Dragon's Dogma

gizmo · 15-09-2011 09:20AM #1

I could have sworn there was a thread about this game already but I guess it got lost in all the buzz around Skyrim. Dragon's Dogma, an action-adventure game being developed by Capcom and directed by Hideaki Itsuno of Devil May Cry (notably DMC3) fame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Wx_c8WGdc

Personally, I think it looks ****ing awesome. Huge, open world based gameplay with a proper party system, character creation, some great looking combat including a nice "grab" function which will let you scale larger enemies to help take them down rather than relying on QTEs and about 30-100 hours worth of gameplay depending on how deep you want to get into it.

danthefan · 01-04-2012 10:34AM

Does the board not know about this game or just not care?

Personally I think it looks absolutely awesome. I will definitely be buying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrCiV4LOYk4

Kiith · 01-04-2012 10:48AM

That actually looks really good.

gizmo · 01-04-2012 10:58AM

danthefan wrote: »

Does the board not know about this game or just not care?

Personally I think it looks absolutely awesome. I will definitely be buying.

Yay, someone replied, only took six and a half months!

Aye, really looking forward to this one, all of the previews thus far have been extremely positive with the only criticism being its rather generic art style. It's the combination of western RPG and Japanese (read: good) combat mechanics that has me most interested so if they can pull that off it'll be an insta-buy for me.

Potential-Monke · 01-04-2012 11:50AM

It does look good, but it will all depend on how good your allies are stand alone and how complicated the system of upgrading them will be. I'm not a huge fan of games with companions, and i prefer games like this in single player, so i'll probably wait until there are a few more releases and what it's like to play alone.

Some great ideas in it though.

Kiith · 01-04-2012 12:27PM

It's not co-op by any chance, is it? Cause that would be fantastic.

Bah, it's not

danthefan · 01-04-2012 12:33PM

Kiith wrote: »

It's not co-op by any chance, is it? Cause that would be fantastic.

Bah, it's not

Nope, which seems to be the main complaint about it. I very rarely play MP games so I'm happy enough with it the way it is. An awful lot is going to depend on how smart your pawns are, if their AI is bad the game will be awful. But if it's good it should be awesome, and from previews I've read they seem to work well.

johnny_ultimate · 01-04-2012 12:43PM

The art style does look about as interesting as Skyrim's i.e. not very interesting at all.

Good names behind it, but must admit I'm a bit on the fence. Will wait to see how it turns out. I had thought it was heavily inspired by MMORPGs / Monster Hunter (two nasty influences) but looks like it could be different.

Syferus · 01-04-2012 02:57PM

It looks like another Japanese facsimile of a western genre and setting, while it may be good the fact it's coming from that mind space tempers any expectations I'd have for it.

Temptamperu · 01-04-2012 03:17PM

Looks good to me, i seen a dragon fight on game trailers and it blows Skyrims battles out of the water.
As a fan of all things sword and sorcery this is very much on my radar.

danthefan · 01-04-2012 09:06PM

Syferus wrote: »

It looks like another Japanese facsimile of a western genre and setting, while it may be good the fact it's coming from that mind space tempers any expectations I'd have for it.

It's by Capcom, they're not exactly unused to Western settings.

calex71 · 24-04-2012 04:16PM

Demo out now for Xbox not sure about other formats.

danthefan · 24-04-2012 04:18PM

It's out in the US on the PS3 anyway, going to check now if it's out here.

Edit - can't find it.

Temptamperu · 24-04-2012 05:56PM

Slowest download of all time for me. god damn you eircom.
Combats good, graphics are really pretty and the group dynamic is cool. I think I shall buy this on release.

johnny_ultimate · 24-04-2012 08:45PM

Very amusing preview of this from Kotaku http://kotaku.com/5904688/it-took-us-a-while-to-discover-that-this-new-dragon-game-wasnt-terrible

We're teetering into so-bad-it's-good territory with this one, but there are also real, good things in the game.

danthefan · 24-04-2012 09:23PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Very amusing preview of this from Kotaku http://kotaku.com/5904688/it-took-us-a-while-to-discover-that-this-new-dragon-game-wasnt-terrible

If the combat works I can definitely live with crappy menu music. Hopefully the bugs and glitches will be sorted by the time it's out.

johnny_ultimate · 25-04-2012 10:54AM

Bizarre demo, really not sure what to think of it.

The UI and HUD are poorly designed to an extreme, especially the (really, really frequent) dialogue pop-ups. Hopefully there's an option to turn most of it off, but as default, it's awful.

Graphics look vaseline-smeared at the best of times.

Everything almost seems too busy at times: sometimes impossible to make out what the **** is going on. There's a distinct lack of feedback to the combat at times: knocking over an enemy or watching a decreasing energy bar are the only real ways to know you're making an impact.

That said, the creature design is fantastic, especially the chimera-like goat/bird thing you fight. The second demo level hints at a wide variety of combat options available through a clever shortcut film. And yes the boss battles do show promise: I'd imagine there is great potential once one grows more accustomed to the systems and eccentricities.

Almost an impossible game to sell in demo form, and I really can't tell whether the full game will be mad fun or an absolute mess.

Sephiroth_dude · 27-04-2012 04:36PM

Looks good,xbox and ps3 only is it?

johnners2981 · 10-05-2012 01:09PM

Looks pretty good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0PNVcWOY0A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuHd6S2okEA

calex71 · 17-05-2012 11:07PM

Took the plunge and pre-ordered , €42 on gamestop web site....... hope I don't regret it :eek:

VenomIreland · 19-05-2012 05:05PM

Just finished the demo, pre-ordered on gamestop's site pretty much straight afterwards, it looks absolutely amazing.

Sephiroth_dude · 19-05-2012 07:41PM

it got 8.5 on gameinformer,so tempted but I got diablo tuesday

Sephiroth_dude · 20-05-2012 09:50PM

live stream here

http://www.own3d.tv/live/33395/GyoruSPY

griever87 · 23-05-2012 11:10AM

Does anyone know if anywhere broke street date for this in Dublin?

It looks all kinds of deadly.

promethius42 · 23-05-2012 02:01PM

I had a few friends telling me about this and it sounded interesting but after a few of the videos posted here its a definite buy for me.

humanji · 25-05-2012 11:30AM

Is this out? I'm not hearing anything about it.

VenomIreland · 25-05-2012 11:40AM

humanji wrote: »

Is this out? I'm not hearing anything about it.

Came out today, my copy arrived this morning, it's pretty enjoyable but I'm quick to notice the minor annoyances people have pointed out elsewhere (I wish pawns talked less often, they get quite annoying).

humanji · 25-05-2012 11:45AM

I might pick it up. I've already too many games to play at the moment, so may as well throw another into the mix. Although they're all starting to blend into each other. Last night I was playing as a WW2 sniper called Geralt of Rivia who was battling Diablo in the Carribean city of Gotham.

Notorioux · 25-05-2012 11:50AM

Hows the game so far lads? Can't decide between this or Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Sephiroth_dude · 25-05-2012 12:13PM

Is it demons souls difficult?

humanji · 25-05-2012 12:58PM

I don't think it is. It's more a case that the monsters aren't levelled, so if you wander into the wrong area too soon, you're screwed.

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