Dragons Dogma

[ANGRYWOLF]

Anyone interested in this game ?
It's being likened to being a combination of Skyrim and Dark Souls.

Here's the official website:

http://www.dragonsdogma.com/

and a youtube video about the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YimwPf0Fr3A

It certainly looks very good.We'll see if it's up to the hype.

[Hakumen]

Dragons’ Dogma videos show a fight with an Ogre, the undead

Capcom has released two new videos for Dragon’s Dogma, its open-world RPG slated for release on PS3 and Xbox 360. The first one, called Phantom and Ogre shown at Captivate 2012, shows the integration between combat, graphics and cooperation with your Pawns. Watch below as the main character and Pawns faces off against a group of phantoms and a rampaging Ogre. The second video shows the group go up against the undead. There’s also two bits of artwork below. Game’s out May 22.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/10/drag...e/#more-249672

[Hakumen]

Comic-styled video tells the story of Dragon’s Dogma

Capcom has put out a new video for Dragon’s Dogma, which gives you the story behind it in detail. The video plays like a moving comic book, and is rather cool to be fair. It looks as though it’s the first in a series of videos, because at the end, it says “to be continued.” Watch for yourself below. Dragon’s Dogma will release on PS3 and Xbox 360 May 22 in the US and on May 25 in the UK.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/13/comi...a/#more-250939

[Hakumen]

Dragon’s Dogma encourages you to grab

The latest gameplay video for Dragon’s Dogma shows off the combat’s core conceit – the ability to climb all over your monstrous foes, seeking weakpoints and changing their behaviour.

Note that you can also grab smaller enemies and throw them; latch onto flying enemies to traverse the terrain; and use cloaking effects to damage enemies by clinging to them.

Dragon’s Dogma, an epic action RPG for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, is due in May.

Thanks, Evil Avatar.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/16/drag...b/#more-251082

Dragon’s Dogma demo releasing on April 24

Capcom has announced that a demo for upcoming RPG Dragon’s Dogma will be releasing next week.

The demo will be available for download via the Xbox Live Marketplace and the US PlayStation Store on April 24. The EU PS Store will receive it on April 25.

The demo will feature two of the game’s classes – the Fighter and the Strider. Each of them will be playable in separate encounters. The fighter encounter is a Prologue quest which takes place before the events of the main game, and the Strider quest is one set in the open plains surrounding the capital of Gransys. Each encounter features a boss fight at the end of the level.

The demo will allow you to create your own hero using the game’s character creation tool and it can be exported over to the full game when it releases this May for PS3, and Xbox 360.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/17/drag...4/#more-251286

[ANGRYWOLF]

well that's nice.I am really looking forward to this game.Not thrilled about the pawn system/players interchanging pawns but if it's not a requirement to do so then I guess I am ok with it.

[Hakumen]

Dragon’s Dogma gameplay video features an irritable cockatrice

Capcom has released a video for Dragon’s Dogma, showing a rather upset cockatrice. It’s up to you and your Pawns to subdue the magical, two-legged dragon with a rooster’s head before it turns everyone around it to stone. A demo for the game lands on PS3 and Xbox 360 starting April 24 and the game is out in May. Thanks, Machinima.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/17/drag...e/#more-251479

Chapter 2 of Dragon’s Dogma digital comic released

Capcom has released the second video in its digital comic series for Dragons’ Dogma. It’s posted below. The series has been divided into four chapters which highlight the background conflict behind the tale of Arisen Savan. Game’s out in May.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/19/chap...d/#more-252368

[Hakumen]

Dragon’s Dogma’s Itsuno: asynchronicity and the Pawn

The Dragon’s Dogma demo is almost upon us. What better time to check out the RPG’s revolutionary asynchronous multiplayer and character customisation?

There’s been little buzz around Dragon’s Dogma since its surprise announce a year ago, but you can expect that to change rapidly. The Dragon’s Dogma demo is due in console network updates this week, which is as early as tomorrow in some territories. It includes two missions as well as the game’s character customisation suite, and players can export their Arisen and Pawn demo builds to the full game.

