Simply Brilliant On PC - Digital Foundry Tech Review

[Keith]

Not a video about the game at all, it's all about the technical aspects of the graphics and settings, and they are brilliant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjawnIC81nE

[dafter]

Awesome.

[Tiasmoon]

If thats true, its certainly a surprise. Ever since DA:2 Bioware has spend more effort on optimizing for console then they have for PC.

[Smeagoleyes]

I mean, usually games that look like cheap cgi cartoons tend to run pretty well.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

"Yeah it's... unreal..." "NO, it's not!" Legitimately almost spit my drink out and laughed. 😂

But this is great to see. So far what I'm getting from previews and reviews - setting aside game content - is: well optimized, playable offline, no launcher, DRM-free, no preorder bonuses other than some purely cosmetic ones, the devs stating they aren't planning any DLC for the game necessarily and want it to be a complete standalone product that doesn't feel like it needs more content to resolve its narrative, a quality host of in-game settings options, and even seems to run fairly well on surprisingly low to mid-range hardware.

And it's even priced below the new standard AAA MSRP of $69.99 USD, instead being $59.99 USD.

All the things that under normal circumstances, I would expect people to be lauding a game for.

The optimization news seems to line up with what some others are saying as well, tentatively: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/101392/dragon-age-the-veilguards-ultra-ray-tracing-is-so-well-optimized-on-pc-it-doesnt-need-dlss/index.html

[Keith]

Also a good time to remind everyone to update to the latest video drivers, especially NVIDIA users to get the Veilguard game ready drivers (though I have no idea what they bring but it sounds good :)