Dragon Age: The Veilguard represents a fresh start for the fantasy series, after ten years of being absent. But despite the game striking out in a new direction, that doesn’t mean that the series' intricate web of lore and history isn’t vital to the experience. Despite the ten-year gap, Veilguard takes some surprising steps toward answering lore questions that have lingered over the entire series, and you’ll likely want to go in with some basic knowledge. In particular, if you haven’t played all the way through Dragon Age: Inquisition you should, at least, get through its vital expansions.
While you can theoretically jump into Veilguard as your very first Dragon Age game, it does directly build off of the story and characters of Inquisition, released on PS4 and Xbox One in 2014. Veilguard kicks off with Solas, an ancient elven god known as the Dread Wolf, conducting a ritual to tear down the veil that separates the mortal and spirit worlds. It’s a huge event that could integrally change the world of Dragon Age forever, but it’s far more emotional if you played Inquisition, got to know Solas as a party member, and saw the twist of him secretly being a god in the Trespasser DLC.
