I played Dragon's Dogma 2 early and here are my thoughts so far (impressions/review)

[@YongYea]

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[@loony708]

Nice

[@victorcharles27]

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[@MrSmash85]

How many hours did you play

[@tomatomaki]

Thank you Chong Yue for the awesome news.

[@tomatomaki]

@@cord113 Thanks for the news.

[@Did_No_Wrong]

As a diehard fan of the 1st dragons dogma I am also in disbelief that we actually got a sequel and its about to come out tomorrow. Edit: I guess I'm not the only one heartbroken by this launch..........

[@powerfulshammy]

Only downside most are saving money for combined Fallout remaster with both games new content. Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas. That's including me

[@lord7635]

Same I thought the 2nd one would never come out. I played the first one before the DLC come out and always wanted more.

[@DCUOMultiverse]

It took a looooonnnnngg time to get DD2. But now.... here we are. ;)

[@domomonstero3077]

​@@powerfulshammy I have been a fallout fan since 3 and couldn't give 2 shits about the remasters because I can just play the originals with mods and it will play 10x better than anything Bethesda can give us. They just don't care about consumers. If they did they would have dropped that shitty Creation Engine a long time ago

[@vghr6100]

The community was pretty good too. Hire one another's pawns.... good times.

[@batmanssgss]

PLEASE let it be known Young made a community post about 1 day aho saying something along the lines of "i had no idea about the micro transactions" and has sense deleted it with the evidence of early reviewers knowing about the micro transactions. Young shilling yet again just like he did for Cyberpunk at launch saying it was amazing with little to no problems

[@bonsmith4698]

I thought I was just crazy... unsubbed. That's just low... yong shillin be right!

[@VioletDeathRei]

Yeah as soon as he started "looking into it" he probably realized he got the info like everyone else and Capcom can prove it and dropped the entire subject.

[@SethWulfstone]

I was pretty much convinced it was a lucid dream I was having, thanks for telling me that wasn't the case.

[@DuPz0r]

I thought Yong was anti-microviruses. Did he not make a followup video on this subject? If not, that's not like him.

[@Eldenbruh]

Why would he delete it? Thats...odd...

[@starsuper64]

I love it when companies try to market character creators as like "put in your family and friends" And then you walk out with a squad of you, John Cena, Danny Devito, and Morgan Freeman

[@lnsflare1]

Blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.

[@nahuelkid]

Funny u mention Danny DeVito cause my OG pawn was a dark green midget man I named "Goblin DeVito"

[@coops1992]

U know people will be running around with dudes like Adolf, Josif and Mao too..

[@riosasin3086]

@@coops1992 try those guy with mount rushmore in flesh

[@TheRealAMVGuy]

Don't forget about Adam Sandler, ice spice, Kevin Hart and The Rock. I put them together because they're like bffs 🫂 lol

[@qwerty6789x]

ive been saying this for YEARS and people never learn. NEVER PREORDER

[@TheLeviathan1293]

Bro: Makes a channel to talk about predatory practices in videogames. Bro: Plays a game with two dozens of mtx. Bro: Does not mention the mtx in the review. I was thinking on how good it was that the best videogame journalism was being done by content creators, but I didn't expect content creators to become videogame journalists.

[@FeeIRG]

I just ignored the mtx and have been enjoying it so far so who tf cares

[@TheLeviathan1293]

​​​​@@FeeIRG Yeah, and I have ignored the mtx in other games and enjoyed them too. That's not my point at all. I think it's fine. My point here is that gaming journalism historically suffers from an extreme lack of transparency. And now that gaming journalism is being inherited in a significant way to independent content creators I am just a little surprised that the lack of transparency is being inherited too. The issue here is that: 1. Review copies were handed to a lot of content creators. 2. Information about the mtx was given to at least some of them, or was given in such a way that you needed to pay attention to what was sent to you to learn about it and not everyone bothered to do so, but some did. 3. Not a single one of the reviewers bothered to even mention them. I'll decide for each particular game if I care about how it's monetized, just don't keep that information from me.

[@kaydee66781]

Ain’t it a coincidence that Dragon’s Dogma 1 was released in 2012, a dragon year. And the sequel will be releasing this year in 2024, another dragon year

[@Konfide4043]

Thats crazy but makes sense. Same with every facet of society. Everything planned and positioned down to the minute detail. GG33

[@unturned6066]

😮

[@MezzoForte4]

Top Bruh moment.

[@unioneye1087]

New Dragons Dogma in 12 years baby lets goo

[@crystalz-h1d]

Damn.. true 👍

[@rcade6387]

The only pawns are these content creators doing early reviews

[@jesusblanco7657]

😂😂😂

[@kesamek8537]

Exposes the 'no integrity' bs peddlers for us all to see, gotta love it.

[@jaccl4539]

he knew and lied

[@viniciuscoxoba3842]

The paws are us, giving them engagement and views, you are giving him money just being here, he already won, look at the amount of comments

[@TheLeviathan1293]

@@Jopic He probably decided to delete it after it got debunked.

[@PhDBiology]

Wish you had warned us about the microtransactions. Was a bit shocked to see them after buying the game.

[@santossouto]

tbh no one knew they would release a bunch of MTX on the release of the game, but I knew for a fact because this is crapcom. They were scummy as fuck

[@linkweather9061]

@@santossouto Everyone sent a review copy were informed about Microtransactions. Capcom sent a "paid DLC guide" which showed all the microtransactions.

