Based on Capcom's history alone, it's highly likely that Dragon's Dogma 2 will get some kind of expansion — just like the original Dragon's Dogma and Dark Arisen. But if you still need convincing, the game's community is on hand to sway your opinion. As outlined on Reddit, many players are convinced that the game itself points towards an inevitable DLC.
For starters, the open world RPG makes numerous references to a 'northern country', be it in character dialogue or item descriptions. It's the kind of breadcrumb trail that developers have been leaving in games for generations.
On top of that, the title appears to be missing some key monsters — monsters that have weapon and armour designs based on them, but aren't actually present in the game. The main example of this is the hydra — a repeated boss enemy in the first Dragon's Dogma. The multiheaded beast simply doesn't show up in the sequel.
And then there are the ancient doors. Dotted across the map, these entryways are currently blocked off with either rubble or earth — but it really feels like they should lead to something. Now, it's possible that these doors are just remnants of cut content, but it's easy to see why players think they're teasing additional adventures, given their respective locations. Indeed, some of them lead toward the edges of the open world.
It should also be noted that a 'leak' regarding Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC did the rounds recently — but it came from a completely unverified source, and has since been swept to one side.
Having played Dragon's Dogma 2 for hundreds of hours ourselves, we definitely think there's scope for Capcom to expand upon the base release. Certain mechanics and systems — especially post-game — could be improved or adjusted, and so we're left wondering whether the developer has any plans for content updates and the like.
Do you want a proper DLC for Dragon's Dogma 2? Would you be at all surprised if it happens? Dream of Bitterblack Isle in the comments section below.
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I'm dying to play this, but I swore on my backlog I wouldn't buy any new games. I've already broken my oath 3x, Trepang, Forspoken, Avium all for 20 each.
I need help
Id be down. This is probably the only massive open world game I didn't hate after 20 hours.
Absolutely loving it so far.
Love the game. Bring it on!
fix the framerate first...
I'm hoping for a huge expansion similar to Iceborne for monster hunter world. New armor, weapons and also add an option to decorate the houses you buy.
I hope it unlocks early in the game, as my file has completed the true ending. All I can do now is either a) download my back up before the true final boss or b) start a new journey with my character.
I wouldn’t be surprised. But I won’t be hurt if they don’t. I have already put in over 120 hours so I got my money’s worth. I do think some quests in Batahl were left open ended. But I also haven’t gotten the true ending yet. I feel the game is designed for at least two play throughs and I am on my second one. Loving the lore.
Edit: many quests pay off on the endgame so i take that back.
The game already messes with you with slight world state changes (shops, berries and dialogue).
Awesome, I'm down! Only 15hrs in and the game is a dream come true 😎
60 frames DLC incoming
Love this on PC but people demanding DLC already are not doing this hobby any favors. Some of the performance burps you see every hour are janky at best. This needs to be tuned up and worked on before they move on to DLC and end-of-life status.
It's still going to be trash unless the framerate becomes 60 instead of 30.
Just give me a return to bitterblack Isle. Currently sitting at around the 40 hour mark mainly because of time constraints but I'm loving it.
I just finished the game after 70 hours and I have thoughts.
The pros are:
The raytracing and graphical fidelity is great
the pawn system is unique.
The world feels reasonably dynamic with emergent gameplay
Some interesting characters and historical themes
If you did buy any dlc it can be re-used in a new game save
The downsides:
FPS can be poor in high npc dense areas
Pawns are often repetitive, especially if you choose to pad the game exploration out.
The story missions are pretty short and the story is pretty basic - you need to grind to get to a comfortable level (40+)
The game feels padded out - in some ways it very much is a jogging simulator and collection which some with love and some will hate
There is an ending that locks you out of NG+ until you meet all the requirements. You can also be locked out of certain missions at certain parts of the main story. This is never made clear in the game.
It's very much a "I need to check this guide online because I don't know what to do/what this means" kind of game even for those who are competent. Having one save file means checking information is vital not to miss a significant amount. This is very much a symptom of most modern gamers used to more linear AAA experiences.
Some quests can be bugged and require workarounds.
Overall 8.5/10 for me.
Going through for the 2nd time as I screwed up some quests, let people die, killed a certain racist innkeeper, stuff like that.
It does seem like it’s missing something, that old man from Harve knows something.
I got a chance to play this on Xbox for about 3 hours at a buddy’s house. I had a lot of fun! The way all of the systems interact with each other creates a lot of gaming gold. That said, my time with it convinced me to wait a bit on it. Especially if there’s an expansion coming (and potentially a PS5 Pro), I think it will be well worth the wait.
@GigaGaia Buy a top of a range gaming PC if you want 60fps on every game.
I just want them to fix the incomplete story, it's like they skipped so many acts near the end of the game.
Absolutely. Here’s hoping!
It wouldn’t surprise me. DLC/Expansions are used as “second winds” for games these days. It’s to extend their lifespan and keep chuggin’ along.
I'm sure there will be an expansion and it's not a big deal as long as it's made well and priced fairly. Capcom is very inconsistent, though. Sometimes they do things right like most of the Resident Evil DLC expansions. Other times they screw it all up like Street Fighter 6 DLC practices which are just disgusting.
I mean... it is likely. Capcom tends to do things like that and i actually like it. For example monster hunter always gets an expansion now (though not stories, annoyingly enough). I always liked the expansion model and it's much better than bite sized dlc.
I'm currently a good few hours into new game plus and I've picked up quite a few quests that I must have missed in my first playthrough. I thought that I was thorough too.
I would love an expansion with new areas, enemies, vocations, treasure chests and of course lots of those gorgeous armour and weapon sets.
@DennisReynolds 60fps has been basic industry standard for a decade. Top end PC's are running 144fps. It's 2024, there's zero excuse for a next gen console to be running 30fps, which was industry standard in 2006 for the 360/PS3 era. The PS2 and Gamecube had some games at 60fps for crying out loud. The SNES ran almost all of its games at 60fps.
@GigaGaia I agree, I'd refund my digital copy if I could
Would love DLC. Also a Monster Hunter cross over.
120 hours and a platinum trophy. I'm ready for the expansion. Haters are clueless. Framerate issue is overplayed just like the microtransactions were. It's not bad enough to ruin the experience.
Missable quests aren't as bad this time around. Especially regarding trophies.
@AndyKazama What about New Game +? I'm enjoying it after doing the true ending
@DarthDecent24 tbh I have no intentions going back to the game unless there is dlc. Not because I have the platinum, instead it's that I just don't have the time anymore and need to move, despite dragons dogma ii void that needs to be filled.
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