The primary patch for Dragon’s Dogma 2 is formally out on PlayStation 5 and Steam. In further to a handful of recent graphical settings, it provides the choice to begin a brand new save file and will increase the variety of “Artwork of Metamorphosis” tomes (which let you change your character’s look) within the recreation. You may see the full patch notes here. A patch for the Xbox Collection X model of the sport is deliberate for the approaching days.
Initially, Dragon’s Dogma 2 solely provided a single save slot, that means gamers who needed to begin the sport once more — maybe to attempt a distinct specialization — might solely achieve this by manually deleting their save file on the system stage first. The method is fiddly, involving disabling cloud saving and, for Steam gamers, really finding their recreation save on the onerous drive.
Capcom initially said it will add “the choice to begin a brand new recreation when save information already exists” as a part of the primary wave of updates to Dragon’s Dogma 2. This doesn’t imply it really added a second save slot for a brand new character; the replace merely made it straightforward to overwrite your save from throughout the recreation itself.
Capcom additionally mentioned it added a body price cap of 30 frames per second to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X variations of the sport.At a base stage, the sport runs with an uncapped body price, that means it might typically run sooner than 30 fps, however this may end up in inconsistent and juddery efficiency (particularly for gamers with out variable refresh price shows). A 30 fps cap ought to guarantee a extra constant and steady really feel to the sport, although it’s solely out there on PS5 for the time being..
Capcom additionally added choices to disable the movement blur and ray tracing graphical results to console variations of Dragon’s Dogma 2, nevertheless it warned that doing so “won’t have an effect on the body price considerably.” Body price enhancements will are available in “future updates,” it mentioned. PC gamers will now get better-quality outcomes from the DLSS.
Beforehand in very restricted provide, the inventory of the “Artwork of Metamorphosis” merchandise is being elevated to 99 at Pawn Guilds. This modification seems to be focused at criticism of the sport’s microtransactions, which embody the sale of “Artwork of Metamorphosis” at $1.99. With this alteration, it is going to solely be incapability to afford the in-game value that might push gamers towards paying actual cash to alter the seems to be of their character or Predominant Pawn. (No adjustments have been introduced for different uncommon gadgets in the stores as microtransactions, comparable to Wakestones or portcrystals.)
Different adjustments make it simpler to accumulate your individual home earlier within the recreation, in addition to numerous textual content show and bug fixes.
Capcom mentioned it will launch the updates “as quickly as they’re prepared for distribution on every platform.”
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