Dragons Dogma 1 was in my top 3 games of all time, only one in it's genre. This feels like a continuation of that.
RPG elements are all here, world feels large (fast travel makes it feel small, there's lots to do between points so fast travel isn't advised anyway), personalized builds, slow progression through weapons / armors so there are multiple with similar stats (fashion gaming), boss monsters FEEL like bosses rather than damage sponges, seemingly emergent combat, excellent audio track, continuation of the best AI I've ever seen in any game (it's never perfect, but your pawn actually learns), many ways to complete most quests (play how you want).

The only bad thing: CAPCOM shoehorned in some microtransaction stuff that are effectively noob traps. it's not game breaking, "P2W", required, or the only way to get those things (most of them you'll have plenty of for free in the first hour of play) but putting noob trap sales just feels cheap. It's not pushed on us though, just a list of them in Steam and a single menu item (that i didn't even see until i noticed tanking in the reviews).

I'm here for the game, not the politics either way - it's the best RPG game release in at least 5 years.

Dragons Dogma 1 was in my top 3 games of all time, only one in it's genre. This feels like a continuation of that. RPG elements are all here, world feels large (fast travel makes it feel small, there's lots to do between points so fast travel isn't advised anyway), personalized builds, slow progression through weapons / armors so there are multiple with similar stats (fashion gaming), boss monsters FEEL like bosses rather than damage sponges, seemingly emergent combat, excellent audio track, continuation of the best AI I've ever seen in any game (it's never perfect, but your pawn actually learns), many ways to complete most quests (play how you want). The only bad thing: CAPCOM shoehorned in some microtransaction stuff that are effectively noob traps. it's not game breaking, "P2W", required, or the only way to get those things (most of them you'll have plenty of for free in the first hour of play) but putting noob trap sales just feels cheap. It's not pushed on us though, just a list of them in Steam and a single menu item (that i didn't even see until i noticed tanking in the reviews). I'm here for the game, not the politics either way - it's the best RPG game release in at least 5 years.