Despite receiving some mixed reviews, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a truly impressive RPG with lots to explore. BioWare does justice to the beloved Dragon Age franchise with a fantastic battle system, stunning environments, and a polished, distinct style. With so much content available to players, those in their first or second playthroughs may not think that much more would need to be added to the game for the perfect experience.

The game has several options to make every playthrough unique, with three different classes with three more individual specializations, four lineages, and seven romanceable companions. With this being said, it would be expected that romance would be one of the game's biggest strengths — games like Baldur's Gate 3 have achieved massive success with a wide array of player customization and romance options. However, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is missing something that may actually make romance one of its biggest weaknesses.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Limits Players To Three Rooks On Console

Players Are Frustrated With The Lack Of Thought Given To The Character Limit

Bioware limits players to three Rooks on console at a time, with 100 overall save slots per character. This has confused many players, as this is highly different from the other three games in the series. Dragon Age: Origins had a cap of 10 characters despite being almost 16 years older than Veilguard. Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition both had 50 save slots across all characters — although having 100 save slots per character is an upgrade compared to this, the overall limit of three separate ones has left players frustrated.

Players can carry over the appearance of their Rooks to future save files, but only if they are in available saves — meaning in order to do this, players must sacrifice at least two of their save slots. Though the simple solution is deleting your old Rooks to start anew, it's inevitable that people will become attached to their characters, especially the ones from their first playthroughs. Also, with the complex character customization features in DA: The Veilguard, there are thousands of combinations for Rook's appearance, meaning every player character is truly personalized.

PC players are not as affected as those on consoles; instead, they are limited to 10 character slots. However, this still limits the variety of content players can experience. For a game as large and as anticipated as Dragon Age: The Veilguard, having a limit like this seems nothing short of odd, especially considering how this has not been the case in the two previous games. In an age where replay value is one of the most important things to gamers, it's no surprise that this has upset many people.

Players Won't Be Able To Romance All Six Companions While Keeping Their Saves

BioWare Accidentally Hinders Companion Romance

The most confusing part of the save file limit of Dragon Age: The Veilguard is just how many choices the game offers. Many players were very excited over the prospect of being able to create several different characters to take different routes in the game. Namely, there are seven companions in DA: The Veilguard who Rook and can be romanced. In similar games and even past Dragon Age games, players have been known to create their characters with the sole intention of romancing a specific companion.

There are three classes in Veilguard: Warrior, Mage, and Rogue. Though, at first, this seems to fit well with the limit of three characters, it starts to get complicated when considering that each of these classes has three specializations, bringing the number of possible combinations to nine. For example, the Dragon Age YouTube channel showcased the Mage specializations of Spellblade, Death Caller, and Evoker. Each specialization is associated with a faction, though Rook's background and specialization don't have to be consistent. However, there are six possible factions, three of which have more than one specialization.

If players had planned on romancing certain characters while giving their Rook different backgrounds and abilities, they're out of luck. Dragon Age: The Veilguard has four playable lineages, six factions, seven romance routes, and nine class specializations. The fact that a significant portion of players will be limited to three characters almost guarantees they won't get to experience all the game has to offer and puts a great damper on replayability. More than anything else, the game needs an urgent update that will allow players to make more Rooks at a time.

Can The Save File Limit In Dragon Age: The Veilguard Be Byed?

There Is One Way To Make Four Or More Rooks, But It Will Inconvienience Players

Technically, there are a few ways to by Veilguard's annoying character limit, but none are necessarily ideal. The first way is to play the game on different profiles/s, but this is a tedious method and likely more trouble than it's worth — nobody wants to create completely new s just to access three saves. However, it does seem to be the most straightforward way around the issue, given that players can also save as much to the cloud as the game will allow.

Besides creating new profiles, it truly does seem that the only way to start a fourth playthrough is by entirely deleting one of your old characters, meaning many players cannot return to their favorite moments from their past runs. Though it's not completely impossible to create more than four Rooks, darting between s is an inconvenience that most players are not going to be willing to endure. It ultimately seems like a strange oversight, especially for a game that seemed so focused on story variety.

There is not much that players can do at the moment regarding the save file limit, and the frustration can feel like a big discouragement from the very act of picking up the game. When it comes to romancing companions in Veilguard, players may feel like they have to pick and choose their favorites, which is difficult in a game with as much content as Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Source: Dragon Age/YouTube