THE Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Retrospective - The Long Cut

To celebrate the reveal of Dragon's Dogma 2 being in development I felt the need to go back and revisit this Dragon's Dogma long form analysis/ retrospective/ gameplay/ talkthrough/ impressions/ commentary thing. And it definitely helped that the majority of you guys wanted to have one superlong vid compiling all three.
I have made a few minor changes as well as combining it with the bitterblack and Ur-dragon videos for a complete experience.
I have also made a few changes to the sound, volume, denoised a few parts as well as completely re-recorded some parts.
If you watch the individual parts and then the SUPER-cut, you’ll notice the differences.
I know this is not quite a retrospective in the traditional sense, but I wanted to do something different. And after getting Private Sessions’ blessing to do this after seeing his Skyrim retrospective it kinda just snowballed into this mess.
I have however been super lucky with friends that have helped me out during this project. My best man has watched through all my recent vids several times to help me pick out and fix minor things and giving me ideas etc. Spoogie Derpington has also been super helpful during this time. So a huge shoutout to him as well. Thank you for being my therapist when I’ve needed to vent lol.
Also I know I’ve glossed over a lot of stuff in this vid. I just covered what I felt was most interesting and entertaining.
I feel I should clarify why Quina has been captured by Grigori. The game has an “affinity” stat that governs how much npc’s like you. Giving Quina the Blessed flower raised her affinity to max and thus she is our “beloved” as Grigori calls it.
Also how AWESOME isn’t it that we finally have a Dragon’s Dogma 2 reveal? I cant wait and I am positive Itsuno and the original team will deliver something for us all to enjoy!
Also hope you guys like my new avatar and thumbnails. I wanted to do something different.
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The description became too long when listing all songs used, so I've linked below to the two retrospectives and their descriptions for the respective songs.
Music used in the “base retrospective”:
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Dragon's Dogma Cassardis Village theme: • Dragon's Dogma Cassard...
Music used in bitterblack-part in order:
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dragons dogma dark arisen long form analysis, gameplay, talkthrough, impressions, commentary

[@swoloc5568]

Hello, i've stumbled coincidentally on your channel and i really enjoyed your Dragon's Dogma videos. Keep up the great content and i hope you don't mind if i leave my Ps4 ID so someone can borrow my pawn. I really need the riftcrystals :'D Again great content!

[@Browsley]

Thank you! I'll pin it so other Arisen can see it! 😁 Edit: and add their ID and platform as well

[@swoloc5568]

@@Browsley Wow, thank you so much!

[@swoloc5568]

My ID is btw S4Andrej xDD

[@montgomeryfortenberry]

@@swoloc5568 is your pawn cool?

[@filipevasconcelos4409]

We also have to talk about how fucking SICK the "final fight" is. Great loot, amazing cinematics, gorgeous scenery, absolutely memorable.

[@cloudbloom]

Probably my favorite game of all time. Can't wait for dogma 2

[@Browsley]

Same, Cloudboom! Same! 😁

[@iiayoob]

We can only hope 😭

[@klo-szard5101]

Boys and girls... Our hope wasn't for nothing 👏👏👏

[@evanpetelle5669]

Check out the new trailer!!

[@keyentity2285]

Yes brother

[@evanpetelle5669]

Mercedes, the discount Casca

[@lawlessssssss]

I started playing this game because of the reviews saying how similar it was to games I love such as Dark Souls & Skyrim, this has been such a unique and fun experience, I'm halfway through and I'm having a blast, I watched the video only to the point I'm currently on and I've been enjoying it, good job dude.

[@AsapRockyOG]

You could’ve revived Julian for his shield w a wake stone. He goes in the dungeon when revived where you can talk to him to get it

[@Lordschooner]

Damn! A 3 hour review of a great game, the amount of work this must have taken with all the clips and editing You've done a great job, I hope this gets many more views

[@Browsley]

Thank you! 😁

[@thomassol9725]

My favorite part of this game is the side quests and how you get locked out of future ones. I kinda cheated and looked stuff up in the wiki. There is actually an interacion with the salvation leader before you ever step foot in the capital (didn't even get it my first playthrough) so you should acutally know about Salvation before you get any quest investigating them. The other is like the Witch hunt quest; its needed if you wanna complete the king bay leaf quest, since it unlocks the hidden grove in the witchwood where it grows. Also that quest gives lore about how pawns can become human, be given the gift of strong/free will and ambition. Bonus, Selene stays in your house in Cassardis so she can craft things. But you only get the quest after chilling in the capital square and overhear npc citizens talk about a group of people going to hunt a witch. The mines quest (to clear out monsters) was a good side quest as well, since you could buy a thing to expand and dig out more of the mine (which i think would be a excellent thing for them to expand on in 2, expand the mine map but oops there's a gorgon). Learning about how this game does quests and game stages and world interaction is the tricky part. You could easily skip a lot of stuff or even get lost. Or like i did, get ambushed by a dragon while passing through devilfire grove for the first time (trying to get to the shadow fort) and and have your only pawn get possessed.

