Dragon's dogma 2.... sigh

[D3TTOL]

Only if you read the "about" section in detail, otherwise at a glance the micro-transactions heavily implies you need to buy the item/ability behind the paywall in order to use it in the game, which is by nature what micro-transactions are expected to be. It's not an insurance contract you buying, so there is no reason for someone to look beyond the self-explanatory item name, thinking "oh gee maybe I should read the fine print as maybe they might actually be giving this away for free".

Well, I think the character edit and pawn change DLC are not available other than buying it.

 

[TRINITRON]

Only if you read the "about" section in detail, otherwise at a glance the micro-transactions heavily implies you need to buy the item/ability behind the paywall in order to use it in the game, which is by nature what micro-transactions are expected to be. It's not an insurance contract you buying, so there is no reason for someone to look beyond the self-explanatory item name, thinking "oh gee maybe I should read the fine print as maybe they might actually be giving this away for free".

I get you, most people would rather read a game review article with a click bait title

 

[K.I.T.T.]

 

[Harbinger2000]

DLSS, FSR and frame gen has become a crutch for poor game optimization rather than a tool to help achieve even higher frame rates on a good foundation. Companies would rather just slap it on there as a quick "fix" instead of optimizing it to run well. Nixxes has had stellar ports since Deus Ex: HR so I'm not surprised by the good performance of Horizon: Forbidden West.

Kind of mirrors my feelings on what happened once the internet became widely available. Add-on content and DLC are cool, yes, but a 10GB patch on Day 1 of the game being released...? Can't help but feel things were not yet ready.

However, given games are being pushed to eventually only be digital downloads, maybe this will be a thing of the past.

 

[D3TTOL]

There is a 2 hour trial on Dragon's Dogma 2. Downloaded it and started off with the character I made in the character creation tool they launched before the game released.
I left the settings at default besides the resolution which for some reason defaulted to 720p.
Game looks pretty bland graphically. Watched the cutscenes etc and landed in the first little village.
60-80 fps, The frames jump around that range even when standing still and while walking/fighting the constant jumps and drops make the game feel very choppy. I turned off DLSS and all the nanny performance crutches. 1440p, default settings (A lot of things were defaulted to "Low") running on a 4090/7800X3D. Absolutely unacceptable, I cannot imagine walking into the bigger cities where the performance is even worse.
Thanks capcom for the trial, Gave me hands on experience to decide I'll most likely never purchase this garbage.

 

[K.I.T.T.]

There is a 2 hour trial on Dragon's Dogma 2. Downloaded it and started off with the character I made in the character creation tool they launched before the game released.
I left the settings at default besides the resolution which for some reason defaulted to 720p.
Game looks pretty bland graphically. Watched the cutscenes etc and landed in the first little village.
60-80 fps, The frames jump around that range even when standing still and while walking/fighting the constant jumps and drops make the game feel very choppy. I turned off DLSS and all the nanny performance crutches. 1440p, default settings (A lot of things were defaulted to "Low") running on a 4090/7800X3D. Absolutely unacceptable, I cannot imagine walking into the bigger cities where the performance is even worse.
Thanks capcom for the trial, Gave me hands on experience to decide I'll most likely never purchase this garbage.

4090/13700K here, 4K max settings besides shadows on high plus DLSS Quality and Frame Generation and it's a maintains a minimum of 120fps 99% of the the time in the city which is the most intensive location I found.

Definitely not a game I'd play without Frame Generation on because I couldn't even maintain 60 in the city before the last couple patches when FG was introduced alongside some optimization.