DO NOT BUY Dragon's Dogma 2 - VERY Disappointing

Hello and welcome back to a new video. So

recently I've been playing the brand new

Dragon's Dogma 2, and as an avid fan of

RPG fantasy games, I knew I just had to

play this game. Unfortunately, so far it's

been kind of bland, boring, and

uninspired. If I had to describe this game

very simply, it's kind of like a

combination of Elden Ring, Monster Hunter,

and The Witcher 3. It doesn't really bring

anything new to the table, it just kind of

combines all those games into one game and

copies and steals different elements of

those games and adds it all into one

thing. And what the result is— well, the

result is kind of lacking in luster. It is

a very bog-standard and plain Jane kind of

RPG fantasy game where you've got a

warrior, you've got a magician, you've got

like a rogue character, and you're in this

very stereotypical fantasy world that is

full of dragons and big monsters and

giants and ogres and griffins. So you

can't really expect anything original or

groundbreaking here if you're used to

fantasy settings and that kind of RPG

fantasy world. So the main selling point

of this game, I would say, is the fact

that there's no real fast travel. So

technically there is fast travel, but it

costs a lot of money to be able to use the

fast travel. And to use the fast travel,

you would just be wasting a lot of

resources that you could be spending on

actual useful items to upgrade your

character. So it's very, it's very unwise

to use the fast travel very much. So

there's only 2 ways to get around the

world because there's no mounts from what

I've seen so First, you can just walk and

run, and this takes a long time because he

runs very slowly and you're constantly

getting attacked by monsters on the way.

Or you can get into this cow-driven cart

thing, which is a bit faster than running

and there's less chance of getting

attacked, and you can kind of just go AFK

whilst the cart takes you to your

destination. And it's like the developers

of the game think it's such a great idea

to force the characters to run through the

world and have to experience the world

whilst constantly getting attacked by

monsters instead of just giving you a

flying mount or instant travel that's free

to use like most games have. They want to

force you to go through the world by foot,

on foot, and have these unscripted events

where these big monsters attack you

randomly. And it's supposed to be like

this spontaneous thing where you don't

know what's gonna happen on your

adventures or on your journey. This big

thing might come and attack you, and then

you set up a campfire, and then it might

attack you again at night. And it's

supposed to be like this element of

surprise and randomness that makes it

exciting. And to be honest, I didn't

really find it exciting or fun. I I just

found it kind of annoying because every

time you're trying to get to your

destination, you're constantly being

harassed and attacked by these stupid big

monsters that seem like some kind of

scripted boss event, but it's not a boss

event. And you might think that sounds

pretty cool, but do you remember playing

Final Fantasy, the old ones where it was

turn-based and you were trying to get

somewhere, and then whenever you move in

the open world, a random battle would just

start and that swooshing effect happens

and it goes into the loading screen, then

you've got to waste all this time fighting

a bunch of trash mobs, and then you defeat

them and then exits the loading screen.

And that would happen every time you took

10 steps. A stupid random battle would

happen and then just disrupt you from

getting to where you're trying to go.

Well, that's what Dragon's Dogma is kind

of like, but just without the turn-based

combat mechanism. And it's just kind of

annoying and frustrating. Everything's

trying to get in your way when you're

trying to get somewhere. Do you remember

in Witcher 3, one of the early boss

battles was when you had to hunt down some

kind of griffin and track it down and

attack it, and then it flies away and then

you track it down again? Well, Dragon's

Dogma 2 is kind of like that but reversed.

So instead of you doing the tracking and

hunting, the griffin is tracking and

hunting you. So it would follow you, it

would randomly attack you, then run away,

and then it would come back and attack you

again when you think you're safe in a camp

at night. So it's not really new or

original, it's just taken something from

The Witcher 3 and then flipped it around.

The combat system is also extremely

sluggish and slow. So if you're a Dark

Souls player maybe you'll like this

because the character moves like an old

granny, but I like my characters in my

video games to be very responsive and move

as soon as I press the button. But the

movement and the combat animations in this

game are extremely sluggish and slow.

It's not really a hack-and-slash game

where you can just button mash. You really

got to time your attacks and time your

rolls and parries and dodges. And if you

like that kind of gameplay, maybe you

don't care, but I don't really feel like

that kind of gameplay is exciting or fun.

It's just annoying and frustrating to move

character when he's so slow. It just kind

of feels like it's trying too hard to be

like Elden Ring, and for some reason it

falls kind of flat on its face because

it's just— for some reason it doesn't have

the magicalness of Elden Ring. It just

doesn't have that amazing musical score

going on in the background, doesn't have

the amazing landscapes, it doesn't have

the really cool looking medieval castles

off in the background that you can get

closer and closer to and then eventually

explore. It just doesn't feel as epic and

grand as Elden Ring, and the story is just

not as interesting as something like The

Witcher 3. So it's kind of like a

combination of those games, but not as

good as those games. So the game focuses

heavily on this concept of risk and

reward. So for example, using fast travel

is extremely safe, but it's extremely

costly. So if you choose the most safe

option, it's going to cost you the most

resources. And then walking on foot is

free, but it's the most dangerous option

because you're exposed to the monsters and

the danger of the world. And then there's

kind of like a middle ground where you get

in the cart, it's not free but it's not

that expensive. It's not risk-free but

it's less risky than going on foot. So you

constantly have to weigh up these pros and

cons of every option that you're available

to choose in the game, and some people

might find that enjoyable and satisfying.

I personally find it really annoying

having to constantly calculate the risks

and the pros and cons of everything I do

in the game. It's kind of annoying. So

unfortunately, for those reasons, I can't

really give this game a very high score.

It's mediocre at best, and I'll give it

6.2 out of 10. It's also a very expensive

game. £55 for a brand new game is pretty

much the norm these days for a new AAA

modern game, but I would expect a little

bit more from my brand new AAA modern

game. If you've never played Elden Ring or

The Witcher 3, I'd recommend you play

those games first instead of Dragon's

Dogma 2. But if you've already played

Elden Ring and Witcher 3 and you've

already finished them and you want

something new, then I guess Dragon's Dogma

2 is probably the best next thing that's

out nowadays, and there's not really much

other competition that can come close to a

really immersive epic fantasy RPG kind of

experience. But it's really just more of

the same that we already know, and I don't

really feel like the game brings much new

to the table. The graphics and the visuals

are okay. They don't really blow you away

or anything. They just kind of look okay.

They're not amazing. They don't really

blow my socks off. So I would recommend

maybe wait for the game to come down a bit

bit in price, maybe when it's on a sale,

20%, 30%, maybe even a 40% discount,

then I can definitely say that you'll be

getting good value for your money for what

the game is. But I still feel like the

game is a tiny bit too expensive for what

you get. Maybe the game is like a 200-hour

massive RPG slog of a game, but I don't

really see myself really feeling like I'm

enjoying the game so much that I really

want to dedicate 200 hours into the game

like I did with Elden Ring. So

unfortunately, yeah, I feel like they

nearly had something good here, but they

kind of missed the mark, only by a small