[@codyconnor6981]

Finally going to commit to finishing this game, because I refuse to be late to the sequel.

[@MrSirHenryMF]

Selene best girl. She has my favorite ending dialogue. It's kinda sad.

[@karieoki]

i'm glad have played this game when it came out, I am very glad that others are experiencing this gem

[@musicf3b]

I think I’m my first play through my love interest was the merchant because I didn’t know about the mechanic lol

[@montgomeryfortenberry]

Mine was the guy from cassardis that ends up traveling everywhere because i did his quest right before

[@mothsforeyes]

​@@montgomeryfortenberry Valmiro was my first beloved on my first playthrough too. It's bit of a dodgy mechanic, but you can lower an npcs affinity by picking them up until they struggl free, or throwing pots/barrels at them. There's also a DLC item called Liquid Effluvium that you can gift to an NPC and it resets their affinity.

[@montgomeryfortenberry]

@@mothsforeyes yea i wasnt upset just didnt really understand it but after the first time i did aome research and was going to try ro beat the game with every beloved possible but gave up after like 5 runs

[@hp2546]

@@montgomeryfortenberry The game will only pick 1 lucky winner for your beloved. The game will not allow the arisen to marry 2 NPC at the same time. However, the game will allow the arisen to have sex with up to 2 people individually. So for example, you can do the sidequest where your arisen can have sex with The Duke's wife. Then you can have another NPC to have sex with your arisen. The game allows your arisen to have sex twice but only allows your arisen to get married once per customer.

[@Dastardly_Duo]

You really reignited my love for this game. I forgot how much I adored it ♥️

[@PalaDave99]

As soon as I heard NieR music in the background I knew you understood the story of this game

[@AmySorrellMusic]

Throwblasts were my saving grace on my first playthrough. I don't use them anymore now, new game or not but they really helped until I got the hang of it.

[@noobatgames3321]

I only use it for the big eye in bitterblack

[@hp2546]

Now I will tell you a story on how I brought that game. At first, I had spring break way back in March 2020. Little did I know that when I purchased that game, I did not predict that the government was going to shut down the whole entire town putting everybody on lockdown. So I felt lucky that I purchased that game for $5 and I purchased that game 1 week before Trump declared a state of emergency. I at first thought I will just use my spring break and relax but it turned out my spring break was going to lasts longer then expected until my class was going to be placed in zoom. So Dragon's Dogma became my quarantine game. This game was how I spent my lockdown days.

[@aidanpercival7371]

I don’t usually comment on videos but this one was great currently doing a cheese run assassin with blast arrows already level 200 hundred crazy how fun this game is 👍🏻

[@Browsley]

Thank you so much! Assassin run is extremely fun!

[@carterromanofsky3579]

Dang didn't even forge the ring for the ez casting buff. You really are Chad rook bro.

[@rouladenkoenig6952]

The devotion spend on this video, holy hell. Great content, as always! I found out about the game just last years, sadly. Since than I havent let go of it and I am currently doing my first full Mystic Knight run. What a hidden gem, I am glad we get a sequel.

[@Browsley]

Thank you! And yes dd2 will be awesome 🤌

[@kyo3831]

If you need a pawn you can add me as a friend. KYO_026

[@kyo3831]

Seba added me but was full, can you send again?

[@Browsley]

@@kyo3831 I'm sorry I don't think I quite follow 😅

[@kyo3831]

@@Browsley someone named seba tried adding me, but at the time my friend list was full. All good now though.

[@hairlessgrizzly559]

Just bought the game again last month for like $5 on Xbox One. I remember seeing it on an article about "games like Skyrim" and it said this had way better combat, and looked up some FAQs to see what they thought. Ended up getting Dark Arisen on my 360 from one of those bargain game stores where you can exchange games for way less than they're worth. I loved the game so much, and it will definitely go down as one of my favorite games of all time, with Witcher 3 and Nier Automata. I'm on my second playthrough on a lvl 70 sorcerer with a warrior pawn (Bazil is the pawn's name, rent her, she's alright), I've been enjoying the game still. Still have yet to truly experience the game too, since I've only done the main quest and Dark Arisen, not even Quina's questline. Have a long ways to go till I'm lvl 200, can't wait to get there

[@Browsley]

Sounds awesome! Have fun, Arisen! 😁 Had I owned an Xbox, Bazil would for sure be hired! 🤗

[@Browsley]

Drop your gamertag an platform in the pinned comment so people can see and hire Bazil! 😁

[@hp2546]

That game must of been listed as preowned game. Normally, preowned games are around the range of $5. There are many games that will be that cheap as long as that kind of game had been out there long enough. For example, Dragon's Dogma had been around since 2012. So if you buy it in a present day, it will classify as preowned game and you get a charged a cheaper price.

