Ohhh nice tip with weapons and ya I really need to try the orgionals. I keep hearing they are the real GOATs

Couldn't agree more, it feels like magic casters took 2 step backs in this sequel.

@@Polemos_Action the combat is a bit cleaner and the game mechanics more complex and deeper, but the world is a bit empty. Second game is so full of content, the combat more grounded but they both so much fun. If you play the first game don't miss out on that Mystic Knight, it's the best class I've ever played, compared to him that spearhand guy is just a gimmick.

It is incredible right! Each vocation has its own feel and magic just feels like real magic!

lol I love Seisem! The first time I had to battle the rock saurians and used it was sooo satisfying. Seeing their bodys flying all over 😆 thanks for the comment! Happy to see another Magic user!

Right especially the green goblins! You can always hear them but they they jump you lol

YES! And based on the comments from others I really need to check out the original and Dark arisen. Some say it is better!

Ya I don't think I'm going to get all of them any time soon 🤣 Man I love this game

@@Polemos_Action They were kind this time with token placement. In DD1, there was one token that could only be obtained during a boss fight with two maelstrom casting liches. You had to retrieve the token before the fight ended while trying to avoid getting sucked up in a malestrom.

@@rickychau7687 🤯 Noooo Way that is increadible!!!! Who ever found that must have felt like a genius or just got super lucky lol But I love that stuff. I really need to do a deep dive and see if I can get all 240

Wow thanks for sharing all the insights from the past games. I would love to listen to the past theme song. I really need to play the old ones when I get some time! I hear the spell casting was really good there also.

The WIND IS PUSHINGB MEEE!!

Thanks! STill not sure if that hurt retention or not but hopefully it gave a better perspective of how I review. How would you describe yourself as a gamer?

Hey Raven! Really appreciate this comment. I try my best! I figured this video would not do well view wise, but wanted to have it as a video we could share to sponsor's of the quality of my reviews. Hopefully this will get us early access in the future and then I can actually compete with them.

Ya it can take a bit. I would like it if it scaled with level. Like current speed would be level 1. And at level 9 with quick cast you could spam the basic spells. Meteor and whirlwind should take a while since they just destroy everything.

Ya apparently there are 240, I'm only just above a 100 😅I really need to step up my game

@@Polemos_Action I always played with the ability of trickster that let you found those. And to make it easier play at night.

@@bahamut025 Ohh ya a key ability for sure! I can't remember, but do the daggers also light up when seekers tokens are around as well?

No just for chest

​@@bahamut025correct

😆 thanks for the comment

Ya unfortunately I haven't played the originals but compared to almost any other game I have played the magic is incredible. I really need to go back and try out DD and DDA

​@Polemos_Action i agree. DD 1 was just amszing. The sorcerer downgraded a bit sadly, but the magic is still amazing in DD2. I miss miasma, necromancy and Gicel. Glad they kept Maelstrom though, thank goodness

@@TheRedfieldWay Ya I really need to check out the originals. I love magic and if DD1 is better I need to check it out.

Maybe they are holding the other spells for a DLC 🤔

Great opinion!! I think the same - the first game's impact back then was way bigger than DD2's today! I remember seeing the maelstrom from a pawn in 2012 - never in my live had i seen something like this

I do hear that DDA is harder and I really need to check it out my self. However even with Fromsoft games after 100-200hours the base game is not that hard anymore. PVP is really the only difficult aspect. I also just personally hate games where enemies scale with your level it makes leveling seem meaningless to me and breaks immersion. But I will have to try DDA sounds like a really well put together end game.

I actually haven't played the original's but they will be on my to do list. Everyone is raving about them. I need to hear that music that you mention also. I'm sure they will have a DLC. I would be surprised and sad if they don't

I haven't been able to play the originals yet. is it general movement speed or skill based dashes that are missing? What feels slow in DD2?

All of it, pretty much. Your character has momentum in this game, which wasn't a thing in the first game. You could stop on a dime, and if you pushed a direction, your character went that direction, immediately. There was less slipping/climbing on hills and sloped roads, so you rarely had those moments where you couldn't control your movement, and they seem to be way more frequent here. Any class that could equip daggers (Strider, Assassin, Ranger, Magick Archer) use to also have access to a dodge roll as a core skill, which was both a really useful in combat, and faster than walking, so you had a stamina-free option from traversing the world quicker. Dagger classes also had Instant Reset, an activated skill that set you to your normal upright state instantly. So if you could cancel out of Sun Flare and use it again for extra height, for example, or cancel out of the animations for lighting your lantern. The most important thing it did was break all forms of stun or stagger. If you got surrounded and stunlocked by the overwhelming numbers of bandits on the Verdas plains, you could smack IR and jump out of the mob to stay alive. If a dragon hit you with Levin, you could pop IR and skip the whole falling over animation. Thief has a much crappier version as a core skill, that only lets you react to knockdown, not staggers or electrocution. Given how much more this gameplay focuses on knockdown/staggers, the lack of ways to deal with them in the early half of this game is pretty frustrating.

