Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director, Corianne Busche, assures fans that this time around, Bioware will "make good" with a character creator that will feature more skin tones and inclusive customization.
In her interview with Edge Magazine, Busche admitted that Dragon Age's character creator, though expansive in its own right, "has traditionally not done skin tones well."
For years, players have had to settle for fan-made mods that fix issues with darker-skinned characters, as the base game models weren't realistic.
To Bioware's credit, Dragon Age: Inquisition had relatively more options than its predecessors, but darker skin tones were still dwarfed by white ones.
Ethnic hair has also been largely absent from many Dragon Age games' character creators. Despite the developers' admirable attempt, discussion under Reddit user BloxkRunnah's post proves that the few options available aren't enough.
Modders have tried to fix this, too, but to no avail, as technical limitations prohibit them from changing too much.
Inclusive Character Creation Design Is Not The Norm
Bioware is not alone in facing criticism for not including meaningful customization options for people of color. Rather, it's been an industry-wide problem for many years.
It's such a common issue that creators...
