I'm genuinely confused about this fanbase more than any other video game series on the market.I went into this game; told by people it had 10/10 gameplay, the best magic system in an rpg, and personally knew of dozens of players with 1000s of hours in the base unmoded game.I dont get it though, to me it just seems like another generic hack and slash.I put about 10 hours into dark arisen. Killed plenty of goblins wolf's monsters, and it just seemed like the Witcher 3, a batman game, or an earlier god of war to me and I am being 100% serious.The ai mobs pose really no challenge whatsoever I've played nioh, sekiro, monster hunter games, and this shit seems so basic and primitive compare to those games combat systems.When people praise the gameplay of dd, have they like (and i am being nice here) never played nioh 2, woo long, elden ring, Bayonetta, or dmc games??Those games have loads of depth to their combat, are challenging and much more complex.Ill ask once again, please explain the appeal of this series to me, maybe im just a low iq midwit but I genuinely dont get it, it just seems so basic.
Game just feels good to play.
>>731114837its fun :)
It's not a character action combo sandbag game, that's your mistake.It's an action RPG, it's the RPG part people like.
>>731114837Your not missing out on anything, this game has the skeleton of a masterpiece but that's it
>>731114837I have 1200+Hrs in DDDA and I have 3000+Hrs in Nioh2.Like other anon said, its not deep action game, its action-rpg game. And its very good balance btw action and rpg.Feel pretty good to control your char and party and do flashy combat with generic old-good fantasy enemies. Feel pretty good to run around talk to npc, find new lore, loots all shit in their home. Feel pretty good to find new cool gears. etc.. etc... somethings like that.
Wolves hunt in packs.
>>731114837People pretend to like this game as a joke
Fans REALLY overrate the combat. They're only used to jrpg combat, so being able to move and have actual inputs blew their minds.
>>731114837it's a game for people that grew up reading books for leisure. It's not a high iq experience, but it's a game that rewards deferred gratification rather nicely.
discord trannies are so easy to spot
>>731114837>10/10By who retard?Are you a faggot?
The 2nd game sucks so hard compared to the 1st one. I dunno wtf they were thinking. It feel shit to play and the story is worse and the music is worse and the quests are worse. Everything sucks.
>>731117413>being able to move and have actual inputs blew their mindsTBF control in old capcom engine felt pretty great tho. The impact, hit-stop, trun around, parry, everything feel good. Now compare to new engine.. everything feel suck..
>>731114837It's D&D for weebs, they praise it because nippon made it
The first game was an open world ARPG in an era where those didn't really exist, with some fun features thrown on top.You had to play it contemporarily. If you play it today, especially after coming from games like Elden Ring, BG3, BotW, etc, then you won't be able to enjoy or appreciate it, and you simply missed out. Only solution is to rewind the clock. Sorry.
>>731114837>did they play soulslopWell if that's you enjoy that explains it
I've never heard anyone call it a 10/10 and in fact calling it a really good 7/10.
>>731114837Where did you get the idea that complex depth is good? "Basic" depth is fine too, better even.
>>731118171>You had to play it contemporarily. If you play it today, especially after coming from games like Elden Ring, BG3, BotW, etc, then you won't be able to enjoy or appreciate it, and you simply missed out. Only solution is to rewind the clock. Sorry.do zoomers really think that way? how depressing
It's a game that rewards you the more you engage with it. The mechanics are all simple but each one can be exploited amd interacted with in fun ways. For instance climbing on a cyclops' head to obscure its view to then have your pawn knock it off balance sending you both careening down the cliffside to your deaths. Good times
>>731118970Boomer here. It's depressing, but it's also the truth. There's a lot of stuff from the past where you simply had to be there to experience it correctly, and you'll never get to again if you missed it. Believe me, I don't want it to be this way, I'd do anything to get to go back. But you can't. You missed out. I'm sorry.
>>731120180all three of those games play worse
>>731114837>the Witcher 3, a batman game, or an earlier god of war to me and I am being 100% serious.Yeah, this is bait.
>>731120272It's not about that. It's about being in the right place at the right time, along with the context that comes with it. Experiences in life, video games included, are more than just the experience itself.Playing Dragon's Dogma today is objectively a different experience than playing it in 2012. You cannot experience the latter any more. If you didn't do it back then, you simply missed out and there's no way to undo that.