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

he didn't mention them because he got paid to tell everyone the game was good

[@Lobossumi]

And now the game is out with Denuvo malware, 21 microtransactions that werent listed before launch and shitty performance on pc. Wonder if you are going to make another video about the game...

[@Jinkypigs]

yeah real sad for old fans like me to have to blacklist a game series that I really loved

[@Kaizan27]

Yeah now that it's come to light, I wonder why Yong didn't tell us about this major detail...

[@ThePlayplay64]

​@@Kaizan27 i like his content but i don't think he does corrections like newspapers and some shows do. so.. i doubt it.

[@aaronsandman749]

​@Kaizan27 Because like RE4 and Callisto Protocol (both he reviewed), the micro transactions were not included in his review copy.

[@V-95K]

I doubt he will, it’s his favourite

[@Rkucins]

I wonder if @YongYea is going to address the microtransactions debuckle at all or it is a part of your paid agreement with Capcom? The silence does not look good on Yong's impartiality and pro-players stance...

[@Ubeenblind]

Yong pulled Fallout 76 and Cyberpunk 2077 all over again 😂

[@kesamek8537]

Yong is there anything you won't do for a dollar?

[@saulg00dman_]

This is a repeat of the cyberpunk yong yea review fiasco

[@TheLeviathan1293]

Yep

[@arsia.]

What happened there?

[@intergaming8319]

Not really. Cyberpunk was a broken game that he praised. Who cares about some optional micro transactions that if you ignore won’t affect your experience.

[@vivekkparashar]

​@@intergaming8319 Reviewers should tell people about mtx as well

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

@@intergaming8319you're missing the point on purpose. The debate isn't about microtransactions being needed or not, people are mad that youngyea never mentionned them despite knowing they were a thing then lied about "never knowing about them" later.

[@PersianGamer36]

No mention of the performance issues??

[@deinonkel6033]

He never does just like back then with cyberpunk. Never trust these reviewers

[@coltonwilkie241]

And he can't say he didn't experience performance issues because EVERYBODY is having performance problems. Even on mega PCs.

[@dumper2dust]

any thought about the microtransactions?

[@danielweiss4498]

WE should make Capcom Heat for this . 3 Dollars for fasttraveling

[@shiaeliminator6484]

micro in this game are the equivalent of paying for not playing the $70 game, you get everything by playing and are not even hard to get

[@DBTHEPLUG]

True. It's more a very stupid and confusing decision than anything.@@shiaeliminator6484

[@danielweiss4498]

@@shiaeliminator6484 that's true. but the problem is that it encourages this behavior in companies and if you add microtransactions it is very tempting for companies to adapt the game design so that the microtransaction becomes attractive, for example that you want to fast travel and then there are not enough travel stones or something similar available, so it is important that companies feel that people don't want that and that their games are selling less as a result, so that these practices can be stopped.

[@shiaeliminator6484]

@@danielweiss4498 it's capcom, it's probably the friendliest microtransactions they had in years, you can go to any of their games and the skins and stuff is absurd, this one doesn't damage the game at all, the first one didn't even had travel stones until they added dark arisen I believe

[@wakeup3843]

Yong….you badly need an update video. This is like cyberpunk all over again for you. Instead of trying so hard to be first….how about trying to be right.

[@ChronicaErys]

agreed

[@LeGeNdxReject]

He's a sellout dude, 2 months before Fallout 76 came out 100s of streamers and youtubers who were invited to Bethesda HQ made videos explaining how great the game was, and then when everyone bought it on release and was pissed at how bad it was they all disappeared and never talked about the game again

[@Kaizan27]

Was thinking the same. Yong really need to be more transparent before he loses our trust. I'm giving him one more chance

[@Kaizan27]

I'm starting to feel that way. He was likely contractually obliged not to talk about it, but then again why review a game you're not going to be open and honest about it@@LeGeNdxReject

[@crossdaboss8914]

​@Kaizan27 how has he not lost peoples trust after cyberpunk

[@pignon6732]

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, Yong out.

[@abhi.dx2345]

It's not his fault tho. He uploaded this video before actual release date of the game. At that time, there were no micro transactions. Only after release, devs silently added micro transactions

[@TheSwoon69]

@@abhi.dx2345it was in all review copies of the game. Maybe He didnt receive a copy, but im sure he knows at least 1 person who had 1. No excuse honestly

[@michaelshahoe]

​@@abhi.dx2345 Reviewers were aware regarding the MTX, they even got send the list of MTX. You can find a video of a reviewer mentioning it but didnt bring it up in his review because it was a bunch of "nothing burger"

[@The_Endless_Now]

@Johnny-fy9eh After getting caught.

[@TheLeviathan1293]

@@abhi.dx2345 It was revealed ALL content creators were told about the microtransactions.

[@Roundhead75]

Didnt you like cyberpunk at launch? Yeah i will skip this then .

[@darkguardian1314]

Dragon Dogma 2... seen it coming a mile a way with all the "positive" PR before the microtransactions loaded bug filled game for single player. It's really a mobile game scaled up sold at full price.

[@sleazyfox8937]

Dragon's dogma is just one of those games where you'll either absolutely love it or absolutely hate it.

[@PoFryRice]

Imagine if they had a secret betrayal system where the pawn you recruit hates you and intentionally leads you to your death and makes snarky comments after you died.

[@KK-qs2kq]

Although cool, your pawn would be blacklisted so fast.

[@fstorm2]

I was just thinking what the pawn system could be like if it combined the nemesis system as well.

