Big CHANGES Coming for Dragon's Dogma 2

[@DrybearGamers]

Who's ready for Dragon's Dogma 2 launch? 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Reviving 02:26 Vocations & Equipment 05:12 Combat 07:20 Open World 10:46 Pawn System 15:21 Monsters 18:08 Stats 22:21 Mounting 23:36 Concerns

[@AlphaMachina]

I'm ready. Gonna be a breath of fresh air.

[@savage069]

Woke game. Instant refund. I will not support woke games and neither should you.

[@lossfusion]

You could hot key in dragon’s dogma 1 it was just awkward 6:51

[@chadb1866]

​@@savage069is woke in the room with you right now?

[@kerch6071]

I can't wait to get lost af in this game and miss tons of quests just so I can play it again like the first one.

[@RubixNoob1993]

I suspect the diseased dragon we’ve seen in trailers is a pawn that has succumbed to the dragon’s plague.

[@fadingghost9723]

It could also just be a cursed dragon from BBI, it's hard to tell right now.

[@babaganoosh1969]

If Clash of the Titans taught me anything it's you're going to need that Medusa head to take down a big monster...

[@jonnyfendi2003]

Sorcerer be like "i am medusa"

[@fastica]

I hate that the fact that it's single player only is considered a contended topic. I think it's a big plus.

[@anubis7457]

People projecting their desires for Monster Hunter onto it.

[@Nion8six]

Right? I was a little iffy coming into it, seeing it as a monster hunter type game lol (haven’t played prior titles), but once I found out it was a single player rpg, it all changed!

[@waveexistence3512]

I’m beyond thrilled that it’s single player.

[@Pickle_Pee]

How would coop hurt this game? It makes everything better. Look at Elden Ring and BG3. Literally has no negative impact on the single player. I hate how people seem offended that some of us really wanted coop.

[@anubis7457]

@@Pickle_Pee Makes the world a lot more “video gamey” than “simulation” when you have co-op.

[@Tendo-Pain1981]

Man, I can’t freaking wait for this beast of a game to come out. I am a huge fan of the 1st game and DLC and yes my mystic knight isn’t here which blows but this mystic spear hand looks freaking awesome also. Yes, I’m bummed it’s only uncapped FPS but I bet they’ll come out with a 60 FPS patch and more vocations in DLC because the creator said this is his vision of the 1st game but now he can fully see it realized cause of the current hardware available so I have no doubt more vocations are coming. Oh, I hope this game has all the monsters/bosses from the complete 1st game plus the new ones created.

[@DKarkarov]

The Mystic Knight might be in, anyone telling you they have revealed all classes is just laughably wrong. Assassin and Strider probably are out though, because their whole multi weapon gimmick is now owned by Warfarer and a class that used to have two weapons and is confirmed in (magick archer) has now been shown to no longer have two weapons. Magick archer still had a unique weapon though, not like assassin and strider which did not.

[@kenpachi1989]

@@DKarkarov I wouldn't count on it. Not that I necessarily think it's not going to happen, but the 10 vocations shown are enough to have a good experience, and expecting for more is just setting yourself up for a potential disappointment.

[@DKarkarov]

@@kenpachi1989Do you really think there is no advanced thief? No advanced archer? No hybrids based on the thief class.... at all? Why does the trickster class icon feature pink and purple colors.... no "revealed" class uses purple or pink. You think only mage gets to pair for hybrid classes with more than 1 class? Use common sense man. It is possible there is no mystic knight, but it is lunacy to think there are only 10 classes. Even dragons dogma 1 had 9 classes and it had fewer base classed than what has been revealed, and no such class as warfarer.

[@babayaga4320]

@@DKarkarov Mystic Knight was replaced by Mystic Spearhand. And there are ten vocations, with no plans to add more. The developers have said this over and over. I don't know how many times people need to hear it. A lot of people swore there would be more vocations added in the first game, it never happened, and I will be shocked if it happens in this game.

[@kenpachi1989]

@@DKarkarov man you really need to work on your reading skills. "Common sense" is to take what Itsuno-san said at face value. Maybe he's lying, maybe he's not, but expecting more when he's clearly stating we're not getting it is plain dumb.

[@Gangaloos]

You do an amazing job explaining everything! My only concern with anything so far is that people will really think it’s like Skyrim or Elden Ring when it’s simply Dragons Dogma 😓

[@jrag1000]

The bandits in 1 are hardcore. Whenever I came across a group, I started sweating like a pig.

[@DanielSantana-iv1mf]

The strongest were always the ones near Witchwood or the all female bandits in the mountains. Always carried throwblast in the early game just for them.

[@Saeryfim]

@@DanielSantana-iv1mf I always ran with a female Arisen and Pawn after the first time I ran into the lady-bandits, haha. Those bandits on the way to Witchwood are the equivalent of wandering toward the Catacombs first in Dark Souls 1. Just walk the wrong direction and start running into skeletons that won't stay dead without Holy damage, rofl. Bandit arrow to the throat and that's that, haha.

[@DanielSantana-iv1mf]

@@Saeryfim Yeah female Arisen and Pawn worked for them but you know what also worked? Buying a set of lady's gear from the black cat. Can't really remember name of the set but if your wore that set then no matter how buff and obviously masculine your character was, as long as they had no facial hair you could sneak past them. The ones in the castle anyway.

[@sword-and-shield]

Got to know how to back peddle and funnel them, they are clearly programmed to swarm and punish voc spammers.

