So Dragons Dogma 2.

Lets get this out of the way, the game's optimization is inexcusable, its like really bad, so if youre hung up on risking this, you might wanna wait until theres a patch that fixes the frame rate issues, or at least for a discount, cause this game is kinda too pricey.

Anyway, now the review.

Its more Dragons Dogma, if you liked the original, you'll likely like this one as well.

The combat was improved and feels smoother, being more polished from the original, the enemies were somewhat expanded on their behavior, having new attacks and way to deal with them, such as being able to walk on top of large enemies without needing to cling to them, which allows the usage of skills, while some new enemies and bosses were introduced, some were sadly left out.

The Vocations themselves were reworked, with 4 skill slots instead of 6, but several previous skills became part of the basekit tools, like the healing spell for Mages, Warrior in particular saw a significant improvement on its flexibility which was one of its biggest issues in the previous game and each vocations has brand new skills to work with.

The new Vocations are also fun to play, each one with an unique gameplay style, going full anime as Spearhand, an unique tank-support role as Trickster, or a jack of all trades as Warfarer, being a literal DIY vocation.

The world itself is fun to explore and navigate, with the inclusion of Oxcarts helping to travel big distances, and the Campsites helping to take a break in the middle traveling, allowing to recover, change skills and even gain a buff by cooking.

The story is a... mixed bag, the first game's story was just ok at best, and it isnt much better here unfortunately, it arguably has a way better start, but it has a really rushed middle, and okaish ending, the sidequests can be fun as well, but some felt unfinished or cut short.

The pawns were greatly improved, their AI seems far more helpful during combat, and will often notify you of points of interest, you can also hire pawns that have quests set up by their owners, like killing a specific boss enemy for some reward, you can do the same yourself of sending your pawn with a quest to accomplish with a reward for the player that does it, they also became A LOT more chatty, but now interact even among themselves, rather than the player only.

Overall, i think the game itself is good, but it feels like its incomplete, like there could be far more to it, hopefully a future DLC will address this, cause i see real potential here.

But again, the optimization of this game is awful with no way to defend it, which that alone brings it down a lot, hoping the optimization patch comes out soon.

Due to this, i have to give this a 7/10

So Dragons Dogma 2. Lets get this out of the way, the game's optimization is inexcusable, its like really bad, so if youre hung up on risking this, you might wanna wait until theres a patch that fixes the frame rate issues, or at least for a discount, cause this game is kinda too pricey. Anyway, now the review. Its more Dragons Dogma, if you liked the original, you'll likely like this one as well. The combat was improved and feels smoother, being more polished from the original, the enemies were somewhat expanded on their behavior, having new attacks and way to deal with them, such as being able to walk on top of large enemies without needing to cling to them, which allows the usage of skills, while some new enemies and bosses were introduced, some were sadly left out. The Vocations themselves were reworked, with 4 skill slots instead of 6, but several previous skills became part of the basekit tools, like the healing spell for Mages, Warrior in particular saw a significant improvement on its flexibility which was one of its biggest issues in the previous game and each vocations has brand new skills to work with. The new Vocations are also fun to play, each one with an unique gameplay style, going full anime as Spearhand, an unique tank-support role as Trickster, or a jack of all trades as Warfarer, being a literal DIY vocation. The world itself is fun to explore and navigate, with the inclusion of Oxcarts helping to travel big distances, and the Campsites helping to take a break in the middle traveling, allowing to recover, change skills and even gain a buff by cooking. The story is a... mixed bag, the first game's story was just ok at best, and it isnt much better here unfortunately, it arguably has a way better start, but it has a really rushed middle, and okaish ending, the sidequests can be fun as well, but some felt unfinished or cut short. The pawns were greatly improved, their AI seems far more helpful during combat, and will often notify you of points of interest, you can also hire pawns that have quests set up by their owners, like killing a specific boss enemy for some reward, you can do the same yourself of sending your pawn with a quest to accomplish with a reward for the player that does it, they also became A LOT more chatty, but now interact even among themselves, rather than the player only. Overall, i think the game itself is good, but it feels like its incomplete, like there could be far more to it, hopefully a future DLC will address this, cause i see real potential here. But again, the optimization of this game is awful with no way to defend it, which that alone brings it down a lot, hoping the optimization patch comes out soon. Due to this, i have to give this a 7/10