Brumbek's UBER-Epic DRAGON'S DOGMA Review! [No Spoilers] [Played on PS3]

[Brumbek]

TL;DR Version

Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen is the complete package. It’s a triumph of art, technology, and game design. There’s hundreds of hours of fantastic questing, best-in-class combat, and open-world discovery. You owe it to yourself to play this masterpiece!

PS: the whole "UBER-Epic" title is a joke, people. It's meant to be ironic. This post is just my simple opinion, obviously.

Preface - Brumbek Loves Dragon’s Dogma

Having put 200+ hours into the console version (PS3), I can safely say Dragon’s Dogma is one of the best games ever made, no joke. And now we’re getting this PC version with high framerate, no micro-transactions, and convenience additions at a budget price!

Why is the game so good, you ask? Enjoy my thorough spoiler-free review below! Feel free to skip to sections you care about. I hope you will give the game a chance because it’s truly a once-in-a-generation kind of game, no exaggeration.

Introduction

Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen is one of the most immersive, complete action RPG experiences ever made. The game exudes quality, clearing being a labor of love from the developers to the players. And much to love there is with 200 hours of top-tier content. Let’s go piece by piece.

PC Port Information

Disclaimer: I haven’t played the PC version personally since it isn’t out yet. However, the PC previews by Destructoid and PC Gamer indicate it is an excellent port with up to 4K resolution and 150 frames per second, full KB/M support, on the fly KB/M or controller swapping, and uncompressed textures.

The PC version also features keyboard hotkeys for quick use of items and an infinite Ferrystone for easier Fast Travel. New Achievements have also been added. More PC-specific information will be included once the game is actually released.

World

First, there’s a big, beautiful open-world to explore with hundreds of interesting landmarks, nooks, and hidden stashes. The entire open-world is freely accessible from the start, although you are wise to follow the main story path for safety. On a technical note, the engine renders the world beautifully with amazing draw distances and grand vistas.

Story

The story seems generic at first, but please trust that it quickly turns into a thought-provoking tale of fate, destiny, and existence. I dare not say more because it’s easily spoiled. Please just know the first five hours are a bit slow with typical fantasy quests, but keep going to be rewarded with a truly unique story you will not soon forget!

Art Design

Artistically, Dogma is a pure triumph with immaculate art. The creature design, the NPCs, the gear, and so on all feature detailed geometry and stylized textures. The animations are also world class. It adds so much to the immersion when you can realistically climb a monster and see that monster flail about as you strike it.

Graphically, though, it should be noted this game started as a prior-gen year 2012 console game. Much like Grand Theft Auto V it shines on PC because of brilliant art direction, but the prior-gen console roots are still there. Most notable are the blocky buildings and terrain and low resolution textures.

Voice-Acting

The voice acting is incredibly good throughout the whole game. The entire cast is great, with some very famous and respected voice talents. Your pawns have wonderfully calm voices, which is good since they talk so much (can be muted on PC version).

Sound

What about sound effects? The environmental sounds like waterfalls, insects, birds, and so on are top notch. The enemy and player sounds are impactful and fitting. Weapon and skill sounds are distinct and varied, so as to give audio cues exactly when needed. In short, the sound design is top-notch.

Music

Special mention should go to the music. Certain key songs and motifs (bits of melody) are used throughout the game in expert fashion. It should come as no surprise that the music ranges from great to amazing since people like Inon Zur worked on the game. The main menu, credits, victory fanfare, and Bitterblack music are all standouts.

Combat

The combat system itself features precise actions and animations, responsive controls, and countless ways to fight. Dogma’s signature combat feature is large monsters which can all be clung to, climbed, and killed in the most vicious ways.

We’ve all had fun hacking a Dragon’s feet or tail in Dragon Age or Dark Souls. However, it’s a new level of fun to literally do a running jump onto the beast’s mane, cling for dear life, and slash the fiend to death while it flies mid-air flailing about. Hence, it’s no exaggeration to say Dark Arisen has the greatest combat system of any action RPG.

