Dragon's Dogma 2 just got a fresh update, and it adds a new mode to the game specifically aimed at folks who want to have a more chill time exploring Vermund and Battahl, without worrying too much about stuff like having to pay for a room whenever they rock up in Vernworth.
If you didn't give DD2 a go at launch or bounced off of it pretty quickly, that's ok, but you might have missed out on something pretty great, especially if you're into games where you've constantly got to ask for directions and can have a nice cart journey ruined by a cyclops at any time .
Following on from some key tweaks that came alongside a free trial back in June, DD2's latest update for PC and consoles adds a casual mode to the game, with the description of it stating that it's designed to deliver "a more relaxed adveture at your own pace".
]]>Hideaki Itsuno, director of numerous titles like the Devil May Cry series and Dragon's Dogma, is leaving Capcom after 30 years at the developer.
]]>Do you remember March this year, a period of time that simultaneously feel like it took place both five minutes and and entire century ago? Dragon's Dogma 2 came out during it, and it might be worth giving a go now of you haven't thanks to to a big patch and free trial.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 seemingly has a path-tracing renderer hidden with it, and there's now a mod that lets you turn it on.
]]>Dragonsplague annoying you in Dragon's Dogma 2? The game's next patch will make it slightly less frequent, and a bit easier to spot.
]]>The Dragon’s Dogma 2 Case of Sculptor’s Block quest seems straightforward, until you speak to the artist in question and hear his rather unusual request. The process of petrifying a griffin is pretty arduous and time consuming, though once you know where to look, the battle’s more than half over already.
]]>You there. Do you like Dragon's Dogma 2 and watching two things that aren't you fight each other? Well, if you've ever wanted to see what happens when an ogre decides it's just about had enough of a pack of goblins or a griffin and don't want to rely on random chance to make that dream come true, a new mod looks like it can help.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 is an early but solid contender for GOTY – we said that might be the case during preview, and we’re certain of it now. It’s a game of uncompromised vision, and where the original looked at the likes of Fable and Oblivion and asked “what does Capcom’s version of that look like?”, the sequel responds: “why don’t we make Capcom’s version of Dragon’s Dogma instead?”.
]]>If there was ever a game that needed a walkthrough, it’s Dragon’s Dogma 2.
]]>There's so much to discover in Dragon's Dogma 2 that it's easy to get lost in just the opening area. However, what already seems like a sprawling open-world is just one part of Dragon's Dogma 2's huge map.
]]>In the lore of Dragon's Dogma 2, it is the Arisen's destiny to defeat the elder dragon, but that doesn't mean regular people don't get hurt along the way.
]]>As your journey through the dense and dangerous world of Dragon's Dogma 2 progresses, you find the Claw them into shape quest. In the north of Vermund the Arisen meets the legendary warrior Ser Beren, who is in need of new recruits and weapons to arm them with.
]]>Near the beginning of your journey through Dragon's Dogma 2 you receive the Monster Culling quest, pitting you against groups of deadly monsters around the vicinity of Vernworth.
]]>Along with Disa's Plot and An Unsettling Encounter, The Stolen Throne is one of a trio of Dragon's Dogma 2 quests that see you engaging in some light espionage to uncover the motives and methods of Disa, Vernworth's queen regent and a major antagonist of the game.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 shares a few elements with immersive sims, in that you’re given a lot of freedom in how to tackle quests, and the opportunity to come up with clever solutions to problems.
]]>The Dragon’s Dogma 2 Saint of the Slums quest has several moving parts – and no shortage of misinformation floating around – though the rewards are worth your trouble. Aside from the satisfaction of bringing a poisoner to justice, you get a hefty bag of gold.
]]>As useful as they can be, Dragon's Dogma 2's pawns tend to natter on a bit, so thankfully there's a mod that stops them from talking too much.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 is the kind of game major publishers just do not make anymore. The sort of divisive project that’s so thoroughly committed to its bit, you’re either on board with it or you’re out. Even if you may not be thrilled with every decision made to get it there, you have to at least appreciate its gusto.
]]>Nameless Village is one of those quests in Dragon's Dogma 2: the type that gives you a starting point and an end goal, but where the individual steps aren't really explained until you've already completed them. It's stressful enough trying to prove your right to the throne of Vermund as the true Arisen without worrying if you've missed out on something critical, so below we've put together a step-by-step walkthrough to help you make the most of your time in this curious little settlement.
