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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
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Developer: Capcom
Content Rating: Mature
Summary
An epitaph speaks of another's demise...
A mysterious island known as Bitterblack Isle appears off the coast of Gransys. Its depths have claimed the lives of many Arisen their voices still haunt the labyrinth that lies deep beneath its surface--a labyrinth ripe with secrets waiting to be discovered. The time to take up arms has come once again. Delve into the isle's depths and uncover its dark secret!
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Although it lacks a storyline, I feel as though Capcom/Dragon's Dogma was going in a direction that a lot of Action RPGs needed to go toward. It's fast-paced, the spell casting/buffs were amazing, boss fights forced you to strategize with your pawns in order to take out tanky/aerial creatures, and just venturing off into the unknown and stumbling upon a cockatrice or dragon made it all the more thrilling and exciting! I know it gets a bad rep for being such an incomplete game, but if it had the opportunity to get repolished and renewed as a new title, I'd play it!
It’s like Skyrim, but more action-oriented. Whereas Skyrim was very open-ended, Dragon’s Dogma has opinions. It has auto-targeting/locking and a couple synergy attacks, etc.
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23 Reviews7.62
Before playing it on Switch, I always understood Dragon’s Dogma as one of the most underrated RPGs around. Having played it now, I really hope it doesn’t get overshadowed by the big RPGs, whether ports or original content, that are coming out around it. Dark Arisen has some of the most unique systems in modern RPGs, and great combat to go along with it. It’s a great adventure, and if they can improve the loads after the inns it’ll be essential.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen plays extremely well both docked and undocked, with no frames dropping at any instance. I preferred to play the game undocked out of my own personal preference, if only because I found it more comfortable with the control scheme. That being said, Dark Arisen is another fabulous port that suffers no significant performance issues. If you’ve not yet had the chance to play Dragon’s Dogma or were interested in the series, now is your chance to dive headfirst into this cult classic.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is an amazing game that never really got the credit it deserved. Between being overshadowed by other games that managed to stand out more and overlooked due to superficial comparisons to other games, it’s just had a bad run of it.