[@YourLocalCopiumDealer]

@@DanielSantana-iv1mf If I recall correctly their leader Orphis will actually consider recruiting you when wearing a dress. It's how I got her sigil for the mission of that other bandit leader Maul. I just love hidden mechanics like that. Another one that blew me away is that you can revive npcs and even enemies, opening up some new storylines in some cases.

[@PinoyMagicianVlogz]

I’ve tried to play dragons dogma dark arisen multiple times over the years and was never able to really get into it. All the DD2 news made me want to try the first game again and it has finally clicked with me and I’m having a great time with the first game. Really excited for the second game.

[@Balkoth07]

the idea of the pawn system came first and than they build a game around it. so yes they're leaning heavily on the pawn system.

[@jeremykane2824]

Somehow Capcom has become one of my favorite developers the last decade. Not something I would have expected after the previous decade before that.

[@dkainer]

Capcom are legendary! They started Streetfighter… And before that, Commando! They are now back to their rightful stature and I couldn’t be more thrilled.. No one will say this but DMC V is still the best single player action game out there…

[@Stinkyremy]

Yea, soon as they created RE eni=gine, and dropped that RE7 demo, they have been completely smashing it over and over with only a few low quality games. Lets hope pragmata will be amazing too. Before that we had all the on disc DLC greed and while they do still have lots of MTX in their games, they are always optional and in most cases the MTX and games go on sale not too long after release. Not to mention they gave free upgrades for the new gen for all the RE games on RE engine.

[@Staring4827]

​@@Stinkyremy rip re3 remake... so much potential

[@metaljazz]

The first play through will be so organic since it’ll be new to all of us which is what I look forward to the most. Good to see the open world, no handholding play style is carried over from the first DD. And not too concerned w/ things out of our control like fps or additional vocations, esp since the dev’s will most likely address this later on once the game is released.

[@DarkRavedgeHollow]

If co-op does come to DD2 i'd rather it be as a DLC, maybe a roguelike dungeon where only arisen are allowed to enter so you can play co-op with friends but that would be all i'd want for co-op

[@MSDGAMEZ]

I wish they could get 60fps on ps5

[@giogarcia4359]

They wish you would buy a pc.

[@joseijosei]

​@@giogarcia4359Capcom only thinking about PC gamers... Is what I would say if they didn't add Denuvo! Say "goodbye" to that CPU performance and "hello" to people complaining about the port. I can't wait to see the mixed reviews.

[@Snags5050]

The only thing I'm really upset about is the reduction of equipment slots. Finding neat looks using the inner and outer wear was a lot of fun in DD1

[@thecanadakid7622]

For me it's the lack of co-op, I just find it adds on another level of entertainment and randomness, they put so much effort into realistic features but lack the one thing that actaully adds to a true sense of a thinking reacting world, it takes a way a sesne of loneliness that no npc can diminish,

[@timothywalter8251]

Coop sucks

[@Doingmything0]

​@@thecanadakid7622 tht defeats the whole purpose of pawns let it be a singleplayer game we got plenty of coop amd multieplayer games already not everything has too have the same things.

[@NeoAstrisk]

​@Just_Naffa why would more options hurt the game?

[@Doingmything0]

@@NeoAstrisk because it clearly isnt a focus point of the game. A game identity is also important and that it stays true too itself

[@wholesomeevil118]

The more I learn about this game, the more I feel like the replay ability of this game is gonna be massive! Im so hyped!

[@sethchandler4170]

Yup. I put 10,000 hours into Dragons Dogma and Dark Arisen. As you really progress through the vocations, the skills you acquire around maxing them out completely change the combat. The combat was so good in DD that I just kept playing it. I don't suspect this game will be different. It's also made with NG+ as a core mechanic. Core to the gameplay and story. A lot of the design choices that seemed problematic in the first game were made specifically for NG+. You earn being OP, you earn fast travel and you feel it.

[@Mormod88]

im just not sure if im able to delete my first two chars after i finished my first run :'-|

[@sword-and-shield]

My only prob is the campsite mechanic, not being able to set it up anywhere in the wild, withing space and terrain application, but requiring specific spots found is just bs with the travel system as is, map size, and the brutality of night combat. A map highlight left when found at least? Who knows huh.

[@VidiverseExplorer]

Red Dead Redemption 2 was really restricted in fast travel, and it only made it feel more impactfull.

[@sujimayne]

I only ever fast travelled once just to see how it works. Exploring the world was great, even if sometimes there was a bit much of back and forth for certain early quests.

[@havoc8600]

There were train stations all over

[@VidiverseExplorer]

@@havoc8600 Restricted, not removed! And D'sD will have carriages similar to it.

[@YourLocalCopiumDealer]

DD1 did have fast travel, but it was limited to specific locations (some of which you could create) and the ferry stones needed were 1 time use only. DD1:DA added a stone with unlimited use. They claim 1 doesn't have fasttravel, but it does and so will 2.

[@VidiverseExplorer]

@@YourLocalCopiumDealer it'll use the same stones you mentioned in the first game, but I don't think we'll git a Infinite travel stone until late.

[@Viktoria_Thaelin]

6:15 Re POST no Re Paust you're talking about the executions/ visceral strikes. Riposte is when you deflect an attack and immediately counter attack. Like Full Counter in 7deadly sins.

[@lordhokage2717]

13:09 Dear Lord that is one ugly NPC

[@Attiues]

He got 4 Boosters 💉💉💉💉

[@livamyyo]

kekd 😂

[@animeking3603]

@@Attiues🤣

[@HyouVizer]

What? The beast guy looks cool- OH GOD WTH IS THAT "kill it with fire Arisen!" 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Yivo_Elela]

@@HyouVizer lol, same here

[@TheDevilsAccountant]

The way you travel to quests sounds brilliant.Much better just heading towards a marker..

