This review contains spoilers
(This is the English translation of my Spanish review of this game)
Oh how I love flawed masterpieces. I feel like games like these manage to achieve so much in such a strange and human way. It’s like seeing a self-made entrepreneur who had no support or funds from his family build a business that shows immense promise.
Dragon's Dogma is like if Dark Souls, Monster Hunter, and The Witcher had a child (maybe a child that has learning disabilities). It’s a game with ZERO handholding and a bit ruthless when it comes to learning its mechanics. It also has a problem with repetition and grinding with its overworld creatures that made me roll my eyes several times. The story is unnecessarily complex and there are many filler quests. There’s a lot to criticize, but when the game shines, it shines brightly.
The combat system is incredibly satisfying. The hits connect visually very well and feel and sound quite (for lack of a better word) delicious. I also feel that the high fantasy setting is a huge soft spot for me, and having encounters with lore-friendly (and not lore-friendly) massive creatures is extremely exciting. The dynamics against large creatures are definitely not as complex as those in Monster Hunter, but I don’t know many games that can combine similar mechanics and still have a fairly large and varied open world for its time (the game originally came out in 2012!!!😱😱).
The ending completely caught me by surprise and was very much in the style of Final Fantasy where it’s like, “You have to fight 7 gods and kill them, then become a god and then die yourself hahaha.” It has very psychedelic and creative parts without leaving behind its inspirations from European fairy tales.
In short, 4.5 ⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ chosen ones out of 5
Oh how I love flawed masterpieces. I feel like games like these manage to achieve so much in such a strange and human way. It’s like seeing a self-made entrepreneur who had no support or funds from his family build a business that shows immense promise.
Dragon's Dogma is like if Dark Souls, Monster Hunter, and The Witcher had a child (maybe a child that has learning disabilities). It’s a game with ZERO handholding and a bit ruthless when it comes to learning its mechanics. It also has a problem with repetition and grinding with its overworld creatures that made me roll my eyes several times. The story is unnecessarily complex and there are many filler quests. There’s a lot to criticize, but when the game shines, it shines brightly.
The combat system is incredibly satisfying. The hits connect visually very well and feel and sound quite (for lack of a better word) delicious. I also feel that the high fantasy setting is a huge soft spot for me, and having encounters with lore-friendly (and not lore-friendly) massive creatures is extremely exciting. The dynamics against large creatures are definitely not as complex as those in Monster Hunter, but I don’t know many games that can combine similar mechanics and still have a fairly large and varied open world for its time (the game originally came out in 2012!!!😱😱).
The ending completely caught me by surprise and was very much in the style of Final Fantasy where it’s like, “You have to fight 7 gods and kill them, then become a god and then die yourself hahaha.” It has very psychedelic and creative parts without leaving behind its inspirations from European fairy tales.
In short, 4.5 ⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ chosen ones out of 5
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@RedBackLoggd lmaoooo i have no idea! Where do you see the front page features? I feel like a boomer asking this lol
It won't show to you b/c it's your own review, but others will see it under the "Popular Reviews" section of the front page.
@RedBackLoggd Aaahh gotcha 🥸
Is the game actually that non-hand holdy?
@RedBackLoggd At least a 7/10 in the non hand holding scale 🤓
lmao, well, there goes my interest in it - sure it's a great game, but unfortunately too busy to waste time dicking around in games these days learning their mechanics
@RedBackLoggd HAHA it’s all good, i def have a thing for games not holding your hand, but if you’re interested in the series the second one is way friendlier. It’s like a different take on an open world dark souls. Elden ring 2 if you will
Are they not connected storywise? And didn't the creator brag about it not having any quick travel though?
@RedBackLoggs Eh the second one is kind of a remake of the first one lol and there is fast travel (kinda) it’s just via a consumable item or an oxcart travel system. It’s kinda clunky on purpose hahah. I def wouldn’t recommend it if you’re not feeling to patient.
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