Now, is the game worth for $70?

[Book]

Hello guy.
I'm thinking of buying this game tomorrow as a birthday present for myself. But the price of the game is quite high plus I've heard a lot about performance issues.
So I want to know, is the game better now?
Previously, I posted a similar question during Day One, but now it's been almost a month, so I'm posting again.
(Sorry for the bad language, I used a translation app)
Thank you to everyone who advised me that I will wait for the game to be patched so I might buy another game instead:)

[AsianGirlLover]

Nope. I’d recommend Baldur’s Gate 3 instead. You might also like to put Crimson Desert on your radar for when it drops in Q2 2025.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0DQarmAhjk0&pp=ygUOY3JpbXNvbiBkZXNlcnQ%3D

Lastly, I’d recommend Astlibra Revision if you like a great story and addicting combat (game is basically Castlevania meets Chrono Trigger)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1718570/ASTLIBRA_Revision/

When Denuvo gets removed, CPU optimization is added, and the game gets a decent expansion, DD2 might be worth buying then.

[Pink Eye]

Originally posted by Manuel:

if you buy you will wait 2 month to start like me

same. im still waiting before i play. so far one month has passed.

[Doshka]

Not worth the $70. Take the gamble if you want, but I wouldn't personally.

[76561199417876712]

The performance is terrible but the game is fun overall its not worth $70 but maybe $50.

[LoudmouthNINJA]

I just paid full price for it recently and i'm loving the crap out of it. My system is running it on super low settings and it's probably 30fps on a good day but i'm paying attention more to playing the game than watching an FPS counter.

[All Day I Dream About🪓]

Sorry friend, but every opinion you will hear here going to be very personal and subjective. It’s a niche game same as the first one and you might hate it or fall in love with it. From my personal experience I can say that I spent over hundred hours in it and loved every second of it. I have pretty strong system, but I also got another copy on playstation and even playing with 30 FPS is still helluva fun with image on the big screen looking saturated and rich. So when $70 game can keep me entertained and even addicted for several weeks it is a money well spent.

[HEVnaham]

you need a decent cpu for this game and a graphics card with more than 8gb of vram, lucky me i have a 3060 and a i5 10400 and i only drop frames on the citys, there is some random bugs like your game crashing 50% of the time after you use an oxcart pretty much breaking your progress if you dont know how to fix it, the rest is just dragons dogma 1 (not dark arisen) and thats it, the game is worth 40 dollars not 70 but i still played it almost 200 hours so it was worth it idk about you, if you find exploring boring then for the love of god dont buy this game the main quest literally rakes 9 hours to complete.

[M.T. Fish]

Not in it's current state. It's runs pretty bad for most people and I personally have some big complaints about the gameplay that I've seen other people bring up elsewhere.

I'd wait until a sale or a major performance update.

[Despiser]

It depends on your expectations for performance. I play a lot on my modest laptop. I would appreciate more consistent frame rates but not a deal breaker.

[CadaveR]

Originally posted by Mu'Ammar of Carthus:

Performances are still abysmal.

I'm probably blessed since my performance is better since the first patch.

[Pinger]

https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/dragons-dogma-2-pc/ 17% off since game release, don't pay fool price

[miki]

Depends on your preferences and income. It's not even close to Baldurs Gate 3 level value for money, so if the price is a big issue for you, I would wait. For many people that 70 bucks is nothing, and for someone like me who already has too many hours, the game has been worth it.

The performance on a modern PC is decent enough. The only performance issues happen in Vernworth. in other areas it runs around 100 fps all the time with frame gen. And the frame response times aren't laggy at all even with mouse input.

[Hairy Mouse]

Id suggest looking on third party key retailers, and trying to find a deal under $50.

The game is all kinds of broken, but the foundation is good. I'm not gonna claim that it should be sold for $15, with the amount of work into it. Performance is definitely part of a product and influences it's value, though. I have an i9-14900KS, Strix OC 4090, and 96GB DDR5-6400, and I'll have some frame dips that literally cut my performance in half. I can be around 120fps, and then it will go down to like 55/60fps. Mechanically, the game works well, its just performance and visual issues. In the current condition, $40 seems like a fair price. So, I'd just keep and eye on key retailers, and see if they run a sale and you can get a discount code if the game goes under $50. I have seen the global/ROW (non-US) and European versions going for around 20% to 30% cheaper than the US version, so depending on where you live, you can get a better deal, and find it for already around $45.

It is absolutely NO worth $70+, though. Unless you just have money coming out of your ears, and you don't mind blowing $70 on something to just see how it works for you. a full $10 above what a fully features, full priced game costs, and you're getting a janky early access title, that literally has some of most terrible performance I've ever seen in a mainstream/AAA game, and is considered "done".

[The 5th Seraph]

Originally posted by Book:

Now, is the game worth for $70?

There is no game in the world worth 70 of your local currency, assuming your local currency isn't Korean Won or something...


... Okay, I misspoke. There is ONE game that is worth that: Panzer Dragoon Saga for the Sega Saturn... but that was a limited run thing and has always had a reputation for being insanely expensive. Nothing else though.

But no, this is definitely not worth 70 USD. Best wait for a 50% off sale.

[wesnef]

Was for me. Finally finished my first playthrough today, 95-ish hours. Enjoyed it, gameplay was mostly interesting, world was nice. Minor annoyances, like every game. And, at least for me with a 'lesser' system, the performance was similar to how I've played other "big" games over the years - 40-60fps, depending on the area.

edit: that said, the game is basically the same as at launch, so if you didn't want to play it then, nothing's really changed.