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Dragon's Dogma |OT| For the night is dark and full of terrors

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Teknoman

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Deified Data said:
Thanks for the |OT| Mr. Dresden!

So I'm thinking of making my main pawn in the image of Clare from Claymore, anyone read it?

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DO IT.
 
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shintoki

sparkle this bitch
I still hold out my disappointment of their being a lack of a PC version. My impressions from the demo were pretty great outside how rough the framerate was.

But everything else about the game really does keep appealing to me and some of the comments are fantastic. Its like they actually wanted to make a game that was the exact opposite with the general "Open world" trends. A fun combat system, being weak and getting stronger, and having customization worth a damn.
 
Karak

Karak

Member
shintoki said:
I still hold out my disappointment of their being a lack of a PC version. My impressions from the demo were pretty great outside how rough the framerate was.

But everything else about the game really does keep appealing to me and some of the comments are fantastic. Its like they actually wanted to make a game that was the exact opposite with the general "Open world" trends. A fun combat system, being weak and getting stronger, and having customization worth a damn.
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Ya I feel the same. Normally i am console first but it is pretty obvious they have pushed the consoles to their breaking point. It would just be nice to have the option is all.
 
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Oichi

I'm like a Hadouken, down-right Fierce!
Played the game for about two and a half hours last night... Very fun!

Spoiler on an early quest
Right after you get your first pawn you can go back to the first village and get a quest where you have to investigate some strange happenings in the village's well. If you don't like dying, don't go down there right away, heh. The quest was DEFINITELY made to be taken on at a later time because my mage got one-shotted twice on two replays. Luckily I was able to get on top of a ledge that was inaccessible by the enemies and I was able to take them out, but it took a good 20 minutes to get rid of the mob... :/
 
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LProtag

Member
I'm so torn about how to progress my character. I know I want to end up as a Magick Archer.

Strider has the most balanced stat growth and I'd pick up some useful dagger skills to use. Mage and Sorcerer have great magic stat growth, obviously, and a lot of augments I'd like to use. They've both got augments at rank 9 that give +10% magick.

So I'm not sure if I should go Strider and then become a Magick Archer for a bit and go through Mage and Sorcerer for the augments or just start as a Mage...

So conflicted after getting the guide, haha.
 
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Dresden

Member
Stuff like the Magic Cannon just makes me even more hyped. In any other game it would've been some boring auto-turret skill.
 
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Deleted member 17706

Unconfirmed Member
So pumped for this. Have it on pre-order from Amazon. I hope to beat Diablo III on Normal before it comes.
 
Lucent

Lucent

Member
earvcunanan said:
Hell yeah

I finished Brotherhood recently and it was amazing. Roy Mustang was my favorite character.
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Yep. Much better than the original FMA anime (which I liked, too). It was so intense.

Also, not that I care, but here's the Metacritic link for Dragon's Dogma - Clicky

It's sitting at a 78, but only 4 reviews are entered. And it's all thanks to that stupid 48% that Play UK gave it. =/
 
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Dresden

Member
Lucent said:
Yep. Much better than the original FMA anime (which I liked, too). It was so intense.

Also, not that I care, but here's the Metacritic link for Dragon's Dogma - Clicky

It's sitting at a 78, but only 4 reviews are entered. And it's all thanks to that stupid 48% that Play UK gave it. =/
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Man, fucking metacritic.
 
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Oichi

I'm like a Hadouken, down-right Fierce!
madmackem said:
Hows saving handled in the game, can i save anytime in the pause menu?.
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It saves automatically at specific points of the game, and you can also save from the pause menu at any time.

However you only have 1 save slot.
 
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Mr. Fix

Member
So do we only get to fight all these epic bosses once? I just saw the Ur Dragon. Looks really good. Also, are quests mainly hunting, & fetch quests?
 
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Rubikant

Member
Mr. Fix said:
So do we only get to fight all these epic bosses once? I just saw the Ur Dragon. Looks really good. Also, are quests mainly hunting, & fetch quests?
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Well you could fight them again in NG+, and in addition to multiple accounts you could use multiple storage devices. Also worth pointing out that technically you have 2 save files - your "manual save" and the automatic "checkpoint save" (saved rarely but always at a "safe" time in case you accidentally save when you are in over your head). At least that's how I understood it from watching videos.