]]>Finding the Dragon’s Dogma 2 Sphinx riddle solutions is your ticket to some excellent loot and some pretty basic junk, but hey, it’s free junk. The trouble comes from actually figuring out the Sphinx riddles. Some play tricks with logic, others are so straightforward that you might miss the solution, and one is just a downright pain to deal with.
]]>There've been a couple of aspects of Dragon's Dogma 2 that've proven a bit like Marmite, and one of them's the Dragonsplague. There's just something about the possibilIty of having your infected pawns go on a city-felling rampage that some folks find more of an annoyance than a challenge. Thankfully, a new mod looks like it can help out in pretty funny fashion.
]]>The Dragon’s Dogma 2 Sphinx riddles at the Mountain Shrine are probably the ones you’ll encounter first, and they’re a devious bunch of brain twisters. One is literal to an almost ridiculous degree, though some are so vague and misleading that it’s almost impossible to know what the Sphinx is after, especially if you don’t frequent the Rift often.
]]>Performance woes and silly balance-breaking cheat DLC be damned - Dragon's Dogma 2 is bloody excellent. It’s a special game, for my money one most keenly defined by its willingness to cast a blind eye to more or less everything that has happened in the world of big-budget RPGs since the original game arrived back in 2012.
]]>Have you ever seen a game that really looks like it will be exactly your kind of thing, and then it gets near universal praise so you think, "yeah, I'm gonna give it a go," and then you play the game and… it just doesn't click for you? That's exactly what happened to me with Dragon's Dogma 2 recently, and for the most part it's been a point of frustration. For one, games aren't cheap these days, so it's not exactly fun to lay down the funds for one and feel unsure of it. It's also because I really want to be on its wavelength, and I haven't been exactly sure why I'm not. But then I remember this has happened before, with one of my now favourite games, and one of FromSoftware's best: Bloodborne.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 has had a bit of a rough launch, with all the microtransactions discourse and the performance issues on PC and consoles. While that may have stopped some players from picking it up, millions already have.
]]>The other day — and don't worry, I've already secured permission to tell this story — I observed one of VG247's own, in a moment of ardour during a discussion of the wondrous merits of Dragon's Dogma 2, to utter the following statement: "F**k Baldur's Gate 3."
]]>On Friday, Dragon's Dogma 2 received its first post-launch update. Unsurprisingly, this one isn’t massive, but it does address a couple of the early gripes many players had with the game.
]]>CD Projekt chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz says that he doesn't see a future for the dev's single-player games where it introduces microtransactions.
]]>The Dragon's Dogma 2 Jadeite Orb quest presents you with what looks like an ethical conundrum: Who you give the Jadeite Orb to. The best candidate seems obvious - until you factor rewards into the equation.
]]>Everybody loves a good whole-plot reference, and it seems that the writers of Dragon's Dogma 2 are no exception! The side-quest The Beggar's Tale, available from the time you start exploring the city of Vernworth, sees your Arisen giving their best Sherlock Holmes impression (plus a party of pawns as willing Watsons, naturally) while investigating how a street performer scrabbling for tips in the Merchant's Quarter somehow always has loads of ready cash.
]]>Oi, you. If you're one of the folks who've had a bit of a moan about Dragon's Dogma 2's DLC, as we're all perfectly entitled to do about any game, now's your chance to tell Capcom what you might like it to do when it comes to additional DLC that could arrive for the game.
]]>There's a lot to love about Dragon's Dogma 2, obviously. The game is a cut above a lot of other games we've seen come out in recent months (yeah I'm including Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth too), and we reckon it's due to some truly unique quirks and charming little features you can find sprinkled all over Capcom's latest action RPG. You want an example? For my money, you've got to love the live action cooking scenes.
]]>Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Prey for the Pack quest is one of the RPG’s more confusing challenges. The people meant to help you find a missing child are rather vague about what they saw and know, and since you’re racing against the clock to save the kid, it’s easy to make a mistake and ruin the whole thing.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2's Oxcart Courier quest is a bit of a tutorial for the oxcart fast travel system — but this is DD2, so don't expect it to go easy on you just because it's attempting to teach you something. Sure, the idea is simple enough, but there are plenty of hazards along the procedural road ready to mess up your day.
]]>Yeah, get a load of that headline, art people. With your paintbrushes, your easels, and your pointless degrees. We, a group of people with equally expensive degrees that might honestly be a tiny bit more useless have made some art using Dragon's Dogma 2's very nice character creator.
