The Dragon's Dogma 2 Post-Game Experience

[@Lexsed]

Finding out that this ending happens specifically when you have high pawn affinity made me realize that some people just didn’t experience the heart wrenching “Oh Master… such joy I feel!”

[@pidgy8927]

I actually tried to get my pawn affinity high but it wasn't meant to be apparently

[@PenguinsAreColdish]

the pawn speech carries the whole ending, i feel bad for low affinity pawn havers

[@cooltjh4]

i loved my pawn but her suicidal tendencies couldnt not be stopped. me standing at the edge of a cliff to admire the landscape? *yeet* wtf? *looks down* *pawn dead*. trying to go the fast route down a mountain? YEET pawn dead. 700 goblins spawn out of nothing while fighting a dragon? pawn dead.

[@1621lionheart]

by high affinity, does the pawn have to have blush cheek? Idk about pawn affinity until almost the end but i edit her appearance once, never threw her into the brine maybe some missing high five.

[@sheepwrecked9883]

@@1621lionheart yes that might be the most obvious sign for that being maxed out

[@WoahItsCrazyMike]

Some people use wakestones to rez because they died in combat. I use wakestones so I can jump off a cliff to save 5 minutes. we are not the same.

[@Nyx_Eos]

I did not spend hours finding Wakestone shards so I can revive during combat. I did it so I can survive my "I can make this jump" habit.

[@Jefrico_Fernaldy]

big brain move right there

[@fearlessfailure2848]

I'm trying to do a run where I don't ever see the death screen menu. The only tine I want to load from last save is when I am hopping back on after logging off lol

[@Vezrabuto]

there are soooo many little ledges and cliffs that look perfectly jumpable, then while you are mid air you realise you barely made it halfway and are already plummeting down. thats my wakestone moment

[@Vezrabuto]

@@fearlessfailure2848 perma death roleplay run where dont cheese with the insta heals would be awesome. makes you prepare and build coherent teams to not get fucked over by a lucky goblin. i actually might do that once i finish my current Magick Archer Elf run

[@LoredanSunstrider]

DD2's Dragon also had the problem of a less than ideal localization. Long story short, in Japanese it is clarified that this world in one without a true Seneschal, as Rothais, the last Seneshal, used his divine powers to return from the Rift and keep conquering instead of doing his work as a Senechal. The Storyteller stepped in its place, but he didn't really understood the point of a Seneshal and created a world with a "corrupted" cycle. The dragon in DD1 was always a different being (Arisens defeated by the Seneshal, or made directly by the Seneshal), while the one in DD2 is (iirc) always the same, and wants to break free from the corrupted cycle of the Pathfinder.

[@cabellocorto5586]

That's a very interesting bit of info. So is the ending when you kill Nex ending the cycle permanently, or is NG+ renewing the cycle? Pawns will sometimes comment that you loved the world too much to let it go, or that they were looking for you in NG+ so I'm confused what the case is. My assumption is that it is ending the cycle permanently, since it seemed Itsuno has always wanted to tell the story of transcending the cycle of life-death-rebirth since the first Dragon's Dogma.

[@magiv7573]

This actuallt answers a few questions I have Though it only raises one greater one Rothais has issues with the position of seneschal for existential reasons as he eventually comes to be aware of the watcher after, though I assume his time as seneschal was the start of it In this case I want to know if the watcher was always involves to some extent due to rothais's existential crisis, and of destiny and predeterminatiin has always worked as it does in 2, or if it's changed with the watchers roll Also just the brine as a whole. That no swimming mechanic avtuallt being the big bad eldritch abomination God it is is hilarious

[@Wizard_Pikachu]

That was pretty clear when you go into the broken Everfall.

[@GoddessCynthia]

how the hell did they fuck up SO bad

[@user-un3us8hp8n]

This one comment cleared out most of my unanswered questions lmqo, leave it to bad localization to make things weird.

[@FirstLast-cg2nk]

Watching Chonklord turn a dead enemy into a mobile suit gundam to kill a dragon is something I'd never imagine him doing, but is so perfectly in character for him.

[@msp2041]

Putting that version of Coils of Light atop the true ending cinematic was criminal and you fkn know it. I didn't need to cry again

[@AnImAtEdCaRmInE]

Its a small thing, but my favorite part of unmoored world is the title screen informing you that we aren't in dragons dogma, this is dragons dogma 2

[@lexzeyfercronus]

It also stays that way in NG+,cool little detail

[@Kushula4815]

I called that when I started the game, just didn't expect it coming after 80 hours 😅

[@admiralwaltz321]

I had no ferrystones when I did this so I had to 1v1 the whole way to my Pawn Lyla with nothing but my greatsword to keep me company the whole isolated trip in a new monster-filled hellscape New Core Memory

[@rcroller1972]

Real Berserking moment.

[@Delmworks]

I can do you one better-I didn’t have a portcrystal in bahatall at the time so I had no-one to blame but myself

[@zzodysseuszz]

I’m doing a Dante cosplay with fighter and I’ve got the outfit down perfectly so this sounds like a stylish epic adventure to me 😂 my pawn is also a good guts cosplay.

[@luxaeterna365]

I got there in NG+ so I had like 15 ferrystones in the chest.

[@BiteSizedProduction]

It's funny because there's a ferrystone literally 10feet in front of where you spawn in Unmoored.

[@JinJinJinJinJinJinJinJinJinJin]

Shoutouts to male Straightforward's voice acting. My God, the way they deliver that agonized "MASTER..." at 7:10 broke me when I heard it in my playthrough.

