jediyoshi
Member
Just arrived at Bitterblack Isle. Taking a stroll before taking the plunge.
Aw jeeze, was hoping they'd do something about the compression of screenshots by now. Bit of a tragedy having to see the game like this
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen |OT| deep down darkness
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Aw jeeze, was hoping they'd do something about the compression of screenshots by now. Bit of a tragedy having to see the game like this
Artimities
Banned
So the reviews are bad? I have yet to see any.
Pawns are still chatty as heck, is there an option to calm them down?
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I can't remember the last time I let a review influence my decision to buy a game. By this point I know exactly what kind of games I like and I have only been burned twice; farcry 2 and brothers in arms: hell's highway. Not bad considering I've bought a ton of games this gen.
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I can't remember the last time I let a review influence my decision to buy a game. By this point I know exactly what kind of games I like and I have only been burned twice; farcry 2 and brothers in arms: hell's highway. Not bad considering I've bought a ton of games this gen.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
My team of level 90-ish characters just got it wiped out by a GoreCyclops(take that back, it was the
) on normal difficulty.
BitterBlack Isle is no joke
giant cyclops
BitterBlack Isle is no joke
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Reviews could say this game is a pile of garbage and I'd still play it cause it's a breath of fresh air in terms of design.
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
Man, fuck you, UPS Guy. My place isn't that hard to find.
If you don't deliver it today, I hope the wind pushes you down some stairs.
They remain at their level, so don't hire pawns way above your level.
When I hired pawns, I would get ones 5 levels above me and dump 'em after I was 5 levels above them.
If you don't deliver it today, I hope the wind pushes you down some stairs.
They remain at their level, so don't hire pawns way above your level.
When I hired pawns, I would get ones 5 levels above me and dump 'em after I was 5 levels above them.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
what was your strategy? My fighter is pretty useless against him, I wish I was an archer
piratepwnsninja
Member
So, since I saw you post about it earlier, just to be sure the way to start a completely fresh game and still get the bonuses is to:
1) Import your save
2) Start a new game
And that's it, right?
I was an assassin, I just hacked away at its feet with daggers until it died honestly. I was able to get it into a corner and kept staggering it. Having a good mage helps too.
Knux-Future
Banned
I just got offed by a giant skeleton....
not ready at level 47.
not ready at level 47.
IIRC Lost and Found is mildly important, but not worth a restart. You can just do it again on a NG+.
nikos
Member
Thanks! Most of my friends are way higher level than I am, but I found a few at the same level as me.
Probably one of the biggest design oversights in the game is that certain quests can't be completed if you go to far in the story/ don't trigger certain events.
Personally I wouldn't worry about it to much, your probably going to miss a lot more unless you have a guide with you.
Alright thanks, I'll just tackle it in NG+; I'll just go meet the Duke then.
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
I believe it appears after an early, mandatory event.
It's a sidequest, you don't have to go to the island, or even talk to the person that takes you there, if you don't want to.
Just a tip if you didn't know. By using Help (left on dpad) outside of battle, mages will buff you. It's good to have your entire party enchanted before a boss battle.
Jake Tower
Banned
I never got that to work properly, especially when they have multiple buffs equipped and I need a specific one.
If nothing else, the game could have pawn commands as the default, and let the player hold right bumper/trigger to switch to 'fast equip' slots like Dark Souls.
The only pawn command I found "effective" was down on the dpad, which I used as FOLLOW ME WHILE I HAUL ASS AWAY FROM THIS BIGASS MONSTER THAT AMBUSHED US OUT OF THE DARK.
SixMachine
Member
I haven't played Dark Arisen yet but usually you wouldn't need more than 1 buff on your pawns because it usually seems to confuse them. Usually light just the way to go in everfall but I don't know if that has changed for the new dungeon where different buffs would help.
If you want the Hero trophy then you need to complete that quest (and others).
indigo-cyclops
Member
Wait, this is a stand-alone game though, right?
Yes.
indigo-cyclops
Member
AHH, I mis-read it. Thank you. Very excited now.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
The guy on gamefaqs was full of shit. 2 hours? lol, I'm 4 in and I think I have a long way to go. Only seen 4 or 5 new monsters so far
Got an upgrade for one of my sword techniques. Sooooo good
Got an upgrade for one of my sword techniques. Sooooo good
I left off in Dragon's Dogma with my save at the start of a new game. Then booted up the new game tonight.
Have I lost my beloved Pawn?
Edit: Hmm. Cassie (my Pawn) is back. I was just hoping to get the bajillion Rift Crystals and other loot I figured she'd have collected for me over the past six months.
Have I lost my beloved Pawn?
Edit: Hmm. Cassie (my Pawn) is back. I was just hoping to get the bajillion Rift Crystals and other loot I figured she'd have collected for me over the past six months.
cleveridea
Member
Is it easier to create a none ugly/freakish male character?
Also are there ways to change my character or main pawn later in the game?
Also are there ways to change my character or main pawn later in the game?
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
If a hired pawn dies, it goes back to the Rift and must be hired again by entering the Rift. Any items they were carrying that were not equipped, automatically enter your storage.
If your pawn dies, just go touch the nearest Rift Stone and they'll pop back out with everything they had on them when they died.
cleveridea
Member
I plan on starting a new character instead of importing my DD save do I still get goodies or only for an imported character?
Man I have that exploration music in my head from the original but won't get to play arisen till tomorrow
Man I have that exploration music in my head from the original but won't get to play arisen till tomorrow
DeathGlobe
Member
What are some tips for new player? Does it have a craft system similar to dark/demon souls?
I'm new myself and i believe it has a crafting system. It says so in the item description that you can 'combine this item' or something to that effect. I could be wrong but its similar to Monster Hunters crafting system from i've seen.
Jake Tower
Banned
You have to re-recruit it. The easiest way is to add it to your favorites, go into the Rift, and search by Favorites.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Needs broader shoulders for MGS4 Meryl! If you were going for that anyway.
I went for big muscle girl warrior with a petite femme boy mage pawn. The joys of character creation.
I don't understand why they had to compress the hell out of the screengrabs.
Deified Data
Banned
Yep, so long as you import your vanilla data once you can restart as many times as you like and still get the bonuses.
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I'm noticing something odd about hard mode. Hard mode was removed from the "new game" option and put onto the main menu. If you're currently running a hard mode save file and you want to start over, you have to start the tutorial on normal and then once you're in Cassardis quit to the title screen and select hard mode from the menu. Annoying. Why can't I select hard when I start a new game?
tiny raptor
Member
I've only seen one mediocre review, and it's from Polygon (personally I completely disagree with their reviews often). Even then, their score doesn't quite match the score they gave it.
http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox360/684235-dragons-dogma-dark-arisen/articles.html
Always pick up monster parts and store them. You never know if you'll need them later on to upgrade some equipment.
DD does have a crafting system where you can combine consumables. They will usually create more effective items. If you're using arrows, you can combine branches with certain items to create Oil or Poison Arrows.
So I made it to Gran Soren and switched to warrior. Should I have gotten more skills from fighter first? I can always switch back I suppose.
Also I tried uploading some screens to the capcom site but it always errored out. (I'm on PS3 so I guess I can transfer the files to a USB and upload them myself)
Also I tried uploading some screens to the capcom site but it always errored out. (I'm on PS3 so I guess I can transfer the files to a USB and upload them myself)