Character & Class Systems

Being an RPG, you level up as you play with a tremendous level cap of 200. Leveling is quite quick, with very little grinding since there’s so many quests, side activities, and events to award much XP.

The versatile class system allows 9 total variants of the 3 major archetypes (fighter, archer, mage), and you can freely change your class as much as you like. The skill system is based on your class, but you can mix and match Augments from any class, incentivizing you to play and master all 9 classes.

Gear & Equipment

The game features over 400 pieces of equipment, each with a unique appearance. You can have up to 6 pieces of armor, 2 rings, and 2 weapons equipped. The 6 armor pieces are of special note since there are literally hundreds of combinations that physically fit your unique character body. This is fantasy dress-up on steroids!

Upgrades & Dragonforging

Then there’s the weapon and armor upgrade system. Each item can be upgraded using gold and materials. The materials are harvested from enemies, mining, scavenging, and so on. It’s a great system that adds much incentive to go kill tons of monsters and scour the land for “aught of use” as your pawns say.

As if the base item upgrading system wasn’t enough, Dogma features one of the most brilliant extra gear upgrade systems ever: Dragonforging, which fits so well into the lore and is just such a cool idea. I won’t spoil what it involves but a warning: it’s insanely addicting!

Loot

The game features a great semi-random loot system where most chests have a list of maybe 3-10 items you might find with different rarities. This is great because it encourages replaying areas, and makes it possible to find new stuff even after going through a dungeon or location for the tenth time just for fun.

Pawns - Your Friendly Helpers

Then there’s the pawns, another totally glorious idea unique to Dogma. You get one main pawn with customizable gear and skills, and you can hire up to two other pawns to help you. Your pawns learn about the world, monsters, and quests as you experience it all. So much more could be said, but you’ll want to experience the joy of pawns for yourself.

Throwing Goblins off Cliffs = Winning

Did I mention you can pick up smaller enemies and throw them? See, this is something most games wouldn’t bother with because it’s not really necessary. Sure I could just kill the poor goblin, but how delightful to stun him, go pick him up, run to the cliff, throw him over, watch him flail as he falls screaming, then hear a delightful splat. You know you want to try it!

Concerns - Difficulty

Let me address one common complaint before continuing: difficulty. Dogma uses a static leveling system for enemies. This means some areas are simply too hard for low level players. The game repeatedly tells you some areas may be too difficult at the moment. Your pawns will also tell you when a dangerous enemy is nearby. Follow this tip religiously: if you see a large monster, immediately save your game.

Concerns - Too Many Quests

Some will rightly say there are too many Notice Board quests. There is a constant stream of “Kill X monsters” and “Collect X item” and “Escort X NPC” quests, which can definitely clutter your quest log. The completionist may get overwhelmed, but all the quests do offer decent rewards and are entirely optional. Again, you do not ever have to do Notice Board quests!

Concerns - Missable Quests

Another issue is several side-quests are very missable. OCD players may get angry when a quest gets “Canceled” because too much main story progress is made. This is bad design and unfortunate. However, what needs to be understood is Dogma is a game meant to be replayed at least 2 times (New Game Plus), so don’t worry if you miss some quests the first time.

Concerns - Constant Slowdowns!

The console versions suffer from extreme slowdown, which is unfortunate. However, this is fixed on PC, so who cares about those peasant box problems?! (This was a JOKE about consoles. Do not take it seriously!)

Concerns - Inventory Management & Stamina

Dogma does require a large amount of inventory management, swapping out old and new gear and items. There is also an annoying weight limit that constantly requires you to put items into storage. Your Stamina also tends to drain quite rapidly when running and fighting, which requires you carry a large amount of recovery items, which plays right into the annoying weight limit problem.

Overall, there is too much “playing the menus” but Dogma is so good otherwise that the inventory management will probably be an acceptable tedium to most players. The PC version could have benefited greatly from “no weight” or “double stamina” options but oh well.

