Most Japanese RPGs these days are depressingly linear.
They're called Pawns, and you can edit their appearance and even their personality. You can, of course, also edit your own appearance.
We watched producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi, who has previously worked on the Devil May Cry series, take down an enormous golem. The combat was reminiscent of an MMO like World of Warcraft; a mixture of melee attacks, offensive spells and support magic. As he tackled the monster his Pawns would heal him.
Occasionally we'd see the hero jump on top of the golem and attack glowing weak spots. Shadow of the Colossus, anyone? We thought it was a boss battle, but the golem fight is actually
a random encounter. Indeed, as you wander the huge world map you'll regularly come across monsters to kill and quests to do.
Dragon's Dogma doesn't look quite as essential as Skyrim, but it's good to see Japanese developers attempt something this ambitious. It does share a lot of similarities with Bethesda's game, though.
The main city is enormous and filled with hundreds of non-player characters who follow their own routine depending on the time of day. It also boasts hundreds of quests that will take an age to clear.
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Comments
7 comments so far...
lonewolf2002 on 7 Jan '12 said:
Keeping an eye on this, is this for PC too? I thought it was console only so do you know something we don't CVG as you have added PC to the formats?
metallicorphan on 7 Jan '12 said:
when Capcom went nuts last year and announced a s**tload of games,this one was the one i was most excited in,it looks fantatsic,i am hoping CAPCOM don't screw it up
p**sed off that we (EU)have to wait again with North America getting it in March while we get it in May...i am still waiting to get Metal Gear Solid HD collection that is released next month but was out last November in NA,i thought this only happened in the early 2000s with Final Fantasy games!!
k-mysta on 7 Jan '12 said:
cvg your player is digitally impaired.i think thats pc
stealth on 8 Jan '12 said:
SWEET f**king GOD
capcom SAID THIS WAS NOT AN RPG.
PERIOD
ITS AN ACTION ADVENTURE GAME. IVE SEEN THIS THING AN RPG IT AINT
ptechg on 9 Jan '12 said:
How do you know it won't be quite as essential as Skyrim? From what I've seen in the forums Skyrim has left a lot of angry players due to buggy performance/gameplay issues. Perhaps Dragon's Dogma will fair better.
Legend Turtle on 10 Jan '12 said:
Western style dragons - plump bodies and with big wingspan.
Everyone seems to be dragon mad at the moment.
I would guess capcom are going for a westernised version of monster hunter; and not sure what they mean by not an rpg- it's got all the classic rpg traits; open world, fantasy setting and character creator, the only thing that it might not have is levelling, which i think would be a shame to leave out.
Dralel on 14 Jan '12 said:
No this is not for PC, CVG has made a mistake.