Dragons Dogma 2 Review & Impressions After 100+ Hours! It's NOT What We Thought?!
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Prepare for a comprehensive review and impressions of Dragons Dogma 2 after spending a combined 100+ hours playing it! You may be surprised by what we thought of this highly anticipated sequel! Find out why this game is not what we thought it would be in this in-depth review. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to the now series, this video will give you all the information you need on this highly anticipated game. Join us to find out all about Dragons Dogma 2 and whether it lives up to the hype.
Dragon's Dogma 2 is an upcoming action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom. A sequel to Dragon's Dogma, the game is scheduled to release for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on March 22, 2024.
00:00 Dragons Dogma 2 Review Breakdown
01:34 What To Expect
03:16 Difficulty
05:06 The Open world
05:52 Monster Variety
06:43 Story Length
09:24 Quests, Music & Voice Acting
10:58 Combat & Vocations
13:03 Pawns
13:34 Platforms & Performance
13:55 Console
14:35 PC
15:10 Steam Deck
15:30 The Graphics
15:55 Overall Thoughts
16:41 Review Scores
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I have watched 3 long reviews now and it’s incredible to see that every reviewer pretty much likes different things and dislikes different things. The only thing that seems to be consistent is that each reviewer has said “it’s gonna come down to how you yourself feel”
@@Arctis326 No, no it doesn't.
Dark Souls is the same way. Its not everyone's cup of tea, but it's still a good game.
Opinions are not objective reality, people like different things.
yeah that's what we call a red flag. reminds me of ff16 reviews, coincidentally they scored the same too
@@Arctis326not at all , they said the same thing about the first and the first was one of the most amazing RPGs I’ve played so that’s bullshit right there . Not my fault people quite an hour in because they didn’t understand how the game works . People also say it was janky . Janky ? Really ? Have y’all not played any souls game or Elden right ? Those games are the definition of janky games , they are still good , doesn’t change the fact that it’s janky and awkward as fuck . This game looks like a success simple as that , everything els is just nitpicking at this point
What a shit take lmao@@Arctis326
@@Arctis326How could you be this obtuse?
I think people forget how small dragons dogma map size actually was so 4x bigger isn’t going to be like a massive scaling difference. All in all looks awesome though!
dd2 is still more than twice the size of skyrim
@@IzzyOrnitier yeah which checks out, if memory serves DD1 is about half the size of Skyrim so 4 times would make it about double that is big but still smaller than let’s say Elden run or breath of the wild. Which is perfectly fine for me.
i aint buying a reskined DDA 1 with worse performance. 4 x 0 is still 0. 4 times bigger than DDA 1 map means its actually not demo lvl map size now LMAO PATHETIC CAPCOM
You're correct, the first game was really small. It was basically 4 branches extending out of Gran Soren that were usually narrow paths with a couple of arenas spread down there length. It just felt large because some of the paths were very long.
@@imp6505here’s an idea; you can just not buy it🤷🏽♂️
I'm kinda bummed about the monster variety and the play time considering it's a $70 game, not gonna lie.
People also saying it’s super easy. Big turn off for me
@@christianflex4all I am on your side there. I guess the way to do it is play only with your pawn, so a party of 2 instead of 4. Perhaps even refrain from using healing items in mid-late game as you can just pause and heal yourself to full half a second before dying... kinda kills the whole experience really.
@@VICTHECOMMENTER This was pretty much the same as the first game. Dunno what y'all expected but this early game is way harder than the first game
I understand the concern but I’ve recently beaten the game and I think that complaint undersells that these monsters are WAY more complicated than the ones in DD1. Every cyclops fight I’ve had has gone down differently which I can’t say for DD1. The physics and enemy AI add a lot.
Also the enemy variety isn’t bad at all imo especially compared to other open world games that don’t have enemies on this level.
@@dumdude1083so in other words why should new players play this game when the first exists for cheaper
I mean, DD1 wasn't hard either. Its brutal while you're learning, and still low leveled, but pretty much every time I died outside BBI was dumb luck. Or the bandit filter.
yeah, even on hardmode. Heck hardmode made the late game waay more easier because all the exp + gold you get.
BBI on the other hand is just brutal
Yeah only difficulties I had were very early game and the DLC
No hard mode either, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
Yea base game DD1 was pretty easy, the difficulty curve didnt hit until dark arisen, im at the point with my characters that i can full on skip the griffin fight at bluemoon cuz i kill it during the ambush
@@Arzak776 true that base game dd1 was very easy with it only being difficult at the beginning but i was still hoping for much more out of the sequel. Not even having a hard mode along with it being as easy as the first makes it a skip for me personally. Three deaths the entire playthrough is honestly astounding
They're Masterworks all, you can't go wrong.
Come again.
