Marik Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Remember when we thought you'd be able to buy Dark Arisen as DLC and use it with your Dragon's Dogma disc? Well, believe it or not, Capcom never intended it to be that way. It seems a bit counterintuitive given Capcom's past practices, but that seems to be the case. "We went round and round with the team on this topic as [releasing Dark Arisen as add-on DLC] would have been a preferred option from our standpoint too," said Capcom VP Christian Svensson on Capcom-Unity. "As it turns out, I'm sorry but unfortunately there were technical limitations that wouldn't allow for a digital upgrade path." He added, "The original game was just not designed to be expanded (no hooks in the original code) and so a full-game delivery mechanism was the only option. "We also tried to explore a number of mechanisms to try and otherwise put this full product in original owners' hands at a discount digitally but we would have fun afowl (sic) of a few first party policies (not any first party's fault 'twas our fault). "So instead, we're packing more than $20 worth of value in digital rewards for existing users: 100K rift crystals (which in DDDA have a LOT more uses than they did in DD vanilla), the Gransys armor pack, and the unlimited Ferrystone. We hope this will be a sufficient 'thank you' for being part of the first wave of Dragon's Dogma fans given the development limitations we had." All that being said, you will be able to port your character and save data from the original Dragon's Dogma over to Dark Arisen. Make of that what you will. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen will be out in April.Source: QuickJump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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