We lastly have the date. Capcom have confirmed that the sequel to a legendary RPG. Dragon’s Dogma II will hit shops March twenty second 2024, so there’s not lengthy to attend.
The announcement got here with a trailer, and an enormous gameplay showcase that has just about bought us on the sequel.
Dragon’s Dogma II guarantees a variety of what we already beloved from the primary one. There’s an enormous open fantasy world. There’s an epic storyline concerning the destiny of humanity. There’s a horrible wyrm that stole your coronary heart, and never in a ‘candlelit dinner and a bouquet of roses’ kind of approach. He actually gave you open coronary heart surgical procedure and made off with one in every of your important organs. Solely, you’re not useless regardless of the shortage of coronary heart so that you got down to go get it again. It’s an actual reverse Dragonheart deal.
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Then, there’s Pawns.
Pawns have been one in every of Dragon’s Dogma’s distinctive promoting factors. They’re constructs with no true will of their very own, who arrive from the rift to serve The Arisen, the unfortunate particular person who received the aforementioned newbie coronary heart surgical procedure from an enormous reptile.
Pawns function your social gathering. Within the authentic, you bought to design one, your most important Pawn, to your specs, proper right down to their perspective.
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You possibly can then recruit the Pawns of others, or rent your individual out. The Pawn would acquire experiences on their travels, and use it to offer useful tips about completely different enemies. Properly, I say useful. I distinctly recall a Pawn helpfully telling my Arisen that ‘Wolves hunt in packs!’ whereas a wolf was in the course of gnawing on her leg.
We will solely hope that the brand new era of Pawns aren’t too good, lest it destroy the unique’s vibe of happening an journey with three lethally armed toddlers.
The mechanics are related, however the world is greater, the graphics are prettier, and there are actually cat folks. What else might you ask for?
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