Yes, I agree with you 100%. And I am glad that your comment is honest. So many delusional people overhyping this game. I wasn't very interested in DD1. It looked very fun at first sight, but there was just something I couldn't explain or put my finger on, why I didn't like it. DD2 gives the same kind of illusion, I feel like it is overhyped, but people will find themselves having fluctuated reviews on the DD2 game too. I just know 1 thing This game would have been perfect, and that is if this game had multiplayer. The reason why Elden Ring is still played is because of multiplayer. Multiplayer allows people to keep playing despite beating the game. There is another category of fun to just help and adventuring with people.
For example Minecraft. (I am not a kid, and I don't play Minecraft don't get me wrong; this is only an example of survival game) Building and adventuring are fun alone to a certain point, but then being able to meet/play with a couple of other players and adventuring, surviving at night, and camping together would make this game hands down the game of the year. But unfortunately, the developers did not take that leap, because they were afraid to.
lol This fucking copypasta is a masterwork.
Shade at asmongold lol.
Exactly 😂
Why every time I hear a review about any rpg type (with or without open world) game, the reviewer says something like 50 or 60 hours with side missions. But then I play the same game and rack up hundred of hours easily and still feel like I need to go back in case I missed anything?
Is it just me?
Its not just you, most reviewers do not completely mine games for content like consumers do.. do you think every reviewer played Elden Ring to completion?.. or BG3?.. lol no
These people have had Dragons Dogma 2 for probably less than 3 weeks, they have not seen everything in the game
@@J_A_P_E it’s because the game companies rush the reviewers into finishing it early. I’m really surprised you don’t know this my dude.
It's because they have a deadline for their reviews. Gotta strike the iron while it's hot, basically.
Depends on the quality of thoses quests. Most of the time I'm just a bit above a reviewer because I tend to wander around and not rush
But I would be lying saying I do 95% of the quests, because either they are boring or there are other games to play
50 hrs is about the perfect length for open world before I get bored unless theres a really fun loop incorporated
This is also leaving out NG+ which is usually where the game adds new things. Plus theres at least two different endings confirmed, a normal and true. From other people reviewing theyve put in 90 hours on average
Yep, same
@@JaredBruski Yeah I have heard some people saying they are getting 90+ hours in a single playthrough doing all the quests they can find and exploring, in this day that is nuts. Personally I did not even need that much content to buy it tonight when it releases (I only preorder physical copies PC seems to never have physical so steam it is so no preorder) as I am one of those people that have bought this game three seperate times, Preordered for 360 then bought on PS4 and later PC. The reviews I have seen from anyone that is a fan of the first says if you loved the first this is just a refined version so I know I am going to spend a lot of time in it.
Cool, but its dumb length for RPG... you barely get to know skills, weapons, enemies and you can start again
@JacoBee93 God no.
Please, just because your a child and have thousands of free hours a year, doesn't mean the rest of us want 200 hour long rpgs.
50 is more than enough, if you can get to know a bunch of characters in a 2 hour movie, you can do the same with 50 hours, unless you are particularly dense.
THE WIND IS PUSHING ME
Into the clouds again
I feel the blood in my veins
time is running free!
I feel like letting go
JUST LIKE A DANGAN
Damn you guys made it sound super underwhelming.. easier than DD1, not that much bigger, no strider or assassin, side quests seem kinda pointless and 30fps...
Honestly, that's kind of the feeling the game gives me so far. It's pretty awesome when it comes to moment to moment gameplay, but it is nowhere near as ambitious as I (and I'm sure many others) had hoped.
@@cylop224 Now that I've played it im lvl 36 the gsme is actually pretty amazing, I think Capcom didn't give them a huge budget like with MHW abd the Devs said this is what they originally wanted DD1 to be they said it's basically DD1 reimagined. So hoping this does well enought so we get ether dlc or another game in the future.
@@LegendMillzz I would also love DLC with more challenging and varied content. My main gripes are the fact it doesn't feel as big as I had expected, and it seems shorter than anticipated (though I haven't finished it yet). Still a great game, though, which is why I'd happily have more via DLC.
@@cylop224 Have you done all of the Vermund, Desert and Volcano areas? Theres NG+ too, also you and your pawns can get to lvl 999. The game is definitely bigger than the 1st and there are more different types of enemies if the other regions.
Warfarer only gets 3 skills total, so it is pointless.
Huh. I'm happy to hear it isnt a flop or anything like that, but it feels odd that 14 years later summounts to pretty much "It's alright."
Yes, this game will be a flop. So many delusional people overhyping this game. I wasn't very interested in DD1. It looked very fun at first sight, but there was just something I couldn't explain or put my finger on, why I didn't like it. DD2 gives the same kind of illusion, I feel like it is overhyped, but people will find themselves having fluctuated reviews on the DD2 game too. I just know 1 thing This game would have been perfect, and that is if this game had multiplayer. The reason why Elden Ring is still played is because of multiplayer. Multiplayer allows people to keep playing despite beating the game. There is another category of fun to just help and adventuring with people.