[@Meehuuu]

My theory for Dragonplague is that it is something that can be contracted by your pawn being dominated by a drake/dragon, and then it spreads to other pawns when they are recruited by other players throught he rift. And when enough pawns are infected, something will happen "globally" (to every player with infected pawn). Possibly related to the appearance of the Talos?

[@filipesilveira5360]

There are only four armor slots in this game: head, top body, lower body and cape. Gloves are integrated to top body. Boots are integrated to lower body. I can't understand this logic that simplified systems brings more diversity.

[@jakenewman2135]

I guess you’ll have to wait and see

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

i mean, if everyone wears the same 6 items at endgame, moving to 4 items, but everyone wears different stuff IS more diverse, yeah.

[@jakenewman2135]

@@KeithElliott-zd8cx right. I think the way the dev was talking about it, sounds more like what you’re saying. I’m sure based on vocation, there will be plenty of different paths to take build wise based on end game loot. Not just one set being the be all end all

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

@@jakenewman2135 yeah - the gear seemed to have 4 slots, so it might be moddable, on top of just, more viable endgame options, rather than fairly distinct 'tiers'. They could've still had more parts, admittedly. Having like 8 great for endgame pants and boots shouldn't have broken tthe creative bank, lol.

[@Channel-io4xu]

The only two things that disappoint me about this game so far are the dumbed down gear slots, mixing and matching pieces of gear to make cool outfits was something I spent a lot of time doing in the first game, and the arisen and pawns can't be an elf

[@Saeryfim]

The Pawns can, they can learn the Elven language and you can make them Elvish with the options for Human pawns. The gear changes hopefully won't be as detrimental to the "Fashion's Dogma" end-game as we're anticipating. I know it can't be as versatile as previous games with less sections of the character to tweak, but here's hoping it isn't too rough.

[@collapsiblechair9112]

you say dumbed down but others would say streamlined.

[@Justin-og9gu]

The equipment system in the last game was one of the worst parts. Particularly the UI, sorting thru armors, trying to figure out what's what and compare stats was a nightmare.

[@joseijosei]

And Denuvo! Don't forget about Denuvo. Pawns did have permadeath in the first game too, btw. Not your main one, but the others did. Death was quite annoying because of that reason. One encounter with Death meant having to go find new pawns.

[@Ilikebeatzzz]

What the director said about the underclothing being gone. I think he meant that they could implement more varried armor sets. because they didn't need to focus on matching the underclothing and armor for every possible combination. Basically reducing time needed to make more armor sets in the process, making more of them. Hence why he said there'll be more options.

[@rocketdurham4926]

I don’t think underclothing is gone, there’s gameplay showing the inventory having a shirt and armor equipped on a third character I believe. I think there will be way more customization, maybe armor tinting

[@toodleselnoodos6738]

@@rocketdurham4926 Likely that’s a costume starter set just like the Torn Fisherman Costume you start with in DD1.

[@EatWave]

the presence of a single save slot is not antiquated so much as it is a choice. Even the first Legend of Zelda (one of the first to have battery back up and therefore saves) had three save slots.

[@DirEnGay]

I was originally going to make a the tallest fattest dumbest 2hand sword wielding oaf I could possibly make on my first character, but the fact that you can kinda be a Jack-of-all-trades, and that your height, weight, limb length etc. affects your stats, I kinda just feel like if I don't pick the default average height and weight I may regret my time on the game. I imagine it's not "extreme" but if I want to be gigantic, won't that be bad for playing Rogue? If I'm tiny, won't that just feel bad for being able to carry loot? Honestly, I'm torn.

[@YourLocalCopiumDealer]

No need to be torn. This is where your pawn comes in. Give them the attributes your character lacks so they compliment your playstyle. I played DD1 as big oaf fighter too and I designed my pawn to support that. A small mage for healing and buffs. Besides if 2 is anything like 1 it'll have massive replayability, so you don't have to get it right the first time.

[@DirEnGay]

@@YourLocalCopiumDealer Yeah will probably do multiple playthroughs over the years to scratch that itch, but from what I've heard there's no reason not to be a Jack-of-all-trades really, you can level every class in one playthrough and apparently the stats of one role don't affect the others the way it did in the first game. That's kinda why I want to go more of a generic build on my first guy so I can play a Mage one day then a Fighter the next, Archer the next, etc. until I've played them all. Hell... I might even want to level up a Trickster if it's fun enough. So yeah my original plan of having to pick a specific role and stick to it, I think I'll scrap that idea and play everything. I think I'll make my main pawn a giant lumbering oaf instead and keep him as the tank and pack mule lol, then the other two pawns I will try to work around what I'm currently playing as.

[@YourLocalCopiumDealer]

@@DirEnGay That sounds exactly like how I wound up playing DD1. Because the player character has access to classess the pawns doesn't, I kept changing mine to test them all and became a Jack-of-all-trades by accident. Eventually I focussed on making my main pawn a healer that could work with any other class and combo of party. To add to your good idea, I think I'll go for a healing pack mule. XD

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

honestlly more weight, or less stamina cost, kinda works for everyone.

[@christianmorris1667]

the game's director said that the single save slot is to "encourage exploration", something that can't be done with multi-save freedom that allows one to save-scum in exploration or story beats. you can still go back to previous inns or last resting points to prevent hard locks.

