Dragon's Dogma II - "They’re masterworks, all – you can’t go wrong"

[darkpatriot]

Literally the only game I have been hyped for in at least the last 3 years. Wonderful trailer.

 

[Elttharion]

So what is your bet for release 2024 or 2025?

Summer 2024 would be my guess.

 

[deuxhero]

Looks great, will probably be infested with "pronoun" and "body type" shit going by other Capcom properties. If that's the case I won't buy it, no mater how much I enjoyed DD1.

 

[Delterius]

We've seen at least one of the MMO's monsters in the trailer, so I wonder if they'll add vocation twists from DDOnline as well.

 

[The_Mask]

Seems like the main plot of the game will be largely the same:

 

[gabel]

Looks great, will probably be infested with "pronoun" and "body type" shit going by other Capcom properties. If that's the case I won't buy it, no mater how much I enjoyed DD1.

I agree that it will probably include pronouns and body type instead of simple sex selection.

However, the trailer revealed good looking males as well as females in revealing armor, so there's hope.
While I remain skeptical, the trailer really looks quite good; it has the dark nights, casting looks to be as meticulous and meaty as we're used to, armors look great, characters attractive etc.

Even the trailer shouldn't exist in current year. Maybe that's a sign that we're getting complex systems, world design and char creator as well.
If pronouns and body type are the only trade-offs, I couldn't care less.

Wait and see.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

We've seen at least one of the MMO's monsters in the trailer, so I wonder if they'll add vocation twists from DDOnline as well.

I hope we get Monks and Elemental Archers from the MMOs.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

I wonder if the anime will be taken into consideration even if it's just a cameo.
The story and plot was larggely unrelated to DD's, but

Spoiler

it had a somewhat interesting story about the Arisen becoming less and less human and the pawn doing the opposite.

I do wonder if we'll get another official Berserk DLC for this game as well.

 

[Kjaska]

I hope they up the difficulty this time around. Being too easy was one of the few weak points of DD

On the topic of difficulty, I hope they don't take so long to ease us into the big monsters. It could be harder sure, but taking so long fighting Cyclops and Goblins kinda hurts when recommending the game to friends.

I found that I was able to venture into high level zones with advanced enemies fairly soon. Maybe they'll take a note from Eldan Rang where you get ass raped by a tree sentinel in the first 30 minutes of the game and then Margitt proceeds to dunk on you very soon after.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

I hope they up the difficulty this time around. Being too easy was one of the few weak points of DD

On the topic of difficulty, I hope they don't take so long to ease us into the big monsters. It could be harder sure, but taking so long fighting Cyclops and Goblins kinda hurts when recommending the game to friends.

I found that I was able to venture into high level zones with advanced enemies fairly soon. Maybe they'll take a note from Eldan Rang where you get ass raped by a tree sentinel in the first 30 minutes of the game and then Margitt proceeds to dunk on you very soon after.

That sorta happens in the first game already. This quest that has you recovering this magic book takes you to two locations: one is closer and the enemies overwhelm you in numbers and in power, and the other one is easier, but it's evry far away (and across higher level areas) and the book isn't there in the end.

 

[Kjaska]

one is closer and the enemies overwhelm you in numbers and in power

Oh yeah, I remember that group. It's a bunch of bandits around a big rock. They gangbanged me for hours, I was so pissed.

 

[Great Deceiver]

Looks great, will probably be infested with "pronoun" and "body type" shit going by other Capcom properties. If that's the case I won't buy it, no mater how much I enjoyed DD1.

I agree that it will probably include pronouns and body type instead of simple sex selection.

However, the trailer revealed good looking males as well as females in revealing armor, so there's hope.
While I remain skeptical, the trailer really looks quite good; it has the dark nights, casting looks to be as meticulous and meaty as we're used to, armors look great, characters attractive etc.

Even the trailer shouldn't exist in current year. Maybe that's a sign that we're getting complex systems, world design and char creator as well.
If pronouns and body type are the only trade-offs, I couldn't care less.

