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[The Last Wizard]

It's hard to discuss this without spoiling everything - but if you enjoyed it, keep playing past the point you mentioned.

I actually found the story to be pretty damn interesting when you piece it all together.

Not sure how to address this without spoiling it - but if you stopped at where your post mentioned -

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keep playing. There was significantly more to the story/game after that point

The story starts out so so but by time you fight grigori it's really good, you find out his true intentions and then after you defeat him and get the true ending, goddamn was that a great twist. I feel like the true ending accomplishes what ac3 and me3 tried to do and failed miserably.

I love this game, it's so damn good. But every time one of these threads pop up I say the same thing when everyone says they want a sequel. Capcom would fuck the sequel up, they'd find some way to make it horrible. I feel the first being so good was a fluke, an amazing fluke.

 

[Rarity]

I really liked this game, though I found the romance system odd.

Also, HARPIES!

 

[Jaleel]

Best Action RPG after Dark Souls last gen for me. Hope to god we get a sequel or Deep Down is good enough.

 

[Deified Data]

Last gen's best hidden gem.

No way we'll ever get a sequel, the game was too good.

 

[butman]

How likely is that we see Dragon's Dogma 2 on this gen?

 

[Molemitts]

I tried playing this after a lot of people recommended it for being like Dark Souls. The game felt alright but It never hooked me. Considering I just had recently played Dark Souls which became my favourite game ever, I felt like it might be unfair to compare the two.

I liked the big city going around and exploring that was pretty fun. The combat wasn't bad by any means but a lot of the enemies felt like they unnecessarily had too much health. Encounters with enemies in the open world weren't great to be honest, going down a path and getting seemingly randomly ambushed by bandit or wolves felt more annoying than fun.

I wanted to enjoy this game, I might give it another go in the future. It might be relevant to mention I'm not big on open world game that might be a part of it (I have put many hours into Skyrim, although.)

 

[Aeriscloud]

The romancing mechanics were some of the dumbest I've ever encountered.

Be honest, your romance was one of the kids?


What was up with that btw lol.

 

[striferser]

Unpolished gem that i really like.

The action is top notch. climbing dragon or hydra and stabbing my sword all over it while my sorcerer stab the monster using ice pillar is a a very cool moments.

Story is kinda bad though, and the romance part...ugh, can't i get a better romance partner please? I'd take the childhood friend or that witch than that princess.

 

[DustyVonEric]

Hop on Dark Arisen immediately!

Don't even finish reading the thread. Go now!

Yes, it's that good

The core game is great. DA is where it really shines.

Played it on Plus, and felt so guilty that I didn't purchase this game to support the devs. I would jump on a sequel with the quickness.

 

[Alastor3]

im still on the fences about buying a copy for 30$ knowing that the game can lag on PS3

 

[Seanspeed]

I tried to start this the other day on PS3, but it runs so, so damn poorly. And the graphics are forgettable.

I'll try again at some point, cuz I can see the promise in the combat and I'm an open-world gaming fan(and the night stuff sounds really good), but I feel the game is going to ultimately be very frustrating to deal with due to the stuttery nature of the visuals.

 

[darkside31337]

Honestly probably my favorite game from all of last generation. One of the most underrated and unappreciated games I can remember.

Still bums me out that a sequel is never going to happen.

 

[Corsick]

Honestly probably my favorite game from all of last generation. One of the most underrated and unappreciated games I can remember.

Still bums me out that a sequel is never going to happen.

Never say never, but yeah its sales have it stuck in purgatory methinks. Love this game to death and a remaster would be perfect for it if a sequel is off the table.

 

[Aru]

Played it for a bit more than an hour and it didn't click with me.

 

[SovereignSnake]

Welcome to the Dragon's Dogma 2 please be a thing train. Your ticket please.

 

[bebop242]

I don't care much for all the ps3 remastered ports to ps4, but if they made one for this, ALL OVER MY FACE!!!!

 

[Galactic Fork]

I loved the combat, but I hated the timed respawning of everything on the map. And the world seemed too small. I'd have liked more towns. I'd love something with the scale of skyrim, with the combat of Dragon's Dogma.

