Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 617 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 462 out of 617
  2. Mixed: 85 out of 617
  3. Negative: 70 out of 617
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  1. MFT
    Jan 16, 2016
    1
    I don't understand why this game gets all this praise.

    It reminds me Dynasty Warrior and Dark Souls ports on pc - poorly optimized, shoddy controls, weird voice-overs, awkward gameplay and story. Quarter of my screen gets cut-off with black bars because of the aspect ration issues. Half of the screen gets filled with subtitles of my "pawns" yelling some nonsense over and over and    I don't understand why this game gets all this praise.

    It reminds me Dynasty Warrior and Dark Souls ports on pc - poorly optimized, shoddy controls, weird voice-overs, awkward gameplay and story.

    Quarter of my screen gets cut-off with black bars because of the aspect ration issues. Half of the screen gets filled with subtitles of my "pawns" yelling some nonsense over and over and over and over and over again during battles or giving me same one-liners like "hurry up", or "come here" outside battle.

    The control scheme is plain awful on keyboard - backspace to confirm? What? Why?

    I mean - i don't doubt that underneath those issues and weird features there might be a decent game but i just don't want to deal with a shoddy pc port again.

    I get that people love this game and played it on consoles but as a pc player who's playing this for a first time - i just can't recommend it.    … Expand
  2. marc5477
    Jul 26, 2017
    4
    Very generic game. It has some interesting combat aspects when you run into a "boss" but otherwise it is a dreadful bore. You can only have up to 6 attacks at one time which makes combat monotonous and insanely repetitive. You can switch in new moves but in due time they get boring too. It reminds me a lot of old action adventure games on the NES except that those did a better job ofVery generic game. It has some interesting combat aspects when you run into a "boss" but otherwise it is a dreadful bore. You can only have up to 6 attacks at one time which makes combat monotonous and insanely repetitive. You can switch in new moves but in due time they get boring too. It reminds me a lot of old action adventure games on the NES except that those did a better job of progressing story and action. The amount of repetition in this game is unbelievable. I played about 15 hours into the game and I think I have seen a total of about 10 enemy types... You go back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and its just the same thing over and over. Kill x number of these and collect x number of those. The quests are like a boring MMO but the game itself plays a lot like a aRPG like diablo 3. I wish it had something more unique or interesting to offer but I didnt see it. The story is also completely uninteresting and not engaging in the least. The "pawn" system (aka party system) is doorknob dumb as well. You can only customize one other party member and though you can have two others, they are just randomly generated tools that you throw away whenever you level (because they themselves do not level).

    I think the game tried to be too many things and in the end was not good at anything. It is very similar to Dragon Age Inquisition which suffered from basically the same thing though I think DAI was slightly better than this. The aRPG elements are too repetitive and boring and given the way the party elements work, its practically impossible to die unless you take a cheap hit from a cheesy enemy. Tactics? What tactics lol? Traditional RPG elements like character building are meaningless since the game is heavily item based and since you can switch back and forth whenever you want rendering RPG system irrelevant. Quests are copy and past from the most generic MMO you can find. The open world aspects tried to mimic the Elder Scrolls but instead everything is a narrow corridor and the game felt extremely closed. Exploration is meaningless in this game.

    Lastly, and I didnt grade it down for this though I should have, this is clearly a console port. The UI and controls on this game are atrocious and completely unacceptable for modern PC game. No wheel scroll. Backspace to save an option? You cant target anything directly, they just need to be in the vicinity and when there is more than one, you cant specify which to hit easily (insanely annoying). Cant aim range attacks unless you have a target locked (fireballs will just fly off into space). Cant hotkey attacks, instead you can only use 3 buttons and combine them with control or alt. Etc.

    Last, and again I didnt knock it down for this but... the graphics are horrendous even at the highest settings.    … Expand
  3. Rodney5
    Feb 4, 2016
    4
    I don't understand the hype. And I wonder if some of the other reviewers have played the same game as i have.

