Dragon Age: Dreadwolf will directly follow the events of Dragon Age: Inquisition, now shifting to the Tevinter Imperium as the setting. While Dorian, a mage from Tevinter who appears in Inquisition, has not yet been confirmed for the new game, Varric has been seen in cinematics released for the upcoming title. Aside from him and Solas, no other characters from earlier games have yet been confirmed, but two new characters have been mentioned in passing. Dragon Age: Dreadwolf will feature a character named Davrin, who seems to be a Grey Warden, and another named Bellara, who is more shrouded in mystery. And while this handful makes sense for the current stage of development, the constant focus on Solas is beginning to wear away at fans.
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Moving Away From Solas in Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Marketing
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf gave its first teaser trailer at the 2018 Game Awards, and one thing that has remained consistent with all information released so far about the game is its focus on the game’s villain. While fans are curious about what Solas has been up to, many are disappointed with the lack of information regarding most other aspects of the game. It’s understandable BioWare cannot show much or everything right now, but when it’s ready for the next step, it should give more than just Solas. At this point, just about anything else would be a nice change of pace for fans.
It has released some concept art in the past, but even that has slowed to a halt, while new reveals for Mass Effect 4 have been varied, leading to plenty of speculation and discussion about its future, unlike Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s continued push on Solas. Even the cinematic release on Dragon Age Day was almost exclusively about the game’s antagonist, even sporting the title “Who is the Dreadwolf?” despite the fact that Solas had been almost solely the focus of all media released about the new game.
Fans of the franchise have contented themselves with crumbs of information about the next game ever since the last Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC was released back in 2015. BioWare’s games are notable for how their games’ stories have been expertly plotted and engaging to match the large array of characters that players have grown so familiar with; for the studio to be so quiet about these elements, even in early marketing, seems odd. Of course, Solas is important but so is just about everything else.
Even glimpses of other characters, the setting, Red Lyrium, or whatnot, especially at this point, would be welcome. Although the recent release of Netflix’s Dragon Age: Absolution has given fans the opportunity to return to Thedas, specifically a new look at Tevinter, anything new about Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and unrelated to Solas has been sparse.
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is in development.
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