The darkest hour is just before the dawn. For Mega Man fans, that darkness came over the past three years, as one of the most iconic and recognizable characters in gaming history has been on ice, with two cancelled projects and seemingly no further interest from its publisher.
Like many things in the video game industry, appearances can be deceiving. According to one of its key executives, Capcom's inactivity with Mega Man wasn't driven by vendetta, but by a struggle to determine the franchise's future. "After the cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3 and Universe, there was a cooling down period where even discussing the prospect of a Mega Man title was difficult," admits Christian Svensson, Senior Vice President of Capcom USA. "The wounds were still fresh for us (just as they were for fans). We’re at a point now where it’s not as painful and constructive discussions are happening again."
Dragon's Dogma 2 continues Capcom's hot streak of favorably reviewed games as the studio lands first on Metacritic's top publishers ranking.
Responding to a query about frame rate problems from IGN, Capcom said in a statement that performance issues on PC may be linked to the heavy amount of CPU demanded from NPCs in the game.
"In Dragon's Dogma 2, a large amount of CPU usage is allocated to each character and dynamically calculates the impact of their physical presence in various environments. In certain situations where numerous characters appear simultaneously, the CPU usage can be very high and may affect the frame rate," a Capcom representative told IGN. "We are aware that in such situations, settings that reduce GPU load may currently have a limited effect; however, we are looking into ways to improve performance in the future."
What a load of bull there blaming the npc load for there poor performance? the new hitman games has way more going on beyond that they are saying any pc cpu is not powerful enough?
In the article it is also stated a ign reviewr got motion sickness playing ps5/pc version but still enjoyed it? like wow if that was me i would knock it down alot and asked for a patch asap.
So those about to play thank denuvo get a barf bucket if your on pc play 720p because like cites skyline its going to be a unoptimized cpu mess.
Man those on series s/steam deck/rog ally rip :(
Just putting up a pcgamer review
"its janky has bugs poor performance need lots of updates 89/100"
https://youtu.be/WKjZKfAivh...
Gameing bolt unstable frame rate rate below 30fps but that is great??????
https://youtu.be/s9rnh2250X...
Man have we dropped that quality bar for acceptable performance/optimization
a person's view on performance using a high end pc
https://youtu.be/nL9EvGTPbA...
Am I hearing that right, that reviewer with a 4090 is getting drops into the 20s when there's several NPC on screen. Sorry but there's zero excuse for that. BG3 had hundreds at a time on screen and that's a pretty game. What an absolute piss poor engine
@andy
Yes the is correct but every review is giving it a past and or saying that its great that the performance is like the first ps3/xbox one game.
2012 20-30fps 2024 20-30fps dragons dogma keeping things the same reviewers like that apparently
IGN put up a video showing the 4090 struggling aswell as console performance all versions are like the first game with fps issues.Remember dlss 3.0 can almost double your fps like that cyber punk video so without dlss on your looking at 30fps on the most powerful gpu that is out right now.
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@andy85 At launch BG3 dropped to under 30fps at the final chapter on 4090. I played the game at launch and had that experience. And that was with a 5800X3D. Everything watercooled and fine-tuned CPU/GPU and memory at 32GB with good timings, and a fast SSD etc.
@tapani
I am sorry are we comparing a AA game with a small budget with alot going on 24/7 to a AAA game funded buy the billion dollar capcom?
You are right yes but that was patched and that team loves there community but if the first dogma said anything we should expect a patch or 2 but that is it.
Oh no kidding that "pro" model better have a 60fps mode.
But that ps5 pro PSSR will no doubt be a hold back as i see very few devs make a fsr/dlss/pssr game like really sony why did you spend millions to make upscale tech on the 6800 when amd already has fsr 3.0 just sitting there.
I remember the ps4 pro patches that dwindle over time yes new games had the modes but they were not standard and that was without the base ps4 using another upscale tech.
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In tldr form devs now make fsr upscale for ps5/xbox PSSR upscale tech on ps5 pro game then dlss/fsr upscale tech pc version and we also have intels xess just insane workload
'Oh no kidding that "pro" model better have a 60fps mode.'
Perhaps but only if Capcom addresses the issues first. substantially more powerful hardware is struggling.
