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[Draugoth]

Capcom’s anticipated high-fantasy RPG Dragon’s Dogma 2 launches on March 22, and everything we’ve found out so far about its gameplay has only served to heighten enthusiasm for the release. However, it seems the game currently suffers from frame rate-related performance issues, and while the developers are in the midst of trying to fix things, players are also coming up with possible solutions, and they don’t seem to mind getting NPC blood on their hands for some “extra FPS.”

With official confirmation that NPCs are the problem, players have jokingly come up with a way to “optimize” Dragon’s Dogma 2 for the time being – killing off inessential NPCs.






This approach might break the hearts of Dragon’s Dogma 2’s developers though, as one of their goals in designing the game was to make the player feel responsibility towards “death” and the lives of NPCs. This is why they made it so that NPCs no longer respawn infinitely

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[fart town usa]

That star wars reference is brilliant.

 

[Senua]

 

[Portugeezer]

What is the going rate for 1 NPC?

 

[Kurotri]

That's fucking hilarious

 

[mansoor1980]

capcom on hearing this news..........................

 

[Kacho]

Guards can go too. Who are they gonna protect after we done optimizing the game? Exactly.

 

[Evolved1]

humanity was truly a mistake

 

[Lokaum D+]

Dragons Dogma 2 : Dark Arisen for real.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I love that the fix is to murder innocent NPCs, lol.

 

[adamsapple]

We'll make our own frame rate, with pawns and blackjacks.

 

[GymWolf]

This is both sad and hilarious.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Is it actually possible to kill everyone in this game until you are left alone in the world?

 

[NeverYouMind]

Protagonist after traveling the world and witnessing the consequences of the Dragon's laziness:

 

[Jaybe]

Protagonist after traveling the world and witnessing the consequences of the Dragon's laziness:

Thanos Snap mod

 

[crackajack]

I had guessed something is off with the NPCs in this game, but the solution is just brillant.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Is it actually possible to kill everyone in this game until you are left alone in the world?

If it is imagine killing everyone except you and your Waifu/Husbando so you can rule the Warudo at 120 FPS.

 

[Metnut]

2024. What a time to be alive.

 

[FunkMiller]

Somebody needs to deliberately make a game where mass murder improves your performance.

 

[GermanZepp]

That's why Steam folks are diggin it

 

[FoxMcChief]

Dragons Dogma 2 : Dark Arisen for real.

Dark is rising in my pants

 

[Interfectum]

That Star Wars image...

 

[Fess]

If it’s this simple then Capcom should just implement a citizen density slider in the settings menu. Easiest way to optimize.

 

[Lux R7]

 

[FeralEcho]

If it's like the first game....well...Wait until they realize that after 7 in game days npcs respawn and the framerate will drop off a cliff

 

[MagiusNecros]

Do they give XP when you kill them? Curious if we can boost our level and get better FPS.

 

[Clear]

Genius. Deprive yourself of content for a higher frame-rate,

Really make you wonder if these fuckwits actually like games or just fap to their graphics.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

gamers: we want living, vibrant open worlds, not ones that feel dead and uninteresting
gamers: we want a barren wasteland in order to have higher frames

 

[Sleepwalker]

Game just went from a wait for sale to preload

 

[balls of snow]

If it’s this simple then Capcom should just implement a citizen density slider in the settings menu. Easiest way to optimize.

I thinks its doing the Skyrim thing where every npc has a schedule and life activities.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Genius. Deprive yourself of content for a higher frame-rate,

Really make you wonder if these fuckwits actually like games or just fap to their graphics.

Or do the NPC's quests and then kill the NPC and see if you can take their stuff. Would be interesting if every NPC actually has a loot table.

 

[FeralEcho]

Or do the NPC's quests and then kill the NPC and see if you can take their stuff. Would be interesting if every NPC actually has a loot table.

Don't the npcs respawn after 7 in game days.This was how it was in Dark Arisen.Did they test this yet in DD2? Cuz if they didn't they are gonna realise they wasted hours doing fuck all if everything resets after 7 days...

 

[Hudo]

I am a bit sad that this doesn't work in real-life as well...

 

[Clear]

Or do the NPC's quests and then kill the NPC and see if you can take their stuff. Would be interesting if every NPC actually has a loot table.

Because the game doesn't have quest markets you're unlikely to know how much damage your doing!

Remember side-quests in this game typically start with a rando NPC approaching or otherwise signalling to the arisen that they have a job for them, and I believe this is done dynamically so its extremely easy to break a quest chain by killing someone not yet announced to be involved.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Don't the npcs respawn after 7 in game days.This was how it was in Dark Arisen.Did they test this yet in DD2? Cuz if they didn't they are gonna realise they wasted hours doing fuck all if everything resets after 7 days...

Thought Capcom said NPCs have perma death within 3 days if they aren't resurrected at the morgue.

 

[Fess]

I thinks its doing the Skyrim thing where every npc has a schedule and life activities.

So a NPC amount slider. Should be an easy fix.

 

[Arsic]

Lmao savage.

 

[Raven117]

And just like that....the word of mouth will increase sales.

(Like bear sex for BG3).

 

[FeralEcho]

Thought Capcom said NPCs have perma death within 3 days if they aren't resurrected at the morgue.

Ah ok then,thanks for the info,cuz as soon as i heard of this I immidiately thought of how things were in DDDA and thoughtthis whole thing was a waste of time.

 

[Draugoth]

Is it actually possible to kill everyone in this game until you are left alone in the world?

There's very few essential NPCs in the game.

 

[Cramoss]

lmao