{"id":929091,"date":"2025-12-28T23:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-doesnt-give-full-control-over-companions-as-wasnt-actually-adding-to-the-experience"},"modified":"2025-12-28T23:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:05:19","slug":"dragon-age-the-veilguard-doesnt-give-full-control-over-companions-as-in-some-ways-it-was-detrimental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-doesnt-give-full-control-over-companions-as-in-some-ways-it-was-detrimental\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Age: The Veilguard doesn&#8217;t give full control over companions as &#8220;in some ways it was detrimental&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-doesnt-give-full-control-over-companions-as-in-some-ways-it-was-detrimental.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nDragon Age developer BioWare has discussed its decision to no longer allow full control over companions during combat, in a shake-up to the series set to be seen in upcoming entry The Veilguard. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe change has been made for several reasons, game director Corinne Busche told Edge magazine (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/dragon-age\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-wont-let-you-control-your-companions-because-you-cant-handle-it-this-is-a-much-higher-actions-per-minute-game\">GamesRadar<\/a>), most notably the additional options instead available to controlling main character Rook. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe Veilguard &#8220;is a much higher actions-per-minute game,&#8221; Busche explained. &#8220;It is more technically demanding on the player. So when we tried allowing you full control of your companions as well, what we&#8217;ve found is it wasn&#8217;t actually adding to the experience. In fact, in some ways it was detrimental, given the demanding nature of just controlling your own character.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-doesnt-give-full-control-over-companions-as-wasnt-actually-adding-to-the-experience\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/dragon-age-the-veilguard-doesnt-give-full-control-over-companions-as-wasnt-actually-adding-to-the-experience\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Age developer BioWare has discussed its decision to no longer allow full control over companions during combat, in a shake-up to the series set to be seen in upcoming entry The Veilguard. The change has been made for several reasons, game director Corinne Busche told Edge magazine (thanks, GamesRadar), most notably the additional options instead available to controlling main character Rook. The Veilguard &#8220;is a much higher actions-per-minute game,&#8221; Busche explained. &#8220;It is more technically demanding on the player. So when we tried allowing you full control of your companions as well, what we&#8217;ve found is it wasn&#8217;t actually adding to the experience. In fact, in some ways it was detrimental, given the demanding nature of just controlling your own character.&#8221; Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":929092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-929091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dragon Age: The Veilguard doesn&#039;t give full control over companions as &quot;in some ways it was detrimental&quot; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dragon Age developer BioWare has discussed its decision to no longer allow full control over companions during combat, in a shake-up to the series set to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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