Dragon’s Dogma 2 is an early however strong contender for GOTY – we mentioned that is likely to be the case throughout preview, and we’re sure of it now. It’s a sport of uncompromised imaginative and prescient, and the place the unique appeared on the likes of Fable and Oblivion and requested “what does Capcom’s model of that appear like?”, the sequel responds: “why don’t we make Capcom’s model of Dragon’s Dogma as a substitute?”.
The unique sport is stuffed with compromises. Content material lower quick for time or RAM. A whole deliberate beast race that by no means made it in. Solely two inhabited settlements, one among them a tiny tutorial village. And squeezed onto creaking {hardware} that might barely run it. Nicely, the extra issues change, and so on. To anybody with an curiosity within the unique sport and its improvement, it’s clear that Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a labour of affection, and a massively profitable do-over for an concept that didn’t fairly materialise on the primary try.
Which is why, as defined within the video above, I’m not satisfied by the circulating concept that Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a few sort of cynical money-grab. Sure, the microtransactions are silly, pointless, and opportunistic. But when they’re a dealbreaker, that’s a complete lot of child getting thrown out with the bathtub water.