[@SuperAp0calypse]

Anyone find out the level cap? Is it 200 again? At 200 the game became fairly easy in comparison to someone who was under lvl 100 for example. Also with the one save slot thing, you can actually change how your character and pawn looks in the game at any time (admittedly only with an item that comes with the deluxe edition or bought seperately with real cash), but it kind of makes the multiple characters thing irrelevant as if its like the 1st game, the item was not a one use thing, and could be used infinitely.

[@arcanumelite4853]

do far we have no idea... datamined info showed the cap at 999... but that could just be placeholder.. so again we dont know for sure.

[@lexzeyfercronus]

Ps5 version of DD2 has quick access to healing items,stamina items and the inventory menu (theres a 4th thing but i forgot what it was),ive seen an image of the layout ingame by using L1+ any of the 4 dpad buttons,so its safe to assume the xbox and pc (thats a given) versions will have that,unlike the first game that apparently only has hotkeys on pc and on the ps4(and maybe xbox one?) port,but not on the original release of xbox360 and ps3,as an extra not so fun fact,the pc version of DD:DA lacks this functionality if you play it with a controller,forcing you to either reach out for your keyboard or do some steam big picture juggling.

[@eric8604]

Personally im glad they are playing close to the chest with this game. Keep some stuff a suprise i wish more companies would do this. Movies should do the same. Its like theres no suprises in anything anymore

[@eric8604]

Also with a map that big i hope theres some kind of mounts. Imagine taming a griffon and flying around the map on it

[@YourLocalCopiumDealer]

@@eric8604 I've seen footage of someone riding a griffin. Could just be a cutscene, but I'm hoping it's not.

[@YourLocalCopiumDealer]

The first game did very little handholding and a lot of mechanics weren't even explained. You had to figure it out yourself. From crossdressing to fool female bandits to reviving dead npcs to unlock new storylines, DD1 had a lot of surprises so I expect good things from 2. Haven't been this excited for a new game in ages.

[@Gryzz1e]

Good stuff man! I like your voice, entertaing while not being overboard! excited to see what else you do on DD2!

[@vellikaari3008]

Something I noticed from all of the trailers and previews is that each vocation seems to have gear very much tailored to it. Meaning that each vocation is visibly different than the next. Like I can tell an archer and thief apart in the trailers not only by their weapons, but what they're wearing as well. I really like this idea if none of the vocations share gear in favor of vocation specific appearances.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

well, not sharing ANY gear could be an issue. But, gear could be a touch more for looks, and if customization is a thing, that'll be the major mechanics focus

[@Saeryfim]

Hotkeyed items were absolutely a thing in DDDA (And DDON, for that matter), the "Assign Hotkey" prompt at the bottom is on like... "Y"/"Triangle" I think? I've got a Beastren Arisen and an Elven Pawn at the moment for my first run... unless I make some other characters that I like more, rofl. I'm hoping the reduction in unique gear cosmetics to work on will actually end up with having more "usable" fashion gear, at least with the crafting/upgrading system on top of it. Oh, also, the pawns could potentially learn instead to rush in and engage enemies to keep them off you instead of learning to retreat with you if you pull back to ranged attacking. Or if you rush in, they might retreat to cover you with ranged attacks or switch to focusing on aerial targets to keep them off you. Who knows?! I'm super curious how all the pawn interactions will work out. We're almost there, friends. The wind is pushing us!

[@jockpackage1770]

i mean it's like 5 seconds or so, the only time i can see this really being a problem, outside super claustrophobic caves where takes up half the or more of area, is if dragonkin still have that roar that instantly knocks out all 3 pawns if they are in a very wide radius of it. lmao um magick archer's not a godly damage dealer in it's niche like it was in dd1? we'll see. they not only kept ricochet hunter but gave it a machinegun mode. sure, higher recoil but that practically means nothing when aiming for the sealing was the best way to use it in single target situations. assassin's stuff will likely mostly be split amongst archer and thief. they've said repeatedly that there are 10 vocations. with feedback they may add more, in the dark arisen equivilent dlc, but we don't know that for sure. i doubt they know that at this moment. for equipment, that footage shows that gloves are gone and 1 ring is gone too. along with the under layer shirt and pants, that's losing 3 slots total. going from 9 to 6. this is a bit sad. they said they wanted to avoid the meta monkey suit situation that dd1 had, that is a good idea but this was sort of a lazy way to do. making sure that fewer slots meant fewer combinations to look through and test. the problem was that they messed up and made 1 combination too good, it being miles ahead of everything else so why bother using other stuff? this won't change a thing if they mess it up again. if they do mess it up, it will prove our point that amount of options isn't the problem. just don't make some geer that's always best in slot. if you are stuck on a quest, like you don't know where to go, you can go to the rift and filter for pawns that have knowledge ot the quest that's currently active. it's completely optional, you can ignore them or picks pawns that know nothing of a quest if you want to figure it out yourself. the beauty of this is it's up to you. if your pawns can't help you, hire differnet ones. you'll want to do that often regularly anyway, with how their snapshot mechanic works. if you hire a pawn they will stay the same as long as you keep them, apart from thing you teach tactics or monaster knowledge. if you retire them and rehire them later they may have entirely different equipment, a new vocations, other skills, and/or more knowledge from their plaeyr's game also from otehrs that recruited them.

[@wyattbranham4919]

I'm glad they improved the mounting system. I felt it didn't get enough love in the first game.