Concerns - Too Much Running!

First, understand the original 2012 console release did not feature Fast Travel, which was a big hit against it in reviews. The 2013 Dark Arisen rerelease (and this PC version) have Fast Travel items you can place in the world after reaching certain story points.

It is true you can only set ten Fast Travel locations, so there will be some amount of running back and forth. But if you wisely set up your locations (sort of an unofficial puzzle-game, finding the most efficient locations), there won’t be much serious backtracking.

Concerns - Mute Protagonist, Bad/No Lip-Synching, No Dialogue Options

Your character is mute, only the main story scenes have lip-syncing, and the lip-synching isn’t good. Other NPCs like merchants have no lip-synching. Also, this isn’t a game like Witcher or Fallout where you have dialogue options. It’s a more traditional JRPG with a linear story. Just be aware of all that.

Addendum - So Much Awesome Content!

Did I mention that game has a very large end-game dungeon you can play as much as you’d like? It features some crazy bosses that will test your mettle and reward you greatly. Just in case that isn’t enough, Dogma has a “hidden” boss (he’s easy to find) you can fight solo or online for unique rewards.

Addendum - The Dark Arisen Expansion

Then there’s the Dark Arisen expansion content bundled with the game: Bitterblack Isle, an uber-dungeon featuring the hardest encounters in the game, intense dungeon delving, a mysterious story to unravel, and an addictive Diablo-inspired loot system. The PC version also features new Bitterblack Isle Achievements, adding even more incentive to play for another 80 hours!

Conclusion - Once in a Generation Game

Dragon’s Dogma Dark Arisen is the complete package. It’s a triumph of art, technology, and game design. There’s hundreds of hours of fantastic questing, best-in-class combat, and open-world discovery.

Do you like third-person action combat, interesting stories, open-world exploration, dungeon-delving, hunting monsters, and crafting epic gear? Of course you do, and you owe it to yourself to play this masterpiece!

[Paprika]

Publicado originalmente por Soothing Page:

Publicado originalmente por Paprika:

Don't forget to report this kind of people, thanks everyone !

Lol if you don't want someone to talk ♥♥♥♥ then don't talk ♥♥♥♥ yourself. And I think you mean to say these people instead of this people.

"this kind of people", once you get to middle school or read a book you'll understand basic grammar
Your life must be pretty sad to get THIS angry at someone else on the Internet, hope 2016 is a better year for you buddy

[Brumbek]

Publicado originalmente por sillyskeleton:

I'd advise anyone reading this who hasn't played the game to take this with a grain of salt. … We've all been burned enough by the hype train and should know better than to buy in to such gushing praise.

A fine point. This is just one man’s opinion, as they say. Although this isn’t the same as professional marketing hype trains. I’m just an average player who actually played the game for 200 hours on PS3. I only loved the game AFTER playing it four times over. So my talk isn’t hype but actual love of game. :)

Publicado originalmente por Valmar:

Great review, Brumbek!

Appreciate it! I just love the game and want others to share in the love. ;)

Publicado originalmente por Brotown:

I agree, Psycho. ...But...I guess Johnny boy needs his attention, so here I go:

Now that was funny, even if a bit mean! I gotta remember that next time someone comes in as the white knight of silencing dissenting opinions!

Publicado originalmente por John Titor:

Sorry i didn't know posting biased one sided reviews of the ps3 version of a game on the steam forum is considered expressing your love nowadays.

The game has flaws and labeling them as complaints just shows how biased this review is. That is if the ad like intro did somehow get past you.

Your character is a mute which is apparently a flaw because it was changed for Fallout4 and made the game worse. (i don't see it as a flaw but for the majority nowadays it is)

John Titor, you have partially redeemed yourself! See, this stuff is constructive criticism! You should have just said all this without all that mean and weird stuff!

