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

[Carceri]

The mage sucks in this game. Tried it 3 times and it never gets good. The rest of the game is promising though so I might try an Archer type.

The mage vocation is more suitable for a pawn. Try a Strider, you can play it from the beginning and is a top tier vocation. If you master the Fracture Dart skill you're in for quite a treat.

 

[Delterius]

mages is a fine starter if you wanna cast magic. just learn comestion asap and then swap to sorcerer.

 

[Zombra]

oh good i was hoping that someone woudl, make a thread about swhich cjlas s they liekjlh in tdragons odgoms 1

 

[Delterius]

oh good i was hoping that someone woudl, make a thread about swhich cjlas s they liekjlh in tdragons odgoms 1

so who's calling the ambulance on zombra

 

[Alex]

I've never been able to understand what people find good about the first game. I tried playing it for a while, but it looked like a huge mmo world with a gimmicky combat system that couldn't decide if it wanted to be an action game or not.

But then again, I didn't play very far, so maybe the great aspects of the game show up later?

Did you try the advanced classes? Combat gets really fun with assassin where you zip around the battle field. Or warrior who can kill things with one hit. Or magic archer that does crazy things with bow, like homing arrows that fly around and dart towards the enemy. First couple of hours are pretty bland, I agree; but once you get to the capital and can pick different classes. It really picks up.

Interesting.

No, I didn't try the advanced classes. How is the sorcerer? I usually like playing pure spellcasters.

 

[Delterius]

The character creator tieing the psychical build of your character into the stat system feels like such a revelation (yet simple idea) you almost wonder why it took so long to be done.

This reminds me of this time when Felipepe and Roxor were arguing about Undertale. Roxor asked Felipe wether 'making unique sound cues for when different characters speak is really that innovative'. Felipe then asked what other game does that sort of thing. It was enough to sent anyone into an existential crisis.

 

[Pink Eye]

How is the sorcerer?

I never played sorcerer, always played Assassin with a bunch of strength augments from the other classes. My pawns roll that class. It's okay. I don't like how some of the spells can obscure my vision within the dungeons though. I never liked how when I hired onlines pawns while exploring Bitterblack. They'd summon a giant tornado that'd make fighting enemies in small areas impossible.

 

[Hobo Elf]

How is the sorcerer?

I never played sorcerer, always played Assassin with a bunch of strength augments from the other classes. My pawns roll that class. It's okay. I don't like how some of the spells can obscure my vision within the dungeons though. I never liked how when I hired onlines pawns while exploring Bitterblack. They'd summon a giant tornado that'd make fighting enemies in small areas impossible.

You don't need to fight enemies when you summon a giant tornado.

 

[Alex]

The character creator tieing the psychical build of your character into the stat system feels like such a revelation (yet simple idea) you almost wonder why it took so long to be done.

This reminds me of this time when Felipepe and Roxor were arguing about Undertale. Roxor asked Felipe wether 'making unique sound cues for when different characters speak is really that innovative'. Felipe then asked what other game does that sort of thing. It was enough to sent anyone into an existential crisis.

Banjo & Kazooie?

 

[Silverfish]

The mage sucks in this game. Tried it 3 times and it never gets good. The rest of the game is promising though so I might try an Archer type.

Mage is fun, but you're playing traffic director rather than engaging directly. It's the Master Shake of DD vocations and highly recommended for a more relaxed, humorous run.

 

[SumDrunkGuy]

This game will be atleast 100x better than Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6 combined.

 

[throwaway69420]

Videogames are saved unironically.

This is the mouthwash I needed to get the taste of shit out of my mouth after suffering through Eld*n R*ng.