[@nyxeliana5247]

Fun fact: there was a hot key system in DD:DA. It was just that you had to customize it yourself and the game never tells you it's there. So the vast majority of people always missed it lol Tbh, it wasn't the best, it didn't auto switch to the next best healing item after the one you had ran out. So hopefully that will be an improvement 🙏🏻

[@warblackjack5565]

I am betting that Dragonsplague will simply have to do with resistance to being manipulated likely by a dragon. In the first game, dragons could manipulate party members; this could be tough to deal with if you have a strong party. Perhaps these afflicted companions will go berserk in combat, attacking friend and foe alike due to being drunk with power. Maybe incapable of resisting dragon’s influence, meaning they will attack you any time you face a dragon? Funny thing is that it is based on how popular your pawn is. So, people with great pawn creations are screwed.

[@alexgarner9987]

7 days let's go boys and girls

[@FossilApostle]

It looks like each class is represented by one weapon each. This doesn't include the warfare that seems to have two weapons which makes it unique. What interesting thing about the Mystic Knight is that it's enchanted counters seem to be rolled into the fighters moveset. This could mean that previous skills for certain classes are actually hidden inside of the weapon, like the shield for the fighter. Which could also mean that the warfare is going to be a very powerful class not just having access to two classes but potentially up to four different possibilities if you include things from dragon's dogma part 1

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

no mystic knight, wayfarer can use any 3 weapons, but only gets 3 skill slots.

[@jacklynmccall3871]

Im glad its a single player game. Could you imagine the trolls online just going off by themselves and screwing up everything in your world? XD

[@scorcher_11]

It's one save slot because of the lore of the game. Finishing NG+ and you'll have a crazy moment. Maybe also from a technical standpoint not to have so many random pawns they have to save.

[@TianLong72k]

Man. I was hoping that each vocation was leveled individually. I hope thats an option. That would make the grind longer😊

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

that's how it worked in DD. Just, vocation levels were different from character levels.

[@OmegaDenz96]

We have bindable keys for consumables though in Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen. When you open your inventory and click on a consumable, there's an option to "allocate key" or some sort. Not all consumables can be bound though like those tomes or jewels that conjure magic spells.

[@nightbane44]

yeah its just one of those things that isn't mentioned in game so a lot of players didn't realize you could do it. and IIRC if you're using pad you have to go into big picture and rebind the dpad for it to work as well, which is another layer removed

[@TheInstinctWithinV2]

Any changes we don't like such as revive incantations are fine. We'll just mod them back to instant use

[@SirGreenDay]

Spoken like a typical PC player that sucks at video games so they have to cheat just to play the vanilla game. You're a scrub, kid. Have fun playing the game on easy mode. Just like an 8 yr old.

[@RED_Theory038]

Has anything been said about modding? Capcoms recent stance against modding is a little concerning in that regard

[@toodleselnoodos6738]

It’s from DDO. They implemented it there to add some challenge for co-op. Wasn’t that big of a deal and I honestly like the balance better. But I also cheated and played Priest which can make itself immune to a set number of damage. So I would cast my Guard Bit spell and run over and revive folks while the boss tries to smash through my spell. DD2 Mage has the Palladium spell, so you can cast that and run up and raise your pawn.

[@matthewbentley1236]

I wouldn't bet that a main story character can't die, that was entirely possible in the first game. on multiple save slots for different builds, why would you need multiple save slots for different builds? you can change your build at any point on a single character. As I see it they want you to actually get stuck in and experience an adventure rather than save scumming and doing just the start of the game with loads of different characters.

[@kenpachi1989]

Well it would make sense to have one savefile per character, no save scumming but you can still play different characters (which has its uses, for examples if I wanted to see how the world reacts to different races, or to do a fresh run without deleting a lv 200 uber character). They could have made a limited number of slots to avoid having too many unused pawns around, something like three would have been great. Besides, we can probably still do it by swapping local files, it's just inconvenient for the sake of being inconvenient.

[@arcanumelite4853]

@@kenpachi1989 no... its done so you cant have a team full of your own pawns... they want you to use the pawns of other people... if you could have multiple save files the pawn system would be 100% completely useless... and so they prevent that from happening)

[@kenpachi1989]

@@arcanumelite4853 ok so what you're saying is that they wouldn't be able to filter out your own pawns from other saves? What are they, dumb?

[@OmegaDenz96]

So maybe there more than 1 meister in a certain vocation? So maybe every meister can offer a different special move/skill to your vocation and you can only equip one. With that in mind, maybe we can sort of have those missing vocations like the Ranger, Assassin and the Mystic Knight.

[@toodleselnoodos6738]

I’m wondering if there might be “Maister Sub-Vocations”. Or the Job Maisters are extremely barebones and really don’t offer anything. I mean, if you have to bond deeply with the Maister to unlock Mystic Knight for Fighter. It’s just weird they mention that you can unlock their vocation, but there’s only 4 vocations that could be unlocked this way - the Arisen vocations (Mystic Spearhand, Magick Archer, Warfarer, and Trickster). And it says OR. So, it doesn’t make sense that your option from the vocation Maister is to either unlock the class or to unlock its master skill…when you don’t even have there class. Which means to me, is there actually sub-vocations then? Or what about Basic/Advanced vocations in which they were already unlocked? There isn’t supposed to be any further vocations to learn?

[@dragonbornsouls]

The first game had hotkeys, but it only had 5 key binds for there to be more for the 2 game.

