Absolutely wild to me that a big criticism of the first game was there only being goblins, lizards, and harpies and they DID IT AGAIN.

This game just makes me sad. It could've been something really special. I could forgive almost all tge missteps if the combat was challenging and there were unique weapons and armor i could find by exploring. You can just buy all the best stuff at the shops.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is just a re-skin of Dragon's Dogma 1's errors

Wow I did not know I was supposed to dress as a guard. I just murdered everyone downstairs when they attacked, and then revived one of them cause I felt kinda bad.

RE: Saint of the Slums quest. You have 3 in-game days to go back to the Slums. Another Nunn (Lottie) will tell you that you got the Abbess arrested and they have no leadership. You have to go back to checkpoint rest town and speak with the Doctor that told you the medicine wasn't good and hire him to lead the Abby. It costs 3000 gold. That's the only way I've found to save Lubomir, the patient who hinted at something being wrong at the Gracious Hand in the first place.

Don’t forget about the AllHeal potion that can fill your lost gauge out in the wild without camping or resting at an inn.

Summed up all my thoughts in the first minute. They just made the first game again. With all the same mistakes.

About the Rodge quest, man I missed and screwed up a LOT of quests in this game and even I knew I had to look for flowers to find him. I made the same mistake though, I went to the quest marker location on the map to the grave yard and the marker disappeared. I gave up. I had talked to at least 4 NPC's about Rog and knew flowers were a big clue, I just couldn't piece it together. It wasn't until LONG after the time limit expired, that one of the guards at the front of the town randomly told me about the wolf cave they probably took him too. That was the only reason I even found his remains. If the guard had told me that any of the other countless times I ran past him, I could have saved the boy. Beyond that though, if you didn't know the flowers were a clue you probably didn't talk to enough NPC's about it cause it was clear as day the flowers were important.

In the simplest terms. The game is a pretty good foundation, with not much built on it. Some weird people have said you cant compare it to DDDA, because it had DLC. When its the sequel 12 years later, it damn well should be better than the last product. They will need to get it together over the course of a year

The game feels like it was created reluctantly. Its kinda weird too cause this is a series that Capcom: rereleased with an expansion after the original underperformed created an MMO that they updated for a few years in Japan had a Netflix anime adapted Like Capcom has been completely ignoring games like Breath of Fire, NightStalkers and Megaman FOR YEARS and they half ass this sequal? That had aqcuired a cult following a decade after???? It truely feels like the only things they want to give true effort to are Street Fighter, Resident Evil and Monster Hunter.

Nice video, my friend. I agree with most of your points about DD2. However, I have one thing to disagree: DD2 was not DD1 remake. In fact, it even downgrades many good points of DD1, for example: the endgame contents and classes. While DD1 is not a perfect game, it provides me more and more fun the deeper I explore the mechanics (lots of these mechanics were thrown away in DD2, for details you guys can watch Nihil0.0 vids) and the more I explore the endgame dungeons (Everfall, BBI,...). DD1 open world is small and there are still a lot backtracking, but since it's small it doesn't feel much overbloated and tiresome to explore like DD2. I'd even argue that the base game of DD1 is already better than DD2. DD1 errors like enemies variety, bland questlines...are still in DD2, but it's not getting better, it get worse when they ignore those glaring issues and try to fix things that doesn't even need fixing.

I was going to buy this game but it has all the same problems i had with the first one for 1 stamina drains out of combat thats 1 of the stupidest things to do in a game with little fast travel not only that but the lack of rewards is even worst

Well the usurper plotline gets dropped because you triggered the end of the world in the true ending. So people are more concerned about that. But it does resolve involving Sven. DD2 copies all the original mistakes of one and removes features. Hell, DD2 doesn't consider itself 2 until unmoored world. So DD2 is essentially DD1 without water, greenery, no enemy variety, no NPCs in the different towns if you evacuate. They add 4 sky beams, and the final is just an interactive cutscene where you fight credits to see. 12 years and they call this a refined vision of Dragons Dogma? You have a whole class dedicated to being useless! Detection could have been on the thief. You had the dragon taxi you to the final battle. DD1 dragon was epic AF, it felt like a sprawling layered battle. It's hard to fully enjoy 2 because DD1/DDDA is superior outside graphics. They artificially inflated the game with a larger map and camps. In DD1 you had a healing spring and could bottle the water. Camps you can't really cook with all foods and can't rest a short period. Being honest, this feels like a half assed effort to cash in on a long demanded sequel. If you didn't play the original DD2 seems amazing. I'm disappointed because it would have just been better to copy DD1 with these graphics entirely and add duospear.

