The upcoming title Dragon Age: The Veilguard is setting itself up to be a worthy successor to the 2014 Game of the Year Dragon Age: Inquisition. Featuring new characters, a much-improved character creator, and countless ways to personalize your gameplay, players will also be able to transmog their character’s armor to suit their tastes.
According to Game Informer, companions in The Veilguard will have an armor slot, a ring slot, an accessory slot, and a weapon slot, similar to the last game in the series. However, the main character will get even more options, including a helmet, two weapon slots, a belt, two ring slots, and an amulet slot. Armor stats can be applied to different pieces of armor with a robust transmog system, making it much easier to look how you like while saving the world. (Companion armor can also be transmogged, thankfully.)
As reported earlier this week, Dragon Age: The Veilguard will have multiple difficulty levels, including Storyteller mode and Nightmare mode, the latter of which cannot be toggled if selected at the start of the game.
Earlier this month, Bioware announced the official timeline for the series. Dragon Age: The Veilguard will take place ten years after Dragon Age: Inquisition and 22 years after the Battle of Ostagar, or the start of Dragon Age: Origins.
“We see some story, and tone-wise it feels a lot darker and more Dragon Age,” said David Gaider, the creator of the franchise. “Like I said, trailers often need to be taken with a grain of salt, and my impression is that many fans are relieved. Which is great. The environments look amazing, full stop. To see the sprawl of Minrathous – wow. I wish we could have done this for Kirkwall or even Val Royeaux. Utterly gorgeous, sells the breadth and tone, such great work.”
Dragon Age: The Veilguard will be released on PC and Xbox Series X/S this fall. No exact release date has been confirmed.