For example Minecraft. (I am not a kid, and I don't play Minecraft don't get me wrong; this is only an example of survival game) Building and adventuring are fun alone to a certain point, but then being able to meet/play with a couple of other players and adventuring, surviving at night, and camping together would make this game hands down the game of the year. But unfortunately, the developers did not take that leap, because they were afraid to.
@@johnyboy-lo8tmit will not be a flop. Don’t like it? Ok go make a better one.
@@johnyboy-lo8tmLotta words to say "I couldn't get into it" bro, the games gonna do just fine.
Edit: Also, the multiplayer on Elden ring sucks now.
@@johnyboy-lo8tm it’s the people who preordered like fools who are upset at any criticism. It’s not looking good between the performance and difficulty. It’s 2024 folks games shouldn’t run at less than 30 fps. This was touted as a difficult game without handholding…
@@johnyboy-lo8tmnah, fuck multiplayer in single player games, it always translates horribly. Elden Ring is NOT played to this day because of multiplayer lmao that’d be like saying DS3 is played to this day because of its pvp, stay deluded.
i think i'll just wait for a dlc to smooth and flesh things out more.
EDIT: nvm i caved in and bought it....
My thoughts exactly.
I do want to, but really starve of ARPG now, gonna get it after launch if the player feedback is good
Weird. After 12 years, it sounds like they're kinda making the same mistakes they made in the original release of dragons dogma BEFORE the dark arisen dlc. If they release a dark arisen style dlc, that just gets us back to the status quo of dd1, but with better vocation balance and prettier graphics, I'll be a little disappointed. Ngl.
Might as well wait for a sale that has both the base and expansion for $50 at this point
@@Benri05True and they might have already fix the framerates issues by then(hopefully)
I had no faith in this dev team, and thought the DD2 hype was bizzare considering how absurdly mediocre the first game was. I feel vindicated.
I refuse to purchase DLC for a title they had 12 years to make. DLC shouldn't even be a consideration from players at this point. They dropped the ball.
they only showed the combat which was the only good thing about the game so it makes sense why it’s hyped cause it is good, but that’s just it :/
such an in-depth review! Thank you for your honesty, I'm super hyped for the game, sounds like a tonne of fun even if not absolutely everything we maybe were hoping for. Can't wait for Friday!
DD1 was never hard. Only time it got hard was with the DLC Dark Arisen's Bitterblack Isle.
I don't quiet remember how long it took me to finish DD1, I can only play 3 hours a day during those days and it felt fine lengthwise back then. We might have become spoiled by massive games nowadays but 40 hours is still quiet long.
Yeah the game is exactly what people said; a game for fans of the first
My party just got wipe in that lure of the abyss quest...
40 hours is a long ass time.
I was thinking this the entire time he was talking about difficulty. In fact, MOST of my deaths I remember were from dying to bandits or whatnot that were too high of a level for me when I first ventured into a new area. I don't remember any content in the main story to be "took 10 -20 attempts" or anything. This is what 12 years of Souls games being the "only" action RPG for people does, everyone expects monstrous difficulty. /shrug
It's a bigger, more refined version of the original and since the original was kind of dated even when it came out (especially visually), this is going to be great for me.
Ive replayed dragons dogma 1 quite consistently every year or so, and yeah I usually run two playthroughts doing most of the major side quests, and it takes me around 40-ish hours to complete ng+, so no, DD1 was never super long, the main time sink is usually grinding monsters in the everfall, or playing through BBI both times.
Also have to agree with the difficulty comment, I can pretty usually destroy most higher end monsters and drakes with even starting equipment as long as you know what you're doing, its more so about knowing how the combat works, and the certain weakpoints for monsters, than leveling or higher end equipment, at least for the base game.
i think the problem with DD2 (and DD1) isn't the game itself per se. It's that the game design is inherently divisive, you'll either love it or hate it. Hence the fluctuating scores
If the performance was better and there was a hard mode you’d see a lot more 10s. Dont think it’s the divisive game design in this case. Elden ring also had a divisive game design and was insanely well received day 1
@@jamesf4423 DD2 started to be compared to Elden Ring, which might hurt the scoring as well. I think it's fine to be a divisive game. I don't need every game to be liked by everyone.
I wish they had more voice variety. I made a Gandalf pawn but the voices kinda let it down a bit,
Im interested to know if the end game is better than the first as new more powerful enemies started appearing after a certain event?
So we're not gonna talk about the fact that this man was playing the game on a 4080 PC and had drops as low as 20 fps? There better be a day 1 patch that significantly improves this because that's just not acceptable, no matter how good the game is
Thank you, not optimizing on console is on thing, but garbage on PC as well is insane.