    The combat mechanics is ok but gets tedious after a while. There is very little variation in encounter types. You have about 10-15 different basic monsters that is varied and some special boss monsters. The side quests are boring and very repetitive with very few    I don't understand the hype. And I wonder if some of the other reviewers have played the same game as i have.

    The combat mechanics is ok but gets tedious after a while. There is very little variation in encounter types. You have about 10-15 different basic monsters that is varied and some special boss monsters.

    The side quests are boring and very repetitive with very few exceptions.The main quests are better and some are fun and interesting.

    The role playing/romance part is extremely bad executed and you have to know beforehand how it works if you are to romance the right npc and even then it is very difficult.

    I you like role playing this is not a game for you. If you like combating monsters you might like this, for a while.    … Expand
  4. OberiousLocke
    Aug 11, 2017
    1
    Badly written and delivered dialogue, fairly bland. Not a whole lot to say, kinda forgettable.

    Wolves hunt in packs, Arisen. Wolves hunt in packs, Arisen. Wolves hunt in packs, Arisen. Wolves hunt in packs, Arisen. Wolves hunt in packs, Arisen. Wolves hunt in packs, Arisen. Wolves hunt in packs, Arisen.
  5. XBliss
    Mar 28, 2020
    3
    This is definitely not what i expected from this game...
    Firstly, the controls are **** it's uncomfortable to play with keyboard and even with controller(i tried both). In game with such a combat there are no dodges and all you can is run away from enemy. it is very difficult to use your skills, you need to press 2 buttons to use one skill and unfortunately it doesn't always work.
    Then    This is definitely not what i expected from this game...
    Firstly, the controls are **** it's uncomfortable to play with keyboard and even with controller(i tried both). In game with such a combat there are no dodges and all you can is run away from enemy. it is very difficult to use your skills, you need to press 2 buttons to use one skill and unfortunately it doesn't always work.
    Then here is the companion system and it is very poor. In RPG game where you have to play with partners they are all dummies without any backstory. if one of them dies you just summon another one. very boring
    Story. Developers do not know how to plot the game. I played for almost 12 hours and the story of the game didn't interest me at all.
    Graphics. This game looks like 2005-2007 one.
    I I don't get why this game have such high score.I regret that i spent my time on this game.    … Expand
  6. UncleLucifer
    Nov 5, 2020
    3
    This game is overrate garbage.
    Since this is a rpg my scoring system will be, 5 points story, 4 points gameplay, 1 point graphics.
    0/5 story: Story is barly there, and when it is there it is so bad that I want to tear my eye balls out with my bare hands. 2/4 gameplay: Combat on its own is good(it feels like a bootleg Dark Souls) but the its god awful quest design(every quests is either a    This game is overrate garbage.
    Since this is a rpg my scoring system will be, 5 points story, 4 points gameplay, 1 point graphics.
    0/5 story:
    Story is barly there, and when it is there it is so bad that I want to tear my eye balls out with my bare hands.
    2/4 gameplay:
    Combat on its own is good(it feels like a bootleg Dark Souls) but the its god awful quest design(every quests is either a escort mission or a fetch quests) and the fact that you have to slug through the whole map for every f***king quest. It just makes the the core good gameplay become unbearable.
    1/1 Graphics
    The graphics are decent for their time.
    Music and voice acting is not soo bad or soo good to effect my scoring system.
    So to sum it all up, Dragon's Dogma is a 3/10 **** fest of game, if you haven't played it yet, great! I beg you do not touch this unholy abomination of a game.    … Expand
  7. Hazelb
    Jul 22, 2020
    0
    Please Capcom，make your ACT games and stop making trash RPG games like Dragon's Dogma anymore. I am your fan, but I don't want to waste my time and money on such stupid game again.
  8. cakrit
    Feb 6, 2016
    2
    With such a wonderful variety of enemies, I really wanted to get past the annoying parts of this game, but I had to give up after only 10 hours.

