Dragon’s Dogma 2 took Devil May Cry 5’s “secret sauce”, says director

Simply as we’re ending up our ludicrously lengthy Baldur’s Gate 3 campaigns, Dragon’s Dogma 2 looms across the nook for PC and consoles, threatening to take up all our free time. Fortunately for us, it looks like it’ll be well worth the hours it eats up. What’s extra, Dragon’s Dogma 2 stole a “secret sauce” from one in all our favourite hack-and-slash video games, in line with the director.

Hideaki Itsuno is doing the rounds selling the behemoth open-world challenge and not too long ago revealed a putting element about Dragon’s Dogma 2: the RPG recreation took a “secret sauce” from the hack-and-slash Satan Could Cry 5. Itsuno shared that he used DMC5 as inspiration for character motion in Dragon’s Dogma 2, saying the previous’s know-how was utilized “to make photorealistic characters carry out unrealistic actions.”

“As an increasing number of photorealistic pictures are being produced, we try to keep up responsiveness and keep away from game-like actions. On this space, we’re utilizing the know-how cultivated in Satan Could Cry 5. It’s really a secret sauce that has been handed down over the a long time,” Itsuno informed 4Gamer.

The director then says that in playtesting, they “acquired feedback from those that have truly performed the sport that it’s an evolution of Dante’s [Devil May Cry 5’s protagonist] weapon switching.” Nevertheless, “you possibly can solely equip as much as 4 customized expertise.”

Itsuno, who has been at Capcom for his whole recreation improvement profession, directed DMC5 in 2019. It received a slew of awards, so it is smart he’d wish to use the information he gained whereas making it.

The Dragon’s Dogma 2 launch date is quick approaching, however you possibly can revisit the likes of DMC5 with our checklist of the most effective action-adventure video games till then in case you’d like.

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