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[Draugoth]

Speaking to VGC, the director confirmed Dragon’s Dogma 2 will not break up exploration with loading screens. He stated that exploration of dungeons, caves, and other parts of the world will be seamless thanks to this implementation.

Hideaki Itsuno said:

Itsuno: Speaking to the seamlessness of the world, there are no loading screens when you’re exploring. Of course if there’s a cutscene we might load it in and then load you back to free exploration but in terms of actually going into dungeons or caves and exploring different parts of the world, you’ll never see a loading screen.

This statement came in response to being questioned about freedom of exploration during the open-world gameplay of Dragon’s Dogma 2.

Itsuno went on to say that if there is a cut scene, the game will load it in and then load players back into free roam, but in terms of entering dungeons, caves, or exploring other parts of the world, players will not run into loading screens. Recently, games like Starfield have received criticism for the excessive interruptions in exploration due to loading screens. While the game has a massive focus on freedom and exploration, it often brings things to a halt when the game loads a new section.

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[ByWatterson]

 

[Beer Baelly]

Cant wait to shimmy through all them cracks.

 

[German Hops]

Cant wait to shimmy through all them cracks.

 

[BouncyFrag]

As long as they keep the random AF romance system I’m good.

 

[diffusionx]

is this the new "can you pet the dog" lmao

 

[JokerMM]

 

[killatopak]

Maybe this is why they rolled back coop?

 

[Flutta]

 

[Gudji]

Does it have sandwiches tho?

 

[Lokaum D+]

wait, no loading screen ? and it has exploration ?

 

[Astral Dog]

No loading screens!? Is this some kind of witchcraft?

 

[artsi]

Cant wait to shimmy through all them cracks.

It's good we have SSD's today and there's no need to design such elements in the game.

 

[Lupin25]

Capcom feeling themselves lately.

 

[Revolutionary]

Todd disliked that.

 

[Ribi]

It just works

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

This is going to be great

 

[Shubh_C63]

No way...even Bethesda couldn't do that.

Well Witcher 3 had loading screens between islands but I think if they wanted to they could have hidden it well. Else I'm forgetting W3.

 

[Perrott]

Welcome to the PS3/360 era of open worlds, Capcom.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

..Uhh there's no "shade", did any of you play the first game? There's tons of loading when moving between areas; he's just explaining this won't happen for the sequel...it's been a decade, new tech/hardware/etc.

 

[systemr123]

Speaking to VGC, the director confirmed Dragon’s Dogma 2 will not break up exploration with loading screens. He stated that exploration of dungeons, caves, and other parts of the world will be seamless thanks to this implementation.

Hideaki Itsuno said:



This statement came in response to being questioned about freedom of exploration during the open-world gameplay of Dragon’s Dogma 2.

Itsuno went on to say that if there is a cut scene, the game will load it in and then load players back into free roam, but in terms of entering dungeons, caves, or exploring other parts of the world, players will not run into loading screens. Recently, games like Starfield have received criticism for the excessive interruptions in exploration due to loading screens. While the game has a massive focus on freedom and exploration, it often brings things to a halt when the game loads a new section.

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Oh my… Starfield already going from one of the most promising, most hyped games of this generation already becoming the laughing stock of the industry.

Also, all these games should be loading free except for maybe fast travel, but even that feels really quick in some games nowadays thanks to Sonys ssd implementation and apis.

 

[LRKD]

The first game loading seemed like a non-issue anyways was anyone actually concerned about this? Like the open world was loading free and loading into a town/dungeon wasn't that long.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

No loading screens and cute girls?! What is this Japanese magic?

 

[asdasdasdbb]

It's good we have SSD's today and there's no need to design such elements in the game.

The cracks aren't going away btw. Developers love using it for reasons other than to hide loading times.

 

[Unknown?]

"You see those mountains in the distance? You can load into those!"

 

[Sleepwalker]

You see that dragon in the distance? It's a jpeg.

 

[March Climber]

Everyone here: "Look! They're taking shots at Starfield!"

Me: "Isn't this a comparison to Dragon's Dogma 1?"

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Me: "Isn't this a comparison to Dragon's Dogma 1?"

it is, large studio devs don't have the time to "throw shade" or "fire shots" at other games, because they don't care; he's only communicating what improvements they made from the first game.

 

[Xenon]

..Uhh there's no "shade", did any of you play the first game? There's tons of loading when moving between areas; he's just explaining this won't happen for the sequel...it's been a decade, new tech/hardware/etc.

Rent free...

 

[nemiroff]

Everyone here: "Look! They're taking shots at Starfield!"

Me: "Isn't this a comparison to Dragon's Dogma 1?"

It is. Which means your brain is not scripted AF.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

Everyone here: "Look! They're taking shots at Starfield!"

Me: "Isn't this a comparison to Dragon's Dogma 1?"

Starfield has 11-year-old level design confirmed.

 

[Gavon West]

Rent free...

It showed HEAVY in this thread, too. Yikes!

 

[salva]

 

[lh032]

Now Microsoft is going to acquire capcom for the insult of its first party studio

 

[abstract alien]

Have they said anything about a performance mode?

 

[Comandr]

This is amazing news. I’m thrilled to hear there will be nearly no loading screens. Feels like RE engine has come a long way.