You might take one set of skills when you’re going after harpies in open fields and another set to face undead warriors in winding caverns. You can swap classes and equip different skills any time you’re in town, and choosing the right ones lets you capitalize on enemies’ elemental and tactical weaknesses. They range from quick archers that flit around the battlefield to sorcerers that are much less mobile but can summon tornadoes and meteors with lengthy incantations.
Each of its classes feels completely distinct from one another and from the classes in any other game. While most of the story isn’t anything special, combat in Dragon’s Dogma is fantastic. That being said, the story does go in some wildly unexpected directions at the very end, continuing even after it seems like you’ve beaten the game. So, you won’t exactly be playing Dragon’s Dogma because of its excellent story, but it’s still nice to see it commit so completely to its dorky premise, from its chivalrous dueling knights to the Renaissance fair patois that everyone you meet speaks in.
You play as the Arisen, the one chosen to slay a fearsome dragon by… uh, the same dragon. It takes place in Gransys, a land full of wizards, goblins, and all manner of other cliches. If you haven’t played it by now, it’s an unmissable game with an expansive world, a handful of concepts that I can’t believe haven’t been copied ad nauseam by now, and some of the best RPG classes ever.Īt first glance, Dragon’s Dogma looks like a pretty generic fantasy RPG. It also includes the Dark Arisen expansion, which has been standard in new releases of the game for years. If you’ve played the game before, this new release is exactly what you remember, plus a great handheld mode (and a few disappointing graphical hiccups). Recently released on the Nintendo Switch, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen gives the game yet another chance to finally get the audience its fans have been insisting it deserves for years. Dragon’s Dogma isn’t a new game, but seven years after its initial release, there’s still nothing else like it.
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