Why does Dragons Dogma 2 have ‘Mostly Negative’ Steam reviews on launch?

Capcom’s highly anticipated Dragons Dogma 2 was released across multiple platforms, including the PC, on March 22, 2024. Unfortunately, it would seem that the title suffers from a myriad of issues ranging from performance to save file issues that have resulted in it being bombarded with Mostly Negative reviews on Steam during its launch.

PC players are not happy with the current state of the game, and perhaps rightfully so. A breakdown of these issues can be found listed below.

Note: This article contains parts that are subjective in nature and represent the author’s opinions.

Capcom’s Dragons Dogma 2 was released on Steam today (March 22) with a Mostly Negative review, which should come as a disappointment to many. To say that the hype surrounding the game was massive would be an understatement, and the current state of the game has ruffled more than a few feathers in the PC gaming community.

The key reasons for this outrage can be attributed to the following factors:

The primary cause for the Mostly Negative ratings on Steam is the rather poor port released by Capcom. The PC port suffers from a myriad of issues, especially in terms of performance. Dragons Dogma 2 is simply not optimized well enough and exhibits severe frame rate drops across major sections of the game - regardless of the hardware being used.

To make matters worse, some users are reporting that the controversial Denuvo anti-tamper solution being used in the game is softlocking them when attempting to benchmark the title across multiple hardware.

The presence of microtransactions in a single-player game also does not do the game any favors either. These DLCs were hidden until the launch of the game, which has not been taken too kindly by the playerbase.

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