[@chrisberm]

I want to make a tall lanky bald pawn named patches

[@georgeahio8813]

​@@fstorm2Too bad Warner Bros fucked it up

[@heyokah]

​@@KK-qs2kqnah, 95% of pawns would be trolls. The other 5% would be highly suspect.

[@Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

i think the problem with DD2 (and DD1) isn't the game itself per se. It's that the game design is inherently divisive, you'll either love it or hate it.

[@TheTurt]

I personally think that is the problem with most modern game design. They try to cater to everyone and it results in so many games feeling too safe or similar to each other.

[@leoleo1035]

Agreed! It is ok to have a niche. But most of the time money speaks so loud that companies try to deliver impossible games.@@TheTurt

[@Buttz2Buttz]

Thats a good thing. Not every game should be for everyone. Thats how it used to be, and gaming was good. Now far too many games are made for "everyone" And now games suck, huh, I can't possibly think why? lol

[@Wolta]

@@TheTurt Yeah, I would much rather have someone stick their guns and make the game they want to make rather than trying to appease to everyone. If someone makes a game they want, even if I dislike it, I can respect it (unless it's scummy or predatory). Especially online games tend to not be the same game for more than 2 weeks because they're balancing for everyone instead of just making what they want.

[@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4]

Pretty much a mirror of the first one as well as what people felt with a lot of FromSoftware games. Hell Capcom games in general I think fall under that. Take Monster Hunter. Great AMAZING game, but its not for everyone. MH before World came out was very much a niche genre and even now is the less common one. Take Soulsborne games. Same thing, people either absolutely love the brutality of it, or they absolutely hate it. D1 got the initial hook on people. D3 took everything great about the past games and brought more but even better. And then Elden Ring came out to branch out to a wider audience in a similar way to MH World. I see this game as being the D3 of DD1. It's a game meant to be like the first but more and better. It's not here, at least the impressions I'm getting, to necessarily get a new and wide audience but instead bring an expanded "true vision" version of Dragons Dogma for the fans. If we ever get a 3rd one (assuming the 2nd is a success) or a new game in a similar vein, thats the one that will likely be the 'Elden Ring' of the DD franchise by hitting a wider target audience.

[@Swolidarity]

Im legitimately so hyped for this game, the first one is an underrated gem and this sounds like a modernized version of it

[@zeroglitch13]

Yeah from how it sounds this game isn’t even a sequel more like a reboot. With all of the things they wanted to add to the original but couldn’t because of budget constraints and hardware limitations. I’m extremely excited to play

[@mrnonpoints7271]

Prepare to be disappointed

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

:((

[@Cantripping]

They stuffed it full of microtransactions. Prepare to spend to fast travel.

[@Humster]

I am disappointed. Applied for a refund. Shouldn't had caved into and got myself a delux edition. Feel real bad right now.

[@northstar6920]

The wind is pushing me to play this!

[@FOXZILLA5734]

Greatest video game menu, nothing compares.

[@yorkipudd1728]

I swear this will be the first available Mod.

[@TheSkelzore]

I don't get it

[@Thurgenev]

What you call "the wind" is actually "propaganda" It's a $70 game with DRM, EULA agreement... but that doesn't matter, you buy what your influencer says you have to buy, cause you dont think by yourself

[@Persona6Blue]

​@@Thurgenev Hey buddy, I know you're just typing this to get a reaction or be contrarian but- did you just blow in from stupid town? Most if not all games with an online feature have a EULA these days. DRM is unfortunate but if it's a good game it's not gonna stop me from playing it.

[@Chevycamaroman317]

Not yong pulling another cyberpunk 😭

[@elisel2308]

This mf is getting on my blacklist

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Fool me once...

[@vulcrian729]

Why does he keep hiding these things... Even if they are maybe not that important, as a reviewer, he should show everything

[@begood8989]

there were no microtransactions when he reviewed

[@The_Endless_Now]

@@begood8989 He got to see 'em along with the embargo.

[@Warfoki]

Well, this aged like fine milk in just a single day. :D

[@xSlLENTx]

Please do an update video! These bullshit microtransaction practices need to be shamed!

[@editthemadparts1913]

Most games have micro transactions. They clearly don’t break the game for people.

[@AIIEYESONME]

@@editthemadparts1913 Stripping out "New Game" to a once in a lifetime feature so you can manipulate your customer into nickel and dimeing them after paying for a full price $70 game actually does beak it. Plus how can any person with an ounce of self-esteem even play this game while getting shit on by Capcom?

[@carpenoctem]

he doesnt care anymore, he got paid for the review that included a list of mtx and didnt mention it

[@unrulybxite]

Yeah sorry, we need the update video about how terribly this has been received ("Mostly Negative" on Steam) because of the insane microtransactions and performance issues on PC.

[@jamez0r]

Did your early review copy have the microtransactions? Don't remember hearing you mention them in the video (might have missed that part though?)

[@michaelshahoe]

Ever reviewers received the list of what the MTX would look like. Yong most likely too. He might have missed that part tho, that we dont know. All we know is that he cant say that they hid it from him.

[@carpenoctem]

@@michaelshahoehes definitely in no rush to deny that claim, so obviously he knew. dude is a scumbag

[@guilhermemaia6001]

So there are Microtransactions in the game, but i did not see it mentioned in the video.

[@Sasorislovery]

He made a community post saying that they weren’t in the review copy and capcom did not inform him of them. Also that the video talking about them will have to wait til later bc he is currently at PAX.

