WC: Imagine gaming history without Capcom; it’s a world I would not want to live in. I loved Street Fighter 2, Power Stone, Resident Evil, and pretty much every Disney game they made. Whether they were innovating and creating new IP’s or perfecting old ones with sequels, they changed gaming in so many positive ways, so for me this was actually a hard list to make, not because I had nothing to say, but because I used to think they were such a great company. But the reality is, things have changed.
Capcom is not an “evil” company, they just make some very non-consumer friendly choices for their games. I have nothing personal against the company, but I also believe we shouldn’t ignore their decisions to occasionally do some rather despicable things.
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 :(
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…
Capcom Boosts Starting Salaries in Japan by Over 25%! Strategic move to attract top talent and align with industry trends amid economic inflation.
Well there is a lot of laid off talent out there. Very smart of them to target that. Plus if it’s in Japan, that’s a great place to live.
I really approve of Capcom for doing this and will show my appreciation by supporting them. There are a few Capcom games I need to get... and this includes Dragon's Dogma 2. Support companies that support the people working in the industry over shareholders! REMEMBER: Shareholder's don't make games!
25% sounds like a lot, but it's from $1,560 to $2000 per month. That's $24,000 a year. Unless u became a monk, that is below poverty line.
I still can't believe to this day that they blamed MML3 getting canceled because of the fans.....
1) Abandoning Monster Hunter's entire established fanbase for Wii's install base. EVen after announcing a PS3 Monster Hunter at E3 06. Then in 07 you cancel it because "PS3 is too expensive to develop for".......Really?....... you say this while at the same time putting development $ into obvious crap like Dark Void and a PS3 port of Lost Planet which no PS3 fan wanted in the first place? You would have looked like less decietfull scumbags of you just fessed up that it was all about install base being more important than fanbase.
2) Asking Marvel vs Capcom fans what characters they wanted in the expanded version of MvC3 with a voting poll when it was clear how disappointing the original roster was for fans.........then proceeding to NOT add a single one of the most wanted characters from that poll aside from Ghost Rider who they planned on adding anyway. WTF was that all about Capcom?......Why even ask then?
3) The rediculous amount of money they charge just for DLC costumes. If you bought every costume as they released, you basically triple the cost of the game (actually more since it was a $40 game).
4) Pulling multi-player from RE5 just to charge for it as DLC.
That's about all I got, I didn't read the article but I'm sure 3 of those are on this site's list. But I'll bet Monster Hunter's not.....because I'm unfortunately one of 26 people outside of Japan who actually cared about Monster Hunter.
EDIT- After reading the article, I do disagree with the author about 2 things. Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3- WHile I HATED the character that they ended up adding to Ultimate, I actually think releasing a new version of the game was the best thing Capcom could have done. I know it LOOKED bad releasing a new version in less than a year, but it was only $40 on release and had alot of actual ground-up type engine updates in addition to the new characters. Based on Capcom's DLC pricing structure, I really doubt they could have added 10 characters to the roster as DLC and it cost less than $40. A new version was the best idea for gamers imo.
And I also liked that Capcom went with Original Mega Man 1 Box Art Mega Man. I thought it was a really cool homage for the 30+ gamer crowd to see whatever character that was on that box-art to come to life. It was one of the few original and interesting ideas they've come up with this gen as far as I'm concerned.
Why do you I still have to pay for Jill and Shuma ? I got the Ultimate edition they should be free, such bullshit.