It's only been a few days since Dragon's Dogma 2 finally launched, and despite receiving some incredibly positive critic reviews and breaking records for Capcom on Steam, it's not all been smooth sailing. There's been backlash over the microtransactions on offer, and now, there's also mass panic over the existence of a deadly plague that can result in the death of all the NPCs in a town.
The in-game illness is called Dragonsplague, and it's something that we've known about since before launch – we just didn't know quite how deadly it was going to be. According to the game's official website, it's a "contagious disease-like condition that infects Pawns as they travel between worlds," and according to folklore, it "will result in devastating calamity" once symptoms "reach a terminal stage." Well, it's not taken long to figure out that these consequences are no myth, as resting at an inn when the symptoms progress far enough can result in the entire town getting killed overnight.
