Dragon's Dogma 2 Review and |OT| "If victory is elusive, seek new allies".

What do you think will be it's metacritic average?


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reziel

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How is it acceptable to not have a core mechanic like fast travel on day one? There's nothing wrong with being a DD fan, but at least have some dignity.
I'm pretty sure back in January it was confirmed that you could fast travel with Ferrystones still. As well as oxcarts that follow a programmed path that could be ambushed in transit.
 

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How is it acceptable to not have a core mechanic like fast travel on day one? There's nothing wrong with being a DD fan, but at least have some dignity.

Stop making excuses.
Yeah, i don't like stupid decisions as well as other gamers. What a shock. You should go into forums, do research, listen to gamers, watch what devs are doing. All this shit is highly unpopular.
Modern day gamers opinions aren't worth listening to.

Fast travel ruins an explorative game, doubly so for one where the whole fun is fighting big monsters in the wild.

Fast travel shouldn't be there on day one, at all. Not every game is a collectathon of zipping between cities to complete dopamine fetch quests.

Have a sense of patience and adventure.

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I hope DD2 sells well, the creators and Devs deserve it for how long they've had to wait to achieve the success they deserve.
I just hope normies don't infect it and ruin it.
 
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Gediminas

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Modern day gamers opinions aren't worth listening to.

Fast travel ruins an explorative game, doubly so for one where the whole fun is fighting big monsters in the wild.

Fast travel shouldn't be there on day one, at all. Not every game is a collectathon of zipping between cities to complete dopamine fetch quests.

Have a sense of patience and adventure.

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I hope DD2 sells well, the creators and Devs deserve it for how long they've had to wait to achieve the success they deserve.
I just hope normies don't infect it and ruin it.
you don't understand the basics. having a choice is better for everyone.
i like to explore, if you look at my gameplays, i pretty much explore every corner.(@Sircaw seen it, i can jerk off in 1 square meter for hour :D ) but i want to have an option to traverse the world on my own pace without heavy restriction. if i have time, i can explore thorough, i didn't, i can ride a horse, swin, fast travel.

even late game with huge bar of stamina, you have to watch it, because you can run of it very fast and with a lot of enemies, you in high waters...
that's not good.

and this is not modern day gamers issues, it is almost all gamers issues, especially older one, with jobs and kids etc... choice is always positive.
 
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xollowsob

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you don't understand the basics. having a choice is better for everyone.
i like to explore, if you look at my gameplays, i pretty much explore every corner.(@Sircaw seen it, i can jerk off in 1 square meter for hour :D ) but i want to have an option to traverse the world on my own pace without heavy restriction. if i have time, i can explore thorough, i didn't, i can ride a horse, swin, fast travel.

even late game with huge bar of stamina, you have to watch it, because you can run of it very fast and with a lot of enemies, you in high waters...
that's not good.

and this is not modern day gamers issues, it is almost all gamers issues, especially older one, with jobs and kids etc... choice is always positive.
I appreciate this. I have little time to waste on crap games or fetch quests but like Skyrim, the xploration is part of the game and the joy.

But I don't think games should be for everyone, there should be unique experiences that some enjoy and that others hate.
If games are art, and I believe they are, then art should never be open to democratic vote or a view to try and please everyone.


Anyway no more rambling ITT from me.
 

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Unbelievable, I cant believe how well this game is reviewing despite its crappy performance even on PC. Some PC gamers are going to just pick this up on PS5 because even their hardware cant run this right
 

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Unbelievable, I cant believe how well this game is reviewing despite its crappy performance even on PC. Some PC gamers are going to just pick this up on PS5 because even their hardware cant run this right
No one reviews games based on their performance anymore. If they still did, Nintendo games wouldn't be getting the high meta scores they currently are getting.
 
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No one reviews games based on their performance anymore. If they still did, Nintendo games wouldn't be getting the high meta scores they currently are getting.
it should. it directly effects the gameplay.

by saying that, it is not true. media applies performance issues with double standards, some lets pass through, while other games penalyze.
 

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No one reviews games based on their performance anymore. If they still did, Nintendo games wouldn't be getting the high meta scores they currently are getting.

Was there every a time when performance was considered a major factor in game scores?

Ocarina of Time is one of the highest scoring games of all time and it ran terribly.
 

AllBizness

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No one reviews games based on their performance anymore. If they still did, Nintendo games wouldn't be getting the high meta scores they currently are getting.
Well then I really dont understand because Dragons Dogma kinda sucks basing this on the 1st game. It gives the illusion of an open world rpg but it really is not. I redownload Dark Arisen and uninstalled after 20 minutes, this kinda gameplay is not for me.
 
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Well then I really dont understand because Dragons Dogma kinda sucks basing this on the 1st game. It gives the illusion of an open world rpg but it really is not. I redownload Dark Arisen and uninstalled after 20 minutes, this kinda gameplay is not for me.
I hope part 2 isn't like part 1 because I really didn't like part 1 at all. Combat felt off to me.
 

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Was there every a time when performance was considered a major factor in game scores?

Ocarina of Time is one of the highest scoring games of all time and it ran terribly.

Why I don't like that there's rarely a breakdown of scores into criteria anymore. It used to be a thing in most magazines back in the day and made it very clear how they came to an overall score.

Many years ago they started in this "it's subjective" line of thinking, which I think was an excuse to constantly troll gamers and bait them into rage clicks. It's really hurt credibility though.
 
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Why I don't like that there's rarely a breakdown of scores into criteria anymore. It used to be a thing in most magazines back in the day and made it very clear how they came to an overall score.

There were breakdowns, but the overall scores consistently didn't match the breakdown or there was a value that was basically "fun" that would let the reviewer influence the the overall score anyways.
 
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There were breakdowns, but the overall scores consistently didn't match the breakdown or there was a value that was basically "fun" that would let the reviewer influence the the overall score anyways.
i gladly would have scores for every section of the game plus final score. fun factor, x factor is a thing, some things just clicks. but at least i would know, where all other things stands. especially, when loads of reviews have Final Note.