"I Would Not Have Survived": David Gaider Doesn't Think He Would Have Stuck Around For Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Development

"I Would Not Have Survived": David Gaider Doesn't Think He Would Have Stuck Around For Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Development

From TheGamer (Written by George Foster) on | OpenCritic

Dragon Age veteran David Gaider has recently claimed that, if he hadn't left BioWare back in 2016 during Anthem's development, EA's live-service plans for Dragon Age and the departure of Mike Laidlaw would have caused him to quit.

Although Dragon Age seems to have met an untimely and cruel end following the mixed reception to last year's The Veilguard, there was a time when the series was one of EA and BioWare's crown jewels. The days of Dragon Age: Origins, DA2, and The Inquisition were partly such a big success due to lead writer David Gaider, who has remained vocal about the series in the years since.

The past few months at BioWare have been chaotic, and from the outside, quite confusing. Here is what we can glean from developers and creators.

Despite his massive impact on the series, Gaider unfortunately parted ways with both BioWare and Dragon Age all the way back in 2016 during Anthem's development. Even though Gaider hasn't been involved with the series for a long time, it seems like he wouldn't have had the chance to make an impact on The Veilguard if he had stuck around past Anthem's release.

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