Going all the way back to Origins, your choices – and the consequences of those choices – have been a major part of Dragon Age history, with each player character making decisions that have massive implications on the world of Thedas.

The Veilguard has a robust cast of companions with whom you build relationships (and possibly romance) throughout the game. But The Veilguard also focuses a lot on the relationships between the companions — in a way that deliberately sets the game up for potential devastation and a much more intense decision for the player than in Dragon Age: Inquisition.

One of the biggest criticisms I and many other Dragon Age fans had about The Veilguard was that it failed to carry over most of our decisions from the previous games in BioWare’s fantasy RPG series. In fact,

The Veilguard directors revealed a significant detail: Player decisions made in Dragon Age: Origins can still matter in the future.