I’ve taken your feedback and changed “Complaints” to “Concerns”. I can see why people might not understand what I mean with “Complaints”.

Again John, I just honestly love the game AFTER putting 200+ hours into it. And all reviews obviously are going to come down to personal tastes at some point. Anyway, this time I honestly do thank you for your valued feedback! LOL!

Publicado originalmente por UndeadGuru:

Awesome review man! Don't listen to those haters :insfist:

Thanks friend!

Publicado originalmente por Chronos, Master of all Time!:

I haven't played this game. In this review you:

1. Appeared to be very biased.

2. Actually spoiled an encounter in an end game dungeon despite labeling this as no spoilers.

3. Indirectly mocked a playerbase joke or not. I get the PS3 is a comparitively underpowered platform, but "peasant box"? I honestly can't stand the PC community.

While you did give me some new information, I disliked how you relayed it. Now I remember why I stopped reading reviews.

1. I’m just an average player who honestly loved the game. I expect other people to be mature and smart enough to realize this is just my opinion. The reason you can trust me though is because I’m a legit customer and gamer who just loves the game. I can’t apologize for loving Dogma so much. But think for yourself of course!

2. Hmm, I’ve removed that to be safe. Although all I did was give you the name of an enemy…his name doesn’t matter. But enough talk about that. I sincerely thank you for your feedback.

3. It’s just a joke, friend! I also trust readers to be mature and clever enough to realize the IRONY in mocking the PS3 as a “Peasant Box” when I clearly state I played 200+ hours of the game on the PS3! It’s just a bit of fun. Way too serious, some people.

Publicado originalmente por PrinceOfJudah (Chris):

John Titor's reasoning is sound. He isn't a 'hater.' Brumbek's review is not appropriate for this forum.

There’s free and open discussion on forums. Posting my opinions is called free speech. It is very unfortunate that some of you seem to think you are the arbiters of what is allowed and not allowed in communication.

Guys, this post is LIKE, JUST MY OPINION, MAN. I’m trying to foster constructive discussion of Dragon’s Dogma. That is literally, LITERALLY, the purpose of this discussion board.

Publicado originalmente por ルを失うTiTiCon:

Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen is the complete package. It’s a triumph of art, technology, and game design. There's hundreds of hours of fantastic questing, best-in-class combat, and open-world questing. You owe it to yourself to play this masterpiece! Buy now!!
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/dragons-dogma-dark-arisen
Tl;dr: "im a massive fanboy of a average game"

So because I love the game when Metacritic has it at a score of 80...your point is? 80 on Metacritic is actually “Great” by the way, not average. LOL.

Publicado originalmente por SaikyoHero:

I like how when a person is biased positively he's called a shill advertiser but being biased negatively is called "objective", "realist" or whatever self-stroking praise they can think of.

Excellent point. Such is human nature, sadly. I’ve gotten many people saying I must work at Capcom…um, no. I just love Dragon’s Dogma. It’s like other people just can’t believe anyone could honestly love something without an agenda.

Publicado originalmente por John Titor:

I love the game as i already stated. I have the original DD and the download version of Dark Arisen on ps3 and bought this instantly for PC

I said his opening sounds like an ad. It does.

Example: Missable Quests - OCD players may get angry...

This was a flaw in the game because there wasn't any indication of that happening beforehand and due to the 1 saveslot restriction people got locked out of content.

John, the problem is with how you communicate with people. You came right out of the gate very antagonistic and adversarial. You don’t sound at all like someone who loves Dragon’s Dogma. Anyway, that’s for you to work out personally.

All you read was my TL;DR…which does highly recommend people buy the game. If I adore the game and want others to SHARE the joy, of course I’m going to recommend they buy it. You’re taking this way too personally.

Thanks for the feedback on missable quests. I’ve added a line saying “This is bad design and unfortunate.” You are right it stinks to have missable quests. But as I note, there’s only a couple missable quests, and they’re pretty minor, realistically.

