My time in Dragons Dogma II [super late review]

[@alex-fe2rm]

what bothered me the most is the lack of enemy variations it is a downgrade in comparison with the first one 😭

[@just_is44c31]

well we might still get a dlc and the first one had a dlc with more enemies added

[@Nero_PR]

​@@just_is44c31 They better double the enemy variety. Capcom should bring the higher fantasy monster from Dragon's Dogma Online to the mainline games.

[@joaovictordioud7242]

Is it ? Aren't all the enemies FROM the first game ? Just comparing base games here

[@alex-fe2rm]

Hydra, cockatrice, evil eye?

[@joaovictordioud7242]

@@alex-fe2rm minotaur, Dullahan, medusa. All the diferent ones were covered by something new no ?

[@senpaigku3155]

I started playing dd2 as of yesterday. rpg games ain't much my thing but I fell in love w8th it for sure.l!

[@Ellie-yc3bl]

Game feels like a incomplete masterpiece. First 25 hours genuinely feel so magical that few games even hope to emulate. But the sudden fall off after those hours is so drastic that it needs to be mentioned.

[@Muddyfe]

@@Ellie-yc3bl YES this is exactly how I felt!

[@jama-tex]

Like, comment, favourite (I feel old...) and subscribe all you happy little Muddinators! Appease the algorithm!

[@croissantwizard]

As a gaymer I was similarly dismayed by the complete lack of male romance options that actually impacted plot/gameplay/cutscenes aside from the escort quests. I mean, Glyndwr literally gets a whole ass section of the game's quests devoted to him, but we get nothing beyond an escort quest here and there and aggressively intense facial blushing. The original game had romance options of both genders that provided pretty moving cutscenes, too. It's just so lazy and such a missed opportunity. Makes me really believe this game, especially its story, was totally rushed.

[@Muddyfe]

Yes! and for a game with 10 years in development ! I was shocked by the lack of meaningful content.

[@bryanbradley3865]

I can't believe they didn't add the cockatrice or the gore cyclops. At least in the end game.

[@WRDend]

Closest you're gonna get to Skyrim is Fallout. Try Fallout 4. Or Elden Ring. Or switch it up altogether: Death Stranding, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Like A Dragon, Persona. Ghost of Tsushima, Spiderman, Red Dead Redemption. Stellar Blade. Final Fantasy 16. Zelda BotW. All hitters.

[@Muddyfe]

I think its just nostalgia holding me back at this point t-t

[@Zilican]

@@Muddyfe 100%, skyrim is THE definition of a mid game.

[@chomskysfavefive]

​@@Zilican a very popular opinion nowadays but when I killed that first dragon on launch day I flipped out bro.

[@WRDend]

@@Zilican not when it was released.

[@WRDend]

@@Muddyfe Makes sense, nostalgia brings me back to it every few years

[@phant0mdummy]

She's on one.

[@Zilican]

engagement

[@michaelkragseth3877]

I would rather them making another Devil may cry game. I keep replaying dmc 5 since 2019. I tried Dragons dogma 2 , Couldn't get into it

[@Muddyfe]

I haven't tried devil may cry but I've heard such great things about it! I'll have to check it out. I def don't think DD2 could match the DMC series. I pray for a new DMC game for you brother

[@michaelkragseth3877]

@@Muddyfe hope so 😂 U should try it out 🤓

[@Cettywise]

Wasn't expecting to see a flashback to your moms fallopian tubes in the first two minutes of the video 🤔 Guess we'll see where this goes...

[@Muddyfe]

gotta keep em on their toes

[@shedontwantme7769]

dont know what it is with most modern games and their obsession with making them worse than their predecessors. the game improves in combat with more fluid animations and finishers but completely gets rid of the variety by taking so many skills away at the same time. for example why does the sorcerer have frigor instead of gicel??? the enemy variety is trash as well man. like they took away so many enemies. this game needed more time to cook man and it desperately needs new content.

[@JoseRevuelta]

So you did miss the male elf near the weapon shop in Venworth that falls in love with you after you do a couple of his quests? Or the guy that gives you the "mystic lancer" vocation who falls for you after you help him with the second "infested" dragon? I'm not saying that you got this game wrong, not at all (the game hates you and the genre... which I love by the way), but maybe lacked a bit of "what would happen if I do this boring thing like talk to a bunch of random npcs that look a bit different?" Again, this won't make your experience better (I said "boring thing to try") but adjust some appreciations about it. I love this game because the things I like in games are present here in I way that I like, but your takes are very well backed up that I have nothing to say except "nice video and thanks for your hard work". We need opponions, not "thruths because I say so" 👏👏

[@Muddyfe]

Thank you for the kind words! When I was talking about the romance options I more of meant that there are no male romance options with cutscenes like Ulrika and Wilhemina :c It felt like such an odd choice because there are plenty of important male characters in the game who would have fit the bill for romance options with little cutscenes.