I personally loved how short that section of the video was lmao... I saw some reddit posts online about it that put the fear of god in me for this game.... it already took like fucking 10+ years to even SEE this title come through the pipes and it looks like Capcom might be trying to have it fucking murdered already.
@@t-max2227 I mean I never played the original so I don't have that same connection to the franchise, but I'm just tired of horrible performance in videogames, even on good PC's that we pay a lot of money for. I mean if he had drops as low as 20 fps, then what should I expect with a 3080? Defintely gonna hold off for the Steam reviews 😅
@@t-max2227 Well, it's even worse than we thought. Glad I held off buying it 😂
All I need to know is, where is the Mystic Spearhand Maester xD
Legit I want both and ilm run back to beginning of map lol
@@kurokuro1516that’s actually tempting , but I don’t wanna get stopped every 5 min and venture off to some majestic new place cause it looks so cool
Melve
@@Dandoskyballer lmao thanks, definitely haven't NG+'d twice now xD
Lord i hope it doesn't take forever to get mystic spearhand. That's my entire goal in my first playthrough and I'll be sad if it's that late.
You can get it really early, but you have to kill something difficult to earn the better spear early. You get the vocation either way though.
Im worried about the not very exciting loot. Nothing better than exploring a random cave and coming out with new armor.
Truly the issue with a lot of newer games, the exploration feels simply depressing. Why the fuck should I even care about exploring every nook and cranny of your open world map if all I’m finding is random trash?
I agree
@@Heldor100 that exactly what killed me about elden ring. i explored every inch of the weeping peninsula just to get rock and trash. it did get better later but not by much.
@@champ6436 The reward is the journey which ER excelled in evvery way possible. Except for Catacombs, those suck.
@@champ6436 can you name a game that does exploration well as an action RPG? Feels like everyone’s looking for that mythical game that doesn’t exist.
I overhyped myself I think. I rarely do that. Looks like Dragon's Dogma 1.5. Still looks fun but judging from what I've seen here, I think we should've gotten more innovation, or at the very least a lot more enemy types after 14 years.
12 but y
Definitely. Even the skills and vocations feel watered down.
Everything considered, as someone who never played the first game, it looks awesome to me. The only thing that concerns me are the alleged performance issues. Hopefully it gets ironed out quickly if that is the case.
are mystic spearhand available from the start as a vocation or you’ll have to progress for you to change vocation from warrior to mystic spearhand?
Can I assume that with all those hours in the game you’re going to provide guides on how to find all the teachers to learn the hybrid vocations? Cause that’ll help out massively.
I appreciate the HONEST review. Most reviewers act like they’re too scared to be honest and it’s exhausting. Best review of about 10 that I’ve watched. You even have some like “FightingCowboy” calling this a masterpiece when we can all tell it isn’t.
fightincowboy's reviews aren't good. he recommended lords of the fallen lmao, and half the time he doesnt even finish the game or get even halfway through before putting them out
I love Cowboys "Lets Play" but he give good reviews to any game he gets for free and early release from developers.
He gave a almost perfect score of 4/5 for *Starfield !* Now he looks foolish for that .
Stick to Angry Joe for reviews and Cowboy for entertaining funny playthroughs.
I did like Cowboy saying he thought RDR2 was just a ok game not fantastic.
I tried that game twice and found it tedious . Where rest of the world thought it was the 2nd coming of Christ . LOL
@@PenguinsAreColdish Cowboy gave trash Starfield a 4/5 review and on his "Lets Play" You could tell he was not having fun and quit the game early .
@@Crashed131963 Yea, I was shocked to see him call it a “masterpiece” and when I said “people use this term far too liberally” he went full aggro on me in the comments and even called me poor, lol.
He’s at the bottom of the barrel for what he does so he’s not going to give anything bad reviews because he wants his early copies. I’m glad I didn’t rely on him for Starfield though, I had no idea he gave it a glowing review. Hilariously ironic and in character for him it would seem.
@@PenguinsAreColdish He did recommend that game, I just remembered thanks to you! Apparently he gave a glowing review for Starfield as well so I think it’s safe to say he’d be better off sticking to his mediocre build guides, lol!
You say you have a 4080, but the game is said to be very cpu limited. What cpu do you have so we can get a better expectation of performance on our own pc? Thank you.
How can you get predesigned pawn/main character designs to import? I recall people used to share unique identifier codes for Dark Arisen.
did you use cryo utilities for the steam deck test? it lifts some of the weight off the Graphics aspect and can massively increase performance.
Im glad the story isnt unnecessarily too long as I plan to do NG+ with different choices and vocations.
So many delusional people overhyping this game. I wasn't very interested in DD1. It looked very fun at first sight, but there was just something I couldn't explain or put my finger on, why I didn't like it. DD2 gives the same kind of illusion, I feel like it is overhyped, but people will find themselves having fluctuated reviews on the DD2 game too. I just know 1 thing This game would have been perfect, and that is if this game had multiplayer. The reason why Elden Ring is still played is because of multiplayer. Multiplayer allows people to keep playing despite beating the game. There is another category of fun to just help and adventuring with people.