The game’s director, Hideaki Itsuno, is rightfully proud of how extensive this customisation is. Running me through the character creator, he showed off an astounding range of options. Forget hairstyles and facial features – in Dragon’s Dogma, you choose height, weight, shape, muscle, age, limb length, stance and posture, and many of these decision affect gameplay in meaningful ways, like equip loads and NPC reactions. The patented amount of variation on offer goes far beyond any other game I can think of, and yet Capcom has made it work with all the equipment and clothing in-game, as well as building cut-scenes which cater to both extremes of height and width.

For many players, this level of personalisation is unnecessary – they’ll just grab a preset and go – but Dragon’s Dogma gives you a very good reason to bother in the form of asynchronous multiplayer elements.

The player takes on the role of the Arisen, but is accompanied by a party of three AI companions called Pawns. One of these is created by the player, while the others are recruited ready-made from the NPC population roaming the game world, or by summoning from the Rift. Here’s where things get really interesting; if you’re online when you enter the Rift, you can browse and summon Pawns made by other characters – although they won’t become unavailable to their owners.

Every time your Pawn is chosen, you’ll be automatically rewarded with currency used to summon high-level Pawns for yourself, as well as a gift item and possibly even a whole new set of equipment. Pawns will come back from adventures with other people with knowledge of quests and enemies, gradually building up an encyclopaedia of information which makes it even more valuable to other players.

A popular Pawn will appear in the top rankings of search results, which means it will be summoned more and more often – and bring home the bacon by the barrel. Rare items needed for crafting, sweet new gear from high level players, massive piles of moolah – a popular Pawn is a cash cow. The game supports all sorts of clever ways of promoting your Pawn, from extensive in-game search options to help players find effective companions, to built-in Facebook and Twitter sharing which show your gamertag or PSN ID to the world along with a screenshot.

Putting the pieces together now? If your Pawn looks like a total god damned badass, you’re going to be rolling around in wealth. You’ll want to invest some time in that customisation suite.

Why stop there?

At a preview session in Sydney recently, Itsuno was frustrated that, prior to release, he can’t properly show off the game’s unique take on network features (especially the bit where other players can send your Pawn back in a bikini, or, less trollishly, a nice new set of armour).

It’s obvious Itsuno and his team are aware of the sexiness of asynchronous multiplayer, lately popularised by the messaging, ghost and reputation systems of Demon’s Souls. What’s less obvious is why, with such a perfect set up for Monster Hunter style co-operative multiplayer, the team didn’t just go all the way.

“I didn’t really like that. I wanted to play when I wanted to play without having to worry about anybody else. But I still wanted to keep those network functions and the internet – that idea of multiplayer – in the game. This kind of indirect multiplayer is what I chose to do in the end. To still have that multiplayer aspect in the game, while being able to freely play whenever I want.”

It’s a compelling argument in favour of the single-player RPG of the future – personal, but connected – and it demonstrates the experience-first attitude that shines through all aspects of Dragon’s Dogma’s unusual design.

Dragon’s Dogma arrives on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on May 22 in the US and May 25 in Europe. Keep an eye out for more material from our time with Itsuno-san.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/23/drag...n/#more-252913

[.Mosh]

I am personally excited for the game, it's demo will be out as of the 24th April. I loved Skyrim as I am a big fan of the elder scrolls series. I haven't managed to play demon souls or dark souls. But I also read that it has essence of Monster Hunter style combat which is also enticing for me as I love that franchise to.

I am hoping that the game demo shows the final product some justice, rather than give it a bad impression.

[Hakumen]

Dragon’s Dogma video show various game scenes

Sony Japan has released a new video showing various scenes from Dragon’s Dogma. There’s loads of fighting, walking dramatically through town, chatting with peasants, and choosing which pawns will fight alongside of you. A demo for the game is out today on PS3 in the US and globally through Xbox Live Gold. The PS3 demo will land in Europe during the regularly scheduled PSN update tomorrow, April 25.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/24/drag...s/#more-253291

[.Mosh]

The demo was on the XBLM yesterday and the game was great, a few rough edges but then what game doesn't these days. It's a mash up of skyrim, monster hunter and demons souls so if you like them your going to like this.