Dragon Age: The Veilguard has an early Mass Effect Easter egg
Garrus, is that you?
Early on in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, BioWare offers a knowing nod to Mass Effect, its other beloved role-playing game series, via a cheeky line of dialogue.
If you're yet to start playing, there's nothing particularly spoilery below - but fair warning if you'd rather encounter the Easter egg for yourself.
You always need someone good at tinkering with tech on your team, it seems - and in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, that's elven engineer Bellara. So, when it comes to sorting out a misfiring Eluvian mirror, she's your girl.
I spotted that chatting to Belara while she's attempting to repair the Eluvian continued to provide several lines of extra dialogue, and ultimately resulted in her offering up a catchphrase made famous by Mass Effect's immortal sidekick Garrus Vakarian.
"Sorry Rook," Belara can be heard to say, "I'm just in the middle of some calibrations."
Garrus' insistence he be left alone to focus on his gun calibrations in Mass Effect 2 became something of a meme, as players continually checked in with the character in the hopes of hearing new banter, only to have the same dialogue about needing to do more calibrations pop up over and over.
Other Dragon Age: The Veilguard players have spotted the Easter egg too - here's a quick recording:
Not again. BioWare can't keep getting away with this. [DAV ACT 1 SPOILERS]
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