Still wish you could have more than one save slot though, probably the only big complaint I have about the game besides the Pawns repeating themselves and talking over each other too much.
 
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Schwabe

Member
just read the OXM UK Review (8/10) - HOOOOOBOOOOOOOY!

some quotes:

"When you first head out into the wilderness of Gransys, you'll be ill-equipped, weak, and you'll probably get killed. Characters will tell you not to travel at night, and advise you to stick close to the roads. Caves do contain treasure, yes, but usually death as well. Dragon's Dogma is a ruthless reminder that too many fantasy games have lost their sense of adventure."

"Fast assassin types will unlock double-jumping,"

"The combat can get repetitive at times, but there's so much to try that it's rarely a problem. You can switch between classes really easily, and there are nine different ones to master. By the end of the game we'd maxed out three, and while all of the skills don't transfer across, the awesome stat-boosting augments do."

"The game's story seems confusing and minimal at first, but eventually shapes up into something that impressed. The voice acting and cut-scenes are patchy at best, but the story they tell ends up fascinating. There aren't many moral decisions in the game, but the ones we were faced with felt seriously hefty. Dragon's Dogma has a Dark Souls style auto-save system - so we didn't get the chance to see how other choices could have panned out - but the ending we got was fantastically strange. We don't want to spoil it by saying anything further, but trust us: There's no chance you'll see this one coming."

"New game + is self-explanatory, but there's also a partially online mode that lets you team up with other people to try and fight a super-dragon. We didn't get a chance to try all this stuff out, but even after 40 hours it felt like there was still a bunch of new stuff to do. We specialised in magic and archery classes, and can't wait to play through again using melee-based classes."
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Here the link to the review:
http://www.oxm.co.uk/41418/reviews/dragons-dogma-review/?page=3

and a link to Matt's FAQ he did, while playing DD:
http://www.oxm.co.uk/41635/features/dragons-dogma-your-questions-answered/

Is there a new game+ and what is it like?

There is a New Game + mode, which lets you carry over all your experience and items. It might have been the case that we'd levelled up too much, but we personally found NG+ rather easy, especially in contrast to the brutal end-game enemies that we'd faced before it. NG+ is still fun, but some might prefer to just stay in the end-game. We didn't get to test the semi co-operative Ur-Dragon stuff, but it's worth having a look before you decide to start over.

Is the main plot any good?

It's very weird and remarkably sparse, but in retrospect we enjoyed the story. The execution tends to be awful, but there are some cool ideas beneath all the bobbins. We'd forgotten about the main plot until we arrived at the final 5 hours, but the stuff that happened at the end was insane. We're not sure if everyone will get the same ending, but the one that we got was unbelievably bizarre. Expect to see it popping up in list features for years to come.
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CadetMahoney

Member
OXM UK guys were probably playing with all 3 pawns anyway (easy difficulty).

I'm gonna start out with one (or two if I'm a pussy) and if I'm really confident try none later on down the line. There had better some reward for never going over 1 pawn or something. :p
 
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Rootbeer

Banned
UrbanRats said:
One character per account, yes.
I had to use my other two accounts to create other charactes in the demo.
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Is this confirmed for the final game?
You can only have one character per PSN account, is that what you are saying? And only 1 save on that character?
Doesn't that seem... fucking stupid?
 
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Rootbeer

Banned
One character and one save slot is something i might expect from an early PS1 game. But not this. You want my $60, I want to be able to create whatever I want. I hope someone can debunk this.

Does Capcom know that some people live in multiple-gamer households? Not everyone has their own PSN account, mostly for game-sharing reasons
 
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CadetMahoney

Member
so this save thing - you can't have one save slot for a mage and another save slot for a strider?

You gotta respec and change your vocation or delete your many hours save file and start over?
 
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CTE

Member
CadetMahoney said:
so this save thing - you can't have one save slot for a mage and another save slot for a strider?

You gotta respec and change your vocation or delete your many hours save file and start over?
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I haven't seen any reviews mention a shitty save system yet. So I'm skeptical.

edit- Just looked up and saw it was a member posting the info. Does he have a review copy?

Oichi said:
It saves automatically at specific points of the game, and you can also save from the pause menu at any time.

