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Dragon's Dogma |OT| For the night is dark and full of terrors
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Snapshot King
Member
Some people earlier were mentioning a quest inside a well in the encampment. Did I miss it? Is it a notice board one or a proper quest?
After raging at the AI and taking a break I came back and magically went through everything without any problems, so I'm at the first major city now. I didn't realize that one of the quests I had would suddenly become uncompletable, though, so I inadvertently failed a quest -_-
I'm pretty much set on assassin. They get bonsues for traveling at night and for traveling alone, so I think that's the route I'm going to go. Anything to reduce how many AI dudes I need to have with me.
I'm pretty much set on assassin. They get bonsues for traveling at night and for traveling alone, so I think that's the route I'm going to go. Anything to reduce how many AI dudes I need to have with me.
DeathOnALeash
Neo Member
Mine was strange, he grabbed me and then jumped backward (at 3/4 health) all the way down to the bottom. I took no damage, he died. He did fall on his back, just don't know why he decided to take the Nestea plunge to the bottom.
Snapshot King
Member
Really? You can fail quests that early? What quest?
I think what you're talking about is in the first town.
Nester-san
Neo Member
Just a note, If you pre-ordered from Amazon and have not heard about the DLC, just do a chat online with their help and they will give you the code instantly.
Snapshot King
Member
which vocation is that?
yeah, but idt they can be hybrids like Mystic Knight or Magick Archer
dark_quota
Banned
It was the one where you had to tell that dude that his brother died or something. I never got around to finding him, and figured I'd come back later. Once I got to the capital city it was just like "BLAM! You can't do that quest anymore, but we neglected to tell you that." :|
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Posting most of my impressions on my blog: http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/entries/511-Dragon-s-Logma-Volume-1
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
The armor that comes with the DLC (PS3) is pretty awesome... though I'm not using it. I don't like early game buffs. But it looks pretty cool.
Loving this game so far.
Baconsammy
Banned
Amazon money promotions last a year and a week. Someone thinks it's 2013 already.
Spazznid
Member
MagicWithEarvin
Member
You can shoot fruits off trees and can be used as curatives.
demigod
Member
Woops I missed that. They must've changed it, I remember getting a $10 promotion and it only lasted a month.
Bitter much? Go back to whining about DLCs.
bigdaddygamebot
Member
We need to start a Pawn-Love Auxilliary.
Help each other's pawns out and all that.
Help each other's pawns out and all that.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
There's an incredible granularity to this game's world. All the little things that "should" work, that you "should" be able to do in a freeform adventure actually do happen or tend to work.
That and despite the generic fantasy appearance at a very quick glance, there's a ton of detail and careful construction IMO. The technical quality is middling by some standards; does indeed seem that the game is pushing the limit of what MT Framework can do on the current consoles. But it makes up for it with what it accomplishes. The world feels alive in so many subtle ways; so much foliage animation, wind, atmospherics, small animals.
Favorite thing so far is how it feels solid. Like a refined action game but in a sandbox. It had to have taken a hell of a lot of work to retain nuanced and physical mechanics in a freeform environment where so many things can go wrong or fail to line up correctly. The remaining glitches and janky bits are forgivable. I get the sense this kind of design ambition pushes the limits of what's currently possible by any standard.
And honestly, I have decided I like how the story is so minimal. This is game about doing shit, not pressing buttons until the next cut scene triggers. Dragon rocks up, fucks you up, leaves you for dead. Then you wake up and dragon literally says "come at me bro". You grab a sword and fucking go. That's it.
In a strange way, the game so far is what I thought Dark Souls was going to be. Not that there's anything wrong with Dark Souls. But the initial screens and description of an open world made me think of a Japanese take on the western sandbox RPG, with careful step by step meaty combat and carefully arranged scenarios but intimidating due to being dropped into a whole wide world of it. DS ended up being a 3D metroidvania dungeon tour de force. Meanwhile, this is like a fine balance between the intricate interaction and scenarios of a souls game and a more forgiving wide open world to play around in.
Also really appreciate how much life there is to the enemy mobs. That they talk to each other, yell at you to call you out or taunt, and when they're not aggro do stuff like relax in a river and bathe. Not trying to oversell my impressions, but the closest thing I can compare this to is how an AD&D world would seem if rendered in close up, explorable 3D and full of life. With the monster manual ecosystem fully realized and incredibly animated and interactive.
Oh yeah, title song vies with Eternity for maximum ownage in the arena of glorious cheese.
That and despite the generic fantasy appearance at a very quick glance, there's a ton of detail and careful construction IMO. The technical quality is middling by some standards; does indeed seem that the game is pushing the limit of what MT Framework can do on the current consoles. But it makes up for it with what it accomplishes. The world feels alive in so many subtle ways; so much foliage animation, wind, atmospherics, small animals.
Favorite thing so far is how it feels solid. Like a refined action game but in a sandbox. It had to have taken a hell of a lot of work to retain nuanced and physical mechanics in a freeform environment where so many things can go wrong or fail to line up correctly. The remaining glitches and janky bits are forgivable. I get the sense this kind of design ambition pushes the limits of what's currently possible by any standard.
