Dragon's Dogma - Dark Arisen

[Doombear]

Yeah, it is still worrying to me that it might be. I had high hopes that I would really enjoy WKC and just never could force myself to, but then I did a lot of that solo and then gave up. It already is clear to me that DD doesn't have as much MH in it as I had hoped it would. I am hoping to see some good (well written and fair) reviews soon.

[Doombear]

Looking a bit more polished than the demo (which I have heard is an old old build).

PS. Do escort quests ever NOT suck?!

[Kiarax]

Sup Rathalos.

[Doombear]

That fire blast... so beautiful. The first one just wasted two pawns lol.

I noticed something that happens in the demo also, that the bosses will attack a dead pawn. I had the Griffin in the demo go after one of the pawns I killed. Repeatedly. It would have been a good chance to get some free hits in... if the dead pawn wasn't all the way south of where we started fighting the Griffin.

[AoE]

Interest going back up. DX

[Insanecyclone]

[Takiwaki]

soo that Dragon. . http://kotaku.com/5908894/dragons-do...-any-one-gamer

The effect and damage done by of each of these parties will be combined until the creature is defeated. This will take multiple encounters, but all players who inflict damage on the Ur-Dragon will receive great spoils. The person who inflicts the final blow will receive the greatest reward of all, and all slayers of the Ur-Dragon will have their names and play times recorded in the hall of fame for bragging rights. Meanwhile, offline players will still be able to take on the Ur-Dragon alone, but will receive different rewards at the end.

[Tyrath]

Wait so is it only available in the online thing for a short period of time?

[Eleven19]

... So wait this game is online now again or what? I can't keep this shit straight. Thought the only online component was making NPCs and sending them to your friends?

[Doombear]

Definitely a bit confusing without more info on it...

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I assume it just has a global HP bar essentially. Basically I read that as if you are playing online, and you find this guy, the damage you deal to it will go into a global damage pool. If you are not connected and are offline you still get to fight him, it just isn't going to pay off as much. I don't know that you will even have any idea how much HP it has, and clearly it is going to wipe you and your party a few times. I imagine that one lucky SOB will just be wailing on it and bam, dead, luck of the draw.

[Katlan]

so its a super boss that hundred of people will die to in the process of weakening it

[Doombear]

That is my take on it!

For those of us MH'ers... I see this as an Elder Dragon pretty much. You will wipe to it a few times (hell maybe even repel it) and the next time you come back to it or find it its HP will be where it was last time. Enough of that and it will eventually drop dead. Main difference from a MH Elder Dragon is that it has players worldwide killing it at the same time in their own games. I really do think this sounds pretty badass. Also reminds me of FFXI World Bosses.

This also gives me hope that Capcom will treat this similarly to MH in regards to updates and downloadable bosses. If the price was reasonable I would pay for DLC of HUUUUGE bosses and extra quests like this. In the same breath it worries me though, knowing Capcom and their DLC history and the hate it has gotten them.

[Thiefami]

so its a super boss that hundred of people will die to in the process of weakening it

^this, really doesnt need much of an explanation as it was given one, and this was it.

[Doombear]

I liked this one. I haven't paid too much attention to the different looks for armor and weapons. I liked seeing some of those higher level pawns with their badass gear. Two weeks... goddamn it.

[Doombear]

Launch Trailer. Cannot wait! Trading Witcher 2 in today towards it.

[TacoTaru]

Launch Trailer. Cannot wait! Trading Witcher 2 in today towards it.

Coincidentally enough, that's exactly what I'm doing today after work. Was incredibly disappointed with Witcher 2; at least I'm only losing $10 on my purchase.

[Doombear]

Yeah, I finished it last night (Iorveth's path) just to see the ending. The Gamestop trade in offer is only good until this Sunday and I should get a trade in % on top of that so I figured why not. I am going to get much more play out of DD than I did with Witcher.

[Doombear]

Double posting to let people know that Capcom is going to be streaming some Assassin gameplay in two hours. 3PM PST over here at their Twitch TV Channel

[Kais]

mm finally have spare time from finals to dl, character creater carries over to full game? no bullshit advanced creator features in the full version? about to make myself and christina hendricks

[Doombear]

You should just make Christina Hendricks and Christina Hendricks. The more the merrier. Yes, they have stated that your main character and main pawn will be transferable to the full game. Not sure what you are asking about as far as the creator goes. I am sure the same character creator will be in the full game, but they are just letting you transfer from the demo "in case you have become attached".

The Capcom stream today was pretty cool to see. They were showing off the Assassin class and some of its skills. Some of them were pretty gruesome, in a very cool way. They were just tearing up bandits for a while. I like that you aren't locked into any one class. You may start as a Fighter or a Knight and hate it, so you just switch weapons/skills/etc. and start being a Sorcerer.