something like, if you are fat you have more HP/DEF and maybe a little bit more physical dmg&cant knocked down so easy,but the more you run/climb the faster and faster your stamina goes to 0 and if you dont recover your stamina to 100% and start running again at some point you lose HP. as skinny you can climb/run much faster without losing your stamina so fast,your attacks from behind are much stronger but you can knocked down much easyer,and your def is lower,but you can pass through narrow passages where maybe is a treasure chest hidden.
Built an absolute unit during my first playthrough. He was out of breath constantly, but it was a thief and while your average thief can kick enemies to make them fall over to help other teammates, my charachter would kick enemies and yeet them in a canyon like 300
The first game at launch had both Guts and Griffith armor in it. Hell yeah, they took noted from beserk. Too bad they had to take it out when the liscence expired though...
@@AsaelTheBeast Remember the song Into Free for the games start menu? I was going through the whole game while asking when this awesome song is going to play. Then when I got Dark Arisen for another console, learned they removed the song because of bullshit.
Dragon's Dogma is as special as Demon's Souls. Remember when last time there was an AAA that was totally unique, full of completely different game design and systems. Same as Demon's Souls, this game is a dream of one very talented game designer. And now it's being released with full Capcom budget. A game like this doesn't release every year.
Dragon's Dogma was Capcoms Love letter to Kentaro Miura and Record of Loddos Wars. It's one of the best western fantasy games from some of the best western fantasy mangas/animes.
@@rhawkas2637 Isn't that amazing? They made a better medieval fantasy than most western game devs. And Kentaro Miura made a better medieval fantasy than ANY comic we've done in the west with the same theme. Benefits of being a medieval weeb in Japan.
I also love how we had diversity in the first game and we see diversity in the second game as well. Fat people, skinny people, old people, black, white, asian… and it doesn’t feel forced
Armors in DD also were layered to an extend, so you had different pieces of armor you could put under a breast plate for example. Makes for some good fashion
You could legit wear a whole outfit, underwear and longjohns included. DD is crazy. And the most mindblowing aspect... your capes had PHYSICS. Not even Skyrim has that
Dragon's Dogma has some of the coolest looking spells in any rpg i've played, I get that asmon is all in on big swords but after throwing a literal Tornado at my enemies a greatsword will never be as cool to me.
Dragons dogma does such a good job of making magic just look so damn cool. It really makes other jobs look dull (except like magic archer and others that combine martial and magic)
Forget the torando, dropping a max rank meteor spell in the night and just hearing and seeing the huge ass fiery boulders descent from the sky for the first time is something else.
"You need to treat this game like an experience, not a conveyor belt of content. You have to go full immersion or you won't enjoy this game." Refreshing to play games like this. It's the exact advice people need if they ever play Kingdom Come: Deliverance. His advice just made me think of that game immediately.
To be fair I believe people should play most games like this , literally every game I play I immerse myself in , just makes the experience wayy better , I play video games because I view them as a work of art and I love to see the lore , worlds , characters in these games , I can’t stand playing a game just to pass the time like a lot of people do
Night fights in the first game where something really fun, specially when you encounter some big griffins, cyclops, ogres, even dragons. I was not prepared for that on my first playthrough.
How about a gunfight in zero g? Hiding out underneath some gantry like a bog troll in the shade of the planet you're orbiting waiting for your prey to land thier ship so you can fly underneath, around, and then up behind your unsuspecting target. Then boom, lights out, someone was waiting for you! - life @ kareah outpost - early star citizen alpha.
Dragons Dogma MMO was a thing from 2015 to 2019 - you could play it with a japanese ps and vpn - i liked it very much and the multiplayer was like it is in Monster Hunter where you form your Party in a Hub and go on Adventures, there is currently a Fan Project to bring it back to life Dragons Dogma is the Open World Medieval Fantasy Version of Monster Hunter
It has been said that you won't climb walls like in Zelda, but you can climb surfaces the size of your character or surfaces that you can reach by jumping
So far the thing I love the most about this game is that theres no damage numbers all over the screen and no name tags or levels on top of enemies 🎉 finaly somethingg immerssive
i really hope they will make Bitterblack Isle 2.0, just make it bigger and more polished. More bosses and minibosses that truly challenge the player once they're too strong for the base game.
The warrior had a tackle in DD1, it was a pommel attack to counter an enemy. The Warrior just had three ability slots instead of six like all the others.
Pommel bash didn't really work as a counter as it doesn't really provide any defensive value, it was more like a combo starter or a quick stagger tool. The new tackle move is more reminiscent to the Brace skill from Dragon's Dogma Online
@@xopegood I think I see the problem. I think you're confusing a counter with a parry. A counter is when you interupt an enemies attack during the wind up or you hit him during his recovery, that's what I meant. And yes, it also worked as a stagger outside of attacks but it was useful to counter as well.
@@marcbraun5342 I get where you're coming from, but I think Pommel Bash still counts as just a regular attack. A proper counter tool would be something more akin to Exodus Slash. By your logic, any and every skill that has the possibility to stagger an enemy mid-attack would be considered a counter. I likened the DD2 Tackle to the DDO Brace as it's not even a proper attack/counter by itself, but more of a tool that you can use to set up further attacks while still mitigating some damage
the tackle attack in DD2 can be used WHILE CHARGING ATTACKS though... so you can use it even if your charging an attack without interrupting the charge allowing you to stun an enemy buying you more time to finish your powerful charge attack instead of being helpless for like 3-4 seconds while you stand there charging unable to defend yourself.
@@arcanumelite4853 Yes, I'm sure it does something new that adds to the Warriors arsenal, they wouldn't have advertised it, if that wasn't the case. That was never the point, only to point out that the class had similar options before. The way you're describing it sounds a bit like dodge offset, just not to finish a combo but an attack, which would be cool.
But unfortunately the service is not longer available and DDO just available in Japan. If this game (DD2) massive succses, it will be high chance to get DDO BACK. hope&cope 😷
I hope this game really blows up and they can think about bringing online back in the next dd game. I never played DDO, but I saw a lot of it and it looked like great fun.
The only online related content was the UR Dragon on Dragon's Dogma. It was a world boss in an arena that shared a health pool online with billions of HP. People would post grace periods and there was a leaderboard for the damage dealt and final blow. You didn't see other players but the progression was shared
I mean sad tone doesn't hinder Bloodborne or Dark Souls.. or Elden Ring. It's just hard to do such tonally depressing atmosphere for a long time without making the end user feel jaded the amount of it.
@@Qnigz tbf from soft did a great job with veriety of settings. All of them do share one thing, sad and dark but its conveyed very differently in each area. lords of the fallen has very little veriety
@@rainofkhandaq6678 I guess thats why Strider is no longer a base class. Maybe its a thief and archer hybrid? or advance thief. All I know is I'm gonna try all the other melee classes at least once
Technically you had to first get lvl 10 AND have enough discipline points to be able to change to an advanced vocation, so it is possible that some players had to grind if they were dumb enough to ignore all sidequests and spend dps with other things
@@rainofkhandaq6678 It wasn't that the class Strider it self was the best but due to how stat gains from level ups were based on your vocation. Most every class would level as Strider for the stat gains. Hybrid classes had terrible stat gains and were best to wait until level 120-140 before starting them. Assassin and Magick Archer were the top classes. Strider was also a popular starter due to BBI with explosive arrows and dropping Death off the side of a bridge.
