Summary
Dragon Age: The Veilguardhas been a long time coming, and it’s finally almost here. There are plenty of new featuresDragon Age: The Veilguardis introducing to the series, including six difficulty settings recently revealed by BioWare.
Whenstarting a new game inDragon Age: The Veilguard, players will have the opportunity to choose between one of six unique difficulty settings, five of which are specifically designed to provide a curated experience. Most ofDragon Age: The Veilguard’s difficulty settings are standard for an RPG, but players might find one option, in particular, to be something often found in survival games.
Every Difficulty Setting for Dragon Age: The Veilguard Explained
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Has Five Curated Difficulty Settings
WhileDragon Age: The Veilguardtechnically has a total of six difficulty settings, only five of them are curated.Developer BioWarealso recommends that players choose one of these five curated difficulty settings if it is their first time playing the game. The five curated difficulty settings available inDragon Age: The Veilguardare as follows:
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Storyteller difficulty, as its name suggests, means that players who choose it are playing the game for its story. As it is with most Story difficulties in other games, players can expectDragon Age: The Veilguard’s Storyteller difficulty to allow them to breeze through even what would have been its most challenging encounters and go from story beat to story beat without much hassle.Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Keeper difficulty setting increases the game’s challenge by a manageable margin by balancing its combat to require players to pay special attention to their party composition and equipment choices.
The official description forDragon Age: The Veilguard’s Keeper difficulty specifically mentions “reaction times” as being less important, suggesting less aggressive enemies overall.
The Adventurerdifficulty forDragon Age: The Veilguardis what would commonly be referred to as “Normal” difficulty in that it balances incoming damage, enemy aggression, tactical challenge, and defend timing.Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Underdog difficulty is a bit tougher than Adventurer, requiring more strategic planning and tactical decisions from players.
Finally, Nightmare difficulty is likely going to provide an experience that fits its name, makingDragon Age: The Veilguarda nightmare for players. Specifically, players will need to have theirDragon Age: The Veilguardparty, equipment, and skills optimized, alongside a thorough knowledge of the game’s combat mechanics if they hope to survive. It should be noted thatDragon Age: The Veilguard’s Nightmare difficulty is also locked in once players select it and start a new game. As such, if players plan to play through the game on Nightmare difficulty, they will never be given an opportunity to change it later.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Unbound Difficulty Is Fully Customizable
The most distinctive difficultysetting inDragon Age: The Veilguardis the Unbound difficulty option, which allows players to customize all of their settings to tailor their experience to their playstyle and preferences. While BioWare recommends that first-time players choose one of the five curated difficulty settings, Unbound has the potential to be one ofDragon Age: The Veilguard’s most noteworthy features, depending on how players utilize it. There are multiple options for players to adjust when starting a newDragon Age: The Veilguardplaythrough on Unbound difficulty, including the following:
Adjusting these settings in the Unbound difficulty option thereby allows players to makeDragon Age: The Veilguardas easy or as difficult as they want it to be. This is just one of the many newfeaturesDragon Age: The Veilguardis bringingto the franchise, and players will get to see it all for themselves when the game launches on October 31.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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.