I mean it's not helping but this is something more than that. Plenty of games with denuvo that work fine
That could be also taxing for sure sense the ps5 also supports that dreadful drm
This is also running off the RE engine remember those re vids with the denuvo drm on/off
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Project Zomboid a simple looking isometric game has a similar problem as the Zombies are CPU heavy. If this is the issue GPU tweeks won't do anything, you need less calculations per NPC or more static NPCs
Well that’s just great…looks like I’ll be holding off on buying this on PC until it’s fixed. If I wanted low frame rates I’d just buy it in console smh…
Final Fantasy 7 Remake and the recently released second part of the remake trilogy, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, won't be coming to rival platforms.
Being dubbed a PlayStation console exclusive for one year, many Xbox fans hoped that the beloved remake of the 1997 classic would hit their platform at some point. After all, the game ended up releasing on PC in 2021 as well. Earlier this year, WindowsCentral's Jez Corden said that he had tentative evidence that there are discussions about an Xbox port of the game.
According to Sony's Sony Interactive Entertainment's VP of second- and third-party content ventures and strategic initiatives, Christian Svensson, however, both 2020's Remake and Rebirth have been secured as console exclusives forever.
Yes, let's compare a 3rd party exclusive with trying to buy literally every studio and publisher on the planet 🙄
I don't see how validating OP's point with an example of another scummy tactic should somehow invalidate his point?
It's the point in general. I know said user was trying to be sly and attack ps. I was merely pointing out. Look yall can tripnif you want but if there aren't exclusives then what th fk is the point of said console. Exclusives serve a purpose. Been like that since early days of gaming. I don't see anything about exclusives that's wrong. Would I care if Sony made games for Xbox or vice versa no not really. I'm still buying Sony systems cause xbox simply doesn't get the support ps does especially in the jrpg community. Exclusives still serve a purpose.
These are awesome tactics for Playstation consumers! Giving their customers games worth celebrating....extremely pro-consumer for us Playstation owners. I'm so sorry xbox can't do the same for you, but that's your problem, no one else's.
Ppl like are part of this idiotic fanboys who thinks sony gives fuck about them u ruining gaming with ur fanboy
rambling make good sites like this toxic
@ Irontrike Peoples like yous is no brain persons u r only like Phil juice and facts hurt brain
Sony and the fans who shill for them are anti gamer. They get off knowing you can't play a game.
No more exclusives! Free games!
Anti gamer is exactly ms motto, killing off physical disc, streaming, etc. The orginal Xbox one was as anti gamer as you can get gtfo with that. They simply slowed down their tactics.
O boo hoo Sony was the first to raise game prices to 70 dollars. As if the whole fking world doesn't cost more now. Why shouldn't games. Games stayed at these same prices for 20 plus years. Anti gamer isn't being the only console out there trying vr, ms basically said they will sit back and see how the scene develops(this is Anti gamer)
Gaming is the only industry that has a certain group of morons claiming exclusives are bad ( because they don't have any great ones ). You never see idiots 'demanding' one company's products be available to all the other companies for them to sell. You don't see that with cars, clothes, restaurants, phones, tv or ANYTHING else in this world!
Go to a McDonald's and demand a Whopper.....or go to a Kia dealership and demand a Mercedes. See how that works for you in the real world. Exclusive products are what DISTINGUISH YOUR BRAND FROM ALL THE OTHERS. Their purpose is to get you to CHOOSE AND BUY THEIR BRAND. This is business 101 and is called COMPETITION.
You talk about getting off, the xbox fanboys were squirting everywhere when they thought COD was gonna be exlcusive. Xbox fanboys rubbed their hands with glee because Redfall and the great magnificent Starfield were exclusive! Until these games turned out to be shit and we all laughed at them.
So basically exclusives aren't working out for Xbox. You guys do have your exclusives you know....it's just that no one wants them, not even you.
Charlieboy333. Lol, that made me lol. But ye as much as people are going to say "It's not the same"... It absolutely is lmao. 🤯🤯🤯 29327;🤯
These "scummy tactics" have been around since before we had analog sticks. Stop crying just because it's trendy now. The trillion dollar company gets a shellacking and easily leads you to believe PlayStation is some dirty brand now, as if Xbox 360 didn't live off of third party deals. As if they didn't make back to back multi billion dollar publisher buyouts. It's amazing to watch.
Scummy? Helping fund the development of a game that was already playstation exclusive for nearly 30 years?
No different than gears remaining exclusive for decades... still to this day, though that might change one day.
