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Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s original concept was entirely different, according to Mark Darrah, with much deeper gameplay, before switching to a “live service” model🚀 Here are all the details about one of gaming’a biggest what-if scenarios: ✅Former BioWare Executive Producer Mark Darrah shared a 2016 pitch book detailing the original vision for Dragon Age 4 (codenamed "Joplin"). ✅The original design aimed for: 1️⃣Significantly more immersive experience 2️⃣Reactive world 3️⃣Destructible environments 4️⃣Dynamic weather 5️⃣Advanced social interactions 6️⃣Heists ✅Darrah noted that many of these ambitious ideas (such as heists) likely would have been scaled back during development anyway. ✅The original game as created to secure early funding, new hires, and executive buy-in from EA by building on the success of Dragon Age: Inquisition. ✅The "Joplin" project was ultimately scrapped in favor of a live-service model, which was later retooled into Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Source: @IGN It’s crazy how many studios are getting shut down and franchises tanking because of the executive obsession live-service model, generic cookie-cutter experiences and lack of depth and unique identity. I can only imagine where BioWare would’ve been today (and even Sony’s many studios that suffered the rabid push for live service) if Anthem was a single player story driven Mass Effect spin-off, Andromeda was allowed to have a sequel to flesh out its universe and Dragon Age 4 original plan was made… #SaveMassEffect