@@level12lobster8 That was earlier on, eventually people realized Helm Splitter destroys everything in seconds. Also realized that how you level up doesn't actually matter because like 90% of your damage comes from high tier weapons.
love how they improved what was considered a bad thing in DD1. making 4 basic class instead of 3 means we'll get to see more of advance and specific class added into this. the thing making warrior bad is the long charge and only being able to keep 3 skills equipped, so making this improvements would definitely tempts even me to try it. Would definitely finish DD1 before this one came out
@@darkreuchiha1842 they showed warrior and sorcerer so far, so Im guessing Strider and Hunter would be the advance class for archer and thief. They've shown magic archer, magic spear and illusionist for hybrid class. Magic archer and spear could be guessed as a hybrid between fighter/archer + mage but Illusionist just really got so out of the way you'd think its a special hidden class. So I bet there's at least 2 or 3 more hybrid class they would leave as a surprise
DDO wasn't really an MMO, it's not like you partied with others players, you just saw them hanging out in the hub, for the most part it was still a solo game with pawns.
Playing sorcerer in Dragons dogma fells a bit like Shierke from Berserk. Huge spells with long cast times that leve you vulnerable but when they go off you become a force of nature!
Not including Rimworld, the first dragons dogma is my favorite game of all time I've bought it probably 6 times (1 for every console/PC I've ever owned). I'm saving vacation time just for this. For 1 whole week, I will be that man with no life trying to 1 shot bosses
There used to be Dragon's dogma online. Basically they re-used dogma 1 engine and assets to make a 4 player co-op version of dogma with its own story. You could play with your own pawns, other player pawns, co-op or do a mix of all 3. It also had 8 man and 16 man raids and boss fights if i remember right. I hope they will make dogma online 2 and release it worldwide. The original was only available in japan.
For me, everything will be put on hold for DD2. I haven't anticipated a game this much ever! I'm 56, and I've played multiple games on multiple consoles since Atari! I cannot stress enough how I love this game coming out!
Yea, haven’t been able to play any game longer than 5 hours at a time since high school. Most sessions these days are around 2 hours for me. After that I get bored. Attention span has drastically diminished
Dont know about this, ppl raved so much about MH that I decided to check it out and it was possibility the most tedious and boring time with a game I have had in a long time. I think this brand of Capcom game just isnt for me. 20-30 minute Bosses just bore me to death
The only problem I had with the original was the monotony of the enemies you battle. Same enemies over and over and over and over and over and over again. Hopefully there is a much bigger variety this time. Still don't know if I'll get it though.
2:04 says Monster Hunter, Palworld, Enshrouded (+ Suicide Squad) and I just looked at his past Broadcasts and see Last Epoch, Nightingale, Wuthering Waves, Helldivers 2, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, Deep Rock Galactic.. LIKE WHAT THE HELL
I was always a huge supporter of the original dragons, dogma dark descent. Hilarious watching all these gaming channels who have spent the past 10 years playing Garbage online multiplayer games and seeing them now rediscover with solo video games used to actually be like because I’m not seeing much of a difference between this one and the first dragons dogma. Not in its core anyways, this is the same game and I love it.
I will go in with no clue except 10 h or so of Dragons dogma dark arisen... Will probably be like discovering Poe for the first time again... So much to read.... I am not prepared! ^^
I started DD1 recently, and holy shit this game is quite unique. Its been a very long time since I was so engaged in an RPG. I cant wait to finish it then go to DD2 (i just wish palworld wasnt taking so much of my time lol)
I highly recommend: playing the game getting your heart back going back to the city revisiting Blue Moon Tower, Watergod's Alter and Conquerers Sanctuary Then exploring the new dungeon Collect the 20 _things_ Go to final boss Get killed and watch the cutscene Reload and kill final boss *LOAD GAME* for NG+ Get your pawn back from the same Riftstone at the encampment (Maybe escort the Hydra Head back to the city to allow use of the Eternal Ferrystone) Go to the DLC island Bitterblack Isle Finish that and experience it's plot. (You can go back in for BBI 2.0, but there is no more 'plot') It'll make the plot of both better. Trust me, I've been playing it for 12 years lol
Kinda worried that the stat growths still seem to be tied to what class you level up in. Thats gonna make me grind to 200 with classes that give good stats rather than classes I enjoy again...
@@natediaz1863 agreed. Basically have a base character having a base level as well as a class level. That way even if you change into another class late game you dont have to start all over again in the beginner area. Maybe give some free stat points too for you to min max, but I guess thats too much of a stretch
Btw, height and weight of characters (yours included) does matter; if you are a smol king, you'll be able to get inside tight places other can't, and if you are thicc af, some monsters that try to lift you up the ground will tire themselves without even moving you. Well, at least that was how it worked in DD1. Edit: Also, they better add some sort of mounts, x4 the size of the map with the same tp options? Oof.
The DDDON version of mage is more fun i feel. When casting, it gives u a mini game whereby there's a circle with points scattered around. you need to touch the points using the mouse in a specific order to progress to the next "puzzle". each completion gives you additional dmg multiplier. If you are proficient enough to memorize the movements, you can shorten the spell casting duration to insanely short time. The mouse movement kind of mimics the spell casting hand movement which i thought is quite amazing
Nah man its annoying . Waiting 2-3 minutes in fights for your turn , just for it to be a basic attack cuz u got nothing else is not fun. Also you will never find 4 people with same patience and pace , so you will miss so much stuff because people do their own thing
@fluxx7217 you realize you can do 2 person or 3 person co-op as well. Also, speak for yourself it's only basic attacks at low levels. Once you get past level 4 and know how to chain attacks. I currently have a solo campaign and like 3 different co-ops going rn with various friends groups. Best part is each playthrough is different and unique thanks to the dnd style. It's okay if turn based rpgs aren't for you man.
I personally don’t like greatswords being too slow if they look like irl greatswords, I have no problem with ones like the monster hunter one being slow but it just feet off knowing how greatswords actually work irl, the warrior passive that they showed to make your swings faster if you hit the button again at the right time is almost exactly what I want, I’d have personally liked it better if they also changed the animation for the faster consecutive swings to a spinning motion like you would use with an irl greatsword, I honestly like both greatsword styles and want to see both fantasies fulfilled, this pretty much feels like that and my only issue being an animation that I understand why they wouldn’t, both due to lack of knowledge and the extra time you’d have to spend animating it, I think it’s going to be very good. Looking forward to seeing another dragon with 3.4 billion health.
even better when they changed the pummel as an extra ability instead of a skill, meaning you'll save 1 skill slot for other better skill, AND you can use them while charging your skill to make them more prone to be where the strike will land. I'm a magick archer in DD1 but I might actually give warrior a go here. Still wish they get more than 3 skills tho
it'd be cool if they changed the swing speed based on how muscular your arisen is. slow sings if you're thin and faster swings if you're ripped. they already have deep character mechanics ingrained in the games: height, weight, etc.
the greatswords in Dragon's Dogma 1 and 2 are way bigger than IRL ones, that makes them much heavier. I know what you mean but the weight and slowness is realistic. What isn't realistic is the charge up for skills lol
@@339blaster I have to disagree on the size point because it’s variable and depends on the weapon in question but in the video they were very clearly using a zweihander with little difference to an irl one, I agree with the charge up point. I’d personally prefer separate categories for greatsword types depending on if the follow the fantasy or irl style but I doubt that’s going to happen so it’s whatever.
Looks like 2024 is also shaping up to a good year for games, Palworld, Enshrouded, Dragons Dogma 2. I wasn't really looking forward to anything this year but this is pretty good.
I will be critical The open world in the first game isnt THAT big However if this game is going to be 4X the size, id say its going to be similar to the size of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom open world which is BIG!
Dragon's Dogma has some stiff power curve and you can face bosses that overlevel you and hence you can be half an hour with a mob that may 1 or 2 shot you.
