When is the Dragon Age 4 release date? Dragon Age 4 is real and in production at BioWare, we know that, but where will the story go next? And which of our favorite characters will return?
Bioware has officially announced the title, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, which should make a list of the best PC games and the best RPGs. So far, we’ve had a cryptic Dread Wolf teaser, hints of a possible multiplayer angle, and plenty of hints at its story content thanks to various interviews and tweets with developers and writers who have worked on the games. previous Dragon Age games. BioWare further teased the Dread Wolf saying, “Solas, the Dread Wolf. Some say it could be an ancient elven god, but others say it is not. Others say a traitor to his people…or a savior who now seeks to save them at the cost of his world.”
Dragon Age 4 Release Date Rumors
There is currently no release date for Dragon Age 4. BioWare said, “Although the game won’t be released this year, we’re getting closer to the next adventure.”
Dragon Age Sola
In this very short teaser, we see Solas. He is a rogue Elven cover mage who happens to be an expert in Fade and was one of the companions in Dragon Age: Inquisition. We see some of the locations for Dragon Age’s next adventure, as well as monster and class designs. What intrigues us the most is Solas’ description of the player character. “No magic hand, no ancient prophecy. The kind of person you’ll never see coming.”
Dragon Age The Dire Wolf Rises
The Game Awards 2018 gave us our first official look at Dragon Age 4 in the form of this short trailer titled The Dread Wolf Rises. The trailer features Solas, suggesting the game will be set after Dragon Age Inquisition. We can also detect the lily idol that appears in Dragon Age II, although it is impossible to deduce anything from it.
Development of Dragon Age 4
News from sources within BioWare suggested the game would be “live”, raising concerns among players that Dragon Age would become a multiplayer game similar to Destiny. Casey Hudson, CEO of BioWare tweeted on these fears, emphasizing that the live-action elements would focus on continuing the story after the main narrative ended.
It has since been confirmed that Dragon Age 4 will not have a multiplayer mode. According to the report, the success of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and the failure of Anthem contributed to this decision, although BioWare objected to making it a single-player game before that.
While recent development updates to Dragon Age 4 have been sparse, thanks to a Mark Darrah’s outfitFans have been assured that the fourth Dragon Age game is still on the way. Darrah explains that although the team is now working from home and “working from home is more difficult”, they are “making progress”.
History of Dragon Age 4
A Gamescom 2020 presentation touched on some story elements for the upcoming Dragon Age game. The first thing is that we will see new things and new places and we will interact with the people who live there too. While it’s far from groundbreaking, it’s a definite suggestion that we’ll be exploring entirely new regions of Thedas in the Dragon Age 4 story.
From the same video, lead writer Patrick Weekes explains that “for the game we’re working on right now, we want to tell a ‘what happens when you have no power?’ and managers are unwilling to solve problems. Again, this is all very vague, but it feels like you won’t start the story as a mighty noble or mighty wizard.
While no concrete story details for Dragon Age 4 have been revealed, we do know that Alexis Kennedy, founder of Failbetter Games, was involved in the writing of the game. In May 2017, he revealed that we were working for BioWare on a piece of history and lore. Its plot is said to be separate from the main story, but it is more substantial than the backstory. In short: expect characters with dialogue and backstory.
“If you’ve seen much of my work, you probably won’t be surprised by the choice of subject matter. It’s kind of familiar,” Kennedy told Eurogamer, suggesting there’s likely to be an eerie, Lovecraftian feel to his section, or at least a focus on death or loss. he in Fade, the demonic dimension of Dragon Age?
Other than that, all plot details of Dragon Age 4 are pure guesswork. After the success of Inquisition, it’s a safe bet that the next game could be a direct sequel, as opposed to a largely standalone story set in the same universe as the series so far.
The end of the Inquisition saw the elf trickster Solas disappear, revealed to be the god of treachery Fen’Harel, and the Trespasser DLC concluded with the Inquisitor vowing to find him and stop his plan of destruction. of the world. It makes sense that a sequel would cast Solas as the key villain and deal with stopping his plans to usher in a new era for the ancient elves.
The Dread Wolf Rises trailer offers some context for the new Dragon Age game, as it features Solas, we can assume the game will follow the events of Inquisition and its Trespasser DLC.
Dragon Age 4 Locations
We may have been shown a few brief snippets of the all-new Dragon Age 4 environments at EA Play 2020. The first of three scenes features a large spooky-looking tree, covered in thick, slightly shiny growths, in a snow-covered graveyard. The second, a stone arch surrounded by water, with bright red tendrils springing from the rock. The third scene features more of those glowing tendrils emerging from a fortress, framing an ominously pulsing stone egg.
While all of these scenes are labeled “Work in Progress”, and we shouldn’t expect to visit these exact locations when the Dragon Age 4 release date rolls around, they do at least serve to set the scene and give us a small indication of what to expect. – a dark and menacing world, glowing with magical corruption.
However, more scenes were shown at Gamescom 2020, mostly in the form of concept art, but some “work in progress” environments were also revealed.
There really was a huge diversity in the types of environments and architecture in the “Behind the Scenes” video, with mountains, underwater areas, dark forests, and desert lands. Below you can see a gallery of some scenes.
Our favorites are the underwater treasure hunt scene, the view of the Venetian city and the landscape full of floating rocks. The amount of concept art we’ve seen for ocean areas suggests we could be heading to the Boeric Oceans in the next Dragon Age game. Of course, this is just concept art, so we may not see most of these locations when Dragon Age 4 launches.
That’s all we know about Dragon Age 4 at the moment, but once we have an idea of when Dragon Age 4 will be released, we’ll be sure to let you know. In the meantime, why not check out our guide to the best dragon games? We have some great recommendations to keep you busy.