The Veilguard dive deep on the game's approach to romance, new missions structure, and what it means for BioWare's future.

The Veilguard players can now see how Rook ties into every faction via background choices picked during character creation.

This isn't something lost on Corinne Busche, game director of The Veilguard, who said that despite all those considerations, the team has been laser-focused on making the most authentic, exciting, and honest Dragon Age game it can. And that's exactly what it felt like to me after playing for several hours.

Bellara can be found relatively early in Dragon Age: The Veilguard when you first return to the Arlathan Forrest after stopping Solas’ ritual. You’ll first meet her Veil Jumper companions Strife and Irelin who are looking for her after she wandered off.

Inquisition, and just over three months since Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s gameplay trailer gave everyone a real peek at what’s to come. Now, with the imminent release of the fourth game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard feels like a proper torchbearer in BioWare’s dark fantasy RPG tradition,

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.

We sat down for more than 6 hours of upcoming single-player RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and the Inquisition sequel looked like BioWare at its best.

With series like Mass Effect and Dragon Age, BioWare has made a name for itself as the “choices matter” studio. These games have allowed players to import their choices from previous entries in order to keep a consistent world state that feels shaped,

The Veilguard boasts a new art style compared to its predecessors that gives it a more stylized look compared to the likes of Inquisition or Origins. And the change has proven to be quite contentious.

GamesBeat's Rachel Kaser got to play several hours of Dragon Age: The Veilguard -- and the gameplay is the shot in the arm the series needs.