]]>In Dragon's Dogma 2, you'll more likely than not end up killing an NPC. Sometimes it won't be your fault - a gryphon will swoop in and snatch their life away. Othertimes, well...
]]>In Dragon's Dogma 2, there are main quests and there are side-quests. Then there are quests like The Ornate Box: seemingly trivial little side-stories which the game nevertheless presents so insistently that it's impossible to ignore it forever.
]]>You. Yes, you. Do you need money in Dragon's Dogma 2? Well, first of all, stop getting so many haircuts, and second of all, you'll be glad to hear that one player's apparently worked out out how you can make even more money from the fruit-based cash farming method some players are employing.
]]>If you’re playing Dragon's Dogma 2, you’ve more than likely come across catapults. Well, did you know you can use them for more than just tossing things at your enemies? And no, we’re not talking about putting one of your pawns in there and throwing them across the map. That doesn’t work, apparently.
]]>Big Western style open-world RPGs from beloved Japanese studios who tend to be known for other things (inhale) are like buses: there's none for ages, and then two come along at once! See also: Clinton-era disaster movies about Earth getting clobbered by an asteroid. See also: Clinton-era disaster movies about America getting clobbered by volcanoes. See also: those ones about the White House (former home of Bill Clinton) getting clobbered by some guys with guns. I dunno. You don't read this anyway.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 can sometimes be a bit like real life - sometimes everyone has the plague, and you never quite have enough money. Unsurprisingly, folks who’re keen not to have to save up their gold every time they want to try out a new hairstyle are already finding ways to quickly earn a fortune.
]]>Unlocking Dragon's Dogma 2 Warrior vocation and Sorcerer vocation is a bit different than you might expect. We've already told you about Dragon’s Dogma 2 best starting vocation, but if you wanted to experiment with more classes, you're going to have to put a bit of legwork in - and we don't just mean leveling up and fighting monsters.
]]>Hello. Dragon's Dogma 2 has had its fair share of woes and contrversies around launch, but it's ok, Capcom has some fixes coming. Some of them might be stuff you've heard alluded to before, but they're coming, ok?
]]>There’s a good chance Dragon's Dogma 2 has just consumed an entire weekend of your life, but that’s ok, we don’t blame you. Well, assuming you haven’t been put off by the performance issues or microtransactions. If the latter’s the case, a new mod’s definitely worth checking out.
]]>How to change your appearance in Dragon’s Dogma 2 is something you can easily overlook if you ignore a tutorial or forget it amidst the dozens of other details you need to keep track of. Despite the post-launch buzz around Dragon’s Dogma 2 microtransactions, you can change your entire appearance, and your Main Pawn’s, without spending any real-world money. It just costs in-game currency.
]]>The Dragon’s Dogma 2 Heel of History quest is a confusing one at first, even more so if you make the mistake I did of listening to a certain resident of the slums. Completing the quest seemingly unlocks more storylines in the area and starts peeling back some of the Church of the Gracious Hands’ mysteries. Plus you get a few thousand gold, which is even better.
]]>Fair warning up top: this walkthrough contains main story spoilers for Dragon's Dogma 2!
]]>Crafting Dragon’s Dogma 2 Fruit Roborant is a fundamental action you’ll want to get in the habit of doing whenever you have the ingredients at hand. It’s a useful restorative that won’t spoil, unlike some materials, and you need it for an important early-game quest as well.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 doesn't really have a defined prologue questline, but there's definitely a point where the game's minimal tutorialistic hand-holding comes to an end. While travelling from Melve to Vernworth in the company of Ser Gregor, an intense combat encounter along the way prompts him to reassess his doubts about your honesty, and he offers to let you and your party of pawns continue on your journey unescorted.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 is packed full of side-quests and exploration activities, allowing you to spend long periods of time ignoring the main story and just enjoying the massive variety of its open world if that's what you prefer. However, you're not obliged to take on every single side-quest you encounter — in fact, the game explicitly cautions you against agreeing to too many quests at once — and sometimes you might be left conflicted about whether it would be better to refuse a request.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 is here, and one of the first things you’re going to notice about it may not be how obtuse it can be. That’s because, before you even get into the game itself, you may be surprised to learn that there’s a host of DLC items ready for you to spend your hard-earned cash on. Players are having a pretty nasty time dealing with this information, and review-bombing the game because of it.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 has just been released and, er, people are certainly talking about it, though a lot of that chatter isn’t positive. You see, reviews for the version of the game on Steam are already mostly negative, citing performance issues and a huge day one DLC lineup that’s rubbed people the wrong way.
