Dragon Age: The Veilguard's "web-like" skill trees were "heavily influenced" by Final Fantasy 10 and 12's RPG progression
The Sphere Grid and License Board provided inspiration for BioWare's next romp
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Dragon Age: The Veilguardis set to have sprawling skill trees for each class that take inspiration fromFinal Fantasy 10’s Sphere Grid and Final Fantasy 12’s License Board.
In an interview withRPG Site, Dragon Age: The Veilguard director Corinne Busche explained that skill trees unlock a few missions into the game. “The skill tree is absolutely enormous and it is bespoke for your class,” Busche said, “…imagine almost a gigantic spider web-like visual, and if I’m a mage right at the very center is the core of the mage kit.”
I’m definitely interested in plodding my way through another Sphere Grid lookalike (with the License Board’s customization), though I do hope it’s not littered with teeny stat increases. There’s no bigger buzzkill in games than when you level up, dash to the menu with …