The issue is when you’re dealing with vocations like Magick Archer which rely on the Magic stat to deal damage but severely reduced Magic gains past level 100 (all vocations suffer from reduced gains past this point). It’s a ton of fun to be able to plan out the vocations your character will have at any given level from 1 to 200 and ensure they have the best possible stats for what you want said character to do. Unfortunately, having character progression work in this manner can be both heaven and hell for those who want to min-max. For example, while a Sorcerer is technically a Mage’s advanced class, it gains less physical stats (HP and Stamina) upon leveling up and can’t use any healing spells.
What’s neat about this is that while these jobs might be labelled as “advanced” they aren’t strictly better, especially when you consider that each vocation has a specialty that can’t be replicated by another and have the stat growths to match. At first, you only have access to three vocations - Fighter, Strider and Mage - but you gain access to three advanced and hybrid vocations apiece once you hit Level 10. Vocations are essentially the same as the Classes you could find in any other RPG, but the way they have an impact on your character’s growth and effectiveness in battle is what helps make them so memorable. The result is a unique title that is in a league of its own.ĭragon’s Dogma accomplishes this through two of its most unique mechanics: Vocations and Pawns. While that alone could make this game a worthy tribute, what truly makes Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen so great is that it seeks to build off of DS’ formula, rather than merely mimic it as so many titles have done in the past.
As much as I hate to make any reference to Dark Souls, it’s clear the overall aesthetic and combat are inspired by it. As such, while it would be easy to just end the review here, it would be irresponsible of me to not at least offer my take as someone who loves RPGs and has heard this game being hyped up for years.įirst things first: I finally understand the hype. Amusingly enough, this was actually my first time playing Dragon’s Dogma in any capacity.
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