Game news Dragon’s Dogma 2 doesn’t have the same level of realism everywhere, but Capcom’s video game makes a point of honoring this particular aspect (and it’s surprising)
The time will soon come for Dragon’s Dogma 2 to be available on PC and home consoles: a great moment for all fans of plump RPGs, Capcom’s game promises to be dense, gripping… and realistic. But maybe not where you expect.
boiling hot
This month of March will sign the advent of Dragon’s Dogma II, a particularly anticipated game from Hidaki Itsuno, a great man of video games if ever there was one since we owe him the first Dragon’s Dogma… but above all all Devil May Cry apart from the first episode. In short, here he is back on an action-RPG formula and a priori, all the signals are green for what seems to be one of the densest games in Capcom’s history.
Role-playing requires us to develop our character as best we can in a ruthless fantasy universe: skills, combat techniques, relationships with other characters, weapons, levels, quests galore… Dragon’s Dogma II promises an experience that will keep you spellbound and a very special finish. It is precisely the latter that is being talked about today since the said director of the game has just admitted that the cooking of meats in the title was… real. Let’s explain.
Flame grilled
During an interview with the Japanese site 4Gamer.net, Hideaki Itsuno was asked about a specific aspect of his next baby: how is it that cooking meat – an element that allows you to regain life points – appears as realistic? In the video below, for example, a steak is cooked over a flame and the accompanying cutscene is larger than life. To tell the truth, it’s because it’s a real live-action cinematic and no real-time assets, confided the Japanese director.
It’s all well and good to use expensive CGI to replicate meat in the game, but we decided to spend that money on real good meat and this is how it appears. Each type of meat has different visuals when flame-grilled. (laughs) The Dragon’s Dogma 2 team is full of idiots.
Enough to make the most carnivorous among us salivate, no doubt: a fairly crazy level of realism which is reminiscent of the wacky details of a certain Red Dead Redemption II. We remind you that Dragon’s Dogma II will rely on the RE Enginea famous engine which has already worked technical wonders with Resident Evil in recent years, Devil May Cry 5 and even Street Fighter 6.
See you on March 22, 2024 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series!
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