[360/PS3] Dragon's Dogma - Dark Arisen out!

[metallicorphan]

been reading on 360a.org,complaints about the save function

Apparently the autosaves save over your manual saves,so say if you go through a door it autosaves and you lose that last save that YOU made

bit shitty if true,looks like i will have to be careful

The Witcher 2 and Skyrim did it great,all the manual saves you wanted(kind of)and three separate autosaves on top of that

[Doopri]

oh wow neat stuff kato!  do feel free to point out more tidbits

and mo that would be a bummer if true, as i am pretty *ahem* meticulous about my saves - can anyone confirm this tonight?

[rittchard]

360 means more pawns from friends 

I'm going to hire your pawns and throw them off a cliff for giggles 

I have no idea what this game is about but I want to hire pawns from both of you, name them "Hark" and "Kato" and make them have a hot romance.   

[USMC Kato]

360 means more pawns from friends 

I'm going to hire your pawns and throw them off a cliff for giggles 

I have no idea what this game is about but I want to hire pawns from both of you, name them "Hark" and "Kato" and make them have a hot romance.   

  LOL

[Roguetad]

That's such a cool idea how experienced pawns from other players can give advice on how to defeat encounters or bosses.  Just picked up the PS3 version (only because I have a better couch/entertainment setup for the ps3...my 360 became the kinect box for my young kids).  The downside to the ps3 version is that I'll miss out on employing pawns from Hark and Kato.

[BuckeyeShane]

How is the loot handled in this game?

[Autistic Angel]

Gametrailers review

Wow, that looks really great!  Thanks for the link!

What sort of characters are people starting out with?  I usually err towards melee classes, but I've gotta say those spell powers look irresistible. 

-Autistic Angel

[metallicorphan]

 2 lots of DLC are up on the marketplace

1st DLC is 10 part series of additional quests,and something about collecting medallions-80msp
the 2nd DLC are a collection of hairstyles(remember this is Capcom)and i think armour as well-160msp

there is meant to be a third,but i didn't see that on there

[CeeKay]

I can't friggin' wait!   too bad UPS doesn't deliver here until 4 or so in the afternoon.

 

my heart bleeds for you,you know that don't you?

it just now got delivered.  a whole day I could have been playing and it only just arrived.  it's horrible.







 

[Harkonis]

Harkonis the pawn is now available (and wearing a dress) 

[USMC Kato]

Harkonis the pawn is now available (and wearing a dress) 

Hawt. 

My pawn is named The Grey. Looks like Gandalf, but at this low level he slings spells like Ron Weasly

[CeeKay]

Created Winter the mage for a pawn.  having a lot of fun so far-  best moment so far was picking up a goblin, throwing it and watching my companion shoot it with a fireball in mid flight, followed by climbing up on a cyclops and stabbing him in the crotch.

[CeeKay]

My pawn is named The Grey. Looks like Gandalf, but at this low level he slings spells like Ron Weasly

I just recruited him.  oh the fun I am going to have with him 

[USMC Kato]

My pawn is named The Grey. Looks like Gandalf, but at this low level he slings spells like Ron Weasly

I just recruited him.  oh the fun I am going to have with him 

Be gentle 

Oh and I think you should tell us the name of your Pawn too 

[Caine]

You guys are making it hard to ignore this until later.  

[CeeKay]

My pawn is named The Grey. Looks like Gandalf, but at this low level he slings spells like Ron Weasly

I just recruited him.  oh the fun I am going to have with him 

Be gentle 

he got accidentally thrown in the middle of a combat when I thought I was grabbing a goblin and got him instead 

Oh and I think you should tell us the name of your Pawn too 

Created Winter the mage for a pawn.  having a lot of fun so far-  best moment so far was picking up a goblin, throwing it and watching my companion shoot it with a fireball in mid flight, followed by climbing up on a cyclops and stabbing him in the crotch.

[CeeKay]

You guys are making it hard to ignore this until later. 

let me tell you, there's nothing like climbing up the neck of a hydra to lop off its head without needing a QTE or getting into a cave fight and then accidentally falling into water causing the lantern to go out

[Razgon]

arrggh - Friday! Come hither!

[EngineNo9]

Any word on whether this will make it's way to PC?

[metallicorphan]

arrggh - Friday! Come hither!

This!! 

[The Grue]

Played a little last night (just long enough to get my pawn created) and enjoyed it.  Looking forward to more!

[CeeKay]

got my code for the weapons pack Amazon was offering with a pre-order.  it gave me a staff, a long sword and a set of daggers, nothing OP but then again I had been playing for awhile so I'm not sure how they compare to the starting weapons.

I need to sit down and look at the manual-  I didn't realize that in some occasions there seem to be two equipment slots where you can equip both clothing and a piece of armor to the same location (i.e. have a tunic under a chest piece).

[metallicorphan]

Kotaku's Review

"Should You Play This Game?-NO"

EDIT:I have been reading that this weeks DLC that features 10 additional quests is the first of 10 weekly packs,adding up to the 100 additional quests that Germany got instead of the Resi Demo...i can't confirm that though,just what i have read inbetween the arguments on the gamefaqs forums

[Autistic Angel]

Yeah, this game seems particularly divisive.  Most reviews are fairly warm, but Kotaku and Tom Chick really seem to hate it and the guy in the Game Informer "Test Chamber" seemed completely befuddled about where to go, what to do, or how to kill the NPC who started following him.

Everything I've seen of the gameplay so far seems stupendous, though.  I think my main guy will be USMC Harkatonis.  Half arch-mage, half mage-archer, always to the point!  YAAH!!

