Dragon's Dogma II - "They’re masterworks, all – you can’t go wrong"

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

The main designer on both the original Dragon's Dogma, and the Devil May Cry games is Ikeda. If your worry is that Capcom lost the lead game designer, don't be, because they didn't. They did lose one of the lead designers, but it wasn't the lead, and it wasn't even the guy that became the director on Dark Arisen when Itsuno and Ikeda went and did the Special Edition of DMC4.

I feel like you missed the point of the original question that I answered. Someone asked if the combat system would be more refined or not in DD2. I simply responded that the guy who was responsible for all the gameplay from the players perspective is gone, not whether or not the overall design of the game would be intact or not.

I get your point. The thing is the lead designer is still at Capcom and is most likely working on this game like he worked on Dragon's Dogma, and like he worked on Devil May Cry 3, 4, and 5. The guy that left is not the main person behind how the combat or the overall game felt. Your original point about this being some worrying thing is just kind of misleading; it was very much in line with those articles that gave the impression the lead combat designer behind the DMC games and Dragon's Dogma left Capcom to work on Final Fantasy 16, but that isn't the case.

A good point to that one person's question, as to whether or not combat in this game would be refined over the previous Dragon's Dogma because this one is being made by the Devil May Cry team would be: The first Dragon's Dogma was also made by the DMC team.

My point was that while Ryota Suzuki was a lead, he was by no means the lead. While he was likely important to the team, he was by no means the driving force behind how the game played. That your biggest worry about this game doesn't actually seem to be something that should be a worry. If I were guessing as to who were the most important people on the design team, it'd probably be the two guys that have been with Hideaki Itsuno since DMC3, (lead game designer Yoichiro Ikeda & Gameplay AI Lead Norimasa Sankoda) and the guy that took over directing the DLC and directed Dragon's Dogma Online (Kento Kinoshita). The main designers and the lead programmer are still at Capcom. A lot of the Dragon's Dogma lead designers still seem to be at Capcom, and most were still working under Itsuno on DMC5; Ryota Suzuki seems to be the only person that left.

 

[Reinhardt]

i won't let anyone teach my pawn weird things about wolf hunting habits. she's mine alone.

 

[Anthedon]

Wait, this is actually happening? I want to believe it will be good.

 

[Hobo Elf]

I am once again unable to find enjoyment from Brokeback Isle. Just feels like all the charm of the base game is sucked away from the DLC area.

 

[Zombra]

One thing I hope is improved upon is the consumables system. "Pause the game and drink a million healing potions whenever you want" was pretty garbage.

 

[mediocrepoet]

One thing I hope is improved upon is the consumables system. "Pause the game and drink a million healing potions whenever you want" was pretty garbage.

Quantum chugging is a baseline power of the Arisen.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

One thing I hope is improved upon is the consumables system. "Pause the game and drink a million healing potions whenever you want" was pretty garbage.

I prefer to think of it as the power of CHIM.

 

[Grimlorn]

There are mods that allow you to adjust your inclinations to what you want. I'd just go with one of those, because it's a cluster fuck if you don't, and you should be able to control them easily.

The potions work quite well at adjusting the inclinations of the player's Main Pawn, and thereafter it should only be necessary for the player to occasionally check on the inclinations and, on the rare occasions when they have changed, re-adjust them with more potions.

However, for anyone relying on procedurally-generated support pawns, rather than ones created by other people playing on-line, it is essential to download one of the mods for setting inclinations. Otherwise, the length of time required to find a support pawn with reasonable equipment, skills, and inclinations can be prohibitive.

It just depends. Potions can get pretty expensive. One thing I remember off hand was equipping pawns with spring water makes nexus go up every time they use the potions on everyone. It maxes out pretty fast. Plus you can also experiment more easily, by changing around your top 3 on the fly to find what is more optimal because the AI can be pretty unpredictable. My pawn was never as effective as some of the stories I've seen from others, though. Although, they were always mage/sorceror.

 

[SumDrunkGuy]

Wait, this is actually happening? I want to believe it will be good.

Of course it will be good. Itsuno is the man.

 

[Alphard]

I just hope this time they kick to the moon who tought putting pedo stuff in the game was a good idea. Look at this shit
https://dragonsdogma.fandom.com/wiki/Jasper_Blossom

 

[rusty_shackleford]

https://dragonsdogma.fandom.com/wiki/Symone

ctrl+f 'epheb'

weebs

 

[Alphard]

https://dragonsdogma.fandom.com/wiki/Symone

ctrl+f 'epheb'

weebs

The comments in that page... i would have lost hope for humanity if i hadn't already

 

[Delterius]

https://dragonsdogma.fandom.com/wiki/Symone

ctrl+f 'epheb'

weebs

Spoiler

You are not a hero because you tell people they are pedos even if they are not, just FYI. Looks like you are obsessed by making people pedos, maybe because you dont want to acknowledge your own desires? Dont worry pedo, you are anonymous there, theres no need for smoke screen with that virtue signalling online. Nobody would ever know that SirMartynPoliakoff is a filthy pedo if you wouldnt come with such obsesses comment.

