Recent reviews by Yukonicus

Gameplay is what you expect from Dragon's Dogma 1 and more. Every bit of combat feels impactful. If you play this game with a relaxed view, take it slow and explore anything that catches your interest, you will have a good time. As you would expect from Dragon's Dogma games, it takes a step towards a more classic RPG, and in my opinion I think they did this amazingly well. I cannot emphasize how much fun this game feels when you explore. Multiple Vocations (classes) makes it easy to find a playstyle that you like that you can get the pawns built around to make a fluid team.

Microtransaction complaints come from a real place, but you can only buy them once and they're common items you can find in game. I do not endorse the extra transactions, but I cannot say the game itself is bad, just marketing.

People mention bad optimization, I have not experienced this myself.