-Autistic Angel

[El-Producto]

Yeah, this game seems particularly divisive.  Most reviews are fairly warm, but Kotaku and Tom Chick really seem to hate it and the guy in the Game Informer "Test Chamber" seemed completely befuddled about where to go, what to do, or how to kill the NPC who started following him.

Everything I've seen of the gameplay so far seems stupendous, though.  I think my main guy will be USMC Harkatonis.  Half arch-mage, half mage-archer, always to the point!  YAAH!!

-Autistic Angel

Tom Chick hates everything that other people might like.  That's his schtick.

[CeeKay]

I've been having fun but yeah, there are flaws.  I've had the enemy AI seemingly forget they're in combat and start walking away, and I'm not a big fan of the respawn time, which seems to be 'hit a loading screen and everything you've killed is now back'.  at one point I got turned around and ended up having to backtrack after entering a leaving the wrong place, which meant I had to kill everything I killed over again just a few minutes later.  granted you still get XP for it but it would make the player feel like they're having a bigger impact on an area if there could be some peace and quiet for a bit-  heck, if they had tied respawns to resting it'd probably give a better illusion of that.

[CeeKay]

Destructoid:

Should you play Dragon's Dogma? Yes.

I wonder if they read Kotaku's piece.

[USMC Kato]

Ceekay's pawn loots while there is a battle going on! 

[CeeKay]

Ceekay's pawn loots while there is a battle going on! 

yeah, I need to figure out why.  I don't think I picked anything that should cause her to do that while in battle.  I need to find one of those chairs where you can sit down and change a pawn's behavior.

[Harkonis]

Aquisitioner is a the stat you need to lower. 

It's well worth it to buy the pots to push the stats you want up above the stats you prefer to not be as strong.

Keep in mind that just because you raise another stat to primary, it doesn't mean you pawn won't do any of the lower priority stuff, just that it won't do it in lieu of the other stuff.  For example if you push medicant (healing) and utilitarian (support and buff) as the primary aspects, your dude will still attack the enemy when not doing those things.  You can even still have them prioritize the order of engagement through the juggling of stats.  There was talk about the pawns learning from what you're doing but that doesn't seem to happen in my experience.  It also wouldn't make much sense imo.  That would be really shitty design because naturally if I'm playing a mage that stands back, I want my fighter to run in, not learn to stand back like I am. 

I'm doing more research on it now, but I definitely have my pawn in a good place and he feels balanced with regards to priorities.

as an aside, Winter runs around grabbing loot while we get our ass kicked, and The Grey has decided his best course of action is to run up and point blank nuke the biggest, baddest guy on the battlefield.    Both of those lead to rather funny and interesting situations, but hardly the most efficient Sun Tzu moments.

[Ralph-Wiggum]

Ceekay's pawn loots while there is a battle going on! 

Not surprisingly, it also posts in this forum.

[USMC Kato]

Ceekay's pawn loots while there is a battle going on! 

yeah, I need to figure out why.  I don't think I picked anything that should cause her to do that while in battle.  I need to find one of those chairs where you can sit down and change a pawn's behavior.

I'll send you a few potions to help with your pawn's behavior..... 

[Caine]

The manual is contradictory on this point:  do support pawns keep the gear you give them when they leave or not?  It switches it up three times in as many pages.  

Also, I resent you people for making this sound as fun as you have and will be taking it out in your pawns.  

[USMC Kato]

The manual is contradictory on this point:  do support pawns keep the gear you give them when they leave or not?  It switches it up three times in as many pages.  

Also, I resent you people for making this sound as fun as you have and will be taking it out in your pawns.  

 I released forge's pawn with an upgraded shield, and I received a message that the owner got the shield and was put in his storage.

[CeeKay]

Ceekay's pawn loots while there is a battle going on! 

yeah, I need to figure out why.  I don't think I picked anything that should cause her to do that while in battle.  I need to find one of those chairs where you can sit down and change a pawn's behavior.

I'll send you a few potions to help with your pawn's behavior..... 

thanks! if only it were as easy to control your pawns in real life 

[Harkonis]

Ceekay's pawn loots while there is a battle going on! 

yeah, I need to figure out why.  I don't think I picked anything that should cause her to do that while in battle.  I need to find one of those chairs where you can sit down and change a pawn's behavior.

I'll send you a few potions to help with your pawn's behavior..... 

thanks! if only it were as easy to control your pawns in real life 

oh but it is, oh but it is... 

[Razgon]

The game sounds more and more awesome. Hopefully I'll get the game today from Gamestop, even though its not supposed to release until tomorrow. At least, the clerk yesterday said so.

[CeeKay]

OK, so Winter should be less acquisitiony now and actually fight.

I just had a harrowing mission to The Shadow Fort.  I got hired to escort a knight there, and being level 11 barely made it only to find out there was no place to spend the night and that I had somehow loaded up my group with mages (The Grey, Winter and Rook) so my strider was the only real melee in it.  managed to just barely survive several night fights with goblins and then run from some lizard men back to the mine that I had to cut through to get back, and then dodge several giants inside it.  by the time I limped back into the main city dawn was breaking and all my part was beat to shit.  time to visit the pawn guild.

[Harkonis]

You should go double mage, double strider and hire Hark 

[EddieA]

I wish they'd put in a save right after the intro/tutorial.  I've created two characters who looked fine in the character creator, but when I got into the game, they both looked like they had horrible glandular disorders