14 DAY TRIAL // Developer BioWare unveiled more images and gameplay footage at EGX in London, offering more information regarding the highly anticipated role-playing game Dragon Age: Inquisition, which is due out on November.
The company's presentation provided a number of new concept art pieces, as well as several new screenshots from the upcoming third installment in the best-selling Dragon Age franchise.
The video walkthrough that was provided at the show featured the same footage provided in August at GamesCom, sadly, but it's still awesome to see it though.
The video comes with narration from the developers, and the first section of the recorded presentation offers an in-depth overview of the game's art direction, and all the aesthetic influences that were factored in the main artistic goal.
A visually impressive game
During the presentation, artists such as Hans Holbein the Younger, the 16th century German Renaissance painter, were cited as inspiration for the artistic team, with the painter's famous portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam being showcased.
Dragon Age: Inquisition's art style is truly compelling, focusing on bringing to life a mysterious and vivid world, and over the course of the presentation, numerous early concept art designs from various art team members were showcased.
The presentation also delivered plenty of information on the faction color and general aesthetic direction for everyone, for instance, revealing that the functional outlook of the Qunari translates into more somber pieces, with the goal being to bring the richness and specificity of each faction to light, with the guild-laden imagery being instantly recognizable.
A lot of familiar faces
BioWare has already confirmed the return of many playable races, both male and female. Gamers will be able to choose from human, dwarf or elf, and the Qunari will be introduced as a playable race for the very first time in the series.
Some of the concept art pieces in the galley bellow offer a look at some of the prospective party members, and the same tarot card art style would be used for the class selection in multiplayer matches, the developer revealed.
The cooperative mode of Dragon Age: Inquisition will be a completely separate experience from the base single-player campaign mode, offering up to four players the chance to band together and tackle the challenges of some perilous dungeons.
Dragon Age: Inquisition is headed to the Windows PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One platforms, expected to land in North America on November 18 and in Europe in November 21.
