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Although the sequel is on the near horizon, the original Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen remains a fantastic action RPG, still worth playing.
A lot of the quest lines in Skyrim are good(not all and they don’t add up as a whole if you do thieves guild mage fighters guild etc) The dragons are very lame after the first few times and the combat is clunky as it always has been. The stupid sprint button is ridiculous.
Overall I agree DD is the better rpg game.
Both have theirs strengths and weaknesses but Skyrim should be so much more being the 5th game in Elder Scrolls series.
Excited to see what they add on to DD 2.
Unfortunately all they have done to Elder Scrolls since Morrowind is take things out (minus the sprint button which is so lame because you can kill dragon god like creatures but can’t run for more than ten seconds without getting tired)
I liked the vampire questline and the return to Morrowind was okay, but the problem with Skyrim was the lack of consequence. There is almost no point in the quests. After I realized this, I started messing around with the mods and then quit playing. Though, I did spend 300 hrs. on modded content, but this is telling of how bad the game kind of is.
If DD was the size or close to the size of Skyrim, It would have been the primer fantasy game back then. I hope they up the size with DD2.
Daman Shelley from NoobFeed writes - Dragon's Dogma is truly a one-of-a-kind game, and there really is no other game like it, but there are a few that come close. Whether with their fantasy settings, the ability to climb mountains, or just with the overall same charm as Capcom’s iconic RPG. Here's a list of games that will hopefully scratch that Dragon's Dogma itch.
I can still hear the title screen music in my head after nearly 12 years. Loved every minute of it.
I have no issues filling my time til DD2.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink, Infinite Wealth and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will probably me more than enough.
More terrified I won't be done in time.
Try not to burn yourself out before the game releases. This is going to be a long and immersive RPG like the first one.
The games in this article are all great and I believe the people who are excited for Dragons Dogma 2 probably already played most of those games.
For now, I recommend you prepare yourself for long play sessions if you will be picking up Dragons Dogma at launch.
Dragon’s Dogma achieved its highest concurrent player count in over six years over the weekend.
Excellent game spoilt by grindy combat and no fastbtravel the stones travel system was rubbish
I'm doing my part to contribute to this. Found out my pawn had been a busy bee while I was away.
when i found this game i loved it and played the hell out of it, got to the demon in the expansion and after feeling pretty good at the game he wiped the floor with me, fatigue set in, but i need to get back into this i think, looking forward to 2 for sure.
It never even pretended to be . Wich is why it's annoying , wit the media so enthralled with that notion , only to be dissapointed by their own foolish expectations and then probably finding a way to rate the game lower in consequences .
Seeing as it coming from Capcom I'm quite cautious about the game given Capcom $$$ grabbing tactics.
"So is it the J-RPG equivalent of Skyrim? Well, not exactly. In fact, that's an unfair comparison. This is much more than a lame attempt to ape Bethesda's series: it's a unique game in its own right, and one of the most interesting RPGs we've played in years."
Laying on the bullshit as thick as it gets huh, you know it is when they say something like that last sentence
Its basically a less hardcore monster hunter, thats what it should be compared to, not skyrim..............
Why all the discontent?
The game looks and sounds great. In fact, it may be the spawn of a Dark Souls Skyrim love affair.
.... that's not a bad thing!
By the way, really good preview/write up COG.
Based on what I've seen in vids and read in articles, I kind of thought Dragons Dogma was more of a Two Worlds kind of RPG with a higher focus on action and a party system than a Skyrim type RPG. The pseudo online co op is an interesting idea cause you can basically collect items and info on monsters without playing.
It seems like people who compare Dragons Dogma to Skyrim are the same types who, back in the PS2/ XBox years, said Splinter Cell was just a Metal Gear Solid clone.