Dragon's Dogma 2

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It's currently 43% off until Sept 29th.
I saw that and I was considering it until I saw this review...

World and map are cool. Combat is great and the most epic feeling fantasy combat you'll get from a game. Unfortunately, that world and map and combat lack a reason for being. Combat in a RPG like this will always be something you do "on the way" of your journey or adventure. And no matter how good the combat is it can't make up for other crucial aspects of an RPG game like story, quests, loot, and dungeons. When you see some cool ruins in the distance up on a hill it lights up your imagination to want to explore it. But when you get there there's often nothing there but some cookie cutter cellar with a chest with lousy consumables for loot. Aside from some caves there aren't really any cool dungeons in the game. And the story and quests aren't great either. And it's anticlimactic to buy your best gear from a merchant instead of finding it out in the field. So the otherwise great combat and world basically don't serve any purpose. Ultimately, the game is a big disappointment because it could have been something truly great. Perhaps it will someday.

This is pretty much how I felt about DD1. There was lots of good, especially in the action aspect of the combat, but most other aspects were missing. Loot, especially, until the self-contained expansion.

But all that was enough to get me hyped for Monster Hunter: Worlds. Make it focused on boss fights who drop materials to craft loot for boss fights. Add co-op instead of pawns. Can't go wrong. And I was right.

I think I'll just sit this one out and wait for Monster Hunter: Wilds, which is sure to be what I'm looking for.
 
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Add co-op instead of pawns. Can't go wrong.
Disagree with this. I am not a fan of pawns in DD1 but they vastly improved pawns in DD2, it actually felt like I was adventuring with group of a friends. Coop is fun too but thats only if you have someone pleasant to play with and/or wait for them to be online etc. Here, you can jump into game any time you want and just pick a friend from rift crystal and go.

Combat difficult vary depending on your party composition and abilities you (and others) have chosen for your Arisen and pawns, so its always rather fresh and fun, at least that was my experience.
 
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No mention of DD2 DLC at TGS2024.. only MH:Wilds talk.. fuck you Capcom
 
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