    - This must be the laziest console to PC port of all time. The UI and controls are simply terrible and make no sense on a PC, but they didn't bother to make any changes. - The constant waiting for auto-saving and loading new scenes is    With such a wonderful variety of enemies, I really wanted to get past the annoying parts of this game, but I had to give up after only 10 hours.

    - This must be the laziest console to PC port of all time. The UI and controls are simply terrible and make no sense on a PC, but they didn't bother to make any changes.
    - The constant waiting for auto-saving and loading new scenes is aggravating.
    - Single save and having to go through the entire intro to restart a game? Really?
    - Absolutely crappy story and no characters whatsoever. The whole idea of pawns is a pure excuse for not giving party members personalities.
    - The difficulty of enemies you encounter in the first couple of hours is strange, to say the least. It felt as if the game was telling me that I have to grind until I level up enough to explore even the nearest areas. Why on earth would I want to do that?

    The game crashed on me after completing a particular mission and that was the last straw. I have no interest in playing it ever again and I'm glad I didn't pay anything to try it out.    … Expand
  9. ThecriticGoD
    Mar 10, 2016
    4
    Typical game where you just go around spaming X all the time and with a poor, predictable, and repetitive story. Getting sick of those. Only gets decent reviews because of the graphics. Cmon, games are not about graphics...
  10. Aleksanderis
    Jan 22, 2016
    2
    Totally not playable peace of console crap. Sorry for such tone, but the PC port is really awful.

    I believe game wouldn't be as bad as it is, if it would be better adapted. Currently there is even no shortcuts for simple action - e.g. opening a map is like a quest (which you need to repeat each 5 minutes). This is so almost for any action you want to do in a game. "Backspace" to    Totally not playable peace of console crap. Sorry for such tone, but the PC port is really awful.

    I believe game wouldn't be as bad as it is, if it would be better adapted. Currently there is even no shortcuts for simple action - e.g. opening a map is like a quest (which you need to repeat each 5 minutes). This is so almost for any action you want to do in a game. "Backspace" to confirm? What? "Insert" to scroll menu left, "PageUp" - to scroll right? Common.. I'm playing on WASD, how it's supposed I should reach these keys - with a third arm?

    I'm also not speaking about stupid savegame mechanics - combination of checkpoints with auto-save and a one-position save through menu. Yes, forget about quick-save/quick-load. I accidentally missed a tutorial how to use/choose correct pawns, because this behavior. I talked to some another guy and it ended with a big-boss killing quest, after which tutorial quest was canceled and I wasn't even able to load a game, because it was autosaved..

    I thought Dark Souls series is a hardcore game, no guys - this is is what real hardcore. :)    … Expand
  11. seanb1979
    Jan 24, 2016
    3
    I feel like I've played this game around 20 or so times over the years. I see nothing new or interesting here, poor graphics, uninteresting dialogue, horribly clunky UI and simply nothing creative or interesting. It feels canned and regurgitated. The only thing that was positive for me was the character movement was pretty fluid, but I became incredibly bored when the first quests wereI feel like I've played this game around 20 or so times over the years. I see nothing new or interesting here, poor graphics, uninteresting dialogue, horribly clunky UI and simply nothing creative or interesting. It feels canned and regurgitated. The only thing that was positive for me was the character movement was pretty fluid, but I became incredibly bored when the first quests were fetch quests. If I wanted to play WOW I'd play WOW.… Expand
  12. Dokkodo
    Jan 18, 2016
    4
    I just completed the main storyline and can safely say this is one of the most overrated games I have ever played. From the stellar reviews the game received I was expecting to be completely blown away.

    The Good: Decent PC Port. Some of the bigger monsters are fun to fight. The Bad: Storyline, or lack thereof, is garbage. It starts interesting, then you got hours of pressing    I just completed the main storyline and can safely say this is one of the most overrated games I have ever played. From the stellar reviews the game received I was expecting to be completely blown away.

