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[Topher]

Anyone notice how blurry the character is in the inventory and store menus?

 

[Spyxos]

I've seen much worse.....

I found the map in Jedi Survival much better. The one in Dragons Dogma is just annoying to use.

 

[R6Rider]

Anyone notice how blurry the character is in the inventory and store menus?

Yeah it's really bad.

 

[Topher]

I found the map in Jedi Survival much better. The one in Dragons Dogma is just annoying to use.

Really? Ah well.....your opinion is just shit then.....uh....I mean.....agree to disagree.

 

[Spyxos]

Really? Ah well.....your opinion is just shit then.....uh....I mean.....agree to disagree.

Sure, it wasn't the best map, but at least I didn't get pissed off every time I used it.

 

[Topher]

Sure, it wasn't the best map, but at least I didn't get pissed off every time I used it.

Exactly how I felt about the Survivor map. Especially when I'm trying to get plat and find all the stuff littered everywhere. It was maddening.

 

[Kacho]

Anyone notice how blurry the character is in the inventory and store menus?

Yup. Saw it last night. Assuming it's a bug.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Anyone notice how blurry the character is in the inventory and store menus?

It's more like it renders at horrible resolution without AA whatsoever.
Man, I'll mod this game to death at one point cuz it sure as hell needs it.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Silly me thought I could fight a slime with just a sword.

There goes a wakestone.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Made it to Lothlórien, I mean Sacred arbor:

Spoiler

Trek over there was pretty cool, found a little camp settlement with enemies, pawn lured them over to water and I just kept feeding them to the brine with dire arrows lol, then there was a basement with like 20 grand in it, but it was guarded by a sneaky assassin; killed him pretty easily though.
Spotted a drake and noped out of there and then I decided to take a little ox cart ride to the next checkpoint.
In fact I was typing this post until a griffin decided to have to ox for lunch and just crashed and destroyed the entire car lol

Epic battle ensued but only to live as one pawn said "we better think about getting out of here, IF WE WANT LIVE!", my pawn responded with "hmm, I'll think about it"
So decided to fight it as long as I could, glad I made my pawn warrior because she kept everyone alive and just facetanked the griffin, though another oxcart showed up and the griffin immediately destroyed it as well; set it on fire and the epic DD victory music started playing, managed to deplete one health bar after that and it ran off like a little bitch.

Time to head back to vermund

edit:
oh I also saw a wild 5 way battle between goblins, wolves, saurians, harpies and slimes lol.

 

[BennyBlanco]

R Reizo Ryuu I’m gonna try to take your pawn for a spin tonight. Thanks bro.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Man, I’m itching to play this game! Stupid work! I guess FF7 will take a backseat for this one.

 

[Exentryk]

Played for a few hours and the opening was quite pleasant. Definitely is an improvement in the story-telling department from the first game.

Still only scratching the surface and I can see myself spending hundreds of hours in this. Loving it!

 

[Heaven Angel]

I think I should wait for few patches. I have the game on Xbox but I'll shift my attention to Rise of Ronin after I've completed FF 7 Rebirth.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

Why did they make the pick up button the same as the sprint button? Madness.

The only thing I really HATE is how they made the button for picking stuff up be the same as the one for running. Makes me run like a tard more often than not without wamting to.

Nothing beats Final Fantasy XV, where pick up and jump were the same button.

Did you play the first one?

Fair question. I should have learned my lesson. I am a few hours in and it feels exactly like the first game; a game which I didn't particularly enjoy. I'm just not having "fun". I had more fun earlier today playing on my N64. This just feels like an MMO where I follow around party members who have already played the game. Combat feels random, no idea who is doing what to whom. Again, exactly as in the first game.

This just makes me want Monster Hunter even more.

Played for a few hours and the opening was quite pleasant. Definitely is an improvement in the story-telling department from the first game.

Funny that you say this. I am repeatedly thinking how immersive the first game is. This feels disjointed.

In the first game, you are in a fishing village that comes under attack. You end up losing your heart, but are brought back to life; hence "arisen". You are then gently introduced to the camp, and the concept of pawns, etc.

In the second game, it feels like more of a second thought. Oh, a dragon randomly chose you as an arisen, whatever that is, and now you suddenly can control pawns etc, with no explanation... and it's shown as a flashback.

