When loading the game you only get to choose between your last save which is constantly autosaved over and the autosave it takes when you use an inn. Using an inn is expensive and inferior to camping which gives major buffs and costs nothing. So basically you have to spend a decent portion of your game currency as the only way to have a reliable save point the game won’t randomly overwrite.
Only one character per account too so don’t even think about experimenting. Unless of course you don’t mind paying real money to stock up on items that undo the consequences of experimenting.
The game has been out for only a few days. Many of us are learning the hard way why its bad. Because as I stated above, if you take out the sleazy greed mechanics and add a few bug fixes, the game is perfect. I was around 20 hours in when I realized the stupidity with saves and the expansive greed. Up until then, I would’ve told you its easily 2024 GOTY. It looks good, runs well on my ps5, the combat is both fun and diverse, the map is huge with very little empty space, the story is well written, and the pawn system is a creative way of making you feel like you’re playing with others despite the game being single player.
Imagine if Baldurs Gate 3 was a free to play game rife with microtransactions, but it was built in such a way that it wasn’t obvious until the second act. That’s Dragons Dogma 2. Somewhere in that code is a real masterpiece of gaming, its just been killed by greed.
When loading the game you only get to choose between your last save which is constantly autosaved over and the autosave it takes when you use an inn. Using an inn is expensive and inferior to camping which gives major buffs and costs nothing. So basically you have to spend a decent portion of your game currency as the only way to have a reliable save point the game won’t randomly overwrite.
Only one character per account too so don’t even think about experimenting. Unless of course you don’t mind paying real money to stock up on items that undo the consequences of experimenting.
I’m literally dying of laughter…! Why do people like this game?
The game has been out for only a few days. Many of us are learning the hard way why its bad. Because as I stated above, if you take out the sleazy greed mechanics and add a few bug fixes, the game is perfect. I was around 20 hours in when I realized the stupidity with saves and the expansive greed. Up until then, I would’ve told you its easily 2024 GOTY. It looks good, runs well on my ps5, the combat is both fun and diverse, the map is huge with very little empty space, the story is well written, and the pawn system is a creative way of making you feel like you’re playing with others despite the game being single player.
Imagine if Baldurs Gate 3 was a free to play game rife with microtransactions, but it was built in such a way that it wasn’t obvious until the second act. That’s Dragons Dogma 2. Somewhere in that code is a real masterpiece of gaming, its just been killed by greed.
That’s fair. It does sound pretty good, shame that they hook you in like that. Thanks for the summary!