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[TintoConCasera]

Just wanted to bring this to your attention: Dragon's Dogma Online has been revived, it's fully playable and currently has multiple servers that offer different approaches to the game:

• DDON Server: basically the closest to the original.
• Dogma Rising: smaller server, with a few more custom tweaks. They've blunt some of the MMO grindiness to give a more pure Dragons Dogma experience. Leveling seems faster, and money/blood orbs seem more readily available.

I've tried Dogma Rising for a little bit and I was pleasantly surprised to realize that it plays and feels just like the original Dragon's Dogma. The server seems to be constantly being worked on and getting updates. Just recently they added the Bitterblack Maze.

If you want to try it out, just follow the instructions here (go to Public Servers section). It's very easy, just dowload, set which server you want to play on, make an account (just username and password, doesnt even require an email) and play.

I'm very excited for this. DD2, while fun, was disappointing to me due to the lack of challenge, dungeons and monster variety. Don't know about the challenge but DDO seems to have lots of different locales and a way bigger bestiary than any of it's predecessors. It also has some unique vocations like the Alchemist, who punches stuff with gold, or the High Scepter, which seems to be some kind of blend between melee and magic.

It also was directed by Kinoshita, who also was the director of Dark Arisen, so I'd expect quality stuff here.

Anyway, very excited to be able to play more Dogma. Hope my GAF dogmabros jump in and give it a try.

 

[AJUMP23]

Can you ride a dragon.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Can you ride a dragon.

They might ride you if you aren't careful!

Nah just kidding. Yeah you can climb on monsters just like in the other Dogma games, but I think it's a bit more difficult in this one probably to balance it.

 

[struggler_guts]

Oh snap this is an official thing!? Never heard of it!

 

[TintoConCasera]

Oh snap this is an official thing!? Never heard of it!

It's anything but official! Capcom havent given a single fuck since they closed their online division.

But yeah, thanks to the talented and hardworking fans we can finally enjoy this game, translated, and even balanced for single-player if you so desire.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Lil' bump for visibility. Won't do it again, promise.

 

[Jigsaah]

Is this something like that server system that let me play Halo online with my friends out of state? What was it called? Xconnect? Something like that. So fans basically set up servers that allow you to play the game online in multiplayer?

That's kinda sick.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Is this something like that server system that let me play Halo online with my friends out of state? What was it called? Xconnect? Something like that. So fans basically set up servers that allow you to play the game online in multiplayer?

That's kinda sick.

Yeah! You can play the game whenever and even use the multiplayer features. People running the server say that money is no problem, so I don't expect the server going down anytime soon.

 

[Jigsaah]

Yeah! You can play the game whenever and even use the multiplayer features. People running the server say that money is no problem, so I don't expect the server going down anytime soon.

Do you have to mod the game at all?

 

[TintoConCasera]

Do you have to mod the game at all?

Not really. Just download the client, replace 2 files and that's it.

I was surprised with how easy it is.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Wow I forgot this was even a thing, crazy that it was abandoned since it would probably be successful if launched today.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Wow I forgot this was even a thing, crazy that it was abandoned since it would probably be successful if launched today.

AFAIK it was still a success even when they canceled it. Capcom just woke up one day and decided to pull the plug on their online division.

 

[Ferdimage]

Appreciate the thread OP, I remember playing DD-ON early days having to use a Capcom jp account, VPN and English patching the client on each update.
Loaded this last night and it was a breeze to setup, on the normal server I saw only 1 person online though, hopefully more people jump on.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Played a bit of this last month. It's the real DD2 IMO. Capcom was silly to not bring this to the West.

 

[TVexperto]

How "beginner friendly" is it for people who have never played DD?

 

[grvg]

Is it in English or is it in Japanese?

 

[MagiusNecros]

Is it in English or is it in Japanese?

Fan translation which is easy to install probably covers 90% or so.

 

[Seomel]

This is fucking great. Will check it out

 

[TintoConCasera]

How "beginner friendly" is it for people who have never played DD?

It could have a better tutorial, but it's not complicated. Only quirk is that instead of character level you level your vocation (class), and you can change it freely at the city.

 

[Larxia]

Wow really? I followed that project for a while but last time I checked (maybe a year ago, I think less) it seemed like it was years away from being really playable in a normal way, I remember you could play it alone but most stuff wasn't accessible, what happened for it to progress to a fully playable online build so quickly??
That's great news!

I played it 10 years ago, using a VPN to log in, and I couldn't understand anything japanese so I was kind of going blind, but still managed to progress quite a bit, until I couldn't play anymore because the vpn trick on the launcher stopped working and we had to stay connected to a VPN all the time.
It's really a shame this never released anywhere else. Will definitely try that!

 

[MagiusNecros]

Imma leave this here.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Been playing for a few hours and so far it's pretty good. There's not much of a story so far but who cares, the action is just as good as DD1 and the enemy variety is great, even just at the start of the game. The world seems way bigger than DD1's and it seems filled with places and dungeons. Good stuff.

Only thing I'm missing is more verticality in the dungeons, loved climbing everywhere in the other Dogma games. But who knows maybe there'll be some of that later on.

 

[Plague Arisen]

Does it have controller support?

 

[TintoConCasera]

Does it have controller support?

Yeah of course! It plays just the same as the other Dogma games.

 

[Kumomeme]

They're masterworks, all. You can't go wrong!

awesome. gonna check this out later.

 

[TintoConCasera]

They're masterworks, all. You can't go wrong!

I swear that guy's cousin works at the inn in the main hub in DDON.

awesome. gonna check this out later.

Yeah! Every DD fan should. Game's amazing and my favorite part is how, unlike in the other games, it manages to keep the challenge even after reaching level 40. Just last night I was playing and got wrecked by one of those, even when it was like 4 or 5 levels below me.

Spoiler

 

[RafterXL]

Nice. I was always upset this never saw the light of day in the States and unless DD2 gets an expansion that gets it up to par with the first game, I'll probably never touch it again. This will scratch that itch.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Nice. I was always upset this never saw the light of day in the States and unless DD2 gets an expansion that gets it up to par with the first game, I'll probably never touch it again. This will scratch that itch.

For me, DDON is the true sequel and the game we should have gotten.

Huge map, tons of quests and dungeons, lots of different enemy types, good challenge, great music, 11 vocations and all of them usable by pawns.
Just amazing.

 

[Hudo]

Imma leave this here.

This should've served as the basis for DD2, man...

 

[MagiusNecros]

For me, DDON is the true sequel and the game we should have gotten.

Huge map, tons of quests and dungeons, lots of different enemy types, good challenge, great music, 11 vocations and all of them usable by pawns.
Just amazing.

It's the difference between Itsuno and Kinoshita.

Kinoshita directed Dark Arisen and DDON.

 

[TintoConCasera]

It's the difference between Itsuno and Kinoshita.

Kinoshita directed Dark Arisen and DDON.

I hope he takes the reins of the series and gives us a proper follow up.

After all, you can't spell Kinoshita without Kino.

 

[Gojiira]

The biggest crime was not simply making DDO offline and rebranding it as DD2, its a better sequel than we eventually got..

 

[MagiusNecros]

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