Dragon's Dogma Review
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I'd probably rate this as a superior RPG to Skyrim. Both are rather tedious when it comes to quests and travel, although props to Skyrim for having the better variation in world geography. But the combat for DD is just so infinitely superior to Skyrim's "Bash 'em till their dead" style, even with the targeting troubles. And the customization abilities for character building is far more varied in DD.
I would say that it isn't as consistently difficult as Dark Souls. The most difficult moments I've come across involved multiple groups of monsters fighting me at once. When you're fighting 3 types of monsters, two of which can magically put you to sleep, another that keeps casting fire spells at you, and yet another that can take you down to critical health in a single hit... well things get a bit hairy.Daystar Clarion said:Nah, not nearly as difficult as DS.Binnsyboy said:
It's challenging at times, but not DS challenging
On the other hand, I ran into a wight, and it was the most boring fight ever. He just floated out of my reach and cast easily dodged spells, so I just stood behind a tree while my two hired pawns spent about 5 minutes whittling its health down to nothing.
Im really confused by what you mean about the targeting system, most magics lock onto a target, the ones that dont are either focused around the player, placed on the ground, or player designated.
Using a bow just turns things into a bit of a shooter, no issues for most people there.
And most melee attacks actually do track targets. The ones that dont are usually sweeping strikes from swords/maces or greatswords/war hammers.
Worth all the pain he can dish out with just two greater magick cannons though.
Using a bow just turns things into a bit of a shooter, no issues for most people there.
And most melee attacks actually do track targets. The ones that dont are usually sweeping strikes from swords/maces or greatswords/war hammers.
...Until you get you playing mystic knight on the PS3 version. All the VFX going on with some of thier spells alongside ally and enemy spells causes some hefty lag.-|- said:
Worth all the pain he can dish out with just two greater magick cannons though.
Theres a lot to this review that i dont like. Dont get me wrong, its a pretty fair review, but it doesnt sound like they sunk more then 3 or 4 hours in the game.
Ferrystones are decently common, and you can purchase them from two different venders for nearly nothing (along with the more expensive crystal that lets you warp to the location you place it). And enemy health bars arnt all that large. I mean, he didnt even get to the Hydra or Ur-dragon fight. >.>; Talk about lots of hp then. I nearly instakill the Chimera and cyclops.
And there are very few quests outside your given level, because you only have access to most quests when you reach certain points in the game. If you get a quest of "kill 3 griffins", and youve never faced a griffin to this point, chances are it will be out of your level. Its common sense of "If i havent faced it, i shouldnt run head first at it".
And it sounds like he has no grasp on the leveling system, and gave no effort to learn about it. Leveling as a mage gives you very little stamina, which means switching to the rogue out of the blue, and trying to scale enemies is a terrible idea.
Im not going to say its a bad review, but i honestly dont think if you didnt beat the game, or sink 30+ hours into it, you shouldnt review it. Dragons Dogma is a big game, with far more content then you can find at the surface. To be fair, 3 1/2 stars is a decent rating about the game. Im not going to be a fan boy and say, "you didnt play it right", or "you dont appreciate games like this". But at least sink more time into an RPG if your going to do "Review" of it. Honestly, Yahtzee can rant about how terrible a game is for hours, and i couldnt care. He doesnt review, he jests. He gives an opinion so outrageous, you cant really take it seriously. But when your honestly trying to "review" a game, you need to learn it inside and out. You need to learn the mechanics, the fights, and the end game before you can give an honest answer on the game as a whole. Its like me saying "WoW is the worst game ever, 1/10. The content is the most boring ive ever played, nothing but a grindfest", when i never hit 60+. (i did hit 60+, and do raids, which really changed the outlook i had on the game, im just saying if i had never hit 60 and did a review, it would be unfair to WoW).
Not the worst review ever, and still quite fair, just rushed. He spent less time on the game then it really deserved. I mean, theres even 20 hours of "Aftergame" content, before you can move onto New Game+.
