I havent played this yet, but after all the patches people are saying this game is mid and not the sequel it should have been. Can anyone confirm, apparently theres like hardly any enemy variety?
Does the endgame get as wacky and anime as shit like the first game?
It’s basically a reboot of the base DD in almost every aspect; without Dark Arisen. The enemy variety is technically the same as base DD; they added some, but removed some at the same time. There’s some enemies they slightly change and call them something else, but they’re essentially glorified reskins with different behaviors/animations.
But everything that made DD so addictive in the first place, is all here and improved. The gameplay is sublime with the best combat you’ll ever experience in an open world fantasy game, No question. The pawn system has only improved upon the OG too. There’s still OP vocations, but as Cyber mentioned before, this game is more a power fantasy. It’s meant to warrant multiple playthroughs and becoming more efficient with your builds, therefore it can become easy and just plow through any enemy the game currently has, even post game.
In terms of story going all anime-like, I’d say it’s more or less the same; Some parts or more grounded while other parts still have the “drama” and attempts to go deep (but really doesn’t). Figuring out how to get the real ending/post game is a bit cryptic compared to the first.
My two big gripes that I genuinely felt let down on after completing it the first time, there’s technically no overly massive dungeons. There’s tons of ruins, caves galore and sites, but don’t expect any legacy style dungeons or a deep BBI dungeon dive. Second thing, is the nerfing of gear and the ability to mix and match armor and clothing, but that’s a hard nitpick being mostly a cosmetic thing. That goes with female animations too.. There are none. Everyone moves like a man, or an ogre of a man.
Is it the sequel that, if Itsuno had only one chance to fix everything and go all out as if it were his last game? It is not. Is it still a brilliant game to stand as it’s own and will most likely have a giant dlc and a sequel now? Most definitely. It’s a new beginning for DD. Capcom acknowledges it now as being a main Capcom pillar now, standing with RE, Street Fighter and Monster Hunter.
It’s still easily my GOTY as of now. However, if not in a hurry to play, maybe wait till the DLC that, according to the big Capcom leak, should come end of this year. Like Shadow of the Tomb Raider, it really feels like a good bit was trimmed solely to get a base game out and sell the remaining to us as DLC.
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