Dragon's Dogma 2 Gets 18 Minutes of New, 4K Character Class Gameplay on PS5

Just out of interest is this a direct follow on from the original? Because I never got around to finishing that and may have to if it is as this looks epic

@QualityGeezer it's a parallel world so no need to finish the first

@Elodin OK cool thanks mate. Is it one of those games though where it benefits having done the first one lore wise etc? Still have it on disc so not against booting it back up

This is the first game I’ve ever preordered. And I haven’t even played the first one! I think it just looks so good. I don’t want to watch anymore gameplay footage before I actually play it. Can’t wait to jump in.

@QualityGeezer The main story of the first game largely plays out exactly as you would expect from the first ten minutes. However, there’s a few missions after the main story ends that deal with how the world works in terms of creation and divinity that might come into play in the sequel.

However, it’s impossible to know if that will have any impact before the new one is released. You could always consider looking up the ending if you’d rather save yourself the time.

Gameplay looks sweet but I am slightly disappointed that monsters cant knock down the trees and especially the giant just slamming down everything.

Dragon dogma 2 is my most anticipated games this year.dragon dogma dark arisen is one of the best games ever made.cant wait.word life.word to god.word is born.word to your mother.word up son

I stopped watching videos, too many spoilers.

@QualityGeezer it's one of my favorite games. A little dated, but amazing none the less. I would play it if you have the time.

@Camlambelot yes

I kinda don't wanna watch. I'm already sold.

GOTY2024. It's a done deal 😁 I'm playing the original again now and it's sublime. People my most played game of all time.

@playstation1995 😂 totally agree. Can’t wait to dive into this as well

@Camlambelot If you like fighting monsters and climbing them like Shadow of the Colossus then yes.

@QualityGeezer I believe the first game didn’t have the time or the budget the Devs thought they would have and wanted.
DD2 is almost seems like less of a normal “sequel” and more like what he wanted the first game to to be lol.

Looks so awesome!

Sold on the game. Can’t wait

@Jaz007 that may have been the case when it originally launched but with the remastered version and the bitter black Isle content I seem to remember the devs saying that it now represents what they originally envisioned. Awesome game.

@Camlambelot @QualityGeezer you both should play this. It's not a massive game but it's just large enough for repeated play throughs and the bitter black Isle section of the game once unlocked could potentially keep you playing for a long time afterwards. It's one of those games that I return to when I have nothing on the go. Well worth a butchers seeing as it's on extra at the moment but can be bought very cheap online. I can't wait for the 2nd game.

Just not seeing it. This looks like a copy and paste of the original with some visual upgrades. The jank, the dated and drab looking environments, the terrible pawn voice over quips, archaic ui,the models, even the very dated animations for melee attacks, impact and weightless movement.

I am surprised that no one here is not a little worried here that this may actually just be a phoned in re-release with a modest new coat of paint masquerading as a sequel using an alternate reality premise as an excuse why so much is virtually unchanged.

More dragons Dogma is great but it had notable shortcomings when it released over a decade ago and those were shortcomings for that time. To carry over those into the present is just insane. I hope I'm wrong but it's crazy to not see more discourse on what is evident right in front of us so far. To each their own, but there is no way I want to play the same game from 2012, now. It has mass potential to really refine all these years later, but from what it has shown thus far it really hasn't IMO.

Had to delve into this further and apparently I'm not as alone in this take as I thought elsewhere online. Hoping I'm proven wrong on this one, but this one has overhyped pre release only to be a major 2024 future disappointment written all over it.

@KundaliniRising333 I see what you mean, but even a slight upgrade to a great game will have me purchase it. I understand your thoughts though. I'm seing it too. I was thinking wow still janky and only half polished from the first one.

Sorcerer in full plate armour? Interesting, I wonder if that means the class restrictions on gear (outside of weapons) have been loosened and there's now more freedom to play around with equipment.

Also I was wondering what their class ability would be and, well, that seems solid.

The main thing I want to see more (or more explanation) of before release is Pawn Inclinations, or the seeming lack of them and how that's been reworked. From the glimpses we've had of the status screens they don't seem to exist in the same way, with just one slot and no sign of the old names, so I'm hoping they're just something that you can set and keep now. The old way of having pawns picking up your behaviour over time instead of acting how you wanted them to act - and needing to go out of your way to maintain or retrain them - could be tiresome, and one of the few gripes that I had with the pawn system.

@KundaliniRising333 To each their own indeed, but as a fan of the original (and I know, that inevitably gives me a heavy bias) I don't see the "virtually unchanged" part. I get your issues with some of the jank - I had to laugh at the Warrior half-floating on the Ogre's head with the mounted attacks - but as far as I've seen there a lot of changes. Far from "the same game as 2013" (which I still play from time to time), I see what seems to be the same core gameplay and aesthetic with a lot of adjustments, upgrades and QoL changes, which is exactly what I want from a sequel.

...Though I do hope we can properly make the pawns shut up this time, and that is surely wishful thinking.

But yeah, I can't fault your caution. "If in doubt, wait and see" is never a bad policy.

@KundaliniRising333 100% agree and was thinking the same. I know it's not yet ready for release but my god it doesn't even look close.

As soon as the cyclops appeared, one of the pawns was already beginning to cast a spell. Sign of a great pawn.

@KundaliniRising333 'Tis a trifling thing to know nothing... 🤨

"Him who knows that I know what he seeks to know, knows it well while he who knows not, knows not what I know or know not."

Now off you pop back to your hole and never speak ill of the Dogma again!! Copy and paste yourself into the naughty corner and ponder your ignorance awhile... t'will serve you well 🤫

Thank you, Capcom! Finally, there's a 2nd game worth having a PS5 for - only taken 3 years...