Black0ut
Well-Known Member
Oh... Yes. First thing's first: This is like Dark Souls Older Brother, who ridicules Dark Souls for being edgy... by showing difficulty done right.I have never played dragons dogma, is it good?
All enemies in the game, big (this pretty much means anything not human) or small (roughly around your size) has different tactics, weaknesses, abilities, and strengths. However, the game will NEVER tell you about these, instead forcing you to experiment as to what is the most effective way of fighting. Also: the game ADVISES having a full party, as it is designed around that, so you can modify your difficulty by having only one companion (Your Pawn).
Now, Dragon's Dogma agrees with both Fallout 4 and Dark Souls that you should be able to shape your protagonist's face and do with it as you will. You, for all intents and purposes, can play as the ultimate warrior grandma... should you choose. The Charactor Creator is used twice through the game, Once for your protagonist and the other for your pawn.
Pawns are your one and only Source of Companions and every pawn you encounter is someone else's. That means in broad strokes you're interacting with everyone's Pawns and they can have advanced knowledge you might not have to defeat the monsters all around the world.
Now, Combat. When I played Fallout 4, the guns will hit and if I were to say, hit someone in the head, they may vaguely be stunned before resuming firing, no matter the additional blows I deal. In Dragon's Dogma, when you fucking hit someone with a maul the size of their body, they're not getting up for a few minutes out of just having been knocked the fuck out. Weapons have weight and when they hit something, it *feels* like you did damage. Even with bigger monsters, if you hit them with the same maul they will stumble back a bit out of pain. Keep in mind, while you are the *chosen one* you're also not a Knight, or a trained Archer/Rogue, or even a trained Mage. You're a peasant and it shows in how you fight in Melee, Ranged, or Magic.
Overall? Yes, it's good, very good. There are ridiculous numbers of sidequests, with their own story arcs, alongside the main missions, all beautifully done. Just know that you'll lose track of time and that you should save VERY OFTEN as the game doesn't autosave your every move.