Enemies have weaknesses and resistances. they also have tough body parts and weak body parts. If you try to brute force it with a poorly considered strategy, it can take quite a while. Take, for instance, Ogres. They will get more ferocious when there are females in your party (and they'll go after them specifically.). They are fairly susceptible to curse, torpor, and sleep. resistant to ice, freezing, dark, and stun. If you grab them when they are off balance, it's possible to topple them- you can also use certain warrior or fighter attacks as well. Their body and legs are fairly resistant to damage- their head is the most vulnerable spot. If you spend the entire fight smacking them in the legs with a sword, fighting them is going to take a while. And yes, it's possible to wander into fights against enemies stronger than you- though in my experience, that required going *way* out of your way.
Maybe in the first one your statement holds up more than this one, they definitely have some rebalancing and pacing changes, its been a super long time and we can't play the game. Them taking some monster hunter inspiration I wouldn't be surprised if those fights are as long as a mhw fight
It really is a nice little touch as well, how many NPC's now come to you with their pressing matters. Rather than just standing around idly in the same exact spot day in, day out, until someone finally decides to talk to them, so they can finally hire you to fix their problems. It's the all the little things that'll make this world more believable and natural.
@@NostraDavid2 those few examples dont represent every journalist. Even from the footage we saw he was doing everything the game offered so its not him sucking. And another reason is that legit nearly every game is reviewed correctly in metacritic, 90's games are deserved to be in the 90's. 80's games deserved to be in the 80's and so on.
if Asmon loves greatsword gameplay, he really needs to check out Hurk from Vindictus, I mean that dude epitomized greatsword combat in games for me, nothing else has come even close, not even the Slayer class from TERA. Hurk had everything, insane cleaves, shoulder tackles, enduring heavy hits from bosses and then unleashing devestating blows in counter, special execution moves. It's just so sad that Vindictus is dead now
TLDR: Simple yet rewarding gameplay > flashy instant gratification gameplay. There is something to be said about how desensitized we as gamers have become. The instant gratification and flashy big bang booms of games nowadays has in a way made us all extremely impatient and ungrateful. I think the (newfound) appeal for games like Monster Hunter and Dragon’s Dogma 2 is that the slower yet managed pace and risk vs. reward of the different combat styles feel much more “weighty” and rewarding when you DO land the big slow hits or when you ARE agile enough to dodge and roll around not getting hit while slowly poking the enemies to death. The “conveyer belt of content” comment by Asmongold is exactly true. These games that focus more on a solid gameplay and NOT spoon-feeding you… I think this game will really bring to light the appeal of that sense of simplicity.
He will play it and finish it at the same pace he will finish FFXIV, Genshin..... and so on :P (He will play what he believes will be most beneficial for his bank account, which is super fair, so dont wait for any specific content...promise....;) it is what is is.. :P)
It pains me to think that Asmon probably won’t actually play the first game until like two days before the sequel drops. Not nearly enough time for a new player to truly soak in the beauty of the game.
14:00 Gotta be careful with muted colors though. They don't age as well as vibrant colors. That's why Skyrim SE had a more colorful palette than the launch version of Skyrim (which had too many muted tones). It looks great at first until the game's lighting system starts to age. That's why the launch version of Witcher 3 had a more vibrant color palette than the original Witcher 3 gameplay teasers and trailers had. Vibrant colors age better because they look artistic instead of realistic.
I think Asmon wish for something like Dragon Dogma Online which is exclusive in Japan. I used VPN and community made translation and that game is awesome. I actually look forward to DDO2 instead of a single player.
There is a DDO resurrection project in the works right now being led by some fans. The game is playable and co-op functions work, but a lot of functionality such as quests are still not implemented, so it's more of a "chill with ur homies and explore the land while killing shit" experience
If the ferrystone system works the same or close to the same you wont have many in the beginning but also not have many far away quests, so the need for them are not as great until you get enough portcrystals anyway and by that point you will have more than enough to sustain yourself. There wasnt really a need for a eternal ferrystone in DG1 dark arisen.
Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, the latest Resident Evil Games, now Dragon’s Dogma?? Capcoms shaping up to be one of, if not the best triple A dev right now.
This would be cool if some time down the line the added coop functionality. I know its not supposed to be a multiplayer game and i do want to play it alone. But the idea of going around the world with your friends like your own fellowship would be an awesome side experience
2:05 so happy to hear he’s going back to MHW. While I don’t expect him to beat Alatreon or Fatalis, I think him finishing that last fight with Nirgagante in the guiding lands will feel good.
Sorcerer is the peak of long wind up with enormous damage in Dragon's Dogma, I can't see that changing in the second game either, I'm fully expecting the final tier spells to be able to 1-2 shot almost any enemy (except the obligatory few that are immune to magic)
Every game I've ever pre ordered has been highly praised, and some were goty, just gotta know how to pick em, like if it's by fromsoftware you already know you're getting a good game. For the most part I agree with no pre orders though
The fact that the game isn't even out yet but there are reviews is telling. At the time of writing, the game is still 2 months away. A lot can change in 2 months. Guess I'm going to wait on that purchase. Especially now that game companies think that buying their games means we don't own them.
@@stanislavkimov2779 Tell that to Cybertrash 2077 and that entire fucking disaster roflmao. Sure, they may of finally climbed out of that shitshow with a serviceable game [after how many years again?]
@@Lord_Shmesh_The_Squishy thats only one example tho. and 2 months isnt enough time to make huge changes, the only thing they usualy do is try to optimise and debug the game as much as possible before release.
1 boss faces. sorry my grammer is bad i'll just put faces becouse it sounds similer 2 boss changes up ability usage 3 Boss stays in gauged that's how you keep the player interested among other things.
The first one to me only truly got good with Dark Arisen content, I felt there were hardly any dungeons in first one till the dlc happened. I pray for the second one they give us numerous amounts of dungeons and not a DLC add on.
Just like in DD1, quick travel is VERY limited. In our modern age of gaming, especially for extremely large worlds like this, the lack of quick travel options can be detrimental to a game's lifespan, but man... you have to respect any dev that presents a game and says, "No. You're going to play the game the way WE intended you to play it...". In before players discover a duplication glitch or a way of making your character teleport long distances instantly like in TotK and Elden Ring. Let me shield hop into firing an arrow so I can dupe a stack of Ferrystones or block while standing in a specific space between pixels while looking at distant spot where I want to jump to.
What I would like to be addressed in Dragon's Dogma 2 are the vocation augments (passive skills). The issue I had with the first game was that there were just so many useless trash augments across all vocations but in order to maximise your preferred build you _had_ to level vocations that didn't necessarily appeal to you just to unlock that one really good augment. For example: I really liked playing the Assassin because it's mobile, does lots of damage and stupidly broken versatility but pretty much all the augments that come with the vocation are either highly situational night-time power boosts or just outright crap. The Warrior by comparison has practically no versatility, no mobility, no good way to actively mitigate damage and only moderate damage potential - especially in boss fights. However, three of the augments you can learn with the warrior are what you'd consider "essential" to have for any "physical" vocation with huge damage boosts and damage reduction and one of those powerful passives required you to level all the way up to rank 9 in order to get it. The same pretty much goes for mage vs. sorcerer. If you wanna be able to heal you have to play mage but most of the best-suited passives for the mage can only be unlocked by playing as sorcerer. It's completely bonkers. While it's nice when classes are diverse and distinct from one another and the ability to change classes relatively freely without first having to start a new game is a welcome convenience it's a bit of a nightmare for people who like to min-max their builds as the game not just forces you to rank up vocations you may not enjoy in order to unlock the ideal passives for your preferred class but also punishes you from doing so before you reach max level with your character because each time your character levels up the distribution of gained stats is fixed and entirely determined by the vocation you used at that time which discourages you from experimenting in the early and mid game unless you are willing to maybe end up with a less than ideal stat distribution at max level. It's just such a bizarre system that _seems_ to encourage experimentation and playing around with all the different classes but if you play nearly the entire game as a mage and then decide to switch to warrior you'll very quickly learn that you simply don't have the stats to last in melee or even deal damage. It's one of those games where you need to have a guide open on your second screen at all times just because the game itself is so damn useless at explaining its own systems to the point where it doesn't even tell you the gained stats per level for any vocation or where some in-game skill descriptions are just outright wrong.
agreed, the system was always a bit wonky, and while it doesn't bother me much now because i know how to max out vocations without much effort required, it's still not really a good system. My suspicion is that in DD2 you'll just be able to buy any augment as any vocation, maybe just tied to character level instead.
