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22.03.2024 - 11:09 / gamesradar.com / Hirun Cryer
Dragon's Dogma 2 is Capcom's biggest-ever single-player game launch on Steam, but players aren't taking kindly to performance issues and microtransactions.
The long-awaited RPG sequel launched earlier today, March 22, but according to SteamDB, it's already attained a staggering peak concurrent player count of 184,724 on Steam. While this admittedly doesn't come close to beating the peak concurrent player counts of Monster Hunter World and Rise, it does beat out Resident Evil 4 Remake's peak player record, making it Capcom's biggest-ever single-player game launch on Steam.
However, players aren't fond of the performance issues in Dragon's Dogma 2 on PC. Over on Steam, the new game is currently sat at a 'Mixed' review aggregate after more than 7,000 user reviews. "Edit controller settings, crash. Open options to see if it saved my settings, crash. Spend half an hour making a character and hit start game, crash. Now any time I hover overload game, crash," writes one less-than-glowing user review.
Other user reviews highlight severe stuttering issues on PC. "I did not expect the game to barely push 40fps in the wilderness at minimum settings with DLSS on Ultra Performance. This was bad," reads another review. Other reviews are also criticizing the Denuvo anti-tampering software in Dragon's Dogma 2, writing that it's allegedly responsible for some of the performance issues, such as stuttering and frame rate drops.
Elsewhere, other players really aren't happy about the microtransaction options in Dragon's Dogma 2. The tweets below highlight how Capcom is selling things such as the option to edit your character created, and other in-game items like camping kits, which enable you to make camp and rest with your party of Pawns whenever you come across a campfire in the wilderness.
dragon's dogma? more like drags on my wallet jesus fucking christ capcom(refunded at 118 minutes god this sucks)paying for fast travel? paying for character editing? paying for revive stones?BRO IT'S A 100 DOLLAR GAME WHAT THE FUCK pic.twitter.com/7Y7eqQJqZqMarch 22, 2024
WHY DRAGONS DOGMA WHYYYYY pic.twitter.com/EYdCuXUfBsMarch 22, 2024
However, others are pushing back against this sentiment. The content creator below, for example, highlights the fact that all the microtransaction items are available to be earned in Dragon's Dogma 2. You're able to earn items like Wakestones and Rift Crystals in Capcom's new game simply by exploring its vast world, and the player in question hasn't needed to purchase a microtransaction item after more than 100 hours in the game (even though the microtransactions themselves weren't live before the game launched earlier today).
In the 100+ hours I've put into Dragon's Dogma 2 I haven't needed a
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