You can 1 shot Talos with the Medusa's head and give a unique cutscene later in the story involving your pawn

Only real complaint I had was the enemy variety. Other then than that it’s probably my favorite game of the year so far. Really hope they decide to do some sort of dlc later but it doesn’t seem to be that much of a priority

12 yrs for this dogsht

This ended up on my recommended after getting sucked into dragons dogma: da. Crazy to see all you have created, good stuff - wish you the best!

I dont mind jumping on now and then just to travel from one campfire to the next. I will never hate this game.

Gaming has become all about the money, the industry doesn't appreciate the players anymore, we are cash cows.

Camp Fires do require camping gear, which has durabilities if you're surprised. Without camping gear, you're out of luck.

I do agree on your views of the story. (Not BC its boring or anything though.) But because I felt like we didn't rly have a choice to make things good BEFORE the ending. Idk if it's because we needed it to happen that way since the Arisen and the Dragon is needed to keep the "cycle" going, but I wasn't a fan of how Brant kinda gives up after the Coordination. You find the Godsway Blade and even with the Godsway staff (if you make an ALT and gift it to yourself while in the Unmoored World) Brant doesn't seem interested anymore once you find both of them. Isn't that the main reason why we went to Bakbattahl? To learn more about the Godsway. Then we are asked to collect 15 WLC (WyrmsLife Crystals) to give to the enemy. Why couldn't we just go to Brant and take back Vernworth? Sven didn't even wanna rule. Just saying. Then days after the endgame Dragon could just pop up so we fight for World Peace. Therefore not interrupting the cycle as well. I feel like we are the cause of the Dragon destroying the world. Even if we did't plan to become the Arisen. No wonder why the ppl of Bakbattahl charge us so much to sleep at their Inn. We did make things worse for everyone if you rly think about it. I did't wanna give them the sword. But we had no other choice. Why couldn't we have Vernworth Castle as our home? Isn't the Arisen is supposed to be Royalty in Vernworth? And then we see a 3rd Godsway (the flower necklace that the fake Arisen had.) But it's never found again. Neither is the false Arisen. I hope the upcoming DLC sheds light on that BC I am curious. Where did he go? What about the lady who sold us the 30K home in Vernworth? She said she found a better place, but where? The brine made it so we couldn't leave. So where did she go? Also not everyone went back to save Melve. Not everyone helps her become the leader of Harve Village. So when you end up in the Unmoored World and (even if you save everyone), get the achievement and all that. It does not feel accurate since most of us got them all killed. Especially the first gameplay around. Even deeper you never spoke about the Unmoored World. I feel like its a place worth mentioning since it is the best place to collect WLC. Each new game you will aquire new gear. And with the 300+ WLC that you will earn from saving everyone and defeating all the Dragons (Red Beacons), you could use that place to Dragonforge all your gear. Making each new game feel worthwhile. For those who did not know. Their is some rare armor there. Also all you have to do is climb to the dragons belly and use the Godsbane Blade on its belly (wound) to get there. You spoke on combat, but you never spoke about the Wayfarer Vocation. Did you not find it yet? Did you not bring 4 Liquors to the guy at the Hot Springs in Volcanic Island? Did you not like being able to switch multiple weapons in combat? Being able to attack close and far as well as "float upward" with staffs/wands to reach harder locations. BC this made my combat experiences much more enjoyable. Even exploration. Even with the lack of monster variety. I will admit. It did feel repetitive. Esp. On my 7th time around. Here's my opinions on what I disagree with... 1.) There is 3 ways of travel. Not 2. Once you Reach Bakbattahl you can use the Skyline to reach Volcanic island. I feel like there is 3 ways of travel since that is also another way. Even if its only to 2/3 cities that it goes to. 2.) Climbing to fight Gigantus With the Magick Archer/Wayfarer Vocations, you could have waited until "Talos" reached the land, use the skill that targets the weak spots on his body and collected the Wakestone shards off the sticks that fell off his body. So why do all that climbing? And as for the higher parts on his face you could have used the higher parts of land and got him in the higher areas before he reached Volcanic Island. I am just confused to how you did all that climbing? All those stamina curatives could have went to something else. That must have been exhausting. I enjoy your interest in Dragons Dogma and I will be looking forward to hear everything that you and the DEV team has to say/show about the game. I can't wait to see what happens next. Maybe we can become the next Pathfinder even. Who knows. Possibilities are endless since nobody rly knows what the Dragon Princess will bring to the table.

