@VaultGuy415 Who cares? The great thing about the warbond medals is that you're not spending it to obtain the pass so you can rack up as much as you want while grinding for the super credits as little as it gives you and then spend it all.
@trev666 Yup, if Capcom, Atlus, Kojima, Fromsoft, and Square Enix can add it at launch then so can all of these other devs. Iirc, it's done on purpose to get people back into playing the game again.
@gymratAmarillo Not surprising, but I've been wanting the blizzard weather since release because it never worked despite it showing that as an effect for one of the planets so I'm hyped.
@Brydontk Never heard of anyone saying that. All I can is that it's a game that isn't for you. Especially when it comes to quests that needs you to figure it out on your own.
Definitely an 8 out of 10 for me. Beside the performance issues the story just falls apart as we get to battahl and the characters are practically never given any time to develop. The gameplay on the other hand is some of the best I have ever played, traveling, fighting bosses, mix and matching your pawns, this game does journeys better than any other game out there. The limiting of fast traveling and the loss gauge really helped with this and I know people will whine about that because, "I hate that I can't fast travel all the time."
@ErrantRob Yeah that was the review I watched as well, I'll probably never get it and especially when Dragon's Dogma 2 satisfied me with its open world
@DennisReynolds Yeah that was my thought as well although it seemed like they were even testing it with World because there are some things you can do for exploration like the crafting materials, some people giving you a side quest to do, and finding campsites for fast travel locations.
@Vaako007 That's fair but it's clear that Capcom wanted to make the bow its own class and I think they did a pretty good job with it that its making me want to use it.
@DennisReynolds Yeah I can agree on that a little, but it's just you encounter them practically every 10 seconds where if the enemy encounters were spread out more I don't think people would nearly have this much talk about the lack of enemy variety. Although I am surprised that there is not a single bear out in anywhere in Vermond.
@DennisReynolds Thank you for letting me know. There are flaws for sure though, like they could easily lower the enemy density a bit, it's gotten to the point where sometimes enemies will literally pop in front of my face. And the story is just... okay? I like the choice making so far but it hasn't really wowed me with its narrative and there is no character in the game besides maybe Sven that I really cared about. Other than that I love the game, I have been playing the crap out of it and just got to the ending fight.
@DennisReynolds I genuinely think you'll get a slight idea how it'll be like with Dragon's Dogma 2 tbh besides the RPG part of the game and maybe climbing monsters.
@HighSenpai Hmmm... gonna be honest, I dont think I have ever seen any character action game besides DMC has a lock on centric combo system and that surprises me lol
@darylb24 Same, same, this game has been a lot of fun with its gameplay and exploration. Although it could do with lowering the enemy density by a bit. It's not difficult, but it's a bit annoying encountering an enemy almost too frequently.
@add286 An 8/10 is still a great score, don't see what there is to complain about. For me it's lower because the ubisoft checklist open world and the mandatory mini games got tedious and unfun to the point where I took a break at Chapter 11 because I didn't want to go back to the Golden Saucer. Playing Dragon's Dogma 2 after it and I am actually having fun exploring an open world game again and have been binging the hell out of it.
The creepiest thing in this game is the dragons talking to you. I had one moment where I saw one sitting and was pretty close, but I needed to get back to Vermund. One moment later of walking away and I hear "You are on the right path Arisen" or "You cannot escape your fate" and I got so scared because I thought that there was a drake on top of me.
@Nei I'm just worried that some gameplay features like that gun the character gets will feel tacked on and the swordplay is where it feels most natural.
@Jimmer-jammer I mean for PC it's really not as it is genuinely unplayable for some people where it will even crash constantly at the main menu or start of the game.
Honestly after Starfield and Fallout 76 I'm good on Elder Scrolls 6. Bethesda clearly isn't caring to change or update their old ass engine and I do not want to go through a loading simulator.
@SgtTruth You're acting like the game fluctuated like crazy from 1 to 60 frames on a constant basis which wasn't my experience what so ever and many others including reviewers themselves that they were able to play through it to the end and give it a high score.
Nah I'm not playing another open world game with checklists. That's just not a good open world game to me. Playing DD2 and it's just a much better immersive experience.
@TruestoryYep The only major issue I encountered was NPCs popping in front of me and some low dips here and there. That wasn't enough for it to ruin my experience or make it unplayable because I am genuinely having a lot of fun with the game. Something like the launch of Cyberpunk on the other hand would be an entirely different experience though(And I bought it at launch too) missing features, basic mechanics, broken promises such as dynamic events, and buggy mess for console. That was a game that was not worthy of being GOTY no matter what.