[@zomgpie2]

@@Sasorislovery not true at all, he knew and purosely left them out, he knew and once it started coming out that they all aleady knew he delted his community post. he lied.

[@Sasorislovery]

@@zomgpie2 uh oh that’s new to me and pretty sucky

[@knowwhoiamyet]

Disappointed in the lack of diligence. First the post about DD2 calling it Dragon Age, then the redone post, about not knowing about mtx, to now deleting that too to pretend it never happened. Either a failure of diligence in a field where that is, presumably, very important... or a second face playing both sides. I'm disappointed.

[@danny68079]

So where's the video about the micro transactions? That you knew about it

[@aron1089]

He really pulled a Cyberpunk 2077 again huh? This time he’s getting paid for it

[@crossdaboss8914]

Pretty sure he got paid for both

[@kingofBFH]

masterworksall you cant go wrong "this looks interesting" (pawn picks up a rock) fire works well it hates fire wolfs hunt in packs careful a goblin! are you alright arisen?

[@PropaneWP]

The path branches here. Let's make doubly sure it will lead us to our destination

[@skechij5856]

EVEN IN NUMBERS, A WEAKLING IS A WEAKLING STILL

[@Vastad]

When you stand still for 2 mins and one of the pawns walks right up to your face and waves their hand in front of your eyes like "helloooo...anyone home?"

[@dakotasan8719]

GOD I hope the Pawns SHUT THE HELL UP this time around

[@skechij5856]

@@dakotasan8719 Did you not know about the chair at the inn in the first town? You can actually adjust Pawn tendencies a little, including how frequently they talk, by stting down with them and answering a few questions.

[@pingusmcdingus5]

Wow, so this aged like milk...

[@vulcrian729]

Haha it did, especially when yongyea said that he didn't know microtrasactions were in the game after the backlash started. But it was revealed that every reviewer got an email showing them that microtransactions (dlc) were going to be in the game on launch 😂 Edit: It seems like he also deleted his post saying that he didn't know about it as I can't find it anymore

[@huyle-ob8rg]

It didn't age like milk. It's already spoiled before it was even made to begin with.

[@Dermetsu]

Almost everything this man says ages like milk.

[@kesai1999]

That pawn system reminds me of the Spore creature sharing system if anyone remembers that 😂.

[@Dash3105]

Loved Spore!

[@straven1662]

Played spore on and off for many years. Was such a great game!

[@errorx_x1063]

I immediately thought this

[@Wolta]

Would love another Spore game, but preferably with a different publisher.

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

​@@WoltaI wish Will Wright would get another chance at it

[@DoukNoukum]

You became the very thing you swore to fight

[@crossdaboss8914]

Became he has been this since cyberpunk

[@majora919]

​@@crossdaboss8914before then lmfao

[@dustinlawson5882]

sounds just like the reviews of the first one lol. im in!

[@Rairosu]

History has repeated itself! It's the Review Cycle!

[@Gamer1990100]

This aged like milk they added microtransactions took away new saves, made the performance worse etc

[@Norinia]

… you know the original game had micro-transactions as well, right?

[@huyle-ob8rg]

@@Norinia So the flaws from more than a decade old game should be acceptable for new games. You people are brain dead.

[@sylents8005]

Sounds like the first so I'll wait for a deep sale. Man, baldurs gate 3 spoiled me.

[@justinmills1721]

Same. Larian proved that you can stay true to your vision while also absorbing critical feedback and making the best possible version of your game. When you look at all of the crap that hasn't been fixed since DD1, this feels like a disappointing missed opportunity.

[@asjeje]

Yeah the story still being non existent really has me waiting for sale. Seems the only thing improve is the combat which does look awesome

[@ItsShatter]

@@justinmills1721 what an incredible take Justin. I think you hit the nail on the head. A game doesn’t have to be for everyone, but when most people agree on certain things (like being able to make multiple characters, making the encumber system less punishing, etc.) then it behooves the devs to think seriously about those design choices, rather than dismiss the feedback under the excuse of “the game isn’t for everyone”.

[@abhi.dx2345]

Don't even buy it coz you have to pay extra for fast travelling and for creating a new save file

[@skittlesindadum1625]

Yong 'yeah just give me the bag' Disghusting practices

[@Holyhairyareola]

Its gonna cost ya 1.99 to take off the dislike

[@kalvinshow9102]

70 dollar single player with micro transactions, including character edit and fast travel. Corpo trash

[@DanPeters182]

Looks like just more Dragons Dogma. I'm sold.

[@danielweiss4498]

But the microtransactions Like playing 3 Dollars for fasttraveling sucks bad

[@soulechelon2643]

gonna openly admit - every game that has some sort of "inventory weight" system, I immediately look for a mod or a console command to remove it or lessen it. Yeah I know it's part of the difficulty and all that, but to be frank - I don't like it. That's my reason lol. I wanna pick up everything and not have to take multiple trips back and forth to a place just because I ran out of inventory space. Did it with DD1, will probably do it with DD2. The gripes about the quests and npcs sound about similar to DD1's problems. It's too bad they didn't update the formula a bit more, but it's pretty clear their focus was on gameplay and presentation. Other than that though, sounds like this is another winner. Gonna definitely enjoy my play through(s).

[@darkenedpsynoid]

agreed 110% it sucks

[@saisame7975]

The first time playing dd1, the weight limit was unbearable for me, but in the second playthrough on hard mod installed mod, that erases weight limit, mod that gives me unlimited sprint while just running around the world like in hubs were you can run infinitely and spell correction mod that allows me to shoot some spells on enemys like meteor spell.