the really sad part is that if they had actually just remade DD1/DA but with the new tech and added stuff to the story it would've been infinitely better than 2. you actually get to fight the ultimate dragon and god in DD1/DA

THIS is the video Capcom needs to study.

You can go to your last save or last Inn save. There is a difference. Inn saves are useful when experimenting with the game and you wanna undo a terrible mistake.

This is the most accurate critique of this game I’ve heard so far.

They didn't just remade the game, they remade DD1 not DDDA... like, why?

I am deeply disappointed. I expected much more after 12 years; The game is gorgeous, but its limitations bring enthusiasm down dramatically. I couldn't get the NG+ going.

DD2 is a game with so much potential. But the storytelling, quests, NPC dialogue, & enemy variety were so bare & lifeless that it felt like a game designed by A.I.

I love the game but I have to agree with you, the game needs more enemies variety. I’m hoping they hear our concerns, we need DLC that fix those issues.

If they add more enemies and bosses this could be my favorite game

“Shut the fuck up Atreus” 😂

A solid critique. Don’t agree with everything. But I don’t need to in order to appreciate the effort. We all want better things for this game.

I loved DDDA. It was absolutely wonderful. DD2... I got bored after not that long, for all the reasons you listed. The combat wasn't compelling enough (fewer skills available), enemy variety was lacking, walking everywhere is tedious as hell, the story and almost all the quests are boring fetch quests. They even removed some of the equipment slots compared to DDDA, which makes for less interesting fashion. It's just... Worse.

Tbh playing with only my main pawn has been way more fun

Great vid. I haven't finished as of writing but the title is spot on as have been your criticisms thus far. The game is literally a bit of a mess. There is still a lot of fun to be found in the gameplay and exploring the world and I did sink a lot of hours. However, it feels less like a solid, high-fantasy action RPG game and more like a really shitty attempt at open-world Monster Hunter that had to release before they got all the fluff added and ended up releasing a surprisingly sub-standard framework to what could have been an otherwise amazing game. I can hardly remember or point towards any quests that were really interesting, main/story, side-quest or otherwise. My gameplay highlights were finding Medusa, or a dragon in some cool spire/tower area... or I guess fighting a Dullahan on a bridge late at night. Also my thicc asf pawn in the corset. I am sure Capcom is already developing or is waiting to develop a paid DLC expansion (a la Dark Arisen) that will likely address a good few problems, while still ignoring many, whether it's in the form of base-game fixes or just an entirely separate piece of content that works better than the base-game story. I really genuinely felt no connection to the story nor did I feel like I was the Arisen, and they may as well have dropped the entire "you are an arisen" plotline and just had me making my way up in a high-fantasy medieval world because the story missions did absolutely nothing for me. The story only got interesting watching Talos (fight felt just like a joke gimmick), and fighting Grigori, plus the "true ending" post-game was somewhat neat. Highlights of the game were basically just the gameplay itself as the narrative was so unbelievably weak. It was cool to travel, see the sun set, travel at night, camp, fight big monsters and see larger or stronger variations again (Gore "X"'s and whatever else). Even then, they reduced variety between the classes (even the same class) due to less skills/abilities that you can use compared to the first game. Lessened the fashion variations by combining classes of clothing/armor and stuck with the same sort of tier-based "time to buy the next set of best armor available that I unlocked at the vendor!". Meh. I thought I would get absorbed and it would be GOTY but instead I suffered through poor performance and a skeleton story to ultimately drop the game in the post-game after the sky turned fucking red. I think I will return to it, as I did enjoy it, it wasn't a total flop shitshow game, just really negatively subverted my expectations. The moment you're getting like 18fps in the INTRO TUTORIAL SEQUENCE ALONE on console should have made Capcom realize "we can not fucking release this game in the state that it is in currently".