@@jojr6825 Well, the most obvious fix would be to just allow people to rank up any vocation (once unlocked) regardless of which vocation you currently play as. Either through getting experience at a reduced rate while, dependant on how far removed the "levelling vocation" is from the "active vocation" or by using Discipline to convert "excess" exp from vocations you have maxed out. Keeps the system more or less intact for the super efficient players but gives people who maybe want a more natural / "immersive" progression where they don't have to worry all the time about making (likely) uninformed decisions about what to level in which order and whether or not it's the right lunar phase and all the planets align.
one of best things about this game you can play and lv up each class with your main and pawn, than you can swap to different ones and lv them up aswell. but keep passives from others you lv up. The best thing from first game to this one thats even better is the ai learning, that learns how to fight mobs and bosses and doing quests more it does them. but in this one the enemy learn from your playstyle to. ive played first game so many times, one of my old fav games to play
Warrior was one of the worst classes in the first game,limited to 3 slots for skills and your main/primary way of attack was jumping light attack(used constantly in the dlc) I'm looking forward to see the improvements made to this vocation in the second game.
the only thing i hope is that the open world is really interesting and there's much to discover, there would be nothing more annoying than playing on a huge map without many fast travel options and there is nothing there for miles
Most game engines doesn't support multiplayer in a good way, especially in these genre games. I really hope CIG makes one with their Star Engine where you would get a whole seamless planet to explore with friends. The future looks bright
1:15 - In general, engaging action combat boils down to boss mechanics and freedom of movement. Those things alone can keep most players invested in a fight for a good while. Pressing 5 buttons on rotation and clicking your mouse button once every 15 seconds to move out of the way of an "attack move" is obviously outdated and just not fun for longer than ... 30 seconds. Thats the average tab-targeting experience. People pretend tab-targeting is engaging, but thats just because the content surrounding it helps build an investment. The mechanics of tab-targeting are mundane and tiresome at best.
1:11 thing is, being underleveled and or undergeared can really tack on the time to how long it takes to beat something. It can be fun, but it can also be draining. Likely the reviewer is both.
This is like you said a game you just have to stop the mindless grind and just play the game for fun. Stop the conveyor belt and just play the game as an experience.
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Wait until Asmon learns that being fat and being skinny affects your in game stats...
something like, if you are fat you have more HP/DEF and maybe a little bit more physical dmg&cant knocked down so easy,but the more you run/climb the faster and faster your stamina goes to 0 and if you dont recover your stamina to 100% and start running again at some point you lose HP.
as skinny you can climb/run much faster without losing your stamina so fast,your attacks from behind are much stronger but you can knocked down much easyer,and your def is lower,but you can pass through narrow passages where maybe is a treasure chest hidden.
You in DD1 you could make a dwarf and fit in holes around the world no one else could. Such amazing attention to detail and just opportunity
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I hate myself for not realizing that at my playthrough 😅
Built an absolute unit during my first playthrough. He was out of breath constantly, but it was a thief and while your average thief can kick enemies to make them fall over to help other teammates, my charachter would kick enemies and yeet them in a canyon like 300
@@dracul1838really that's awesome. I remember being in Skyrim trying to find a mod that does this
Berserk is actually a major inspiration for this series.
Everyone wants a piece of berk
The first game at launch had both Guts and Griffith armor in it.
Hell yeah, they took noted from beserk.
Too bad they had to take it out when the liscence expired though...
@@AsaelTheBeast
Remember the song Into Free for the games start menu? I was going through the whole game while asking when this awesome song is going to play. Then when I got Dark Arisen for another console, learned they removed the song because of bullshit.
As is dark souls if you know why Miyazaki added black iron Tarkus in the first game and the great sword in every game.
Sir mercedes is just casca
Dragon's Dogma is as special as Demon's Souls. Remember when last time there was an AAA that was totally unique, full of completely different game design and systems.
Same as Demon's Souls, this game is a dream of one very talented game designer. And now it's being released with full Capcom budget.
A game like this doesn't release every year.
You are absolutely right.
So it’s gonna be garbage cause demons souls was trash
@@muzi69la única trash eres tú 😊
I think DD2 will basically be a remake with all the things they wanted to add to the first one more than a new game.
@@muzi69 Sounds like someone died too many times to Phalanx 👉🤡
Dragon's Dogma was Capcoms Love letter to Kentaro Miura and Record of Loddos Wars. It's one of the best western fantasy games from some of the best western fantasy mangas/animes.
And it was made in the Far East. XD
@@rhawkas2637
Isn't that amazing? They made a better medieval fantasy than most western game devs. And Kentaro Miura made a better medieval fantasy than ANY comic we've done in the west with the same theme. Benefits of being a medieval weeb in Japan.
I also love how we had diversity in the first game and we see diversity in the second game as well. Fat people, skinny people, old people, black, white, asian… and it doesn’t feel forced
Armors in DD also were layered to an extend, so you had different pieces of armor you could put under a breast plate for example. Makes for some good fashion
Yeah, I really liked that.
You could legit wear a whole outfit, underwear and longjohns included. DD is crazy. And the most mindblowing aspect... your capes had PHYSICS. Not even Skyrim has that
really hoping we have that in DD2, so far we have evidence that it's not in it anymore
Too bad the game itself was super boring. I think I stopped playing forever after 3-4 hours
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti kek
Dragon's Dogma has some of the coolest looking spells in any rpg i've played, I get that asmon is all in on big swords but after throwing a literal Tornado at my enemies a greatsword will never be as cool to me.
Dragons dogma does such a good job of making magic just look so damn cool. It really makes other jobs look dull (except like magic archer and others that combine martial and magic)
The spectacle of playing a maxed out Strider isn't in the VFX, it's in watching a DireDrakes health bar just melt away lol
Forget the torando, dropping a max rank meteor spell in the night and just hearing and seeing the huge ass fiery boulders descent from the sky for the first time is something else.
Dungeon siege 1 and 2 had the coolest spells. Especially the summoning spells
This is what I wanted dragon age to be like but they got lazy
"You need to treat this game like an experience, not a conveyor belt of content. You have to go full immersion or you won't enjoy this game."
Refreshing to play games like this. It's the exact advice people need if they ever play Kingdom Come: Deliverance. His advice just made me think of that game immediately.
A fellow kingdom come enjoyer, at first it was hard but when I got the hang of it I got hooked.
To be fair I believe people should play most games like this , literally every game I play I immerse myself in , just makes the experience wayy better , I play video games because I view them as a work of art and I love to see the lore , worlds , characters in these games , I can’t stand playing a game just to pass the time like a lot of people do
Jesus Christ be praised.
i buy and played DD dark arisen, just because of DD2, and is one of the best RPG i have ever played, i didnt like the ending btw, feels rushed
@@OtroEstupidoMas_Yep, extremely hard game to survive in 2v1+.
Night fights in the first game where something really fun, specially when you encounter some big griffins, cyclops, ogres, even dragons. I was not prepared for that on my first playthrough.
I loved seeing the eyes of the chimera glowing in the dark as well as seeing wyvern tails hanging from trees. What a game
How about a gunfight in zero g? Hiding out underneath some gantry like a bog troll in the shade of the planet you're orbiting waiting for your prey to land thier ship so you can fly underneath, around, and then up behind your unsuspecting target.