[@paledrake]

I also dislike it tbh. I played DD1 on PS4 first and had to deal with it. Then I played it again on PC and just modded it out lmao. Felt much better.

[@nikoszervo]

Make a video please about the "mostly negatives" on Steam and about the microtransactions! I was expecting something like that to tell you the truth...

[@valcommander7981]

You have broken my trust.

[@Gamer1990100]

The fact they force it to be 30 fps on PERFORMANCE mode is just sad; what happened to the 60 FPS for modern gen systems?

[@epicshadow5766]

I think it's all because of ray tracing they need to always have the option for games that do this to have either ray tracing with 30 fps or turn it off for 60 fps with no ray tracing I'd take 60 fps any day over having ray tracing and 30 fps after playing with 60 fps I just can't go back to 30 fps no more it feels so bad for most games compared to haves 60 fps for games

[@bronzin1445]

For starters, anyone who expect 4K/60fps out of these consoles is setting themselves up for disappointment. Honestly, I’m not even sure why we’re even bothering with 4K to begin with as it’s still an overreach even on PC. To say it’s a unnecessary resource hog is putting it mildly. We should be focusing on 1440p/60fps or at least 1080/120fps. 4K is marketing buzzword. We will *eventually* get there but not with this gen. Anyone who knows anything about hardware already saw this coming from a mile away

[@Rairosu]

"Hardware too weak" You need a Super Computer now. Is what I am expecting. I bet you GeForce Now won't even save you either,

[@T.O.Wallee]

Bad optimization

[@beefhasslehoff]

​@epicshadow5766 If the developers of metro exodus can make their game use RT lighting and GI exclusively and still hit 60fps in 4k then there's no excuse for other developers

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

Hey how about the fact you lied about reviewers not knowing about the microtransactions and literally everybody proving you wrong? Oh right you don't do this for games you like, including Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth you being a part of it and never ever making a video about the NG+ dlc or basically needing the Big Swell dungeon or NG+ to easily get the Level 70 trophy/achievement because nothing goes above Level 54 normally.

[@futuregenesis97]

So basically this game also doesn't explore RPG elements just like the first game, got it. I was afraid of this, and I was right NPCs still feel dead and I bet a lot of houses and buildings in this game are just closed off just like the original game.

[@rundown132]

Why are people giving you downvotes for giving negative feedback? Lmao guys a game isn't entitled to praise and should be called out for their flaws

[@DBTHEPLUG]

Every KZbin video gets downvotes. Welcome to KZbin...

[@justinmills1721]

You think it's bad here, try saying something critical about this game on reddit. I love fantasy RPGs, so I will still probably give this game a try. But most reviews say lack of enemy variety, universally bad performance, a weird marriage of the best character creator ever made but a single character slot, janky pawn AI, etc. A lot of these problems existed in DD1, but get shouted down by the rabid fanbase that for some reason don't want their game to be improved.

[@TossedSalad69]

@@justinmills1721some decent points, but the single save slot argument is dumb. You don’t need more than 1, unless you want to change your race I suppose. Also Elden Ring had pretty bad performance on launch yet won GOTY. As for the pawn AI, I’ll have to see for myself. But I bet it has better AI than 99% of games. But a game

[@Wolta]

Because I love my favorite youtuber unless he disagrees with me, I need to live in an echo chamber. /s

[@justinmills1721]

@@TossedSalad69 Why is the single save slot argument dumb? This is an RPG - you think there aren't at least a few people that want to have a guy/a chick/a young person, an old person - different toons that feel right for a certain vocation, rather than just changing your one guy around into all those things? Even if someone does want to do all of that on one character, what is the harm in giving everyone else multiple character slots like literally every other RPG in existence does?

[@mightylink65]

I'm glad to see some RPG's are still thriving through this AAA crash. These are the games that are worth spending $70 on, not live services.

[@sophieedel6324]

Simping for a $70 game with Denuvo and Enigma malware that is a carbon copy of the first one, with boring fetch quests, horrible PC performance and stutters, with the console version dropping to 20fps during combat. The state of gamers.

[@obsidiansinclaire3826]

@@sophieedel6324there's always one of you morons lmao

[@mytop3467]

@@sophieedel6324learn first what a carbon copy is. Then learn how to write a sound argument. Only then comment something for the benefit of everybody

[@Endor2001]

​@@mytop3467 He's correct and you are wrong. He gave legitimate arguments, you are just crazy.

[@RiderZer0]

@@mytop3467it’s ok to enjoy a game as it is ok for people to dislike it. The cult following of DD has been pretty rabid about any criticism. From the perspective of people coming in fresh to a new DD game they see it through the modern lense. DD2 is not modern. It’s the first game again, some people will love that others will hate it. But it is a dated design with little improvement. They could have made it an actual open world that is fully functional explorable but they went the direction of path driven “open world”. That’s a tough pill for people to swallow. 7 seconds between encounters when you are just trying to travel gets old very quickly and can keep you from enjoying the atmosphere. Enemy variety has been stated to be fairly low which means more repetitiveness. Quests are still extremely basic. Finally, mid 20-30fps on a 4090 in cities is inexcusable. Apparently it’s actually a CPU bottleneck, but it seems to be more at the engine level considering there isn’t much simulation actually happening and 13900k’s are still in those low frames. Don’t let hype blind you. It’s more of the same which means it will be fun for old fans, but does little to innovate and expand to bring in new players too.