    The Good:
    Decent PC Port.

    Some of the bigger monsters are fun to fight.

    The Bad:
    Storyline, or lack thereof, is garbage. It starts interesting, then you got hours of pressing buttons to skip through text and poor voice acting. Not one memorable character in the cast except the dragon, who inexplicably stops speaking weird dragon talk and starts speaking odd middle-English.

    The combat is incredibly slow paced. I would literally start to cast a spell, get up and walk away from my computer to do something, come back and my stamina bar is still not refilled. It is also difficult to lock on/hold your lock and that is even with a mouse and keyboard. I don't know how people managed to play it with a controller and still praise it.

    On hard mode (only mode I played) you are one-shotted by everything. I like difficulty, but the difficulty feels artificial when the reason you're dying is that a poor camera angle didn't show you the wolf jumping off a hill and one-shotting you whilst you are carefully dodging a cyclops' charge. This artificial difficulty also makes playing a melee character pretty much impossible, or at least too much of a headache to bother.

    Annoying gear grinding system that's like a poorly thought-out MMO. For good gear you pick it up, pay to have it identified and hope it is the right item. Then grind for currency and items to level it up. Items also have to be used from in-menu, no quick item usage, so I didn't use any items my entire playthrough. Some of the items seem to be incredibly overpowered as well, namely the maker's finger, so there's the potential to just win by using items which I guess is there for if you're fed up with enemies who's main "difficulty" is getting through their massive healthbars without getting bored/distracted to the point you get sloppy and take one hit(or some glitch lets them hit you through your cover, always fun).

    Poor graphics that is full of clipping, enemies coming through solid structures(a bonus when they one shot you) and opportunities to get stuck in silly situations. Audio is unimpressive as well, I turned on my own music probably 10 minutes into playing.

    AI companions are useless. They mostly just stand there and do nothing even when commanded to move forward. They won't start to take action until something walks up and smacks them, but luckily unlike your main character they aren't one-shotted by everything so they can be used as meatshields.

    There's also no quick save and normal saves like everything else are sluggish.

    Overall: 4/10
    This game is very similar to Dark Souls in pretty much all respects. Overrated, artificially difficult due to slow pacing and potential to get one-shotted by dumb things. Looks awful, plays sluggishly and only a few fights feel fulfilling.    … Expand
  13. crimsondoor
    Apr 22, 2019
    3
    I played this game for about 10 hours but I couldn't get into it, so I don't understand why it gets good reviews...it seems I'm doing some pointless side missions all the time without knowing why or how they contribute to the story. Actually, I don't even know what the story is about, since the game tells me nothing about it in the 10 hours I played.
  14. Gambit184
    Feb 18, 2017
    1
    Играл на РС, а игра явно заточена под геймпад, от сюда и проблемы с распределение и не хваткой привычных для нормальных RPG кнопок, типа вызов карты или открытия журнала заданий, всё завязано на кнопку паузы, и это очень бесит.Играл на РС, а игра явно заточена под геймпад, от сюда и проблемы с распределение и не хваткой привычных для нормальных RPG кнопок, типа вызов карты или открытия журнала заданий, всё завязано на кнопку паузы, и это очень бесит.
  15. CCsckr
    Mar 20, 2016
    4
    The thing that killed it for me is only a fraction of a second... That damn fraction of a second when before you hit something your player pauses... Why? The whole meat of the combat is gone, the whole power and flow of the combat is destroyed in a fraction of a second. Mediocre game. I would never ever understand why a developer chooses such stupid mechanics...
  16. micgus
    Apr 29, 2017
    3
    the game starts all nice and fun with a feel for a great story and action etc but overall the enviorment is poor, out dated, with pretty petty interaction(feels so outdated and banal in many cases) and graphics. the only positive part is that u can acctually jump it feels like, lol...
    item's system is ok. so is lvling and the like, nothing too special.
    followers is nice touch. worst    the game starts all nice and fun with a feel for a great story and action etc but overall the enviorment is poor, out dated, with pretty petty interaction(feels so outdated and banal in many cases) and graphics. the only positive part is that u can acctually jump it feels like, lol...
    item's system is ok. so is lvling and the like, nothing too special.
    followers is nice touch.
    worst thing making it unbearable is the save system. cant save for **** like, why theres even an option?! revamp and i might try again.    … Expand
  17. cunguksakti
    Nov 14, 2017
    2
    dont know the hype bout this game.. as all know that every single types of monster only have 2 or 3 moves.. and the worse thing is the monster spams those 3 or 2 skills like drunken monster..