 

[thefatness16]

My co-RPG of the generation, along with Fallout New Vegas, and Dark Souls. If a sequel was announced, I'd squeal like a little girl.

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

Absolutely love this game! Shame about the frame rate, tho. It's the only real issue I have, and it's the only thing preventing me from playing it more than the 100+ hours I've already sunk into it.

 

[Riptwo]

This was the game that captured me the most last gen. I played so, so, so much, and there's still way more that I'd like to explore, but it's a bit tough to go back after playing so many current gen titles. Count me in for an expensive day 1 collector's edition if they ever decide to make a sequel.

 

[DJ_Lae]

I enjoyed what I played (which was to the end and none of the post-game content) but I really wish there was a PC version. It's a game seriously hindered by the consoles...and maybe lots of poor programming, but still, it runs like shit at the best of times.

 

[galvenize]

THE WIND IS PUSHING ME~!

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It's playing in your head now

Actually thread title triggered it for me.

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This song is so good, brb going on youtube

 

[SneakyStephan]

I tried to start this the other day on PS3, but it runs so, so damn poorly. And the graphics are forgettable.

I'll try again at some point, cuz I can see the promise in the combat and I'm an open-world gaming fan(and the night stuff sounds really good), but I feel the game is going to ultimately be very frustrating to deal with due to the stuttery nature of the visuals.

Graphics are anything but forgettable once you get past the tutorial area.
The game has incredible atmosphere, the dungeons look soo good artistically (bitterblack island is even better)
bluemoon tower and a bunch of other areas I won't spoil all have their own identity and look interesting

The monster animations (especially for drakes) are the best of any rpg and the spell effects are super cool too.

The music in this game is amazing too and unforgettable, on the same level as ff7 easily

The only issue with the game is the performance (a lot better in bitterblack island) , the game desperately needs a pc port to play this at >1080p 60 fps , but since that isn't going to happen it would be a shame to miss out on the best console game of the gen (which could have been infinitely much better at 60 fps )

 

[Revan]

I got the plat on this last year but haven't really touched it since.

Maybe it's time to start a new character......the only class I never played was mage/sorc.

Top 5 games last gen IMO. Fucking loved every single minute of it.

 

[Karak]

Love it replay it all the time.

 

[RangerBAD]

Yeah, it's pretty good.

HD remaster would be nice.

Still won't run at 60FPS. lol We just need 2 on current gen with all the fixes.

 

[Raptomex]

Favorite RPG of the gen. The combat was so satisfying.

 

[Mobius 1]

It's so ambitious visually, you can see where the developer started to cut corners to get it to run. It badly needs a re-release.

Or Capcom needs to get their fucking wits about them and make the sequel.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

It's so ambitious visually, you can see where the developer started to cut corners to get it to run. It badly needs a re-release.

Or Capcom needs to get their fucking wits about them and make the sequel.

This^

So i need to ask this, Why were there Outfits From the anime Berserk in Dragon's Dogma?

Was it like promotion or something?

 

[Dinda]

I so want Dragon's Dogma 2.

 

[KiteGr]

This game was way to ambitious for its generation. It doesn't even run full screen.

It needs ab Definitive edition very badly.

 

[zewone]

I have Dark Arisen from PS Plus and this thread made me try it.

I have recently beat DeS, DS1, & DS2 in the past month or so, so the combat in this game can't even come close to it.

The game runs letterboxed and the visuals and voice acting are pretty horrendous.

I could see the game being okay with co-op, but it lacks that.

Am I missing something, because right now, it feels like a low grade Witcher 2?

 

[pje122]

It's one of the best games of the generation. It's really nothing at all like the Souls games, so stop comparing it to them. Play through the whole thing, including BBI.

 

[Stimpack]

It's a masterwork, all, you can't go wrong.

 

[zewone]

It's one of the best games of the generation. It's really nothing at all like the Souls games, so stop comparing it to them. Play through the whole thing, including BBI.

They're both action RPGs and a number of people have said it's the best combat in an RPG/ARPG.

 

[Blinck]

The little I played I really really liked it.

