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Dragon's Dogma absolutely was ahead of it's time. I can't wait for the sequel!

Dragon's Dogma is still ahead even now, very few games have ever reached such a level of dynamic combat, heck games are still released with prehistoric "trade blows till one of us dies" systems...

You forgot to mention the (rather hidden and confusing) inclination system for pawns that governs which type of actions and behavior they will prioritze during exploration and combat. It has a huge impact on their performance and utilization of class specific mechanics. It even governs the distance they will keep to the player and enemies. Often it is more beneficial not to fill up every ability slot of your pawn so they concentrate more on positioning rather than ability spam. The type of augments you equip on them changes their behavior as well. Also, the size/weight of your arisen/pawn has an impact on stamina usage/carry weight/knockdown resistance

the reason why the game felt unfinishd and had alot of missing content is because the devs had some many ideas with very limited technology back then and out of all the cool ideas that were cut off the gameplay and pawn system were the only thing that shows how great that game was gonna turn out to be if its was completed in 2012..and now dd2 is looking to be a complete version makes me super hyped

So many games should take notes from Dragon's Dogma! Like layered armoring! So many games have a 1 piece suit of armor and then helmet 🤷🏻‍♂️ DD does this differently and I absolutely love it and how you can see chainmail from under a chest plate etc. Cannot wait for Dragon's Dogma II 🤩

One of my favorite things about the pawn system is seeing some of the funny creations other people made.

It was so ahead of its time that its gameplay still holds up 12 years later and even is arguably better than most modern games.

Loved this game back then on the Ps3 the combat was amazing and the setting was like a mix between Conan the barbarian and Berserk. I replayed that game again and again, it had its flaws but it delivered at the things that are important. Can’t wait for the sequel.

The 2nd one looks to be ahead of it's time as well, both visually and gameplay-wise and I am so ready. Grats on the Infinite Wealth sponsor :D

I got DDDA on a whim during a steam sale for like $7. I had heard the name but knew nothing about it and was just kinda going on the reviews and the gameplay trailers alone. What a pleasant surprise that was. Ended up being one of my favorite RPGs ever. Cautiously optimistic about DD2!

This, For Honor, and Max Payne 3 are some of those games that have literally perfect gameplay that was never copied again for some reason

The combat in this game beats out so many modern fantasy combat. They have had years to work on other combat heavy games that have been praised for the fights. If they can grip us with a better story, even a little, then it might be a strong GOTY contender

The Pawn system is probably my favorite thing about DD. It's a mix between a power fantasy and parenthood/masterhood feeling. Your main pawn starts as dumb as most AI companions in any action game. But the more you teach them, and the more they observe and imitate others, the more "human" they become. Which is actually one of the things tackled in the story of DD1. They learn how to properly fight, they use skills and items more efficiently, or they just spend their time collecting every item around because the player is a looter. And you can sorta see other players' progress and a hint of how they play through their pawn when you rent them. It's not perfectly implemented, sometimes you do actions that teach them something that you don't want, they have limited range to engage in combat, your commands not always correlate to the action you want, they sometimes hurt or off themselves due to bad path-tracking (which also happens to enemies), and some other small issues that keep adding up. They're like Smash amiibos in an Action-RPG setting, but without the need for physical figures.

I absolutely love the combat in DD. It's fun and engaging. I get bored with button mashing combat and like something you need to think through and plan your attacks. I fought a Cyclops in the woods, but before that I cleared out all enemies in the surrounding area so no one would distract me. I was able to focus just on the Clops and cut him down rather quickly lol. I quickly became a Cyclops killing machine with 4 dead in 2 outings, plus an ambush by a Chaimera as I was coming down the mountain from my 3rd Clops fight. This game is so fun

I still can't believe that we are getting a sequel for this game after 12 years. Personally I'm not really concerned about the gameplay since it's already very good in the first game. But I would be so happy if they improve the inventory and UI in general, fast travel, story, stamina draining when not in combat and the need to change pawns every few levels. If they do that and not mess up anything that was already good in the first game then it'll have a VERY good chance to be the GOTY of 2024 and sell like Elden Ring or BG3.

I love DD1 because I can see what they wanted to do, and it's incredible. It feels really unfinished, even in Dark Arisen. They were a bit too ambitious for their budget. I'm so stoked for DD2 because I think the tech and funding are finally there for them to realize their vision.

