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PayPalBioWare and Electronic Arts are gearing up for the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard on October 31st and they've revealed a whole bunch of details about the PC release.
We already saw before that it became Steam Deck Verified, clearly showing plenty of early testing has been done there. So it should be looking good on desktop Linux with Proton thanks to that too.
In the latest Steam post the developers mentioned how PCs made up "40% of our platform testing effort, with over 200,000 hours of performance and compatibility testing", so with that in mind, I'm expecting some pretty good things from this since they "created a dedicated team to focus on PC". Then again, you would generally expect that sort of thing from a big game getting a PC release. And, as already confirmed before, no EA App is needed - so Steam Deck / Linux players won't have to deal with launcher breakage constantly.
The good news continues with the controls and UI being nicely tweaked for keyboard / mouse and controller, with seamless transitions between control types. They even implemented character class-specific keybinds, so you can customize per character which sounds interesting.
And they gave a nice big list of all the settings available:
Display Features
Graphics Settings
- Full Support for 21:9 Ultra Wide Resolutions
- Ability to Uncap Frame Rate
- VSync, including fractional rate VSync
- HDR Support
- Optional Upscaling (DLSS 3, FSR 2.2, XeSS)
- NVIDIA Reflex
- DLSS 3 Frame Generation
- Optional Dynamic Resolution Scaling
- Cinematic Aspect Ratio (Disable this option for cinematic 21:9 ratio)
Controls
- Presets Available (Low, Medium, High, Ultra)
- Texture Settings
- Texture Quality
- Texture Filtering
- Light & Shadow Settings
- Lighting Quality
- Contact Shadow
- Ambient Occlusion
- Screen Space Reflections
- Volumetric Lighting
- Sky Quality
- Ray Tracing Settings*
- Ray-Traced Reflections
- Ray-Traced Ambient Occlusion
- Ultra Ray Tracing
- Geometry Settings
- Level Of Detail
- Strand Hair
- Terrain Quality
- Terrain Decoration Quality
- Visual Effects Quality
- Camera Effects
- Depth of Field
- Vignette
- Motion Blur
- Post Processing Quality
- Field of View
- Class-specific Keybinds
- Keyboard + Controller Bindings
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I'm curious to see how well this one runs, especially on Steam Deck where the Verified rating at times still has games dropping below 30FPS. I really do hope this is nicely optimized.
You can pre-purchase on Steam.
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It mostly looks good, although it's a bit puzzling that it has FSR 2.2 and not 3.1.
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Quoteas already confirmed before, no EA App is needed - so Steam Deck / Linux players won't have to deal with launcher breakage constantly.
OMG YES. This is pretty damn good news. I was soooooo bummed out by that cartooney looter shooter garbage trailer they released a while back, but pretty much every update about the game since has drawn me back in a little bit. This one is a great update.
I LOVED Inquisition, so initially I was super pumped for this. We shall see.
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Quoting: melkemindIt mostly looks good, although it's a bit puzzling that it has FSR 2.2 and not 3.1.Thay are talking about a "heavily modified" FSR 2.2. Hopefully, it will suit the game's graphics better than just dropping the latest available version (FSR 3.1 doesn't look that much better than 2.2, though).
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Mountain Man Aug 22
Now let's just hope the game is worth playing.
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QuoteThen again, you would generally expect that sort of thing from a big game getting a PC release.Really? I'm not sure with how many poorly optimized ports have been coming out. It feels like there are a lot of companies releasing games without putting that level of work in, IMO.
I'm SO excited for this I cant stand it. I've waited 10 years for this game. I love the Dragon Age series, and the fact that I'll be able to play it on Linux makes me SUPER happy. I'm also happy that even though my computer is a few years old, I'll likely be able to run it decently, unlike some recent games that were unplayable.
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Aug 22
And Denuvo isn't listed (yet) on the Steam page. It's EA, it will probably have it, but let me have some hope 
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Quoting: tohurThis game is gona flop hard.. this aint Dragon Age .. its an abomination
Hate all you want. I believe it's going to do REALLY well. There's TONS of hype for this right now with everyone I know and the BioWare/dragon age communities.
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Maybe I am just a hopeless centrist but I do believe the most prudent decision is to just wait and see with cautious optimism. It would be nice to be pleasantly surprised for a change.
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Quoting: Leahi84Quoting: tohurThis game is gona flop hard.. this aint Dragon Age .. its an abomination
Hate all you want. I believe it's going to do REALLY well. There's TONS of hype for this right now with everyone I know and the BioWare/dragon age communities.
Looks like it could be IF it had ANY name other then Dragon Age attached.. but since it has the Dragon Age name its gona flop because this aint Dragon Age.. All ya got to do is look up the gameplay trailer and see clearly as A Dragon Age game this is a bust
Last edited by tohur on 24 August 2024 at 3:41 am UTC
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Quoting: Leahi84There's TONS of hype for this right now with everyone I know and the BioWare/dragon age communities.
I honestly mean no disrespect but I've never understood the attitude of people claiming 'hype'.
How did Cities Skylines 2 work out at release? go back further to Amazons MMO (New world). Further still the game that was mean to be an improved ARK survival in a different setting (ATLAS). There are all manner of games in between but these are the main ones that come to mind.
I used to get 'hyped' when I was a child.. after age 12 not so much. After the age of 21 unless I know for certain a new Ferrari was coming in a few weeks time I don't get 'hyped'.
