CAPCOM didn't "forget" a new game button...

[0x41414141]

...it was never supposed to be there in the first place.

And your "bypass" of deleting the save file locally while being disconnected from Steam Cloud is exactly that: a bypass. It's an exploit and unintended consequence from the viewpoint of the developer.

Their plan was obviously to sell you a NEW GAME DLC.

Their response so far was: "we're seeing what we can do". LOL what kind of response is that?! Is it a TECHNICAL CHALLENGE to add a new game button to the game? No. It's because it will impact their business decisions.

They are measuring the temperature to see how much the muppets take it. And the amount of shills defending MTX the past day just show that they are probably going to succeed. And 5 years from now; single run game will be the norm.

F AAA gaming. o7

[Sylph]

bunch of boot lickers here

[Korinth]

Originally posted by tim.:

Originally posted by 0x41414141:

Oh they'll add it if they feel they couldn't get away with the original plan.

You still don't have a better argument as to WHY it wasn't there in the first place. What's your theory?

It wasn't there because they intend you to play the game through rather than making a new character when you're mad that you screwed up a quest and want a redo. Why else would you want to start fresh? It's not like you can't change vocations and character design on the fly. Dragon's Dogma is known for not being a typical RPG and does things in weird or dumb ways. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. This time it seems they decided it doesn't in response to player feedback.

But no, clearly it's a conspiracy to try to sell a NG option, right? Yeesh.

Of course it doesn't work it's obvious why.
The longer a game is, the more you can drop it and restart it because you forget the story or where you were!

Maybe you're bored, have a new game which take priority, real life problems... then you drop the game for weeks, months, and then you forget where you where and want to start a new game.
You can find many exemple for that, maybe you started to play solo, then a friend when to replay it with you so you start again.

Or maybe you're a streamer who test and parameters the game offline, then you want to start a fresh game while streaming

You can have PLENTY of reasons to restart a game.

People who don't think it's important are stupid.

[....]

Originally posted by WastingSanity:

Originally posted by 0x41414141:

Yes this makes perfect sense. Maybe they can next implement a feature where if you die in game YOU DIE IN REAL LIFE.

I bet you would love it :) So immersive.

I guess you don't realize that for years (10+) gaming companies have been promising a gaming experience where a player decisions would matter. You can still reload your recent save or the last save at an inn.

But if you want to be a hyperbole jester farmer and dishonestly engaging in conversations... by all means, enjoy.

Your argument makes absolutely no sense - its weird that you dont even understand that ...

But to make it very short and easy - if what you say was the reason - how on earth would it make any sense if you could just buy exatly that for real money? It doesnt obviously.

I wonder if some people just dont want to accept reality, troll or really think every marketing message way too easily.

Does anyone remember Sim City where they told everyone all the calculations were only possible in the cloud therefore it was always online ... - we all know how that ended ...
Or how every XBOX was supposed to be like more XBoxes because of "the power of the cloud" which is why all XBox game now look way superrior to PS5 etc. - oh wait ...

[Ozmiz]

Originally posted by 0x41414141:

Originally posted by Ozmiz:

If I understand the post that the devs made, they are already looking into adding a new game option.
I would be surprised if they didn't. But really there is no need too vocation wise, just pay to switch to a new one.
However, I did make a character that ran like a bow-legged cowboy and hated it, lol. I didn't realize that in char creation, but when I would run it was so terrible it was distracting.
In cases like that, why not give a chance to recreate right?

No reason? What if you want to re experience quests. Re learn mechanics. Choose different paths? There's a lot of reasons to want to start a fresh save.

Ah I see where you are coming from. If you didn't want to be stuck with your decisions all the way to end game, yes that is a valid point I can identify with.. hello! Looking at you BG3.
Yeah I get what you are saying.

[Seekrt]

Originally posted by Hahli:

Originally posted by tim.:

It wasn't there because they intend you to play the game through rather than making a new character when you're mad that you screwed up a quest and want a redo. Why else would you want to start fresh? It's not like you can't change vocations and character design on the fly. Dragon's Dogma is known for not being a typical RPG and does things in weird or dumb ways. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. This time it seems they decided it doesn't in response to player feedback.

But no, clearly it's a conspiracy to try to sell a NG option, right? Yeesh.

Of course it doesn't work it's obvious why.
The longer a game is, the more you can drop it and restart it because you forget the story or where you were!

Maybe you're bored, have a new game which take priority, real life problems... then you drop the game for weeks, months, and then you forget where you where and want to start a new game.
You can find many exemple for that, maybe you started to play solo, then a friend when to replay it with you so you start again.

Or maybe you're a streamer who test and parameters the game offline, then you want to start a fresh game while streaming

You can have PLENTY of reasons to restart a game.

People who don't think it's important are stupid.

