PS5
Dragon's Dogma 2
PS5 Details
- Native PS5 application
- Yes
Details
- Genre
- Release Date
- March 22, 2024
- Metacritic Score
- 85
Reviews
Beta
We aggregate reviews from multiple sources, and use AI to summarize the pros and cons of each review.
Good
- Dragon’s Dogma 2 expands the original's unique experience
- Tells a cohesive story with political intrigue and war
- Cinematics during action sequences are well animated
- Freedom to change Vocations, including new ones
- Pawn system allows recruitment of adventurers
- World is massive with rewarding exploration and secrets
- Monsters can be hunted for rare materials
- Campsites allow rest and healing
- Upgradeable materials can be used from storage
- Intense and varied encounters with intelligent enemies
- Can scale monsters to reach their weak points
- Fantastic soundtrack with effective sound design
Bad
- Simple dialogue conversations reveal limitations
- All Pawns you recruit, except for the one you create, don't level up
- Fast travel mechanic is expensive
- Weight and item management can be tedious
- Playstyle can be impeded by weight limitations
- Can only have four skills equipped from dozens available
- Game becomes difficult to navigate at night
Good
- World is expansive and full of secrets
- Unique, unpredictable quest design
- Limited fast travel enhances world's realism
- Different, dynamic combat mechanisms
- Allows for varied gameplay like sneaking, political intrigues
- High-quality graphics and rendering on PC
- Provides a variety of different monsters and bosses
- New hybrid vocations offer more fun
- Better vocation-changing mechanism that impacts base stats
- In-game story is immersive
Bad
- Lack of sequel recognition in title screen
- NPCs sometimes have difficult tasks
- Unpredictability of world can result in unexpected difficulties
- Missing specific upgrade vocations for some classes
- Frame rate issues in console version
- Glitches causing disappearance of pawns in console version
Good
- Sequel maintains original game's emphasis on adventure
- Enhanced resources and budget result in immersive gameplay
- Extensive and thrilling map design
- Significant enhancements in character classes
- Strives for more nuanced narrative
- Side quests add context to the world
- Dynamic map keeps gameplay fresh
- Inclusion of survival mechanics enhances sense of adventure
- Impressive, varied combat system
- Pawn system offers unique gameplay experience
- Improved pawn AI
- Visually stunning environment
Bad
- Tends to rely on go-here-get-this objectives
- Frame rate fluctuates, can dip very low
- Lack of intensive character-focused narrative
- Poor dialogue animations, lack of adequate lip-syncing
- Narrative takes a backseat to adventuring
- Pawn system's lack of co-op option might be questioned by new players
- Needs post-launch optimization for consistent frame rate
Buy Online
PlayStationDB is an Amazon Associate, and may receive a small commission if you purchase a product via one of the links on this page.
Standard Edition
More action role-playing games
Videos
Digital Foundry
Dragon's Dogma 2: Does The New Patch Fix The Game? All Systems Tested
Digital Foundry
Dragon's Dogma 2 - PS5/Xbox Series X/S and PC - Digital Foundry Tech Review
Capcom USA
Dragon's Dogma 2 - Launch Trailer
Capcom USA
Welcome to Dragon's Dogma 2 - Presented by Ian McShane
Capcom USA
Dragon's Dogma 2 - Action trailer
PlayStation
Dragon's Dogma 2 - Main Trailer | PS5 Games
© 2023 twofutures Pty Ltd