For example Minecraft. (I am not a kid, and I don't play Minecraft don't get me wrong; this is only an example of survival game) Building and adventuring are fun alone to a certain point, but then being able to meet/play with a couple of other players and adventuring, surviving at night, and camping together would make this game hands down the game of the year. But unfortunately, the developers did not take that leap, because they were afraid to.
@@johnyboy-lo8tm I dont play games like Minecraft, Fortnite, COD, etc yet millions of others do and love it. Thats fine, not every game is for everyone. DD2 doesn't sound like a game for you.
@@johnyboy-lo8tmmaybe ur right but copy and pasting ur comment is honestly pathetic
Yeah, sounds like it was made with replayability in mind. Just like the first game.
There's a true ending which goes further the things open up
Can the class guides start before the official launch?
You have to understand that the "First Game" that they are referring to includes the Dark Arisen DLC, while they had a lot of new monsters to introduce as well (A lot of them were also post-story enemies) so to say that this game is short and has a lack of enemies is kinda wrong? But justifiable at the same time.
Dragon's Dogma and Dark Arisen have pretty much a Monster Hunter World and Iceborne kind of relationship. The DLC adds so much good stuff to the base game that it's difficult to imagine what one is without the other.
This is a copium comment. They're right. Period. Its got few enemy variety. Get over the fangirling over a game. We can all still enjoy and like the game even if it has weaknesses. Avoiding talking about those weaknesses never helps us customers. At all.
The game is $70!
There's leaked image if its real, November this year we will get expansion called Dragon Princess
@@alphonseelric5722 Green man gaming had a discount for it, not sure what it is now though. For console, $70 is too much. Its still gonna be a great game but I'm sure there will be a discount sometime this summer as there always is with all Capcom games after a few months.
but, what does the Ring of Assurance actually do?
It Assures the Arisen of something.
It assures you spend more and buy the digital version if ps5 owner
It assures whoever pre-order games are morons that keeps indulging Corpo greed and harming gaming industry in general.
I'm 90% sure it assures safe passage during oxcart rides.
@@ViralC1 more like something that will be tedius once you become powerful enough
How long into the game until you unlock mystic spear? Is it also super late game?
If it's anything like the first game, you'll be able to access it a few hours in. Once you Hit level 10 you unlock all the advanced vocations.
The guy that leaked gameplay said he encountered the mystic spearhand maester at 15 hours, but of course that may vary a lot depending on every playthrough. If you really want it, wait a day after launch and google it, I'm sure it's not that complicated to find.
@@Audeoritas DD2 doesn't use the same unlock system as DD1. You need to speak to meisters to learn advanced vocations. Some are located closer to late game content.
@@aeden8008 Oops. That sounds sick though, I like that more than how DD1 did it. Thanks for the info
without spoiling it, it not a later game unlock. Don’t know if it can or cannot be miss. Probably not.
I appreciate your honest review. I have been waiting for this game forever, I am still excited to get my hands on it. Also, I feel like you were rushed by Capcom and that kinda ruins the experience. I think the best way to play dragons dogma is at your own pace.
Shout out all the grinders who took Friday off work in preparation for this banger
🫡 u know it
Friday and Monday got long weekend to grind it
My vacation started today, timed it with the release oficial the game.
And did just that lol
Not a banger soz
I got a question for you in DD2 r u going to have to Lvl with certain classes to certain Lvl's to get the best stats for a build
Good question. No one has answered this
got another question when does the pre Install start i have Deluxe Version but it hasent installed yet im guessing it should happen afew hour before u can actuly start playing it
@@josephburdon7003 mine installed yesterday
@@josephburdon7003 I'm in MST and I was able to preload today on ps5.
You don't gain stats from leveling different vocations, you have character level stats that go up as your own level goes up, and then vocation stats that only apply while you are the specific vocation. So you can't level a fighter and thief to 10 and have a warfarer with a million melee stats
boy I need those Daenerys sliders
UA-cam has some, she’s my main pawn lmaoo
gotta say really disappointed with the vocations, not with the new 2 (and a half ). not having advanced classes for all the 4 main base vocations is so weird and not having a hybrid for every class is also so strange compared to the first one, what I liked about the vocations in dd1 was how simple it was to under stand, advanced where advancing on the damage potential of the base classes, warrior, sorcerer and ranger and while we have the first 2 missing ranger is weird and not having one for thief is also really awkward (feels like if playing those classes there isn't any "upgrade" for it) and the hybrid vocations was that a hybrid of the base vocations now they are completely separate, it seems so weird to remove classes in the game but not offer alternatives, magic tank gone, sniper gone, speed class gone, at least we did get a melee magic but it is so different to mystic knight that is doesn't feel like a replacement. Also even ignoring dd1 it still dosnt feel right why doesn't thief have a hybrid or advanced class?