​@@benjaminfuqua3049 thats pretty well said. Honestly the momentum in DD2 is pretty darn annoying, fast paced action RPGs really don't benefit well from Momentum, if anything its a detriment. I don't hate DD2 for the new systems its using but I DO certainly prefer the the snappiness of DD:DA

I will do my best! My goal is to remain as authentic as possible focusing purly on gameplay. I am curious what you consider fakey and folding? I will be dropping a pretty big announcement in a week or 2 and I am very curious how you will take it.

Ya league at its peak in season 3 and Season season 4 was stronger then crack

I should also add that targeting got massively downgraded. Spells only have one casting mode now, and that's auto target. We used to be able to place our spells strategically, to either get more targets or block narrow passages. I've also noticed high level spells keep you fixed in place while casting, so you have to try to find that edge of close enough to affect the enemy/not close enough to get attacked and knocked out of casting. While this was somewhat of a thing in the first, once a spell was fully charged and ready to be released, most of them allowed you move (very slowly), so you could better position yourself, and get your big spells off more reliably.

That sounds like a major change from DD1 but compared to any other game out there the magic is still really impressive in DD2. How can you be so disappointed. Mages suck in almost every game and the magic never feels impactful.

@@benjaminfuqua3049 I do agree with all of your second comment though they could improve it substantially. I hate sitting so long and targeting can be really frustrating at points.

They have quick cast so it's fair to have a bit longer base casting time in the beginning. If you have warrior or fighter on the team yea monsters can hit you once or twice but eventually they will turn to your pawn and give you the opening you need. Even without more variety of spells, sorcerer is way too OP right now, for the balancing you have to be smart about position and I think it's good. Don't instantly try to call meatballs when that gobblin about to jump on your face. I hope a DLC maybe with more difficulty and more monster they will add more skills. One thing I don't get it is why Mage and Sorcerer have some skills overlapped? Mage do need some offensive skills but it can literally be any else. I know in DD1 lots of vocations reuse skills from other but it's a new game now and all other vocations are unique except these two. Yea and no more auto targeting I hate it. Most spells are aoe why does it need to be locked on a target...

while I agree with several of your points to me it feels a lot easier to cast in this game than the last one as far as agro goes, the big difference is that you can no longer move the spells to cast at a distance but I don't feel like fighter/warrior struggle to pull agro for me. Personally I like the mechanic of Meteor of the last game since it made it feel a bit more balanced for me but that is just personal opinion. Haven't timed spell casting time but big spells with my rings feel faster than last game and smaller spells have quick cast. Honestly don't miss Holy Focused Bolt, felt like you where casting lasers and too powerful, in general never cared for how the basic attack works on either game.

I keep hearing DD1 and DDA were better. I really need to check it out. I have not heard of Outward either. Is it better then DD1?

@@Polemos_Action outward is a very different game compared to anything from the dragon’s dogma series. It is a very unique game that’s not for everyone. But that game handle magic mechanics like no other RPGs and you will see people often praising it when watching reviews for the game.

@@corxiiifelinike2643 Ya I actually checked it out after seeing your comment the way you can do combo magic is quite cool and hearing that it was made by only 10 people is really cool!

Ya I still haven't been able to check it out, but I hear it is incredible. Will have to check it out

it's good but going back to it in 2024 it's VERY dated also don't forget that before the Dark Arisen DLC Dragon's Dogma 1 had basically all the same complaints were seeing about DD2, that DLC added *a lot* of amazing content

That they did 😆 I am hoping I get a new pc before the expansion releases so I can just brute force 60fps

I can get behind casting length(or at least scaling with level), But I like the mages being defenseless. I feel that's how the class should be played. It feels real, like I need a fighter or warrior to hold my front line while I cast

That's what balanced parties are for. Use the proper gear and you will significantly speed casting.

They will never be able to make everyone happy, I think the long casting times force people to be strategic and if they brought back the magic system of the last game I would enjoy it even more.