Dragon's Dogma 2

Perhaps it' my old age (58) but what I loved in the first dragon age I cannot find in this one. I find it uninteresting and I don't know why.. perhaps because it' s too much "more of the same" ? Anyway I uninstalled.

Genuinely LOVING this game. The mechanics are so unique I've never played anything like it! What really makes this game shine is.....THE COMBAT.....MY GOD THE COMBAT.....For this sole reason alone I could give a rip about the story (which is mid). Capcom should keep this game series alive NO MATTER WHAT!

Good game

Pay no attention to my hours as I played this on console originally. I have a lot of love for this game and I think too many people have overlooked it because of games like Red Dead Redemption 2. This game has the same level of detail, maybe more than RDR2 does. I was minding my own business just walking around and a guy was saying he couldn't find his brother, he wasn't marked as a quest giver or anything like that so I experimented and decided to see what would happen if I spoke to him, he ended up giving me a quest to help him to find his brother. I've always had a lot of love for games like that where you aren't immediately told someone has a quest and you actually have to explore and pay attention, it reminds me of playing Morrowind when I was a kid and there weren't quest markers everywhere. Another good thing about this game is it's AI, the NPCs you see walking around aren't just decorations, they travel between towns, they have full conversations and you can interact with every single one of them. Review but with mods: I'm using a mod to use LLM AI for my main pawn, it has greatly improved my experience and allows me to have full conversations with my main pawn while we are out adventuring but it doesn't stop there, the mod also allows my main pawn to trade items with me or give insight on quests and locations or even just decide to lead the way to a location, it also turns the main pawn into a 3rd romance option. On top of this I'm using mods to add in survival mechanics and some more dynamic encounters and quests as well as some more variety to the creatures you can encounter. With all of that the experience is even better and actually adds a bit more of a challenge to exploring but also some more strategy to fighting because you can actually give the main pawn proper commands.

As it stands now, a good game. I don't think it stands very well against the first, but I also expect that much like the first, it will truly shine when the DLC arrives, as many of its current issues (lack of content, lack of difficulty) can easily be fixed by its inclusion. Unfortunately, poor storytelling and shallow NPCs cannot be fixed by DLC. Still, focus more on exploration and finding your own goals and this is a great experience in its own right.

Been a fan since DD1, I miss the vocations from DD1, however, gameplay and the world is much better this time.

I haven't finished the main story quest yet since i have been prioritizing exploring and the side quests which i think is the best part of the game. I have been completely engaged for the first 35 hours the combat is amazing the side quests are engaging the world and general vibe of the game is truly like nothing else out there. Now i did purchase the game recently so most of the conservation monetizing and game play restrictions has not effected me. Its not all sunshine and rainbows though the performance is god awful in the cities. Also the lack of enemy variety is disappointing but every fight is fun so if the combat wasn't engaging it would make the game much worse. If you really want a fantasy game that you can get lost in i totally recommend i will come back and edit after i finish the game as well as the DLC to see if my opinion changes right now game is a solid 7/10.