Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom’s upcoming open-world fantasy RPG is It looks like it’s something special. And while one might expect a game with swords, magicians, dragons and other high fantasy concepts to be inspired by something like this Dungeons and dragons or Lord of the ringsthe game’s director cited a very surprising inspiration: Grand Theft Auto V.
In a recent interview with GamesRadar, Dragon’s Dogma 2 Director Hideaki Itsuno was asked what personal inspiration he drew on when developing the highly anticipated RPG sequel. And in his opinion, Rockstar’s popular open-world crime sim
“GTA V “It was a pretty big inspiration for me how to manage to combine multiple new gameplay systems into a satisfying experience that feels free to the player in terms of what they can do,” Itsuno said.
The director elaborated and pointed this out GTA V offers a lot of “flexibil ity” in the way players can participate in various in-game events and actions. An example given by Itsuno is how one can do something – like running away from the police or robbing a bank – and how this can spiral out of control and intersect with other events and areas in the surrounding world.
“That’s what the game does,” Itsuno said. “It doesn’t crash, it doesn’t throw you out of one thing and put you in another, it just lets everything flow together in a way that is of course chaotic at times, but always feels like it was intentional. “
According to Itsuno, he was impressed by this kind of “intentionality in the new gameplay and open-world design.” GTA V started. The original the dragon’s belief was known for its various systems, their interactions and the freedom it offered to players. And according to Itsuno, you can expect even more of that in the sequel GTA V This inspired him to push the new gameplay in the role-playing game even further.
“This type of experience is something I want to provide Dragon’s Dogma 2Itsuno said.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 will be released on March 22nd on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
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