Posted on: June 24, 2022

NaturalKi

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No other ACTION RPG compares

Dragon's Dogma is the best action RPG for me, with an emphasis on ACTION. It has many features that modern games still haven't adopted: 1) Deep character customization for the Arisen (player character) and main Pawn (NPC follower) where things like height and weight actually affect stats and gameplay. 2) Engaging vocation (class) system where you can change between classes, and each class plays differently, and is potentially powerful once you get the right abilities and equipment. Fighters need to block and parry attacks with their shield, striders need to dodge and shoot arrows or get close to use knives, and mages need to strategically position themselves to cast slow but potentially devastating spells. And that's just the starting 3 vocations (there's a total of 9 for PCs and 6 for pawns). 3) Visceral combat with the ability to climb and attack large enemies, or pick up and throw small enemies. The controls are ergonomic and intuitive for both KB+M and controllers. 4) A diverse menagerie of mythical enemies including dragons, chimeras, golems, etc. Each enemy requires different strategies. Even regular human enemies can be threatening and use many of the same abilities the player can use. 5) Customize and train your main Pawn, and hire up to 2 additional pawns for your party. You can rent out your pawn or hire other players' pawns (unfortunately this doesn't seem to work without GOG Galaxy, but you can still hire the default pawns). 6) Dark and foreboding setting and story that, while a bit linear, still offers an open world and some interesting choices. While the game doesn't do a good job explaining some systems (the romance system is only vaguely explained, and the stat leveling system is essentially hidden), and traveling the open world can seem repetitive (though you later gain the ability to set your own fast travel points), the experiences of fighting massive beasts and narrowly surviving desperate battles is unmatched.

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Posted on: March 25, 2024

59cobalt

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Jeux: 272 Avis: 67

Wait for a discount

There are some aspects of this game that I really like and would love to see in more open world RPGs. First and foremost, of course, how you can scale large enemies to attack weak points. Another cool thing is that you can walk across the roofs of the cities. Or that you can have up to three pawns (as opposed to at most 2 companions in Bethesda games). That you can easily switch classes (or vocations as they're called here) is also nice. Other aspects of this game, however, are mediocre at best and downright terrible at worst. The open world itself is passable, but with no mounts, limited fast travel, limited stamina, and frequently respawning mobs, traversal of the world is a chore more than anything else. Even more so since there is a lot of backtracking. Story and side quests and the writing in general are mostly meh, except for the terrible, cringe-inducing Aelinore questline (that you're better off ignoring completely). The very first quest in that questline [i]should[/i] make the arisen an outlaw in Gran Soren for the rest of the game, but apparently the duke magically forgets all about it once the quest is finished. Board quests are the worst kind of fetch quests and escort missions. Yet you're kind of forced to do at least some of the escort missions, because those build your relationship with NPCs. The quest design in general is bad. There are some side quests that provide relevant lore, but become unavailable if the player finishes [i]Lure of the Abyss[/i] before finishing certain other quests. Crafting is passable, but the amount of curatives and crafting materials is insane. Loot is plentiful, but lackluster. There's also the problem that you have only a single save. Bottom line: the game is absolutely worth a try if you like open world RPGs. But I definitely recommend waiting for a discount, and playing with mods that fix the stamina and savegame issues.

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Posted on: June 11, 2020

GunthySalvus

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Meet me in the middle

So i'm not a huge fan of Dark Souls neither Skyrim, so always looked for the middle ground. This is it. Has its flaws like generic story and dialogue, sometimes you can feel lost, but it is so unique in all the pieces that compose it that is a masterpiece that slipped under the radar. Just because it was not hyped like the other i mentioned it doesn't mean it is not superb. The soundtrack doesn't overwhelm you but when its needed rises and inspires, the graphics are not last gen but have details that will leave you in awe, the combat is varied and polished like a swiss watch. Tons of possibilities in crafting , equipmet, character creation and even always switchable classes make every playthrough unique. Everything in this was thought out for immersion and sense of adventure in the likes of Lord of the Rings but hard like Dark Souls with an almost Morrowind like freedom, because you have to look to find and it only holds your hand if you enable options to do so. This is the quintessential piece of RPGs made to fill a gap and in the end created a podium just of its own. 10/10

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Posted on: March 22, 2021

thelonecourier2

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Game is good but the gog release is bad

The pawn rental system doesn't work on GOG which is detrimental as that is a major part of the game

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Posted on: June 28, 2017

NZ_Denom

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Frustrating Fun

The game is amazing. Combat is fun and rpg elements aren't bad either. The graphics are nice too, old looking but runs fast. However, my problem wqith this game is that if I want to play the game in full, I need multiple playthroughs. A quest failed while I was on another unrelated quest (I'm not even sure why. it was the Quina Witchwood quest). I was unaware until a few hours later. That would've been fine except for the fact that a section of the game world is cut off until a second playthrough because you can't load a save unless it's a checkpoint. I fear this will happen often. I'm a one playthrough kind of guy. Also, for some stupid reason I lost a days progress even after the game saved everywhere I went. There is no way in hell I am spending maybe 100 hours exploring and completing the game just so I can play it again, just without the game scewing itself up along the way (and thats a maybe on the game not screwing up). I'm deleting the game untill I forget about my progress. Then it'll be "What's Old is New Again" for me.

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