I was so excited for this game only to find out how poorly it was optimized. No matter how you switch your options there is always a constant fps drop. Pretty unstable. Not to mention the inconvenient single save system, which combined with their buggy game contributed to a whole day of gaming lost.

I think this is one of the biggest wastes I’ve ever seen for a game…

Honestly, it's quite a unique game. It has excellent qualities, but unfortunately, major flaws always seem to tarnish the experience.
For example:

(+) The combat system is incredible:
There are plenty of classes, each with specific, dynamic, and highly varied gameplay. You can easily switch between them to mix things up. Combine that with your three pawns who accompany you, and it offers a huge variety of strategies and some truly epic battles at times.

(-) But for what?
You end up fighting the same goblins and cyclopes over and over. The game has extremely limited enemy variety. It doesn’t do its combat system justice. There are only nine types of enemies and 16 bosses or large monsters, which is far too few for an open-world ARPG. After just 20 hours of gameplay, I already felt a strong sense of repetition. Some monsters also lack distinct strategies or behaviors, making them feel very similar.

(+) A beautiful map and great atmosphere:
The world is visually appealing, with a strong sense of adventure and variety. It’s energizing and makes you want to embark on epic journeys. I feel like in the frieren anime being a powerfull mage getting a incredible advanture

(-) Weak quest design:
Unfortunately, this falls apart due to quests that lack engagement. About 90% of them boil down to: "Someone has a problem (missing person, lost object, monster to eliminate). Help us!"
You wander around for 30 minutes, talking to random people to gather information, then head to the designated location—usually a cave—kill everything inside, and return to hear: "Thank you, brave hero. Here's your reward." No surprises, no creativity, no effort in the writing—it feels like generic MMO quests.

(-) What’s up with the pacing?
Exploration is frustrating because every two minutes, a group of enemies attacks you. It’s impossible to enjoy the world properly when you’re constantly interrupted.

(-) Technical issues:
The game is a technical disaster. I had to heavily rely on mods just to get it running somewhat properly. The optimization is abysmal—it’s almost impossible to achieve 60 FPS with decent graphics. Really, Capcom? What happened? Monster Hunter: World runs better and looks much prettier.

(+) Intriguing main storyline:
The main story starts off interesting.

(-) But quickly loses steam:
The intrigue fizzles out as quickly as it begins, and the main quest can be completed in about five hours.

I have a strange feeling that I just played a very good demo or an alpha version of an incredible new ARPG.

But unfortunately, this is the real game...
I don’t know what happened, but it feels like Capcom abandoned this game.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is more like "Dragon's Dogma Re-imagined". You can clearly see that in the main title and intro video where the '2' in 'Dragons Dogma 2' is nowhere to be found.

The first game already placed the idea in our minds that the world and time was cyclical and the events tend to repeat themselves in different timelines.

Both are magnificent games. Try the first one (is often on sale and very cheap). If you don't like that one, you probably wont like this one.

They're masterworks all. You can't go wrong playing this one.