Dragon's Dogma 2

Great game!

It took 2.5 years, but the developers have finally listened to the Community. And boy, the listened well! [h1] The biggest issues before the recent patch [/h1] There was much criticism towards this game from release onward and until the start of this month, everything stayed valid. I myself enjoyed the game despite it's flaws from release onward and put over one hundred hours into it. Now with the newest patch, I can easily put another 100 in. [h2] Performance [/h2] Performance was maybe the biggest issue. It was absolute ♥♥♥♥ on release and barely improved over the years. I played this game the first time with an RTX 3060 TI and had to play in 1080p with everything on Low and barely hit my 30 FPS. Even when I upgraded my PC to it's specs that it has now, I replayed the game and was able to hit about 60 FPS on High settings, with some like Shadows and Lights turned to low. Now with the recent patch: I play with every single setting maxed out with constantly hitting my FPS cap of 120 outside of cities. Insidie cities I am at around 90 FPS which is definitely enough. Keep in mind: This is without Frame Generation. [h2] Less equippable skills than the first game [/h2] This is something that personally bothered me a lot. You have so many cool skills for each Vocation in this game and you could only equip four. For some Vocations you even had mandatory skills and you could only equip three others freely, basically. The community fixed this with mods. But I understand that not everyone likes to install mods and we also have console players. You can now equip 6 skills! Hurray! It's basically enough for most classes and you still have to choose your loadout. Very good change. [h2] Microtransactions and limited teleportation consumables [/h2] See, this is something that didn't bother me at all. But I can understand the frustration. In a world where companies like Ubisoft slam Mtx into Singleplayer games like crazy, you don't like to see this. Especially for limited ingame items. Though I also have to say: Everybody who was dumb enough to buy one of these is at their own fault. Fast Travelling was meant to be limited in this game. As it was in the first game. That is why you get limited Ferrystones, have to place Portcrystals to teleport too. But they gave you other options. Oxcarts that transport you from town to town, shortcut caves you could unlock to skip big parts of the way. It is an exploration game after all. But I agree, placing items as Mtx was a dumb ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ business decision and they shot themselves in the leg with it. Regardless, now you get an Eternal Ferrystone basically after the prologue that is infinitely usable. I like it. I didn't need it, but now that I play through the game a third time, it's nice to have that thing. [h1] So, is this game worth your money? [/h1] I don't know. You're probably old enough to make your own decisions if you access a Steam page about a game with USK 16. But it was worth the price tag for me on release, it's even more worth it now. And with the DLC releasing in three weeks, we will see if it keeps it's worth, increases it or if the developers lose their jobs. I will keep playing the game either way.

Could it perform better, sure. Though I will say it has been mostly stable than not, a few small areas did tank my frames for some reason, but that was only in the early hours so far. It has been fun for the bit I have played so far. My only real complaint is there seems to be quite a few time sensitive quests, I don't like dropping everything all the time. That and you have to find vocations. I will probably prefer the 1st more, but there are definitely some improvements here. Also, the people who say this is the same as the first....This must be thier first sequel ever LMFAO.

amazing

The one gripe I have with the game is that the characters are flat and the story is not too intriguing as a result. But there is not an overabundance of fetch-quests and the mechanics are great. Fighting monsters is rewarding and progression feels well earned. I'd give it an 8 out of 10.

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♥♥♥♥♥ fire and the strip club is affordable.

There is so much to say about this game... Let's get a few things clear: - this is a 10/10 story/gameplay masquerading as a 5/10; - please please PLEASE do not spoil it for yourself; - if it feels weird, it's because it is weird and there's a reason for that!! - performance has been somewhat improved since launch, but still iffy in towns and some other places; - it has photo mode!! What is Dragon's Dogma... 2? Well, what is a dogma? Most importantly, what is a dogma good for?? How do you decide what you put your faith in? Do you even consciously decide such matters? To what degree? What does it mean to start criticizing dogma? What are the consequences of imposing your will beyond what is ordained? How do you even do that? Maybe you can start by fighting. You have tons of classes and weapons and armors (btw, a lot of amazing fashion stuff that's not hidden behind mtx), and you have amazing buddies called PAWNS, one of your own and two others that you can hire to help you along. And if a foe is too big? There is no foe too big: climb onto it (or have your pawn throw you) and make it fall. Or snipe it with arrows and... METEORS. Impose your will! You can also explore a gigantic world. There are traveling merchants, and caves and dungeons and hidden paths. Maybe if you pay attention you can even go to the bottom of the sea. In cities, you are furthest from the dragon's dogma: you have to play along with the royalty, the plots, the city folk and their meaningless ambitions to dominate & exploit each other. Much is unexplained and you can try figuring it out by experimenting with... stuff. (They put an eternal ferrystone in the game now, so fast travel is more accessible. Not sure about this decision, but I definitely appreciate that they corrected course with the microtransactions for certain items which are all gone now. Except for the camping?.. Just... WHY??) I've played for 60+ hours and I still barely have the gist of it. I've seen the... "closure", but much remains open and questionable. There's all kinds of characters that seem meaningless and then you figure them out, they have arcs and... roles to play. And you start understanding that. I usually don't play sandbox titles, but this is a very meaningful sandbox title. It respects what you want to find out and what you don't. It's also very intentional about what it means to interface with the player, it sometimes breaks the 4th wall and questions why you're doing what you're doing, if you've thought this through, and it gives you some tools to do better next time, maybe, if you want and manage to figure it out. Are you open to surprise, to trying stuff? Maybe it will work?!?! Last thing: There is a unitary spirit that you can feel behind its mechanics and I love that and it makes me want to make my own games. Last last thing: I despise Denuvo, but I'm thrilled to have made an exception for this. I haven't played Dogma 1, but since DD2 computer games mean more and better to me. Few games own such a de jure claim on my conscience. LAST LAST LAST thing: Hey, have you noticed the in-game menu is titled Dragon's Dogma? Why not 2? This is Dragon's Dogma 2, right? RIGHT?!