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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen for Nintendo Switch |OT| Wolves Hunt On The Go, Arisen!
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Souls/Blooborne runs fine at 30 but is notorious for bad frame pacing. both can be true.
This is my white whale. I just need one recommended build and I'm going to ignore all the others.
There's no point min maxing in this game anyway. Just play whatever vocation you want. If you want to change it to experience something new, do it.
Two common questions:
What classes are the most fun?
The stock answer is: "You should experiment with everything to find your preferred playstyle." The real answer is: "Assassin, probably." It's the most versatile vocation in the game, capable of utilizing swords, shields, daggers and bows, and has an extremely fun moveset with a plethora of excellent counterattack and multi-hit skills. It is also the class most tailored for solo play. Runner-up is probably Magick Archer, which is generally considered the strongest class overall and makes mincemeat out of the endgame dungeon.
Which version of the game should I get?
Obviously the Switch version is preferable if you want to play away from home, but the PC version has an obvious advantage over all others: modding. In particular, there is a mod that allows you to override vocation restrictions for weapons and skills, effectively creating custom classes. You can be a Warrior with a longbow, a Sorcerer with a shield, an Assassin that can use skills like Brainsplitter, etc. There are also a few compelling difficulty and enemy remix mods for repeat playthroughs.
What classes are the most fun?
The stock answer is: "You should experiment with everything to find your preferred playstyle." The real answer is: "Assassin, probably." It's the most versatile vocation in the game, capable of utilizing swords, shields, daggers and bows, and has an extremely fun moveset with a plethora of excellent counterattack and multi-hit skills. It is also the class most tailored for solo play. Runner-up is probably Magick Archer, which is generally considered the strongest class overall and makes mincemeat out of the endgame dungeon.
Which version of the game should I get?
Obviously the Switch version is preferable if you want to play away from home, but the PC version has an obvious advantage over all others: modding. In particular, there is a mod that allows you to override vocation restrictions for weapons and skills, effectively creating custom classes. You can be a Warrior with a longbow, a Sorcerer with a shield, an Assassin that can use skills like Brainsplitter, etc. There are also a few compelling difficulty and enemy remix mods for repeat playthroughs.
Magic Archer is the best. I don't remember what it's called but there's a skill that shoots glowing projectiles that bounce off walls from your bow. When you're in a tight space like a dungeon, you can use that skill and then watch enemies get massacred by the projectiles flying back and forth.
I'm playing Tokyo Xanadu Ex+ right now on PS4. I was thinking of picking up Ys: VIII afterwards, but I might buy this for the fourth time and give it a go.
I imagine Ys is a lot simpler than Dragon's Dogma, I personally thought it was really good. Looks awful on Switch, but if you have a PS4, that shouldn't be a problem anyway.
Preloaded and I know next to nothing about the game. I've seen so much praise I figured what the hell.
Is it obtuse and difficult like a souls game?
Is it obtuse and difficult like a souls game?
It's obtuse in a very different way compared to Souls games but not too difficult. I very much recommend looking through the first post and just going with the flow. Caring too much about the various systems and quests your first time through will likely frustrate you.
I'm thinking the same thing lol. Such a good game from what I've played before and yet somehow I never stuck with it.
Ricochet Bolt, I think. It's power increases each time it bounces off of a wall, so you can take down endgame enemies with really weak gear in a reasonable amount of time just by luring them into a tight corridor.
Mystic Knight might also be just as strong with the Great Cannon + Ruinous Sigil combo, but it's really boring to play that way. That's why I think Assassin is the most fun: You can be really powerful, but it still forces you to engage with the game more than MA and MK.
Good call. Glad to hear its not ball smashing difficult. Will check those posts when I'm about to start up!
Yeah man, this is legit one of my favorite games of all time. A lot of people ruin it for themselves by trying to look up builds, where items drop and how to complete quests (and when, because some are missable). Just playing freely without caring about any of those things makes the game an infinitely better experience. It's a game that feels like it was very much designed with pre-wiki sensibilities in mind.
Debating between this and FFXII. I think I might just pick up both and swap between the two. Over the summer I won't have my PS4 so I'll be limited to switch games.
Thx, res is a huge difference i was wondering if they improved the textures and effects too
Most of the skills are lock-on firing anyway so it shouldn't be a problem.
Right, I remember that. Gyro just makes the aiming skills a lot more fun and easy to use more often.
I dunno, I'm sure it won't be a problem. I did mage/sorcerer in my first playthrough basically the whole time and while it was a lot of fun at first it got very old and repetitive. I'm betting anything will be a breath of fresh air after that.
One question I have, are most or at least some random encounters with the larger beasts we've seen in footage...or they mainly story beats?
Just curious, also are they things in the game we haven't really seen that are surprises? I think I know the answer but confirmation would be nice lol.
Just curious, also are they things in the game we haven't really seen that are surprises? I think I know the answer but confirmation would be nice lol.
If you know nothing about the game going in, the trailers haven't shown you everything. There are also random encounters with the larger beasts, yes. Very few of them are story encounters.
Wait there's no gyro? That's dissapointing after Capcom's well integrated use in most of their previous ports (RE Revelations 1-2, Okami HD). Their only other notable port missing gyro (and it felt like a missed opportunity) was MHGU.
I really hope RE4 has it.
I really hope RE4 has it.
Those are random encounters. And if you have only seen trailers so far then yes, the games has more to offer—
Yeah I've intentionally stayed dark on this and that's what I wanted to hear, awesome. Thanks!
Is it easy to respec a character in this game or is it going to be hard to switch from fighter to mage mid way through?
I might be picking this up for the first time ever soon and was wondering:
Can you play this well, solo, or is that four people party the default? Do you have to control all of them in some capacity? That huge party kinda stresses me out to look at and is a reason why I've never picked it up to be honest.
Not sure how it works so figured I'd ask.
Can you play this well, solo, or is that four people party the default? Do you have to control all of them in some capacity? That huge party kinda stresses me out to look at and is a reason why I've never picked it up to be honest.
Not sure how it works so figured I'd ask.
You don't need to respec your character at all. You can switch their vocations skills like you wish. The moment you learned the skill to carry around more weight with the fighter, you can use the skill with your Mage or Archer as well. But you don't have to.
It's you and your main pawn. The other two are optional but still recommended. There is no managment possible for the third and fourth pawn, except for some healing items etc..Don't worry about it.