[@Andicus]

I'm like 99% sure Dragonsplague is gonna be some kind of "fame" mechanic for Pawns that are exceedingly popular (like a content creator's pawn for example), and they get badass effects for being so popular/good. Eh.. as I typed it out I started to feel less sure about that. But it'd be cool. Could just be something like the helminth cyst in Warframe lol. Some visual affliction but with some stat buffs or something until your Pawn goes rogue attacking you, NPC's cities and all that? Whatever it is, I'm so hyped.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

or disobey based on their 'fame'

[@Nightwalker170]

Eh, I'm rarely a fan of having options taken away (Except for difficulty sliders, I don't care if those get taken away) especially when those options are tied to character power and/or fashion. I kid you not, half the fun I had in the original game came from making gear loadouts that were both stylish AND effective. Afterall how your pawn looked affected it's overall rating as much as how well it performed. As for how they 'streamlined' the vocations, I'm trying very hard not to be any shade of upset and hold hope that the combat and skills are deep enough to make up for the fact you are now far less flexible in combat as an agility type. Maybe thief gets a parry ability to make up for the missing assassin class. I'll have to wait to find out. On the other hand it's looking like Warrior FINALLY gets more than three active skills, which was something that frustrated me to no end in the first game.

[@robbieburns3564]

I recently installed HEN on my PS3, put a 1Tb drive in it and started playing old PS3 games I missed before. Dragons Dogma 1 is one of those and it's really fun. So I'm looking forward to Dragons Dogma 2 for my PS5. Because lets face it - we really need more games engineered for these new consoles and less cross gen games.

[@datonedumbasian4919]

24:20 the one save slot is still up in airs for me until i get confirmation from the devs as the character creation demo had 5 save slots for different arisen and pawns so it seems to me that 5 save slots seems to be the limit, but i haven't looked at any recent interviews yet so i might need to double check if itsuno or the dev team had said anything about it yet.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

it wasn't 5 save slots. They just let you play around with making up to five saved looks. Tthe devs have already said it's one slot. If a demo comes out with three builds, it's STILL one slot. That's just done so you can play around with more than one setup in the demo.

[@YourLocalCopiumDealer]

I really liked the layers of clothing in 1. I had dragonforged my underwear so that I could wear anything over it without losing the buffs. This system gave so much control over the look of your character without sacrificing too much on stats, it was great. I'm very worried that removing this feature is a mistake.

[@SothasilX1]

I would like to see a dark knight and paladin vocation

[@YourLocalCopiumDealer]

DD1 had mystic knight, which was a little of both.

[@madgamer7018]

I love that it’s going to be a single player game. That’s a big selling point to me. Having to depend on somebody else really upsets me.

[@thecanadakid7622]

not at all, it would just be similar to depending on pawns as is now. Or you couls just disband with players holding you back, due to lack of skill

[@billbeis7691]

I played the first one back then and i was bummed that the sequel was an online mmo ... So happy that we are so close to the true sequel , at last . Thanks Japan, keep producing these great games !!!

[@heartoffire5902]

The Pawns have AI that lets them learn how you play and work to accommodate and compliment that? That's amazing! I'm excited for that ❤‍🔥

[@Lucky_Fluffy]

i remember playing the first DD and i did not struggle with using consumables you could Assign the consumables to your number keys (i played on Keyboard)

[@nightbane44]

yeah it just isn't outright explained in game so its easy to miss, and IIRC for pad players you had to go into big picture mode and rebind the dpad to 1-4 for it to work properly, which is probably why most players don't remember or know it was a thing

[@Why_So_Spicy]

I like how Eldon ring handles this approach just pick up whatever weapon you want and use it

[@samnyce]

6:48 No your wrong, at least in the dark Arisen version they have hotkeys for consumables for PC 1-4 my guy!!! 💯💯💯

[@Arleneim]

In most games you are the hot shit, or self sufficient lets say. In DD, you have to get rid of the lone wolf mindset as you will have certain weaknesses regardless of your level, which is why a unique system created to complement it called pawns. This is an intentionally frustrating game that really entertains people who have a taste for it and leaves out the less involved players. Which is not necessarily a bad thing i think but certainly niche.

[@kelefane6233]

My biggest concern is fps on console

[@rafaelramoscardona3108]

Yea same. But hopefully it hovers at 30 or above like 95% of the time.

[@FlyingButterHorse]

If you really care about fps, then being on console in the first place is a big issue. I'd expect framerates to be somewhat unstable at launch, with some problems in areas with heavy foliage/enemies/allies, but generally ok. This will probably improve over time, with patches and performance updates.

[@Stinkyremy]

@@FlyingButterHorse Even just from gameplay shown already the FPS tanks and stutters to 25 to even sub 20 FPS. Its to be expected in a game with so many systems, even PC will have issues with high demanding hardware.

[@FlyingButterHorse]

@@Stinkyremy Yeah, low-end PCs will definitely struggle, but often PCs have a lot more graphical settings that can be adjusted in-depth, to accommodate for lower-end hardware. Consoles have been improving in terms of settings like this in-game, but I'd say it's still a bit behind. And of course, mods often come out for PC which allow people to decrease quality even further, in exchange for performance (which is also slowly coming to consoles now I suppose).

[@Stinkyremy]

@@FlyingButterHorse Well the released sys specs from capcom is targeting 30fps on high end PCs as well. DD1 was also heavy intensive again because all of all the systems in place. What I am getting at is dont be expecting some miraculous increase on PC where you are running the game at 200FPS and the poor console players are having to deal with sub30FPS.