Its so sad that only the combat is good about this game the rest is really mid. Story, loot, exploration etc.

you are so right, it's literally the first game... again. With almost all of the mistakes in it... again. just wow what a disappointment. Monster hunter, a franchise they own, has better loot and combat systems than any dragons dogma.

I had a lot of problems with the game running properly even with a high-end system. I guess they patched it to run a little better but then the game itself didn't really wow me that much. It's okay but I regret buying it now.

Glad people are speaking out this game needs a lot of work. I like it but it’s not as good as the first game in my opinion.

I wish we could just fuse this game with Baldurs Gate

The game was so amazing in the beginning but the more I played the less mesmerizing it was because I realized how lacking the story was, and how the exploration was super boring and unrewarding I feel like they definitely could’ve fleshed it out a bit more especially characters but the combat is still some of my favorite of any game and a lot of the vocations are pretty cool

I’m curious what a true DD2 can be, I enjoyed the game kind of played the original a little bit, but was really excited for this one when I seen the trailer it was a very fun game but agree with you there were things that they could have improved on that they didn’t here is hoping they do in the next game

I just miss non open world games now

I uninstalled it. It just got bored

pause to heal? theres a quick slot for that, one you can use at 0hp even.

Feel like it’s gonna be a sorta Skyrim thing going on with mods giving wayyy more interesting stories and characters. I loved it in the beginning, I love exploring but I hated the quests sending me EVERYWHERE and then just walking the same path to finish it.

I hated this game so much when I played it at launch and this video is bringing back all that anger. The worst quest system I've ever witnessed and I'll never give capcom money for a game on day one ever again

More reason to wait the "complete/goty/whatever edition" in 2 years or so. Hope they add variety too. I'm already expecting this, cause I felt the same toward DD1 vanilla back in the first day launch.

Love your review , theres no unnecessary hate that most youtubers have on their videos thank you for giving a good and honest!

Good video agree with everything basically, the people complaining in the comments gotta be blind, its fine being like the first one but they coulda atleast fix the stuff people complained about it for the first one

And somehow the combat in DD2 is more sluggish that DDDA. For example you can't directly attack from sheath mode in DD2

Sidequests are a bit bland and weirdly implemented/resolved at times. It does have moments of brilliance though. Eg. sphinx quest. I think the biggest problem with the main plot is that there are no main antagonists, and people just disappearing from the story after certain events. The gameplay + pawn system are fun though but it does get stale after a while due to lack of enemy variety and especially from midgame on there is a distinct lack of difficulty. Only being able to use 4 skills at a time is also a bit limiting. So yeah, while I did enjoy my playthrough, there is no motivation to continue in NG+ or replay this, unless they fix some of these issues in a DLC (like enemy variety).

It’s hilarious because you kill the false arisen at the end when phasus summons the lesser dragon and it’s almost impossible to even notice I only realized after watching a video on it the story is so disappointing

Enemy variety is a deal breaker. Too many games (BG, ER, Diablo, etc etc) get this right to piss with DD. I have more enemy types in miniatures for TTRPG's than they do in this game ffs. Try again with DD3 Capcom - there's something to build on here, but this isn't a fleshed out game.

Idk it says open world but lots of very narrow corridors. Open World should be more vertical and wide landscapes. Most rpgs don't pull it off when going for realistic graphics. As for combat, this is why I cannot get into most action rpgs. When they do the hack and slash. Like hitting a titan with a fly swatter. X,X,X,X,X,X,special move.x.x.x.x.x.x

Sadly the game was always going to be what we got. For this series the best parts weren't made by itsuno but others. He's an ideas guy more than a game director for this series. At least that's what he should be

i like these 30-40min vids, really showcases ur funny, new sub👆🏿

I have to disagree with the campfire being no risk...I was very low on health and didn't want to go all the way back to town so I used camp. Halfway through the night I got raided by a horde and I almost died. Luckily survived tho. Made me think twice now if I want to camp or just go to town.