From one warrior to another, try to time your light attack inputs at the right time. if you time them exactly when the first swing is completed, you'll gain much more damaging follow-ups and a fourth attack as well

when I hear ppl say the pawn system sucks, I know they have no clue how it works. The pawn system is truly something amazing and the reason why I have multiple accounts on PS.

My older brother and I grew up playing the original Dragon's Dogma back in our early High School Days. It was one of the first PlayStation 3 games we ever owned. (Eventually for Xbox 360 as well) I really can't even begin to explain how Blown Away we both were by the expansion of Dark Arisen. I'm so grateful my brother and I decided to check out this awesome underrated gem in its early days. It's just really a true shame that the same can't be said for countless others. I really do hope that Dragon's Dogma II gets far more recognition attention and much better treatment this time around. Because this is a open world RPG series that Capcom should promote far more! ( I really hope in the next Marvel versus Capcom game the Arisen could be a playable fighter! I've wanted that for so long now) I've been playing through Dark Arisen again as of late and it just makes me appreciate what this game accomplished even with its lower budget and shorter development time . Dragon's Dogma truly is a fantastic series.

You’re the KZfaqr way back that I watched that actually made me want to buy it on ps4. So worth it.

I’ve vaguely heard of this game off and on since it’s release, and it wasn’t until recently around the peak of the pandemic 2020 - 2021 that a friend recommended me this game and explained why he loved it, and it was at that time where I was starting to get into RPG’s a lot more. So I tried it out and once I did, I never looked back. While I do have the same criticisms as you briefly discussed throughout the video there is no denying the stellar gameplay that was indeed way ahead of its time. And now I couldn’t be more hype for the sequel and I really hope fans of the original get treated well including myself when this game launches, but I also hope newcomers will be introduced into the series and feel the same way as us fans did of the original. The best part of DD 2 is that while graphically better it still feels and looks as well as more than likely plays like the original and that is the best possible way to do this sequel. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. ☺️👍

I got sh1t on for the longest time when I said that DD was far better than Vanilla Skyrim. Fast forward to now, having DD2 upcoming and those same friends are now singing DD's praise. At least its finally getting the attention its always deserved.

I hope DD 2 is a massive hit for Capcom. DD was truly incredible, unique and innovative and deserved way more recognition

Im personally grateful I stumbled in this channel years ago, I first heard of Dragon's Dogma when he talks about good magic in rpgs. Now DD is one my favorite rpgs, DD2 is the only game I've pre-ordered and bought full price in my entire life. 😁

Maybe. They just combined the visceral and dynamic encounter design of Monster Hunter with chopping off and breaking of parts of monsters with High Fantasy Action-RPG. It proved to be a very succeful fusion of two different genres.

Just started playing dragons dogma yesterday and wow!! I've truly been missing out. I had to make myself go to bed so I could be up for work this morning. 😅

Another big plus to the game: THE SPELLS!! All I've got to say is: thank goodness my spells didn't damage allies.

Love your channel, love your videos on Dragon's Dogma. I only own a Switch so no DD2 for me. Keep up the GREAT work!!

I definitely agree with you. Dragons dogma: Dark Arisen rivaled base Skyrim in my eyes. I found dragons dogma way more fun to to play gameplay wise than I did for Skyrim. Skyrim did have way more immersive features though hoping they bring more immersive features to dragons dogma 2. Just preordered the deluxe edition for dd2 today. Can’t wait!!

I hate how dumb our ai friends got in modern games. like in DA origins I could write a whole page of if X then do Y things , then that slowly got mae into drink hp potion yes or no? use ability yes or no? here they actually learn from you,I messed up my pawn becouse I was looting mid combat so, he was like moneky see, monkey do. and also started looting mid combat. which was quite funny.

Picked it up for £3.99 on the PSN store in preparation for the sequel and i absolutely love it, wished i had discovered this game years ago.

dragon’s dogma was so advanced for its time that it melted my 360 hard drive

Dragon's Dogma was such a fantastic, pleasant adventure. Since the 80's coin op Arcade games I never liked modern Japanese games, but I gave Dragon's Dogma a chance because Demon's Souls was so great and "Western". I'm so happy that Dragon's Dogma 2 seems to keep the same formula. Hopefully it has a hard difficulty level at launch.