Then boom, lights out, someone was waiting for you! - life @ kareah outpost - early star citizen alpha.
needs to be better enemy variety in this one.
It was fun until the lantern got soaked and then learned that there's a hot key to toggle the lantern faster way late into the game.
In the original Dragon's Dogma Griffins only appear at day actually, they return to their roost at nightfall.
Dragons Dogma MMO was a thing from 2015 to 2019 - you could play it with a japanese ps and vpn - i liked it very much and the multiplayer was like it is in Monster Hunter where you form your Party in a Hub and go on Adventures, there is currently a Fan Project to bring it back to life
Dragons Dogma is the Open World Medieval Fantasy Version of Monster Hunter
Capcom didn't add the fat person, it's a pawn created by someone, you can make those how you want..
well there is preset capcom created pawns, they existed in DDDA and I'm sure most if not all pawns that we've seen in DD2 so far are by capcom
@@NewsofPE true, it could be that too
It has been said that you won't climb walls like in Zelda, but you can climb surfaces the size of your character or surfaces that you can reach by jumping
So far the thing I love the most about this game is that theres no damage numbers all over the screen and no name tags or levels on top of enemies 🎉 finaly somethingg immerssive
Yeah. Turns out you don't need a billion floating numbers. Just crunchy hits & a health bar.
Director Itsuno said he wanted the game to look as little as possible with... a game. Which is pretty ironic but also very nice
15:30 I was confused for a second why they used IRL footage, like that's really not something IGN ever does
Then it hit me
Imagine the next Bitterblack dlc in this one.
You literally face death in the 1st one that place give me goosebumps 😅
I've been saying it for a while, this game is basically going to be the game 1 was supposed to be. A remake but using the full potential.
i really hope they will make Bitterblack Isle 2.0, just make it bigger and more polished. More bosses and minibosses that truly challenge the player once they're too strong for the base game.
@@Fizzbizz they have to
@@jaydub2546 here's hoping!
I never got into Dragon's Dogma 1, because I was so focused on Dark Souls. I'm pretty excited for this, except I only have a PS4 Pro
I got a PS5 and a new TV just for this game,I absolutely loved the first game and I won't miss this and MH Wilds.
Same here! Mustered up my economies and finally will have my PS5!
After 10 years with my PS4, it can finally rest easy@@osirisavra1301
Ps4 miiid
thats a shame, dragons dogma 1 was awesome
@@osirisavra1301 I wish I had a job or money like these fucking ps5 rich kids
The warrior had a tackle in DD1, it was a pommel attack to counter an enemy. The Warrior just had three ability slots instead of six like all the others.
Pommel bash didn't really work as a counter as it doesn't really provide any defensive value, it was more like a combo starter or a quick stagger tool. The new tackle move is more reminiscent to the Brace skill from Dragon's Dogma Online
@@xopegood I think I see the problem. I think you're confusing a counter with a parry. A counter is when you interupt an enemies attack during the wind up or you hit him during his recovery, that's what I meant. And yes, it also worked as a stagger outside of attacks but it was useful to counter as well.
@@marcbraun5342 I get where you're coming from, but I think Pommel Bash still counts as just a regular attack. A proper counter tool would be something more akin to Exodus Slash. By your logic, any and every skill that has the possibility to stagger an enemy mid-attack would be considered a counter. I likened the DD2 Tackle to the DDO Brace as it's not even a proper attack/counter by itself, but more of a tool that you can use to set up further attacks while still mitigating some damage
the tackle attack in DD2 can be used WHILE CHARGING ATTACKS though... so you can use it even if your charging an attack without interrupting the charge allowing you to stun an enemy buying you more time to finish your powerful charge attack instead of being helpless for like 3-4 seconds while you stand there charging unable to defend yourself.
@@arcanumelite4853 Yes, I'm sure it does something new that adds to the Warriors arsenal, they wouldn't have advertised it, if that wasn't the case. That was never the point, only to point out that the class had similar options before.
The way you're describing it sounds a bit like dodge offset, just not to finish a combo but an attack, which would be cool.
Actually and rightfully HYPED for this!
Man, the magical effects on the weapons look cool compared to DD1 where the weapons just glowed a specific color.
13:28
So no one told him of dragons dogma online?
But unfortunately the service is not longer available and DDO just available in Japan. If this game (DD2) massive succses, it will be high chance to get DDO BACK. hope&cope 😷
@@PuangbroPeople are playing it again
I hope this game really blows up and they can think about bringing online back in the next dd game. I never played DDO, but I saw a lot of it and it looked like great fun.
This game looks trash
@@tyheemsmith7451 Dragons dogma 1 was one of my favorite games of all time. Dragons dogma 2 looks amazing.
The only online related content was the UR Dragon on Dragon's Dogma.
It was a world boss in an arena that shared a health pool online with billions of HP. People would post grace periods and there was a leaderboard for the damage dealt and final blow.
You didn't see other players but the progression was shared
Great art style you’re right, unlike Lords of fallen where everywhere looked sad and dark
I mean sad tone doesn't hinder Bloodborne or Dark Souls.. or Elden Ring. It's just hard to do such tonally depressing atmosphere for a long time without making the end user feel jaded the amount of it.
its all preference isnt it really.@@Qnigz
You mean it all grey. 😂 there no colors but grey.
Lords of the fallen looks amazing wtf
@@Qnigz tbf from soft did a great job with veriety of settings. All of them do share one thing, sad and dark but its conveyed very differently in each area. lords of the fallen has very little veriety
you didn't have to grind out base vocations to get the advanced ones in DD1. you just had to get to Gran Soren.
And Advanced > base isn't a rule. Strider was considered the strongest by many
@@rainofkhandaq6678 I guess thats why Strider is no longer a base class. Maybe its a thief and archer hybrid? or advance thief. All I know is I'm gonna try all the other melee classes at least once
Technically you had to first get lvl 10 AND have enough discipline points to be able to change to an advanced vocation, so it is possible that some players had to grind if they were dumb enough to ignore all sidequests and spend dps with other things
@@rainofkhandaq6678 It wasn't that the class Strider it self was the best but due to how stat gains from level ups were based on your vocation.
Most every class would level as Strider for the stat gains. Hybrid classes had terrible stat gains and were best to wait until level 120-140 before starting them.
Assassin and Magick Archer were the top classes. Strider was also a popular starter due to BBI with explosive arrows and dropping Death off the side of a bridge.
@@level12lobster8 That was earlier on, eventually people realized Helm Splitter destroys everything in seconds.
Also realized that how you level up doesn't actually matter because like 90% of your damage comes from high tier weapons.
love how they improved what was considered a bad thing in DD1. making 4 basic class instead of 3 means we'll get to see more of advance and specific class added into this. the thing making warrior bad is the long charge and only being able to keep 3 skills equipped, so making this improvements would definitely tempts even me to try it. Would definitely finish DD1 before this one came out
Yeah I don't know if we've seen all the adv or hybrid classes yet but there isn't 4 of either so far
@@darkreuchiha1842 they showed warrior and sorcerer so far, so Im guessing Strider and Hunter would be the advance class for archer and thief. They've shown magic archer, magic spear and illusionist for hybrid class. Magic archer and spear could be guessed as a hybrid between fighter/archer + mage but Illusionist just really got so out of the way you'd think its a special hidden class. So I bet there's at least 2 or 3 more hybrid class they would leave as a surprise
They can add as many classes as they want, imma Warrior til the day I die
"One day a game like this will be an MMO"
It was.
DDO wasn't really an MMO, it's not like you partied with others players, you just saw them hanging out in the hub, for the most part it was still a solo game with pawns.
Playing sorcerer in Dragons dogma fells a bit like Shierke from Berserk.
Huge spells with long cast times that leve you vulnerable but when they go off you become a force of nature!
