rivain’s Legacy” armor.
- Fixed an issue that prevented some Rooks from changing the runes on their lyrium dagger.
- Fixed an issue with the Medium Armor Mastery skill for Warriors.
- Fixed a spot on Rivain’s beach where Rook could get stuck in a cycle of drowning, never to be pulled out of the water by their companions.
- Fixed a typo on a note Rook can find in Dock Town.
- Fixed an issue that caused photo mode screenshots to be noticeably worse quality when HDR was turned to “On.”
- Fixed an issue that was causing the photo mode screenshot location to still be shown on screen.
- Fixed an issue that caused the fireflies in the opening area of the Crossroads to flicker at an alarming rate on specific settings.
- Fixed a lighting issue in one of the conversations with the whole team in the Lighthouse.
- Fixed an issue in the Mirror of Transformation that blocked players from zooming in and out with the mouse scroll wheel.
- Fixed an issue where the Objective Marker Visibility was not updated when the exploration preset was changed with the other options in the Exploration sub-category.
- Some adjustments to the game credits.
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
Enter the world of Thedas, a vibrant land of rugged wilderness, treacherous labyrinths, and glittering cities – steeped in conflict and secret magics. Now, a pair of corrupt ancient gods have broken free from centuries of darkness and are hellbent on destroying the world.
Thedas needs someone they can count on. Rise as Rook, Dragon Age’s newest hero. Be who you want to be and play how you want to play as you fight to stop the gods from blighting the world. But you can’t do this alone – the odds are stacked against you. Lead a team of seven companions, each with their own rich story to discover and shape, and together you will become The Veilguard.
- Engine
- Frostbite
- Franchise
- Dragon Age
- PC Release Date
- October 31, 2024
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- October 31, 2024
- PS5 Release Date
- October 31, 2024
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X
- Genre(s)
- RPG
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
