Today, BioWare shared a host of accessibility features coming to Dragon Age: The Veilgaurd that will allow players to enjoy the game on their terms, regardless of skill level or ability.
During character creation, players can choose from one of five deeply curated difficulty levels or create a fully customized setting as well.
The difficulty levels are as follows:
Storyteller: you are just here for the story.
Keeper: a balanced mode that emphasizes party composition and equipment over reaction times.
Adventurer: a balanced experience that places emphasis on combat, party composition, and equipment choices.
Underdog: here to be pushed to the limit, requiring strategic planning and tactical decisions.
Nightmare: overwhelming battles that give no quarter. Requires a mastery of combat, equipment, skills, and game mechanics to survive.
However, selecting Nightmare cannot be undone without starting a new playthrough, so choose carefully.
Unbound; however, is where players can choose from a variety of settings that impact numerous aspects of gameplay.
Even after players have chosen a difficulty setting, there are additional combat options to make further adjustments. You can adjust settings such as increasing parry timing, aim assist strength, or the aggressiveness of your enemies.
UI and HUD elements also offer a choice of different settings. Many elements of the HUD can be disabled entirely if that is something you enjoy. Such elements consist of the player's health bar, objective tracker, or even the mini-map. You can also adjust the size of the UI itself. Other settings that can be changed are subtitles, speaker names, and visual indicators for incoming attacks. Additional settings for those with vision deficiencies are here as well, with options for full-screen color filters to improve visibility.
Those who suffer from motion sickness will have persistent dot options and motion blur can be disabled as well. Camera shake can be removed entirely or amped up to full. A FOV slider will also be included. Players can also remap all controls for both controller and keyboard. Input sensitivity and deadzones have customizable sliding scales to adjust it to your preferred setting.
Here is a complete list of all settings:
Audio
3D Audio
Accessibility SFX
Glint Ping SFX
Mono Audio
Speaker Type
Volume Sliders
Controls
Ability Wheel Controller Activation (Hold or Tap)
Disable UI Hold Inputs
Input Remapping
Invert Axis (X & Y available)
Swap Left & Right Sticks
Stick Deadzones
Trigger Deadzones
Vertical & Horizontal Sensitivity
Vibration Intensity
Gameplay
Aim Assist
Aim Snap
Combat Timing
Enemy Aggression
Enemy Damage
Enemy Health
Enemy Resistances
Enemy Vulnerability
Prevent Death
Exploration
Frequent Auto-Saving
Library (Codex, Glossary, Missives)
Object Glint Distance
Object Glint Visibility
Objective Marker Visibility
Pause at any time
Waypoint Visibility
World & Local Maps available at all times
Visual / UI
Camera Shake
Depth of Field
Full-screen Colorblind Filters
Hide-able HUD Elements
Abilities
Damage Numbers
Hints
Mini Map
Objective Tracker
Player Health
Tutorials
Low Health Screen Effect
Motion Blur
Persist Dot Option
Ranged & Melee Threat Indicators
Subtitle Advanced Options
Background Opacity
Speaker Names
Speaker Name Color
Subtitle Size
UI Text Size
Vignette
Dragon Age: The Veilgaurd is out on October 31st, on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC.