Anyone else excited about Dragons Dogma and the upcoming Dragons Dogma 2 game?
I am trying to get some people who want to talk about either Dragon’s Dogma game to join the Lemmy version group in the Fediverse. I am currently playing through the first game on my Linux gaming PC. We can share news there. We can share pawns too, if anyone is interested.
I fuckin love Dragon’s Dogma. I love NPC companion systems in general in games, and DDDA was one of the only games I’ve seen where you can have a party of NPCs that autonomously interact with the world. They’ll engage in fights of their own volition, buff or heal you on their own, will open chests, destroy boxes, and loot on their own, and the ways you can modify their behavior by teaching them is very interesting.
Granted, they were never smart enough about buffing or healing, which often made me want to go Mage because I could do the job far better than them, but playing a game where I can play support and healer for an NPC party is another thing I love about DDDA that you don’t often see in other games.
Very stoked for the sequel.
- Moira_Mayhem ( @Moira_Mayhem@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
Fighting hydras when it goes right is just so damn satisfying.
Yea and the hydra is really the first boss. It is an easier hydra.
- Moira_Mayhem ( @Moira_Mayhem@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
It was an easy hydra but you have no idea it is the first time the cutscene starts, felt very dark-soulsey there confronting you at low levels with a boss that fills the screen.
Agreed. I think it swallowed my pawn the first time.
I haven’t actually finished DD1 but that’s 100% on my attention span, it’s an amazing game and I’m super excited for the sequel! Never played anything quite like it, the way you explore and how dark and terrifying nighttime is will always stick with me. I started on that hard difficulty setting way back when, forgot what it’s called, and it was a really fun ride right up to the point I suddenly stopped playing for no particular reason I can recall.
Oh and it’s got some of the coolest spells I’ve ever seen in a game. Take something like the tornado spell. Most games would hand you a moderately sized green wind burst or something and call it a day, DD actually gives you what feels like a city destroying one you take ages to cast lol. Most of the ones I remember are like that and I love them so much.
Yea, I love the spells and the difference classes abilities. I play on hard because of the big bags of money the pop out of regular mobs make up for the difficulty.
And I love the pawn system. How the pawns can be hired by other players and they learn how to fight better or about a quest-all learned by adventuring with another player.
The pawn system was my favorite feature of the first game.
Me as well. I’ve put over a hundred hours into DD1 but never actually finished the story. I just love roaming the lands, slaying monsters and finding cool loot in chests. Absolutely love the game, and I’m more excited for DD2 than anything GTA.
I am certainly interested in the 2nd game. Should I play the 1st game before then? I heard mostly good things about DD1.
Yea, the first game is great. I am replaying it now.
They are separate universes based on the common theme apparently, so there’s no need to play 1 to enjoy 2, technically. However, 1 is fucking great so you lose nothing. It’s a monster hunter with dark souls theme in a hard medieval setting. If that didn’t sell you on the franchise nothing will :)
The game is great. It on sale a lot too, but worth $30 because you get the game and the expansion for that price.
You shouldn’t buy capcom games.
Why not? They seem to offer a lot of value to the Capcom games I have played.
I bought dragon’s dogma: dark arisen for the switch a year or two ago. It’s pretty fun and the pawn system is a good innovation over npc party members in other games. I liked the voice lines they’d rattle off every so often… “goblins ill like fire!”
I’m currently working my way through Elden ring on PC, which is a lot more punishing combat-wise, but definitely has superior level design. I’ll come back to DD to finish the story at some point.
- Moira_Mayhem ( @Moira_Mayhem@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
I always thought of the repetitive dialogue was kind of a part of the pawn existence, they’re… not really people, so them acting wooden and repetitive fits well.
I liked it too.
- Moira_Mayhem ( @Moira_Mayhem@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
Makes most of the endings very satisfying. Can’t wait till 2 goes on sale to learn more about pawn culture.
Agreed. The story of the pawns and NG+ is great.
Elden Ring is a long and very fun game. I got the platinum on the ps5.
I just bought the switch port but I haven’t started it yet. I have been looking for a good fantasy RPG tho.
I like it a lot, but the pawn system is a bit of an hassle. You have to invest some time planning out and spec-ing and searching pawns, which makes it a bit complex.
Monster hunter with a dark souls theme and a hard medieval setting. Need I say more?
I tried the first one when someone told me it was like Dark Souls with better coop. Felt more like Monster Hunter than Dark Souls tho. While not bad, it wasn’t what I was looking for.
I got stuck in the first game where a boss would just utterly destroy my team. I tried a few times and never got close to winning. Maybe I’ll give it another shot
The hydra at the beginning?
No, not at the beginning. I’m trying to remember but I’m getting two memories mixed together so I’m not quite sure now which spot it was.