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Dragon's Dogma Demo Impressions
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Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
yes its open world
zerokoolpsx
Member
The chimera fight was fun. Jump on it and started slashing until it fell over with me under it. I still kept slashing it. The lion part took the longest to kill. Your pawns are competent in the prologue quest. The griffin kept diving my party. Took a long while to bring it down with arrows. It gets chaotic once the Chimera and Griffin appears on the screen. I came in with low expectations and left impressed.
The Elite
BOSS
That's a relief. I like the gameplay and the atmosphere. If this is done right it could be a decent amalgamation of Dark Souls and Monster Hunter.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
not only is it open world but bad stuff happens when night falls keep your light spells and lamps ready
RPGCrazied
Member
I have a feeling I will be camping and staying at the inn a lot. I hate night time travel in games. Can't see shit.
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
Member
No way is PS3 DDs framerate worse than Blighttown. Not even close.
I thought pawns didn't level up? I could have sworn I saw that in the other thread we have here. Maybe you just get more XP for each pawn slot you don't use as a reward for the tougher challenge.
Yeah it's not even worse than a lot of other places in Dark Souls. Blighttown's by far the worst (I just got there for the first time yesterday...slideshow much?) but it frequently drops to around 15 from the looks of it in many areas, like crossing the bridges in the New Londo ruins for example.
I didn't notice any severe drops while playing DD. I doubt it was running at 30 but I don't think it dropped below 19-20 even when the griffon came crashing down.
la flama blanca
Banned
Controls and frame rate are fine for me, don't understand the complaints.
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
Member
I think the pawn you create levels up, otherwise there'd be no reason to keep him/her around.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Which one do you dislike more, framerate drops or screen tearing?
It's pretty much a "pick your poison" situation. :lol
The Elite
BOSS
Probably best I download the 360 version too and see what bugs me more then.
I'm not usually bothered by framerate drops but it was noticeable when playing the game on PS3.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
If your 360 is set to 720p, you won't see screen tearing.
Played the demo again. I understand different tastes and all, but if you aren't excited to play this, our tastes are so wildly divergent as to be confusing. Like, if you said you hate chocolate, beaches and sex I would be equally confused.
Kinda annoyed that this comes out so close to Diablo 3 though.
Played the demo again. I understand different tastes and all, but if you aren't excited to play this, our tastes are so wildly divergent as to be confusing. Like, if you said you hate chocolate, beaches and sex I would be equally confused.
Kinda annoyed that this comes out so close to Diablo 3 though.
Misterinenja
Member
Why can't I find this from EU Store?
Yeah I didn't read the whole thread.
Yeah I didn't read the whole thread.
The EU update is not live yet. Give it another three hours.
The Elite
BOSS
I liked the Diablo 3 beta but I could see myself playing this a lot more if they get the online right.
Misterinenja
Member
Found it via manual search. Pro tips to other brothers of the old continent.
Cannon Goose
Member
This will not make the tearing go away.
I went into this demo knowing absolutely squat about the game.
The first part, basically the tutorial, was weak. If that were the only section in the demo I would have written this game off entirely. To me it felt as bad as Amalur's demo (the first 10 minutes, rest was great in Amalur). The Chimera fight I thought was actually hilarious, watching the Pawns (and myself) jump onto the Chimear's leg, dangling around like a ragdoll and getting thrown off.
The rest of the fights I had no idea what the hell was going on. I would stumble across some goblins/harpies, my Pawns would go ape shit, and everything would be dead. I would wildly swing my sword hoping I was doing something because it didn't always feel like it. The combat doesn't provide any satisfying feedback.
The griffon battle was what may have sold me on the game. I loved the battle. What I found amazing about the battle was when I climbed on to the griffon and it took off flying, I hacked away at its wings and it came crashing down. I figured my character would just jump off automatically like you'd expect in every game, landing gracefully like a cat... but no, I got crushed and killed instantly between the griffon's back and the ground.
Loved it.
I'm still not completely sold on the game. I need to do more research on it and will probably wait for some reviews and more impressions before deciding, but at least it is on my radar now as highly likely to buy.
EDIT: PS3 version btw, had no noticeable issues. Maybe back to back with the 360 I'd notice something but I didn't have any slowdown, or enough slowdown that I noticed.
