In fact, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is one of the only RPG's I can think of off the top of my head that makes you do this, it's just strange.Dragon's Dogma is the definition of a cult classic. It feels too complicated for the sake of being complicated. While this isn't necessarily a big deal, it's strange that the developers never decided to include one menu that can solve all of your RPG wants and needs. Ultimately traveling feels like a chore and the slowness of it all really discouraged me from wanting to explore more of the game's world.Īlso, for some reason there are two separate menus for your equipment and your items. It runs out incredibly fast, making it so you have to move at a laughably slow pace while you wait for it to refill, and it does not refill fast. Another incredibly annoying thing about traveling is your stamina bar. Typically the paths to places will be filled with enemies but that's generally it, unlike other open-world RPG's there aren't many locations that'll take you off the beaten path. You only have a few locations you can fast travel to and running to various locations can be long and strenuous. There's a strange fast travel system in Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen that can occasionally make the game feel like a chore to play. That is, unless you want to run up to them every time they die so that you can just revive your pawns instead of healing them. Dragon's Dogma is a difficult game so if you plan on having three pawns in your party, stock up on items because they'll burn through them very quickly. You can also change your pawn's vocation as well so they can develop alongside your character. Your pawn will ask you about your preferred battle strategy but I found it baffling that you couldn't change this on the fly, it can only be done at certain times. The pawn system is something unique to the world of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. Every player gets to create one pawn and upload it online if they wish from there you can mix and match various pawns in your party and even give them a rating. 'Help,' 'come,' and 'go,' all makeup the separate commands you can issue to your pawns but the AI never seems to work as you'd expect it to and I didn't really ever understand what 'go' meant for them to do. And while that system may sound interesting, what your commands actually do can be unclear. You also get a group of companions called pawns who you can command by using the D-pad. I personally found the vocations that used bows to be the most fun while I felt weak at first, once I upgraded my equipment the role became more satisfying.

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