Love this game. Played it for years. I was in New game plus. Lvl 163 but Steam lost my saved files. Has to start from scratch. Lvl 123 now. Magic Archer. Mage pawn. Camelot. Can't wait for the sequel.

I'm currently playing through it for the first time in preparation for DD2, I'm about 10 hours in and I'm seeing things mechanically that I'm not used too and it has really changed the way I usually approach ARPGs, and I'm in absolute love with it as I haven't have this much of a refreshing experience since BG3 😂

When it dropped; the original Dragon's Dogma had heavy competition from both Dark Souls and Skyrim, and I think that was part of the reason that it took so long for word of how good it really was to spread. Sure, it's very rough around the edges, but it's no worse in that regard than either Skyrim or Dark Souls are (especially Skyrim). Hell, I enjoy it enough to have had multiple PSN accounts solely to start a new run in Dragon's Dogma. I think it's always been a rough-cut-gem, and I'm actually glad to see it finally getting the attention it's always deserved.

I love the pawn system, even with all its idiosyncrasies. I hope DD2 expands and polishes it enough so that it becomes a genre norm.

3:50 lmao

I absolutely loved the game in my ps3 years ago and still like to play it on PC to this day. It's just a Gem of a Game

I hope we get a player home that we can actually use and i really want a magic warrior, so i can do my own enchantments. Can't wait for Dragons dogma 2 😁✌️

I played the game in ps since the release, when dark arisen came out, sometime between 2012 and 2023 and then last year when it was on sale. One thing i realized, i never liked any other similar games than dragon's dogma. I played a number of souls games, kingdoms of amalur (since it was mentioned in here), i tried oblivion, final fantasy games, and so much more but nothing stood out really if we talk about rpg. This may be an exaggeration because a lot of very good games and better games came out after but as someone who loves medievel high fantasy games and films like lord of the rings, dd is best rpg of all time in my opinion. When asked what's my favorite game, it has always been dragon's dogma (and will always have a special place in my game catalog) apart from dragon age and other games on a different genre.

Dragon Dogma change gaming for the better

If they improve story, enemy variety and fill world with more interesting content to explore DD2 will be the all time GOAT

Im replaying Dragons dogma now aswell

This video inspired me too redownload and finish this game

I hope that DD2 will enhance even the more mediocre aspects of the game. If it does, then it will truly become a masterpiece! 💪

The only game I'm looking forward to

3:49 Ouch! 14:45 I hate hard target lock and tend to dislike games that rely on it. Btw, congrats on the big sponsorship game going on. Hitting the Major Leagues kid. 😊

Your getting a like right away for that terribly dry joke 😂👌👍

Just bought it never heard of it until the DD2 trailer. On sale on psn for 5$ looks cool!

I just need that co-op

If these were the reasons it was ahead of its time these will be the reasons the sequel will be behind of its time since it seems more like dragons dogma remastered than anything new

hell yeah

First thing I see in my feed. Perfect timing 👌

This generation is basically: "old games did it better"

I'm covering this on my channel at the mo and it absolutely informed Elden Ring imo and arguably outshines Fromsoft at their own game in some regards e.g. Everfall Post-Game > Bloodborne Chalice Dungeons. Incredible ARPG 👌

Congratulations Larian 😃😃😃😃(😢😢😢😢) 💀

Bravo sine, bravo, bravo.

Although this game has a brilliant battle system, everything else is mediocre or bad. I need to highlight a few things: The city is terrible, unnecessarily big and empty, making the walk very long. The open map is linear and empty. Furthermore, the quest system is very weak. The pawn system, in my opinion, is terrible, as the player has no control over them and always needs to switch to pawns with a higher level. In the end, although I see the beauty of this game, these negative characteristics prevent me from actually playing it, in the end I end up with good old Gothic 2

My favorite game of the generation after the ps1 ps2

It's a great game, but the quest design is the worst I have ever seen. If you don't read a guide, you will miss some quests and deadlines. And the game doesn't even tell you these things, you can lose some extremely good loot that way. I really hope they will change that in the next game. 😊

English dub for Yakuza just feels wrong.

I am of the opinion that the reason why followers are typically not too capable in most games. Is that doing so would become an additional layer of difficulty balancing. Things like FFXII Gambit system prove that if developers wanted to, they could have a.i play optimally at all times, using specific flags to trigger behaviors. But instead you're given the tools for refining what your companions do, tools that expand over the course of the game. Why doesn't Barrett use thunder in the first boss fight of FFVII remake without your input? Because if he did, player agency would be removed, and that fight being a tutorial for exploiting weaknesses, wouldn't work.

