Capcom Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Yeah, after trying the demo, I bought it on 360. Performance and graphics are terrible, but I still loved it.
Bought (and played) it again on Xbox One and Steam. I'm pretty sure it's the only game I bought three copies of.

 

The PC version with some texture mods and ENB can still look excellent when you're out in the world.

 

I never had any problems with either version of Dragon's Dogma on 360.

 

The PS3 version could drop to single digit frame rates when some spells were on screen, on top of the low resolution.

 

Unless something was specifically developed for PS3 it was usually way worse on PS3.

 

And yet the gameplay was good enough to outweigh that by a lot. Nothing beats playing the pc version though.

 

I remember casually buying the Dark Arisen PS3 version for 20 euro in almost garbage bin in FNAC Lisbon along Ninja Gaiden Sigma in 2014, I think.

The game didn't have great reviews, but for that price and being very passionate about Souls games, I picked it without too much interest.

Started playing and thinking "this is very good, how is not a hit like Skyrim?". By the time I Casted my first 10 FPS Maelstrom spell I thought "Game journalists are retards, and why this is not on PC where it belongs."

 

Vanilla looks good, esp. at night

 

A new "leak". I don't know Rick...

 

Just like how Dragon's Dogma Online takes place on a different world, I'd guess Dragon's Dogma 2 will do that too. So I wouldn't exactly be jumping at random leaks talking about how it's going to be a prequel or something.

 

Can we get an X to Doubt button? edit: The "I can't say anything about" is a dead giveaway.

 

Probably fake. The comment about customization sounds ridiculous, as if the poster though being able to tune in such minutia things was amazing, so he decided to write it to generate "hype". I think, unless Itsuno has enough influence and "prestige" to pull some strings on Capcom, we are not going to see a sequel any time soon. Right now it seems Resident Evil and Monster Hunter are the money makers, so most likely they are going to focus on that for now.

Having said this, I would still like for these leaks to be real. I particularly like the idea of having the game being mainly single player and a multiplayer mode for endgame, although I fear they may go the Dark Arisen route and integrate grinding and farming for gear to pad the game out. Also the part of modular content sounds interesting, they could do it similarly to MHW and really add more content through updates and expansions, which does sounds like something Capcom would do seeing how well it has been working with MHW. Also would be kind of funny, as initially the game, despite being designed for the international market, did really well in Japan as a sort of not-MH, before mouth to mouth made DD more popular.

What are your thoughts on DD2 having multiplayer?

 

BEEG INCLINE

 

It'll just end up proving that some people are dumber than the pawns they have.

 

The only problem I ever had with pawns, is that they often had trouble locking onto far off targets.
Namely the talismans you have to destroy to defeat the harder golems that don't have them on their body.

 

Need a doubt button.

 

My order of favorite classes : Rangers > Magick Archers > Assassin > Strider > Sorcerers > Mystic Knight > Mage > Warrior > Fighter;

 

Low T hierarchy of classes.

 

Warrior > Mystic Knight > Assassin (Sword + Shield) > Fighter > Strider > Ranger > Magick Pussies

 

Low T man can't fully draw a longbow. But can use fast swinging blades. In many games bows are boring weakling weapons but on Dragon's Dogma, Bows are the medieval equivalent to a anti materiel rifle. The way that armor and multiple damage resistances depending where you hit works makes it even better.

Warriors which can only have 3 skills and all very lackluster.

Assassins with bows or not are a interesting class to play.

Most magic classes are boring because the gameplay as a magician is just press a button and pray to not be interrupted while casting.

But if you like melee, you can make a decent melee magick archer using immolation and similar skills.

 

haha arc of deliverance goes boom

 

Ranger is boring because you only need to spam Tenfold Flurry and win. Your video makes it even more obvious how boring they are. All vocations have incredibly powerful attacks and combos, but I find Ranger the most boring one of them while still being one of the most powerful. Is like playing a boring 3rd person shooter. Even with all the neat systems of attacking different parts, it is kind of wasted by how ridiculous powerful it is, while many of its skills aren't that impressive or "fun" either. At least both Strider and Assassin have different play styles and unique fun mechanics to them. Hell you don't even need to be close to your enemy, can keep a safe distance, as if it wasn't easy enough.

Warriors are great even if they are weak because their skills are more interesting. Fighters are fun until you unlock Dragon's Maw, them is spam to win and mushrooms galore, but is great having skills to dodge, rush to your opponent, draw attention to yourself, throw your companion higher, etc.

You are supposed to find the best moment to start casting and use smart positioning. You cannot just cast and forget like most CRPGs. Also synchronizing spells helps quite a lot.

 

Or, just play mage instead of sorcerer. I like to kick back, let pawns do the heavy lifting and throw out a heal or a fire buff every now and then.