"Look Arisen, a ladder!"

There's many little things I wish were better - like the framerate, the lack of a true lock-on, and some of the smaller side stories could use a little more meat to them.

But Dragon's Dogma 2 is still a lovable experience that feels like it dropped out of the PS2 era of JRPGs. Its got just the right balance of jank while still being incredibly fun. I love how chaotic & messy the battles can get, nothing feels scripted or planned & the exploration (while not amazing) is still enjoyable.

Kind of insane how this is better than like half of the FromSoft Souls catelog. So many quality of life improvements over the established formula, interesting world, fine-tuned combat & incredible animation work. It all comes together to make one of the best action-rpgs I've ever played.

Honestly, with how many combat options Lies of P provides you, it's going to be hard to go back to any of the other souls game.

The only thing that this game is missing is a little bit more exploration, the level design becomes dull and repeats itself a little too much. Some more character customization would be nice too but that's just personal preference.

But what a fantastic and surprising game.