𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐦𝐚 𝟐 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[cypher]

As an avid player of single-player RPGs, spending roughly 50 hours in DD2, I've earnestly attempted to enjoy it, but unfortunately, it just doesn't resonate with me. Frankly, I find myself rather disliking it.

The performance leaves much to be desired. Despite adjusting settings to their lowest, the game's performance remains consistently poor. These issues persist not only in densely populated cities but also in areas teeming with NPCs. Furthermore, the game is plagued with game-breaking bugs that hinder progression, leaving me reloading from my last Inn save countless times due to quests failing to complete or transactions yielding no reward. It's an exasperating experience, and I can't help but feel frustrated, especially given Capcom's involvement.

Traversing the world feels excessively laborious. With minimal means of fast travel, players are left to trek lengthy distances on foot, encountering enemies at every turn, which further compounds the sluggish pace of exploration. The lack of mounts is particularly baffling in a game of this scale, as it would greatly alleviate the tedium of travel.
The enemy variety is sorely lacking, with an overwhelming majority of encounters consisting of repetitive goblin skirmishes. This dearth of diversity quickly leads to monotony, detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game. It's disappointing to see so many enemy types omitted compared to its predecessor.

The world itself feels shallow and devoid of life. The lack of distinctiveness in city layouts and interiors, coupled with a narrative that fails to engage, contributes to an overall sense of emptiness. NPCs lack depth, sporting generic appearances and offering little of interest in their interactions. Features like romance feel forced and superficial, lacking the charm and personality found in other games.

The design of beastmen is particularly uninspired, lacking the distinctiveness one would expect from such creatures. Their humanoid appearance feels derivative and detracts from the immersion of the game world.
Pawns, while intended to be helpful, quickly become grating with their incessant chatter and repetitive behavior. Their constant reminders and lack of subtlety detract from the immersion and enjoyment of the game.

Combat, too, feels lackluster, with auto-attacks lacking impact and spells suffering from unwieldy casting times. The absence of precise targeting further exacerbates the frustration, leaving combat feeling disjointed and unsatisfying. The recommendation to use a controller, albeit belatedly, underscores the inadequacies of the keyboard controls.
The user experience within menus is similarly frustrating, with convoluted navigation and a lack of tooltips hindering efficient gameplay. The map interface is unresponsive and cluttered, further detracting from the overall experience.

The lack of meaningful armor customization and modern features only serves to exacerbate these issues, culminating in a game that falls short of its potential. Capcom's response to these concerns has been underwhelming, leaving players feeling disillusioned and underserved. Despite its lengthy development cycle, Dragon's Dogma 2 feels like a regression from its predecessor, lacking the polish and innovation expected of a sequel.

To that end, I feel as though the only logical way that so many critics landed on an 8/10 or 9/10 is that they must have straight-shot the main story and come to the conclusion that, despite the narrative being mediocre at best, the overall gameplay experience along the way was refined, varied, and unique enough to justify calling the game "great" and giving it a relatively high score. And to be entirely honest, this is one of the few occasions in which I don't feel that the blame lies with the critics. Their job was to play through the game in a timely manner so as to provide us with an easily digestible rundown of what to expect from the game as a whole, and that's exactly what they did.

There's just nothing of note to do besides the main story after those opening 10 to 15 hours. Side quests all feel like senseless busy-work, combat encounters in the open world almost exclusively consist of the same 4 or 5 basic enemies from start to finish, exploration quickly devolves from one of the best parts of the game to one of the worst when you realize that nearly every item you can find in a chest can also be scavenged or purchased from a vendor, and Pawns quickly turn from lovable brothers and sisters in arms to a constant source of headaches as they never quit repeating themselves and refuse to give the player so much as 5 minutes of peace and quiet.

Ultimately, at its current state, Dragon's Dogma 2 fails to justify its hefty price tag, earning a middling rating of 5 out of 10 in my estimation.

[cypher]

Originally posted by Oreo Boy:

i advise you to play or own the game before reviewing, please dont spread misinformation sir/madam

i own the game and played for over 50 hours.

[Forblaze]

Originally posted by Oreo Boy:

i advise you to play or own the game before reviewing, please dont spread misinformation sir/madam

I don't necessarily agree with everything he said, but nothing he said is misinformation.

[cypher]

Originally posted by Oreo Boy:

Originally posted by cypher:

i own the game and played for over 50 hours.

where?

my psn profile is avaiable on my steam profile.