Wait and see.

For a preview just check the SF6 character creator. It'll be infested with they/them/dangerhair/scholar bullshit, no doubt about it.

But still D1P. Dragon's Dogma is my favourite Capcom game of the last 15 years. Based Itsuno.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Fingers crossed for a Fournival reveal soon, I'm given to understand he was a popular character on the Codex.

even i had his avatar at one point

Should have kept it, or at least switched to one of the other Dragon's Dogma avatars:

 

[Delterius]

That sorta happens in the first game already. This quest that has you recovering this magic book takes you to two locations: one is closer and the enemies overwhelm you in numbers and in power, and the other one is easier, but it's evry far away (and across higher level areas) and the book isn't there in the end.

Yeah but the enemies in the actual book location are humans, they are 'overtuned' sure (and you fight them even earlier, in Quina's first personal quest) but they aren't interesting enemies. They are just beefy as fuck. DD needs more monsters like the Gryphon, sooner. And fewer quests with mostly just goblins and harpies at the beginning. It doesn't have to go full Dark Arisen on your ass, but it needs more early game variety.

 

[Great Deceiver]

I quite liked the progression from humanoids to more beefy beasts. The first Gryphon fight felt properly grand. Introducing AWSUM stuff earlier risks trivializing things sooner.

I just want more enemies, really, and their quality to be up to par compared to the previous game. Best interpretation of the classic fantasy bestiary by far.

 

[Turn_BASED]

Introducing AWSUM stuff earlier risks trivializing things sooner.

What do you mean? Getting the power armor right off the rip in Fallout 4 was gay AIDS awesome.

 

[Ghulgothas]

I'm as eager as the next guy for more mega-monsters like the Sphinx or the Troll; but I hope they take the time to spice up the list of generic chaff monsters. I'd rather have DDO's Orcs than yet another flavor of goblin.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

While the base game was fun, the real challenge was in the post game content and the DLC. It's like another game built on top of that already decently sized (40 hours?) game.

 

[gabel]

There's time to replay Dark Arisen before DD2 is released btw! \o/

Despite the promising trailer, I'm still afraid they're gonna dumb down some of the systems which made DD:DA so great. Most prominent probably the pawn system/difficulty curve: some people here said that DD:DA was too easy, and I agree, if you're playing with a pawn (or three). However, you can throw your main pawn off a cliff and never bother again, you can enter BBI very early as a challenge, most players don't realise how powerful consumables are etc.

Dragon's Dogma is really quite close to perfect, it only needed more content.
I hope that's what we'll get: better graphics and more content.

 

[Zariusz]

There should be more dungeons and secrets to find in world so exploration could be more satysfying.

 

[Delterius]

Seems like the main plot of the game will be largely the same:

They are quadrupling down on the twist ending about the Dragon's Dogma. Multiverse theory and eternal recurrence, etc.

I guess Dragon's Dogma is Zelda now.

 

[Zariusz]

It would be cool if we could somehow transfer our pawn(in arisen body) and met him in some quest.

 

[The_Mask]

I agree. I think DD's strength lies in its simplicity. All it needed is advanced environmental dynamics, like when that Ogre/Cyclops stomps and the bridge falls, and a bit more interesting quests than FEDEX-style trash.

And maybe depending on your view: more or less stealing from Berserk. The little witch surrounded by golems in a misty forest might've flied 10 years ago, but now, they might have to try harder than that.

Although, for me, if they did that one again, I'd be more than happy. lol

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

And maybe depending on your view: more or less stealing from Berserk. The little witch surrounded by golems in a misty forest might've flied 10 years ago, but now, they might have to try harder than that.

Surely, with the passage of more than a decade, there must be a vast amount of new material for them to steal.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

And maybe depending on your view: more or less stealing from Berserk. The little witch surrounded by golems in a misty forest might've flied 10 years ago, but now, they might have to try harder than that.

Surely, with the passage of more than a decade, there must be a vast amount of new material for them to steal.

If only.