    this pawn also sometimes do a random attack, coz we only have 3 command which i think that doesnt imbue anything.. im stil playing a single character.. and sometimes i got bugged, when i    dont know the hype bout this game.. as all know that every single types of monster only have 2 or 3 moves.. and the worse thing is the monster spams those 3 or 2 skills like drunken monster..

    this pawn also sometimes do a random attack, coz we only have 3 command which i think that doesnt imbue anything.. im stil playing a single character..

    and sometimes i got bugged, when i clinging.. sometimes i got teleported to its hand from its back and sometimes i teleported to its feet from its hand..    … Expand
  18. Agahnim
    Dec 13, 2016
    0
    I've played games since Atari was brand new, and dare say, this is among the worst trash I have ever played. The story is piss. Your help(pawns) are as worthless as the thought put into this game. Game play itself in combat is a joke. Spend 90% of the time trying to get up after something sneezing on you and therefore knocking you down. Many times, with a certain monster, you get knockedI've played games since Atari was brand new, and dare say, this is among the worst trash I have ever played. The story is piss. Your help(pawns) are as worthless as the thought put into this game. Game play itself in combat is a joke. Spend 90% of the time trying to get up after something sneezing on you and therefore knocking you down. Many times, with a certain monster, you get knocked down, then held, then crushed. Many times as well, you are hit by something that didn't even touch you. Do not bother wasting your money, or your time.… Expand
  19. icheyne
    Feb 8, 2016
    3
    If you like Dark Souls, you will like Dragon's Dogma; if you don't, you won't. Too unforgiving for my taste and patience. Shame as the combat is superb.
  20. Xelluse
    Jan 19, 2018
    0
    If you can call game a piece of **** then this is it, Visually game looks like from 2004, but run worse, than any modern photorealistic RPG, companion system is definately game killing mechanics, AI sucks, controls are dumb, camera lives its own life, autotarget system kills any targeting in game. Idea of the game is nice, but this piece of garbage is nothing more, than Idea. Do you think,If you can call game a piece of **** then this is it, Visually game looks like from 2004, but run worse, than any modern photorealistic RPG, companion system is definately game killing mechanics, AI sucks, controls are dumb, camera lives its own life, autotarget system kills any targeting in game. Idea of the game is nice, but this piece of garbage is nothing more, than Idea. Do you think, that DAI was bad ? Then try this...
    Do not even waste your time and it's not worth even if they will give this trash for free...    … Expand
  21. JonsGone
    Sep 26, 2019
    4
    What a disappointment of a game.
    The story is basically some disjointed cutscenes linked together by cumbersome gameplay.
    There are no meaningful choices to be made aside from moving forwards or dying. Terrible UI combined with lackluster mouse support make menuing a chore. The game punishes you incessantly by the way of its stamina bar : → want to run ? : you are out of stamina →    What a disappointment of a game.
    The story is basically some disjointed cutscenes linked together by cumbersome gameplay.
    There are no meaningful choices to be made aside from moving forwards or dying.
    Terrible UI combined with lackluster mouse support make menuing a chore.
    The game punishes you incessantly by the way of its stamina bar :
    → want to run ? : you are out of stamina
    → want to add variance to your fighting style ? : you are out of stamina and you're basically stunned for 5 seconds in the middle of battle
    → want to collect useful items to restore your health / stamina ? : you are overburdened AND you have lower stamina.
    This is a shame because underneath all the roadblocks the game throws at you during combat, there are really neat fighting mechanics like climbing giant enemies, severing body parts, finding and striking weak points, and all the various abilities and movesets at your disposal.
    But even if you CAN do all of this, the worst enemy you will encounter is and remains the stamina bar.
    Some fun can be had from the various gear you can acquire and the overall character customisation but then again, this is a very minor aspect of the game.
    You can have a party of 4 and you can create your follower. Singular. Which means you can either travel around with a lackluster party of 2 that you can fully customize to your liking OR wander Gransys with immersive characters like Buttface the Fourth, fully clothed in a magnificient pink garb and a party hat because he's the only mage you could find.

