Don't Waste Your Money, This Dragon's Dogma 2 Feature Is Incredibly Underwhelming

Players need to spend their money wisely in . Gold isn’t exactly scarce — players find it on a wide variety of enemies, pick it up from chests, and receive it in return for successful missions in . The problem is that most in-game items are surprisingly expensive. This isn't necessarily a failure of balance, or even an attempt to get players to spring for microtransactions in , but rather a provision for players to count their coins carefully.

Still, some goods are functionally useless, a downright waste of money. And no, this isn't about the item forgery industry in. It has everything to do with a perfectly legitimate, if somewhat clandestine, service the Arisen can pay for. However, if they're not careful, they may end up spending a pretty penny for next to no reward.

There's almost no benefit to spending money at the Rose Chateau in — to say the result is underwhelming would be an understatement. After completing the quest “” in Vernworth, players will receive an item called the Myrmecoleon Card. This grants them access to a secret bordelrie — a brothel — secreted away beneath Vernworth Hall. If they visit again after the quest, they can pay one of its courtesans 20,000 G to spend the night with them.

However, the scene that follows is basically pointless. It simply depicts the Arisen and their hired companion sitting at the foot of the bed, then cuts to a silent black screen. And that's really it: the next thing the player sees is the Chateau window, as the camera slowly zooms out to show the Arisen partially undressed. The screen fades to black again, and when it comes back up, they're fully clothed and ready to go. There's no special scene, no buff, no affinity increase, no anything but a waste of 20,000 G.

The one potential benefit of a night at the Rose Chateau is that it effectively counts as resting at an inn. This means players will gain all the usual benefits of a good night's sleep: a full HP restoration, and the removal of the loss meter. Still, this