This game is 5$ right now, I grabbed it on playstation cant wait to play it again

What does next gen even mean

While mechanically more complex than Skyrim, Dragon's Dogma world looks and feels relatively ugly compared to the gorgeous vistas and thrilling music of Skyrim, people went for the atmosphere.

I totally agree with you)) p.s.: i've got 100% cheevos in DD:DA

The thing is.. the first game is still a next gen right now, in the sense that no other game, no other *franchise* has reached this level of quality, in their respective genres. NieR? Not even close. Halo? Not even close. And don't get me started on actual ARPGs out there. Amalur? Great game.. but, compared to DDDA? 😅 No contest.

I was recently watching new players play dragon's dogma and 90% of those players asked why this game has no targeting or lock on , It really confused me. I found out most are dark souls players and they were used to that kind of game play. They should play easy mode in my opinion because that is basi ly easy mode. LoL

Two handed weapons suck. You think they'd be more rounded out since you fight huge creatures but I guess that's why it was ahead of its time lol

The only thing Dragon's Dogma 2 needs is better writing and characters, DD1 is great but damn the storytelling was bad, if it was as good as DA:O it would be one of the best RPGs of all time.

I havae 70 hours in the game and never finished it.

Sadly i dont think dragons dogma 2 will be ahead of its time , but rather feel abit out dated but cater to fans alot

I hate that run at only 30 fps on series X.

What about monster hunter??

Todd howards face filled witrh the disapointment of his customers is the karama gaming needed.

I think DD is an unfortunate mix of a great combat system and AI with an awful boring story and an empty dead world with much too long walking distances. I tried to get through it several times but it bores me to death. Shows developers should be aware of a well balanced mix of features in a RPG.

My man, Dragon Age Inquisition came out in 2016, and it has the most garbage NPC AI, even worse than Skyrim, your companions can't do anything right, especially on higher difficulties, it basically becomes nanny simulator, the system in Origins, was soo much better.

Funny cuz so many guys would have shit on it had it not become popular on youtube

I'm sorry, I ruined the 666 Likes. I had to.

'next gen' is a useless term. it doesnt explain a thing.

3:58 this is such a weird thing to say. The reason Demon's and then Dark Souls took off is because it ended that period of games with nonexistent gameplay, paved the road for the golden years of indiegames and made games like Dragon's Dogma, Horizon, Outer worlds etc. possible. If not in terms of gameplay then because they proved games didn't need microtransactions to turn a profit. Demon's Souls popularized real gameplay (again) and ended a dry spell. You may not like it, but you owe it a good amount of respect.

Really ? I thought the game was kinda boring.

Dragon Dogma had great ideas but terrible presentation and execution. The game doesn't even have lip syncing. Which was pretty standard by the time it was made. All the systems needed to be way more fleshed out. They should have made part 2 years ago though. I also think saying Skyrim overshadowed it is wrong. Skyrim had more fleshed out and streamlined system at the time. Making it way easier to get into and play. A lot of people forget all the improvements Skyrim made to Elder Scrolls. Dragon's Dogma failed because it was very flawed. I do agree that modern should have took and improved on Dragon's Dogma mechanics. But those mechanics sucked in Dragon's Dogma. Climbing was cool but very awkward because it changed your direction controls. The character height and weight gameplay mechanics are never explained in game. And the pawn talked way too much. I really hope they improve these in part 2. All the trailers at least show they realized why the first game failed.

Your mom is next gen

Next gen my azz.

Kingdoms of Amalur is trash fyi

I can't stand the ass sniff RPGs where you have AI sniffing your anus on every footstep. I finished Dragon's Dogma with only 1 follower which if I remember correctly was obligatory. I also played it on hard mode from the get go and found the balance as a ridiculous sponge fest. Overall I do believe that this was one of the most overrated games of our generations. It had nothing going for it apart from the flashy combat. Boring and bland world, extremely shallow questing and an uninteresting story. It was poorly received upon release for the same reasons but somehow half a decade later people started praising it like it's the spawn of God himself. for whatever reason.

I’m on my ng+ I beat the game but stopped but then they announced 2 so I’m gonna defeat the ur dragon in ng+ and get the one holy sword