Capcom offered a brand new have a look at Dragon’s Dogma 2 yesterday throughout a devoted showcase, together with confirming a March 22 launch date, which leaked two weeks in the past.
The long-awaited sequel arrives on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X/S on March 22 and the sport might be pre-ordered now.
In the course of the showcase, Dragon’s Dogma 2 director Hideaki Itsuno and producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi unveiled the brand new trailer that includes gameplay alongside the brand new Trickster Vocation. The trailer confirmed new enemies and deeper insights into the story and gameplay selections you’ll make as you delve deeper into the sport’s world.
Within the recreation, you tackle the function of the Arisen, a champion whose coronary heart is stolen by a Dragon. Whereas the sequel’s setting mirrors the unique recreation and its Darkish Arisen enlargement, this unique journey takes place in a parallel world containing two nations with distinct approaches to the Dragon menace.
Capcom additionally shared a little bit of background on the story in the course of the showcase. This is an excerpt:
Queen Regent Disa has put in a false Arisen to take care of management of the dominion of Vermund for her son. In the meantime, the beastren nation of Battahl considers the otherworldly Pawns to be a supply of misfortune and has turned to worship of the Lambent Flame and their empress Nadinia to beat back calamity.
The showcase additionally offered a have a look at a few of the locations that quests can lead you to, such because the elven enclave of Sacred Arbor. Right here, the elves have their very own language, and Pawns able to understanding their speech will translate for you whereas in your get together. Pawns may focus on different expertise, making every of their personalities extra distinct.
Upon beginning your journey within the recreation, it is possible for you to to craft your character and Major Pawn utilizing a personality creator that includes photogrammetry which boosts the realism of a personality’s look. Moreover, you’ll be able to select the character of your principal Pawn, which can decide their conduct and dialog selections.
As you progress in Dragon’s Dogma 2, you’ll unlock further vocations such because the newly revealed Trickster. This Arisen-exclusive vocation can conjure illusions via smoke created by its weapon, the Censer. Tricksters can use illusions to deceive enemies into preventing towards their very own, and may briefly improve the facility of Pawns past their limits.
The digital occasion additionally offered a have a look at the returning Warrior and Sorcerer Vocations that shall be obtainable to each the Arisen and Pawns.
Itsuno and Hirabayashi additionally offered a have a look at a number of monsters in the course of the digital occasion, together with the brand new Talos enemy, a bronze golem that may wreak havoc and trigger destruction with each step.
Additionally revealed was gameplay for the Dullahan and Drake enemies. Dullahan is a headless specter that may immobilize its goal earlier than placing with its curved blade. Drakes are dragon-like foes that expel a potent flame when confronted and may take flight.
In the course of the showcase, Capcom introduced that along with the Customary Version obtainable for $69.99, a Deluxe Version of the sport shall be obtainable. It accommodates the New Journey Pack filled with in-game gadgets comparable to a customized Tenting Equipment, a Wakestone, Rift Crystals, a Dragon’s Dogma Music and Sound assortment, and extra for $79.99.
Pre-orders of the Customary Version will characteristic a bonus weapon for every of the 4 beginning vocations, and Deluxe Version pre-orders may even embody the Ring of Assurance in-game accent.