It felt far more organic and immersive in the first game.

 

[ANDS]

This just feels like an MMO where I follow around party members who have already played the game. Combat feels random, no idea who is doing what to whom. Again, exactly as in the first game.

I tossed a character from my party who kept trying to lead me to quests. Game got leagues better after.

 

[Arsic]

Holy shit, Capcom, what the FUCK is this?

I haven't seen such a terrible JPEG since early 2000s

The clouds are insanely bad. Which is odd since they have fantastic volumetric fog in the world and from open fire.

 

[Jozzer]

Ah okay. Was going to say if you played and enjoyed the first then I think you would like this one too.

Maybe give it more time as I'm assuming it picks up as it goes.

I am actually starting to get into it now and enjoying it.

 

[Jozzer]

What is with the random black people everywhere, in this clearly Medieval European inspired world. Taking me out of the experience a bit.

 

[Liljagare]

Holy crap this game surprises after a certain point.

F'ing awesome, have no complaints.

 

[KyoZz]

What is with the random black people everywhere, in this clearly Medieval European inspired world. Taking me out of the experience a bit.

It's a fictional world with griffins, cyclops and more. You'll survive.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

What is with the random black people everywhere, in this clearly Medieval European inspired world. Taking me out of the experience a bit.

Yeah these lion-beast people are far more common than they were in medieval Europe. Totally ruining the game for me.

 

[DavidGzz]

Why did they make the pick up button the same as the sprint button? Madness.

That is one of the first things I changed. In the options you can make it examine/pickup only. I use the left stick click to sprint as it's also sprint by default.

 

[Jozzer]

It's a fictional world with griffins, cyclops and more. You'll survive.

A fantasy inspired by European mythos. The flavour is all wrong, atleast have different races of humans with different lands. Like the Redguards in Elder Scrolls makes sense.

 

[SCB3]

What is with the random black people everywhere, in this clearly Medieval European inspired world. Taking me out of the experience a bit.

Sorry are you expecting realism from a game with fucking Dragons in? This isn't Kingdom Come

So how is the game on PS5? I'm considering grabbing it and Rise of Ronin tomorrow now I'm pretty much done with FF7 for now

 

[Agent_4Seven]

The clouds are insanely bad. Which is odd since they have fantastic volumetric fog in the world and from open fire.

These are no clouds, dude, it's just extremely compressed, blurry and stretched af JPEG

You wanna see some clouds (yeah, I know, unfair comparison, but still)?

And this game runs at 4K 60 FPS on PC while looking way better. The saddest thing about all this is that I don't think there's a way to make a dynamic skybox in the game, only much higher quality JPEG via mods for each state of the day. Furthermore, it makes Photo Mode completely useless right now cuz you can't take great shots and not include the skybox (during the day time, I haven't checked at night how it looks), not to mention there's no way to raise and lower the camera (What?! How is this not an option in Photo Mode?) and you can only tilt it at an angle like during gameplay.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

So how is the game on PS5?

Much better than whatever twitter clown might have to say about it. Runs completely smoothly here. Looks good. Audio good.

 

[ANDS]

What is with the random black people everywhere, in this clearly Medieval European inspired world. Taking me out of the experience a bit.

 

[DavidGzz]

Anyone actually using the "superior weapons" set? I always avoid using these preorder boosts as I want the pure experience of earning my way. The shop where I acquired my PS5 copy just sent me a code, but I'm hesitant to use it. I see it just puts the items in your chest, so you aren't forced to use them. I'll probably just save the code in case I decide to sell the game someday.

I used them for like an hour before finding better. They are barely a boost. They mostly just look a bit better.

 

[KàIRóS]

So how is the game on PS5? I'm considering grabbing it and Rise of Ronin tomorrow now I'm pretty much done with FF7 for now

Runs between 25-45 FPS most of the time, sometimes even higher, surprisingly smooth during combat.

 

[DavidGzz]

I turned off DLSS, maxed out sharpness (because everything seemed blurry), left RT on, still running 4K. So far, what I'm seeing is that none of the stuff that usually improves frame rate is actually improving frame rate. Doesn't do any harm turning it off either. So I'm going for best image quality until they patch this stuff as it doesn't make sense not to at this point.