For microtransactions no one is really "defending" it it's just that everything in the store is so quick and easy to obtain in game that you quickly forget that it is there. Should they be there? Absolutely not, it is a single player game.
The microtransactions are whatever, couldn't give a crap less about it. Like seriously everything you see in microtransactions can be obtained within less than 3 hours of the game. The performance on PC on the other hand is unforgivable. I was watching a stream of Critikal playing it and it would rarely get past the character customization screen before crashing numerous times. Im playing on PS5 and the only performance issue is just seeing npcs in cities pop directly in front of you which I don't even understand how that got past testing. Besides that though DD2 is so far GOTY for me, incredibly immersive, practically no hand holding, and the closest I'm gonna get to having a next gen Capcom Monster Hunter game until Wilds is here.
Definitely buying this but still unbelievably upset that EA didn't let the creator of Alice Madness Returns make a sequel let alone give the guy the IP since they aren't even using it.
Man I have a long ways to go, but I'm almost done with Heavensward at least(Also easily the best ost I have ever heard) and finally we have a date for the FF16 crossover which is just in a couple of weeks. Once I get that outfit I'm never taking it off dx
@Bloodeye Anything can sound like the worst thing ever when you oversimplify it to its very basics. For example: All you do in FF7 Rebirth is walk around in the open world and just do mini games and watch cutscenes, this game is just a mini game simulator and is the worst FF game ever. See?
I'm not saying FF16 doesn't have flaws, but there are better ways of giving criticism such as side quests needing to have much more variation or the game needing to be harder than it currently is. FF16 is fantastic to me because of its focus on its fun and simple action combat system, its cinematic eikon bossfights, and heavy focus on story that it does incredibly well.
@Loamy Do you know if the game offers a compass option over a mini map? It's just from the way the exploration sounds it just seems perfect for something like that.
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Re: Helldivers 2 Democratic Detonation Warbond Offers New, Explosive Peacekeeping Options
@VaultGuy415 Who cares? The great thing about the warbond medals is that you're not spending it to obtain the pass so you can rack up as much as you want while grinding for the super credits as little as it gives you and then spend it all.
Re: Foamstars Introduces Chloe Noir in Upcoming Season 3 Update on PS5, PS4
Surprising that it's still going
Re: Free Skins and New Game+ for Stellar Blade After PS5 Launch
@trev666 Yup, if Capcom, Atlus, Kojima, Fromsoft, and Square Enix can add it at launch then so can all of these other devs. Iirc, it's done on purpose to get people back into playing the game again.
Re: Stellar Blade Director Recommends Players Wear Clothes, Where Possible
I mean this is practically like any RPG where you take off all of your armor you take more damage so it's whatever.
Re: Helldivers 2 Players Reeling as Automatons Counter with Heavy Walkers, Armoured Gunships
@DennisReynolds Truer words could not be said and especially for a pathetic game like Suicide Squad.
Re: Big Helldivers 2 PS5, PC Update Adds New Weather Hazards, Increases the Level Cap
@gymratAmarillo Not surprising, but I've been wanting the blizzard weather since release because it never worked despite it showing that as an effect for one of the planets so I'm hyped.
Re: Big Helldivers 2 PS5, PC Update Adds New Weather Hazards, Increases the Level Cap
Lol they gave the liberator penetrator full auto mode
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Dragon's Dogma 2?
@Brydontk Never heard of anyone saying that. All I can is that it's a game that isn't for you. Especially when it comes to quests that needs you to figure it out on your own.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Dragon's Dogma 2?
@Brydontk "Why does this game not value my time" Because it's an open world game that is encouraging you to explore? What is this question?
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Dragon's Dogma 2?
Definitely an 8 out of 10 for me. Beside the performance issues the story just falls apart as we get to battahl and the characters are practically never given any time to develop. The gameplay on the other hand is some of the best I have ever played, traveling, fighting bosses, mix and matching your pawns, this game does journeys better than any other game out there. The limiting of fast traveling and the loss gauge really helped with this and I know people will whine about that because, "I hate that I can't fast travel all the time."
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for April 2024?
I'm not really interested but I am willing to try out Immortals
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Rise of the Ronin?
@ErrantRob Yeah that was the review I watched as well, I'll probably never get it and especially when Dragon's Dogma 2 satisfied me with its open world
Re: Upcoming PS5 Games for April and May 2024
I'm gonna be playing a lot of Stellar blade, Ff16, and ff14 this month
Re: On Top of Character DLC and Microtransactions, Tekken 8 Is Now Getting a Premium Battle Pass
Well I was thinking about getting this game and now I'm not
Re: The Stellar Blade Playable Demo Is Now Available on PS5
After playing the demo it is 99% a buy for me. Gameplay is fun and tough. Hope the story is at least decent though.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 1.050 Adds Graphics Options, Gameplay Improvements on PS5
Now they just need to fix the npc pop in in cities but will they be able to fix it?
Re: Monster Hunter Wilds Reportedly 'Fully Open World', Coming Q1 2025
@DennisReynolds Yeah that was my thought as well although it seemed like they were even testing it with World because there are some things you can do for exploration like the crafting materials, some people giving you a side quest to do, and finding campsites for fast travel locations.
Re: PS5's Stellar Blade Isn't Out Yet, But There's Already Talk of a Sequel
@Shadcai 20 to 30 hours from my understanding
Re: Not Everyone Is in Love with Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5
@Vaako007 That's fair but it's clear that Capcom wanted to make the bow its own class and I think they did a pretty good job with it that its making me want to use it.
Re: Not Everyone Is in Love with Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5
@DennisReynolds Yeah I can agree on that a little, but it's just you encounter them practically every 10 seconds where if the enemy encounters were spread out more I don't think people would nearly have this much talk about the lack of enemy variety. Although I am surprised that there is not a single bear out in anywhere in Vermond.
Re: Not Everyone Is in Love with Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5
Speaking of performance issues, newest update rn addresses the unstable frame rate with ray tracing options and a fixed 30fps.
Re: Not Everyone Is in Love with Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5
@Vaako007 Your last complaint is quite literally fixed with Warfarer. Lol
Re: Not Everyone Is in Love with Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5
@DennisReynolds Thank you for letting me know. There are flaws for sure though, like they could easily lower the enemy density a bit, it's gotten to the point where sometimes enemies will literally pop in front of my face. And the story is just... okay? I like the choice making so far but it hasn't really wowed me with its narrative and there is no character in the game besides maybe Sven that I really cared about. Other than that I love the game, I have been playing the crap out of it and just got to the ending fight.
Re: Monster Hunter Wilds Reportedly 'Fully Open World', Coming Q1 2025
@DennisReynolds I genuinely think you'll get a slight idea how it'll be like with Dragon's Dogma 2 tbh besides the RPG part of the game and maybe climbing monsters.
Re: Preview: Stellar Blade Is the PS5 Exclusive Enthusiasts Have Been Praying For
@HighSenpai Hmmm... gonna be honest, I dont think I have ever seen any character action game besides DMC has a lock on centric combo system and that surprises me lol
Re: Joker's Free Suicide Squad DLC Now Available on PS5
You couldn't pay me to play as this wannabe Joker.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC? Tell Capcom You Want Another Dark Arisen in New Survey
@B0udoir Relax, it's not just one person working on this game.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC? Tell Capcom You Want Another Dark Arisen in New Survey
@darylb24 Same, same, this game has been a lot of fun with its gameplay and exploration. Although it could do with lowering the enemy density by a bit. It's not difficult, but it's a bit annoying encountering an enemy almost too frequently.
Re: Documentary Details the Creation of PS5's Critically Acclaimed Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
@add286 An 8/10 is still a great score, don't see what there is to complain about. For me it's lower because the ubisoft checklist open world and the mandatory mini games got tedious and unfun to the point where I took a break at Chapter 11 because I didn't want to go back to the Golden Saucer. Playing Dragon's Dogma 2 after it and I am actually having fun exploring an open world game again and have been binging the hell out of it.
Re: Take-Two Will Acquire Borderlands Dev Gearbox Entertainment
Can we please just get Borderlands with some form of decent writing again?
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Players Discover Working Trebuchets, Secret Areas
The creepiest thing in this game is the dragons talking to you. I had one moment where I saw one sitting and was pretty close, but I needed to get back to Vermund. One moment later of walking away and I hear "You are on the right path Arisen" or "You cannot escape your fate" and I got so scared because I thought that there was a drake on top of me.
Re: Xbox Planning to Release the 'Majority' of Its Exclusives on PS5
Damn that's rough for Microsoft.
Re: Cult Classic Shadows of the Damned Gets Hella Remastered for PS5, PS4
@cjmva216 Eh I consider it pretty good, I enjoyed its dark and edgy art style. Been a minute since I continued playing it though.
Re: Mysterious, Viral Dragon's Dogma 2 Mechanic Infecting Player's Pawns
Stuff like this is what makes me love the hell out of this game.
Re: Stellar Blade PS5 Demo Drops This Week, Progress Carries to the Full Game
@Nei I'm just worried that some gameplay features like that gun the character gets will feel tacked on and the swordplay is where it feels most natural.