Not including Rimworld, the first dragons dogma is my favorite game of all time I've bought it probably 6 times (1 for every console/PC I've ever owned). I'm saving vacation time just for this. For 1 whole week, I will be that man with no life trying to 1 shot bosses
I love the original and Dark Arisen.
I hope they let you customize the actual look of the armor sets this time around.
Such a fun game.
at least allow you to dye it like in BG3. But I guess it wont happen since it really looks like they're trying to make the armor has a real feel to it
There used to be Dragon's dogma online. Basically they re-used dogma 1 engine and assets to make a 4 player co-op version of dogma with its own story. You could play with your own pawns, other player pawns, co-op or do a mix of all 3. It also had 8 man and 16 man raids and boss fights if i remember right. I hope they will make dogma online 2 and release it worldwide. The original was only available in japan.
For me, everything will be put on hold for DD2. I haven't anticipated a game this much ever! I'm 56, and I've played multiple games on multiple consoles since Atari! I cannot stress enough how I love this game coming out!
10 straight hours is child's play
Okay
That's not something to be bragging about. Stop chasing a false sense of accomplishment.
10 gay hours.
Jesus Christ people have actually stuff to do during the day
It's fine for a preview
10 hours?? That’s less then a day of gaming
Enough to know that D4 season needs tunings
Yea, haven’t been able to play any game longer than 5 hours at a time since high school. Most sessions these days are around 2 hours for me. After that I get bored. Attention span has drastically diminished
@@SteveDonevor nowadays games become boring
Rookie numbers 😂
Dont know about this, ppl raved so much about MH that I decided to check it out and it was possibility the most tedious and boring time with a game I have had in a long time. I think this brand of Capcom game just isnt for me. 20-30 minute Bosses just bore me to death
only took years for this title to get popular. the first game was my favorite game of all time
I highly doubt he'll be able to get to dragons dogma 1 before it comes out because he's playing all these other games
The only problem I had with the original was the monotony of the enemies you battle. Same enemies over and over and over and over and over and over again.
Hopefully there is a much bigger variety this time. Still don't know if I'll get it though.
You can check their website it showcases and lists some of the monsters in game
They've tried to make Dragon's Dogma Online. An MMO in that universe, it only launched in japan, but it didn't work out for them
2:04 says Monster Hunter, Palworld, Enshrouded (+ Suicide Squad) and I just looked at his past Broadcasts and see Last Epoch, Nightingale, Wuthering Waves, Helldivers 2, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, Deep Rock Galactic.. LIKE WHAT THE HELL
The warrior tackle was in Dragons Dogma online they brought it over from there.
I was always a huge supporter of the original dragons, dogma dark descent. Hilarious watching all these gaming channels who have spent the past 10 years playing Garbage online multiplayer games and seeing them now rediscover with solo video games used to actually be like because I’m not seeing much of a difference between this one and the first dragons dogma. Not in its core anyways, this is the same game and I love it.
I wish I could go into this game completely fresh. So many hours spent in the original and I loved every minute of it.
I will go in with no clue except 10 h or so of Dragons dogma dark arisen... Will probably be like discovering Poe for the first time again... So much to read.... I am not prepared! ^^
I started DD1 recently, and holy shit this game is quite unique. Its been a very long time since I was so engaged in an RPG. I cant wait to finish it then go to DD2 (i just wish palworld wasnt taking so much of my time lol)
I highly recommend:
playing the game
getting your heart back
going back to the city
revisiting Blue Moon Tower, Watergod's Alter and Conquerers Sanctuary
Then exploring the new dungeon
Collect the 20 _things_
Go to final boss
Get killed and watch the cutscene
Reload and kill final boss
*LOAD GAME* for NG+
Get your pawn back from the same Riftstone at the encampment
(Maybe escort the Hydra Head back to the city to allow use of the Eternal Ferrystone)
Go to the DLC island Bitterblack Isle
Finish that and experience it's plot.
(You can go back in for BBI 2.0, but there is no more 'plot')
It'll make the plot of both better.
Trust me, I've been playing it for 12 years lol
Kinda worried that the stat growths still seem to be tied to what class you level up in. Thats gonna make me grind to 200 with classes that give good stats rather than classes I enjoy again...
@@natediaz1863 they did that in dragon dogma online. but i assume that is just for mmo thing
@@natediaz1863 agreed. Basically have a base character having a base level as well as a class level. That way even if you change into another class late game you dont have to start all over again in the beginner area. Maybe give some free stat points too for you to min max, but I guess thats too much of a stretch
Btw, height and weight of characters (yours included) does matter; if you are a smol king, you'll be able to get inside tight places other can't, and if you are thicc af, some monsters that try to lift you up the ground will tire themselves without even moving you.
Well, at least that was how it worked in DD1.
Edit: Also, they better add some sort of mounts, x4 the size of the map with the same tp options? Oof.
This game releasing a day after Horizon Forbidden West complete edition just like Elden Ring. Guerrilla Games have real bad timing once again lmao
So funny how unlucky they are with game releases 😭
The DDDON version of mage is more fun i feel. When casting, it gives u a mini game whereby there's a circle with points scattered around. you need to touch the points using the mouse in a specific order to progress to the next "puzzle". each completion gives you additional dmg multiplier. If you are proficient enough to memorize the movements, you can shorten the spell casting duration to insanely short time. The mouse movement kind of mimics the spell casting hand movement which i thought is quite amazing
Lack of freedom is what stopped me from playing god of war. It felt like i was locked in a hallway wearing VR goggles being told some story.
This game looks really cool. Also, you should try BG3 sometime this year. It's even more fun when you get 4 person co-op game going.
Nah man its annoying . Waiting 2-3 minutes in fights for your turn , just for it to be a basic attack cuz u got nothing else is not fun. Also you will never find 4 people with same patience and pace , so you will miss so much stuff because people do their own thing
@@fluxx7217baldurs gate might be one of the best games I ever played despite that
@fluxx7217 you realize you can do 2 person or 3 person co-op as well. Also, speak for yourself it's only basic attacks at low levels. Once you get past level 4 and know how to chain attacks. I currently have a solo campaign and like 3 different co-ops going rn with various friends groups. Best part is each playthrough is different and unique thanks to the dnd style. It's okay if turn based rpgs aren't for you man.
I loved the game and played trough it all 2 times . But coop just sucked ^^@@SagePent395
RNG dice rolls so much fun hue hue...
Come on.
I personally don’t like greatswords being too slow if they look like irl greatswords,
I have no problem with ones like the monster hunter one being slow but it just feet off knowing how greatswords actually work irl,
the warrior passive that they showed to make your swings faster if you hit the button again at the right time is almost exactly what I want,
I’d have personally liked it better if they also changed the animation for the faster consecutive swings to a spinning motion like you would use with an irl greatsword,
I honestly like both greatsword styles and want to see both fantasies fulfilled,
this pretty much feels like that and my only issue being an animation that I understand why they wouldn’t,
both due to lack of knowledge and the extra time you’d have to spend animating it,
I think it’s going to be very good. Looking forward to seeing another dragon with 3.4 billion health.
even better when they changed the pummel as an extra ability instead of a skill, meaning you'll save 1 skill slot for other better skill, AND you can use them while charging your skill to make them more prone to be where the strike will land. I'm a magick archer in DD1 but I might actually give warrior a go here. Still wish they get more than 3 skills tho
it'd be cool if they changed the swing speed based on how muscular your arisen is. slow sings if you're thin and faster swings if you're ripped. they already have deep character mechanics ingrained in the games: height, weight, etc.
the greatswords in Dragon's Dogma 1 and 2 are way bigger than IRL ones, that makes them much heavier.
I know what you mean but the weight and slowness is realistic.
