The late title screen in Dragon’s Dogma II (Spoilers)

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When you first boot up Dragon’s Dogma II, you might think you accidentally turned on the wrong game. The main menu screen simply says “Dragon’s Dogma” with the II conspicuously missing. But no, what appears to be an error or perhaps an attempt at branding the sequel as some kind of reboot of Capcom’s long-dormant RPG is actually an intentional tease of what’s to come. You can go through the entirety of Dragon’s Dogma II without seeing the sequel’s true title screen, as its true ending takes a little bit of work and climbing around a boss-level dragon to reach. But if you’re able to put yourself on the path to the true ending, you’ll find yourself in a secret, distorted place called the Unmoored World. Once there, you get a late title screen complete with the missing II

A title screen signifies the beginning of something, so when it shows up, even after dozens of hours of adventuring and monster slaying, it’s important. When one is as deliberate as Dragon’s Dogma II’s, it shows that everything that’s come before has just been child’s play compared to what is to come.