However, it's one of those games that REALLY shows the limits of the previous console generation. Very muddy, bad framerate, kind of poor IQ, washed out, etc.

It's begging for a PC version or a remaster for PS4/XO. And I stopped playing it because I believe there will be one.

 

[robotzombie]

I want to play it again and be a mystic knight, but dont you reallly have to go through the game as a mage to get magic stats up in order to be an effective mystic knight?

 

[SniperHunter]

This game was way to ambitious for its generation. It doesn't even run full screen.

It needs ab Definitive edition very badly.

indeed

superb game! Absolutely vast and bit time consuming

 

[studyguy]

Feel like the story is absolutely the least important part of this game.
It just sort of lives off the gameplay like MH titles.

 

[studyguy]

Be honest, your romance was one of the kids?


What was up with that btw lol.

My first romance was the innkeeper.
It was absurd.

Whoops double post!

 

[vandalhearts]

I want to play it again and be a mystic knight, but dont you reallly have to go through the game as a mage to get magic stats up in order to be an effective mystic knight?

1-10 as mage, then it's better to go as sorcerer. You have to do that only if you deeply care about stats, otherwise it's too much of a hassle. You can play as you want and still doing good in the dlc, as this game is mainly focused on gear. The gear you get in dark arisen will be enough to cover your character weaknesses.

 

[Squalor]

It's pretty good. It definitely deserved to do better.

 

[Mejilan]

One of my favorite games of last generation.
Joyously platinuned the vanilla release and started a new character in the expanded version with the idea of creating a more or less perfect Assassin hybrid build, but haven't really gotten too far in that endeavor. Requires too much time playing as the Warrior, which I'm just not enjoying all that much.

I should pop back in though, if for no other reason than to finally experience the new content.

Story is fairly wretched, but everything else is so damn good, especially the combat! And this coming from someone who also platinumed all three Souls games. Doing a big disservice to DD and the Souls games trying to compare the two. A much fairer comparison would be to evaluate DD against games such as Elder Scrolls, Gothic, Risen, Two Worlds, etc. Those are the experiences that DD borrows from and is inspired by.

It kills me a little that Capcom may never make a sequel.

 

[Nemmy]

Whee, another Dragon's Dogma thread!

OP, if you didn't complete post-game (meaning you didn't give 20 wakestones to the lady in Everfall), go back and do it. You didn't see the game's actual ending, and you might just change your mind about its story once you do.

Also consider getting Dark Arisen, it's worth buying the game twice. It's like a better Dark Souls (coming from a person who prefers Dogma to Souls, anyway).

The little I played I really really liked it.

However, it's one of those games that REALLY shows the limits of the previous console generation. Very muddy, bad framerate, kind of poor IQ, washed out, etc.

It's begging for a PC version or a remaster for PS4/XO. And I stopped playing it because I believe there will be one.

Yeah, it needed a more powerful hardware badly. One moment I was looking around the environment and going "such a pretty world", another there was some close-up and those atrocious blurry textures were hurting my eyes.

 

[Corsick]

One of my favorite games of last generation.
Joyously platinuned the vanilla release and started a new character in the expanded version with the idea of creating a more or less perfect Assassin hybrid build, but haven't really gotten too far in that endeavor. Requires too much time playing as the Warrior, which I'm just not enjoying all that much.

I should pop back in though, if for no other reason than to finally experience the new content.

Story is fairly wretched, but everything else is so damn good, especially the combat! And this coming from someone who also platinumed all three Souls games. Doing a big disservice to DD and the Souls games trying to compare the two. A much fairer comparison would be to evaluate DD against games such as Elder Scrolls, Gothic, Risen, Two Worlds, etc. Those are the experiences that DD borrows from and is inspired by.

It kills me a little that Capcom may never make a sequel.

I've said something like the bolded many times, and the only thing that brings me a small respite from the depression of no sequel being imminent is this little article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkai...to-turn-dragons-dogma-into-a-major-franchise/

I'm actually surprised I didn't remember to post the link to that earlier. Maybe Capcom just wants to wait until they have something substantive created for a new DD game before announcing it? Pipe dream, probably .