Last edited by Tazza on 24 August 2024 at 4:35 am UTC
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Quoting: TazzaQuoting: Leahi84There's TONS of hype for this right now with everyone I know and the BioWare/dragon age communities.
I honestly mean no disrespect but I've never understood the attitude of people claiming 'hype'.
How did Cities Skylines 2 work out at release? go back further to Amazons MMO (New world). Further still the game that was mean to be an improved ARK survival in a different setting (ATLAS). There are all manner of games in between but these are the main ones that come to mind.
I used to get 'hyped' when I was a child.. after age 12 not so much. After the age of 21 unless I know for certain a new Ferrari was coming in a few weeks time I don't get 'hyped'.
Not to mention one look at the Gameplay trailer and its CLEAR this is only Dragon Age in name and not the Dragon Age most of us know and love.. this game is gona flop and flop hard with them trying to attract everyone BUT actual fans
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Quoting: RouhollahQuoting: melkemindIt mostly looks good, although it's a bit puzzling that it has FSR 2.2 and not 3.1.Thay are talking about a "heavily modified" FSR 2.2. Hopefully, it will suit the game's graphics better than just dropping the latest available version (FSR 3.1 doesn't look that much better than 2.2, though).
Perhaps, but they make a point to mention they have DLSS frame generation. By not using FSR 3, they're excluding most users from frame generation since only 4000 series nvidia cards can use DLSS frame gen, if I understand correctly.
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Quoting: tohurQuoting: TazzaQuoting: Leahi84There's TONS of hype for this right now with everyone I know and the BioWare/dragon age communities.
I honestly mean no disrespect but I've never understood the attitude of people claiming 'hype'.
How did Cities Skylines 2 work out at release? go back further to Amazons MMO (New world). Further still the game that was mean to be an improved ARK survival in a different setting (ATLAS). There are all manner of games in between but these are the main ones that come to mind.
I used to get 'hyped' when I was a child.. after age 12 not so much. After the age of 21 unless I know for certain a new Ferrari was coming in a few weeks time I don't get 'hyped'.
Not to mention one look at the Gameplay trailer and its CLEAR this is only Dragon Age in name and not the Dragon Age most of us know and love.. this game is gona flop and flop hard with them trying to attract everyone BUT actual fans
Quit lying. The gameplay footage had everything DAI had. Say what you really mean and quit trying to act like it was the gameplay that bothered you.
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Quoting: melkemindQuoting: tohurQuoting: TazzaQuoting: Leahi84There's TONS of hype for this right now with everyone I know and the BioWare/dragon age communities.
I honestly mean no disrespect but I've never understood the attitude of people claiming 'hype'.
How did Cities Skylines 2 work out at release? go back further to Amazons MMO (New world). Further still the game that was mean to be an improved ARK survival in a different setting (ATLAS). There are all manner of games in between but these are the main ones that come to mind.
I used to get 'hyped' when I was a child.. after age 12 not so much. After the age of 21 unless I know for certain a new Ferrari was coming in a few weeks time I don't get 'hyped'.
Not to mention one look at the Gameplay trailer and its CLEAR this is only Dragon Age in name and not the Dragon Age most of us know and love.. this game is gona flop and flop hard with them trying to attract everyone BUT actual fans
Quit lying. The gameplay footage had everything DAI had. Say what you really mean and quit trying to act like it was the gameplay that bothered you.
You DID NOT watch the same gameplay then or you are just simping to simp.. one LOOK at the UI and actual gamplay reveals this game to be a generic button smashing adventure game even MORE so then DA:II was.. that is not Dragon Age and if you think it is you haven't played ANY of the previous 3
Last edited by tohur on 24 August 2024 at 4:17 pm UTC
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Everyone pretending like the game is already out and they know exactly how it plays and feels. You all have zero clue ffs. All you've seen is some youtube trailers, and how many times has a game come out that's nothing at all like those (both good and bad sides).
This is the best mindset.
Quoting: LungDragoMaybe I am just a hopeless centrist but I do believe the most prudent decision is to just wait and see with cautious optimism. It would be nice to be pleasantly surprised for a change.
This is the best mindset.
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Quoting: JarmerEveryone pretending like the game is already out and they know exactly how it plays and feels. You all have zero clue ffs. All you've seen is some youtube trailers, and how many times has a game come out that's nothing at all like those (both good and bad sides).
Quoting: LungDragoMaybe I am just a hopeless centrist but I do believe the most prudent decision is to just wait and see with cautious optimism. It would be nice to be pleasantly surprised for a change.
This is the best mindset.
Not hard to deduct from gameplay trailers. this game is NOTHING like the previous 3.. its a generic cookie cutter button smashing adventure game.. NO Thank You
Last edited by tohur on 24 August 2024 at 5:22 pm UTC
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Woodlandor Aug 25
Quoting: tohurQuoting: JarmerEveryone pretending like the game is already out and they know exactly how it plays and feels. You all have zero clue ffs. All you've seen is some youtube trailers, and how many times has a game come out that's nothing at all like those (both good and bad sides).
Quoting: LungDragoMaybe I am just a hopeless centrist but I do believe the most prudent decision is to just wait and see with cautious optimism. It would be nice to be pleasantly surprised for a change.
This is the best mindset.
Not hard to deduct from gameplay trailers. this game is NOTHING like the previous 3.. its a generic cookie cutter button smashing adventure game.. NO Thank You
But, how do you really feel?
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marcin1509 Aug 27
Nothing about denuvo and shitty anticheat introduced in other games... We'll see if on premiere that game would work well on steam deck/steam proton
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