[@mud2479]

Wait! You are using a 4090 and this game stutters and drops to 30-40 fps? bruh....

[@wdf70]

Probably thanks to the crappy DRM

[@paledrake]

The drivers aren't out yet and he probably didn't use DLSS.

[@danielweiss4498]

Rtx 4090 IS fine , but all Lower chards are not

[@markc8726]

Note: the game has introduced micro transactions the most sly and scummy way possible. Be careful to review this change before purchase

[@999haunted]

This has got to be the biggest disappointment of 2024. This game is just the first Dragon's Dogma, with BARELY any improvements and with only a graphical upgrade

[@inny74]

You should honestly retract this video and call out Capcom in regards how bad and how predatory Dragon's Dogshit 2 is.

[@Fuzznugg]

I spent a lot of money on a 4090 and high refresh rate monitor. New games struggling with higher frame rate is super disappointing.

[@KairosObj]

It's never a good idea to get the latest and greatest since most of the software/tech won't even get up to or take advantage of that standard.

[@luckys901]

@@KairosObjpsh any real pc gamer knows it’s not about playing new games better but playing old games at 4k ultra 144fps

[@undead2481]

@@luckys901Yep, going back to revisit old games at higher refresh rates and higher pixel counts

[@ClamChowder95]

​@@KairosObj you don't know what you're talking about. It's the game being so heavily CPU bound which isn't normal. 4090 crushes every other game. You just need a top of the line CPU for this game and people typically focus the majority of their budget on the GPU due to games traditionally being GPU bound.

[@mysticranger6894]

Guess Im skipping this one, baically like the first, i was hoping for some improvement like having better fast travel and quests. and seems like same story as first just in an 'alternate' reality

[@TheJazzyOtaku]

He knew this game had micro transactions and didnt mention it.

[@rockgamiasedes677]

Can't trust any of these channels. They don't deserve our subscription or attention.

[@davidepannone6021]

Funny how it works huh. If companies give them money they turn a blind eye, if they do not "OMMAIGAH THIS GAME IS SHIT11!!!!111!"

[@AidenWolf97]

Don't Buy them, it's that simple. Those micro transactions aren't there for you

[@TheToffen]

It's not even that. I don't even care about him omitting them, as controversial an opinion as it is. It's that he blatantly lied about not knowing about it. It's Cyberpunk all over again. Sang all its praises and then after release acts goes back on it and pretends he was manipulated. He claimed he didn't know about them then deleted that post after being called out. That's a whole other level of despicable. He stands with those at the picket lines then hops over to go to work the next day.

[@ChronicaErys]

@@AidenWolf97they aren't supposed to be there at all, those things are supposed to be part of the base game already, every single one of them, it's a $70 single player game.

[@msonisama8656]

boring/barebones story/side quests could be a problem imo and ofc If I can't even play it properly (performance) then that's even worse, graphics I can ignore, gameplay seems good.

[@paledrake]

DD was never really about the story, but the barebones side quests are a concern. I'll have to see with my own eyes.

[@msonisama8656]

@@paledrake I mean at least the outta pocket story of 1 wasn't "boring" or didn't give players the "don't care about this story" attitude which yong said gives him. And ofc the side quests with which you agree as well.

[@paledrake]

@@msonisama8656 I've heard other avid DD1 players say the story takes a similar big twist at the end, so I think this is just Yong being Yong + he said he hasn't finished the story yet.

[@msonisama8656]

@@paledrake yea it does, that's why I said outta pocket. Hopefully it's just that. Although the part where he said the npcs are kinda "not caring" or stale, I like when they feel alive, that's a must in 2024 tbh, but let's see.

[@paledrake]

@@msonisama8656 Tbh most open world games have non-deep NPC-like characters. Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima, Assassin Creed. Zelda too, though at least the game was more quirky with a few random npcs.

[@franciscoribeiro9307]

Oh look yong pulled another cyberpunk. Hopefully he doesn’t overcompensate by being over critical of other games again.

[@Lionheart40529]

I'm not here for the story. I'm here to relive the glory days of unga bunga-ing massive monsters with my half-giant of a pawn

[@x_JAMtana_x]

So ready for this game!!!!

[@ChronicaErys]

My only complaint about the game so far is Capcom fucking up the pricing again, other than that I'm definitely playing this, 2 years from now on a good sale, but I'm playing it Edit after release: The price is not my only complaint. And who is choking on copium now? Gamers and fanboys that will excuse any shity practices and decisions because of nostalgia. Denuvo is inexcusable, the fucking microtransactions are inexcusable, "we made it like that so people are encouraged to explore", get the hell out of here. 50 dollars in DLC's alone that should already come with the game since it's 70 DOLLARS (and WAY more on other countries) AND a singleplayer game. This is just ridiculous.

[@jaydub2546]

Lmao just get a job

[@enrikekasijas705]

Capcom always set low prices LoL

[@ChronicaErys]

@@jaydub2546oh I do have one, but paying R$300,00 Reais for a game is insanity in my country and many, many others. Keep defending the billionaire company, it'll work out for you

[@ChronicaErys]

@@enrikekasijas705In what reality do you live? The same everyone is living in with countries with struggling economies?

[@enrikekasijas705]

@@ChronicaErys yeah you need star saving money. If you can't gather 60 bucks within 12 years between releases than you must have seriouse issues or lazy ass xD

[@cuoreflamante]

You got caught lying on a post saying you didn't know about microtransactions and then you deleted the comment when the truth showed up. You have no shame.