[@licensedtocare]

Same. I wasn't expecting to feel anything playing the game but damn they really dropped the feels hammer on my heart with that. Never gonna change my boy's voice even if they add new ones to straightforward inclination.

[@bitzthe8bit668]

Honestly, I think he was the weakest of all the voices in that cutscene, which is surprising, because that VA aced everything else. He is so funny to hear.

[@KodasGarden]

bro it felt like a punch to the gut, I was already sad that he'd somehow fallen to Dragonsplague, but that "Master!" hurt so bad haha

[@vruu123]

The water didnt just dry up, it became the sky

[@fgzhtsp]

And it's not hiding it's foul nature anymore.

[@neobahumuth6]

that has terrible implications on what really happened after the end of 1

[@TheRealJockNorris]

@@neobahumuth6I’m pretty sure this is a prequel

[@samreddig8819]

​@@TheRealJockNorris No. It's a parallel world far into its future.

[@xAvitaLT]

@@TheRealJockNorrishow can it be a prequel when gran soren is literally at the bottom of the sea? What were once mountains become forests

[@JackalArtsmith]

DD2 Making you care for your pawn was the most unexpected thing tbh. Not me making human Shrek as a literal joke expecting them to be about as in depth as DD1 only for me to see the high affinity cutscene and get sad watching my meme pawn sacrifice himself like the real Shrek would.

[@bearoyay]

your just playin it right brotha.

[@Bloodhurl67]

I mean... really? I just didn't feel like I was that connected with my pawn and my affinity with her was high. Especially when your pawn repeats the same stuff over and over.

[@archvermin]

@@Bloodhurl67 Your pawn's inclination may factor into your experience as well. I picked straightforward and jaunty at the beginning and stuck with it because the mannerism as a whole is just so endearing to me. And hell when her voice began to deliver "You have given me a gift beyond measure" - I could feel my heart strings tug. Now if my pawn inclination had been simple, I might not had the same experience.

[@fieryrebirth]

What tugs on your heartstrings is how pawns greet you now on NG+, especially after you get the true ending. I've emotionally flatlined lately but... when my old pawn came back and acted like we're in a renewed world and is happy to see me again got me quivering. I'll give them a gold star just for that.

[@sonork]

When you say NG+ is that after the normal new game? I finished the game, got the affinity unmoored ending, but my pawn didn't greet me differently in NG when I met them, pretty sure anyways.

[@fieryrebirth]

@@sonork I'm not sure what I did, but I got the same ending and NG+ will change ALL pawn initial dialogue in greeting you.

[@ManlyManston]

5:30 aside from Gran Soren, the area where you fought that second dragon is the remains of Bluemoon Tower, and it's interesting to note that Vernworth is more or less built on top of it and then you realize some other locations line up with locations in the first game as well, such as the checkpoint rest town being where the Greatwall was, the Volcanic Island Camp being roughly where Cassardis/The Encampment was and most of Battahl is made up of the canyon area passing between the first game's Encampment to Gran Soren and the Eradication Site, the Wyrmsblood Forest is also extremely close to where the first game's Conqueror's Sanctuary would've been, Flamebearer Castle is roughly where the Mountain Waycastle would've been, then you realize the whole questline where you had to exterminate a bunch of saurians from a cave underneath Harve village and save some soldiers is also extremely reminiscent of the well quest in Cassardis in the first game I'm really interested in seeing someone do a full-on examining of these areas and seeing if there's any clear references to the first game's locations hidden in either the layout of the land or through similar sidequest stories

[@EnraiChannel]

Lots of dungeons also hint that a lot of ground/buildings have formed and been built on top of old stuff. You find Doorways buried shut in a lot of the caves. One in the saurian cave underneath Harve too. Fist I hoped they would open up in unmoored world. Let's see if expansion will have anything in store for them.

[@BeRitCrunk]

@@EnraiChannel You literally go through that gate during the main quest to obtain the Godsbane, unless you're referring to another less conspicuous doorway in the caves.

[@AngraMainiiu]

That's not Bluemoon, the entire map is flipped upside down from the first game as pretty much the entirety of Gransys was submerged underwater...

[@ManlyManston]

@@AngraMainiiu It absolutely is Bluemoon tower, the only thing that IS flipped 90 degrees counter-clockwise is Gran Soren itself for some reason, the "entryway" to the Bluemoon Tower in DD2 is unmistakable, those stairs and pillars reaching up are identical

[@riv4196]

@@AngraMainiiu but also pretry sure its bluemoon too

[@diredier]

Grigori left some big shoes to fill!

[@imaginalex5850]

yeah, and a lot of memorable characters from the 1st game also left big shoes to fill and the characters of DD2, really lack in the "charm" and memorability the 1 had, mercedes, madeleine, julien, even mason, and who will ever forget Caxton ? This game has no equivalency to these characters, one of the most memorable character of DD2 is probably wilhelmha and the gran soren's castle lol

[@Nero_PR]

​@@imaginalex5850No Feste this time around as well. The story was a little more grounded and open about people actually having knowledge how the world works. I'm still scratching my head how Phaseus compiled information about the world working on a cycle from the remnants of the civilization in Battahl and the Glintmoon Tower. It feels like the writing team had more to show about initially and had to cut to fit the budget (again). We barely have time to explore the volcanic area before the end. But looking at how 400+ people were credited in the game compared to 1000+ from other Capcom games, I get the gut feeling that the team had to do with what they had. Even the marketing for the game was very barren until the last week.

