The quickie:
- Release set for January 2016
Dark Arisen version of the game
Available on steam with "full platform support" (full steamworks support?)
$30
"High-res graphics" and "Improved fidelity" - whatever the fuck that means
360/xbone controller support
traditional mouse + keyboard "support"
VIEW CONTENT:
+Character creation
+Pawn system is neat
+Cool monster encounters
+Story is different
+World design is pretty good
+I like the combat
-Some game content was locked behind a 'rift crystal' system
-This will be the third time I've bought the game
-CAPCOM
-Console port - no idea what to expect
-World seems large at first, but is actually pretty small
SO WAIT A MINUTE! JUST WHAT IS A DRAGONS DOGMA?
Dragons Dogma is an open world action RPG (what isn't these days). You make your character, choose your class, create a pawn, hire other peoples pawns, and set out in the world to kill big monsters and cuckold the king. You have vocations (classes), skills, stats, and stat growth (stats are a little simplistic though). You fight small monsters and bandits that you can throw off cliffs, and big monsters like ogres and chimeras that you can climb all over.
You can swing big swords, or maybe carry a shield or a couple of daggers. Spells in this game can be BIG (see the end of my third video below). Also your pawn learns its battle actions from you, so if you're useless in a fight, expect your pawn to be as well.
Screenshots:
Here's some videos I've made with the PS3 version:
Here's a video that demonstrates a sorcerer spell in combat a little better than my video:
