Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Pros: Overall it is a very fun game and RPG. Combat is very immersive and playing any class you want at any time keeps the game fresh. Cons: A HUGE PROBLEM is that the pawn rental system does not work with this game as it is current bugged with gog or capcom having no interest in fixing it. If you are truly interested in purchasing DD, I'd suggest going through steam as they have fixed the bugs and rental system fully.

This is the very best open world RPG game if we were to take The Elder Scrolls out of the equation. This is not the meta "perfect" game, but it has things in the game other RPGs could only dream of having. The character creator is one of the best you'll see in a video game, you can create anything from the fat to thin, elderly to child, choosing multiple voices, builds and heights. Your chosen character can then be seen in the real time cutscenes. The gameplay is simply addicting and amazing where the combat is fast, fluid and responsive, whilst also having a variety of enemies you are forced to change your approach to match their weaknesses. An example would be flying harpies where melee isn't as great as a ranged attack or using that one ability that lets you jump high in the sky for Read more

I`m in the middle of this on the Steam version. This is a 3rd person rpg where you are the "Arisen" and must go and slay some Dragon that`s causing lots of aggro in a long quest. You can completely design how you look, black, white, male female). You have 3 basic classes Sword/Bow and magic which further advances into 6 later. There are lots of items, weapons and clothes to pick. The game doesn`t really explain why, but there are a bunch of people who never really die who are called "Pawns". They look and act Human, but don`t really have much self will. And because you are the Arisen, you get a free personal pawn Helper. This Helper serves you no matter what, you can make it whatever class you want, even how it will speak (it uses a great varied audio speech system) and even their Read more

If you let it, this game will keep you up all night. The enemies will not level with you, this makes some areas of the game virtually inaccessible from the onset of the game. That being said, you shouldn't need any grinding if you walk to everywhere you need to go, rather than use ferrystones to fast travel, and explore the world. There's a large area on the bottom left part of the map that the main story won't lead you to and as I recall only one side quest has you travel through. If you like games where exploration is encouraged but not forced then you'll love this world. Here's wishing you luck for now, and countless lifetimes come to pass.