The first part, basically the tutorial, was weak. If that were the only section in the demo I would have written this game off entirely. To me it felt as bad as Amalur's demo (the first 10 minutes, rest was great in Amalur). The Chimera fight I thought was actually hilarious, watching the Pawns (and myself) jump onto the Chimear's leg, dangling around like a ragdoll and getting thrown off.
The rest of the fights I had no idea what the hell was going on. I would stumble across some goblins/harpies, my Pawns would go ape shit, and everything would be dead. I would wildly swing my sword hoping I was doing something because it didn't always feel like it. The combat doesn't provide any satisfying feedback.
The griffon battle was what may have sold me on the game. I loved the battle. What I found amazing about the battle was when I climbed on to the griffon and it took off flying, I hacked away at its wings and it came crashing down. I figured my character would just jump off automatically like you'd expect in every game, landing gracefully like a cat... but no, I got crushed and killed instantly between the griffon's back and the ground.
Loved it.
I'm still not completely sold on the game. I need to do more research on it and will probably wait for some reviews and more impressions before deciding, but at least it is on my radar now as highly likely to buy.
EDIT: PS3 version btw, had no noticeable issues. Maybe back to back with the 360 I'd notice something but I didn't have any slowdown, or enough slowdown that I noticed.
Sounds casual. Traveling alone and at night all day erry day. Who needs lanterns? This isn't Call of Duty.
Golden King Lyle would be proud.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I have a couple of friends who play online, and we plan on doing the diablo 3 thing together.
Ironically, if DD had multiplayer, we may have skipped Diablo for a month or so.
*shrug* Did for me.
I don't know why I laughed so much to this line.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
A week from yesterday for non Gold members. If you have gold, right now.
4/24/2012
I don't have gold and got in.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Weird. People were bitching about that yesterday.
Vyse The Legend
Member
The game was tremendously fun. It's basically Dark Souls meets FF12.
That said, it comes out after Diablo 3, so it won't be day 1 for me.
That said, it comes out after Diablo 3, so it won't be day 1 for me.
Commanche Raisin Toast
Member
despite there being things about this game I simply don't like or am confused by, I enjoyed it a lot and preordered. I hated npcs getting in my way and killing all of the enemies before I could get any hits in, but it seems like some strange mix of a lot of different games I already like. controls were weird and I felt like in the full game I would get overwhelmed by the overall rpg system being used, yet I couldn't help but feel satisfied.
it's going to stay in the back of my backlog line though, as it would take forever to get through it otherwise.
it's going to stay in the back of my backlog line though, as it would take forever to get through it otherwise.
semiconscious
Member
thank you. & it's official - this demo just plain sucks. yeah, it works nicely as a little sampler of what's in store, combat-wise, for people who've already familiarized themselves with the game, but it completely fails to give anyone who isn't already familiar, or only vaguely familiar with it any idea whatsoever of the over-all tone/pacing of the actual game itself. the demo not only doesn't scream 'open-world, exploratory rpg', it doesn't even whisper it...
if you're pitching an rpg, anything short of the amalur demo approach < no demo at all. i'm thinking that this demo will turn off more people than it will ever turn on, & even most of those turned on by it will likely be surprised to discover upon playing the game that it's actually open-world, rather than linear...
stupid...
man, i have to stay away from this thread
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lowhighkang_LHK
Member
Great gameplay, yet terrible demo.
They designed the demo like its a devil may cry pure action game. Linear area with combat and then boss.
The entire appeal of the game was that it's a fully realized open world fantasy RPG adventure with solid combat (a rarity in the genre).
It would have been nice to let us explore a town, do a main quest and a few side quests to boot.
Ps: there is some solid depth to the combat. It has timing based combos with X button like devil may cry. And you can extend the function of the Y button by pressing and holding it.
They designed the demo like its a devil may cry pure action game. Linear area with combat and then boss.
The entire appeal of the game was that it's a fully realized open world fantasy RPG adventure with solid combat (a rarity in the genre).
It would have been nice to let us explore a town, do a main quest and a few side quests to boot.
