Dragon's Dogma

Oh, seriously? I don't have a PC or Xbox, but I really like those games. Witcher 2 especially, since I saw that your choices can change a lot up until the very end. I saw a playthrough where a guy could've had a final fight with the Assassin of Kings, but because his youtube time was running out he just chose to leave the dude alone and venture off.

I also like that the relationship between the Witcher and that red head feels genuine and not forced.

...Also, the Witcher looks like a young Mel Gibson to me.



Get the fuck out of here! Haha~! I can't believe it. I remember hearing something about the Witcher and DRM in a good light, but I didn't expect it to be that. Now I wish I had a PC to buy the game on just to support them myself.

This kind of thing is the reason why I support primarily niche publishers like Aksys Games, XSeed and of course Atlus, because they clearly give a shit about the consumer and, due to their specialized marketing, are often very open and amiable in how they publish their games. I never would've guessed the people behind a big title like Witcher would go so far for consumer loyalty.
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Horrible business practices and reasons to buy Dragon's Dogma USED, if at all, aside, here's some random tips I've learned and want to share for people who are starting and need some help:

1. HAVE LONG RANGE ABILITY!!


2. PARTY CONSTRUCTION


3. DEMON'S SOULS TACTICS


That's it for now. Oh, and one last bit:
EX. TROLLS
Make sure to have at least two men in your party. If not, things can be a little trickier, since these guys target women first. I personally travel with an all female escort since I'm a pimp, and this bastard got real friendly with us. Since I'm a guy, I was able to leap onto it and attack it's weak point, it's head, with a bit more ease due to it being confused about which woman to slap first. My ladies did their thing as I shoved my justice stick into it's fucking forehead.
_Careful not to stay on this for too long. Like other enemies, it will eventuall just grab you and throw you off. The first time you meet one of these will likely be in the quest given to you by the head pawn guy in Gran Soren. In that case, don't even attack him up front if you can help it. The path you fight him on is too narrow and he will knock your ass off.
_However, he's dumb as shit, so if you say on a higher level of the winding stairs and fire at him from afar, he'll just take it in the face and keep running back and forth until you either plink him to death or he falls off to his death from being so retarded.

Scared to buy, don't trust reviews. Anyone can describe the game? Good? Bad? Online? Comparisons?

I'm really liking the game so far, very fun, action pack, a bit of thinking, and enviroment can make the diffrence in battle.

There ins't any online-multiplayer feature, you can summon other poeples characters but no co-op, sorta of a letdown, too some poeple, But i don't see the need for it. The island is pretty huge, they don't allow fast travel and it make the game feel alot more 'Free'.

Comparisions? Think, Demon's Souls mixxed with a bit of generic RPG, "Grabbing" is a huge feature to fighting the harder enemies, Ogers with armour can be mounted and if you reach its head, it will try and grab you, and either grab you or the helmet!!

So far, i've reached the first large city, explored every area around it, and completed 3-4 of the 'notice board' quests.
For me, this is easly a good buy, I reccomend it.

It's a pretty good game so far, but damn those moonlight flowers for not appearing for me at all.

Read MegaTenLove post up top pretty much sums up the game bits. I personally recommend this as well enjoying it quite well

Seriously. If you're a Monster Hunter Veteran (1600+ hours logged in all my games total, excluding portable third.), you pick a trick or two.

It's not the most 'user' friendly game if you're new to this type of thing, but the difficulty is just right hard enough to be called frustrating, since the 'restart' points are the absolute worst to come upon dying.

I play as a Strider, and I've gotta say. Playing a bowman if anything is still as OP as in Monster Hunter. Just like in Monster Hunter, you need to be prepared for everything.

This game is fantastic though!

Edit**: This is how Monster Hunter should've had its 'free-roam' unlike in Tri. It would've been nice to go to neighboring towns foraging nature for items while encountering unfriendly foes along the path. It was always a little lonely for me in that little shack in the bay.

You can tell which is a Moonlight flower because it will always have a bunch of butterflies (blue) flying around it. Can't tell you where to find them, though.

This game truly interests me. It's on my list, but it'll be a while before I actually get it.

I just ordered this game. The demo was pretty fun so hopefully the full game won't let me down.

Just beat the game. There are multiple endings (and a major troll ending), but the best ending is fantastic and really wraps everything up beautifully.

MAJOR TIP FOR BEST ENDING:
Once you defeat ----, you will find that you now have two new weapons and a special item in your inventory that looks like a sword.
KEEP THAT IN YOUR INVENTORY AT ALL TIMES!!!

When given the choice to walk towards ----- or walk back, go forwards and keep going. Don't worry about fighting them and just keep going until you trigger the final battle.

Then, just follow along with this video like this:

Spoilers in vid. Major spoilers.

