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Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Ending Feels Like A Mass Effect Mission, And Now We Know Why
- The development process of Dragon Age: The Veilguard involved shifting between a story-driven RPG and a live-service multiplayer game.
- A new report from Bloomberg sheds light on the late-stage changes that the fantasy RPG went through.
- Late implementation of key moments like choosing between saving cities from a dragon attack led to substantial choices in the finale.
- The Mass Effect team helped with the game's finale, resulting in an emotional ending that players loved.
- There was internal friction as the Mass Effect directors made significant changes that improved the game but also caused tension.
- BioWare veterans have previously mentioned the tense relationship between the Dragon Age and Mass Effect teams.
- Despite the changes causing tension, it led to one of the best sequences in The Veilguard.
- Following disappointing sales, BioWare restructured to focus on one game at a time, resulting in layoffs.
- The studio is currently focused on developing the fifth Mass Effect game.
- Dragon Age leaders were frustrated with the changes made to the game.
- The game's development faced multiple pivots from single-player RPG to multiplayer and back to single-player.
- Late-stage changes helped in creating impressive moments within the game.
- There were reports of a lack of distinct choices and consequences in earlier builds.
- Choices in the finale could lead to the deaths of the player's entire party.
- The development process caused indignation within BioWare, especially with the changes brought by the Mass Effect team.
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