Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen devs say Western and Japanese players want different things from the game, so it's hard to please both

Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen devs say Western and Japanese players want different things from the game, so it's hard to please both

It seems catering to Dragon's Dogma 2 players is a tougher balancing act than we may realise. Capcom developers currently working on the game's upcoming Dark Arisen expansion have revealed rare insight into the varying preferences of the game's players, and it surprisingly has to do with where they're based.

While us lot in the West might like Dragon's Dogma 2's friction, Japan doesn't quite agree, and its producers say balancing that has been a real challenge

Both the original and Dragon's Dogma 2 are not games for everyone. Not in the Dark Souls, uber challenging sort of way necessarily, just in that they do not hold your hand, right down to not even having a lock-on feature in combat. There's a long list of other aspects that provide friction, interesting friction, that make the games so beloved. At least, they're beloved in the West, because folks over in the RPG's home country of Japan have a dif…

Dragon’s Dogma II: Dark Arisen: Will We Still Struggle with the Controls?

During combat, it’s still hard to gain control of our character.   At Gamescom, Capcom gave the press the opportunity to try out the ambitious expansion for the PlayStation 5 for a full hour. There was no presentation, which makes perfect sense in hindsight since it’s an expansion for a well-known game. The new content is set in the frozen Norgan Wastes, a region reminiscent of Skyrim located north of the temperate Vermund and desert-like Battah…