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G2ThaUNiT on 01 March 2024
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BasilZero said:
Shaunodon said:

Hey look, it's all the gameplay FFVersusXIII was supposed to have; in a massive, immersive and interactive open world with physics and complex AI. And this is just one of 9 playable vocations so far.

Amazing what you can do when you're not renaming your games, trying to turn them into musicals, or remaking a 30yr old game as a 10-15yr trilogy project.

Less than two years between Dragon's Dogma II being announced and released, only a year after the first reveal trailer. That's some service if you ask me.

Actually that video reminds me a lot Final Fantasy XV - the animations and all too which is pretty nice. I didnt get into the first Dragon's Dogma because it looked like a bland WPRG like game (I really should play more WPRGs and the first Dragon's Dogma to give it a try).

You can complain about SE's dealings with the FF series as much as you want but I'd honestly take anything they give over majority of other games and from other companies - there's so much variety like you mentioned original new games, spinoffs and remakes - wish more companies would be more open to do remakes like they have been (I'm not talking about FF7 remake but a lot of the other actual remakes they did like Star Ocean, Romancing SaGa, Mana series, etc).

Also about FF VII Remake...

Spoiler!
(Also Final Fantasy VII Remake "Trilogy" isnt a remake - its a sequel).

I wish Capcom would be more courageous when it comes to their RPGs as much as SE is at least, it really seems like they only have confidence in Monster Hunter. Considering Breath of Fire has been a dead IP, Deep Down has been canceled more than likely at this point and Dragon's Dogma 1 (original release on PS3/X360) didnt sell as much as they thought it would which is why it took them more than a decade to greenlight Dragon's Dogma 2.

Lets hope Dragon's Dogma 2 sells more than the first game (and its remaster which seem like it sold a lot more than the original) and actually warrants them to invest on the IP more.

Dragon's Dogma is for sure heavily inspired by WRPGs. I would say it is a WRPG made by a capable Japanese company. Kind of similar to how Chained Echoes is a "JRPG" but made by a Western studio lol. 

For Capcom's first try in a long time in the proper RPG genre, Dragon's Dogma was fantastic. It's a weird game, don't get me wrong, but they made the core gameplay loop incredibly fun and addicting. And it looks like with the sequel, they're turning it up to 11!

I honestly prefer Capcom's approach to RPGs. They may not make many, but when they do, it's usually in their own niche that I end up loving! There's really not many game companies that make games like Monster Hunter, and when Capcom decided to change up the Monster Hunter formula, you got Monster Hunter Stories. Which is the best non-Pokémon game I've ever played lol. 

I've never played Breath of Fire though. It would be nice if Capcom was able to cater to the traditional JRPG crowd with a new title in that series as a way to continue to broaden their playerbase. Especially now after seeing the massive success of games like Granblue Fantasy: Relink, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload, and of course FF7 Rebirth. 

I HIGHLY recommend you play the first Dragon's Dogma. When it released, I had just finished putting in an unknown number of hours into Skyrim. So going from that to feeling the fantastic combat in Dragon's Dogma, was a new gaming high for me!