[@fieryrebirth]

@@imaginalex5850 Speaking of Mercedes, there is a reference to her storyline in the final Battahl questline where you're tasked to calm down certain groups of people and one conflict is literally Mercedes's conflict. I found it cute.

[@HHTwice]

@@imaginalex5850the whole DD1 had more memorable characters point makes no sense to me, other than straight up nostalgia what made them memorable? What was interesting about Madeline? That she was a gold digger? What was memorable about Caxton? That he literally had 1 line of dialogue he would constantly repeat? 2 has some decent characters as well like Ulrika, Manelle, the Empress in Batthal, Sven, Wilhelmina etc….

[@ButterscotchPenguin]

@@HHTwiceThink he means they just have more personality to them, both in their dialogue and delivery of said dialogue, even if with both games the story end up being on the back burner and not having played dd1 in a good while the characters from that game stand out way more too me cause of it.

[@AntiGuru498]

Your commentary, your emotional depth, your warmheartedness, your quirky humor and your dry and logical detailing of the events you encountered made watching this very very enjoyable.

[@drazeel]

Yeah, they’re extremely good at this and should keep doing it for as long as they enjoy it

[@iiWyte]

"Oh master, such joy i feel" Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry.

[@justhappy7269]

Than cry a lot...

[@mr.obvious331]

Wish there was more story content about the pawn-arisen relationship

[@multipurposepaperbox]

Dark Arisen basically revolves around it. Check out some videos on the lore if you haven't

[@mr.obvious331]

@@multipurposepaperbox will do, thx

[@Xfushion2]

Dot get why Pawn romance isn't a thing specially since all the characters suck, I only cared about my pawn and despite the story being terrible the extra scene at the end (if you managed high affinity) actually made me feel something.

[@MuraCasardis]

It's strange we didn't get a parallel to Selene's quest. Would have been great to lead into the ending too, like Selene's did with the bestowal of spirit.

[@mr.obvious331]

@@Xfushion2 I was hoping for at least a hug at the end, give us something

[@fridgegremlin5496]

The ending, with my pawn succumbing to Dragonsplague yet retaining his sense of self, was made all the more impactful by an experience near the start of my time in the Unmoored World. One of my pawns had Dragonsplague, though I didn’t know who; I’d just received a tutorial pop-up. So I refused to rest. I couldn’t use campsites. The only house I owned was in Vernsworth. The Brine was unreachable. I dismissed my other two pawns, and tried to cope for as long as I could. I was noticing every little change in my best friend’s behavior. Then I ran out of Allheal elixirs. So I went somewhere I truly believed to be safe, in order to do the single most gut-wrenching thing I’ve ever done in a video game, entirely of my own volition. I threw my pawn off of the top of the sunken city of Gran Soren’s temple. He was a Fighter. I had to do this three times before he began to succumb. And just sitting there, waiting, didn’t feel right. So I picked him up and just… started walking through the city. He faded away in my arms. And then, a scarce few hours later, he gave *everything* for my chance to really, truly, once and for all- break the cycle. This fucking game, man.

[@robbyx2412]

it was your pawn... i think the unmoored world was the source of the plague.. even if your pawn becomes forfeit the dragonsplague stays and advances the more sleep is taken... but if you dont use sleep at all the dragonsplague wont advance, and you wont upload a plagued pawn into the rift.

[@lordoftheslums8741]

I didn’t know how to get high affinity with my pawn is they never turned back into them selfs but man was this game an experience! The unmoored world felt like a world that is desperate and clinging on to life. It gave me a realization that this is it and my whole adventure has been leading up to this. This is the first time an rpg has made me feel this way. And that whole pawn scene is just perfect. I don’t think I can ever change them, they had your back for the entire adventure and to see them give their life to see it through was heartbreaking. My arisen maybe different every time but my pawn is near and dear to my heart and they will be there by my side for every adventure I have in this game. I’m glad I gave this game a chance and it became one of my favorite games.

[@ImproperStandby]

620 pawn affinity is what people say is what you need for them to turn back, the highest affinity you can get for your pawn is going to the barbers which gives them 50. Others like high five and small talk are 5 or 10 and brining them takes off 20 I think

[@TaiLysana]

Taking dips in the hot springs raises by 10, using your main pawn as the answer to your most important person sphinx riddle raises by 50, talking to them raises by 10, high fives after battles raises by 5, haircuts(change literally anything by 1 point on the sliders) raises by 20, killing them reduces by 25. There are reddit threads, or you can read the breakdown on the mod that shows pawn affinity page.

[@TaiLysana]

Also, each way to increase affinity has a 5-20 minute random cooldown. If you want to spam it, talk to your pawn, save and exit to title screen, talk to your pawn, save and exit, repeat until insanity takes hold.

[@PlagueOfGripes]

It's not a perfect experience but I really liked the connection the player feels to the pawn you get by the end.

[@MisanthropicOcellus]

Of all the places to see your face pop up, huh, neat

[@Oathkeeper0317]

I do appreciate your honest and rather earnest reaction and opinion on this game. I loved the Unmoored world as well, but while I did enjoy our Pawn coming in clutch and wrenching their will back. The ending left something to be desired for me at least. It was a glorified cutscene over the ending credits to me. Admittedly I also missed out on the Talos bit due to me not taking it out in time (I thought I just had to run from it, then realized I could fight it and went back, by the time I did, it had already lost its arm). And I did enjoy how much more...INTENSE the world became. It reminded me of the winding corridors of the Everfall, unknown and untamed, with a possible immense danger around every corner. All in all, Dragon's Dogma 2 was to me a FUN game and wonderful to play through, but I frankly feel like it's missing some things. And I dearly hope we'll see that in the future so I can keep coming back to it with a smile on my face.