Ps: there is some solid depth to the combat. It has timing based combos with X button like devil may cry. And you can extend the function of the Y button by pressing and holding it.
This is my thoughts. I need a full vertical slice. Still sure I'm going to get it, but I couldn't believe it when I beat the griffin part in like 5 minutes. I'm like "That's IT?"
Really want to know what the exploration/town stuff is like.
MvmntInGrn
Member
Really enjoyed the demo, climbing onto enemies is a neat option. First thing I did against the Chimera was jump on and cut off the snake. I see myself with a character like the second part of the demo. With a bow (which I'll use mainly) and then a smaller weapon to climb up enemies in larger battles (though I like the archer/mage combo I saw in a video was neat as well).
Controls were no problem for me. Framerate feels low at times (more so during the first mission) but there wasn't any tearing, certainly playable (PS3). I'll have to give the 360 version a try as well(without gold do I need to wait to get the demo?).
Glad they made a demo, strangely the first time I've wished a demo ended with a video/trailer though, one that shows showing off the open-world nature, night combat, and different classes. I'm afraid people who don't know much about it will play the demo and think if it as a stage-based action RPG and leave it at that.
I'm excited for it now. I'm liking these dark weighty action RPGs with good action combat (like the Souls games), I've wanted these types of games for a long time.
Controls were no problem for me. Framerate feels low at times (more so during the first mission) but there wasn't any tearing, certainly playable (PS3). I'll have to give the 360 version a try as well(without gold do I need to wait to get the demo?).
Glad they made a demo, strangely the first time I've wished a demo ended with a video/trailer though, one that shows showing off the open-world nature, night combat, and different classes. I'm afraid people who don't know much about it will play the demo and think if it as a stage-based action RPG and leave it at that.
I'm excited for it now. I'm liking these dark weighty action RPGs with good action combat (like the Souls games), I've wanted these types of games for a long time.
I'm really enjoying the demo, but the letterbox worries me on my plasma with the amount of hours I'd put into the game. I have no way of getting the full picture with any of the format adjustments. The only thing I can do is zoom the picture in completely, cutting off the left and right edges.
PS3 demo performance seems fine to me. I definitely noticed slow down, but it's not enough to hurt the game.
PS3 demo performance seems fine to me. I definitely noticed slow down, but it's not enough to hurt the game.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Just did the countryside quest again, Taking that sucker down with just arrows is a great experience. The archery in this game is very fun. Hopefully i can have a archer/mage class
In terms of gameplay... probably.
There is, the Magic Archer class. You will be using magic arrows instead of regular ones so you won't have to depend on a mage to enchant you weapons. You can also use a staff as your secondary weapon.
Still, so many people already mentioning diablo here...
Oh well, I guess it eats sales of every game released near it.
Screw diablo. I'm much more interested in this and I can't stand mashing 1 button for the entirety of a game.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Seemed like a poor representation of the game.
The demo made it feel like you were strong enough to take on the bosses one on one if you had patience due to the devs overpowering you.
The prior vids of walkthroughs and demonstrations show a much harsher world where 3 pawns were absolutely necessary.
I'm sure the actual game will make you glad you have a tank/mage/strider along side you.
Still looking forward to this. I feel bad for those who will think going solo will provide them with a more satisfying experience only to get steamrolled continuously early on.
The demo made it feel like you were strong enough to take on the bosses one on one if you had patience due to the devs overpowering you.
The prior vids of walkthroughs and demonstrations show a much harsher world where 3 pawns were absolutely necessary.
I'm sure the actual game will make you glad you have a tank/mage/strider along side you.
Still looking forward to this. I feel bad for those who will think going solo will provide them with a more satisfying experience only to get steamrolled continuously early on.
EVERYTHING is getting stomped by Diablo 3 in May. That's what is so asinine about Capcom not just launching the same month, but one week after what is going to be one of the biggest entertainment launches in the entire year. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Diablo 3 is going to finish second only to Black Ops 2 in sales this year.
I played Diablo's open beta, and honestly it felt more like an isometric WoW than Diablo 2.
Honestly, if the full game requires me to have three companions who want to lead me by the hand and constantly call out the weaknesses and attacks of every enemy I encounter, frequently shouting over each other to do so, I might as well pass.