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Is Dragon Age: The Veilguard open world?

With Dragon Age: The Veilguard under the design of a new team of developers, things are a little different.

Aidan O'Brien

October 31, 2024 9:31 AM

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With Dragon Age: The Veilguard arriving after a ten-year gap since Inquisition, which was an open-world title, you might be wondering what kind of world design philosophy Veilguard follows.

Is Dragon Age: The Veilguard an open-world game?

No, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is not an open-world game, but I would also hesitate to call it a linear experience, either. Instead, Veilguard follows a more modern take on things, offering you a central hub to operate out of and multiple smaller worlds and spaces to explore.

The traditional idea of the open world is that everything is interconnected with the need for a loading screen, and in Veilguard, this is not the case. You can fast travel between different areas, but each of those areas can present some mystery, need for exploration, multiple routes and secrets, and certainly is not a "one and done" experience on its own.

You will also find lots of quests in these areas, and your companions will give you plenty of reason to explore them further. So, it is not an open-world game, but there is certainly enough content and game space for about forty hours of play in a rush and anywhere up to 80 or so for the completionists out there.

If you are trying to decide if Dragon Age: The Veilguard might be for you, check out our review by our very own TJ Denzer.

Aidan O'Brien

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Hailing from Ireland, Aidan has been conditioned by local weather conditions to survive hours at his PC grinding through whatever game is offering the lowest possible drop rates for loot. He thinks the easiest way to figure out what fans of games want to read is to just be a fan of games. You can normally find him logged into Warframe, Destiny, or a gacha game. You can reach out to him on X @scannerbarkly.