For Thief, I really don't feel like it needs an advanced vocation since it literally seems to just be the Strider and Assassin without the ability to use a bow. Considering Strider was one of the strongest vocations in the first game, I think Thief will be fine as long as helm splitter is still busted. Assassin in the first game was the best Archer in the game, but they probably wanted to give more light to the melee aspects of it... Which is probably where Thief came from.
I think the expectation of advanced vocations is a bit odd, as it implies a linear progression system when really the advanced vocations are more specialized than they are direct upgrades.
I think my disappointment with the vocations is that none of the classes from the Online game made it into this game (Priest, Shield Sage, Alchemist, High Scepter, Spirit Lance)
I agree. Further specialization for each class type added so much variety is gameplay and party comp. I hoped that some of the creative direction from DDO would’ve made its way into this game but it seems like that isn’t the case. This game seems a bit more bland than the first and online releases gameplay tbh.
The warfarer also sucks
At which resolution did you play on pc?
Very unfortunate the lack of enemy variety from the first game wasn't addressed, that was one area I was certain they'd improve.
Most PC's are around the console levels of performance, or 20-40% higher which isn't great if you want 60fps. So this one seriously needs some good optimization work done on it.
I'm lucky to have a i7 14700kf and 4070, so I should get 60fps no issues
My 4090 i9 64gn ram rig: 😃
@marvinwolf3765 oh you're solid lol
I got 5090ti with 128gb ram i11 18000k i will get 120fps at 8k np.
@@marvinwolf3765 You won't get constant 60 with that even look at the ign tech analysis. It's CPU issue.
I feel there'll be a "dark arisen" expansion just like the first, where monsters will be hard AF.
Hope so
Same, years of soulslike already fucced up my brain, kinda no pain no fun now@@rhainwignall3576
Edit: Imma only use my main pawn in base game, 3 pawns team seems really lazy and boring.
yeah great lets double tap the paying customer also called pay pigs. how about some endgame content from the beginning?
It was already leaked in the capcom leaked info I think last year
What cpu do you have?
How long did it take you to get to the Mystic Spearhand vocation? As that's the one I'm most excited for.
Solid review. Glad it's the full vision, and I too was hoping it would be packed with more additions and variety of content.
MY CONSCIOUSNESS.... FADES.... (waiting for this game)....
I do wonder if the preview build may have been made easier than intended for release to make reviewers more likely to get through the content. Just slight wishful thinking, as I don't care too much about the difficulty as long as it does actually pose somewhat of a challenge here and there, even if mainly in the early-game.
Like TheOmegau said, DD1 was pretty easy as well, with it becoming a steamroll outside of the Bitterblack isle DLC area. So that's about what I expected from DD2
Now I know why IGN said that Dragon's Dogma 2 is retold of the previous game. Dragon's Dogma 2 is not intended to be a sequel, but rather what Hideaki Itsuno visioned for Dragon's Dogma.
@@ViralC1 That's what they just said.
Then they shouldnt have added the "2" it should be DD remake etc...Ive asked many "reviewers" if the story is similar/the same and none have replied nor addressed it...not good.
A bit bummed to see a playtime of 35-45 hours with some vocations being locked until 25-30 hours in.
You can get to every vocation master within 2-3 hours of starting.
Honestly it felt so cope when he said he did 80-90% of side quests and only played 45h. Either he blitzed through dialogue and interaction to get the review out, or (more likely) he maybe completed 50-60% of side quests. Expect your first run to be around 15-20h longer than his, imo. Feel free to come back to this comment and call me retard if you end up finishing MQ and end game in 40h
-person that hasnt touched the game@@Heldor100
Almost every other reviewr i've seen said otherwise.
35-45 Hours is fine but 20 fps on a 4080 PC is not. Even for me, it will be that bad and probably worse, and my PC is on the higher end (3080/5800X3D). Can't imagine how bad it'll be for the average PC with 10/20 series cards. I predict a lot of negative Steam reviews if there doesn't end up being a crazy day 1 patch that brings the game up to a stable 60 fps with drops that absolutely do not go lower than 45-ish fps and only at big cities. That is the absolute BARE minimum and honestly if you ask me, a game should always be able to run 60 fps and not look like trash on a mid/high-end PC. We pay good money for our PC's so we should have higher standards than what this video suggests this game will have. It's enough for me to hold off on buying the game and waiting for Steam reviews
DD1 was also very easy, hard mode and speed run mode were eventually introduced which helped significantly.
Hopefully the same will be done for DD2.
Kinda disappointed they took out the thief and archer hybrid classes, but I hope that what we got will make up for it
40-60 FPS on a 4080? Shit. My 7800xt is going to shit bricks. But refund is always an option if this turns out to be absolutely crappy. 20-30FPS in cities when there isn't any action at all is unacceptable. This gets worse in action scenes, and the game isn't even photorealistic.