[@incius8341]

Music taste on point dude.

[@evanpetelle5669]

Can’t go wrong with that Nier Automata soundtrack

[@zamoutague199]

I found this on a whim, and it brings back lots of happy memories. Not the least of which was my old roommate and I meeting Barroch and HATING how he looked. "Look at this guy! He might be the ugliest dude I've seen in this game." "And the MOUSTACHE." "And the smug look on his face." And then we both looked at each other and dubbed him "Smugly von Moustache" or, Smugly among his friends.

[@Browsley]

😅😅

[@Lbamfoe]

This inspired me to do a full playthrough again with mods for fun. I listened to this while exploring Bitterblack. Using no stamina sprint and no carry limit really makes the game more fun. Especially on subsequent playthroughs.

[@t4rv0r60]

Chad rook is a neat idea

[@HaykInWonderland]

Really enjoyed this videio and your humor 👍

[@Browsley]

Thank you 😁

[@Naddasleepy]

Great video.

[@glaivedacier]

DD with a soundtrack from Nier Automata _ Man, you rock! These are the two games I will always remember. I'm replaying Nier Automata since I sacrificed my saves to help a poor dude that will be doing the same thing I got the same help for.

[@Browsley]

Man, you rock! Reading you paying it forward made my day! Keep being awesome 😁

[@glaivedacier]

@@Browsley I'm still watching your video. I love it.

[@camelbro]

Best music

[@Darskul]

Awesome video, man. Thanks.

[@Browsley]

No, thank you! 😁

[@Nautinthislifetime]

Time to roll back to the start and settle in to watch this!!!! I've just made my Arisen a Mystic Knight so ...... This shall be an adventure!!! Somehow the Nier music just matches Dragon's Dogma!

[@Browsley]

Enjoy, friend! 😁

[@masta3491]

Dat gothic music out of the sudden! Love it!

[@Silverfirefly1]

Demesne is pronounced demain and has more or less the same meaning as domain. It's a very archaic word and many native speakers wouldn't know or use it.

[@TheStudio_70]

13:03 OMG I’ve never laughed so hard!

[@AsapRockyOG]

Just finished dd1 for the first time, currently on my second play through. Honestly such an underrated game, my little brother recommended it to me some years back and I’m glad I finally checked it out. It’s a nice break after coming home from work although traveling without port crystals is a pain lol

[@deathwish_bigboss]

This game looks amazing, I'm surprised it wasn't more popular

[@atcera8714]

Griffins in Dark Arisen vs Dragon's Dogma 3😂😂😂

[@merrysleeps]

I was vibing with the nier tunes in the background

[@enricohepner]

the Pascal's Village theme in the beginning surprised me. good taste

[@konnarlamanna7897]

Okay I've got two things to say for one I got to say a really appreciate and love the nier music but to be completely fair the actual music in the game is fucking phenomenal and I don't think you gave it enough credit besides that though I'm probably going to subscribe I think the voice audio could be adjusted slightly but other than that I think a pretty good content

[@Remaken]

35:50 Rude.

[@fvb7]

Do smaller lighter characters move faster or is it a trick of the vision? I thought it was taller = faster Fatter/heavier = more carry weight but also slower

[@Browsley]

That's correct! Weight impacts speed and carry weight as well as stamina drain 👍

[@LoganWolf-y6h2ug4h]

In the end deep down we're all Bloody LootGoblins LOL......

[@vampG1]

Is the dragon fight music from the Witcher?

[@Browsley]

Yes, but unfortunately I can't find the exact one. It is somewhere in the description though but unfortunately not timestamped..

[@Dsrgreyy]

What song is playing at 2:55? I love it

[@Browsley]

I think it's this one 👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXLYoIuNrpeoeq8si=zkmJzyhZeb_oaJVv

[@iCrazyLinkz]

But just leave your pawn at the city then try that work for me

[@musicf3b]

Do you roll with one pawn?

[@Browsley]

Usually. But I often hire as well 😁

[@tehparol]

Nice vid.

[@frolicsomgaiety]

You didn’t mention Morrowind in your intro sooo I’m OUT jk good job

[@thatoneguy5244]

Summer2024

[@lillyclarity9699]

45:00 "demesne" it's pronounced "domain,"

[@lillyclarity9699]

just an old quirk of medieval english

[@Browsley]

Thanks! Yeah I should've checked if I pronounced it correctly..

[@lillyclarity9699]

@@Browsley no problem is a retarded word anyways I only know how to pronounce it because of crusader kings

[@lillyclarity9699]

h-holy shit please stop saying "de-mes-ne"

[@DRAGONUTZ-84]

Aw no love for ps5 exclusives but PC exclusives deserve love tho? Come on bro share

[@Browsley]

What do you mean?

[@DRAGONUTZ-84]

@@Browsley I'm not sure what he meant when said you know how I feel about console exclusives but he blew off Stella blade coz ps5 exclusive