Re: Big Dragon's Dogma 2 Updates Incoming as Capcom Confirms List of PS5 Improvements
@Jimmer-jammer I mean for PC it's really not as it is genuinely unplayable for some people where it will even crash constantly at the main menu or start of the game.
Re: The Elder Scrolls Celebrates 30th Anniversary, Gives a Small Update on TES 6
Honestly after Starfield and Fallout 76 I'm good on Elder Scrolls 6. Bethesda clearly isn't caring to change or update their old ass engine and I do not want to go through a loading simulator.
Re: Stellar Blade PS5 Demo Drops This Week, Progress Carries to the Full Game
@Jaz007 From what Im hearing it is at least 20 to 30 hours of gameplay
Re: Big Dragon's Dogma 2 Updates Incoming as Capcom Confirms List of PS5 Improvements
I still dont understand why they can't let us have multiple save files, hell why not do it like the Souls series?
Re: Capcom Responds to Dragon's Dogma 2 Microtransaction, Performance Backlash
@Artois2 So you're aware that it isn't Skyrim at all because it doesn't seem like you've played either game before.
Re: Capcom Responds to Dragon's Dogma 2 Microtransaction, Performance Backlash
@SgtTruth You're acting like the game fluctuated like crazy from 1 to 60 frames on a constant basis which wasn't my experience what so ever and many others including reviewers themselves that they were able to play through it to the end and give it a high score.
Re: Capcom Responds to Dragon's Dogma 2 Microtransaction, Performance Backlash
@Artois2 Play the game first then speak.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Rise of the Ronin?
Nah I'm not playing another open world game with checklists. That's just not a good open world game to me. Playing DD2 and it's just a much better immersive experience.
Re: Capcom Responds to Dragon's Dogma 2 Microtransaction, Performance Backlash
@TruestoryYep The only major issue I encountered was NPCs popping in front of me and some low dips here and there. That wasn't enough for it to ruin my experience or make it unplayable because I am genuinely having a lot of fun with the game. Something like the launch of Cyberpunk on the other hand would be an entirely different experience though(And I bought it at launch too) missing features, basic mechanics, broken promises such as dynamic events, and buggy mess for console. That was a game that was not worthy of being GOTY no matter what.
For microtransactions no one is really "defending" it it's just that everything in the store is so quick and easy to obtain in game that you quickly forget that it is there. Should they be there? Absolutely not, it is a single player game.
Re: Capcom Responds to Dragon's Dogma 2 Microtransaction, Performance Backlash
The microtransactions are whatever, couldn't give a crap less about it. Like seriously everything you see in microtransactions can be obtained within less than 3 hours of the game. The performance on PC on the other hand is unforgivable. I was watching a stream of Critikal playing it and it would rarely get past the character customization screen before crashing numerous times. Im playing on PS5 and the only performance issue is just seeing npcs in cities pop directly in front of you which I don't even understand how that got past testing. Besides that though DD2 is so far GOTY for me, incredibly immersive, practically no hand holding, and the closest I'm gonna get to having a next gen Capcom Monster Hunter game until Wilds is here.
Re: Cult Classic Shadows of the Damned Gets Hella Remastered for PS5, PS4
@get2sammyb Same here, I did buy it on PC though a while back and I love, love, love the art style and theme of the game!
Re: Cult Classic Shadows of the Damned Gets Hella Remastered for PS5, PS4
Definitely buying this but still unbelievably upset that EA didn't let the creator of Alice Madness Returns make a sequel let alone give the guy the IP since they aren't even using it.
Re: Nothing Stops the Final Fantasy Train! FF14: Dawntrail Deploys 2nd July on PS5, PS4
Man I have a long ways to go, but I'm almost done with Heavensward at least(Also easily the best ost I have ever heard) and finally we have a date for the FF16 crossover which is just in a couple of weeks. Once I get that outfit I'm never taking it off dx
Re: Next Final Fantasy 16 Patch Makes Side Quests Quicker, Adds Ability Loadouts, and More
@Bloodeye Anything can sound like the worst thing ever when you oversimplify it to its very basics. For example: All you do in FF7 Rebirth is walk around in the open world and just do mini games and watch cutscenes, this game is just a mini game simulator and is the worst FF game ever. See?
I'm not saying FF16 doesn't have flaws, but there are better ways of giving criticism such as side quests needing to have much more variation or the game needing to be harder than it currently is. FF16 is fantastic to me because of its focus on its fun and simple action combat system, its cinematic eikon bossfights, and heavy focus on story that it does incredibly well.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Dragon's Dogma 2?
@Loamy Do you know if the game offers a compass option over a mini map? It's just from the way the exploration sounds it just seems perfect for something like that.