[@triggerwarning5025]

Microtransactions for a single player game.... Refunded my copy and waiting for a crack. Screw these devs

[@PuffyJetsnake]

Homie is likely spending most of his PAX trip trying to concoct a narrative as to why he omitted so much and for deleting a community post when he had his nose shoved in it for blatant lying. Three strikes man, 76, cyberpunk and now this. ill hang around to see the song and dance he comes up with but as for being a source of gaming news, myself and many others are taking "Yong out" to heart

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

So Yong, when can we expect the video on the recently added microtransaction bullsh*t?

[@coltonwilkie241]

Probably when he spends all the money Capcom sent him

[@chadwolf3840]

30s and 40s fps with a 4090? That’s disappointing.

[@Garflog643]

Thats with no driver updates for the game and no day 1 update, also ive seen people including FightinCowboy getting 60 to 90FPS maxed out settings, its more CPU heavy than GPU.

[@ClamChowder95]

​@@Garflog643 the game is CPU bound. High end GPUs plays a smaller factor in this game. Unless they optimize the CPU utilization, driver updates won't have any effect whatsoever.

[@Twitchyx7]

Thanks for the breakdown, Yong! Good video! Helped me make up my mind: this game is a 100% buy at half price and after a half dozen patches in 2-3 years.

[@thevman6882]

What are your views Dragon's Dogma 2 charging $2.99 per waypoint for fast travel? Especially after stating they wouldn't offer fast travel as traveling would be enjoyable, rendering fast travel moot.

[@seanwagner8309]

Made my main arisen and pawn, then I hopped in game just to see that the coloring of the hair/skin looked weird. Tried to restart the game with adjusted colors just to find out you can't without deleting your characters because the save files for the character creator is the same as the game's. Also, why is having different saves not an option? Nice job Capcom!

[@Daniel_D-bo]

that 30.fps is going to make me wait a couple months until they patch it

[@Sunsett88]

1:99 $ if you want me to see your video.

[@ironiccookies2320]

I don't know if the early release had microtransactions but it seems like that just popped out of nowhere for everyone on launch day. Mostly negative review on Steam due to performance issues, barely any quality of life, and microtransaction. Can't edit your character again and needing to pay $2 for something in character creation. This is why I don't pre-order anymore. People are still falling for the same mistake over and over again. I want to buy and play the game, but not in the current state it's in. And if some features in character creation is locked behind a paywall, then forget it.

[@TylerEdlin84]

Seems like it has all negatives the original did 12 years ago. I’ll wait.

[@Force-Multiplier]

now i'm concerned for the next MH if DDII cant be run at 60FPS with the best graphics card out there then I hope Capcom does give performance some care by the time Monster Hunter Wilds drops or i'm screwed i dont care for Graphics most mordern games look good anyway all i asked is 60FPS performance in combat at least ... but with devs nowadays even these basic things are too much to ask for when a game is released

[@mmamackela284]

Holy shit I'm glad I didn't get suckered into bying it. It's another badly optimized, denuvo game. With mtx.

[@guardiansparks]

In running the game perfectly on a 1070 how is that poorly optimised?

[@PurringBluzzmuffin]

@@guardiansparks Yeah, I'm getting a perfect 18fps on my PC.

[@metalmechanic6664]

I have time requested off of work to play once it unlocks. I am so fucking excited

[@undead2481]

Ditto I am so hyped for it, just went back and replayed DDDA again and 100% it.

[@thomas-ol3ni]

That's very sad 😢.

[@undead2481]

@@thomas-ol3ni Calling in for enjoying a hobby is indeed sad, let's not call in for the Superbowl from now on, or wanting to go out fishing or camping for the weekend.

[@azurehuntress787]

@@thomas-ol3ni life is way too short not to enjoy things or to slave away at a company that'd replace him in less than a week and not look back.

[@sorcerermango]

This situation was unfortunate, but I cant really trust someone that hides the state of the game and the awful microtransactions.

[@akanar_1924]

Yong... I think it might be best for you to stop accepting pre-release game code. It is not doing you any favors. Companies are just using you.

[@KabegamiTheGreat]

Feels like dude scimmed over the contreversy completely, dude did this also with cyberpunk.

[@ISAAC607]

Both times the review copies were different, very slimy

[@KabegamiTheGreat]

​@Johnny-fy9ehthen why not mention fast travel and changing your character costs money?

[@williamwilliams4391]

I feel like ever since Yong started doing voice acting and getting more involved with the professional and game development world, he has slowly started losing touch with the community. While he still talks about many good topics and brings many situations to light, you can tell he's starting to get cozy, and he's letting certain situations slide if it benefits him or his beneficiaries. He should be absolutely livid at the idea of microtransactions in a SINGLE PLAYER GAME, but instead, he praises the game and continues to lie and be shady about his beforehand knowledge of it. Sadly, people apparently love DD2 and are willing to allow morally bankrupt practices so they can play their fun games. Not wanting to get on capcoms bad side. Especially those higher up game reviewers who have no risk to them because they have high-end flawless gaming rigs and receive games early and for free so they can review them. Its crazy to see how so many good respected reviewers chose to betray their communities because they are complacent. Unsub.

[@PookaBot]

Bizarre choice to have no mounts to compensate for the lack of fast travel

[@trshxgod8040]

Bizarre for sure this time around but personslly i like walking everywhere in my games

[@paledrake]

They made it more restrictive than in DD1 and that's with DD2 having a bigger world. I'm very skeptical this'll work out well. Hopefully they just cave and add an eternal ferrystone into this game as well.