[@kimashitawa8113]

I'm replaying Dark Arisen after my first playthrough of DD2 and you're definitely right and i'm not even including Bitterblack Isle.

[@atastydonut]

Imo what the game lacks is a complete narrative. From the point where we started to pursue Phaesus it started to make less sense and the whole act felt rushed; why are we stopping our pursuit to fight the giant mech that is CLEARLY after him, not us, not to mention the "fight" is so easy and lackluster that a cyclops put talos to shame; we found no solution for the godsway taking control of pawns, we learned of what it is and no effort was made to stop the production and utilization of it; the whole palace/nation drama setup and went absolutely nowhere, even without choosing the true ending its like, you are the king now congratz, so all that buildup of how Disa and her allies are such schemers and they didnt put up any resistance when we go and claim the throne??? Or did we just skip over all that???; The unmoored world part of the story fucking slapped, BUT its the same thing again, all that build up and we don't even get a real fight against the true dragon or whoever that is (which its also very unclear as to who the pathfinder is, the dragon itself? The brine? The pawns true master? Or all of the above?) We just get a semi interactable cutscene :/ a good one but still very disappointing as it provides little to no context as to why the entire thing happened. All in all, i feel that the story of the game is incredibly rushed or incomplete, theres also an entire unused section of the map to the top left which is possibly originally supposed to be a third nation where it would tie the whole plot together, or its simply cut out for the DLC. Sorry for the long post, i really love dd2 but some aspects of it are definitely lacking especially the story.

[@Lishaaaaaaa]

@@atastydonut I think the main premise of this game is that the eternal cycle instills a sense of futility into every aspect of daily life. The political/royal intrigue that is introduced in the first act is initially seen as this imperative matter to address, but in the grand scheme of things, it's a mere trifle because the entire world is a stageplay. It's why Rothais is unwilling to relinquish his role as Seneschal, but also has zero interest in doing anything to perpetuate the story the Greater Will demands be told. He tells us that he conquered the world, achieved apotheosis/godhood, and yet it's all for naught because none of it truly means anything. It's a gallingly bitter pill to swallow. That said, I think the game could've done a better job in articulating these themes to the player, and that the point still could've been conveyed in a way where the story also felt more cohesive/fleshed out. I think that would've made the story better tbh, because if we did actually get more content regarding exposing the False Sovran plot, learning that nothing matters in the end would've made that revelation hurt more because it'd invalidate the sheer effort it took us as the player to get to unravel Disa and Phaesus' plot.

[@atastydonut]

​​@@Lishaaaaaaayeah i do get the whole point of our political struggle would amount to nothing in the grand scheme of things in the end just like the first game, but as you said it could have been better since right now it feels like it wants to be that way but instead fell flat on its face Well said, fellow arisen

[@Saowli]

​@@atastydonutyeah, it feels like they couldn't finish the game in time.

[@samreddig8819]

Not only is the seafloor shrine gran soren, but the arena where you fight the brine dragon just south of vernworth is the top of blue moon tower. And i think that the checkpoint town is either what's left of the shadowfort or the encampment where you go to fight grigori.

[@leonardomarquesbellini]

I also like the implication that DD1 also had its own unmoored world beneath the waves the brine would spit you out from.

[@FriendlyGoblinWasTaken]

@@leonardomarquesbellini I know they already said that its a diferent universe from the first one but its cool to imagine that the Arisen from the first game failed to complete the unmoored world and that is the consequences, it adds even more urgency to the whole the wrold is ending aspect.

[@leonardomarquesbellini]

@FriendlyGoblinWasTaken turns out the DD1 arisen was busy farming Daimon and just missed the whole thing. They just left the Island one time and wondered where all the water went.

[@Zoesie.]

I figured out that the ruins were gran soren when we first run through the Duchess’s chamber on the way back to the mainland. It was pretty cool to see the old courtyard return in the endgame

[@basedSHARK]

The ending cutscene with your main pawn sacrificing themselves for you to land the killing blow was such a powerful moment for me, I really grew attached to my pawn in this game (who coincidentally was also a straightforward thief). I really loved the personality they gave the pawns this time around. Totally agree with your wishlist too, the game really needs a hard mode and I wish NG+ scaled up to match having dragonforged gear.

[@westleyabu3172]

Adding Coils of Light to the ending scene fits the mood so perfectly. At first I was a little disappointed at not getting an actual final boss fight, but in retrospect It's not that different from Seneschal with a much weightier emotional gut-punch. Plus It's hard to complain since they really went all out with the Post-Game, including 2 new unique brine-dragon battles and you can still fight not-Grigori. Here's to many more cycles!

[@Archflip]

I too miss Grigori.

[@raphathekid]

Btw what's the name of THIS Dragon? Now that we have dismissed Elysion on DD1 XD

[@th0rrz]

​@@raphathekidit's never said, and it isn't David Lodge who voices it either.

[@mrsgamer9218]

Its his twin brother, Grogiri

[@MuraCasardis]

I think this dragon is called Royce. The scene with Phaesus mirrors that of Salvation, and in both scenes they say the dragon's name.