[@brentonbishop6621]

Damnit i do like the way the archer jumps and shoots like a better Legolas

[@ckwi2245]

I think a big component to how well the point around 11:50 is received depends on how often obvious answers are non-answers. For a concrete example, to exit a mineshaft you can take a ladder, the shaft has 4 or 5 ladders about, only 1 of them can actually be interacted with/climbed, in this case not marking the ladder is a problem, the visual set up of options, routes, or various exit points is a lie for aesthetics. Now lets say a few of them led to a small area where the mineshaft is collapsed, or half covered in rubble, etc. that's a bit different, but main point stands that things need to not cause cognitive dissonance too often. It seems like DD2 shouldn't bee too big of an offender here, but we shall see in a week.

[@arcanumelite4853]

yeah but after awhile as everyone learns the game and the pawns grow the pawns will know everything and could just show you the way... you can have them show you the way and even provide shortcuts with magic or shield toss... (there is even a video where there is a ledge high up that is unreachable by the party but has a ladder on it that can be knocked down so the rest can get up... the mage levitates up there and kicks the ladder down so the rest of the team can get up) so the fact that the ai pawns can learn these shortcuts and paths for quests could help.. at least people who play the game at a later date when pawns have this knowledge.

[@ckwi2245]

@@arcanumelite4853 that's more of an example of it being done well, which is what we are expecting/hoping for... a ladder can be moved to turn into a bridge, my example was more a warning of the ladder is against the building and can't be climbed moved or any sort of interaction whatsoever being too commonplace.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

or two ladders are broken, one ladder leads to loot, one ladder leads to another path. It doesn't need to obviously be the ladder out or they've failed.

[@ckwi2245]

@@KeithElliott-zd8cx if the ladder is visually broken or blocked that's fine, but if it appears to be a perfectly serviceable ladder that appears to lead somewhere but has no interaction what so ever... that's when the potential problem begins. Heck in the example of turning a ladder into a bridge, the ladder being too short for that purpose is also fine, but some being functional and others completely not would be an issue.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

@@ckwi2245 oh no, you wasted like, 4 seconds. Go play smt nocturne. When you have a full on mental breakdown, you'll be able to know the zen that is, every 'detail' doesn't need to be used, or else it shows no respect to the player's time.

[@loneshooter7286]

Well, I hate the fact I can't make 3 ponds. Like the last game. I have an ideal group I want so I have to look at the way they look and thier class. So that kinda sucks...again.

[@_Nomad_0]

Thank you for not covering the exact same stuff everyone else was, I was iching for new info 🍻

[@ps3isthebest560]

This game is definitely goty period

[@ITzKidKoz]

The save system only makes sense for the fact that they don't want people to save scum, they would rather you just run through the game organically and whatever happens happens. The problem with that is at this point in gaming you should be able to have multiple save slots that can't manually save in that specific run and they should be able to make it so that you can only have one pawn uploaded publically for every gaming profile it really shouldn't be that you can't have a separate mage run along with a warrior run that part makes no sense. And of course the FPS problem thankfully I'll be playing on PC but I feel for the console users if there are obvious problems at launch. These consoles were specifically made to hit the higher frame rates and making that an unknown along with the saves seems aggressively aged in thought process almost like they had the 360 and PS3 in mind the whole dev process... For those who want co-op lol every time there is a companion or another character you can play in a game people want co-op they wanted it in spiderman 2, starfield, hogwarts, jedi: survivor etc.. no people its okay to go on your own adventure hahahaha.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

i mean, "they're wrong for no multiple saves" but also "you can just play something else for co-op, because that's not what they're doing"?

[@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs]

15:53 Not a 1:1 Dragonslayer exactly, but looks like we'll be putting our grasses on again bois 🕶

[@ItzLiamBruv]

There is a hotkey setup in dragons dogma 1, limited but it's there, when you go to use a curative there's an option to hotkey using triangle on ps, Y on Xbox and I dunno on pc

[@foxliam10]

Came for dragons dogma 2 stayed for smite royalty

[@voidsentoni5977]

Question: I know the game is recommending controllers. But my brain is hardwired to K/M, is it still possible to enjoy?

[@YourLocalCopiumDealer]

If you can enjoy games like DD with k/m it should be fine. I played DD1 with both and though my preference is the controller I had no issue with k/m.

[@jesterday2222]

That one save slot is what is has me on the fence about buying this game. I don't want to delete my first chars just to start a new run.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

could start on a new account on console. PC, just cut and paste saves

[@jesterday2222]

@@KeithElliott-zd8cxyeah I quess so (PC) but I wonder why they force me to =>

[@k.s.2935]

I don't know how well the overall reception is going to be, there is too much of the devs and director wanting people to play exactly how they want them to play. They better hope there is no bug that wipes or damages saves considering the one save slot b.s.

[@YourLocalCopiumDealer]

Yeah. Just like DD1 I'm going to play on pc and manually copy the save file just to be sure.

[@DmnHd81]

About the single save dilemma, I'd probably just do another save on another account. That way I can hire my own custom pawn.

[@lasoga2125]

My biggest problem with pc is that there are no physical options. But I think I'm going to have to get it on pc. I'm pretty sure my 3080ti can get me that smooth 60 with decent visuals

[@jonquis07]

I just hope the same enemies just don't respawn every time you go in the towns

[@Stalkingwolf]

the FPS issue bothers me. PS5 / Xbox Series X are capable of 120hz and we still get 30fps games. 30fps isnt enough anymore. Sony and MS make very powerful consoles and game devs still stuck at 30fps because they either prefer more shiny visuals or suck. i dont buy games with 30fps. i dont want to play games in only 30fps. it sucks.