 

[Alphard]

The mage sucks in this game. Tried it 3 times and it never gets good. The rest of the game is promising though so I might try an Archer type.

mage is a support oriented vocation ,with some offensive spells. the meat of offensive spellasting comes from Sorcerer. In this game vocations manages to catch the feeling of an archetype perfectly. in case of sorcerer you are not going melee but instead flailing your hands for an hour preparing the spell,and can be easily interrupted. But when you cast the spell, everything gets melted by the destruction from the sky you conjured. i have only seen my pawns in action ,but i'm definitely gonna play sorcerer at some point.


p.s. IIRC there is also combo casting: if you and your pawns are casting the same spell and are near, you can cut the cast time in half ,in three or four, depending how many you are at doing this,allowing you to wipe the whole game enemy roster in few seconds

 

[Alphard]

How is the sorcerer?

I never played sorcerer, always played Assassin with a bunch of strength augments from the other classes. My pawns roll that class. It's okay. I don't like how some of the spells can obscure my vision within the dungeons though. I never liked how when I hired onlines pawns while exploring Bitterblack. They'd summon a giant tornado that'd make fighting enemies in small areas impossible.

Maelstrom is the only spell that was causing this, but i think they made a patch to make it more transparent, or i remember wrong?

 

[perfectslumbers]

It'll be like Elden Ring but not shit

 

[Shrimp]

I do wonder what changes there will be in DD2 compared to the original game. Will we see more Souls or Monster Hunter influence in the game?

 

[Morgoth]

I do wonder what changes there will be in DD2 compared to the original game. Will we see more Souls or Monster Hunter influence in the game?

I guess a more refined combat system for starters, given this is made by the DMC team, right?

 

[Alphard]

I do wonder what changes there will be in DD2 compared to the original game. Will we see more Souls or Monster Hunter influence in the game?

I guess a more refined combat system for starters, given this is made by the DMC team, right?

i'd hate if they changed something relevant of the combat system, that is already almost perfect.i just want them to replace the few useless skills, maybe add sone new vocations, and add 3 more skills for warrior, so he is on par with other classes, done.

 

[Wunderbar]

I hope for a different armor system. DD's armor system made enemies into damage sponges if you're underleveled.

 

[Pathfinder: Kingmaker]

 

[Alphard]

I hope for a different armor system. DD's armor system made enemies into damage sponges if you're underleveled.

yes damage formula is fucked. if you don't surpass enemies defenses you literally do no damage.this lead to weird situations like when you are a ranger you do no damage to bosses with tenfold arrow because damage is split in 10 ( for each arrow shot) ,but with a brutal arrow ( dmg unsplitted ) you can even do 1 health bar damage. Or you try what happens with explosive arrows + tenfold arrow. now you are killing last game boss ( the expac one) within 15 seconds. it happened to me and ruined the climax ...

 

[Hobo Elf]

I do wonder what changes there will be in DD2 compared to the original game. Will we see more Souls or Monster Hunter influence in the game?

I guess a more refined combat system for starters, given this is made by the DMC team, right?

Hitting the DUNNO button on this one. Ryota Suzuki, the guy who was lead gameplay designer for Dragon's Dogma and DMC5, has left Capcom some years ago and joined up with Square to work on Final Fantasy 16. This is my biggest worry.

 

[Matador]

Summoner class is coming. I would expect it to be inspired in V from DMC V

 

[Zeriel]

Videogames are saved unironically.

This is the mouthwash I needed to get the taste of shit out of my mouth after suffering through Eld*n R*ng.

Based

May be speaking too soon though, let's hope they aren't influenced

 

[anvi]

How is the sorcerer?

I never played sorcerer, always played Assassin with a bunch of strength augments from the other classes. My pawns roll that class. It's okay. I don't like how some of the spells can obscure my vision within the dungeons though. I never liked how when I hired onlines pawns while exploring Bitterblack. They'd summon a giant tornado that'd make fighting enemies in small areas impossible.

You don't need to fight enemies when you summon a giant tornado.

This was my problem with the game though, it was a million fights of just casting 1 huge spell that destroys everything. And occasionally a boss fight that's a bullet sponge. Got really boring for me, and games expect far too much uneventful long distance running from people. It is a promising series though, I hope they can grow it.