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

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Polyh3dron

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I bought this on Steam over the weekend and put in 1 hour 45 minutes into the game. The game is fun and very funny in some regards, but the performance was fucking laughable especially in the first town on my PC with a 4090, so I hit refund. I'll pick it up again probably in another 6-12 months. It reminds me of how stuttery Elden Ring initially performed on PC at launch, but worse. I learned my lesson - I'm not interested in being a DD2 beta tester, even though I liked my experience.
Yikes. Yeah apparently a lot of it is CPU-bound, so it doesn't matter how powerful your GPU is. Maybe a stable/huge overclock on a golden 14900KS with DDR5-8000 RAM, also with super tweaked timings could make it a tad better, but it'd still chug I'm guessing.
 
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I've been saying that Dragons Dogma has the best action gameplay in a RPG for well over 10 years. It's my personal favorite and I don't think that's a hot take. the top two are DD and Nioh 2 IMO. And i've played pretty much every major RPG in the last decade btw. If you dont get it, then you simply aren't built to understand DDs greatness :ROFLMAO:
OH nahhh I didn't like the combat in DD 1 it felt off to me. So if it's similar damn I'm not going to like and Action RPGs are my favorite genre as well.
 

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OH nahhh I didn't like the combat in DD 1 it felt off to me. So if it's similar damn I'm not going to like and Action RPGs are my favorite genre as well.
How long did you try it? DD1 went from mid to an all-timer to me in my first playthrough. It's definitely not for everyone.
 

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OH nahhh I didn't like the combat in DD 1 it felt off to me. So if it's similar damn I'm not going to like and Action RPGs are my favorite genre as well.
You are talking absolute shite; you told me the reason you stopped playing it was cos you thought it originally had Porn in the game, you got fucking mad and smashed up your mouse and keyboard when you found out it was actually Pawn.
 
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How long did you try it? DD1 went from mid to an all-timer to me in my first playthrough. It's definitely not for everyone.
Played a few hours and it didn't grab me. Red dead (using as an example be cause it's highly acclaimed) was another game i disliked so i dropped and BOTW to me was mediocre but I finished it. Meanwhile I've platted Bloodborne, most Souls games and put hundreds of hours in each.
 

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Played a few hours and it didn't grab me. Red dead (using as an example be cause it's highly acclaimed) was another game i disliked so i dropped and BOTW to me was mediocre but I finished it. Meanwhile I've platted Bloodborne, most Souls games and put hundreds of hours in each.
First few hours isn't indicative of the overall gameplay, it evolves massively. I don't blame people for dropping it early bc of the jank. Sorry to say but you missed out brodie
 
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First few hours isn't indicative of the overall gameplay, it evolves massively. I don't blame people for dropping it early bc of the jank. Sorry to say but you missed out brodie
Lol hey maybe I did maybe I didn't. Ppl told me the sane shit about BOTW and I forced myself to finish it and nah it didn't get better imo :)
 

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the guy sound like xbots about starfield - you just wait, play 20h-30h or even better, finished the game, start New Game + and then it will hit you :ROFLMAO:
lmao I get what you mean. DD1 is a incredibly flawed game, but to me it's still a landmark title. there's a reason it's referred to as a cult classic. I see a lot of misinformation getting spread about this title but I guess that's what comes with mainstream attention. As a DD fan I'm extremely happy with this sequel, after 12 years of anticipation! nothing wrong with wanting get others to see what I see in this special franchise! this isn't some console war bs, I just happen to be a fan of this series and would like others to give it a fair shot, I'm sure you'd want the same for your favorite games.
 

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lmao I get what you mean. DD1 is a incredibly flawed game, but to me it's still a landmark title. there's a reason it's referred to as a cult classic. I see a lot of misinformation getting spread about this title but I guess that's what comes with mainstream attention. As a DD fan I'm extremely happy with this sequel, after 12 years of anticipation! nothing wrong with wanting get others to see what I see in this special franchise! this isn't some console war bs, I just happen to be a fan of this series and would like others to give it a fair shot, I'm sure you'd want the same for your favorite games.
i am AC fan, but i can agree and accept that it is flawed game and it has negatives and can or can not recommend some games in franchise.
the ignorance on many stuff made here is incredible.
it is okey to like the game and still accept it's negatives and flaws.
 

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Who is playing Dragons Dogma 2 and how do you feel about it so far?

Would you recommend to buy it or wait for Stellar Blade?
 

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Who is playing Dragons Dogma 2 and how do you feel about it so far?

Would you recommend to buy it or wait for Stellar Blade?
I can only speak from playing it on PC , but the performance IMHO is absolutely unacceptable even on my high end system. Also Capcom just released the laundry list of optimizations and fixes they still need to do in the coming months and year. So essentially you're doing glorified beta testing right now - whether you're cool with that is up to you.
 
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I can only speak from playing it on PC , but the performance IMHO is absolutely unacceptable even on my high end system. Also Capcom just released the laundry list of optimizations and fixes they still need to do in the coming months and year. So essentially you're doing glorified beta testing right now - whether you're cool with that is up to you.
Smh yeah ima wait.
 

Polyh3dron

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I can only speak from playing it on PC , but the performance IMHO is absolutely unacceptable even on my high end system. Also Capcom just released the laundry list of optimizations and fixes they still need to do in the coming months and year. So essentially you're doing glorified beta testing right now - whether you're cool with that is up to you.
As always with AAA games as of late, the beta testers pay full price, the people who wait for the price drop get the proper game
 

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I see all the DD2 defenders have disappeared like roaches when the light turns on. This game has turned from GoTG before release to a 6/10 DD 1.5 one week down the line. The whole metacritic review process is a scam, this game does not have enough content to justify a 50$ price let alone a 70$
 
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solid game but its not game of the year. Lacking in a few areas. game is short for a open world rpg, exploration is pretty bad, only thing you find really is chests with gold in it, no lore, no unique weapons, no unique encounters with npcs etc. Enemy variety is completely lacking and i think DD1 had more variety. Also half of the map is just empty sand. The main quest also just ends abruptly. its a good game but its nothing special.
 
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solid game but its not game of the year. Lacking in a few areas. game is short for a open world rpg, exploration is pretty bad, only thing you find really is chests with gold in it, no lore, no unique weapons, no unique encounters with npcs etc. Enemy variety is completely lacking and i think DD1 had more variety. Also half of the map is just empty sand. The main quest also just ends abruptly. its a good game but its nothing special.
This posts is insightful asf for me. I hate games where exploration is bad, has no unique spells/weapons and have chests but just give you money. Thts bad game design and is why Dark Souls is so popular, it does the complete opposite. Everytime you find something in a Souls game you get hype not knowing how unique or gd it's going to be!
 
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