[@mrsgamer9218]

@@MuraCasardis he was referring to the dragon he summoned. 'The' royce dragon. Nope, its still Grogiri.

[@JanakinBoBanakin]

I started to get really emotional once more of the safezone filled it and it started to connect with me. Where the RC shops set up with the rift stone, where the blacksmiths were, the item shop, the Elves setting up where they do. Suddenly I found myself walking familiar paths, and then the final red light its location were just icing on the cake.

[@helenrowan5383]

Dullahans.. I did not know how to deal with them at first, scared the living daylights out of me when one first appeared. They seem to act like a cross between Death and Living Armour. At least you know when they're around because you can't light your lantern. You took it out so quickly! It's always a tense fight for me, but now I know it's easier for the fighter vocation to dispatch them, I'll apply this knowledge to future fights. I loved the hell dragon fights. These creatures are like a fusion between the Brine and dragons, my favourite design being the unicorn one. Cute little savage. Reminds me of the cockatrice, they may have borrowed some animations from that creature, or it at least influenced the design and animation process. Those markings to me look like eyes. And the saying is true, it's no fun until someone loses an eye. Absolutely awesome fights. I miss fighting hydras, and weirdly evil eyes. I hope they include these creatures in future DLCs, and hopefully they'll include some of the creatures one can encounter in the online game! I wasn't able to play it, but it looks awesome! Oh gosh, when my Main Pawn got absorbed by the Talos and then piloted it to fight the next dragon, I was in absolute awe! She kicked scaly backside, even though the suit had lost an arm. I raced around trying to find a way to get in on the fight, but that never eventuated. Instead, cue cutscene where my Main Pawn has a Main Character moment X'D So epic!! I found that if you wait for the full day to pass, time stops around eight in the evening, Pawns will not return to the rift because it stops their timer too. That's unless this has been patched out, I still haven't accessed the internet for any updates yet, I've been playing it off-line. I agree with the quality of life points, I found it a bit jarring not being able to enhance equipment in storage or being able to sell from storage. And hard mode would be great for those who've gotten the feel for the game and want a nice challenge. It was handled well in the first game, hopefully if it's ever implemented in the second it'll be much the same. The end cutscene got me right in the feels too. It was so gallant of our Main Pawns to sacrifice themselves to aid us, it made the story way more memorable. I love the endgame, it is much more entertaining than the first games one. I have a soft spot for DD1 though, and nothing can change that, but I really love the second game, even more now since I played the endgame. I thought the game was awesome before, but this just elevated my opinion of it to new extremes. I think I've lost a solid week of hours playing this game. It is addictive! But yeah, the original game's soundtrack was much better. I apologise for rambling on, I just love this game, and I enjoy watching others enjoying this game too.

[@mrsgamer9218]

Game wouldve been better with the everfall :(

[@helenrowan5383]

@mrsgamer9218 The addition of the Everfall would have been awesome, it was a great place to farm loot and hunt monsters, before I got the hang of the Bitterblack Isle. Nothing like an endless dungeon crawl, but I do like how the post game DD2 gives people the chance to explore places previously inaccessible due to the Brine. I reckon it would be awesome to have the best of both worlds. Maybe they'll bring the Everfall back, or something of the like in an update or DLC. Fingers crossed.

[@mrsgamer9218]

@@helenrowan5383 yea but postgame has a biiiiiiig problem. Mainly the 'time limit'. Forget the beams or sleep too much and its done. If you are poor like me and dont have enough allheal you'll miss out.

[@phataldestroyer]

​@mrsgamer9218 I ended up cheeseing with dragonspear mirrour and a pawn with maelstrom. I did it all within 3 hours and didn't rest until sacred arbor to annoy the shit outta the elf guy. The time limit wasn't really a pressing issue for me.

[@mrsgamer9218]

@@phataldestroyer ......but elf guy is sweet.....

[@TheLucidChiba]

Con-crete baybee! Great video, was right there with you tearing up at Chonk's moment.

[@Frostweather]

Love your choice of music for the video

[@KodaiRa06]

the automatic subtitle keeps putting "porn" instead of "pawn"

[@matejbosela9093]

Let it COOK!

[@GeminAiDreams]

Australians are weirdos🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@lexzeyfercronus]

Pawn romancing confirmed

[@SwedetasticGames]

More than a Hardmode option or anything else, I *need* an option to turn off random pawns auto-talking to you, making your entire neck 180

[@Karaksonen]

If you play on PC you can get an mod for that

[@SwedetasticGames]

@@Karaksonen i know, doesn't mean it not being available by default isn't terrible

[@Romo69]

Yeah, the pawns are extremely annoying

[@GeminAiDreams]

They have an option, it's called go around

[@SwedetasticGames]

@@GeminAiDreams dude the amount of time one has come out of a bush or the corner of a ruin along the road and 180'd me out of nowhere is in the early 20's at this point. it is simply dumb

[@suni3709]

I remember seeing a bunch of people’s screenshots after they spoke about beating the game. I was confused as to why their game didn’t look like they were in hell and mine did

[@ygnizemcenia6059]

Most have probably gave up going back and forth with the dragon and just sat on the throne at the end. It was the same for me until the 3rd time I was sent back where I carefully listened to the dragon's words of how he wants to end the cycle and then I remembered the blade. "Stab self or stab self?" Yes please :)

[@fieryrebirth]

People clearly didn't notice the glowly, suspicious person SITTING NEXT TO YOUR THRONE but assumed the game was done just from the credits?

