Dragon's Dogma 2 Gets a Free Trial for a Limited Time on PS5

May give it a go, kinda between games at the moment. Thanks for the advice about the character creator.

It's the best 6.5/10 game you'll ever play. Minus points for making fast travel from the top to the bottom cumbersome and barely any enemy variety, plus you become unstoppable in the game once you're level 30+ and it has 0 challenge anymore.

The reason I didn't get it is because it's 30fps for what looks like a PS4 Pro game at best in term of visuals. I am not interested in a trial either.

@GigaGaia Pro can't put out the "next gen" lighting this game has.

Similar to the first game, I gave it an honest go, but there's just enough jank for it to be off-putting for me. But it's worth noting that I'm am the one guy who doesn't really feel Capcom games in general so not surprising.

I turned it on after the update yesterday to see if it was worth carrying on with after 30 hours previously. As soon as the game started, my companions started talking the same nonsense that they always have been, ooh that looks like a way up master! I can't find a way to turn their chatter off, is it possible?

2 hours? It took me that long to create my character 😂😂

A trial is a good move, the game can be polarising due to some interesting design choices so this is a great idea
(Especially after the update just dropped)

It was an interesting experience with Dragon's Dogma 2.

I've never quite loved or even liked the first one, but an insane amount of funny GIFs and videos did their job and I bought the game a week or two after the release.

First of all, DG2 is all about making your own journey and messing things up, while moving to the desired location. Like "Huh, what's that strange tower in the distance with harpies flying around? Let's check!". After several in-game (or even real) days you find yourself somewhere around that tower with bags overwhelmed with loot and different junk and half-dead pawns. Just because your party accidentally burned down the only bridge nearby, fell deep into a cave, found a hidden tomb, fought a skeleton army, ran away from a golem and even tried to hunt down a dragon. Without any success, of course. And now you are standing near the tower with numerous harpies nesting somewhere above the skies. On one hand it would be better to retreat, have a rest in an inn, sell off the stuff, buy some healing thingies and return to this point again... But on the other — screw that, gonna take the risk!

And this feeling of exploration and literally creating your own journey is amazing. You need to "feel" it, touch it, sense it. If it clings to something inside yourself, you're gonna have some great time anв turn a blind eye to other things.

Brutal and "heavy" combat and those fights with HUGE enemies are cool and fun... at the first half of the game.

On the other hand, once you've acquired some good equipment and leveled up a pair of classes, you become much stronger... and starting from this point combat is not an issue anymore.

Story and quests are very basic and do not offer much. Many side missions even seem like typical MMO requests — bring me 3 items, kill 10 wolves and so on.

Moreover, worthy rewards in the open world are extremely rare. Most of the in-game weapons and armors can be bought in shops. And only the hardest quests and encounters have something interesting to offer.

Graphics look a bit outdated on screenshots, but those RT shadows in the woods are gorgeous and magical effects are juicy and bright, especially during the darkest nights.

Pawns might ease your burden and add some charm to an adventurer's life, but at the same time they might be very annoying, die from jumping in the wrong direction and even sink to death in the nearest pond.

Overall I've had lots of fun... but got tired of the game in the latter half. It is not for everyone, it is made differently from other modern games and really stands out among other games... but choices that make this game different lead to many strange game-design decisions and mistakes. It's nice Capcom gave DG2 a go and it was a success, but you'd really better try the Trial version before buying this one.

Downloading the demo right now, very slow internet so won’t play until tomorrow.
Gone for series x for demo as that’s my normal multiplatform machine.
It’s VRR drops lower to LFC than PS5 and quick resume comes in handy. Which I can’t believe Sony haven’t done both of these features as well now on PS5.

I've yo-yoed with my interest in the game so I'll definitely try a demo.
Great tip about the character creator. So there is a separate downloadable for that, from the demo, in the store I take it?

Its a fantastic game. Play it!

I don't think a 2 hour demo is gonna give an accurate picture of the pacing, but i will probably give it a try. It's unlikely i will get it at the current price anyways.

@Throb - I haven't played DD2 but in the original you could tune your own pawn to barely speak at all. Mine was near mute. Did they remove that in 2?

To keep the chatter to a minimum I never hired them and the few times the game forced me to use other pawns I threw them off a cliff.

@BearsEatBeets Yeah, the character creation demo is its own thing. The characters you make in that can be transferred into the trial and the full game.

@ShogunRok I did find the character creator under 'demo' in the store. Thanks for the reply.
All downloaded and character done. Just a pawn to create then I'll give it a go.

Thanks for the heads-up on this. Very useful tip regarding the character creation tool.

Was just saying this needed a demo yesterday! Will try out this weekend.

It's flawed, outdated and has baffling design decisions but I was enjoying it right up until the post game, which is genuinely terrible.

@AfroMario Which one? The one where Dumbledore Calrissian has to return the ring to Mordor?

It’s also on sale for $55, or 20 percent off…. Not sure if i should give it a go or wait till later for an even deeper discount….

At least with a free trial I can look and see exactly what the "low" graphics and 120hz mode actually do for the fps in reality.

Will download and play in next few days.

I died fighting the goblins at the start. Then i died fighting the next lot of goblins. I didn't like that I couldn't roll out of danger or turn around fast enough to block backstabbing goblins and the guy with me didn't lift a finger the first time I died.

Oh well, thank you Capcom for making me feel more confident this isn't a game for me, I didn't like the first one.

If it ever goes on plus sub in a few years from now I'll try and persist with it, until then, got plenty of other games to play!

(If you're thinking maybe I'm just a terrible gamer, I did finish Ghost of Tshushima on hard difficulty, for what it's worth)

I am very tempted.

Tried the old one really quick - like an hour or so, and it felt like a PS3 Action RPG. I have to temper expectations for this one - it has better graphics, it is all about the journey and it is still PS3-era combat combined with a fun climb-N-stab mechanic. If I'm wrong, tell me! The comment about it becoming a GOTY-contender if you like it is good advertisement 👍

I might. Been curious

If I'm not mistaken this is currently not working for Germany. Can't find it manually in the store and the link from the official website doesn't work either for this region.