Dragon's Dogma 2

Item: Dragon's Dogma 2
Rating: 63
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-12-19

Summary

Rewarding exploration and vast world
Unique and immersive pawn system
Engaging and polished combat
Poor story and narrative execution
Limited enemy and boss variety
Repetitive and unengaging quests

Emotions

Frustration31%Disappointment16%Excitement11%Satisfaction8%Enjoyment6%

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1,597

73%

27%

343

63%

37%

Sample precision
Helpful reviews: 69%
Unhelpful reviews: 31%
Protest reviews: 0%

63%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
37%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1310
Negative points: 1475
Gameplay points: 1367
Perf. points: 260
Rec. points: 273
Misc points: 15

Point	Description	Importance
Rewarding exploration and vast world Description The game's open world is expansive, visually stunning, and filled with secrets, encouraging organic exploration and discovery. Limited fast travel and hidden quests further enhance immersion and replayability. Importance 96%	The game's open world is expansive, visually stunning, and filled with secrets, encouraging organic exploration and discovery. Limited fast travel and hidden quests further enhance immersion and replayability.	96%
Improved sequel with refined mechanics Description The game builds on its predecessor with significant improvements in graphics, combat, pawn AI, and world design. Players appreciate the modernized gameplay while retaining the charm of the original. Importance 66%	The game builds on its predecessor with significant improvements in graphics, combat, pawn AI, and world design. Players appreciate the modernized gameplay while retaining the charm of the original.	66%
Unique and immersive pawn system Description The pawn system is a standout feature, offering AI companions that learn, adapt, and interact with players in meaningful ways. It enhances replayability, emotional attachment, and strategic depth, while fostering a sense of community through shared pawns. Importance 60%	The pawn system is a standout feature, offering AI companions that learn, adapt, and interact with players in meaningful ways. It enhances replayability, emotional attachment, and strategic depth, while fostering a sense of community through shared pawns.	60%
Engaging and polished combat Description The game's combat system is widely praised for its fluidity, weight, and variety, with dynamic interactions against large monsters and diverse enemy types. Players highlight its satisfying mechanics, strategic depth, and accessibility for both casual and hardcore audiences. Importance 58%	The game's combat system is widely praised for its fluidity, weight, and variety, with dynamic interactions against large monsters and diverse enemy types. Players highlight its satisfying mechanics, strategic depth, and accessibility for both casual and hardcore audiences.	58%
Engaging story and emotional depth Description While not universally praised, the story is noted for its emotional impact, engaging twists, and satisfying true ending. Side quests often add more depth than the main narrative, contributing to a memorable experience. Importance 56%	While not universally praised, the story is noted for its emotional impact, engaging twists, and satisfying true ending. Side quests often add more depth than the main narrative, contributing to a memorable experience.	56%
High replayability and mod support Description The game offers extensive replayability through diverse vocations, hidden quests, and emergent gameplay. Mods significantly enhance the experience, addressing issues and adding new content, making it a long-term investment for players. Importance 44%	The game offers extensive replayability through diverse vocations, hidden quests, and emergent gameplay. Mods significantly enhance the experience, addressing issues and adding new content, making it a long-term investment for players.	44%
Exceptional character customization Description The character creator is highly detailed, offering unmatched freedom in customization for both players and pawns. This feature is frequently highlighted as one of the best in the genre, adding depth to role-playing. Importance 24%	The character creator is highly detailed, offering unmatched freedom in customization for both players and pawns. This feature is frequently highlighted as one of the best in the genre, adding depth to role-playing.	24%
Emergent gameplay and sandbox freedom Description The game encourages creative playstyles and emergent storytelling, with physics-based interactions, environmental traps, and unscripted events. This sandbox approach prioritizes player agency and personal experiences. Importance 20%	The game encourages creative playstyles and emergent storytelling, with physics-based interactions, environmental traps, and unscripted events. This sandbox approach prioritizes player agency and personal experiences.	20%

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