Dragon's Dogma II - "They’re masterworks, all – you can’t go wrong"

[Abu Antar]

Looking at the world map, the game world seems to be really big.

Here's an IGN preview.

No quest boards, no signs above NPC heads, and not many points on the map. You have to find your way with the help of descriptions, and maybe pawns pointing out stuff to you. Five vocations are available from the start. The others seem to be locked behind quests.

Sounds like prestigious shit. Also why do we suddenly care about map size? Elden Ring is fucking massive and all people do is bitch about everything being copy pasta. Size only matters when dabbling in dick, ass, and tits.

First game could have used a bigger map, but I'm not that four times bigger like in this is a good idea. I don't need huge maps in my games. Just reporting what is being said.

 

[kites]

I don’t care about the size but how dense and crafted it is. Miyazaki said with ER that proc-gen was their biggest asset; generate large spaces and then work with them. For me the sense of scope was cool, but it was too much and made it easy to game-ify (ie you’ll generally find 1-2 of each sort of structure in a space). From the previews of the two zones I hope there’s a ton of secrets and love and “dungeons” in them, because they both just look like different colors of jagged rocks to me.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

That's the problem with people these days. They think bigger = better. No it just means more empty space and alot of useless shit. I personally didn't think that was a problem for the majority of Elden Ring but the dungeons did eventually become repetitive to me and I started racing towards the end.

I don't think DD1's map was too small. It just needed more content.

I'd say the most recent Zelda did the best job of balancing size and density. The map is enormous but there's always something to discover. How meaningful the discoveries were depends on the person I guess.

 

[kalash19]

That's the problem with people these days. They think bigger = better. No it just means more empty space and alot of useless shit. I personally didn't think that was a problem for the majority of Elden Ring but the dungeons did eventually become repetitive to me and I started racing towards the end.

I don't think DD1's map was too small. It just needed more content.

I'd say the most recent Zelda did the best job of balancing size and density. The map is enormous but there's always something to discover. How meaningful the discoveries were depends on the person I guess.

Nah, bigger map with more unique random encounter, more area bosses and more dungeons are what make Skyrim openworld great. I only talk about Skyrim here as the last good bethesda game.

 

[Raghar]

I liked Daggerfall large map.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

Nah, bigger map with more unique random encounter, more area bosses and more dungeons are what make Skyrim openworld great. I only talk about Skyrim here as the last good bethesda game.

Literally nothing you said describes Skyrim.

 

[kalash19]

Nah, bigger map with more unique random encounter, more area bosses and more dungeons are what make Skyrim openworld great. I only talk about Skyrim here as the last good bethesda game.

Literally nothing you said describes Skyrim.

Random encounters in Skyrim happens like every 5-10 mins while traveling on world map, every area has some kinds of mini bosses (giant, bandit chief or sabre cat...) in nearby camp or in random encounters, dungeon designs are great. I finished Skyrim with 1st combat mods 2 years ago and still remember a lot of things in that game.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Why are some people constantly looking for things to be mad at?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Why are some people constantly looking for things to be mad at?

Why do you have an image response for everything that is not a question about the old d&d stuff?

 

[Fedora Master]

Well, looks like it's time to hibernate from this thread, avoid searching DD2 on youtube and specially get away from /v/ as that rathole will undoubtedly will flooded with spoilers for the next month

Oh no not my precious gookshit story

 

[Late Bloomer]

gookshit

Gook is for the little brown east asians... this game is made by your countries honorary aryan, the japs. Show some respect, if not for you, then for your ancestors.

 

[Fedora Master]

gookshit

Gook is for the little brown east asians... this game is made by your countries honorary aryan, the japs. Show some respect, if not for you, then for your ancestors.

I'm calling em gooks precisely because it pisses em off

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

gookshit

Gook is for the little brown east asians... this game is made by your countries honorary aryan, the japs. Show some respect, if not for you, then for your ancestors.

I'm calling em gooks precisely because it pisses em off

Yeah try to make sure they're angry all the time. That way they are, well, just like you!

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Why do you have an image response for everything that is not a question about the old d&d stuff?

Try not to gaze into the Codex, for it gazes also into you.

 

[Pyrite Pachyderm]

You'd think more Codexers would be respectful towards Asmon. He doesn't flaunt his fame. Instead he uses it to fight the very insanity you plebs bitch about day in, day out. I for one am a fan of the guy. He played a big part in Diablo 4 getting torn to shreds.

You sent me a message asking me very politely to call you a retard in text, instead of with a button. Here you go, SDG.

 

[Reinhardt]

That's the problem with people these days. They think bigger = better. No it just means more empty space and alot of useless shit. I personally didn't think that was a problem for the majority of Elden Ring but the dungeons did eventually become repetitive to me and I started racing towards the end.

I don't think DD1's map was too small. It just needed more content.

I'd say the most recent Zelda did the best job of balancing size and density. The map is enormous but there's always something to discover. How meaningful the discoveries were depends on the person I guess.

Nah, bigger map with more unique random encounter, more area bosses and more dungeons are what make Skyrim openworld great. I only talk about Skyrim here as the last good bethesda game.

loverslab mods made skyrim great.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

You'd think more Codexers would be respectful towards Asmon. He doesn't flaunt his fame. Instead he uses it to fight the very insanity you plebs bitch about day in, day out. I for one am a fan of the guy. He played a big part in Diablo 4 getting torn to shreds.

You sent me a message asking me very politely to call you a retard in text, instead of with a button. Here you go, SDG.

Just bringing you out of your shell. You're welcome.

 

[Herumor]

Saw someone was playing earlier on PC, wonder how that happened.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Saw someone was playing earlier on PC, wonder how that happened.

Probably got a review copy

 

[Raghar]

Saw someone was playing earlier on PC, wonder how that happened.

Wasn't that PS5?

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

It leaked yesterday. I have yet to hear anything super negative about it. If there was something horribly wrong with it we would have heard by now. Seems like we got a winner.

 

[Joyvankek]

Saw someone was playing earlier on PC, wonder how that happened.

Probably got a review copy

I watched the leak, guy is claiming to have a friend in a GameStore or some other such american game's retailer shop. Who supposedly sold him this game early, and he managed to run in on PS5.

 

[Herumor]

Saw someone was playing earlier on PC, wonder how that happened.

Wasn't that PS5?

Saw someone was playing earlier on PC, wonder how that happened.

Probably got a review copy

I watched the leak, guy is claiming to have a friend in a GameStore or some other such american game's retailer shop. Who supposedly sold him this game early, and he managed to run in on PS5.

No, this was someone else, just posting screenshots on /vg/ and /v/, stuff like the settings menu that show off the settings.

 

[Raghar]

Denuvo shouldn't allow activating PC version before official release. Thus PC version leaks are unlikely.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

Well, looks like it's time to hibernate from this thread, avoid searching DD2 on youtube and specially get away from /v/ as that rathole will undoubtedly will flooded with spoilers for the next month

Oh no not my precious gookshit story

More like: "Oh no, I just spoiled myself the cool moments and secrets in this game about exploration and uncovering secrets."