And my line about OCD gamers getting angry…I wrote that because I’m an OCD gamer who got angry! Again, you’re reading way too much into my review.

Publicado originalmente por Paprika:

It didn't say anywhere that this was a PS3 review my dude

Actually, right in the Preface section it says, “Having put 200+ hours into the console version…” That’s been there from the start, so obviously it wasn’t the PC version.

[Davoodinator]

please please please.

brumbeks review is x1000000 better than the garbage you will see once the game releases.

have you actually read alot of steam reviews? they are absolutely worthless trash reads.

stupid things like

"its fun" from someone with 1000 hours logged on a game will get alot of votes because its funny. and it becoems the top review. THAT IS NOT A REVIEW WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU STEAM.

[Paprika]

Publicado originalmente por Davoodinator:

please please please.

brumbeks review is x1000000 better than the garbage you will see once the game releases.

have you actually read alot of steam reviews? they are absolutely worthless trash reads.

stupid things like

"its fun" from someone with 1000 hours logged on a game will get alot of votes because its funny. and it becoems the top review. THAT IS NOT A REVIEW WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU STEAM.

work on your pawn guide you lazy bum

[LoboFH]

Guys, you are a bunch of grumpfy smurfs, yes, the man is brutally excited with the game and its upcoming release, take it easy.

[Davoodinator]

Publicado originalmente por Paprika:

Publicado originalmente por Davoodinator:

please please please.

brumbeks review is x1000000 better than the garbage you will see once the game releases.

have you actually read alot of steam reviews? they are absolutely worthless trash reads.

stupid things like

"its fun" from someone with 1000 hours logged on a game will get alot of votes because its funny. and it becoems the top review. THAT IS NOT A REVIEW WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU STEAM.

work on your pawn guide you lazy bum :smug:

SUMIMASEN PAPRIKA SENPAI

i willu worku onu itu nowu

[Jemolk]

Guys, guys, of course the review is biased, reviews tend to be based heavily on opinion!

John, I think the main problem people have with you is that your writing style comes across as extremely antagonistic. Your points make sense, and much of your criticism is valid, it just is written in a way many of us can't help but see as vicious and antagonistic to the extreme.

Publicado originalmente por ルを失うTiTiCon:

Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen is the complete package. It’s a triumph of art, technology, and game design. There's hundreds of hours of fantastic questing, best-in-class combat, and open-world questing. You owe it to yourself to play this masterpiece! Buy now!!
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/dragons-dogma-dark-arisen
Tl;dr: "im a massive fanboy of a average game"

Ugh. Can't you trolls go somewhere else to trash-talk the game? Guys, this is what a real troll looks like. John is probably just in a bad mood or merely someone who had trouble containing his frustration (I know I'm like this a lot).

[Sharkon]

nice review. well, I like the game too.

[ekolite]

Thank you, read through the "concerns" mostly and was informative enough.

[ChristianEcoterrorst]

Brumbek there is a difference between free speech and being critical of what you say, which deserves criticism. Your review is not appropriate for this forum and has nothing to do with your ability to speak freely. Steam is on the PC, not PS3. You are confusing criticism with me calling for a ban on you speaking.

[Brumbek]

Firstly, I've updated the review to fix some grammar and add a PC section even though it just contains public information at this point. Thanks to everyone who has chimed in, even the haters. :)

Publicado originalmente por PrinceOfJudah (Chris):

Brumbek there is a difference between free speech and being critical of what you say, which deserves criticism. Your review is not appropriate for this forum and has nothing to do with your ability to speak freely. Steam is on the PC, not PS3. You are confusing criticism with me calling for a ban on you speaking.

Prince, criticism is great and fine. But you are quite literally calling for a ban of me speaking. You say my opinion of the game (in review format) isn't proper for this forum. That is you saying you'd like to ban me if you had the power.

Your point really confuses me...are you saying this forum isn't the place to share my views of the game? Countless remastered games have people posting stuff like "is this game good?" or "should I buy?". Hence, I provided my feedback from the PS3 version, which is identical in gameplay to the PC version.