What isn't realistic is the charge up for skills lol
@@339blaster I have to disagree on the size point because it’s variable and depends on the weapon in question but in the video they were very clearly using a zweihander with little difference to an irl one, I agree with the charge up point. I’d personally prefer separate categories for greatsword types depending on if the follow the fantasy or irl style but I doubt that’s going to happen so it’s whatever.
Dragons dogma is in my top 5 games of all time, started a new playthrough this past wknd. I can’t wait for DD2
Can't wait for me to put 2k hours into this game without touching another game :)
Looks like 2024 is also shaping up to a good year for games, Palworld, Enshrouded, Dragons Dogma 2. I wasn't really looking forward to anything this year but this is pretty good.
I will be critical
The open world in the first game isnt THAT big
However if this game is going to be 4X the size, id say its going to be similar to the size of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom open world which is BIG!
12:32 the more immersive.
This is one of the strong points of DD. Marry action gameplay and immersion.
to be fair that 20min ign boss fight is probably only a 2-5min fight for normal folk.
Dragon's Dogma has some stiff power curve and you can face bosses that overlevel you and hence you can be half an hour with a mob that may 1 or 2 shot you.
I wouldn’t say so.
Enemies have weaknesses and resistances. they also have tough body parts and weak body parts.
If you try to brute force it with a poorly considered strategy, it can take quite a while.
Take, for instance, Ogres. They will get more ferocious when there are females in your party (and they'll go after them specifically.). They are fairly susceptible to curse, torpor, and sleep. resistant to ice, freezing, dark, and stun. If you grab them when they are off balance, it's possible to topple them- you can also use certain warrior or fighter attacks as well. Their body and legs are fairly resistant to damage- their head is the most vulnerable spot. If you spend the entire fight smacking them in the legs with a sword, fighting them is going to take a while.
And yes, it's possible to wander into fights against enemies stronger than you- though in my experience, that required going *way* out of your way.
no
Maybe in the first one your statement holds up more than this one, they definitely have some rebalancing and pacing changes, its been a super long time and we can't play the game. Them taking some monster hunter inspiration I wouldn't be surprised if those fights are as long as a mhw fight
It really is a nice little touch as well, how many NPC's now come to you with their pressing matters. Rather than just standing around idly in the same exact spot day in, day out, until someone finally decides to talk to them, so they can finally hire you to fix their problems.
It's the all the little things that'll make this world more believable and natural.
I think that as well, might be more immersive which personally seems very fun
It's not Capcom making boss fights long, it's games journalists being shit.
bro it's fine to suck when ur new to a game
@@lowfade556you've seen the cup head video of a journalist not being able to jump and dash in one go? Journalists have a bad rep atm.
Id normally agree with you, but this IGN guy that always does their RPG reviews always seems pretty legit.
@@NostraDavid2 those few examples dont represent every journalist. Even from the footage we saw he was doing everything the game offered so its not him sucking. And another reason is that legit nearly every game is reviewed correctly in metacritic, 90's games are deserved to be in the 90's. 80's games deserved to be in the 80's and so on.
1:20 I mean the first game had dragon encounters basically be a 30-40 min endurance test even if you had the op dlc gear
Lol imagine asmon meeting Furnival on the first game😂
if Asmon loves greatsword gameplay, he really needs to check out Hurk from Vindictus, I mean that dude epitomized greatsword combat in games for me, nothing else has come even close, not even the Slayer class from TERA. Hurk had everything, insane cleaves, shoulder tackles, enduring heavy hits from bosses and then unleashing devestating blows in counter, special execution moves. It's just so sad that Vindictus is dead now
This is gonna be the greatest fantasy action rpg to ever exist
Unless larian makes baldurs gate dark alliance 3, this will be #1 forever
Idk if this will beat the Witcher 3
@@pokemonfan2630Uhhh nah, this will be better
@@pokemonfan2630 Balders gate is trash
@@MadElk32 story wise never but cmon bro the combat in this game is 10 times better lol
TLDR: Simple yet rewarding gameplay > flashy instant gratification gameplay.
There is something to be said about how desensitized we as gamers have become. The instant gratification and flashy big bang booms of games nowadays has in a way made us all extremely impatient and ungrateful.
I think the (newfound) appeal for games like Monster Hunter and Dragon’s Dogma 2 is that the slower yet managed pace and risk vs. reward of the different combat styles feel much more “weighty” and rewarding when you DO land the big slow hits or when you ARE agile enough to dodge and roll around not getting hit while slowly poking the enemies to death.
The “conveyer belt of content” comment by Asmongold is exactly true. These games that focus more on a solid gameplay and NOT spoon-feeding you… I think this game will really bring to light the appeal of that sense of simplicity.
He will play it and finish it at the same pace he will finish FFXIV, Genshin..... and so on :P (He will play what he believes will be most beneficial for his bank account, which is super fair, so dont wait for any specific content...promise....;) it is what is is.. :P)
There was Dragons Dogma Online... in Japan... it was an MMO... shame they shut the servers down... but fans have a few instances going still.
Dragons Dogma 2 is 2024's Elden Ring
It pains me to think that Asmon probably won’t actually play the first game until like two days before the sequel drops.
Not nearly enough time for a new player to truly soak in the beauty of the game.
Really hope this game is unreal .. As a PS5 owner, we desperately need a good game lol
Helldiver's 2 is about to come out, looks cool might be good.
the new yakuza is good
@@Medsas thats the dragon engine and not unreal
@@luminous3558 he’s asking for an “unreal” game, meaning a really good game, not a game made with Unreal Engine lol
14:00 Gotta be careful with muted colors though. They don't age as well as vibrant colors. That's why Skyrim SE had a more colorful palette than the launch version of Skyrim (which had too many muted tones). It looks great at first until the game's lighting system starts to age. That's why the launch version of Witcher 3 had a more vibrant color palette than the original Witcher 3 gameplay teasers and trailers had. Vibrant colors age better because they look artistic instead of realistic.
Review or Preview? 🤔
Both
@@liamdonnelly5707 That's not how the English language works, unfortunately.
preview
I think Asmon wish for something like Dragon Dogma Online which is exclusive in Japan. I used VPN and community made translation and that game is awesome. I actually look forward to DDO2 instead of a single player.
There is a DDO resurrection project in the works right now being led by some fans. The game is playable and co-op functions work, but a lot of functionality such as quests are still not implemented, so it's more of a "chill with ur homies and explore the land while killing shit" experience
@@xopegood here's hoping they're making DD2 Online later. Would love to try it.
If the ferrystone system works the same or close to the same you wont have many in the beginning but also not have many far away quests, so the need for them are not as great until you get enough portcrystals anyway and by that point you will have more than enough to sustain yourself. There wasnt really a need for a eternal ferrystone in DG1 dark arisen.
Me having already over 1500h in DDDA: 10h gameplay 🍼
Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, the latest Resident Evil Games, now Dragon’s Dogma?? Capcoms shaping up to be one of, if not the best triple A dev right now.
I want this to have co-op
I want to slay with the homies
Hopefully it comes out later
It won’t. It would’ve been put in with the game to begin with. They didn’t do it with the first one and a lot of people wanted it.
You can try dragon dogma online you have multiplayer, fans made it possible to play the game. And is free
Disagree, focus on a great SP experience. Multiplayer is being forced too much these days.
The director is allergic to online look at dmc 5 co op it’s a joke
@@PuTang-w1nthe story isn’t good enough to be single player
This would be cool if some time down the line the added coop functionality. I know its not supposed to be a multiplayer game and i do want to play it alone. But the idea of going around the world with your friends like your own fellowship would be an awesome side experience
Ya looks very good, I can’t wait
2:05 so happy to hear he’s going back to MHW. While I don’t expect him to beat Alatreon or Fatalis, I think him finishing that last fight with Nirgagante in the guiding lands will feel good.
Imo, playing a game for 10 hours doesn't even earn you overtime.