]]>You might think booting up a fresh Dragon's Dogma 2 game and picking your first vocation would be an easy choice – there’s a way you want to play the game, a vibe you have in mind, and it’s all plain sailing, right? Not necessarily. The initial vocation choice you need to make is tricky; it determines the starting gear, your starting weapons, and your starting skills – all things you will rely on quite heavily in the opening hours of the game.
]]>You might be aware that things are changing here at Gamer Network. As well as a certain looming sale that became public knowledge a few weeks back, we're also shuffling things around to unify our video teams from across all the brands, making a sort of videography supergroup that encompasses everyone from Dicebreaker to Eurogamer.
]]>If you want to know how to fast travel in Dragon's Dogma 2, there are a certain number of prerequisite things you need to do first. It’s not as simple as other open world games where you can just boot up the world map, select a location and teleport there – the systems-driven nature of Dragon’s Dogma 2 means that you need to think carefully about how (and why!) you want to get across the continent in a pinch.
]]>Look, I know we all like to make some absolute monstrosities in the character creator when we boot up a new game, but you might want to think about how that’s going to affect your day-to-day life in Dragon's Dogma 2 when you start it up.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 is mainly about two things: pawns and vocations. The pawn system can be a knotty beast, so we’ve explained that in our Dragon’s Dogma 2 pawn guide at the link. As for vocations, well, they’re a job system by any other name – if you’ve played other RPGs, you’ll have a good understanding of how different classes work in Dragon’s Dogma 2 (and if you need a hand with the best starting vocations, we've got you there, too).
]]>Perhaps the most unique feature of Dragon's Dogma 2 is the pawn system. Unlike many other RPGs, you aren't able to take direct control of your party members in DD2; instead, party members other than the Arisen (a.k.a. your player character) are known as pawns. Pawns are computer-controlled allies and companions with a variety of temperaments and skills who will stay by your side throughout (almost) the entire game.
]]>Early on in the game, Dragon's Dogma 2 issues you with an ominous warning: some quests are time-sensitive, so you should avoid taking on too many at once.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2's save system is perhaps best described as esoteric. As a game that prides itself on its opacity, it's not about to allow you to spam save, but you're not precisely locked in to your last savestate either. It's something that's likely to trip up the unwary newcomer at times, especially in the first few hours of the game, and I don't mind admitting it got me a few times.
]]>More than in many other RPGs, inventory management and carry weight in Dragon's Dogma 2 is very important. Striking the right balance is hard; you need to walk around the wilderness plucking ingredients and gathering materials, but you’ll soon notice that plundering ore and picking apart ruins will weigh heavily on your back.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 and Rise of the Ronin are both “western style” open world games from acclaimed, beloved Japanese studios who don’t usually do this sort of thing. On paper, they have a lot of similarities: deep combat systems, vast landscapes to explore, visuals that push current gen consoles to the limit, and an intrinsic love of cats. In practice, despite their obvious crossover appeal, they’re wildly different beasts.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 lands tomorrow, but hold on to your excitement, handheld PC gamers, because your new pride and joy won't be the perfect travel companion for this adventure.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 is a big game and one that’s pretty demanding on your hardware. For PC players, the most noticeable problem looks to be struggling frame rates, something Capcom’s already said it’s looking into. It’s ok though, some fans have got their own morally dubious plan.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 is due to launch imminently, to the great excitement of fans of the original who've had an agonising 12-year wait for the sequel. As with all big games, though, the pesky existence of time zones makes it difficult to know exactly when you're going to get your hands on it wherever you happen to live.
]]>Dragon’s Dogma 2 is uncompromising.
]]>Hideaki Itsuno doesn’t want you to call Dragon’s Dogma a cult hit. Speaking to the legendary developer behind Capcom’s new RPG powerhouse as well as classics like Power Stone, Rival Schools, and Devil May Cry, I’m stopped short when I describe the 2012 original in those terms.
]]>Getting to delve into a big game’s world for the first time usually feels pretty special. Sadly, with all the clips of Dragon's Dogma 2 that’ve been buzzing around ahead of its release later this week, fans aren’t sure it’ll be able to enjoy the kind of wholesome community vibes that Elden Ring had immediately after its release.
