It genuinely warms my heart to see DD2 getting updates, content, and more love from players new and old.

It's a wide open world.

Dragon's Dogma is my favorite fantasy RPG franchise. DD2 is my Elden Ring, my Breath of the Wild. It's the game I, like many of you, waited for even after it made sense to just move on. While I loved my time with the base game at launch, I fully recognize why it garnered some criticism, I'm not that "I love it, therefor it's perfect" kind of fan, but I saw much more good than bad, and the developers have only made it better with these recent updates.

I'm fully invested in another playthrough now that I can have more characters. I'm playing a Mage for the first time (and using KBM for the first time) and it is SO much fun! Starting over from zero (as opposed to NG+) has proven to me that the game is highly replayable and has staying power because of that fact. Also, performance is stellar (at least it is on my PC).

Dragon's Dogma II is a bright spot in what seems a dark world.

I wish I had some meaningful insight, but I guess this is more my way of saying "hello" to the community. Hello!