The director of Dragon's Dogma 2 confirms that the meat in the camp is real, cooked by themselves, and not CGI: they preferred to spend the money on eating.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 It is a game that fascinates us every time we learn more details, and it could be one of the great games of 2024. After the publication of the trailers, several of its details have gone viral…
For example, the incredible appearance of the food you can make in the camps.
Grilled meatcooked over low heat in the heat of the bonfire… if you eat meat, it is difficult to resist these images, which even the official PlayStation account shared asking if they were real or not.
Dragon's Dogma 2 meat is 100% real, not CGI
The answer is yes! Contrary to what many would think, these are not CGI images, but real footage, inserted into the scenes in which you rest in the camps.
And the explanation is the best: the team preferred to spend the money it would cost to create it by computer buying quality meat and making it for the employees.
This is what he revealed Hideaki Itsunodirector of Dragon's Dogma 2, in an interview for the Japanese media 4Gamer (via Siliconera):
“We could have spent money on CGI for meat, but We thought if we were going to spend money anyway“We might as well spend it on good, real meat.”
Depending on what food you cook in the camps, you will see different food, and I'm sure many players are eager to see what other dishes you can prepare in the role-playing game…
In fact, in the camps you can do other totally useless things, like collecting wood: it's useless, but the team thought it was something that people would do in a camp, and it would add realism to the game, to make it feel like a simulator.
Another viral detail of Dragon's Dogma 2 is what happens with the NPCs: they die forever… unless you resurrect them in time. Be very careful or you will lose them forever!