[@JoseRevuelta]

Oh I see. Yes, that team is outdated regarding these matters but in the first one was such a mess that "relationship meter" that I got my home village "rest inn" owner as my beloved one 😅 They wrote it with only a male protagonist mind and stopped there. The only way to get something is to sleep with a boy in the burdel 😅

[@Muddyfe]

@@JoseRevuelta yeah I totally expected the second game to mature a little since it was so long since the first release. I still had fun playing but I was shocked they didn't seem to advance much.

[@JoseRevuelta]

I wouldn't mind those scenes to be, at the proper location, with any other romantic option if those were completed before any of those. But it was not. Another ponit not well inplemented as you mentioned. What an outstanding masterpiece of a messy game thi is 😂 I really think all these makes this game so unique for the modern times (outdated as well) that I can't deny that I would like more games alike just to have wider sprectrum of options. And not only for the straight male audience. I'd love to have available "closed" mindsets in some regards because if that is the original scope, the devs have to deal with the results and critics to improve and adapt 😊

[@Ysabeau92]

Whoever said it seemed like it was like Skyrim either trolled you- or they hadn’t played dragons dogma (1 or arisen) because Japanese RPGs have not yet giving Skyrim lmao. That’s like hyping yourself up for a final fantasy game thinking it’s going to give Skyrim.. like since when? But I agree as a fantasy game lover that DD2 was not a good rpg by any stretch of the imagination. Stiff dialogue/stff story. It’s a good game if you love Monster Hunter- but its story was never marketed or giving Skyrim…/it was underwhelming and for all the NpCs you could come across - they don’t say anything interesting. The fighting felt good but story wise /npc lacking on all fronts. I’m just… that yall thought it was going to give Skyrim. Yeah, if you’re new here.

[@Muddyfe]

The marketing insisted that the npcs would be life like and immersive. The same was suggested for questing and storytelling. Which were the elements I enjoyed the most from skyrim and was what I was hoping would be showcased in this game. Hope that helps your understanding of my wishes since I wasn't clear what aspects of the game I thought would transfer to DD2. Sadly, I would not ever compare DD2 to monster hunter. It is not even close. Big monster does not = similar to monster hunter. Monster hunter is fortunately one thousand times more complex in its combat. I don't think fans of monster hunter would enjoy this game. They are very far from each other in terms of difficulty and gameplay.

[@sevchenko]

Every time I see a Dragon, I escape, I don't want to deal with the Draconian plague.

[@Nhillus47]

you can get the plague by hiring pawns from other players, you dont get the plague by fighting dragons

[@Muddyfe]

surprisingly I never ran into issues with the draconian plague but I've heard so many people complain out it!

[@Nhillus47]

@@Muddyfe yeah , cuz if you don't pay attention to your pawn like they aren't behaving like normal and have red eyes they'll kill most of the npc at the capital lol

[@Muddyfe]

@@Nhillus47 alright that sounds traumatizing, def would not want that to happen

[@maggie937]

Seems like everyone bought this game within the last few weeks bc it was like $3 off lol

[@Muddyfe]

Ive been playing since release t-t It just took me ten years to get this video done.

[@rageking9358]

Stop bringing up micro transactions. We are not tired of them. Data suggest otherwise which in why they keep putting them in all the games. People buy stuff. From skins to boost. So don’t be mad a the developer. It’s a business at the end of the day. Be mad at your fellow gamers for not standing up and stop using them. But then again we fought against paying taxes and now look at us. Pay taxes on everything. Know your history. Shame.

[@Muddyfe]

This is a dramatic take, considering I was not mad at the microtransactions but mostly confused. The items they offer are useless, as I mentioned. It's mostly disrespectful to offer the items they do because they are plentiful in game. If people are buying them, I am shocked by their stupidity. I would be upset with the gaming community if they we're buying. But alas, that was not my point in this video. I simply wanted to voice how it was an odd choice to be an addition to this game. It seemed like a forceful move by Capcom that the developers of DD2 did not take seriously.

[@QuitRage]

"We fought against paying taxes" what a delululu you are bro.

[@Silentflame969]

In my Opinion .... DDDA (Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen) is FAR better game. story is all over the place but combat is what holds up the game and the Dark Arisen DLC place is really cool place to explore and fight threw. way better monsters in that version of the game. DDDA is the first game plus the DLC Area (talk to the girl in the docks at night time to go there) and added stuff with an infinite teleport stone in the bank after you get to a certain part in the game. I can't stress enough how better to me DDDA is to Dragon's Dogma 2. Graphics isn't everything... but it would be nice. one day someone will get it right ... Looking at you Elden Ring...near Perfect! tons of lore to read... haha .. Anyway good vid I wouldn't Recommend DD 2 ether but I would Recommend DDDA.. Always! you might want to give it a try to take the bitterness of 2 away. I loved the fact that they made a 2 ... and it's a ok game ... but it's not DDDA.