[@suni3709]

@@fieryrebirth I mean maybe, or their screenshots were just spoiler-free and before end-game. Idk but I definitely thought I was finding some secret hidden ending or whatever

[@OG-Cyan]

THE MAIN THEME WITH THE VOCALS AT THE END THERE HAD ME SOBBING, DUDE

[@soneca798]

I think that the unmoored world limited time is a doubled edged sword, especially when you consider there's currently no hardmode. Cuz the postgame is where you're provided with this cool difficulty spike, new enemies, a whole new world to explore with higher enemy density... I think that the limited time was very cool to give you a strong emotional rush that the world was ending, especially after I rested once and saw a whole city getting wiped off the map. But after I was done with it I was kicked into ng+ where everything dies super quick, and it would take really long to get back to the unmoored world. This game needs a hardmode, and it would also be nice if it had an endgame grind like bitterblack

[@TheBulge]

Sucks that difficult won't come for another 8-12 months but if you figure out how to speed through the msq, you can get to unmoored in less than an hour from the gryphon crash.

[@lordzero-fall963]

I SUPER appreciate the Drop in of the OG Dragon's Dogma Theme!

[@12hollobollo]

CLICKED ON THE VID FASTER THEN MY DAD LEAVING

[@osohista]

I'll return some day (to ask for money) jesus can you leave me out of it for a second (until I come back and ask for money).

[@SushiGhost97]

​@@osohistaHe's simply off in the rift. Rest at an inn to hear from him again

[@MrRetroIsland]

u guys have dad???

[@NaotoTakemi-og4lm]

Than

[@GeminAiDreams]

☝️☝️☝️🤓🤓🤓

[@wenchesandmead2459]

the sunken city is WHAT. I had no idea it was gran soren

[@MorganaEvelyn]

Doom soundtrack beat as Chonk Lord fisted the dragon 👌

[@youhavetoguessit]

So i wasn't the only one to tear up at the high affinity ending. I feel better xD

[@undeadmania7959]

Coils of light esque track for the greater dragon fight is a perfect choice, my favorite track from DDDA

[@markwolfe947]

I was so pleased when my Pawn was able to resist the curse, and the story was opposite in that DD1 the story was about being condemned to be free, and that the cycle was to replace the seneschal and this time it was about breaking the cycle that locks everyone into a prefixed destiny. As Schopenhauer put it pushed forward by one's past pulled forward by future desires to change the situation on is in. But what if that situation was a scheme imposed on you, where you acted freely to imposed situations.

[@Scribby87]

Beginning DD2 I had created my pawn inspired by an OC I have usually played in most games where you can CaC, he's been a part my gaming narratively for over half my long life. I decided this time. I won't play as him but, I'd like to bring him along as my bud in this new adventure. Bonding with a creation of mine that has been a part of me for so long even before playing the game was such a cool experience. The end of adventure together with him fighting against the Dragon's control and sacrificing himself tore my fucking heart out. I've gotten emotional over games before but, this was the first time I think I've ever "ugly cried" over one.

[@itsyaboiguzma]

I feel like the pawn sacrifice wouldve impacted me much more had I not made my arisen Kiryu and pawn Majima. Majima will be back without question he always bounces back from everything.

[@MuraCasardis]

Your edits just made me miss DD1's OST even more. How amazing it would have been if it played a new rendition of Eternal Return (like Coils of Light as you edited in).

[@mr_frownyface]

6:11 The irony of this line is heartbreaking.

[@shaydilane2172]

After finishing my own first play through I was similarly bereft!! It’s been so fun to watch your videos on this game and I look forward to seeing more in the future. What an incredible experience!

[@joebags7445]

The lack of dungeons was a real bummer for me in this game, the open world just isn’t that fun to wander around in over and over

[@riv4196]

Great video as usual! I love post game in DD2. Hope the dlc builds on this great direction. I also love how the second title screen ( the one saying dragons dogma 2) music is "into free".. so cool

[@elwourmo993]

I never got to the scene with the transformed pawn. though as others have said I like the other verison as well. I wanted to thank you however. I discovered this channel while replaing DD1 for the 10th? 12th? time while waiting for DD2 and your vids always have the right balance of humor, emotion and gameplay tips to be engaging and fun when I turn off my own game while cooking dinner! thank you!

[@VergilxUA]

You'd need to have high affinity with the pawn in order to get it.

[@Pyroxene-W7F]

This game is something else man

[@ShadowAnimeInk]

That cutscene at the end with my pawn absolutely GUTTED me 😭 I was so not expecting it. Everything at the end made it that much more impactful. A bit before the dragon business started, I realized she started acting different when talking to me. Also, not sure if it's designed this way, but the number of times Dragonsplague got spread through my party, the way it changed my main pawn's demeanor, all the times she saved my butt from falling to my death (I also play with that self imposed rule but I restart from wherever my last save is so I lose progress). When she came up and gave that speech... TEARS man, TEARS 😢

[@BarnebyLemons]

You've inspired me to do my New Game+ with just me and my pawn, no wakestones. You've made it sound/look very fun so I'm really looking forward to it! Thank you for the great video/videos!

[@HollowMimic]

I knew that you would get the true ending first try with how much you care about Chonk Lord. Well done getting that high Pawn affinity.

[@austinsams9773]

Cant wait for your vacation is op videos now that youve beaten the game

[@Zaney_]

I think a video or maybe even a community post about all the qol, features, monsters. Etc. You'd want in DD2 would be interesting to know. I loved this game this but there are a laundry list of things I would have liked to have seen added or improved over dd1.

