Dragon's Dogma 2

Moderate overall intensity
Highest flag: Spending — real-money purchases
AdventureFantasyRPG

What's in it

Spending real-money purchases
High

Optional paid downloadable items (such as convenience and appearance-edit vouchers) are sold separately from the base game.

Violence realistic
Moderate

Third-person melee and magic combat with weapons against humans, goblins, saurians, and large fantasy beasts, with blood effects during hits.

Nudity partial/artistic
Moderate

Character creation and a brothel setting include revealing attire and partial nudity.

Dark themes intense
Moderate

The story deals with existential threat, a devastating late-game apocalypse where a tide of brine consumes the world, and widespread death.

Crime & lawlessness player commits crime
Moderate

The player can steal, trespass, or attack townsfolk and be arrested and jailed for it.

Prostitution / sex work depicted
Moderate

A brothel and courtesan characters exist in the world with services implied rather than shown explicitly.

Sexual content innuendo
Moderate

A brothel establishment with implied paid services and romance subplots that can lead to a fade-to-black bedroom scene.

Substances referenced
Low

Ale and wine are served and consumed at inns and taverns.

Horror & psychological spooky
Low

Undead and eerie creatures appear, and some caves and night encounters carry a spooky tone.

Animal combat combat mechanic
Low

Wolves, boars, harpies and other creatures are hunted and killed as ordinary combat.

Language mild
Low

Occasional mild profanity in a fantasy dialogue register.

Spending pressure optional
Low

Any extra purchases are optional and the equivalent items can be found or earned in-game.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

Dragon's Dogma 2 is a single-player fantasy action-RPG where you create an 'Arisen' hero and, aided by AI companions called Pawns, explore a large open world, take on quests, and battle monsters while caught in a conflict between two kingdoms. Combat is frequent and impactful against bandits, soldiers, and large beasts, with blood but little gore. The world includes taverns serving alcohol, a brothel and romance options with implied rather than explicit sexuality, partial nudity, and the ability to steal from or attack townsfolk. A darker thread involves a 'dragonsplague' affliction that can wipe out entire towns. There is no online multiplayer or chat; other players' created Pawns can be recruited but you never communicate with them.

How it's framed

The game frames the Arisen as a chosen hero within a morally gray political struggle, treating combat and adventure as heroic while presenting theft, mature settings, and the town-destroying dragonsplague as consequences and tensions rather than glorified acts.

Details

Developer
CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Publisher
CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Released
Mar 21, 2024
Metacritic 88critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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