    But the most damning thing that can be said about this game is that it punishes you for finishing it.    … Expand
  22. Exzerios
    May 14, 2021
    3
    The game might be good if the fighting mechanics were decent. It seems like devs were trying to do so, but they've failed completely to the point that it is spoiling the whole game:

    - Enemies are spongies while you can die in 2-3 hits - Every enemy hit stunlocks you and there are no invincibility frames (iframes) after getting damage to recover, so if you get a hit - you are    The game might be good if the fighting mechanics were decent. It seems like devs were trying to do so, but they've failed completely to the point that it is spoiling the whole game:

    - Enemies are spongies while you can die in 2-3 hits

    - Every enemy hit stunlocks you and there are no invincibility frames (iframes) after getting damage to recover, so if you get a hit - you are receiving several hits for sure, and if there are several enemies close to you (and that happens all the time) - this one mistake is your final mistake.

    - Considering how punishing the fighting system is, you might consider the game is providing a variety of abilities to avoid or negate incoming damage. Haha, no, not a freaking single one (at least in the beginning) - there are no evasive rolls or dashes like in souls games at all. Well, there is one actually, but it is available only for agility classes and it becomes available later in the game as a part of progression.

    And the shields, gosh... To start with - rising a shield prevents you from turning. Like, at all, yes. If you have to readjust - you have to release shield button, turn, press it again. There is an autoadjustment system (like a targeting system, but as I understand it works only with a raised shield) which actually rotates you towards the enemy, but it cannot be trusted as it tends to choose not that one enemy you need it to. And it doesn't provide an option to switch target or any indication if it is working and, if yes, which enemy is targeted. It's just you hit the shield button - it randomly chooses one person from an enemy party. Which one and did it even lock on a target at this range? Nah man, lets just agree thats useless information. It is designed for 1v1, and it could work good in 1v1. But there are no 1v1 in this game at all. Like seriously, I cannot recall a single time I've encountered only a signle enemy and not a group (except bosses). And you could get used to it, it is not that bad, but then again. I don't know if only the first shields are such garbage, but a lot of enemies, even the most regular one like simple road bandits, have abilities which penetrate it, not only disabling the shield, but also leaving you stunned. And not even with big dual-weld hammers, no - with simple short swords and arrows. And when you see them preparing that ability - well, haha, you cannot do anything because there are no evasions in this game. So sit back and enjoy watching yourself being whopped and, probably, die.

    And there is a number of other things you've might want to consider:

    - You are forced to play with an AI ally, and those are dumb as hell. My healing/buffing mage enjoyed being at the frontline a lot and was actually a dying in 1 second/dying in several seconds mage. And they spam a lot, trying to look alive.

    - Items descriptions are scarce, a lot of stats are hidden.

    - Some quests lack proper description, and being only 3-4 hours into the game I've had to google what to do several times.

    - At least with a warrior class the game is very hard (again, at least in the beginning) even compared to souls series.

    - Save files can sometimes get corrupted. This is a rare bug present since the release. And the game has only 1 save file, not separate files for manual and auto-saves, so if it is being corrupted - all you progress is lost.

