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The video review of Dragon's Dogma 2 delves into various aspects of the game, emphasizing its focus on exploration over the main story, challenging puzzles that promote critical thinking, and the importance of pawn companions in combat and exploration. While the game offers a vast open world with hidden content, challenging boss battles, and a deep combat system, criticisms include limited enemy variety, repetitive miniboss encounters, and performance issues on consoles like the PS5. The speaker highlights the game's strengths but notes concerns regarding NPC chatter, bugs affecting quests, and poor performance on certain platforms.
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In this segment of the video, the reviewer discusses their experience playing Dragon’s Dogma 2 for 51 hours. They emphasize that the game prioritizes exploration over the main story, quickly immersing players in the open world with NPC companions. The main quest serves as a guide, but the true essence of the game lies in exploration and side content. The game’s unique approach to exploration hides significant content in seemingly mundane places, encouraging players to thoroughly explore locations. It is highlighted that rushing through the main quest will cause players to miss out on 95% of the game’s best content.
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In this segment of the video, it is highlighted that Dragon’s Dogma II presents players with challenging puzzles that require problem-solving skills without hand-holding. The game stands out for its emphasis on player critical thinking and exploration rather than guiding through with yellow paint. Combat starts basic but progressively becomes more complex, with various vocations offering different abilities. Character progression is tied to both standard and vocation ranks, leading to a satisfying gameplay evolution. Notably, boss battles that require teamwork are considered the standout moments, although the game is critiqued for its limited enemy variety in the early stages.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the repetition of minibosses and lack of enemy variety in Dragon’s Dogma 2. They emphasize the depth of the combat system but note the disappointment when not encountering diverse enemies to test new moves or gear. Main points include the significance of pawns, the distinction between main and rental pawns, and how rental pawns are designed by the community. The pawn system adds depth to combat and exploration, offering strategic benefits like quest assistance and treasure location hints. However, a drawback highlighted is the incessant chatter of pawns, echoing a common complaint from the previous game.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the chatter from pawns in the game. They mention how pawns can be annoying when repeatedly suggesting to hire someone else for help, and how their comments on picking up items can be repetitive and unnecessary. Despite this, the speaker acknowledges that the pawns can also be helpful in certain situations. They also talk about some bugs encountered in the game, such as quests breaking due to NPC dialogue issues, but note that overall, Dragon’s Dogma II is a game they are enjoying, with some performance concerns particularly on the PC port.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses starting over on Dragon’s Dogma II due to poor performance on the PS5 console. The game lacks graphic options and struggles with frame rates, often dropping below 30 FPS. Combat, especially with magic, leads to significant frame rate issues, making the gameplay experience subpar. The speaker expresses disappointment in the performance and criticizes the lack of options to improve it. Despite being a great game, the performance issues are concerning. The speaker hints at a follow-up review and encourages viewers to like and subscribe for updates.