I've had some magical moments in this, mostly through the magic of learning the workings of the world and mechanics. Seeing how systems interact with each other to create unique situations is truly inspired. After 20 hours, though, it seems that the game ran out of lessons to teach me. Without a story to tell, then, Dragon's Dogma 2 lost its luster to me. I think I'll leave this Dragon to slumber for a while, and return later to see what stories it has dreamt up while I was away.