These comments are great.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

https://dragonsdogma.fandom.com/wiki/Symone

ctrl+f 'epheb'

weebs

Spoiler

You are not a hero because you tell people they are pedos even if they are not, just FYI. Looks like you are obsessed by making people pedos, maybe because you dont want to acknowledge your own desires? Dont worry pedo, you are anonymous there, theres no need for smoke screen with that virtue signalling online. Nobody would ever know that SirMartynPoliakoff is a filthy pedo if you wouldnt come with such obsesses comment.

These comments are great.

The amount of "b-b-but the devs said she's fourteen..."

 

[Pink Eye]

Stupid fucking bitch. Back in the day on the 360. When I did her quest. I'd accidentally bump into her doing the escort quest and lose my Gold Idol EVEN if I did everything else perfectly. Fucking blonde haired little bitch!

 

[mediocrepoet]

https://dragonsdogma.fandom.com/wiki/Symone

ctrl+f 'epheb'

weebs

Spoiler

You are not a hero because you tell people they are pedos even if they are not, just FYI. Looks like you are obsessed by making people pedos, maybe because you dont want to acknowledge your own desires? Dont worry pedo, you are anonymous there, theres no need for smoke screen with that virtue signalling online. Nobody would ever know that SirMartynPoliakoff is a filthy pedo if you wouldnt come with such obsesses comment.

These comments are great.

The amount of "b-b-but the devs said she's fourteen..."

Man, as soon as you have to dig into the definitions of different types of pedos to tell people how not bad it is and how they should educate themselves, you've already lost. Anyone who does that or thinks about doing that should stay away from kids and/or fire themselves off the nearest cliff.

 

[Ghulgothas]

https://dragonsdogma.fandom.com/wiki/Symone

ctrl+f 'epheb'

weebs

Spoiler

You are not a hero because you tell people they are pedos even if they are not, just FYI. Looks like you are obsessed by making people pedos, maybe because you dont want to acknowledge your own desires? Dont worry pedo, you are anonymous there, theres no need for smoke screen with that virtue signalling online. Nobody would ever know that SirMartynPoliakoff is a filthy pedo if you wouldnt come with such obsesses comment.

These comments are great.

The amount of "b-b-but the devs said she's fourteen..."

Man, as soon as you have to dig into the definitions of different types of pedos to tell people how not bad it is and how they should educate themselves, you've already lost. Anyone who does that or thinks about doing that should stay away from kids and/or fire themselves off the nearest cliff.

My favorite is the guy with the second-most recent comment who punted her into the ocean as atonement, incidentally becoming the most depraved of them all by having the unintentional foresight to dispose of his mark after he was done.

 

[Delterius]

Man, as soon as you have to dig into the definitions of different types of pedos to tell people how not bad it is and how they should educate themselves

Yeah that's my favorite dude. The cornered beast who began reciting the libertarian party programme at the first sign of trouble. Seriously. He just listed every type of pedophilia per age bracket and he thinks it's a gotcha.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

IF SHE CAN BLEED SHE CAN BREED BABY

YEEHAW

 

[Lazing Dirk]

IF SHE CAN BLEED SHE CAN BREED BABY

YEEHAW

I haven't seen Predator for a while, but I don't think that quote is quite correct. This must be the knock-off sequel, Child Predator.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

IF SHE CAN BLEED SHE CAN BREED BABY

YEEHAW

I haven't seen Predator for a while, but I don't think that quote is quite correct. This must be the knock-off sequel, Child Predator.

Nah it's standard spider mating logic. Why do think the females kill the males after giving birth?

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

CAN'T KILL ME IF I NEVER FUCK HAHAHAHA

 

[ERYFKRAD]

CAN'T KILL ME IF I NEVER FUCK HAHAHAHA

Then who kids at yo' place?

 

[Ninjerk]

CAN'T KILL ME IF I NEVER FUCK HAHAHAHA

Then who kids at yo' place?

Don't talk about his wife's son.

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

It looks like we may have gotten a look at the Dragon's Dogma 2 character creator by way of Street Fighter 6.



They mention using technology from other Capcom games when talking about it, they don't say the game, but it definitely looks like what you can do in Dragon's Dogma.