The Official Dragon's Dogma Discussion Thread

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UnitSmiley said:

Really have been interested in this game. Tbh I hate Wrps. I love Jrps. This games very existence troubles my soul.
I heard that the biggest drawback to the game is not having an option to fast travel and apparently it has a rather weak story (Not my words, it was from a review I saw).

The combat looks great, but I just can't tell if i'll like it or not. I hated Skyrim for being unimaginative as it looks like every other wrpg ever. Oh hurray I can explore this huge world! That's nice, too bad the world and the people who inhabit it honestly bore me to death. So i'm not sure how I feel about Dragons Dogma. I also hated the aesthetics in Skyrim (the characters mostly). The character designs look a bit better here (I prefer more anime looking characters..or ya know, not hideous looking ones) Since this is technically a Jrpg, I'm wondering if i'll still have the same negative feelings I have with wrpgs for this game. What do you guys think? Does this game just feel like another wrpg clone, or can you very easily pick out the Jrpg elements and style from it?

It's practically a WRPG. For me it was much like experiencing Oblivion for the first time, just not as big and varied (but instead having this unique and totally amazing Pawn system, wow). And you can easily tell these developers like the Elder Scrolls.

Still, give it a chance. After all it's made by Japanese people so you might like it.