On top of wanting you to "feel like you are Rook," combat is described as a "much higher actions-per-minute game" and "more demanding."
"A guy's normal life walking down the streets of this city is more spectacular than what the Queen of Orlais is seeing," says BioWare.
The publisher confirmed a launch in Q3 of the fiscal year 2025, lining up with recent rumors of an October release date.
BioWare recently confirmed that it will be announcing a specific release date for the fantasy action RPG at some point in August.
BioWare will also share new gameplay footage for the upcoming action RPG sometime in August, the developer has confirmed.
Members of the long-awaited action RPG's development team speak about why it has taken so long to make, a lot of which been down to the immense scale of the project.
"We're making great progress towards our fall launch date," says BioWare about the upcoming action RPG, which is in the works for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
BioWare and EA have also confirmed the game will be available natively on Steam, which means players won't require the EA App to run the game.
Alex Jordan, Bryony Corrigan, Erika Ishii, and Jeff Berg have been confirmed as the four actors who'll be portraying protagonist Rook in the upcoming action RPG.
Each companion will have a total of five abilities, though players will only be able to equip them with three during combat.
Armour customization for the Rook will entail slots for a helmet, a belt, an amulet, two rings, two weapons, and more.
Players will be able to transmogrify the armour for both the protagonist Rook, as well as Rook's party companions.
In addition to multiple difficulty presets, the action RPG will also feature an Undound option, which will let players tweak a number of gameplay elements in various ways.
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With the Ability Wheel, players can queue up companion abilities and combos that will play out when shifting back to real-time.
Companions each have five abilities and can bring three into combat. On the other hand, Rook has multiple passives and Specializations.
Here's everything we've learned about the upcoming action RPG.
Game director Corinne Busche notes offline play has been a "really big request" and reaffirms the lack of microtransactions.
