Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom’s upcoming open-world fantasy RPG, is trying prefer it’s gonna be one thing particular. And whilst you would possibly anticipate a recreation with swords, mages, dragons, and different high-fantasy ideas to be impressed by one thing like Dungeons and Dragons or Lord of the Rings, the sport’s director cited a really shocking inspiration: Grand Theft Auto V.
In a latest interview with GamesRadar, Dragon’s Dogma 2 director Hideaki Itsuno was requested about what private inspiration he drew upon when growing the highly-anticipated RPG sequel. And in line with him, Rockstar’s common open-world crime sim, GTA V, was a “huge inspiration.”
“GTA V was fairly a giant inspiration for me on the extent of the way it manages to mix a number of emergent gameplay techniques right into a satisfying expertise that feels free to the participant by way of their freedom of what they will select to do,” stated Itsuno.
The director elaborated additional, stating that GTA V options a number of “flexibility” in the way it lets gamers have interaction with numerous in-game occasions and actions. One instance Itsuno supplied is how one can be doing one thing—like outrunning the police or robbing a financial institution—and the way that may spiral uncontrolled and overlap with different occasions and areas within the surrounding world.
“The sport manages that,” stated Itsuno. “It doesn’t crash, it doesn’t kick you out of 1 factor and put you within the different, it simply lets all of it mash collectively in a method that’s in fact generally chaotic, however at all times feels prefer it’s intentional.”
In keeping with Itsuno, he was impressed by that form of “intentionality in emergent gameplay and open world design” when GTA V launched. The unique Dragon’s Dogma was well-known for its numerous techniques, their interactions, and the liberty it provided gamers. And in line with Itsuno, you’ll be able to anticipate much more of that within the sequel because of GTA V inspiring him to push the emergent gameplay within the RPG even additional.
“That form of expertise is one thing I’ve been aiming to offer in Dragon’s Dogma 2,” stated Itsuno.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 launched on PS5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC on March 22.
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