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one of the best rpg's i ever played and it wasn't even fully realized.

for my first monster hunter game it was ok

ts is gas

You can freaking dap up your pawns.

Edit (3/24/2024):

After putting 30 hours into this game, I believe I'm at the point where I can give this game a proper review.

This game has a lot of negative reviews and criticisms, and I want to say that many of them are valid. First being the price point of $70:

As a Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen player with 300 hours, I'm certain that I will get my money's worth with the amount of time that I will sink into this game, however the skepticism that other players have when they see this price tag and that's completely understandable. As it is right now, I cannot say that this game is worthy of that price. Wait for a sale or get it off a key site, but until they fix the issues with this game, this is not worth $70. Also the microtransactions, while a choice that has been met with much scrutiny, does not bother me.

Denuvo and performance:

Denuvo is anti-piracy, anti-tamper, and anti-performance. Denuvo for a singleplayer game puts a frown on my face. Simple as. Hopefully they remove it in the future, maybe a year or two down the line. In the meantime, if you haven't played Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen yet, I would recommend you play that. As for performance; it is abysmal for the quality. 30-40 frames in cities, 50-70 out in the open world. I have an AMD 5600G, 3060 ti, and 16 GB of RAM. Not the best but I get higher framerates on Cyberpunk 2077 with higher settings than I do this game with lower settings. By the time of this review the devs have already addressed this and are supposedly working on improvements. If your computer struggles to run games, do NOT buy this game unless you are willing to trudge through horrible performance or if they patch it.

Gameplay and features:

There are a lot of mechanics and features in the previous game that carried through to the sequel, and many that didn't. First I want to go over what didn't (at least what I cared to note):

- Less armor customization (no more arm and clothing options, just head, torso, and legs)
- Certain vocations ( Ranger, Assassin, and Mystic Knight are out and Strider has been split between Thief and Archer )
- Less skill slots (four compared to the previous game's six, though this is big for the Warrior class)
- Vocation specific stat leveling (now it doesn't matter what class you play as, your stats will change accordingly)
- Selling items directly from storage
- Buying items and sending them directly to storage
- Quest boards (as far as I know)
- Certain pawn inclinations (haven't messed with this one much, though it seems to be streamlined)
- Still only one save slot...

New or refined mechanics:

- Character customization (the original game already had a robust system, and it's even better now! However perhaps due to the graphical fidelity, some may find the newer models ugly)
- Pawn interactions (I actually use the commands now and the ability to guide you to points of interests is great)
- Fighting big monsters is a lot more fun!
- Throwing barrels/stones/people/corpses!
- Crafting system (a mechanic mostly overlooked in the original game that is now useful and encouraged)
- Loss gauge (reduced maximum health after taking damage until rest)
- Camping out (new feature; gives buffs and allows for changing skills on the road, also useful for managing the loss gauge)
- New vocations! (Mystic Spearhand, Trickster, and Wayfarer)
- Improved vocations! (Warrior is so much fun!)
- Health/stamina curative hotkeys
- New biome!
- Freaking cat people!
- Wilhemina!

Conclusion:

If you have money to spend, have a decent enough PC or willing to suffer low FPS, and really want to experience Dragon's Dogma again, I say go for it like I did.

If you are concerned about performance, pricing, and Denuvo and have some patience, wait a year or two.

If you are new to the series, play Dark Arisen first.

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letha l company mor like lethal farts cuz it s so scarry

pointless.

This game genuinely makes my day worse every time I open it up.

I'm Batman.

Bought the tetralogy since it was on sale and started out with Arkham Asylum. After beating the main story I really felt like I missed out on something revolutionary by not playing this game when it released (because I couldn't), but man this game was ahead of its time. The characters, the combat, the brooding gothic vibe of it all really pulled me in, especially the combat. Some of the most satisfying combat I've ever felt in a game.

Anyway, get this game and the others that follow it. Really good.