X Dragon Age: The Veilguard plays really well on gaming handhelds as long as you put these settings in place

Can I play Dragon Age: The Veilguard on gaming handhelds (Steam Deck, ROG Ally, Legion Go)?

Yes, you certainly can. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is “verified” for Steam Deck, and I’ve discovered for myself that it also runs beautifully on ROG Ally, ROG Ally X, and Legion Go. You’ll just want to tweak some settings to get the best playing experience, regardless of what device you’re playing on.

Best settings to play Dragon Age: The Veilguard on gaming handhelds

The first time you run Dragon Age: the Veilguard, it will start by taking several minutes to compile shaders. (Image credit: Rebecca Spear / Windows Central)
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Rebecca was lucky enough to be in the first wave of people who received a Steam Deck. Since then, she has acquired an ROG Ally, ROG Ally X, Legion Go, and other gaming handhelds. She’s always keen to find the best settings for any games she plays. Just about every night, you can find her playing on one of these devices.

As you can see from our Dragon Age: The Veilguard review, this game might have a stylized look to it, but it is still a very graphically intensive game. There are a lot of assets, effects, and details to render in each of Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s environments. This being the case, the first time you start The Veilguard, it will need to take several minutes to compile shaders. In my own experience, my ROG Ally, ROG Ally X, and Legion Go displayed a progress bar during this process, but the Steam Deck just showed a black page. Leave the devices alone while it does this, but make sure it doesn’t go to sleep. Then you’ll be good to choose your settings and start playing when it’s done.

Note that whenever you change the texture and graphics settings, The Veilguard will need to be restarted to shift to these new settings. Plus, it will then need to compile shaders again (but it won’t take as long as the first time). Here are the settings to use on gaming handhelds:

Dragon Age: The Veilguard — Best settings for Steam Deck

Dragon Age: The Veilguard will need to compile shaders on Steam Deck before it can be played. (Image credit: Rebecca Spear / Windows Central)

As with any graphically intensive game, the lower your graphics settings, the smoother the game tends to play, but the trick is getting the smoothest playing experience with the nicest visual rendering possible.

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