However you only have 1 save slot.
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Do you have a copy of the game?
 
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Anteater

Member
CadetMahoney said:
so this save thing - you can't have one save slot for a mage and another save slot for a strider?

You gotta respec and change your vocation or delete your many hours save file and start over?
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Yea, seems like it, but changing vocation keep you stats as far as I know from the previous one you developed, you switch at an inn whenever you want.
 
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HamPster PamPster

Member
Put in my preorder at gamestop yesterday

They told me I could pick it up at midnight because they were doing a midnight launch for the new Ghost Recon (in case any gaffers wanted it at midnight). I'd rather just sleep personally
 
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Anteater

Member
OPM uk's review is up http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/review/dragons-dogma-ps3-review/, giving it a 8

They seem to like everything but not the combat, which is weird since it's the core of the game and they scored it quite high, article doesn't really say much other than some of the basic questing structure and the pawns, I'm starting to wonder if some reviewers bother getting too far into the game

If you were in a bad mood, you could hang Dragon’s Dogma out to dry for its clumsy camera and controls, simplistic warrior-rogue-mage class choice, shallow combat and bad dialogue (which frequently misuses the words ere, e’er, aught, ought, ill, and so on.) But it’s hard to be in a bad mood while playing such a brave, sprawling, original take on role-playing. Accept its failings and you get to enjoy its beautifully esoteric successes
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RiderKairuu

Member
I'd spend my last $60+tax to get this game. I seriously can not wait! Probably my most anticipated this year next to Borderlands 2.
 
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Anteater

Member
R_thanatos said:
what does this means ?
is it in the game ( and unlockable by playing ? ) or is it a day one dlc ?
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From the stream (had to check because I don't trust them
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They said it's not DLC, it's available in the game, and you do a quest sequence to unlock it but it's not DLC content you need to pay for and you get it from just playing the game.
 
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itzknickknac

Member
At night is more insane? Hell yeah, can't wait to go through that with my strider! I'm thinking of having a Fat AF warrior pawn too, I like the nice use of different sizes. I have a Lightning looking (soon to be) strider, so maybe I'll have an Amodar, looking warrior.


UrbanRats said:
One character per account, yes.
I had to use my other two accounts to create other charactes in the demo.
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Well, dam. I'm a little disappointed..

Maybe it's like MH where you have 3 slots, and each character slot only saves at that same slot? I wouldn't mind that. Just trying to keep myself optimistic.

And if difficulty is anything similar to MHFU, then I'm all over this game.
 
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ThirtyPlus

Member
The one save issue shouldn't worry anyone on 360 at least. It's only one save per storage device. No need for different profiles. Playing around with the demo, I had 3 different character + pawn combos I might import to the main game. I have one on my 4gb drive, one one my added hardrive, and one on a 8gb flash drive I keep for my portable saves.
 
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Dehimos

Neo Member
Schwabe said:
just read the OXM UK Review (8/10) - HOOOOOBOOOOOOOY!

some quotes:



Here the link to the review:
http://www.oxm.co.uk/41418/reviews/dragons-dogma-review/?page=3

and a link to Matt's FAQ he did, while playing DD:
http://www.oxm.co.uk/41635/features/dragons-dogma-your-questions-answered/
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How is the lasting appeal of Dragon's Dogma compared to Skyrim?

Don't expect this one to outlive Skyrim. It'll take you about 35 hours to finish the game, and aside from starting in NG+ and trying to grind items the coolest gear, there's not a huge amount of compelling stuff afterwards. Bethesda's beast won't be beaten on scale for many years to come, so this isn't too surprising.
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I disagree. I did the story of Skyrim in 20-30 hours. More important is the secondary quets.
 
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HamPster PamPster

Member
Oichi said:
Played the game for about two and a half hours last night... Very fun!

Spoiler on an early quest
Right after you get your first pawn you can go back to the first village and get a quest where you have to investigate some strange happenings in the village's well. If you don't like dying, don't go down there right away, heh. The quest was DEFINITELY made to be taken on at a later time because my mage got one-shotted twice on two replays. Luckily I was able to get on top of a ledge that was inaccessible by the enemies and I was able to take them out, but it took a good 20 minutes to get rid of the mob... :/
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Is there no way to back out of a quest, or are you locked into it?
 
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