Ferrystones are decently common, and you can purchase them from two different venders for nearly nothing (along with the more expensive crystal that lets you warp to the location you place it). And enemy health bars arnt all that large. I mean, he didnt even get to the Hydra or Ur-dragon fight. >.>; Talk about lots of hp then. I nearly instakill the Chimera and cyclops.
And there are very few quests outside your given level, because you only have access to most quests when you reach certain points in the game. If you get a quest of "kill 3 griffins", and youve never faced a griffin to this point, chances are it will be out of your level. Its common sense of "If i havent faced it, i shouldnt run head first at it".
And it sounds like he has no grasp on the leveling system, and gave no effort to learn about it. Leveling as a mage gives you very little stamina, which means switching to the rogue out of the blue, and trying to scale enemies is a terrible idea.
Im not going to say its a bad review, but i honestly dont think if you didnt beat the game, or sink 30+ hours into it, you shouldnt review it. Dragons Dogma is a big game, with far more content then you can find at the surface. To be fair, 3 1/2 stars is a decent rating about the game. Im not going to be a fan boy and say, "you didnt play it right", or "you dont appreciate games like this". But at least sink more time into an RPG if your going to do "Review" of it. Honestly, Yahtzee can rant about how terrible a game is for hours, and i couldnt care. He doesnt review, he jests. He gives an opinion so outrageous, you cant really take it seriously. But when your honestly trying to "review" a game, you need to learn it inside and out. You need to learn the mechanics, the fights, and the end game before you can give an honest answer on the game as a whole. Its like me saying "WoW is the worst game ever, 1/10. The content is the most boring ive ever played, nothing but a grindfest", when i never hit 60+. (i did hit 60+, and do raids, which really changed the outlook i had on the game, im just saying if i had never hit 60 and did a review, it would be unfair to WoW).
Not the worst review ever, and still quite fair, just rushed. He spent less time on the game then it really deserved. I mean, theres even 20 hours of "Aftergame" content, before you can move onto New Game+.
to be fair Capcom is the kind of company where even if many games carries it´s logo, it´s not the same people that makes all the games, sure the DLC bit does rear it´s ugly head here, but frankly it isn´t that invading and if you look past the logo it is a fine rpg I feel needs a good amount of love.The7Sins said:
I played 30+ hours, but didn't want to give too much away. Yes, there's tons of content, but part of a review is letting people know what the game will feel like from the moment they pick it up.
Anyway, thanks for your thoughts, but I wanted to make sure you knew I played the crap out of Dragon's Dogma.
Anyway, thanks for your thoughts, but I wanted to make sure you knew I played the crap out of Dragon's Dogma.
the moment some one said one save file i lost all interest in the game and it dosn't help that everyone keeps comparing it to dark souls isnt helping its case
From what I've played, apart from some aspects of the storytelling, it's still a better game than Dragon Age 2.
I just hope the PC version isn't very far off, Dragon's Dogma definitely deserves one.
I just hope the PC version isn't very far off, Dragon's Dogma definitely deserves one.
There are actually two. There's an auto save when you pick up quests that is separate from the normal auto save / manual save. This has got me out of the a tricky spot on the selene escort mission.lostlambda said:
I don't really understand why this is getting comparably low scores given the combat is the best I've seen in an RPG and the story seems no worse than skyrim. Something that also seems to have been overlooked is that you don't have to sit looking at some dodgy viking helmet for 30s every time you go into a tiny house.
when you have already have factors like pawns gear, stats, skills (and because I´m a bit odd really, gender and a bit appearance) the behaviour section kinda gets easily neglected, because frankly, you already have a lot of factor that has to be just right, doesn't help either you basicly need to change your none main pawns as often as underwear to keep them useful IMO.grimner said:
Again why a more direct behaviour system would have been welcomed (like say the one for the Dragon Age games)
