Dragon's Dogma II

It was fun, and I enjoyed it (its impossible not to). But as someone who waited ages for a DD1 sequel that was "finally given the time and budget to feel complete", this game wasn't it. I can sum up my disappointment with the fact that you spend the entire game fighting the same 4-5 enemy types that you spent the whole game fighting in DD1. Goblins, Saurians, harpies, wolves, and humans make up 99% of all normal encounters. DD2 has almost all of the problems that 1 had, and more, all while feeling even more incomplete due to a lack of quests and basically no main story. It has a beginning and an end with no middle. Bigger world, better open world mechanics, not nearly enough content to go in it. This was not the showing that we should expect from a company like Capcom in this day and age. I will never understand how companies keep making games based around combat, and then include so f

save file corrupted after 90 hours, lost all progress. seems to be a common issue. dont limit players to one save file if save files can be bricked at any time

I really wanted to like this game, but as someone who has played Dragon's Dogma 1 and Dark Arisen I can't recommend this sequel. Many of the vocations have been dumbed down with the amount of skills you can use, and some that were in the first game aren't even present. The Magick Archer is STILL the best vocation and extremely overpowered. I personally liked the Magick Knight from the first game, but they replaced it with the Mystic Spearhand, which does have some cool abilities but leaves me wanting more. The Mage has been reduced to a healing class that has even less offensive options and less variety due to the 4 skill limit as opposed to 6 in Dark Arisen. Combat still feels really good, but you are fighting the same three enemy types for most of the game. The enemy variety is even worse than the first game somehow, and you can't walk 30 seconds without running into goblins or harp

They have yet to optimize the game, but it's on sale already. BTW don't let the 2 hours trial fool you, the core game issues are not noticeable during the first couple hours (Such as an excess of trash mobs, lack of enemy variety, abuse of fetch quests, terrible story and a rushed latter half of the game, etc...) and will not only serve as bait but also count as total played time in case you get the game and decide to refund later on. So basically if you use the entire time of the trial and decide to get the game, chances are you won't be able to refund it even if you don't play it after the purchase. It is sad to say but this was one of my most anticipated games of my entire life, I loved the first one for what it was and the unrealized potential. But also one of my biggest disappointments, seeing how all that unrealized potential of the previous title is nowhere to be seen here. I