Capcom has issued a response to players’ complaints over Dragon’s Dogma 2‘s PC performance and an array of microtransactions.
While the game has been met with massive amounts of critical praise, players responded negatively to over a dozen microtransactions that were made available for the game on launch day. At the same time, PC players have experienced an array of issues with the game, including crashes and freezing. Steam reviews for Dragon’s Dogma 2 currently have it sitting at “Mostly Negative.”
In a post on Steam, Capcom directly addressed both issues, saying, “We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.” The post details some steps the company is taking to address performance and how Microtransactions fit into the game. Here’s what it says.
■Crashes and bug fixes
We are investigating/fixing critical problems such as crashes and freezing.
We will be addressing crashes and bug fixes starting from those with the highest priority in patches in the near future.
■Paid DLC
All the items listed below can be obtained in-game or as paid DLC items.
Art of Metamorphosis – Character Editor
Ambivalent Rift Incense – Change Pawn Inclinations
Portcrystal – Warp Location Marker
Wakestone – Restore the dead to life!
500 Rift Crystals / 1500 Rift Crystals / 2500 Rift Crystals – Points to Spend Beyond the Rift
Makeshift Gaol Key – Escape from gaol!
Harpysnare Smoke Beacons – Harpy Lure Item
■Regarding Frame Rate
A large amount of CPU usage is allocated to each character and calculating the impact of their physical presence in various areas. In certain situations where numerous characters appear simultaneously, the CPU usage can be very high and may affect the frame rate. We are aware that in such situations, settings that reduce GPU load may currently have a limited effect; however, we are looking into ways to improve performance in the future.
Based on our own experience with Dragon’s Dogma 2, the microtransactions are simply time savers for those who want to pay for them. Everything in the game can be obtained through playing, and many of the DLC items are quite easy for players to get their hands on.
As for the performance issues, hopefully, those can be ironed out with patches sooner rather than later. The console versions largely don’t suffer from the same issues, although those versions do naturally run at lower frame rates.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is available for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