Great video but I have to address one thing. I think we are at a point in game critique where we have to address larger industry issues affecting game releases. This game clearly wasn’t finished but was rushed to release by management because they knew hype was enough to sell copies. it’s not crazy to assume the devs aren’t happy about how the game turned out because management made a financial and terrible decision

But what about the real ending when you do the added content by talking to the guy instead of sitting on your throne towards the end? Seems like that entire area is about the role of the Arisen and a bigger story

I lost interest after playing for a while. The companion system threw me off. It felt disjointed when I would be walking around and fighting enemies every 30 seconds and then see a random person mindlessly strolling down the path into the battle area as of nothing is happening. It just feels weird to me for that to be the mechanic. Also after playing games like RDR, Baldur's Gate 3 or Cyberpunk 2077 my threshold for main character interaction/conversation animation quality is VERY high. When I spoke to certain NPCs the facial animations and body language was odd and immersion breaking. That type of shit matters (to me) when experiencing a fantasy epic. They let that aspect fall through the cracks. The combat was mostly fun though and the world looks pretty good.

Bitter sweet they took a step forward and back at the same time but this newest update helps elevate some of those issues I still find it lacking especially the monster variety and the sphix is disappointing the only way to kill it is with the arrow even tho I chunked it down to 0 it gets a shield and fly’s away it’s very weird. Still a good game if you enjoyed the first one

I wouldn't have mind the constant running back and forth if they went with some kind of mount. It's what killed the fun of the game for me.

You perfectly put my disappointment with this game into words.

Man, you nailed it. I really enjoyed this game for a while, but the story is so unfinished its almost offensive. Cant wait for Dragon’s Dogma 2 Dark Arisen 2

Shadow of the Erdtree is legit an expansion for Elden Ring and it is somehow about 10 times more interesting in terms of weapons, skills, lore, story, characters, bosses, variety, environments, respecting your time, having dense areas to explore... pretty much everything lmao. Dragon's Dogshit 2 is just bad. Cool idea, horrible execution.

Unfortunately all true, I wish this game was the best thing to come out but it's just a disappointment

if you sleep at a camp a monster can come & tear the whole thing down so it always felt like a risk reward thing 2 me. plus ur always weighing whether 2 stop or keep pushing juuust a little longer its fun! lack of fast travel very much does force you to prepare for trips ahead of time, i wound up in soo many situations where i was stuck in pitch darkness scrambling for any type of safety while scared for my life avoiding packs of enemies with like no health, frustrating but memorable:) monster variety sucks but the enemies were given a lot more care due to the limited selection. they are a lot more reactive than you give them credit for imo. also comparing the enemy variety to elden ring is hilariously unfair for any game. the vocations all felt very different to me, two handed sword is veeery slow and deliberate in contrast to thief or fighter.archer has a really cool slide thing u can do like u can pull some real legolas moves its great. sorcerer and whatever the other one was called are two entirely different approaches to magic. also calling the unmoored world a ”slightly changed” version of the regular map is very strange. i could keep going but honestly this game sucks and the first one is way better. i like the video btw its rly well made

Hey mate, great review! Not sure if I agree with you on the matter of low stakes due to many camps available everywhere. Losing your progress in a single player game never rly helps the experience and you end up loading the game for a different outcome anyway… When the friction mechanic turns into a feeling that playing this game is „like a job” then you lose even more interest I suppose?

It's like a side grade, which now I think that maybe I was wrong. Since this is the game they wanted to make. Sucks, but it's not an awful game; and with a dlc it could get better for sure. Hopefully something much harder than the base game.

Man...great review! 👍

7:46 I actually encountered that dragon at night and it completely destroyed my resources and killed all my pawns and my last inn save was like 2 hours before so I fking ran for my life and IT FOLLOWED me for quite a bit, damn night in this game is amazing you literally can’t see danger until you are next to it

I honestly stopped playing half way through. I enjoy the combat but it and the move/magic easily became repetitive and lack luster. I might finish it later this year but I'm definitely not in any rush.