So, who else beat the game? I'm kind of irritated I can't continue after the end ala Elder Scrolls, but I understand why. Can't say it's a bad thing considering the closure you get with the best ending. At least you can start over with all your items.

The plot was paper thin up until the utter mindfuck final sequence. Overall I really dug it, though I wish they would've given you more insight into certain characters' plots. In my playthrough several highly important subplots just kind of went no where in the grand scheme of things.

Dayum, you've already beat it... I'm still doing the quests Captain Maximil. gives you...

How can you have already beat it? I spent like 8 hours wandering the bloody fields. By the way, I'm level 30-something from being lost at night and being attacked by every god damn creature on the planet.

The worst night I ever spent was in the forest. It was almost pitch black, down to my last flask of oil, I just lost two of my pawns to water in the Watergod's Alter dungeon so it was just me and my main pawn which is a Fighter(Thank god her fighter volition is max'ed out, she's a fantastic tank), I was under attack by White Wolves and Saurians, ALL NIGHT LONG.

Also, is the any reason I ran into a stray dragon in the mountains? My pawns were freaking out like it was the 'main' dragon, which it clearly wasn't because of its size. I still had an impossible time fighting it. I was forced to flee.


None of the terms I said are spoilers. Matter of fact you can accidentally run into them if you're careless.

Also, Ranger Volition is so overpowered. Hard hitting, extremely high mobility and versatility due to "Instant Reset". Tenfold Flurry is basically a shotgun blast of arrows. Deathfire arrow just nukes all small targets, and comet shot is your handy dandy sniper rifle, exceptional stamina levels.

I cannot for the life of me reach this place. Even though I marked it on the map and followed it D: but the terrain..

Never mind.. found it

lol Yeah, that'll happen. It's why I bought a shit-ton of potent greenwarsh, large mushrooms, the advanced form of that red stuff, and 15 oil flasks. You can pretty much cheese the difficulty with 40+ of both restoring items.
Oh, and that dragon is always there. You aren't supposed to beat him, but you can. If you do, he hints at something very important. If you don't, then don't worry-
You'll get your chance.

Anyway, as for how I beat it so soon: I didn't focus on doing a lot (and I mean a LOT) of the side quests since I was starting to get frustrated with how little of the lore I knew in comparison to even common people, so I went gunning for story missions until I beat the game. I also didn't try maximizing a lot of affection from others except for the forbidden fruit of Michelle Ruff Duchess Aelinore.

Minor Edit: You know Michelle Ruff voiced BOTH Aelinore and Quina? SOB that woman is talented!

It's the kind of game that gives you as much as you invest, and so I only invested here and there while shooting for the end, which does explain almost everything.

Good thing I beat it too, since I can list some facts about the game after the ending. These aren't story related, just gameplay related:


Just remember guys: Character Affection is ESSENTIAL to the game. Make sure you choose one of the cast and get them glowing purple.
Believe me, you'll enjoy the game more once you got that trophy for maximizing your favorite NPC's affection.
My favorite is Mercedes for a slew of reasons, her attitude and voice being primary, but something happened that left me maximizing my second fave: the Duchess. 'S cool.

You can do this by going to the capital's inn and selecting one of the character-based escort missions off the notice board. I think the one in Cassardis also has a few, so keep an eye out there too, but mainly in the capital's inn since it seems to specialize in them. When a fight breaks out during the escort (and these mission can take you across the damn map, so you'll run into trouble), don't worry about hitting the escort since you can't damage them. They get hurt easily, though, so make sure you protect them and have a mage who can heal them. The mage AI will automatically focus on healing them once the fighting is thinned out or over.

You can also give them gifts of usable items, but I don't know how much that works. I've been shoving healing stuff into Madeline's face for an hour and she's not giving off a single glow, but after I chose to escort Mercedes from the inn I noticed her blushing hardcore and releasing so much purple she was practically begging for it.

-In order to get anywhere with Madeline you have to have escorted her to the strong hold WAY back in the beginning of the game. After meeting with the first pawn (that useless shit Rook) and going to the stronghold to be officially declared the Arisen by the pawns, you have to go back into the inn and she'll be there talking to herself. Talk to her, have a chuckle, stare at her cleavage, and accept whatever she says to escort her to the stronghold. Be sure to give her the money she asks for too.

Basically: Escort Madeline at the beginning of the game and give her the 1000 gold afterwards. Continue to converse with her as you progress and eventually get the personal quest involving an idol. Give her the Golden Idol.
There, you've just got yourself a busty waifu.

