Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Character Creator Finally Fixes BioWare's Notoriously Terrible Hair

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BioWare doesn't have the best track record with hair. In their quest to create their own version of Shepard or Hawke, players have typically struggled with a limited number of hairstyles, most of which looks, well, bad.

"The hair doesn't quite look like hair. It looks like a tangled mass atop a head," one Mass Effect player complained on Reddit a few years back. Others have complained that it looks "fake," "horrid," and a "disaster."

Well good news, Dragon Age fans — your hair nightmare is finally over. When Dragon Age: The Veilguard finally releases latter this year, it will bring with it a large number of hair options featuring the latest in physics-based follicles.

"[O]f course we know when we engage with our fans, the first thing everyone asks about is the hair. Every time," director Corinne Busche says. "So with hairstyles, we've paid special focused intention to make sure it comes across as well-representative, that everyone can see hairstyles that feel authentic to them, even the way they render."

According to Busche, The Veilguard uses strand hair technology borrowed in part from the EA Sports game. The hair is "fully-controlled by physics," so it "looks even better in motion than it does here in a standstill."

Fans were quick to notice the updated hair even before Dragon Age: The Veilguard's full reveal on Tuesday. Amid the criticism of the reveal trailer, a few fans took notice of the improved hair in the teaser images and expressed relief at how much better it looked, including noting how it features more Black hairstyles than the now-cliche Killmonger cut (though it's still in there if you look).

Aside from the hairstyles, Dragon Age: The Veilguard's character creator features a host of options, Busche says, including "all the sliders you could possibly want." They include a body morpher option that allows players to choose different body sizes if they wish, and all options are non-gendered. In addition, Dragon Age: The Veilguard includes options for They /