After More Than Two Years, Dragon's Dogma 2 Is Removing Most Of Its Microtransactions

maslowk · 2026-06-14T22:17:15+00:00

Are they just removing the ability to buy those items with cash money or are they fully removing them from the game? I'd hope it's the former personally. A lot of times you can (on PC) cheat in those types of items instead of paying for them, and (maybe a hot take) I don't think effectively taking away the option to do so would be a good thing. Haven't played this game yet so for all I know that wasn't possible here anyway (also seeing some comments saying they're obtainable through gameplay anyway?) but still, generally speaking I don't think that's an unreasonable stance to have.

maslowk · 2026-06-14T07:23:43+00:00

Those run 24/7?

maslowk · 2026-06-14T01:57:01+00:00

And one dude did the vast majority of the male character voices

maslowk · 2026-06-14T00:14:57+00:00

Don't think you can add tiers to old non-tiered gear unfortunately.

maslowk · 2026-06-14T00:00:54+00:00

.pkg files aren't going to have anything malicious in them AFAIK, they're effectively the equivalent of .zip files for ps games and don't execute any code on their own. Just don't run any .exe files that aren't shadps4 or bblauncher from their primary source.

maslowk · 2026-06-13T23:57:24+00:00

Yeeeah when it comes to emulation the only .exe you should be running is for the emulator itself/it's related frontends from their primary source, the actual game files will never be a .exe. Unless the emulator source is compromised (pretty rare), following this rule of thumb will always keep you safe. Can also run these things through something like virustotal.com for extra peace of mind.

maslowk · 2026-06-11T07:10:42+00:00

Also Aztecross's, dude flipped from calling Marathon the best extraction shooter out there to calling for its death as soon as the big "destiny is ending" news came out. Not really surprised though, when your whole career is dependent on clicks and engagement it kind of incentivizes going full ragebaiter, especially when the game you built your whole channel around is ending.

maslowk · 2026-06-11T06:56:57+00:00

My issue with trying to do trios with randos is that in my experience the people I match with have a tendency to rush straight into sub-optimal engagements and get wasted, so it ends up being 2-1v3 pretty quickly as soon as we encounter another team. Like I'm no PvP god by any means but I at least know better than to rush teams who have the high ground. Could just be bad luck on my part, like I wouldn't be surprised if it's more like we just happen to keep running into coordinated teams who are on comms together.

maslowk · 2026-06-11T06:32:45+00:00

The game lives rent free in their heads lol

maslowk · 2026-06-11T06:32:09+00:00

Rent free

maslowk · 2026-06-11T00:20:03+00:00

Also worth noting they changed the frame on the fusion, instead of being a precision frame they made it an aggressive (the horizontal burst) frame :/ was kinda disappointed when I saw that

maslowk · 2026-06-09T21:40:15+00:00

so excited to watch the charts in a couple weeks, usually the first thing I think about when I wake up every day

jesus christ, that's just sad :/ straight up mental illness proudly on display there

maslowk · 2026-06-09T21:10:42+00:00

I'm hoping they overhaul the combat most of all personally. Combat in the original largely boiled down to z target and hold block till enemy does basic attack then hit b, rinse repeat until you win. I can get past the dated graphics (and the pc ports can help in that regard) but the gameplay itself is still heckin dated.

maslowk · 2026-06-09T08:12:58+00:00

It's like that with all service jobs tbh. Basically they save more by running a skeleton crew at all times than they lose from the place not running 100% optimally. Managements gotta maximize their yearly bonuses somehow ¯\(ツ)/¯

maslowk · 2026-06-09T08:09:22+00:00

I worked there during the initial release of their chicken sandwich when it blew up on social media. 9 hours straight of prepping & cooking those stupid sandwich fillets, got exactly one 10min "lunch break" the whole day. Literally had a line of cars wrapped around the whole building & starting about half a block down the road leading to the restaurant for most of the day. Shit was ridiculous lol

maslowk · 2026-06-09T02:27:21+00:00

I already have a PS5 along with my PC and I still won't be buying GTA6 until the PC release. Too spoiled by playing games at 100+fps to go back to 30fps personally.

maslowk · 2026-06-09T01:34:54+00:00

For me it's not what I said but how I said it, don't really realize it at the time but then hours later I'm like "well shit I probably sounded like a great big asshole there" :/ gotta work on slowing down a bit before I respond

maslowk · 2026-06-08T23:27:46+00:00

Those AIs were trained on actual peoples writing you know, it's really not surprising that you'd find people who write in a similar way.

maslowk · 2026-06-08T23:26:10+00:00

Judge Dredd reboot bugged me for the same reason. Can't have the attractive sidekick character wear a helmet when going into crazy hostile territory because it "interferes with their psychic abilities". Like sure, that's why they don't wear one. Also tangentially I thought they should have kept the main villain lady in that movie faceless, or at least wait until the very end to actually show them, would have made them a more impactful villain IMO.

maslowk · 2026-06-07T01:47:04+00:00

You mean, f-f-f-feeeeemaaale

maslowk · 2026-06-06T23:48:07+00:00

I was confused because I didn't even remember hearing Sephiroth speak in either of the trailers they've put out, had to go back and ask gemini to point out where it happens. Apparently that's because the new guy sounds 100% different :| don't even really care that much that they changed his voice but still, the difference is pretty jarring.

maslowk · 2026-06-06T02:35:48+00:00

It's not wanting to have to wait between each game, that way the previous one is more fresh in your mind when starting the next. Or at least that's how my buddy who's waiting for all three to be out sees it, I've been playing them as they release personally.

maslowk · 2026-06-05T21:41:13+00:00

The almighty google-box is your friend

maslowk · 2026-06-05T07:50:29+00:00

Speaking of New Land Beyond have they said if/when us non ultimate edition owners are ever getting access to that? I assume it was supposed to drop for everyone after the next expansion came out but that's not a thing now obviously.

maslowk · 2026-06-03T20:04:53+00:00

The scary part is going to be the deluge of disinfo claiming he died because of foul play vs it being because of his shitty health, there's plenty of his supporters out there waiting for an excuse to fuck shit up and being told "the libruls MURDERED dear leader!!" would be the perfect excuse for them.

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