I smell Mixed reviews in Steam.
Don't know what people expected.. RE Engine is not a open world game engine ie no proper asset streaming like other engines like Decima
@@J_A_P_E most people dont know that all other games using re engine run well so of course they expect another one to be the same.
the game is mostly CPU bound in any case
He’s likely talking about 4k (don’t think he’s specified, unless I missed it, but a 4080 warrants a 4k monitor or it’s a waste of money), name one big scope game that on release ran 60+ fps smooth like butter on 4k. “Technology simply isn’t there yet”, this time unironically tho
CPU intensive, not GPU
Seems like a sale buy from this vid.
If you are doing it because of performance then yes, I promise you the combat itself is worth 100 dollars
How fast can I change to advance vocations?
Can’t wait, only a couple of days left
That performance though...I feared it, I dreaded it, but it arrived all the same.
hope there's a way to tweak things further, coz im screwed otherwise Q_Q
@@ViralC1 I've done some more digging and research since this.
The game is basically entirely CPU bottlenecked, if you have a very very beefy CPU you can expect okay performance, up to 80-100fps outside the city. But even on a 13900K you can only expect 30-45fps in the city on any settings.
Sadly a 5600X can only expect about 20-40fps in town.
@@GoliithThats the case for most open world games.
@@Goliith 45 fps on a 13900k even on 1080p sounds absolutely terrible lmao, even bg3 which is very CPU intensive isn't nearly that bad. The low fps here is probably because of ray tracing.
It's not ray tracing. Benchmarks have been performed with RT off. The game is just extremely taxing on the CPU due to the way it loads NPC data. Capcom have stated they are looking into ways to optimize this, but as of now, the performance is almost entirely dependent on your CPU.@@blacksusanoo23
Holy hell, the graphics don't look good enough to excuse that performance... 😂
Do you still get dragon armor and weapons for defeating the dragon at the end?
when u mentioned PC , with 4080gpu . what resolution are u playing at to get 60-40fps?
1440p, mostly mid settings, some off and some high.
Ty for replying, it seems like my 4070ti will use a decent mid-setting as well.@@ArekkzGaming
@@hanhan9487The game is mostly CPU intensive. In IGN testing, there wasn't much difference between a 4080 and 4090 with the same CPU. Hopefully they quickly release an optimization patch
I have 4070 with ryzen 7700x fully maxed out at 1440p amd get 50- 100 fps @hanhan9487
Get ready to trade your hype for copium
So is there no option to have a locked 30fps on console? I'd rather have solid 30fps than fps which is up and down all the time
yeah its a joke
Nope…
Can you change pawn appearance and vocationnlater on as it was the case in DD1?
not sure about pawn appearance but you can definitely change vocation on your character and main pawn.
@@RunAwaytotheTrees i got to play now and can confirm you can change appearance later on
Just stumbled upon your Channel. Loving your Dragon's dogma content! Honestly very insightful. Had to binge watch the whole series of content. Thanks for all the insights!
im sooooo ready
Any talk of day one patches for performance or DLC plans?
Im wandering. What score would you give to vanilla dragons dogma 1(no bitterblack)
Dang, disappointed I won't be able to play this on my steam deck. I hope they optimise it in the future.
It seems the performance is CPU limited, what CPU did you use with the 4080?
Is there a difficulty setting or anything? If so maybe i'll start on a harder one then usual. Also thx for the review and all the work you guys do. much appreciated
Obviously there is not otherwise he would had either mentioned it or not complained about the difficulity
@@sammymilanovic9124 obviously i was asking just to verify and make sure. Just a FYI.
No hard mode. Super disappointing honestly
@@jamesf4423 sad, but thx for the reply ^^ welp maybe ng+ will b like a hard mode or something.
@@Hobonator-gn3rg If you watch fightingcowboy's review he is on ng++ and monsters are dying so fast that he can't even showcase skills properly.
Just started watching. Hoping for the best!
Happy to finally hear real reviews, as the bombardment of praise recent few days was very odd. I hope I will enjoy the game.
Wasnt it advertised to have frame generation? Does that help?
What cpu do you have, can you detail your PC specs pls?
Question dose the Archer has melee attacks instead of just shooting
Has kicks but that’s it No melee otherwise
@@TimmySquibs dang change of heart on that character
@iMaPound just in case of close combat i would like to fight back at least with some basic attack
Yeah lets melee on a ranged class, tf lol
@shimik11 Well, yes. Swinging the bow around but does weak hit damage just to get out of tight situations
I dunno about DD1 being "hard", it only got challenging once you reached BBI
The score is a nice touch. Love the reviews
From a scoring perspective, I'd suggest a score for each 'area' of the game. Story, Combat, Music, Mechanics, Performance, etc.