And honestly, I have decided I like how the story is so minimal. This is game about doing shit, not pressing buttons until the next cut scene triggers. Dragon rocks up, fucks you up, leaves you for dead. Then you wake up and dragon literally says "come at me bro". You grab a sword and fucking go. That's it.
In a strange way, the game so far is what I thought Dark Souls was going to be. Not that there's anything wrong with Dark Souls. But the initial screens and description of an open world made me think of a Japanese take on the western sandbox RPG, with careful step by step meaty combat and carefully arranged scenarios but intimidating due to being dropped into a whole wide world of it. DS ended up being a 3D metroidvania dungeon tour de force. Meanwhile, this is like a fine balance between the intricate interaction and scenarios of a souls game and a more forgiving wide open world to play around in.
Also really appreciate how much life there is to the enemy mobs. That they talk to each other, yell at you to call you out or taunt, and when they're not aggro do stuff like relax in a river and bathe. Not trying to oversell my impressions, but the closest thing I can compare this to is how an AD&D world would seem if rendered in close up, explorable 3D and full of life. With the monster manual ecosystem fully realized and incredibly animated and interactive.
Oh yeah, title song vies with Eternity for maximum ownage in the arena of glorious cheese.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Flying Wonkey
Member
EDIT: nvm!
demigod
Member
Yeah just did it, thanks.
itzknickknac
Member
I'll have to consider this in the future if I decided to replay the game n throw 2 bucks around. I plan for a playthrough for each class.
What does everyone think of the Pawn community? I haven't messed w it much but I didn't like the fact that you couldnt do a search by names/PSN ID
famousmortimer
Banned
Gonna run another (super late night) stream of the PS3 version if anyone cares to see it in action.
I'm gonna be running a camera/mic (which I usually don't do this late) to chat with folks. The action may be slow and boring though as it's only my second time sitting down with the game and the first time I was streaming also so I didn't spend much time in the menus/towns/etc learning stuff. So I'm gonna do that now.
But, if that sounds interesting, join me
http://www.justin.tv/famousmortimer
I'm gonna be running a camera/mic (which I usually don't do this late) to chat with folks. The action may be slow and boring though as it's only my second time sitting down with the game and the first time I was streaming also so I didn't spend much time in the menus/towns/etc learning stuff. So I'm gonna do that now.
But, if that sounds interesting, join me
http://www.justin.tv/famousmortimerGoddamn the witchwood quest was rough. I actually like how the fact that I did this early means my pawn knows that quest and would be a good pick for someone lower leveled about to go there. The knowledge they get is actually a pretty good reason to try and challenge yourself. I killed so many wolves that I basically encumbered myself up to very heavy, which makes you really go slow as hell.
Revolutionary
Member
Played the game for a few hours today, really enjoying it but I'm not a fan of the way nighttime sections work. It looks great, and makes your trek extremely unnerving, but I've found that the darkness is simply used as a way to mask enemy spawns, and it's extremely annoying to be ganked by a hundred wolves in a matter of minutes. I even saw one spawn out of thin air, for christ's sake.
If it wasn't for that, I'd probably have no quarrel with the game thus far. It's pretty awesome, and I love the menu music.
If it wasn't for that, I'd probably have no quarrel with the game thus far. It's pretty awesome, and I love the menu music.
i played only 3h so far, but i noticed that roaming pawns in gransys are also playermade. i met one on the way between gran soren and the encampment, talked to him and could send a friend request. i though roaming pawns were randomly generated, and player pawns only at the rift.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Damn, I am loving the Pawn system.
GrandHarrier
Member
So is everyone making mage pawns? I swear that's all I see. My first was, but then I restarted, made a warrior pawn and I swear she is getting used like multiple times as often.
Lol at some of the ratings people give. 1 appearance, 5 battle, 3 helpfulness on my tank pawn??? She isn't THAT bad looking. It's one scar!
Lol at some of the ratings people give. 1 appearance, 5 battle, 3 helpfulness on my tank pawn??? She isn't THAT bad looking. It's one scar!
GrandHarrier
Member
Seems it only checks the first time. When I restarted it didn't.
I started as a Strider so I figured a melee class would be a good pawn to go with it, meaning I need a mage from the pawn pool. Maybe a lot of people thought mages would be highly needed and wanted their pawns to get used.
GrandHarrier
Member
Maybe. Maybe I'm just getting weird results. But in both games 6 out of 10 pawns are Mage, 2-3 are Warrior and 1-2 are Strider. And as I said, my Warrior Pawn has seen like 4x as much use.
Do you mean out of the pool of pawns that come in when you go into the rift? I think that's all just randomized.
GrandHarrier
Member
Yes, in the rift. And sure, this is all anecdotal, but it has happened consistently across two games.
CadetMahoney
Member
Proposed Law
Member
no weapon pack yet for me either.
whalleywhat
Member
You can tell because an 'accessing server' symbol pops up while you're walking around.
GrandHarrier
Member
Accidental kid viewing? Or if you'd rather not see them? Options aren't bad.
slaughterking
Member
Hopefully I can find the game somewhere today. I'm really in the mood to play this now. :I
DeathOnALeash
Neo Member
Is the strategy guide worth it? A combinable material list sure would be helpful, plus some of these quests are a pain to find.
Witches Brew, can't find where to go.