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  "id": 5391070,
  "title": "While us lot in the West might like Dragon's Dogma 2's friction, Japan doesn't quite agree, and its producers say balancing that has been a real challenge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/while-us-lot-in-the-west-might-like-dragons-dogma-2s-friction-japan",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-03T19:03:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/while-us-lot-in-the-west-might-like-dragons-dogma-2s-friction-japan-doesnt-quite-agree-and-its-producers-say-balancing-that-has-been-a-real-challenge"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Both the original and Dragon's Dogma 2 are not games for everyone. Not in the Dark Souls , uber challenging sort of way necessarily, just in that they do not hold your hand, right down to not even having a lock-on feature in combat. There's a long list of other aspects that provide friction, interesting friction, that make the games so beloved. At least, they're beloved in the West, because folks…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}