This is really disappointing from Capcom. Capcom has completely and thoroughly botched the launch of Dragon’s Dogma 2 as microtransactions, game crashes, and STUPID design choices have ruined the title.
Even the once-proud in the video gaming world can fall to hubris, greed, and completely stupidity.
Despite having so many successful and competent releases over the last few years, Capcom has made an utter travesty of their Dragon’s Dogma 2 launch as the game has been plagued with bugs, crashes, microtransactions, and just asininely stupid design choices. And, like I said, this is really disappointing from Capcom.
What was Capcom thinking with this crapshoot? Seriously?
I feel like a complete fool now for thinking that Capcom had at least the semblance of a competent Triple A gaming studio with the success of the Resident Evil remakes and sequels over the last few years, yet the release of Dragon’s Dogma 2, a sequel to one of their biggest hits of all time, has been a total mess! Like I have said, just about everything one could imagine going wrong with this game has gone wrong.
The console version of the game does sound more stable from what I have seen thus far and it is a very well designed (mostly as you’ll see in a second), crafted game on the mechanics and story elements front, but the game DOES NOT RUN PROPERLY. In fact, some people just can’t get the game to run AT ALL on PC…which is a massive issue as that’s the single largest market for nearly every single video game!
Again, the game’s content is not bad, but the performance is trash! The game really costs $70 and yet it has trouble running at just 30 FPS within city environments and hasn’t reached anywhere close to 90 FPS or an impressive 120 FPS, which a game of this magnitude, price, and development should on the highest end PCs, is ridiculous in my opinion.
Older games like Skyrim (2011), The Witcher 3 (2015), and even Oblivion (2006) run better within city environments than Dragon’s Dogma 2 (at the moment) which is really a sad state of affairs. Capcom needs to fix this issue as it not only makes for a poor gaming experience, but it also leads to an excessive number of crashes for some (not me personally, but I have seen so online) and a generally awful product.
(Capcom-Dragon’s Dogma 2-Launch Trailer)
Oh, and did you guys know this game allows you just ONE SAVE FILE! ONE! And that one save file CANNOT be deleted in-game and must be removed from either your folder directory on your PC (but don’t delete the folder itself or else Denuvo, the stupid anti-cheat system that has no place in a single-player title, will suspect fraud/hackery and ban you from playing altogether) or I’d assume uninstall and then reinstall on a console.
This is the poor design choice I was talking about earlier. What modern game only allows for a player to have a single save file that is not only unable to be deleted in-game, but deleting it also leaves you at risk of being banned altogether from a poorly designed and implemented anti-cheat software? Is Capcom stuck in the 1990’s with this game?
But do you know what is even worse than a game that cannot run pretty much at all on PCs, has horrible frame rate issues, and has a one-save file policy that can ban you from playing the game permanently if you delete it? That same game with 21 microtransactions that cost over half the game’s $70 price tag.
Everything I mentioned was already bad enough, but Capcom really thought it was a good idea to jam 21 minor consumables, character creation, sounds, in-game currencies, and just a lot of useless crap microtransactions (yes, that’s the exact figure) worth an insane $41.79 into a game that already costs $70?!?! Do they really have no shame? Is their greed truly that insatiable?
This would have been an issue even if the game was a masterpiece without performance errors, but these errors and design flaws mixed with the microtransactions really highlights the disaster this launch has been for Capcom.
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