Main story is so bad. No epic moments until the copy+paste end of the first game. Still enjoyed it for a playthrough.

So what you're saying is... GOTY material?

I was ultimately disappointed. It just didn't pull me in like the first one. I finished one playthrough (took a long time just exploring etc) and have struggled to get very far into my second.

something that i dont hear often praised about the souls games is that they do not make you re-loot when you die. They probably realised having a game where you die often, re-looting feels teadius and very boring. In dragon's dogma, and lots of other games which uses saves/auto save on deaths. You willl be re-looting/re oraganizing on eveery death. the only mitigation being quick saving right before a tough fight, if possible.

I agree with all your points

Damn it you are so right 😊

You are absolutely correct about the quests and story. Any comment in the first two months I made about the quest and story design were attacked by Capcom simps who seemed personally offended by the reality that these aspects of the game were so trashy dog shit. But the truth is the truth. This game holds your hand when it shouldn't, and then refuses too hold your hand when it should, and in the latter instance it seems the developers and simps defending the game seem to think they've done something clever, when in reality they've just trolled the player in the worst ways a game can. There's a million other infuriating things I could write that you didn't have time to cover in your great video here, but why bother. As for the gameplay, I enjoy it a lot when I stop doing the quests and just treat the game as a fun fantasy monster-hunter arcade game that I play an hour a day - kill a couple dragons, have a bit of fun with classes and cool looking spells, laugh at the goblins, and then go back to amazing games like RDR2, BG3, and Elden Ring.

"i love to hear your guys thoughts" aka i need utube engagement. i wish utubers would just say the truth about leaving comments and how it helps their channel

totally agree every word you said bro.

This game had potential to be a great game but it a major fail for me

Yea i agree, wasted potential unless they add something completely engame changing to it soon. It's dead to me now. Nothing worth playing for now i have explored everywhere and done most things

#1 the autosaves aren't always the best. I often have to reload my last inn stay orcelse i risk losing so much. #2 thank fukin god there are so many camps. This game is pretty unforgiving, especially with regards to the dwindling max health. #3 there actually is some risk in camping cuz you can get ambushed while trying to sleep.

I don’t think you got the real final, it’s not just that 😅 the majority of people complaining of this game didn’t really played.

For me poor combat boring travelling where is the lock on im hitting thin air not the enemy at times its getting traded in

After 10 hours I couldn’t do it anymore. Just so boring.

Still like this game more than Elden ring and baulders gate 3 lol

man dd1 boss were mush more harder, now in dd2 the boss is way to easy

I want to like this game but cant.

That game is great no doubt, the only issue i had was i wanted more monsters to fight and i HATED being rushed at the end in that red realm due to mist. Like why would you introduce a new world/map to me and rush me to finish? I hope capcom patches new monsters, story and even mechanics like taking out the rush of that mist via time. And maybe personal, the music in this game sucked compared to the first one (besides the battle music)

The game is awesome and everything I wanted it to be, had more fun playing it than Dark Souls 4 But I suppose if you're poor and only have a console or a glorified console (anything below my 4090) then it makes sense

I beat it regardless of hating it but I didn't enjoy it. It was a complete chore to beat the game

The latest Zeldas have worthwhile exploration? Are you high ?

The problem is, people never see the good parts of a game. They only see and comment on the things they don’t like, and they take the good things for granted. No game is perfect, I love dragons dogma 2 but I know that it’s not the best game.

Well for me game is great and it is as most fans was wanna,mean like dd1 👊

did you play the 1st one?

Every game that ive loved this year has hella hate and complaining from these internet nerds😂 im so glad i dont let the comments and the reviews influence my opinion of the game. Its like a new generation on KZfaq, just pure hate and wining💩 Yall keep suffering😂

The games "adaptive difficulty system" is actually an algorithmic fail state generator . This makes the game virtually impossible to play once you get good at it. Capcom has really thrown out the idea of actually balancing a game and is now relying on algorithmic fail state generators in the name of money.