Microsoft has enough studios to make these kinds of rpgs...
Sony prefers to support devs through timed exclusivity or console exclusivity over purchasing studios outright.
The studios have the freedom to not accept offers or in most cases VM make offers
So everyone is scummy for having exclusives? Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft? I guess it's even then, although Microsoft is the worst, look at what they did when they first created Windows and pushed out all their competition.
Not only that, it's not worth porting this game over when it doesn't appeal to Microsoft's core audience.
How are exclusives scummy? You must think Nintendo is the biggest scum bag of them all then.
Let me ask you this, say you’re in a competitive market and you don’t have time to lose consumers to a competitor or your business will tank. How do you get consumers to choose your product over what the competitor is offering?
So many jealous console gamers hating on pc gamers on this website with the thumbs down let alone they are probably using a pc to use this webpage. Also the games they play were programmed on PCs and the current gen consoles they play on use PC parts, AMD CPUs and GPUS, ram, ssds, and disc drives. They are just jealous because pc gets to play games at max settings and with mods; and now pc is getting console exclusives from both Microsoft and Sony. The excuses are its too expensive or having to do maintenance, but that's why inexpensive plug and play consoles exists for them and pc exists for everyone else.
PC gaming also gets you shader compilation stutter in UE4/5 games, which is not fixable by the end user no matter the hardware. Nothing better than having 100+ fps on a 800€ GPU with freezes and micro stutters just because your GPU has too draw in a shader, right? Even better, every time you update your GPU drivers it overwrites the existing shader profile. AAA games in general more often than not launch like crap on PC these days and you have to wait months for them to get fixed, if ever. PC gaming also gets you a handful of useless launchers that you have to deal with even when you buy a game through Steam. Then there's shit like Denuvo that hampers performance. Just to name a few things.
The fact that a half decent GPU these days costs more than a console isn't an excuse. Most people just want a plug and play solution at a good price and PC gaming just isn't that.
And no one cares what parts consoles are running on or where games are made. That's not really an argument.
This argument (PC vs Consoles) is so tired already. Just invest in whatever fits your fancy, play what you like and enjoy your time. I have been a lifelong console and PC gamer. I mainly play on my PC and I invest in a mid-to-high-end GPU upgrade every 3-4 years to stay current. If that's not your thing, then it's OK... Not sure why so many people get so offended by other's opinions and then feel they have to defend Sony or whoever. Besides, Sony is bringing more of its 1st party games to the PC b/c they are finally beginning to realize they also need to be competitive long-term with MS who has been doing just that for years now.
I have an Intel Iris Xe GPU with 128MB VRAM on my laptop... which is why I'm getting a Steam Deck OLED this Summer 🤣
I'm not exactly sure who it helps in the industry by not being on Xbox
- Phil Spencer probably
I can't help but feel like that is a massive mistake by Square Enix. Kinda crazy how they invest so much money in these titles only to turn around and limit its audience to one platform. Even though I have a gaming PC and it'll come to Windows eventually, I can already tell I'm losing interest in this franchise.
I doubt you ever had interest at all if this is all it takes to "make you lose interest".
Not true. I bought Remake. But having to constantly wait for the next FF is getting old. FF XVI still isn't on PC/Xbox. By the time it releases, the next big thing will have come out and I don't care anymore.
Sadly jrpg's don't sell on xbox. Hell, with the introduction of GP, not even shooters sell well.
U must have insider Knowledge what sells sony should hire u better yet Microsoft u could give them advice on what sells cos a trillion dollar company could use ur business savvy
I wonder who knows more.... The company worth billions of dollars or some random person on the internet.
Not really when several Japanese devs have stated JRPGs just don't really sell well on Xbox.
Ff7 is on pc. The sales weren't there for ff15 so why wouldn't sqaure take sonys agreement.
IF you have a gaming PC you sure can afford a PS5.
You don't even have to buy one new just give it a try.
its not a mistake. If you look at how many xbox are being sold compared to PS5, the numbers are very small. So is it worth putting resources into developing for a system that it may not sell well in ?
Sonys corporate shill fanbase loves keeping the experience from others... Sony owns them. Lol
in a nutshell: Megaman has no future.
SFxMM exists because a fan is making it for free.
T_T but megaman legends was sooo good.
At least they're talking about trying to do something with the franchise. It's a start but it'll take a lot to win back their fans.
Mega man is dead
Megaman x10