[@SvensPron]

I wish I had the same postgame experience as you, my postgame was teleporting all over the place to steamroll pink dragons and then wasting my entire time limit trying to get the elven evacuation quest to un-break itself, and then seeing that failing to do so didn't have any impact on anything whatsoever.

[@TeabagsOnToast]

As glad as i am that your channel introduced me to Dragons Dogma, and I love watching your content, your music choice always makes me want to play Divinity 2 again

[@Mavvy21]

I will always remember my adventure with my first pawn, Odessa. I definitely shed a tear at the end of post game :(

[@epruno3583]

Doing endgame with two dragonpluagued pawns. I love their sassyness, and honestly they are OP so I keep them around.

[@SaaSailant]

you made beautiful edits here with the sound track! I love it!!

[@UnableToFindName]

It would have been so peak if the high-affinity pawn scene wnded with both the pawn and the arisen sinking the godsbane blade into the Great Dragon's heart, hand in hand.

[@Arkaniet]

Phenomenal video as always. Your use of music is 11/10. I think it was the 10th aniversary theme that you used in the farewell sequence and that shit hit so hard.

[@zerkker6096]

After having beaten the game 3 times now, I can firmly say I like the game a little bit.

[@AR-mp2ib]

the end game is so fun and there is so much to explore and fight even so I feel greedy for saying it but I wish there was more

[@Charmandahz]

Dang that ending gave me chills! I need to get another play through in to experience it myself!

[@Eishern]

Thematically i like the unmoored world. But the Everfall and BBI have a special place in my heart and i miss the plethora of their content in DD2 :(

[@RhynnMedia]

I agree although the everfall itself was just a byproduct of a unfinished game . 20 levels of random monsters in rooms ? Definetly but I do miss it's weirdness

[@Smeik2901]

Honestly the Everfall was just the same room over and over again and sometimes a boss encounter at the end. I think the only new large enemy in the entire Everfall (outside the Ur-Dragon) was the Evil Eye.

[@RhynnMedia]

@@Smeik2901 the albino hydra would Pop up sometimes as well can't forget him

[@Smeik2901]

@@RhynnMedia Oh, right, can't forget the reskin!

[@RhynnMedia]

@@Smeik2901 he was great

[@deathstar6998]

I love the way your character looks!!

[@ronanlorekeeper7226]

You are in fact the only review I view as legit. Nobody actually was as thorough as you, took their time, did their quests, and understood the first game. You are the first person I've seen who just understands it.

[@AllTheOthers]

I beat the game three times now and each time I've found more than the last, and I keep finding more.

[@Fraser2k22]

this game made me so damn attached to my main pain, i was like in tears when i was seeing all this post game stuff for the first time

[@weebthatlifts5750]

Bruh I didn’t know the “must we run everywhere” line was normal for straightforward pawns. Immediately i hear it, I yeet pawns into the brine because I think they have the plague

[@ChrisWilliams-lf8ex]

Oh yeah, they added a lot more to Pawn personality. You'll see Pawns be lazy, complain and grumble, even get standoffish with you sometimes if they become forfeit and you rehire them.

[@bigboggart9102]

It's nice to hear I wasn't alone being emotional when my pawn saved me. He's my boy.

[@krishnansubramoni7801]

I am super glad to see you enjoyed your experience with DD2. I had an amazing time too and pretty much had your same reactions for all the things that happened in-game. I had decided to invest myself properly into the game and roleplay in it with as little real world influence as possible. And that was the best decision I could have made. Me as a warrior and my pawn a sorcerer. Two brothers related by duty. Me older, and him younger. Throughout the initial parts of the game, I helped him like a brother should, made sure him and the rest of my party were always safe and in good health. I always went for high fives after combat, always rushed to revive my pawns, and did my best to be true leader. I also made the decision to not dismiss my existing pawns unless they died in combat. Level 30 was the last time for a long time where I hired pawns - one support mage, and one thief. And after some time travelling with the same party, one of them said while camping "Our master is fierce in battle, but good of deed. No sooner am I knocked out, that I am back up on my feet". Hearing that made me happy. Point to note that I had these two level 30 Pawns all the way till Volcanic Island. I will remember their names for good while - Stan the human female mage, and Ibrahim the beastren female thief. (Both by Capcom because I played purely offline). And all this while I saw my Main Pawn slowly getting stronger and smarter. And after I had helped carry him until he reached the peak of his powers, he started carrying me. Obliterating Drakes and other bosses like they were nothing. And in the end, he was so strong (with both Maister skills equipped) that The Dragon did not stand a chance. It was a beautiful journey, made all the more memorable by the post-game and all that happened. ❤

[@grannygoodtea5882]

I love the detail of your pawns dragon transformation. It seems to be the same transformation as when you reach maximum dragonsplague. Which means that, your pawn, with a will of their own. Is able to pull back the dragonsplague, because of you. It's a small but such a cool detail.

[@Drudge_Lord]

The voicework in this game is so amazing I teared up at chonks lords cries, I swear im buying this game the second I can

[@banzai6020]

agreed with the final quick summary of the game. i love what is there, game just needs some extra juice here and there.

