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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen |OT| deep down darkness
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Jake Tower
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I install all my games, it speeds up load times and saves wear on the disc drive.
R_thanatos
Member
No it wasn't carried over.
The effect of the gold idol were carried after the post game stuff not new gameplus.
i'm talking about the quest itself.
You could keep the gold idol on your inventory to have the bonuses for New gameplus ( discount for example ) but either way you had to get another ( your current run idol ) if you wanted to clear the quest or make a forgery.
This applies even for the extra tomes. You could use their effect early in new game plus but you still had to do the quests ( and said quests could be completed early since you've already had the items in your inventory )
Awesome, glad to hear it.
SloaneRisette
Member
Ah, must have been confusing it then, my mistake. Thanks!
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
YES I MANAGED TO NAB THE ONLY NON RESERVE COPY AT THE STORE
Time to install this sucker.
Time to install this sucker.
Revolutionary
Member
Death seems to be a one hit kill no matter the difficulty. When I first saw him, he destroyed my pawns in one swipe lol
You don't install the DLC/DA, it's all on disc 1. You only install the HD Textures and Japanese VO.
Jake Tower
Banned
As soon as I saw him spawn, I ran away up a corridor shooting arrows at it.
Yes, the HD thingy was not in vanilla Dragons Dogma. On the install disc (360) it has that as well as the option to install the Japanese voice pack.
Ha my GS only had two reserved copies. The other one belonged to the guy next to me. I looked up and nodded saying, "Good taste.", before walking out.
Me too. There's no way in hell I'm letting Death come near me.
Jake Tower
Banned
Maybe order from Amazon.
I went to Best Buy and Target early this morning, neither store had it. I was able to buy the only non-reserved copy at the nearby GameStop.
Definitely seems like it was not ordered by the big retailers.
Make no mistake there is other shit that will kill you. I really thought my friend was going to have a cakewalk at 200, but it's been anything but.
But he's also stubborn and stuck around for a boss fight you can easily run past. (A fight I'm honestly not sure how you would do without cheesing with a ranged guy)
Revolutionary
Member
Ha, I set myself on fire and tried to mount him. Protip: You can't mount Death. lol
But I managed to survive, only to be killed by an optional gore cyclops fight a little while later. Blackbitter Isle is pretty tough, I must say.
Lol weird, i remember all the pre-release news saying the 2nd disc was for the DLC and expansion. Hell thats even better news to know its for HD textures and shit.
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indigo-cyclops
Member
I'm finally diving in to this series; used my $20 PSN cash to pay for half of it, seems like a completely viable option. Really looking forward to this.
SloaneRisette
Member
Ward of Regret Giant Skeleton is already bopping me... this doesn't seem to be a good look.
Wind's Howling
Member
The other guy must be a Gaffer.
fastford58
Member
Thinking about picking this up, but I am only on post in my first playthrough. Haven't even downed UR dragon once yet.
Maybe I should wait? Not sure how the add on island works with the post game stuff.
Maybe I should wait? Not sure how the add on island works with the post game stuff.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
My fellow Souls veteran/Dogma virgin! Let's do it.
Jake Tower
Banned
If you play as a Fighter, the game feels a little bit like Dark Souls combat. You can block attacks with your shield, which consumes stamina. There are also attacks to break an opponent's guard.
SloaneRisette
Member
What do you get from purifying the Bitterblack Novelty Lv. 1? Anything good? Already have two, and I'm kind of afraid I'll get wrecked again, so I'm almost considering using a Liftstone to get out and purify them.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Lol fighter is exactly the class I plan to go. Though I hear to level assassin for the strength gains and then switch back?
Thank you much. Maybe I'll give it a quick rent to make sure (I do have a pretty hefty backlog), and then dive in.
DD-Gaf, you may have a new acolyte. Thanks for the info.
Grabbed it, tested a tiny bit, and it SEEMS smoother or faster in Gran Soren and Cassardis. But we'll probably need DF to really pick this apart. By the way, for those with the retail version: what's your game data size? I didn't delete my original DD data, and so far DA's is only at 14 MB. I'm thinking it may actually be smart enough to just use existing DD data (that, or they improved load times and just stream everything off the disc.)
And despite what I said about the manual I ended up asking if I could just take the manual back from the copy I traded in yesterday, and got it. Anyone really upset about the lack of manual may want to ask about that at a GameStop with used copies if buying from them.
Jake Tower
Banned
You can do that, but you'll be nerfing your physical defense stat at the same time. I say mix it up.
Here's a Google doc that shows stat progression for each vocation: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...k8wUGNGRTVkeE0xWFE&f=true&noheader=true&gid=9
And of course, if you want to fight with sword and shield you can do that as an Assassin. The Assassin gets the most primary and secondary weapons, and may use One handed Swords or Dagger and Bows or Shields. You get the best of all words, weapons-wise.
moneyman232
Banned
Just picked this up on ps3...Didn't play the vanilla version, but i really dug the demo. Any other first timers want to swap pawns? My psn is Moneyman232
Jake Tower
Banned
Imagine fighting the Asylum Demon in Dark Souls.
Now imagine you are climbing up his back to attack his wings or other weak spots.
That's what you do in Dragon's Dogma.
sweetvar26
Member
Talk about bad influence and I just made my friend buy this game.
He has never played it, he likes shooters but never a fan of fantasy games. Oh well, I hope he likes it.
Any suggestions of how to start the game?
He has never played it, he likes shooters but never a fan of fantasy games. Oh well, I hope he likes it.
Any suggestions of how to start the game?
One of the Bitterblack items. I got 2 scrolls that teach two augments. First is the rate your health returns when being healed and the second was the chance to be left with 1 hp if an ability kills you.
I think bitterblack novelty are consumables. Not 100% sure. I uncovered a pretty good set of boots called Assault Boots. Decent stats with +30 attack.
Could of been, yeah.
Jake Tower
Banned
Should have flashed the GAF hand sign to check.
Eppy Thatcher
God's had his chance.
Bittberblack items that you have to get cleansed. Certain ones or Augment scrolls that you read and it adds the augment to your list.
edit: beatensobad - Really really interested in the new tier on the skills... crossing my fingers that they are suitably bad ass... Would love to see clairvoyance add in like another swipe or the ability to stumble large monsters...
Just arrived at Bitterblack Isle. Taking a stroll before taking the plunge.
Just a had a brief first encounter with Death. He did not tarry long, but I'm guessing that was just to let me know he is there, lol. Beautiful, yet ominous locations so far.
Awesome, heading to the isle now.
Revolutionary
Member
I got one that makes it harder to be knocked off a creature when mounted, which is pretty freakin' awesome for my Immolation-abusing self.
indigo-cyclops
Member
Damn thank you. Useful for a rookie like me.
I hope there's a plethora of cool gear and weapons.
Deified Data
Banned
I restarted so it's going to take forever to get to Bitterblack Isle.
Jake Tower
Banned
One note for Dark Souls veterans: a big flaw of Dragon's Dogma is that it does not have 'quick equip' slots like Dark Souls. That means in order to switch weapons or use a curative, you have to open the menu by pausing the game.
The dpad is mapped to pawn commands, which are really not useful. The dpad would be much better used like in Dark Souls.
The dpad is mapped to pawn commands, which are really not useful. The dpad would be much better used like in Dark Souls.