    It would be unfair not to mention that there are many good things in this game. Honestly, I'd probably like it a lot if I've tried a ranged class or at least made it to rolls with a thief. But I've wanted a big shiny knight, and the experience was so "shiny" I'd probably have PTSD.    … Expand
  23. Timenick
    Jun 29, 2022
    3
    Some of the gameplay systems are cool but overall this is a horribly designed game and chore to play. Super clunky, non existent story, no good quests, terrible menus, lots of missing qol features that absolutely should be in the game.

    Don´t waste your time on this. If you played Elden Ring or Skyrim and want another huge open world rpg with dragons just play them again. Because these    Some of the gameplay systems are cool but overall this is a horribly designed game and chore to play. Super clunky, non existent story, no good quests, terrible menus, lots of missing qol features that absolutely should be in the game.

    Don´t waste your time on this. If you played Elden Ring or Skyrim and want another huge open world rpg with dragons just play them again. Because these games are far better in every single point and even your 10th run will be a way better experience than this garbage.    … Expand
  24. aeroslimshady
    Jul 28, 2022
    4
    Interesting ideas, poor execution. Trying to play this "game" made me want to fall asleep.
  25. Dovahkiin314
    Jul 8, 2023
    4
    I really wanted to enjoy this game just because of the combat, but the game direction, leveling, and quest systems were infuriating and ruined the experience for me completely. I couldn't figured out how to actually get my character stronger, because even after getting what I thought was good gear and skills, I still seemed to do only average amounts of damage in combat. Game would beI really wanted to enjoy this game just because of the combat, but the game direction, leveling, and quest systems were infuriating and ruined the experience for me completely. I couldn't figured out how to actually get my character stronger, because even after getting what I thought was good gear and skills, I still seemed to do only average amounts of damage in combat. Game would be better for me if they just had a better progression, leveling, and gear system… Expand
  26. Trieuduong649
    Sep 1, 2023
    2
    -pros: nearly as wide as skyrim, the combat system is still better than some current games (better than puzzle/card/RTS/FPS/2D/Horror games), detailed character design .Great menu soundtrack, there are 9 vocations to choose ( 3 vocations early game)
    -Now let's get to the cons: the stupid Pawn Ai system that always repeats crazy-sounding statements, the world design has no depth, the    -pros: nearly as wide as skyrim, the combat system is still better than some current games (better than puzzle/card/RTS/FPS/2D/Horror games), detailed character design .Great menu soundtrack, there are 9 vocations to choose ( 3 vocations early game)
    -Now let's get to the cons: the stupid Pawn Ai system that always repeats crazy-sounding statements, the world design has no depth, the graphics look pretty boring in the Dark Arisen remaster almost no any lighting effects have changed in this remaster, (compared to other games of the same year), only a single save file npc design has no depth, plot is crap, it's almost impossible to tell which is side quest where is the main mission, there are no mounts or horses to go around the map even though the game map is very large and when traveling in short enough time your character will get tired and have to wait for recovery to be able to continue running . Enemies spawn in the same place, the game has too few enemies, just fighting monsters is usually boring except for bosses. Characters lip-talk when talking, it doesn't match at all, don't buy this **** game    … Expand

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#63 Best PC Game of 2016
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#36 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#68 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 62
  3. Negative: 0 out of 62
  1. IGN Denmark
    Apr 6, 2016
    90
    An underdog of the role-playing scene in 2010, now available in an even prettier version.
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  2. CD-Action
    Mar 30, 2016
    90
    All Dragon’s Dogma’s drawbacks (i.e. repetitive quests, occasional boring backtracking, poor checkpoint system) become irrelevant when you focus on what this game does well (i.e. truly impressive combat), because it does it better than any other action RPG. [03/2016, p.36]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Mar 24, 2016
    80
    The story is trite but the action, Pawn system and inclusion of DLC made Dragon's Dogma: DA a very compelling purchase. [Issue#248, p.64]
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