Was Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen ever actually good, or is it just another le hidden gem™ where /v/ gaslights itself into calling outdated jank “kino” because it came out before 2015?
>>748863334 You were fooled by /v/ the game is shit and I will explain why: >No indication of where roads lead >No hint to what enemies are weak to >No hint of when enemies are alone or in groups >No warning to avoid status effects >No clue to which items are masterworks I don't know how people defend this game.
>>748863334i've tried so many times to play this but i always get bored of the combat so quickly
>>748863334Massively over hyped. For one the story makes no sense, the combat gets old fast, there's no cohesive narrative, the social system are barely social at all. I wouldn't give it a go when there's so much better things to play. Hard skip. You won't miss anything.
>>748863334played it this year, incredible game and I quickly understood why people were hyped for DD2too bad DD2 was a wet fucking fart that didn't even bring back every spell (bringing them back in 2 dark 2 arisen is fucking retarded they should have been in the base game) also no actual new vocations, not even taking shit from online and of course, monsters.
>>748863426i remember when retards would actually respond to this with indignation
>>748863334its really good but the first hour or two of the game can be kind of shit so it filtered a lot of people
>>748864017Where is he wrong
>>748863846Spearhand and Trickster are new. I do agree that 2 was mid as fuck tho.
>>748863735>story>narrative>sociallmao who caresits a gamegameplay is the point to play it>combat gets old fastoh so you are retarded
>>748863334>old /v/>played and enjoyed video games>new /v/>nothing but AI, e-celebs, twitter reposts, doesn't even know what a game isGee I wonder
>>748863334>>748863426Holy samefag.
>>748863426/Thread/
At the time of release it mogged every ARPG competitor with the active skill system, character creation, handling of large monster behaviour and so on. I was really impressed by the lighting and graphics of the engine, but the textures are nothing special by today's standards. If you were around and weren't excited for the Shadow of the Colossus style monster climbing in an open world RPG then I don't know what to say to you. The pawn learning system is unprecedented and isn't even matched in complexity by DD2. There are obvious, glaring flaws like performance issues on older hardware and the damage scaling isn't everyone's preference. The Dark Arisen expansion was incredible and fixed major flaws in the game.
>>748863334IT BEARS THE HEAD OF A COCKanon
>>748864348Lol
>>748863334One of capcoms best games, they were really cooking during this era. Sad that they couldn't hold on to it for long before making shit games again.
>>748863426heh
>>748863334Best 7/10 ever made.
>>748863334I'm using Claude to improve this game. Will try to fix the balancing issues, make hard mode actually hard, and importing some DDON enemies, which should be doable since they share the skeletons of DDDA enemies (I believe). Anyway, if you have some ideas of shit I could try getting done, feel free to share them.
You have to remember it was 2012 when the game first launched on consoles and it did so much cool stuff. True night time, incentivizing the lantern. Cool pawn system. Physics tied into movement and combat starting from your characters size and weight. Interactions like throwing rocks at enemies or climbing them to make them strip themselves of armor or launching a massive iceberg and climbing it etc. Most of the vocations had cool abilities and traits. A pretty good story with a good focus to romance (several key NPCs though any can be your beloved). Batshit twist which turns the game on its head.Its obviously a flawed game. We pretty much always call it the best 7/10 game ever made for a reason. It had immense promise and still delivers a one of a kind experience. Setting off to adventure with your party, fighting through bandits, exploring away somewhere too long so the sun sets, getting caught at night by necromancers or chimera. Or the trip to Bluemoon Tower, somehow always feels like it ends with you reaching it at dawn after a hellish trek and series of battles. Its why 2 is such a sore spot, because it was supposed to be the complete vision of what the game was originally meant to be. DD2 should have just been 1 but way way better. In some ways it is, in others far from it. Once again we got a game that was good but should have been better.
>>748863334The first game is great, the second game is garbage. Arc of Deliverance is one of the most satisfying attacks to land in any video game.
>>748864575>The pawn learning system is unprecedented and isn't even matched in complexity by DD2You guys seriously say the dumbest shit, pawns in 2 are way more developed
>>748863426Never seen a Pawn with so little knowledge.
>>748865838In the sense that they're pre-baked with behaviours that were previously dynamic and learned over time in DDDA, yes
>>748866713>dude they like, copy what you do!It never worked that way people just gaslit themselves
>>748865581Kek delusional
>>748863735anon is right on the money.
>>748866713>>748868229Actual DD modder here. I shouldnt have to explain this to self-gaslighting retards, its evident by just playing the game, but...Pawn AI is literally only decided by three things.>How many stars worth of familiarity they have with a particular monster>Their traits/orientations>A completely bullshit random RNG roll every time you load up a session that shifts their preferencesPawns have no dynamic learning and dont learn anything from players other than bestiary knowledge. Whether your sorcerer pawn spams spells or repeatedly tries to climb the enemy is entirely down to luck for any given moment.
>>748865581For me it's tenfold flurry, just shotgun to the face.
>>748868229>>748869232Explain how I taught my pawn to play catch then, cowards. My pawn is sentient
>>748870128It's all a lie wake up
>>748869232bro made an enb preset and thinks he knows shit
>>748865482all i want in life is ddo warrior in every game
>>748865482Put the fries in the bag lil bro
>>748865482god DDON would be perfect with a few changes better translation, make the gameplay actually feel like DDDA, and less mmo grindshit
>>748869232dont forget>press the help button so your pawn helps you>they now have the worst inclination (guardian)>good luck figuring this out on your own
Sisters... What are we gonna do if DD2DA drops and is better than our game?
>>748863334It's a 7/10 game. The monster climbing is the most interesting part of the game. The second would be the mid melee combat and third the pawn system.
>>748865482Put all of DDON classes in DD1, include new skills and changes of Fighter, Warrior. Make it so pawn can use all the classes, too. Along with a working UI to change class for player and pawn and I'll kneel before the AI overlord.
>>748863334play it yourself and find out you retarded nigger
>>748872420Then you wake up.I have some hope for the DLC, we have like 5 tiers of item so I'm expecting we got some proper content for it. Like the 999 level cap in the base game, haha...
I started playing it for the first time last week.Wasn't feeling it, mostly cause I am not really into the WRPG look it has, but I'll give it another chance now that I found out stats you gain from leveling classes are permanent. I love shit like that, giving me a reason to play in different ways.
>>748872420>sequel is better then originalyeah, i fucking hope it would be.
>>748863334Never seen pure generic fantasy on this level from a JP dev. Echoes of Aincrad gets close (overall feel) but it's still small-scale. Presents neat gameplay ideas that I'm surprised aren't used more frequently nowadays. It's a real gem. Don't think I'll ever play 2, but 1 is worth a play for all its novelty. It goes on sale for $5, what's the harm?
>>748863334It's not really janky nor is it some kind of incredible show of design. It just has some interesting ideas
>>748863334This place slowly saps away time like no cap fr. I started like maybe an 1 or 3 hours now I'm a 24/7 user just to "see" what's going on. It's an addiction and a cycle but you can't leave this place or ignore it. It's highly intelligent and modern society has chosen to represent education as one of the pillars of modern life.