If me giving my opinion about how excited I am for the game and how much I love it isn't "proper" here...what should I post here? "Hi, I'm Brumbek, I'll be playing this game. I could tell you my thoughts on the console version, but PrinceOfJudah and others say it's not appropriate." ???

[Valmar]

Will you do a spoiler video review of the PC port at some point, Brumbek? Would be enjoyable to see the highlights as you talk about them. :)

[Brotown]

Agree with Valmar! Brumbek...you should do some sort of post release review when you get a chance then link this thread in it if it does turn out to be a great port. If it turns out to be as awesome as the start of this thread makes it all sound (prerelease) then it'll A: Prove you were on the money from the get go. B: Show everyone what a judge dredd wannabe jabroni looks like (the negative nancy who immediately replied to you..NOT becuase of the fact he disagreed but in the incredibly assinine way he did it)....and C: Give players a few good names to rent pawns from as I know I'll be keeping an eye out for yours, Valmar's, and a couple others.

To Mr. "I am the Law!" ....these dots....right here...they indicate pauses in my speech, usually to emphasize a point or break for a joke's punchline. ...I type how I speak, for the most part (except for right now...right now i'm doing it on purpose). Basically...because you came in here trying to dictate what a person can or cannot say on a forum when you arent even a moderator just shows how in your own world you really are and how waaaaaay too important you believe yourself to be. Basically I just wanted to be you back to you and you took the bait. I'm bored with it now though so no worries. Toodles jabroni!





*cough* jabroni

[blitzblotz]

If you love 1st and 2nd edition d&d art and Forgotten Realms, this game is your dream come true.

[Samurai]

You can talk up the fluff all you want this is not a review, it's a one sided love letter. Changing complaints to concerns changes nothing and is missing the point i tried to make. It's a flaw man, stop being so lovey dovey and call it what it is.

My criticism about your Review has nothing to do with my love for this game. Saying i don't sound like i love this game because i don't praise you for this review is nothing more than misdirection. At least i don't sound fake like some of those creepy way too friendly christians who try to spread the love everywhere.

Publicado originalmente por Brumbek:

John Titor, you have partially redeemed yourself! See, this stuff is constructive criticism! You should have just said all this without all that mean and weird stuff!

I’ve taken your feedback and changed “Complaints” to “Concerns”. I can see why people might not understand what I mean with “Complaints”.

Again John, I just honestly love the game AFTER putting 200+ hours into it. And all reviews obviously are going to come down to personal tastes at some point. Anyway, this time I honestly do thank you for your valued feedback! LOL!

There is no need for me to redeem myself. I stand up for what i say which can't be said for you seeing how you are constantly editing the things i and others complain about in and out.

What you try to mask with the label "complaints" are the flaws this game has. The negative. The things people don't like a game to have. Things which are a nuisance. Stop talking around the bush and call it what it is. As i said before, it's dishonest.

Brum, how you express your love for the game comes down to taste, yes.

That's why i don't like it.

It sounds disingenuous from beginning to end. That's the reason i asked if it was satire in my very first post because i honestly couldn't tell.

How you constantly claim to have played the game for OVER 200 HOURS also really puts me off. You aren't the only one who did that. I might even say i know more than a few who have gone way beyond that. It's nothing special.

That's what makes this so unbelievable to me btw. You played over 200 hours and have no major complaint? That's absolutely inconceivable to me. I remember talking about this game a lot in 2013. My friends had their share of complaints like everyone probably has.

I guess love is blind after all.

Publicado originalmente por Brumbek:

Publicado originalmente por PrinceOfJudah (Chris):

John Titor's reasoning is sound. He isn't a 'hater.' Brumbek's review is not appropriate for this forum.

There’s free and open discussion on forums. Posting my opinions is called free speech. It is very unfortunate that some of you seem to think you are the arbiters of what is allowed and not allowed in communication.

