In a very Skyrim-esque trailer featuring talking dragons and swords along with other whatnots, Capcom has revealed May 22nd as the release date for it’s highly anticipated game Dragon’s Dogma.
Fus Roh Dah’s aside,Capcom has also announced that Dragon’s Dogma will introduce an innovative team system to the genre. Known as Pawns, these three AI partners fight independently, demonstrating prowess and ability they have developed based on traits learned over time from the player and their actions. By utilizing the online, players will journey to the Rift where they can share their own Pawns with friends and be rewarded with treasure, knowledge of the world and strategies for taking down enemies. Conversely, players can borrow friends’ Pawns with the specific skills or experience required to tackle a particular quest. In addition, Dragon’s Dogma will ship with thousands of ready-made Pawns for players to pick their allies offline.
Along with the unique pawn system, Capcom has announced each retailers pre-order incentives:
Gamestop will have the “Pawn Upgrade Pack,” which gives the players five extra rift crystals to spend on pawns from the beginning. Best Buy will have a Armor Upgrade pack with Amazon rocking the Weapons Upgrade pack, with each doing exactly as it’s called: upgrading armor and weapons.
Is that enough information for you? Hope not.
Capcom has also announced that it will be supporting Dragon’s Dogma post launch with a comprehensive suite of quests and armor/weapons upgrades as downloadable content.
Furthermore, anyone who purchases Dragon’s Dogma new for Xbox 360 will receive a code to download the Resident Evil 6 demo two months before anyone else, on July 3rd. All others will receive it September 5th.