Weak.
Sorcerer is the peak of long wind up with enormous damage in Dragon's Dogma, I can't see that changing in the second game either, I'm fully expecting the final tier spells to be able to 1-2 shot almost any enemy (except the obligatory few that are immune to magic)
I am gonna play the F--k out of DD2!!
Remember, no preorders.
But damn, this is the most tempted I've ever been.
Every game I've ever pre ordered has been highly praised, and some were goty, just gotta know how to pick em, like if it's by fromsoftware you already know you're getting a good game. For the most part I agree with no pre orders though
@earthbound_one this game/ fromsoft games/ kojima games are the only ones ive preordered in over 10 years and ive always been happy with it.
The fact that the game isn't even out yet but there are reviews is telling. At the time of writing, the game is still 2 months away. A lot can change in 2 months. Guess I'm going to wait on that purchase. Especially now that game companies think that buying their games means we don't own them.
Calm down. It’s not a “review”. You still own your games.
It's telling only that the devs are very sure of their game. Stop this nonsense.
@@stanislavkimov2779 Tell that to Cybertrash 2077 and that entire fucking disaster roflmao. Sure, they may of finally climbed out of that shitshow with a serviceable game [after how many years again?]
@@Lord_Shmesh_The_Squishy thats only one example tho. and 2 months isnt enough time to make huge changes, the only thing they usualy do is try to optimise and debug the game as much as possible before release.
If DD2 is anything like DD1, after some proper leveling that 20 minute boss fight will later be around 2 minutes
30fps on PS5 and Xbox...lol trash
Throw that obsolete hardware out. Theyve been behind pc forever. The market is actually pretty good now too, so you can get a great one for like 800
Not a single word about progression or itemization or what you find on your adventures
In the first game, if you have 3 mage companions, their spells combine into 1 massive spell. Think of Fire > Fira > Firaga based on how many casters.
Well Itsuno worked on MH and DMC so he likes to mix things into DD from that games
1 boss faces. sorry my grammer is bad i'll just put faces becouse it sounds similer
2 boss changes up ability usage
3 Boss stays in gauged
that's how you keep the player interested among other things.
"I'll be in a boss fight in an MMO for like 10s and I'll be like, ah gees can we wrap this up?" Can't get enough of Asmon's classic takes 😆
The first one to me only truly got good with Dark Arisen content, I felt there were hardly any dungeons in first one till the dlc happened.
I pray for the second one they give us numerous amounts of dungeons and not a DLC add on.
Just like in DD1, quick travel is VERY limited. In our modern age of gaming, especially for extremely large worlds like this, the lack of quick travel options can be detrimental to a game's lifespan, but man... you have to respect any dev that presents a game and says, "No. You're going to play the game the way WE intended you to play it...".
In before players discover a duplication glitch or a way of making your character teleport long distances instantly like in TotK and Elden Ring. Let me shield hop into firing an arrow so I can dupe a stack of Ferrystones or block while standing in a specific space between pixels while looking at distant spot where I want to jump to.
What I would like to be addressed in Dragon's Dogma 2 are the vocation augments (passive skills).
The issue I had with the first game was that there were just so many useless trash augments across all vocations but in order to maximise your preferred build you _had_ to level vocations that didn't necessarily appeal to you just to unlock that one really good augment.
For example: I really liked playing the Assassin because it's mobile, does lots of damage and stupidly broken versatility but pretty much all the augments that come with the vocation are either highly situational night-time power boosts or just outright crap.
The Warrior by comparison has practically no versatility, no mobility, no good way to actively mitigate damage and only moderate damage potential - especially in boss fights. However, three of the augments you can learn with the warrior are what you'd consider "essential" to have for any "physical" vocation with huge damage boosts and damage reduction and one of those powerful passives required you to level all the way up to rank 9 in order to get it.
The same pretty much goes for mage vs. sorcerer. If you wanna be able to heal you have to play mage but most of the best-suited passives for the mage can only be unlocked by playing as sorcerer. It's completely bonkers.
While it's nice when classes are diverse and distinct from one another and the ability to change classes relatively freely without first having to start a new game is a welcome convenience it's a bit of a nightmare for people who like to min-max their builds as the game not just forces you to rank up vocations you may not enjoy in order to unlock the ideal passives for your preferred class but also punishes you from doing so before you reach max level with your character because each time your character levels up the distribution of gained stats is fixed and entirely determined by the vocation you used at that time which discourages you from experimenting in the early and mid game unless you are willing to maybe end up with a less than ideal stat distribution at max level.
It's just such a bizarre system that _seems_ to encourage experimentation and playing around with all the different classes but if you play nearly the entire game as a mage and then decide to switch to warrior you'll very quickly learn that you simply don't have the stats to last in melee or even deal damage. It's one of those games where you need to have a guide open on your second screen at all times just because the game itself is so damn useless at explaining its own systems to the point where it doesn't even tell you the gained stats per level for any vocation or where some in-game skill descriptions are just outright wrong.
who are you talking to
agreed, the system was always a bit wonky, and while it doesn't bother me much now because i know how to max out vocations without much effort required, it's still not really a good system. My suspicion is that in DD2 you'll just be able to buy any augment as any vocation, maybe just tied to character level instead.
I don't mind the mechanic because it makes sense. I prefer it that way than being to easy to get what you want for your build.
@@jojr6825 Well, the most obvious fix would be to just allow people to rank up any vocation (once unlocked) regardless of which vocation you currently play as. Either through getting experience at a reduced rate while, dependant on how far removed the "levelling vocation" is from the "active vocation" or by using Discipline to convert "excess" exp from vocations you have maxed out.
Keeps the system more or less intact for the super efficient players but gives people who maybe want a more natural / "immersive" progression where they don't have to worry all the time about making (likely) uninformed decisions about what to level in which order and whether or not it's the right lunar phase and all the planets align.
one of best things about this game you can play and lv up each class with your main and pawn, than you can swap to different ones and lv them up aswell. but keep passives from others you lv up. The best thing from first game to this one thats even better is the ai learning, that learns how to fight mobs and bosses and doing quests more it does them. but in this one the enemy learn from your playstyle to. ive played first game so many times, one of my old fav games to play
Warrior was one of the worst classes in the first game,limited to 3 slots for skills and your main/primary way of attack was jumping light attack(used constantly in the dlc)
I'm looking forward to see the improvements made to this vocation in the second game.
the only thing i hope is that the open world is really interesting and there's much to discover, there would be nothing more annoying than playing on a huge map without many fast travel options and there is nothing there for miles
Most game engines doesn't support multiplayer in a good way, especially in these genre games. I really hope CIG makes one with their Star Engine where you would get a whole seamless planet to explore with friends. The future looks bright
It looks like in every playthrough or NG+ some NPCs will have random generated appearance as well as names..this would make every NG+ feel more fresh
1:15 - In general, engaging action combat boils down to boss mechanics and freedom of movement. Those things alone can keep most players invested in a fight for a good while.
Pressing 5 buttons on rotation and clicking your mouse button once every 15 seconds to move out of the way of an "attack move" is obviously outdated and just not fun for longer than ... 30 seconds. Thats the average tab-targeting experience. People pretend tab-targeting is engaging, but thats just because the content surrounding it helps build an investment. The mechanics of tab-targeting are mundane and tiresome at best.
Those unlocked vocations, warrior and sorcerer are not advanced vocations. The spell blade and magic archer are.
1:11 thing is, being underleveled and or undergeared can really tack on the time to how long it takes to beat something. It can be fun, but it can also be draining. Likely the reviewer is both.
The original Dragon's dogma had premade characters that were modeled after Guts and Casca from Berserk.
This is like you said a game you just have to stop the mindless grind and just play the game for fun. Stop the conveyor belt and just play the game as an experience.