Sadly, you are free to post this excuse of an review anywhere you like. I will still complain about it though. I have mentioned it several times and it get's ignored every time because you and your defense squad have nothing to say against that. Steam Review hub is closed until the game is released. That's the place for reviews.

The argument that all reviews there are crap might be true doesn't diminish the fact that you can't post your review until release of the game. PC review (the one review people should care about) is also on embargo.

Posting a review of the console version of this game from 2013 a week before the release of the PC version seems like you really really want your 5 minutes of fame or something. It serves no purpose and already confused more than a few people including me.

"But it's the same game!"

It's not. It's a different version released 2-3 years later with improvements over the original on a different platform.

I don't expect anyone who actually reviews games for a living would think this is an alright attitude to have.

Publicado originalmente por Brumbek:

Publicado originalmente por SaikyoHero:

I like how when a person is biased positively he's called a shill advertiser but being biased negatively is called "objective", "realist" or whatever self-stroking praise they can think of.

Excellent point. Such is human nature, sadly. I’ve gotten many people saying I must work at Capcom…um, no. I just love Dragon’s Dogma. It’s like other people just can’t believe anyone could honestly love something without an agenda.

It's not an excellent point because he made that crap up. Nothing he said in his post has happened in here. I also don't recall seeing anyone in here saying you work for Capcom. Utterly made up nonsense.

Publicado originalmente por Brumbek:

Publicado originalmente por John Titor:

I love the game as i already stated. I have the original DD and the download version of Dark Arisen on ps3 and bought this instantly for PC

I said his opening sounds like an ad. It does.

Example: Missable Quests - OCD players may get angry...

This was a flaw in the game because there wasn't any indication of that happening beforehand and due to the 1 saveslot restriction people got locked out of content.

John, the problem is with how you communicate with people. You came right out of the gate very antagonistic and adversarial. You don’t sound at all like someone who loves Dragon’s Dogma. Anyway, that’s for you to work out personally.

All you read was my TL;DR…which does highly recommend people buy the game. If I adore the game and want others to SHARE the joy, of course I’m going to recommend they buy it. You’re taking this way too personally.

Thanks for the feedback on missable quests. I’ve added a line saying “This is bad design and unfortunate.” You are right it stinks to have missable quests. But as I note, there’s only a couple missable quests, and they’re pretty minor, realistically.

And my line about OCD gamers getting angry…I wrote that because I’m an OCD gamer who got angry! Again, you’re reading way too much into my review.

I don't care if you like my attitude or not, the points i made is what's important here. Up until now i didn't say anything about how you sound but seeing as my behaviour and attitude is constantly questioned by yourself and your fratboys instead of what i actually say we now play on an even playing field.

I read the whole review after my initial post which should have become clear multiple times by now seeing as it involved more than a few points i made.

SHARE THE JOY. Again with the ad speak. It's too over the top and sounds like you are selling baloons to little kids at a fanfare.

About the OCD thing: It's not about what you wrote but how you wrote it. You made it sound like it's the players fault which it isn't. It was only an example there a few more in your "Review" though. Way to miss the point. Again.

At the fratboy wannabe comedian who can't write like a normal person and is most likely 100% an american seeing how his deep knowledge of police state authority comes into discussion at every turn.

LMAA du Lackaffe. :)

Edit: @Brum

It's also pretty funny how you always come up with the defense "This is a place for dicussion!" and the only one actually discussing anything in here is me.

The rest is just blindly praising your review and tell you how awesome you are but then again that's probably what you are after anyway. Why else call out the only ones who criticise as Haters, right?

Publicado originalmente por Brumbek:

Thanks to everyone who has chimed in, even the haters. :)

Such a farce.

Anyone interested in a review for the version which is about to release next friday should look somewhere else.

The 2 minutes first impression video which was posted in here at the beginning has actually more relevant information about the PC version.

Puts things into perspective, doesn't it?