What you need to know

  • As Dragon’s Dogma 2 launched on PC Thursday evening, a previously hidden suite of microtransactions became available for purchase.
  • Things you can buy for the single player ARPG include fast travel points, Rift Crystals for hiring Pawns and buying special items, appearance change and revival consumables, a special camping kit that weighs less than normal ones, and a few others.
  • In response to the microtransactions, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is being review bombed, with the game currently sitting at “Mostly Negative” on Steam.
  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Damn… I was really close to pre-ordering this one and I held off basically just because I wanted to wait for information about the Steam Deck compatibility. So glad I didn’t pre-order. I figured all of the glowing reviews that came out earlier this week would have mentioned secret microtransactions, but it seems like this was a very nefarious bait and switch. I like to give the benefit of the doubt and apply Hanlon’s Razor, but it really feels like this was a deliberate and sinister act.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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      7 months ago

      There’s rarely any reason to preorder a digital thing. They don’t run out of stock.

      The preorder “bonuses” are rarely worth it.

      You made the right choice.

    • Patches@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      Reviewers often get a free copy of the game, the DLC and unlimited consumables so most pre release reviews are far from honest.

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        7 months ago

        Not really, they just hide the micro transactions during the review period, Activision did the same with CTR.

    • Aceticon@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Never, ever pre-order.

      The only “advantage” is that you can play the game a few hours, maybe a day earlier, which makes no difference whatsoever in terms of the fun you get from the game, and to get that “benefit” you run a huge risk of not only wasting your money but also of getting to experience the actual feeling of having been scammed.

      I can understand that most people lack the impulse control to wait 6 months or more (by then getting it cheaper and with most bugs fixed) and just “have to have it right now”, but in the digital download era pre-ordering might at best get the game in your hands a few hours earlier than just buying it when it comes out.