A new Dragon's Dogma 2 patch (one of the last ones until a mysterious 12 GB patch materializes) is now live, introducing performance and stability improvements, as well as a Casual Mode and plenty of balance tweaks.
The September 17th patch introduces further fixes to issues around CPU overload in certain situations, which should lead to performance improvements in areas with a lot of NPCs, like town centers. The new patch also reduced the frequency of crashes, improving game stability.
All of the other changes the new Dragon's Dogma 2 patch introduces are related to gameplay. The patch brings a Casual Mode, which tweaks some aspects of the experience to make it easier, such as reducing inn fees and the price of Ferrystones, stamina consumption when dashing outside of battle, and more. In this mode, Pawns will also recover from the dragonsplague without triggering its most devastating effects, even when the symptoms progress to a terminal stage.
The new Dragon's Dogma 2 patch also introduces tons of Vocation changes for almost all Vocations, with the exception of the Trickster Vocation and other gameplay changes and fixes. You can find the full patch notes here.
Dragon's Dogma 2 is now available on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. You can learn more about what is more of a reboot of the series, rather than an actual sequel, with Alessio's review.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.