>>731117413Nah, the game has genuine good combat. Especially for an open world fantasy RPG.
>>731114837>hasn't interacted with 90% of the game>tries to have an opinion about it/v/ moment.
>>731114837>I put about 10 hours into dark arisen. Killed plenty of goblins wolf's monstersDid you even make it to Gran Soren? Let one Bitter Black Isle? You are still stomping goombas and you think you have an opinion on this game already?
>>731114837>nioh 2, woo long, elden ring>have loads of depth to their combatBait.
I dunnoI had a blast
>I went into this game; told by people it had 10/10 gameplayHere's the problem: you talked to impressionable discord kiddies who most likely only watched some memes and a bootleg seeth review with ADHD editing.Dragon's Dogma was always a flawed game with clear signs of being undercooked and confused game decisions. On launch it was a 6/10 game with potential but general lack of content or variety, lack of polish and being clearly unfinished. Dark Arisen brought it to a 7, but it remained a rough gem, not some perfect masterpiece.
>>731114837it had sovl, it was fun, and information about what the scale of what they wanted to do but couldn't from the official artbook and the BBS RPG presentation slide leaks gave it a special spark about what could have been which motivated the longtime demand and following hype for a sequelthen the sequel made some technical advances but killed both much of the sovl and the hope we would ever see the 'real' version of Itsuno's pipe dreams because Capcom obviously kneecapped his ass for some corporate politicking reasons or other and rushed it out the door as hard or harder than the original in a state that felt infinitely less complete than it should have when building off all the preexisting content of the original, Dark Arisen and DDO
>>731120757you can have an opinion on super mario bros during level 1-1 that is valid for the entire gamethe gameplay doesnt change, it expands, if the core sucks for you nothing that happens afterwards will make it good
>>731114837This is a 2012 game, people were comparing this to Skyrim (lmao) and Dark Souls 1 (slow af), so ofc it felt amazing, FOR ITS TIME.The game has nice animations and you can climb on monsters, that's pretty much all.The parry and dodge mechanics are very optional and only available on some classes, so the game doesn't really have much of a skill ceiling. In the DLC/end game you just spam OP skills while chain drinking infinite stamina options.
>>731120757I don't see how that would change his opinion. Gran Soren is the ONLY city in this fucking game (lol) and BBI is just a big dungeon.
>>731119101literally the only interesting mechanic in the gameDD is nice but it's repetitive. The story is not that interesting. The e combat is cute but you end up spamming the same attacks in the sane order to the same enemies.It's a 7.5/10
>>731125176The game remains interesting even far into being until you get the bis gear that kills awakened dagon in 3-4 attacks. Most bbi bosses have ways of being interacted with outside of just hitting them to death and are interesting to fight.
>>731114837>When people praise the gameplay of dd, have they like (and i am being nice here) never played nioh 2, woo long, elden ring, Bayonetta, or dmc games??Of those games only 2 of them (Elden Ring and Nioh 2) remotely class as ARPGs and only Elden Ring is an open world ARPG. The comparison between the others is hardly fair, since they're dedicated action games. And DD's combat is more enjoyable than Elden Ring, and the game actually has functioning towns and NPCs rather than just being a murder hobo simulator. DD1 came out in 2012, making it comparable to the Witcher 2 and Skyrim. Do you honestly think they have better and more versatile combat than DD1? Now, encounter design in Dragon's Dogma doesn't get good until end game and the DLC so you won't understand its cult status if you drop it in 10 hours. Although if you can't at least see the appeal of some of the combat and unique futures after 10 hours you are blind.
>>731114837Dragon's Dogma is the definition of mediocre gameplay with ambitious idea guy behind
>>731125368>DD's combat is more enjoyable than Elden Ringlmao, you fight goblins, wolves and lizardmen with the same base weapons (all "weapons" you pick up are just skins with more ATK) over and over. I've no idea how people play this for more than 20-40 hours. Actual autism, I guess.
>>731114837You are genuinely fucking retarded
>>731114837it has an incredible sense of fantasy, that makes it very immersive if you're in the right mindset
