Just as BioWare celebrates November 7 because the day of the 12 months to rejoice all issues Mass Effect, Dragon Age has a day to itself as properly — and that is at this time, December 4.
It’s additionally the primary Dragon Age Day in a decade the place BioWare truly has a brand new Dragon Age recreation to rejoice in any respect, and it is revealed just a few surprises associated to The Veilguard. The greatest one: it is releasing its character creator as a free, standalone app on all platforms.
That means you may make your personal Rook (the participant character) with out shelling out for the sport, and should you do resolve to buy The Veilguard in the long run, you’ll be able to merely import the character you already made. Plus, there is no time restrict on it — and that is necessary, as a result of you’ll be able to kill quite a lot of time in that very detailed, slider-heavy character creator. As BioWare factors out in its personal blog post saying the characteristic, one creator, breebunn, spent a whopping 21 hours making her character.
Outside of the character creator, The Veilguard can be getting a fourth patch at this time, which incorporates quite a lot of bug fixes and quality-of-life enhancements. In a pleasant nostalgic contact, it additionally presents gamers with a beauty that’ll permit your Rook to seem like Dragon Age II’s protagonist, Hawke. It contains the long-lasting armor set, physique paint, and sure, even the nostril blood smear. Plus, Patch 4 additionally contains two new Qunari complexions that seem to deal with fan complaints in regards to the lack of horn-to-forehead texture.
Lastly, BioWare guarantees to disclose quite a lot of stats later at this time that’ll make clear gamers’ decisions for a number of the greater in-game selections in The Veilguard.
It’s solely the most recent from Dragon Age Day, with the sport’s administrators lately sitting down with IGN for a spoiler-filled chat in regards to the endings. For extra, you’ll be able to take a look at the total Patch 4 notes under:
New Content:
- Dragon Age 2 Hawke’s Iconic Outfit
- Armor
- Body Paint
- Face Paint
- Qunari Complexions
- Two new complexions for the Qunari lineage
Quality of Life Changes:
- In Patch 3, we launched a line on display displaying the place a Photo Mode screenshot was saved. In Patch 4, we’re reverting that change as a consequence of a security concern dropped at us by some content material creators. PC gamers can discover their Photo Mode screenshots in Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age: The Veilguard/screenshots
- Added an in-game Setting to show off Bloom.
- Added a “Hide/Show UI” button on the pause display to higher take screenshots on Console.
- Added a “Take Photo” button on the pause display to take screenshots throughout conversations and cinematics on PC.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a problem that prevented some saves from loading correctly. (PC Only)
- Fixed a problem that was stopping the Frame Rate Limit setting from being saved.
- Fixed a problem with Rook’s face and hair altering drastically when a save is loaded.
- Fixed a problem with sure longer hairstyles that floated above Rook’s chest and shoulders.
- Fixed a problem the place two Neve characters may seem within the Fire and Ice quest.
- Fixed a uncommon challenge the place Emmrich didn’t lead Rook to the subsequent activity in his recruitment Where the Dead Must Go quest.
- Adjusted the spirit guides in The Warden Vault quest.
- Fixed a problem that induced the Ultimate Ability to swap to the default Ultimate.
- Fixed a problem the place the Ultimate Ability Icon was not displayed after Bellara is recruited.
- Fixed a problem the place the primary hit in a Warrior Rook’s defend throw might miss the goal unintentionally.
- Fixed a problem the place the Slaughter of Pillars Revenant had no well being bar.
- Fixed a problem that induced Achievement Progress to reset when a brand new Rook was created. This is not going to restore Achievement Progress that was overwritten, however your Rooks will now not compete with one another for who can kill extra High Dragons.
- Fixed a problem with the digital camera in The Demon’s Bargain quest when enjoying on an HDD.
- Fixed a problem with the digital camera within the Sea of Blood quest if Rook backtracked too far.
- Fixed two cases the place Viago was clearly speaking to Rook however was too absorbed by Teia’s magnificence and observing her as a substitute.
- Fixed a problem with Photo Mode screenshots showing barely blurry for some gamers.
- Fixed a problem the place taking a screenshot with the area bar in Photo Mode additionally toggled the highlighted setting on the similar time. (PC Only)
- Fixed an audio challenge that induced battle music to cease enjoying whereas Rook was nonetheless combating darkspawn in A Warden’s Best Friend quest.
- Fixed an audio challenge that prevented music from enjoying throughout a dialog with Lucanis within the Lighthouse.
- Fixed a uncommon lighting challenge within the One Last Breath quest
- Fixed a blocking challenge within the Fire and Ice quest when returning to the Lighthouse.
- Fixed a blocking challenge within the Blood of Arlathan quest if Rook backtracked too far.
- Fixed a UI challenge that induced the “New Item” spotlight to get caught on an merchandise.
- Fixed a problem with the In Lost Friendship codex that was mentioning occasions out of order and probably with the flawed companion.
- Fixed a problem that was inflicting the male British Inquisitor (Harry Hadden-Paton) to be pitched too low.
- Updated a number of German voice line cases with corrected translations.
Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or enhancing, you will discover her studying fantasy novels or enjoying Dungeons & Dragons.
