Thursday, March 14th 2024
Dragon's Dogma 2 Showcased During Capcom Highlights
Director Hideaki Itsuno and Producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi were on hand to explain some exciting announcements surrounding the release of their upcoming title, Dragon's Dogma 2. Players will be able to party up with as many as three AI-driven "Pawn" characters; the decisions the player makes throughout the game will impact the relationships between their own Arisen and other characters, as well as the interactions and dynamics between those AI characters.
How one tackles quest objectives and interactions with other characters is what drives these systems, and sometimes hinges on the player's ability to employ creative solutions to avoid physical altercations (think: bribery, counterfeiting objects, etc). In a world comprised of over 1000 unique characters, the player's choices will have a dramatic ripple effect on the interpersonal dynamics among them.
Additionally, Itsuno and Hirabayashi showed the Dragon's Dogma 2 Character Creator and Storage tool.
Available for free to download now, the tool provides players the option to create up to five unique designs for their Arisen and Main Pawn characters each, and will be instantly transferred to the full game when Dragon's Dogma 2 drops on March 22 for Xbox Series X|S—the game is also currently available for pre-order. The company plans to release official Capcom support Pawns created by renowned content creators in the near future as well.
Ian McShane will present a "Welcome to Dragon's Dogma 2" featurette later today:
Sources:
Xbox News, Dragon's Dogma Tweet
How one tackles quest objectives and interactions with other characters is what drives these systems, and sometimes hinges on the player's ability to employ creative solutions to avoid physical altercations (think: bribery, counterfeiting objects, etc). In a world comprised of over 1000 unique characters, the player's choices will have a dramatic ripple effect on the interpersonal dynamics among them.
Available for free to download now, the tool provides players the option to create up to five unique designs for their Arisen and Main Pawn characters each, and will be instantly transferred to the full game when Dragon's Dogma 2 drops on March 22 for Xbox Series X|S—the game is also currently available for pre-order. The company plans to release official Capcom support Pawns created by renowned content creators in the near future as well.
Ian McShane will present a "Welcome to Dragon's Dogma 2" featurette later today:
8 Comments on Dragon's Dogma 2 Showcased During Capcom Highlights
My understanding is that DD2 is more like a "reboot/relaunch" than a true sequel, but that's OK given the cyclic nature of the game's core premise.
Now, tell us about the plans for Bitterblack...It is indeed a game to have mixed feelings about. One of those you burn >200hrs on yet still say you "hate" it.
It has its annoying parts. Pawns being imbeciles is one of them, and a generally empty world is another. One advice before you get started: Get used to opening the inventory twice to unequip and reequip the lantern.
Might still look into this at some point tho..
A bit later, I forced myself to push through the intro, and I absolutely fell in love with it. I've probably completed the story a dozen times now.
My advice is to play the game in hard mode (for increased XP and gold) and use the difficulty switch exploit to constantly redo an early quest that gives like 30K XP each time.
So looking forward to the new game. I've created my characters using the tool on Steam. Very cool touch to release this before the game comes out. I'll be good to go now on release.