I recently got the opportunity to go hands-on with BioWare's upcoming fantasy action-RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard. I've only put a handful of hours into the past Dragon Age titles, so Veilguard wasn't one I was eagerly awaiting.

The Veilguard on October 31 and create your custom character, you’ll be asked what Faction your protagonist Rook came from before the game starts. As you’ll notice as you recruit new teammates throughout your journey,

I am normal about Dragon Age, which is a normal thing for normal people to say about a video game RPG franchise. I've played and loved every entry that developer BioWare has put out, compiled a critical compilation on the popularly maligned Dragon Age 2,

Inquisition launched in 2014. Despite waiting a decade for a new game in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, fans haven’t been without stories within the fantasy world of Thedas in the years since. There have been novels,

Veilguard playtime. During that, we got a good feel for how it plays and its general structure that’ll inform the rest of the game. To immediately echo early buzz from over the summer, the combat is very impressive.

The Veilguard is going to be called BioWare's comeback. It isn't built on the multiplayer trend-chasing that plagued Anthem, and from the six hours I got to play during a hands-on preview event this month,