[@e-d3_4all0ut3]

Your videos are amazing

[@smileysidek4574]

welcome back doc

[@S3metalsymphony]

I feel so regretful. I have been 'avoiding' the DD2 videos for months, because I got into the game later. The first game was my all time favourite, and the sequel now rivals it. It's sad that I am watching these now, in the absence of literally my favourite KZbinr. What was stated at the end is exactly how I also feel about the game. Main complaint is the not as great music. But other than that, it's truly amazing. I loved the post game more than that of the first. It was truly post apocalyptic, and they even did that writing thing in post apocalypse settings were the main character is absent for x amount of time, and when they rejoin the stories characters, they have become survivors in an unforgiving world, and they do not share the audience's optimism. It's also a way to make the player feel like you could have possibly given everyone more hope, but that is not an option after all the time that passed. Honestly, this may have been the best post apocalyptic setting I've experienced in fiction. It's a truly, *truly* screwed up world. But anyway. Thank you, Infinite Cringe. You are too good for this platform, but I hope you find the strength and time to someday come back.

[@Lumina_Umbra]

I really love that you use the Dark Arisen theme during your battle. They should have added that post endgame

[@rehmanmir7865]

For some reason when I spawned in the post game, I had a Drake, Gore Chimera, and a Griffon all aggro on me…. I’m no coward so I fought them all but MAN was that tough and did it take awhile. Having to do it without Riza (my Pawn) was really tough tho

[@lightyagni8327]

watching your go through this game was awesome thank you for the great content you make. :

[@alpha00zero]

I think the reason the Dragon has less presence in DD2 is because it's not the center piece of the game. In DD1, you are tasked in slaying the Dragon but in DD2, you are to protect the world. The center piece of DD2 is its world. The game rewards those who immerse and interact with it, hence why we end up so attached to our Pawns and those of others. The devs wanted us to care for them, their well being, to make them more then just pack mules and meat shields. It's genuinely wholesome to have a game like this in recent years. I also teared up quite a few times during my first run. This game is really special. As for "Hard Mode", I feel like it might end being quite a lot more different. Vanilla DD2 already feels sorta like Hard Mode in ways so they'd have to come up with new rules for it. For example, Stamina use being double won't really affect certain classes and the default consumption already feels like DD1 Hard Mode. I could see them do something like modifiers to enemies instead. Bring back Carrion Beasts since corpses stick around by default in DD2 but maybe with a twist. They are already known to be extremely tough enemies so have them "infect" the enemies of the region, making them tougher. Infected enemies would drop more loot and goodies but the risk of the infection spreading and reaching towns would be similar to Dragonplague so killing the Carrion Beast would end up a priority. Another system that could be fun: Prestige/Level Down shop. Reset yours and your Pawn levels but you receive a currency to spend in a special shop with BBI levels of gear and augments. Maybe new Core Skills and Weapon Skills/Spells to unlock too. Would be a sort of reverse scaling: you scale yourself back down so that you can re-experience the early game feeling. Also would let your Pawn be in a decent hire range again instead of cost thousands of RC. If Hard Mode doubles exp, leveling back up should be easy peasy.

[@neobahumuth6]

also because the gig is up with the dragon, ppl that played the original know that the dragon isn't the end

[@dimshadow148]

i want goblins along the road to take longer to respawn

[@DeuxKurlz]

I think my biggest gripe with the game has been the terrain climbing. Climbing enemies feels good, but getting on certain ledges and cliffs feels really off. Almost like your entire character is slathered in oil and can’t grab anything to save their life.

[@nunyabidness39982]

"This tales end has been unwritten." This line is still ringing in my head several days after beating the game.

[@Nero_PR]

The editing for the DD1 OST was masterfully done. I'd lose it if they put Eternal Return in the credits scene.

[@fieryrebirth]

If you have the deluxe edition, the song comes back only for the title screen sadly.

[@aidanlangan4720]

The talos fight is so badass with the doom music punching a hole in the brine dragon an squeezing the life out of the other is just insane

[@Vezrabuto]

the moment relief started up i teared up, its too powerful

[@nDVSTRY]

The cries out to me and my pawn sacrificing herself after gaining her own free will had hit me more than i thought.

[@aetherjuice]

Great game but the Unmoored World's time mechanic is kinda scuffed though, could've been done better. Def hype for the inevitable DLC/expansion.

[@heavenlydragoon]

I recognized the shrine as gran soren when trying to get out in first playthrough and had a moment of "oh ive stolen the duchess' panties from this tower"

[@charlespurcell1454]

The fart sound when the dragon died is the best thing to ever happen in my life.

[@PunishedDad]

I am still shocked that I actually got a Dog 2 it felt like a fever dream the first time I popped DD in my xbox360 and I was hit with Into Free while I was browsing the options and the nonstop fun I had adventuring from there what a blessing of a videogame

[@Aratemura]

I fucking loved the doom music over that Gigantus fight, this game needed some riffs. Your vid is very nice, I enjoyed your laid back attitude, subscribed.

[@Vinardo2]

All roads lead to Seafloor Shrine - Sacred Grounds

[@jordanplopez]

God, the epicness of that reprised version of Eternal Return as soon as she sings “yet now he sees the dragon’s dogma”. My friend and I were left a little lacklustered by the ending, but i never really thought to compare DD2’s ending with DD1’s and how much they beautifully contrast. This was a fun watch ♥️

[@Xarxes_]

Literally the best ending of any game I've experienced in such a long time. a cinematic beauty. A hard mode is a MUST, i desire true challenge!...and maybe more vocations!!!

[@TheOystersClam]

The ending always makes me cry, seen it twice myself, almost at the third with 210 hours in the game, it’s such an emotional ending

[@austinwhitney7090]

Seeing Chonk Lord take out that dragon like he was godzilla was a superb treat