PAWN COCKTAIL

DRAGON'S DOGMA 2 is an exceptional and sometimes infuriating RPG

- Fraser Brown

NEED TO KNOW

WHAT IS IT? An open-world RPG sequel full of weird companions and gargantuan monsters

EXPECT TO PAY $70

DEVELOPER Capcom

PUBLISHER Capcom

REVIEWED ON Intel Core i9-13900k, 32GB RAM, Nvidia GeGorce RTX 4090

MULTIPLAYER No

LINK dragonsdogma.com/2/

My journey through Dragon’s Dogma 2 has been a tumultuous one: glorious, thrilling, accidentally hilarious, frustrating, maddening—all the adjectives. It is one of my favorite RPGs, but also a huge pain in the ass. Whatever you feel about it by the end of your own adventure, I guarantee this is a game that will be talked about for a long time.

You are the Arisen, a soldier killed by a dragon, returned to life despite the absence of a heart. Whenever the dragon appears, a new Arisen also appears, their fates intertwined. The dragon is always destined to make an Arisen, and the Arisen is always destined to fight the dragon. Except this time there’s another claiming the title of Arisen, and with it the mantle of Sovran of Vermund—a monarch, essentially—kicking off a political conspiracy that weaves its way through countless fights with massive monsters.