Dragon Age: The Veilguard turned out great, but BioWare has reasons not to remaster the original trilogy

Dragon Age is a beloved franchise that, with its ups and downs, has always maintained the favor of critics and the public. That’s why, following the success of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, many people are returning to the original trilogy. And many people are considering the possibility of a remaster of it. However, Bioware has made it clear that this possibility is not on the table. And it doesn’t seem likely. Why isn’t a remaster of Dragon Age possible? According to an interview with Rolling Stone, the creative director of Dragon […]

Dragon Age is a beloved franchise that, with its ups and downs, has always maintained the favor of critics and the public. Therefore, with the success of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, many people are returning to the original trilogy. And many people are considering the possibility of a remaster of it. However, Bioware has made it clear that this possibility is not on the table. And it doesn’t seem likely.

Why is a Dragon Age remaster not possible?

According to an interview with Rolling Stone, the creative director of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, John Epler, it is unlikely that we will see a remastered version of Dragon Age like the Legendary Edition of Mass Effect. The reason is that Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age were developed using Eclipse Engine, an internal Bioware engine, and Inquisition was created with Frostbite, the DICE engine used for Battlefield games. There are few people left with experience using the former.

While with Frostbite they have fewer problems, according to Epler, there are only 20 people at Bioware currently who have come to use Eclipse. Not even those who know it in depth or are well acquainted with its functioning. This makes its remastering much more complex.

That said, Epler states that the studio loves original games. And that they do not rule out the possibility of doing a remaster of them someday. Meanwhile, we can only enjoy Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which was released to great critical and public reception on October 31st for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PC.

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Dragon Age™: The Veilguard is a single-player role-playing game from BioWare and Electronic Arts, serving as the fourth main title in the long-running fantasy franchise, Dragon Age. It’s set in Thedas, now facing a new threat after the civil unrest tackled in its predecessor Dragon Age: Inquisition. Here, players can expect next-generation graphics and a larger map with more locations than its predecessors.

Author: Álvaro Arbonés

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