BioWare Reveals All the Ways Dragon Age: The Veilguard Evolves Relationships, and Its Steamiest Romance, Too

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As we edge closer to the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, there’s been an overwhelmingly positive reaction from those who’ve had the chance to preview the game. An exhaustive character creator, slick combat, and expansive scenery definitely left us excited to get our hands on The Veilguard this October. But if you’re a Dragon Age fanatic you may be wondering about one incredibly vital thing: who do we get to kiss? As part of our continuing IGN First coverage, we sat down with game director Corinne Busche to talk romance and relationships as vital parts of the game.

The Veilguard is a veritable candy shop with different flavors of romance. You want a buff gym rat? Taash. A heroic pet dad? Davrin. An elegant older fellow with an emotional support skeleton? Emmrich, of course. There are seven companions total and, yes, you do get to smooch all of them.

“We really did want to keep them relatable, more grounded. Some of them are quite sensual. Some of them are more physical, some are more romantic, some are more spicy,” says game director Corinne Busche of the variety of the game’s romances, “You may or may not wake up in a coffin.”

Coffins notwithstanding, spicy isn’t new for Dragon Age. Each of the mainline games features romances that often culminate in a sex scene. Inquisition, the most recent game in the series, took the steam to the next level from the underwear-clad liaisons of Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2. Busche confirmed in a previous conversation with IGN that The Veilguard will features nudity, though we’ve no current knowledge as to the extent of it. The Character Creator provides a couple of hints, including sliders for both breast and bulge size.

There’s sure to be lots to discover in The Veilguard in terms of sex and romance. In a Discord Q&A, Dragon Age Art Director Matt Rhodes responded to questions about wooing Emmrich’s skeletal sidekick Manfred with: “I would say ‘not that skeleton’ but we’re not saying ‘no skeletons.’” Beyond the obvious