If you meet her in the capital and didn't escort her back then or you didn't give her the money, you're locked out of getting a special discount later in the game and from maximizing her affinity.
_The Golden Idol can be earned from the quest given to you by that rich douchebag up near the Demesne's gates. Help him get a family to leave their home, then eventually you'll see him talking with his pain in the ass daughter in their house. Accept to be her escort for the day, and do as she says.
Hide and Seek: She's in the inn next to the fireplace behind the inn keeper.
Thirsty: Just buy a flask of water and give it to her.
Race: DO NOT WIN THE RACE! Let her win the race.
After that you'll go back to her house, complete the quest, and can talk to the daughter who will reward you with the Golden Idol. Give that to Madeline for cleavage love.

Side note: You can also get a Broze Idol from the Dragonforged. Go there, and next to the seat will be the idol. You can give that to the other shop keeper to complete both idol-seeking quests.

EDIT: As it would turn out, there's an item you can get to instantly raise a person's affinity to max (and supposedly tie them into something down the line). It's called the "Arison's Bond". You can find it as a stone slate next to the gravestone at the end of the "Witch Hunt" Quest.
Bring it to the Black Cat forger guy so he can duplicate it, if you want. It's expensive to duplicate.

EDIT 2: I've found a helpful list of characters you can "romance" and what items you can gift them with to raise their affinity without giving them the Bond.
Though you should still give your chosen the Bond, in my opinion. If you love it...

Link: http://www.gamespot.com/dragons-dogma/forum/romance-guide-62926840/

My inn keeper disapeared on me now I can't change my class what the fuck

No worries. I heard that inn keepers can die, but they respawn in 7 in game days.

EDIT: I'm getting the Bradygames guide later this week, so I'll be able to help even more with questions and tips you guys or anyone might have. I dig this game so much I'm doing a third playthrough and using two flash drives to exchange my save file just so I can work through all the possibilities.

One important distinction I've discovered is with a story quest known as "Pride Before the Fall". Don't read below if you haven't gotten to this quest yet.

i fell the dragon and the game just got too fucking hard

.... I think my party is under level'd? Fighting Salomet was ridiculously hard. Actually, just even reaching the place was hard since the bandits were like 3-4 hits on me and I'm dead. Especially those arrow users.

I need to grind for some levels -_- Currently level 37.

No, you're the proper level for the quest. It's just ridiculously hard.

The game doesn't have a learning curve once you reach the Salomet quest. It suddenly juts into a dark ally and begins stabbing you in the face.

My advice: Just run past all the bandits. Don't worry about your pawns dying since they will respawn with you once you reach Salomet's boss area (where you fought the Gryphon your first time there). If they died on your way there you can aid them at that point.

Have at least one Ferrystone and a shit ton of healing items, preferably Potent Greenmarsh and Large Mushrooms since they are the cheapest of the good stuff.
_Don't try to use short range physical attacks on him. Magic is alright from what I've seen, but arrows are the real ass-pounder against him. Make sure your party is around your level or higher and that at least one of them is a brawler (shield+sword or two-hander) so they can fight off all the enemies he summons. Don't stay in one place and keep strafing him while you attack from a distance, otherwise you'll get knocked up into the air by an earth spike and get gang banged by enemies when you land.

This quest also introduces a painful skeleton enemy that I call the Shield Fucker (SF). SF skeleton enemies are like the common Fighter skeleton enemies but with full armor and a massive amount of health...and a cape. I don't think he spawns more than one at a time, and only does so once he's on his second health bar. These guys will tear into your pawns easily and keep running at you, making shooting magic/arrows at Salomet a bitch.

Keep consuming all the stamina regenerating items you have so you can dash between your fallen pawns and revive them. Once revived, the Shield Fucker will target them mainly. Forget the Fucker and focus only on strafe shooting Salomet and shooting or slashing any Skeleton Mages Salomet summons because they will heal him.
_Once you win, get the ring and use the Ferrystone to get the hell out of Dodge, because any enemies he summoned and you didn't kill will still be there.

I was an assassin when I did this quest and around your level (a bit lower I think). If you're quick to pull up the inventory and heal (which you need to be to survive the latter half of this game you're coming to), then you'll have an easier time with the bosses to come. Just remember that pulling up your inventory stops ALL action, so if you've got 40+ Potent Greenmarsh and 40+ Large Mushrooms you can last a decade in even the most difficult boss fight. It's how I beat the game.

Hope that helps, mate! I know how hard that jackass is.



Oh, so you're up to that part. I can't give any advice other than to keep saving and going back to the rest area where you can buy stuff from Madeline and the other shops.



All the advice I can give. Don't worry about saving a wakestone for yourself. Unless you plan to store it for another playthrough, you won't be needing it.
As far as I've seen, you can't use a wakestone in the final confrontation.

Thanks for the tips, but I've already beaten Salomet when I posted the above.

And the part when you said my pawns will re-spawn when they die... my main one didn't. Maybe that's because he already disappeared before I reached him? (fell off the cliff -_-)