[gerechterzorn]

wrong on all accounts

[EpirusWarriorμολὼνλαβέ]

Originally posted by cypher:

Originally posted by Oreo Boy:

where?

my psn profile is avaiable on my steam profile.

Deleted post. You must be new around. Is part of mind hive into action: Play the game don't spread misinformation11 and Gaming Journalism is not shilling11.

[gnome_chomski]

Your prose is very technical and formulaic, while also leaning heavily on clunky adverbs and adjectives, giving the impression you reached for the thesaurus a few times too many.

It's a stilted read with little in the way of personality or charm -- feels more like a review of tractors in a trade magazine rather than a player giving their honest and subjective thoughts on a piece of entertainment software.

My review of your review is 4 / 10, a frustrating mess to slog through that was further let down by the author's sloppy execution.

See me after class, you can do better.

[Lahoo Eckbert]

Yeah I mean you shouldn't play dragons dogma 2 for anything other than combat tbh. The only good thing about the game is just randomly encountering a big creature and killing it.

[EpirusWarriorμολὼνλαβέ]

Originally posted by gnome_chomski:

Your prose is very technical and formulaic, while also leaning heavily on clunky adverbs and adjectives, giving the impression you reached for the thesaurus a few times too many.

It's a stilted read with little in the way of personality or charm -- feels more like a review of tractors in a trade magazine rather than a player giving their honest and subjective thoughts on a piece of entertainment software.

My review of your review is 4 / 10, a frustrating mess to slog through that was further let down by the author's sloppy execution.

See me after class, you can do better.

Actually that is quiet average steam review, many other have review on steam page have made same points, your rebuttal is followed by logical fallacies that don't counter argue on any point OP makes but rather attack on "style" or personal level .

[cypher]

Originally posted by Lahoo Eckbert:

Yeah I mean you shouldn't play dragons dogma 2 for anything other than combat tbh. The only good thing about the game is just randomly encountering a big creature and killing it.

i like the first game story.

[Amon]

Game doesn't seem to be your cup of tea. Well, it happens.

[M.T. Fish]

Originally posted by Lahoo Eckbert:

Yeah I mean you shouldn't play dragons dogma 2 for anything other than combat tbh. The only good thing about the game is just randomly encountering a big creature and killing it.

Yeah. The story and quests range from as bad or worse than the first game and a lot of things feel unpolished and rushed. It feels like the bones of something better overall just like the first game.

But bonking the big monsters feels great.

[VeraelHasta]

I can summarize most of the review in one sentence: You expected a modern day RPG, but got Dragon's Dogma.

While it is a valid opinion, it kinda saddens me how often it comes up.
Perorformance and bug problems aside, I really enjoy games like this. It is not perfect, it has it's own uniquness, some pluses, some minuses.

So it is sad to see how they messed up. And how people react to it because of the hype train. I wouldn't want all of the RPGs to follow the same modern formula like others do nowadays,

[cypher]

Originally posted by VeraelHasta:

I can summarize most of the review in one sentence: You expected a modern day RPG, but got Dragon's Dogma.

While it is a valid opinion, it kinda saddens me how often it comes up.
Perorformance and bug problems aside, I really enjoy games like this. It is not perfect, it has it's own uniquness, some pluses, some minuses.

So it is sad to see how they messed up. And how people react to it because of the hype train. I wouldn't want all of the RPGs to follow the same modern formula like others do nowadays,

nonsense, i love the first game.

[gnome_chomski]

Originally posted by EpirusWarriorμολὼνλαβέ:

Actually that is quiet average steam review, many other have review on steam page have made same points, your rebuttal is followed by logical fallacies that don't argue on any point OP makes but rather attack on "style" personal level .

"This is just as sloppy and painful to read as all the other reviews on steam" is not the own you think it is, bucko.

[Ryvaku]

Over 130 hours here. I do not disagree with the opinion.
As someone who played the previous title. At least you had a bit extra armor customization.

They could've went beyond what the first Dragon's Dogma did, but they didn't and took a few steps back from it and stuck with same playstyle.

Nothing from this game is really memorable that I felt while playing it. The Sphinx is nothing more than to lure in players because it was the only creature they put some soul into and it makes sense why it was in the trailer.

I believe it is a good game to those that never played the previous title. It would make sense why they enjoy it.