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Before I really get into the review, I know some geniuses are gunna be like "but the game is still fun." Fun? About as fun as wandering around Starfield's empty planets. If I want to have some shallow fun, there's a long list of games that can fit the bill. This game is half-hearted; a hollow and gutted downgrade from the perfection that was the first Dragon's Dogma.

The first thing I noticed when I booted up this game, is the total downgrade of a character creator. They talked about how "limitless" the characters creator is, but they sure put a limit on height. 160cm min height. This means no petite women, no dwarves, and no children, sadly. I think we can all guess why they did that. Thanks twitter. Thank you woke mob, and thank you to all the other perpetually offended moral busybodies.

So you can make an average woman (5'3"), an amazon, or some uggo. Wow. Amazing. What good is infinitude when beauty is finite? I could go on more about the character creator's lack of options, but what I've said is more than sufficient. It's garbage.

Surely there must be some compelling systems in here though, right? Wrong. The compelling class system from the first game has become... whatever this is supposed to be. Strider was one of my favorite game classes, now it has been split into thief and archer. Why? Thief doesn't even form any hybrid classes, a concept they have almost completely destroyed. What even is trickster supposed to be? Pink and purple? There are no such base classes. They've made a mess of all the systems from the first game.

Attacks also feel like they lack impact compared to the first game. Feedback is poor and moving around feels sluggish and characters look constipated. Maybe it's also that I'm not used to playing tall characters, since I'd always used minimum height in the first game.

I thought at least maybe I could play kawaii サラサラロングの黒髪パッツン少女 wielding a censer, but no, that's too much to ask, apparently. Speaking of uggo characters, what even is the point of the cat things? I don't care if they "got cut" from the first game. They are an eyesore. They could have given us cute cat girls instead. What a blunder.

The game is so unfun and literally unplayable that I can't comment on this much, but I hear there is very little enemy variety until end game. YAAAAWN. This game will put me to sleep faster than downing half a bottle of glenfiddich. Even Suika-chan's face was tired watching me play this game for the first 20 minutes.

It's like they were trying to be a Skyrim ripoff, but why would you want to rip off a game that is only good with mods? On top of that, Capcom is trying to prevent us from modding their games. lmao Pants on head. Capcom has released nothing but garbage since the first Dragon's Dogma, and it looks like that won't be changing. Here's hoping the new Elden Ring DLC can fill the void.

For a game with supposedly "limitless" customization, the character height is extremely limited. Not to mention it's missing many classic and well-known hairstyles. This is honestly one of the worst character creators I've used. Pretty much the only thing you can do is create the most bland/cookie-cutter character imaginable or total uggos. There is no in between.

Some people are complaining about the lack of gameplay demo, but this character creator makes the game literally unplayable, therefore, there is no need. Thus, I have already written my full review for the game. Good thing I didn't let myself get too hyped. I hope this review proves useful for other true fans of the original game. This game is a disgrace to the Dragon's Dogma name.

My teammates were being disobedient, so I waited until the end of the mission and killed them, then kicked them. That's how democracy works.

But then Soyny forced community to create and link PSN accounts, which is not how democracy works. Now how to enjoy communiTEA? Change review to negative.

Change review to positive now because democracy has prevailed!

Edit: May 14th, 2024

Soyny still has all regions without PSN service blocked from buying Helldivers 2.They never actually said they weren't going to try going forward, just that they needed to "learn more about PC players". Until Soyny actually fully reverses their decision, my review shall remain negative. Soyny is not to be trusted.

Terrible localization, region locked multiplayer, and to top it all off, they censored Cagliostro's panties, even though she's the best girl in the game.

The game also needed better testing for PC. There really is no excuse these days. For example, if you set the FPS to 120 the camera moves faster, and if you set it to 30 it moves slower. At 120 FPS I have to move it halfway across my desk just to do a 360.

I feel really bad for the people who worked on the game, because they did a decent job, but unfortunately the publisher has no integrity and doesn't give a ♥♥♥♥ about the game, not to mention cringe Americans butchering the writing. The game could have been amazing if the people in charge of the last mile were competent.

I would give the gameplay so far a 8/10, the community a 3/10 since it's filled with American cancer, but the steam forums get a -1/10 because they aren't even people.

2/14/2020 EDIT: The game continues to be garbage. Despite wasting 100+ hours of my life, I've been screwed yet further. Having completed the game on ultimate and even unlocking the trophy in-game, I've been robbed of my rightfully earned The Ultimate achievement, depriving me of 100% in this game. How do you ♥♥♥♥ up such a basic achievement in current year? Disgraceful.

I got all of the achievements. I am the Cucklord.

So I put Celine, Renne, Rufus, and Nadia in my party with Tio in reserve. Use Celine, Rufus, and Renne's crafts to generate BP, Tio casts absolute reflect which also regenerates CP for the party, then Nadia casts impassion on Celine and everyone else spams artes with "recover EP with offensive arts" master quartz equipped. Infinite EP and infinite absolute reflect. It's literally impossible to lose. It's so hilarious seeing some boss do some flashy OP Anime move and you just see "REFLECT REFLECT REFLECT REFLECT" LMAO

Also, the game has a TON of really cute girls. You can make a whole loli harem if you want, but I like to include Rufus because he's the best male protagonist in the entire series. Rean is trash and a Gary Stu, and if you like Rean you should feel bad. I put him ALL the way at the end of the party when possible so I don't have to see his derpy face.

It's neat, but need height slider so I can create loli character, pls. Much obliged.

Too bad I don't have a little sister.

A decade ago I never would have imagined I'd be playing Persona 5 on PC. It may not suit everyone's taste (those people are wrong), but it's hard to deny this is an incredibly good and stylish JRPG. Other games wish they could be this pretty and stylish. This game reminds me of the good old days of JRPGs. I played the original P5 in Japanese back in 2018 on the PS4, but playing this in 1440p 120fps with the new content was glorious.

I remember when Persona 3 came out back in the day, and while companies like SE have moved away from turned-based since then, the Persona series has stuck with the same formula since Persona 3, which is a good thing imo. Every time a new Persona is on the horizon I always see some muppets say they want the series to drop the calendar and/or social sim mechanics and go back to P1/P2 style, which would be dumb as hell.

I played the game in Japanese, so I can't comment on the localization, but I CAN say that Sumire is way hotter with her hair down.

Imagine being a game company, removing content from your game for which people PAID, then going crying to multi-billion dollar corporation for "off-topic" reviews as if you're the victim, even though what people are reviewing IS the content of the game, or lack thereof. Disgraceful.

Also, I notice how they never call it "bombing" when it's a bunch of positive reviews. Curious.