Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Steam pre-order is LIVE
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How is the wizard class in this game? Spells look awesome so I was thinking of going that route.
And also how is the dungeon design? Are they thoughtful / well designed areas sort of like a Souls game or are they more just random / copy and pasted modular dungeons without discernible purpose?
And also how is the dungeon design? Are they thoughtful / well designed areas sort of like a Souls game or are they more just random / copy and pasted modular dungeons without discernible purpose?
Two pure magic classes in this game(There are also two hybrid magic classes like the magic knight and magic archer). Mage and Wizzard(advanced class). Mage has some pretty nice offensive spells, but it shines in support and healing spells. Wizard class has awesomely devastating spells, but they take awhile to cast, so you'll need decent pawns to keep enemies off of you while you cast. It doesn't have healing spells, but it does have support spells that can be used to infuse your allies weapons with elemental damage buffs(mage has this spell, but it's not as powerful) among other things.
And by awesomely devastating spells, I mean stuff like calling down meteors(not just giant fireballs, but literal meteors) and summoning tornadoes.
As for dungeon design, it varies. Some dungeons are really well laid out, some feel haphazard, none are copy and pasted modular dungeons without discernible purpose. The best dungeons in the game are in the Dark Arisen expansion area, though.
This was one of my favorite spell against the Hydra: https://gfycat.com/AdmiredEcstaticBarnowl
And another one against the Ogre: http://gfycat.com/ExhaustedBraveBeetle
During your play through as a Wizard. Make sure to try four pawn High Bolide with spell sync. It looks awesome, and it's really fun to use against enemies.
KCroxtonJr
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probably my favorite class, has pretty much everything I want all in one awesome package. Daggers for roll, double jump, instant reset, hundred kisses, etc, and then the awesome magic bow for ranged and magic attacks.
Also, you can set yourself on fire.
Top to bottom, that sounds perfect. Thanks .
Abilidebob
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A leak? Fucking hell.
Next Capcom game won't have pre-load and preview codes for reviewers.
Next Capcom game won't have pre-load and preview codes for reviewers.
The pre-load had nothing to do with it. Pre-loads can't be cracked.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
They probably send this stuff to any youtuber/streamer/whatever who has a decent chunk of followers.
Abilidebob
Member
You think executives in suits will know the difference?
KCroxtonJr
Member
I can't really see how that would be possible because of the way secondary weapons work, I can see class equipment restrictions being removed though so any class can use any primary or secondary weapon type...unless that is what you meant?
edit: yeah thats probably what you meant, I read it as being able to use secondary weapons as primary and vice versa originally...lol
Plot twist: piracy is bringing in more sales
Shifty Capone1
Member
Is there any legit way to unlock early with a steam preload? Obviously bought the game and see multiple people playing it. I assume that is all through piracy? Man I just want to play!
If this is getting an Australian release, you could always VPN to unlock a day early.
Basically, they can't provide any official modding tools, but other MT framework games like Street Fighter IV and DMC4 were pretty extensively modded. Hopefully, the old tools still work.
toastyToast
Member
Nope. It's releasing here Saturday morning
Were the mods for those games limited to simple texture and model replacements, or could you modify scripts and/or other game logic?
Admiral Woofington
Member
it's not like the grand majority are even aware that the game leaked early.
Shifty Capone1
Member
They really should, I have multiple friends who just downloaded a crack and am playing with their purchased steam pre load. I just don't want to do that, just against my morals
bigboss370
Member
well on the other hand, it still gives legit customers one more week to pre-order for the bonuses.
Capcom could just keep the pre-order sub up until the intended release date.
As per usual, legit customers get screwed and pirates win. Digital release dates are screwy, if the game is out there already just unlock it.
They cracked the pre-load? I didn't know it was possible.
There are some pretty insane mods for SFIV. Look up SFIV Remix, which I would totally link if I wasn't on my phone.
Shifty Capone1
Member
Apparently. I was okay with waiting, but now that a lot of people (that I know) are playing, I just want to play too! Cap clearly gave a press copy to the wrong outlet.
Exentryk
Member
No. Some press release copy got leaked, apparently.
No. Press keys are tied to a sub with a release state override and someone leaked the game.
Shifty Capone1
Member
Do they have to be running it through steam? I thought most cracks bypassed that? If it didn't wouldn't it just be flagged immediately?
Abilidebob
Member
I seriously doubt that cracked, pirated copies, would show up at Steamdb.
From top of my head.
Texture changes/replacements
Model changes/replacements
Animation changes/replacements
Attack Values changes/replacements
Enemy numbers
Enemy placement
Game Speed
EDIT: From the RE5 mods.
So it is pretty flexible.
I mean, you just said you saw all your friends playing it. How are you seeing that they are playing it?
It isn't. There's no crack for the preload at all, it's all copies of the already unpacked press copy.
Is there much of an issue if I start on Magick Archer as soon as I hit Gran Soren? The first time I played DD I tried to min/max things, so I went Strider/Ranger for NG (for stamina) and Sorcerer for NG+ (for magic) in preparation for Magick Archer but felt done by the time I got to NG++ and had finished the BBI content one time through so I never really tried Magick Archer.
Pyros_Eien
Member
There's no real point in mix maxing, and the MA stats growth is fine really. On my solo playthrough I played mostly magick archer, switched as soon as I hit Gran Soren and only switched to Mystic Knight and back at some point to mess around. Don't play classes you don't want to play just for stats growth, it'll just burn you out for no reason. At the very least wait until you're at the afk farm spot near the end of the game, then you can just afk to 200 on whatever class you want the stats for if you really want. At 200 though nothing is really interesting, so again seems fairly pointless.
Game looks fugly.
Looks like a game from 2012 to me. So how did you get that image?
DarKshodaN
Member
yeah looks good enough
Looks better than on console. Also, starting area looked like ass compared to the other areas in the game.Game looks fugly.
Pyros_Eien
Member
It's there they said.
That's about what I figured. I wanted to play those classes anyway so I never minded, and I had a blast the whole time I played it back then (and later did it all again on PS3). I remember going in thinking that the level cap is 200 so do this class for this long and then this class, then MA until 200, then realizing when I was starting NG++ that I had vastly underestimated the level progression relative to doing everything in the game.
Definitely going to go straight Magick Archer this time around, no reason not to at this point.