[@inuendo6365]

It's because Pawns on mounts would be utter chaos. Granted they could've done the vanishing party while mounted thing but even then I think the Pawns coming back in would have been a problem. Still kinda sucks considering it's larger than the first game

[@paledrake]

@@inuendo6365 They could make a mechanic where they go into a tiny riftstone when mounting and then pop out from a rift portal when dismounting.

[@inuendo6365]

@@paledrake lol that makes me think the pawns are getting shoved into pebbles like Pokemon. Yeah having to put your pawns in the rift to travel at mounted speed would honestly be worth it

[@jordick8427]

I feel like a lot of people will trash the game for not having those dodge-roll and fast travel mechanics that every game seems to have these days. We saw similar thing happening with Baldur's Gate 3 last year, where some people complained how the game is turn-based and demanded Larian to add option for real time combat. Personally I'm glad that Capcom is doing their own thing, instead of following what's popular. Gaming industry would become really boring if every game played the same.

[@paledrake]

It does have dodge-rolls with Thief and it does have fast travel, just seems very limited. I'd be fine if the fast travel worked like in DD1 where you had an eternal ferrystone, but the game forcing you to backtrack sounds very tedious. Backtracking on foot was tedious in DD1 and it'll be even more tedious in DD2 with how much bigger the world is. People arguing that a lack of fast travel promotes exploration are on crack because the only thing less fast travel adds is more backtracking. Almost no game lets you fast travel everywhere, you need to go and discover a place first to be able to fast travel there.

[@bushisback112]

All these comments from people who clearly have no idea what the first game was like got me laughing

[@rav6683]

This vid has aged quickly

[@ReaIistik]

One thing that is really holding me back is the lack of solid fast travel and not having some sort of mount. I REALLY don’t want to have to walk around the entire map. Especially with slow moving player speed. Hopefully they come out with some mods sooner rather than later.

[@LomiKo]

Completely untrustworthy reviewer. Should have known since Cyberpunk. Let this comment be a reminder to unsubscribe from his channel.

[@HeyLookImGerman]

Dragon's Dogma isn't everyone's cup of tea, and that's okay! Not every game has to be for every demographic. It sounds like DD2 is going to be more of DD1 with some much needed modernization. As a DD1 fan, I am hyped.

[@sanddry738]

I’m currently playing the OG and it’s definitely interesting so far. Didn’t expect giant monster fights to be so intense holy shit. the second game’s character creator genuinely looks so insane. Only thing is I don’t like how there’s Denuvo in the Steam Version. Probably going to wait and see if there’s a version without it. If not then may not get it

[@ExperimentalProfessor]

Unfortunately it's a Capcom standard inclusion now days. I'm concerned about the console performance. Previews didn't make the frame rate look stable, and I mainly game on PS5

[@paledrake]

Don't get too excited with DD2's character creator. It generally has less options than DD1, but at least everything generally looks better....except the hairstyles and muscles.

[@Rairosu]

Yea I am sure Denuvo hacks your credit card infomantion, bank info, steals your steam account and peaks at all your passwords and browser history and everything.

[@paledrake]

@Rairosu No, but it and Enigma sure is tanking the cpu even more than the what this unoptimized game already is.

[@kristianswotek4274]

@@paledrakewhat options aren’t included that the first one didn’t have? Because I can name dozens of options the DD 2 character creator has that the DD1 doesn’t.

[@jishan6992]

Where is the "Dragon's dogma 2's greedy micro transaction" YongYea video?

[@derektodd6650]

Teleportation system, limited fast-travel, lack of nuanced dialogue, paying attention to carry weight, this is just Japanese Morrowind with better mechanics! Sold!

[@wheatbreadbag]

I'm tired of newer games, whose graphics aren't pushing any boundaries, struggling to run flawlessly on top-of-the-line hardware. I'm looking at you too, Starfield.

[@Maltackdark]

Anyone here after the release? 😂😂

[@rav6683]

+1

[@LightsCameraJake]

Yong, Lets not forget, there was also a Dragons Dogma MMO that has been around for years that came out shortly after the first game. It never came to western markets and was only released in Japan.

[@Jinkypigs]

and it is utter dog shit so don't even try it

[@george.l2593]

you do know it's a close to 100 dollars game with microtransactions right? =.=" and it's like..... actual items not cosmetics

[@AngladaFrankFrankyvape]

Every review I have seen for this game has been on a 4090. If you had framerate issues, buyer beware as 99% of gamers are not playing on a 4090 or equivalent, not even close.

[@Ganderlow]

Everyone is overrating this game and I don't see the appeal. I played the first one, and it was a huge disappointing bland world. The only good thing DD does is have SOTC climbing mechanics on large monsters.

[@billyherrington7004]

Capcom already admitted the game is having poor performance on pc and are “looking into ways” to fix this 2 DAYS before launch. Yet nobody talks about it.

[@LOTHRIX17]

Is that a bad thing bro? All these games are made for console at heart we're the backend of triple AAA 😅 If u bought a PC expecting companies to put you ahead of PS and XBOX ohh Boyyyyy🤣

[@voxsq]

Should’ve just delayed it.

[@voxsq]

@@LOTHRIX17it runs like garbage on console also, lol. 30 fps for a next gen game with graphics that are great, but nothing groundbreaking Imo. embarrassing really.