Great review!!
i saw leaks of Post Dragon and NG+ and there are new Monsters so....
I mean Armored Core 6 had new scenarios and I believe items to find in NG+. I definitely think theres a lot more to NG+ than just harder enemies.
Where? Do you have a link?
Why you capping?
Unless you saw them in your dreams 😂
Thanks for the review, as always! I gave a this video a Like. One thing I've been hoping to hear, but nobody has mentioned is --> Can we key-bind the keyboard's arrow keys?
Thanks for your honest opinion. I’m still stoked to play it, I’ve been wanting the first game but different for…11 years
Anyone else here after the massive bamboozle pulled on us tonight lol?
I'm worried about the mentioned "easier" difficulty. But aren't there difficulties to choose from? Is this review based on the hardest difficulty? Otherwise, I will wait to buy it until mods are out.
You can't mod capcom games anymore, stop being a weirdo just play it
@@rainofkhandaq6678 Yes you can lol, people have even modded the character creator already.
@@DarkMatter-97 Check up with them again after they get clapped.
@@rainofkhandaq6678 there are currently 815 mods for dragons dogma dark arisen on nexus mods . So that aint true. Nah, I love mods :)
@@Keosegner Again, when they get clapped, enjoy yourself. Do the research.
About the difficulty does this Game have a hard mode?
I hope this gets dlc story like dd1 did. Dark arisen was pretty fun, also i hope this has a hardcore mode.
I hope it comes a Bitterblack 2 as dlc too.
Towns NPCs etc are CPU heavy. What CPU are you runnning?
None I run a 120 fps xbox series x :3
@@Psychogirl-ju8dv30*
@@Psychogirl-ju8dvno u don’t bcuz console get 30fps lock lol
Wake me up when DD2 Dark Arisen comes out
Sad to hear that the steam deck didn't go well. I bought it on Steam specifically for that since DD1 worked pretty well.
Can you still change vocations at Inns
Thanks for mentioning the steam deck. I can't find anything else on the performance for steam deck so far.
Hmm, so its basically dragons dogma 1.5. Kind of expected that by how they described it early on. Do they have an everfall/bitterblack equivalent though? That was always pretty central to their early concept for DD1, I was hoping it'd be more fleshed out in the sequel .
Great rage bait comment
@@MalySpanel ???
@@MalySpanel uhhh what?? some people WANTED dd1.5
@@MalySpanelthe developer said its not a sequel
Pretty much a TOTK
Is there still difficulty settings like the last one? If it’s easy, I’ll start on hard
Maybe yes, like DD1. Now we have the adaptive difficulty that exists in RE4. If you are taking a beating, the game levels the difficulty of the monsters. If he thinks it's easy, he'll make it more difficult by making you take more damage and giving more life to enemies. Plus, if it has difficulty levels equal to DD1, it can make it more interesting to explore different combat variations
There’s no hard mode guys. There’s no “maybe yes” lol it must be suuuuuuper easy for arekkz to die only 3 times in a whole ass playthrough regardless of adaptive difficulty, that’s preposterous
I like numbered scores but only if each number gets a silly title associated with the implied quality.
it's over. we got too cocky Dogmabros. Elden Ring chads I kneel.
Well I'll wait for a discount then
Excellent review. Very thorough and consice.
You guys went over so many points that you covered pretty much everything I wished to learn, spoiler free, about the game before committing to a purchase.
Ultimately I won't be picking it up on release based off your review. I will be picking it up eventually. I was honestly expecting a lot more from DD2, especially after experiencing and loving the first game. Performance issues was a real concern and I hope that they patch it to eventually run on a constant 30 fps on all platforms at the bare minimum.
Lastly I really love number scores for reviews. Please keep doing this. Either that or placing it in some tier would be a good alternative. Like saying that this game would be hovering inbetween A and B tier if you prefer not giving it a numerical score.
Keep up the stellar job. Loved every second of this video. ❤
only played the first on single playthrough
missed the princess' event and she's gone forever
i never managed to recover from that ;__;
will this one have missable event/quest like that again?
Apparently there are timed quests in this one again, yeah.
So it might take a few ng+'s to get the outcomes you want
I just hope there are no skeletons. I'm terrified of bones moving on their own!
100% there will be skeletons
Boi do they have a story for u
So are you scared of skeletons that don't move? Or moving ones exclusively?
gay
There almost certainly will be, but if it's anything like the first game, you can avoid most of them by not traveling at night
The color variety in the character creator is lacking (no purples?).
Yeah I was a little bothered that there's no purple really so had to make do, still love my character anyway though.
Why couldn't they just give us RGB and Hue sliders instead of multiple shades of the same colors?
From what I understand you can unlock dyes for more unnatural colors for hair and such in the game which can be applied at the barber/whatever the shop is called in game.
If that is true I retract my earlier comments.