The creators of Dragon’s Dogma 2 talked about the mysterious Sphinx

In an interview with IGN, the director of the game Hideaki Itsuno spoke about some secrets and riddles that players may encounter Dragon’s Dogma 2. Among them there is also a Sphinx, a creature with a mysterious nature that will offer a series of tests requiring you to use gray matter.

Sphinx is a giant feathered monster with a slightly alarming grin. This is the vision of the Sphinx by the Capcom team, a monster that was not in the first Dragon’s Dogma, but which was added to Dragon’s Dogma Online.

But is it a friendly creature? Itsuno did not go too far in this regard, but explained that she has to play a special role in Dragon’s Dogma 2 if you manage to find her. Moreover, the producer is confident that many players will reach the final credits without meeting her. Those who do this will face a problem completely different from the classic battle with the boss.

In fact, the Sphinx will invite the player to solve 5 riddles, having awarded it if successful with the same number of treasures. However, do not wait for simple actions forward and backward, because the decision of these puzzles will require not only tricks, but also skills, given that they will still be connected with the battle.

For example, one of the riddles offers the player to go to the cave full of enemies to find an object based on the description proposed by the creature. In this dungeon, the player will find an avalanche of trinkets, but he will not be able to know for sure which of them is correct until he unravels the riddle. It is interesting that if an attempt is unsuccessful, the test will be considered failed and it is no longer possible to get a reward.

Itsuno also said that if desired, players may refuse to solve the riddles of the Sphinx and fight with her in battle. However, he warns of the need to prepare for a clash with mechanics, which is very different from the usual and complex. He also added that the find of this mystical creature may turn out to be the greatest mystery of all.

“I don’t want to ruin the pleasure, so we just say that you can fight her depending on your choice,” Itsuno said. “The victory over the sphinx is a mystery in itself. We wanted the question of whether it was possible to defeat her or even fight her, become a mystery, and we would like this to be part of the pleasure of players fighting the sphinx and her puzzles. Players first have to find the Sphinx, if possible. Traveling in search of her may turn out to be the greatest mystery of all “.

Itsuno added that the Sphinx is only one of many secrets hidden in the world of Dragon’s Dogma 2, and that they can easily slip away from a player less inclined to research, which can become an incentive to pass the game several times or carefully explore each area.

“This is the key to everything. There are parts of the game that you do not have to open it, we made it possible to pass the game, not finding them, ”Itsuno said. “I think the game will give you a lot of impressions that you want to tell your friends about. It can be monsters, your interaction with monsters or cases when you ran away from monsters without even fighting with them. The game is designed to create such a drama and such impressions, and we hope that players will be able to enjoy them “.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 will be available on PS5, Xbox Series and PC since March 22, 2024. Just yesterday we saw a gameplay video dedicated to the illusionist, one of the new classes presented in the second part.