]]>Warning: Spoilers for Dragon's Dogma 2 may follow.
]]>Dragon's Dogma 2 doesn't make it easy to get around its world, but the game's director hopes that the world is enticing enough so that it doesn't matter.
]]>If you spend far too long picking out the perfect moustache whenever you fire up an RPG, you’ll be glad to know that Dragon's Dogma 2’s got you covered. How so? Well, Capcom’s released a nice character creation tool that’ll let you create the Arisen you’ll be using in the game right now.
]]>Is a 401K and government bonds just too boring an investment option for you nad your familly? Well good news! Capcom is riding a financial high following the publishing of previews for Dragon's Dogma 2, which have helped catapult its stock price to the highest level it has been at in a year. Exciting news for those with a gamer's mind for investment, and a milestone for the company's recent stint of popular releases.
]]>Ok, so, Dragon's Dogma 2. It’s currently slated to run at something like 30 fps uncapped on consoles and, well, naturally there’s already debate going on online as to whether that’s a thing that’ll really have a properly tangible impact on people’s ability to enjoy the game or not.
]]>I want to talk to you about guts. Not the Berserk character, though Dragon’s Dogma 2 does have very big swords. Nor the courage to jump at a beast five times your size to try to take it down - though Dragon’s Dogma 2 has that, too. And definitely not guts in the British parlance, where to be gutted is to be racked with disappointment. Dragon’s Dogma 2 definitely doesn’t have that.
]]>Capcom is hosting a double-duty livestream event called Capcom Highlights this month, in which some of its biggest games like Dragon's Dogma 2, Street Fighter 6, Monster Hunter Now, and Monster Hunter Stories will feature.
]]>Feel like you can't wait any longer to play Dragon's Dogma 2? Well, you might not have to, as it seems like a demo might be on the way.
]]>As part of a wide-ranging CES conference update, PC graphics behemoth Nvidia has revealed a further expansion of its ‘RTX’ support in gaming - which could be huge for the performance of the included titles on PC.
]]>Capcom's upcoming and long awaited sequel Dragon's Dogma 2 will seemingly be the developer's first $70 title.
]]>Capcom provided a new look at Dragon's Dogma 2 yesterday during a dedicated showcase, along with confirming a March 22 release date, which leaked two weeks ago.
]]>Ahead of the Dragon's Dogma 2 showcase today, the release date for Capcom's upcoming RPG sequel has been posted to the game's Steam page.
]]>Good news Capcom fans: A Dragon's Dogma 2 showcase is set to go live later this month, on November 28.
]]>I hate to navel-gaze about the nature of this job, but game previews are strange. Sometimes they’re easy, sometimes they are hard fought. Dragon’s Dogma 2 is one of those previews that hasn’t come easily.
]]>Capcom has dropped a hot new gameplay trailer for Dragon's Dogma 2 as part of TGS 2023. The game is playable by attendees on the show floor, so it's about time the rest of us got a deeper look at the sequel to one of the most beloved action RPGs.
]]>With the imminent release of Starfield, people the world over are about to fill their boots once again with Bethesda’s signature style of go anywhere, do anything game. Unless they don’t have an Xbox or a decent PC, that is. But Bethesda aren’t the only studio who have had a crack at that particular style of vast open-world RPG: indeed, they’ve inspired plenty of copycats and homages over the years, and are often namechecked by other developers when talking about open world game design.
]]>After years of yearning, Dragon's Dogma fans are getting a sequel, and to please them even more, a new look at gameplay for Dragon's Dogma 2 was shown during the Capcom Showcase.
]]>Been waiting to see what Dragon's Dogma 2 looks like in its pure, gameplay form? Well then you've come to the right place, pawn, because Capcom has finally pulled back the veil on its highly-anticipated action-RPG.
]]>Despite launching way back in 2020, it was arguably 2023 when the PS5 finally came into its own. It was always a good console, but 2023 was the first year when you could potentially just buy a PS5 without waiting in a digital queue and pouncing like an eBay sniper for even the most legitimate of purchases.
]]>Devil May Cry 5 as the first big reveal of 2018? We'd be into it.
]]>Capcom has said "opinions and feedback" from players of the Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen PC port could "increase the chances" of Dragon's Dogma 2 being made.
]]>Dragon's Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno has expressed interest in a PS4 sequel to his original RPG-action romp. He's also interested in working on Rival Schools 3 and Devil May Cry 5.
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