Dragon’s Dogma 2 players discover that NPCs are linked to performance, so they decide to commit genocide to gain more FPS

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  1. sarduchi

    Modern problems call for modern solutions.

  2. Is this atypical?

    I feel like performance drop in cities or towns with more moving parts is common in other games as well. Less NPCs means less things for the game to process.

    Is the main difference that this game just lets you kill all NPCs rather than they being protected?

  3. Has anyone actually tested this yet? The game isn’t even technically out.

  4. Sounds like something my DnD group would do for additional XP

  5. No-Needleworker4796

    I moved to New Zealand to play the game early, will move back to north america tomorrow morning.

  6. Klutchcarbon

    Some of you may die, but it is a sacrifice I’m willing to make

  7. Leather39

    If this is only way to improve bad game performance, that’s a shame

  8. distortionisgod

    I was wondering how long it would take for some article mill to pump this out.

    It’s just a meme on the subreddit. We have no idea if it will actually help, it was just a silly joke.

  9. BiBoFieTo

    This is why the aliens added climate change to the earth simulation.

  10. TwoPretend327

    The old Stellaris method of Performance Improvement.

    For Context, in Late Game Stellaris. Every single population point is counted and simulated so when you commit a genocide in game and kill those billions of people. Your processor feels better as it simulates less people.

    So it is not uncommon for Stellaris players needing to burning down entire Civilizations, salting their worlds, shooting down their refugee convoys to improve their FPS.

  11. MalevolentMartyr

    Blood for frames! Blood for frames!

  12. Millauers

    Ah.. I know what I need to do when I play tomorrow and enter town for first time. Some of you ~~may~~ will die, but it’s a sacrifice I am willing to make.

    Hope they eventually do a patch that resolves performance issue in town. Seems like it’s cpu bottleneck, one reviewer had 4090, wasn’t maxed out in town but fps dipped from 100 to 20s in town. That’s wild.

  13. RomanticOath

    I swear if this actually works, I’m gonna fucking die, lmao.

  14. Various-Armadillo-79

    The fact shit runs this bad in 2024 is so sad this game should be an incredible immersive experience and running at choppy fps on pc is just embarrassing no matter how amazing the game is

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