{"id":53842,"date":"2013-05-14T02:05:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T00:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=53842"},"modified":"2014-03-19T12:32:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T10:32:59","slug":"how-dragons-dogma-dark-arisen-made-us-feel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/53842-how-dragons-dogma-dark-arisen-made-us-feel","title":{"rendered":"How Dragon&#8217;s Dogma: Dark Arisen made us feel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon&#8217;s Dogma: Dark Arisen is a boosted version of last year&#8217;s Dragon&#8217;s Dogma (as the name would imply).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not entirely a bundled DLC game, rather serving as an enhanced edition of the original which adds some great new tweaks, areas, items and monsters to kill; however, the gameplay and the story remains largely the same.<\/p>\n<p>That means it&#8217;s more of the same epic battles; more toppling of giant mythical creatures; more trekking across lands and encountering hordes of the same enemies; and definitely more of the contrived and laughable dialogue and apathetic story.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a glorious mix of good and bad, spectacular and annoying &#8211; but thankfully there are more positives than negatives.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out MyGaming&#8217;s original <a title=\"Dragon's Dogma review\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/39687-dragons-dogma-review-ps3.html\">Dragon&#8217;s Dogma review<\/a> here. Over on Metacritic, the game has a Metascore of 77 and 80 on Xbox 360 and PS3 respectively. On GameRankings, it sits with 77.39% and 80.78% on Xbox 360 and PS3 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In short, DD:DA adds the following to the original game:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New area &#8211; Bitterblack Isle &#8211; a massive new underground realm to explore featuring over 25 new enemies.<\/li>\n<li>More skills\/equipment\/augments<\/li>\n<li>Increased character customisation options<\/li>\n<li>Item appraisal<\/li>\n<li>Japanese voice over<\/li>\n<li>The Xbox version comes bundled with a second installation DVD which allows for smoother gameplay, which means no more lag.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we loved and hated about Dragon&#8217;s Dogma: Dark Arisen.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Reaction review<\/h3>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Taking down a massive beast by jumping and climbing up its back and then smashing it in the face<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kicked-ass.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53853\" alt=\"Kicked ass\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Kicked-ass.gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Every time a character says &#8220;aught&#8221; in yet another baneful conversation.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Shut-up.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53844\" alt=\"Shut up\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Shut-up.gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">When you forget to save, die, and lose 2 hours of gameplay.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Quitting-the-planet.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53846\" alt=\"i quit\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Quitting-the-planet.gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">When you try to remember what the actual plot of the game is.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ummm.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53848\" alt=\"ummm\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ummm.gif\" width=\"451\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">When someone comments about how easy the game is.<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Shut-up-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53855\" alt=\"Shut up\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Shut-up-2.gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">After playing for an entire weekend and not even getting close to finishing the main quest.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Stay-awake.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53856\" alt=\"Stay awake\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Stay-awake.gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Playing through all the post-game content.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ALL-THE-THINGS.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53849\" alt=\"ALL THE THINGS\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ALL-THE-THINGS.gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Finally being able to make attractive customised characters.<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Sexy.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53854\" alt=\"Sexy\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Sexy.gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nListening to your Pawns say the same thing over and over and over and over&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Be-quiet-tiffany.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-53851\" alt=\"Be quiet Tiffany!\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Be-quiet-tiffany.gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Realising that the game is actually way better than Dragon Age 2.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/shocked.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53847\" alt=\"Whaaaaat\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/shocked.gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Final verdict<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Approval-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53850\" alt=\"I approve\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Approval-2.gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, it&#8217;s cool.<\/p>\n<p>The story is flat, the graphics are good &#8211; and the Pawns are annoying as all hell &#8211; but in the end, the epic battles (boss and otherwise) and hours of content more than make up for its short-comings and will keep you coming back for more.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 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src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Dragons-Dogma-Dark-Arisen-screenshot-9-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/53842-how-dragons-dogma-dark-arisen-made-us-feel\/attachment\/dragons-dogma-dark-arisen-screenshot-10'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Dragons-Dogma-Dark-Arisen-screenshot-10-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More Dragon\u2019s Dogma news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/50264-dragons-dogma-dark-arisen-details-revealed.html\">Dragon\u2019s Dogma: Dark Arisen details revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/39687-dragons-dogma-review-ps3.html\">Dragon\u2019s Dogma review (PS3)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/37558-dragons-dogma-launch-trailer-prepares-you-for-battle.html\">Dragon\u2019s Dogma launch trailer prepares you for battle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/41646-2012-games-you-may-have-missed.html\">2012 games you may have missed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/37536-help-kill-the-ur-dragon-in-dragons-dogma.html\">Help kill the Ur-Dragon in Dragon\u2019s Dogma<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ought one care for this enhanced edition of 2012&#8217;s Dragon&#8217;s Dogma? Mayhaps. Mayhaps not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":53857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8698,9972,21,9966],"class_list":["post-53842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-dragons-dogma-dark-arisen","tag-dragons-dogma-dark-arisen-review","tag-headline","tag-reaction-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53882,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53842\/revisions\/53882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}