I'm loving the image and frame rate right now at 1440p but I may try this. Maybe raytracing off and 4k on will look even better.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Back in vernworth, but not before shooting a cyclops in his eye so he falls over and makes a makeshift bridge over a gap lmao, the emergent gameplay is great.

atleast have different races of humans with different lands.

There's only one race of human, human.

 

[Jozzer]

Back in vernworth, but not before shooting a cyclops in his eye so he falls over and makes a makeshift bridge over ĺ

 

[FatallyYours]

The game probably has the worst map I've ever seen.

The map in Control was pretty dire!

 

[WorldHero]

You could see the performance issues in the trailers they released, especially combat sections. Not sure why this came as a surprise…

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Not actually true, at all.

What isn't? Human race?
Take it up with the global scientific community if you disagree, there isn't a reputable scientist alive that would support something as silly as races amongst humans.
But I digress, go mewl about something as idiotic as not having a segregated fantasy world to play in somewhere else.

 

[DavidGzz]

Not actually true, at all.

A race feeling included in a fantasy game while also making racists feel less immersed in said fantasy game are two Ws.

 

[Spyxos]

The map in Control was pretty dire!

Yes, that was a bad one.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Okay, I think modders can try and fix all the obvious and terrible stuff in this game visually at some point. After playing the game though for a few hours and after finishing the first one on the PS3, I can safely say that 2024 game is more of a reimagining of the original idea (which was very compromised and barely realized on the PS3/X360 due to insane hardware limitations) and at the same time complete remake with expanded and grander ideas, various mechanics, world etc. not to mention god-like character creator and the fact that in the game your character and pawn looks amazing (unless of course you've made a complete abomination )!

Spoiler

Man, original game was junky af, but I loved it to death cuz there was no game like it, until 2024's game came out with much better almost everything. It's going to be a pain in the butt to play it with these technical and visual shortcomings for a while though, performance as well nowhere near where it realistically should be. But I'll continue playing anyway, cuz it's not gonna last forever and will be eventually fixed.

 

[KàIRóS]

I'm not entirely sure how to feel about these new Broken Riftstone Pawns you can get in the open world, high level, good quest knowledge and they are free!? I'm obviously going to use them, but it's also clearly affecting the pawn rental system, I haven't hired any player made pawns and nobody has hired my pawn either, so I'm having mixed feeling about this for now.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

I haven't hired any player made pawns and nobody has hired my pawn either, so I'm having mixed feeling about this for now.

You outlevel them pretty rapidly though, there's no point in keeping a low level pawn with you that's just going to die in one hit; at the start of the game it's best to just rotate your pawns every few level ups.

 

[Draugoth]

Here's the best settings on PC:

Best Dragon's Dogma 2 settings for high FPS on PC

RE Engine usually fairs well in terms of performance and optimization, but Dragon's Dogma 2 proved me wrong.

progameguides.com

 

[Dynasty8]

Just to confirm about dying...when you get the game over screen and choose "Load from Last Save", your Health "Loss" bar gets reduced more and more each time, right?

I keep restarting from my last save point from fighting the ogre and noticed this. Any other way to prevent this or do I have to rest at an inn or camp when it gets too low every time?

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

do I have to rest at an inn or camp when it gets too low every time?

yes

 

[FoxMcChief]

What class uses that staff that reminds me of Darth Maul? I saw it can like air glide to the top of an enemy.

 

[sigmaZ]

Welp. Played it just under two hours and refunded. It ran fine. Controls well, graphics are decent enough, but it's just not my kind of game. I'm happy though as it gives me some breathing room until next month and the insane number of good games coming out.

 

[TintoConCasera]

All the pawns I see walking around seem to be from Capcom, while the ones I see on the rift are from other players. Wonder what's up with that.

What class uses that staff that reminds me of Darth Maul? I saw it can like air glide to the top of an enemy.

Mystic Spearhand.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Womder what's up with that.

it's to give you a hand early on.

 

[FoxMcChief]

All the pawns I see walking around seem to be from Capcom, while the ones I see on the rift are from other players. Womder what's up with that.

I think that was the case with the first game as well.

Mustic Spearhand.

Thanks!

 

[FoxMcChief]

There’s hot springs in the game. Are we still able to bottle that water?