[@killervr5802]

My guess one save slot is do to the new game + and beyond like the first one but not shore about if you would like to change the look or gender of the character

[@geraltgrey-mane695]

controller highly recommended as for DS/Elden ring etc? or is keyboard & Mouse good to?

[@briwanderz]

the "no fast travel" problem for me is going BACK to other places, which you do a LOT in most games, if you already cleared the path, having to walk back is boring.. of course you should not be able to fast travel to somewhere you have never been, and maybe never be able to fast travel everywhere, but certainly a few locations should be possible, i think DD:DA did it right, you can fast travel to 3 or 4 locations all you want.... and gather a few port crystals to add up to 10 total locations. i'm certainly hoping that happens in DD2.. or at least give us the option to fast travel if the path is already clear, or all the enemies are so trivial it'd be boring to just literally kill 4+ of the enemies with one single shot, every 30 seconds heading back... especially after killing over 9000 of them.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

there's fast travel. Portcrystals and ferrystones are a thing, just rarer.

[@briwanderz]

@@KeithElliott-zd8cx yeah i've seen that since then... but i don't see any reason not to have the eternal ferrystone thing from the first game.. even if it only goes to a few locations, or have like two levels of fast travel, unlimited to a few locations and needing the specific items for the others..

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

@@briwanderz it might - the eternal ferrystone was with the dlc, wasn't it? I could see them going for that like, 2 years later. Not to mention a high level, rich character won't be sweating the like, 5k? cost, presumably.

[@Ock_mantis]

I really wanna know about the last class. Because the way it sounds. You might be able to creat some other classes like mastic and archer with the weapon choices from the first game. Cuz it looks like mystic archer wont be using a melee weapon. So i hope that class kinda works where you can more or less creat a class??

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

kinda, kinda not. Equip 3 of the 9 weapon types, and use 3 skills from other classes only. But, you can swap weapons in battle, and since 'core' skills have been expanded on, you can think of it as a hybrid class. But it's still wayfarer. It's also got less stats than other classes.

[@havoc8600]

“We don’t want everyone to look the same and use the same gear so we removed 2 gear slots to make sure that they are the same0

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

AND changed how gear worked so everyone won't just use the best shit. It's almost like, it's more than one change.

[@Cl0ne66]

There Gotta be more vocations. Why would green (thief) be the only one that doesn’t get a hybrid or an advanced? Does t make sense.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

it doesn't make sense IF you're too stuck to the DD triangle idea.

[@thecanadakid7622]

feeling like a lack of enemy variety form what I've seen so far, hopefully they are holding back for surprise.

[@ashenworkshop9259]

Remember that they didn’t advertise evil eyes, hydras, the ur dragon, or liches for the first game. Capcom is being clever about this. Worry not, friend.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

really? I think it's more, we showed off griffins too much'. But there's plenty of other creattures, pay attention.

[@thompson4822]

All you have to do is make travel fun? Hmm, I guess it's good there will be romance options then!

[@andrewellis1924]

The only thing i want to know is when you change your pawns vocation does it affect the "summoning" process? I would search for the pawns i wished to use the when they show up their not the vocation i wanted because their handler had changed them.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

i doubt it. Getting changed 'saves' them, and yyou'll get the save you loaded. It''s not going to change mid mission...

[@prew_gaming]

...basically, the game is hard, and if you are not good... buy at your own risk. Remember folks, this is a capcom game.

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

it's not that hard. Don't run in caves, go prepared, etc. Shit, the first one, you'd have like a hundred healing herbs on hand, no biggie. Pause the game, spam in menu.

[@JMT_24]

what i liked that armor feature inner outer

[@aeloswindrunner]

Anyone know if there's going to be new game plus like the first game? Where you can change appearance and carry over levels and gear?

[@bigbadsauce92]

this is the game I have been waiting my whole life for

[@Michael............]

Hope they get rid of denuvo quickly cuz I'm gonna be struggling to run it already

[@blary5298]

Is this game like elden ring where you get stronger and earn levels, then put points into a skill tree?

[@elyadrian8871]

no skill tree like the first game more than likely

[@jonquis07]

I save slot sucks but oh well

[@Oncewasgolden]

Hmmm, do I want to spend $70 to wander around trying to find my objective? I think not! There is a reason why games like ESO4 and Skyrim were so successful. The devs put the player experience above their ego. To think they expect us to have no waypoints, no fast travel, not even horses? That is laziness being billed as unique. Any half completed game can have those limiting features. I don’t want “forced exploration”. Exploration is only fun when it is unforced. I was interested in this game but the lack of features made me decide to keep my money in my pocket.

[@SunitaKumari-sr1fi]

Please no backtracking with a million goblin and bandit encounter every 10 steps.

[@banjomir519]

I really hate that term "pawn". Why couldn't they have called it "companions" or something instead?

[@pismodude2]

In chess only the pawn can reach the other side of the board and be transformed into a superior piece. Maybe they're going to play off that for the endgame and make you play as one of your pawns for NG+ lol

[@KeithElliott-zd8cx]

another point - they're basically a race. It'd be like objecting to calling elves 'elves' in favor of some race neutral term... Because you find calling elves, elves, offensive...

[@sophieedel6324]

What are you talking about. The first game had consumable hotkeys already.

[@WWEcreator09]

I want to know if the pawn system is cross platform. I'm gonna play on ps5, but all my friends will play on pc and I want to recruit their pawns