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Looking forward to Dragon's Dogma's Steam release - what makes the game good?
- Thread starter Imp the Dimp
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Sora the Cat
Member
Does this game have any kind of online interaction? Or is it purely a single player experience?
Magic in this game is so so soooooo good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8MFBM-HS6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxZ_FWzV-F8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8MFBM-HS6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxZ_FWzV-F8
You create a pawn (companion) that you will use through the game and also can be hired by other people and rated/rewarded/etc and vice versa (you can use other people's pawns in your game)
*Not included in the PC version due to licencing issues.
Think about this for a minute, you know it to be true.
Bethesda hasn't made any significant changes to their combat since Morrowind.
Sora the Cat
Member
That seems cool, thanks. I actually prefer the game to have little to none online elements, so I'm fine with no coop or something like that.
Soldnerschild
Banned
Those gifs never get old.
I have never seen the last one. The guy sets himself on fire and jump on the monster?
That seems like something that Guts (Berserk) would do. Pretty sick!
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Yeah I know. It stinks.
They also can learn tactics against enemies when someone hires them.
Every pawn has some kind of learning levels against every monster, and when they fight them they learn their weakness and use them more in battle.
Honestly it's been getting WORSE since morrowind. Every iteration lost some bit of depth, even if the actual gameplay was bog garbage at least there was some interesting tidbits in there that would shine.
Like, just for one thing, imagine creating your own spells in Dragon's Dogma.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
It has the best opening theme song in existence for an RPG.
Me too, I like having companions (up to 4) and the level of online is perfect to me (I believe you can play offline too.
I do however feel ally AI could be better but that could all be my fault in terms of how I approached and built my team
Literally every multiplatform game.
I agree with that, I don't even play Bethesda games anymore to be honest. I'm just not in their target demographic.
Soldnerschild
Banned
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Tips for newcomers:
* Turn off the cinematic combat.
* Turn off the pawn text.
Do these both immediately.
* Turn off the cinematic combat.
* Turn off the pawn text.
Do these both immediately.
justjustin
Member
Bought the game when it came out and didn't like it. Got Dark Arisen on PS+ and still didn't like it. Now I'm gonna buy it on Steam like a chump. I honestly still want to like it, because it seems like something special. I had to try God Hand three or four times over the course of many years before I liked it-- just had to be in the right space, and recognize its greatness.
The thing I disliked most was that, at least in the original version, there seemed to be no good reason to explore. It was cool being able to go pretty much anywhere, anytime, but uncool when the next quest brought me to the exact place I had just found on my own. After happening about five times in a row it killed my motivation to play.
In an RPG I'm ready to explore on my own, but it seems like this is a terrible idea unless you want to repeat everything multiple times and spoil what you're about to see in the quests ahead.
The thing I disliked most was that, at least in the original version, there seemed to be no good reason to explore. It was cool being able to go pretty much anywhere, anytime, but uncool when the next quest brought me to the exact place I had just found on my own. After happening about five times in a row it killed my motivation to play.
In an RPG I'm ready to explore on my own, but it seems like this is a terrible idea unless you want to repeat everything multiple times and spoil what you're about to see in the quests ahead.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Should I start the game on hard if I want a challenge? I'm pretty advanced in terms of RPGs.
Exentryk
Member
I plan to. So you should too.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
I still remember the first time I fired. I was like "nice piano theme" and sudenly crazyness started to sound and I was like "wtf did I just bought?".
I honestly like the DA title music better.
Like Arkham Knight!
TyrantGuardian
Member
As far as framerate caps go, I think I can live with 150fps.
Always looked forward to playing this game but never wanted to buy the PS3 version because it just seemed to perform so awful. This IS by the DMC3/4 team more or less, so the combat ought to be amazing.
Always looked forward to playing this game but never wanted to buy the PS3 version because it just seemed to perform so awful. This IS by the DMC3/4 team more or less, so the combat ought to be amazing.
Unless they did some tweaks, Hard is VERY unforgiving at low levels. Everything will 1shot you, and your stamina will deplete way faster.
I figure they made it so we can have multiple characters now, so at least make a normal character and get used to your movement tech first.
