An anonymous user that posted 'information' on 4chan about Dragon's Dogma 2 seems to have turned out true after the Tokyo Game Show 2023 Dragon's Dogma Preview Trailers. The information has been called "The Mask Leak" due to possible story spoilers. These posts were made in 2020 and 2021.
Stuff from the leak which was confirmed:
- There are 4 main subclasses (confirmed at TGS 2023)
- Expect Random ambushes (confirmed at PSU preview & Trailer)
- There will be limited camping and housing (Confirmed at TGS 2023)
- The plot is related to a cursed mummer (Hinted at Trailers)
- The Game's Official Announcement was happening at the game's 10th aniversary (Confirmed)
- Itsuno and Team are working closely with RE Engineers on optimizing the game (Confirmed at VGC Interview)
- There's a total of 1 "starting", 4 "basic" and 12 "subclasses" for a total of 16/17 vocations
- Some of the classes like Mystic Kinight are Gladiator, Spy & Priest (All provisional names)
- The starting class is called Explorer (tutorial related).
- The main story is about a cursed mask/mummer called Phersu (hinted at the trailer), the mask will be unremoveable at certain portions but removeable at others portions of the game. Removing the mask will cause the entire world to change.
- The game is a soft reboot of the original, taking place in another universe and serving as a prequel to the original Dragon's Dogma (Seems to be True Based on Recent Famitsu Interview)
- Game is not fully open world but has vast regions with 12 very large dungeons and dozens of exploreable caves.
- Character creation for both Arisen & Pawn is incredible complex. You can even change how much fat your character has in certain body parts and how they relate to your bone structure.
- There's an ultra hard mode in the game.
- There are four regions in the game.
- State of the world changes with your quest decisions.
- Game release was planned for Fall/Winter 2023 in 2021 (Seems to be true: According to Itsuno, most of the game was done when it was announced)
- The game will have a tutorial section which you go explore a dungeon next to your hometown and when you come back the Dragon attacks.
- Cyberpunk 2077 release fiasco made Capcom change many things about development, incluiding giving a lot of extra time for Itsuno & Team.
- There are updates and expansions planned to add late-game content.
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