Dragon’s Dogma 2 arrives on PC and consoles right this moment, however regardless of excessive important acclaim when evaluations hit earlier this week, gamers on Steam have begun review-bombing Capcom’s excessive fantasy RPG after the looks of some sudden and complicated microtransactions. These weren’t current within the press construct of the sport, and gamers are so up in arms about them that the sport is at present sitting on a fats purple “Largely Destructive” Steam ranking based mostly on over 11,000 evaluations and counting.
Judging by the sport’s Steam web page, there are 21 DLC gadgets accessible for Dragon’s Dogma 2 proper now, ranging in value from 89 pence to £4.45 within the UK. These embody numerous gadgets reminiscent of Wakestones, which may deliver you again from the useless, Rift Crystals, which you’ll spend to rent extra pawns to hitch your celebration, a Port Crystal, which (solely along with a Ferrystone, an merchandise you can not pay actual cash for) can be utilized for quick journey, a makeshift gaol key and a tenting package amongst others. You may as well pay £1.70 for a personality editor known as Artwork Of Metamorphosis, which, positive, would not look or sound nice when considered out of context.
Capcom have since emphasised in a message to Steam gamers that lots of the DLC gadgets “could be obtained in-game or as paid DLC gadgets”, together with that aforementioned character editor. Additionally they record the Wakestones, Rift Crystals, Port Crystal, gaol key and extra as gadgets it’s also possible to acquire in-game, with out handing over any real-world cash.
I can see why gamers are offended about this. The presence of microtransactions has been poorly communicated forward of the sport popping out, and given how a lot backlash there was when Capcom introduced its base value of £60/$70, it is comprehensible why the considered doubtlessly having to pay extra for all of it has bought gamers’ backs up.
Admittedly, a lot of the “Largely Destructive” Steam evaluations appear to be reacting to the actual fact they exist in any respect, with out contemplating whether or not they’re truly important to your progress within the sport or not (for readability, they don’t seem to be).
A extra reliable concern talked about in different Steam evaluations, nevertheless, is the sport’s PC efficiency woes, which our {hardware} editor James has already reported on extensively. “Dragon’s Dogma 2 takes some critical {hardware} to keep up persistently easy efficiency,” he wrote earlier this week, and do not even take into consideration enjoying it on Steam Deck but both.
In the identical message to gamers, Capcom have acknowledged Dragon’s Dogma 2’s efficiency points, saying they “sincerely apologize for any inconvenience”. They’re “investigating/fixing important issues reminiscent of crashes and freezing,” and are taking a look at methods to enhance the sport’s body fee points:
“A considerable amount of CPU utilization is allotted to every character and calculating the affect of their bodily presence in numerous areas. In sure conditions the place quite a few characters seem concurrently, the CPU utilization could be very excessive and will have an effect on the body fee. We’re conscious that in such conditions, settings that cut back GPU load might at present have a restricted impact; nevertheless, we’re wanting into methods to enhance efficiency sooner or later.”