Wait till you do that to a Griffin and it takes flight.
Brian_FETO
Banned
I'm really looking forward to trying out the game
My question is: when you pick a class are you basically stuck with it for the whole game? Based on what I've read it seems like all of the classes are awesome in their own right, would kinda suck to have to start fresh every time to experiment (not the end of the world though, gives it replay value I suppose)
Also someone mentioned you get OP pretty early on which I'm kind of totally down for haha, just walk around fucking everything up for however many hours until the endgame shit kicks in
My question is: when you pick a class are you basically stuck with it for the whole game? Based on what I've read it seems like all of the classes are awesome in their own right, would kinda suck to have to start fresh every time to experiment (not the end of the world though, gives it replay value I suppose)
Also someone mentioned you get OP pretty early on which I'm kind of totally down for haha, just walk around fucking everything up for however many hours until the endgame shit kicks in
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Only open world RPG ever made with a really good real-time combat system. TW3's is fine, but not great. It is in this.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Once you reach the main town you can change your class/vocation as many times as you like.
Exentryk
Member
People said earlier that classes can be changed at anytime once you reach a certain destination in the game.
E: And beaten by a ninja class.
Why? What exactly is the advantage/disadvantage to those things?
Nope, there is pretty much no penalty to switching classes and it is actually very much encouraged with how abilities and leveling work.
batman2million
Member
I couldn't get over the shitty frame rate and blurry graphics. All remedied with our wonderful PC.
MiguelItUp
Member
Ugh, I was SO disappointed when I heard it wasn't going to be in the PC version. I seriously almost bought the game day 1 on 360 just for the Berserk outfits. Though I had no idea what to expect, haha.
Skyball Paint
Member
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Cinematic combat makes a lot of attacks go into slow motion and is just annoying after 5 minutes of seeing it. It just interrupts the flow of everything.
Every time a pawn says something (they talk A LOT!) text comes across half of the screen. It's extremely distracting.
Both of these options should be off as default.
Brian_FETO
Banned
Haloid1177
Banned
I had never seen gameplay for this game until today.
Day 1,
Day 1,
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
I'm watching the Angry Review and the lack of fast travel is going to prevent me from buying this, I have no interest in running back and forth for 50% of the game. It looked really interesting up until that point 
I'm watching the Angry Review and the lack of fast travel is going to prevent me from buying this, I have no interest in running back and forth for 50% of the game. It looked really interesting up until that point
Maybe someone will mod that in. Anything is possible.
silvermember
Banned
It is interesting. The story is design to explain why New game + essentially exist.
Certainly better than fallout 4 story, for example. I will say though whenever you hear the voice of the Dragon, it so soothing.
Exentryk
Member
I'm watching the Angry Review and the lack of fast travel is going to prevent me from buying this, I have no interest in running back and forth for 50% of the game. It looked really interesting up until that point
I believe they already fixed that by adding more waystones and what not.
E: Here is the info from the official FAQ:
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
I'm watching the Angry Review and the lack of fast travel is going to prevent me from buying this, I have no interest in running back and forth for 50% of the game. It looked really interesting up until that point
The combat is so good it's worth putting up with it. Truly.
It makes more sense once you actually play the game.
Cool enemies, nice class system, great combat system(best in the open world category), one of the best character creator's out there, too.
Do keep in mind two things though: For the most part* the voice acting and script is horrible, aught is everywhere. You will get sick of hearing most* characters speak.
Getting ambushed on the road is a good part of the game. That being said, there is a fast travel system in Dark Arisen.
Do keep in mind two things though: For the most part* the voice acting and script is horrible, aught is everywhere. You will get sick of hearing most* characters speak.
*There are a few standout moments for the voice acting. Like really really great voice acting and scripting. They're all too brief to save that portion of the game, though. You'll know them when you see them.
I'm watching the Angry Review and the lack of fast travel is going to prevent me from buying this, I have no interest in running back and forth for 50% of the game. It looked really interesting up until that point
Getting ambushed on the road is a good part of the game. That being said, there is a fast travel system in Dark Arisen.