To me, the omission of a NewGame option is a real problem. The rest, I can deal with.

[Wiyry]

As someone who's a fan of DD: Not having a new game option makes sense for...story reasons.

[0x41414141]

Originally posted by Ozmiz:

Originally posted by 0x41414141:

No reason? What if you want to re experience quests. Re learn mechanics. Choose different paths? There's a lot of reasons to want to start a fresh save.

Ah I see where you are coming from. If you didn't want to be stuck with your decisions all the way to end game, yes that is a valid point I can identify with.. hello! Looking at you BG3.
Yeah I get what you are saying.

No, you don't see where I'm coming from. Re-read and parse what I wrote in my answer to you.
- What if you want to re experience quests (not related to not being stuck to decisions)
- Re learn mechanics. (not related to not being stuck to decisions)

Imagine if you couldn't play DD1 20 years later because you've finished all your quests (unless you rebought the game or payed for a NG DLC).

What insane kind of twisted logic are you using to think this is OK.

[0x41414141]

Originally posted by Wiyry:

As someone who's a fan of DD: Not having a new game option makes sense for...story reasons.

As a fan of DD1, you can start a new DD1 run any time you want.

Imagine if, as a fan of DD1 you couldn't play the game from the start anymore and had to stick with your end-game character.

[SteelaiRizel]

Originally posted by 0x41414141:

...it was never supposed to be there in the first place.

And your "bypass" of deleting the save file locally while being disconnected from Steam Cloud is exactly that: a bypass. It's an exploit and unintended consequence from the viewpoint of the developer.

Their plan was obviously to sell you a NEW GAME DLC.

Their response so far was: "we're seeing what we can do". LOL what kind of response is that?! Is it a TECHNICAL CHALLENGE to add a new game button to the game? No. It's because it will impact their business decisions.

They are measuring the temperature to see how much the muppets take it. And the amount of shills defending MTX the past day just show that they are probably going to succeed. And 5 years from now; single run game will be the norm.

F AAA gaming. o7

This is just stupid. I mean you btw, not Capcom. They are already working on making it easier to start a new game and the lot.

The microtransactions aren't even that great and all can be earned in very short time.

Another person here already explained why they did it. They just didn't expect so many people to be vitriolic children about it.

[Angrypillow]

Originally posted by SteelaiRizel:

They just didn't expect so many people to be vitriolic children about it.

Right...having common sense is being a "vitriolic child" now.

[Mixed Herbs]

bait

[0x41414141]

Originally posted by SteelaiRizel:

They are already working on making it easier to start a new game and the lot.

No, they said "they're thinking about it" and "will have an update at some point" LOL

You know, I read your sentance and all I can think is of that clown meme where the guy is putting on makeup 🤡

[Mr Hanky]

Originally posted by 0x41414141:

...it was never supposed to be there in the first place.

And your "bypass" of deleting the save file locally while being disconnected from Steam Cloud is exactly that: a bypass. It's an exploit and unintended consequence from the viewpoint of the developer.

Their plan was obviously to sell you a NEW GAME DLC.

Their response so far was: "we're seeing what we can do". LOL what kind of response is that?! Is it a TECHNICAL CHALLENGE to add a new game button to the game? No. It's because it will impact their business decisions.

They are measuring the temperature to see how much the muppets take it. And the amount of shills defending MTX the past day just show that they are probably going to succeed. And 5 years from now; single run game will be the norm.

F AAA gaming. o7

This is AAAA gaming now

[fluong]

Originally posted by WastingSanity:

Originally posted by 0x41414141:

Yes this makes perfect sense. Maybe they can next implement a feature where if you die in game YOU DIE IN REAL LIFE.

I bet you would love it :) So immersive.

I guess you don't realize that for years (10+) gaming companies have been promising a gaming experience where a player decisions would matter. You can still reload your recent save or the last save at an inn.

But if you want to be a hyperbole jester farmer and dishonestly engaging in conversations... by all means, enjoy.

Which is something players who have experienced Dragonplague can attest to. I guess. My friend was so upset about it she stopped playing. I on the other hand am curious as to how the consequences are going to change the game. I am both dreading and looking forward to the Dragonplague erupting in my playthrough. I have to commend Itsuno for being willing to upset the player and have them commit to in-game events.

[zKoRpIoN]

In the firtst DD game there was also a new-game option in the main menu.
I dont know why it is not in DD2 but i am sure they wont sale a new-game dlc.
Thats just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
And all the madness about some dlc. you dont need ANY of the dlc because you can get EVERYTHING ingame too.

Why is nobody screaming when a "Tales of ..." singleplayer RPG is sold with about 30 dlc but at DD2 all ppl cry mimimimi.

Dont get me wrong. I dont want to defend capcom´s greed. But why here and in other games/puplisher not?