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The stories have nothing to do with each other, they are similar but in different worlds. Both DDDA and DD2 are very good games, DD2 has more simplified mechanics, it isn't worse for that though, the game is very good if you like games centered around exploration.
Didn't the latest patch add an option to start a new game without the need to delete your save?
It overwrites your previous save. It would be nice if they added additional character slots.
You can solo DD2, I think thief would be the best solo class, maybe fighter and warrior as well but they would require a lot of consumables, thief would not. I'll probably do a solo game after I finish my 2nd playthrough & NG+. This game is good enough to hold my interest for a long time.
That kind of breaks the main rule of a solo game.
You could just pseudo make character slots. All you have to do is backup your saves, delete your save files, start again. You can probably just switch between the two save backups. I don't know if they have checks so I'd recommend not using the start new game option from the menu. If anything that might invalidate your old save file if it has some kind of identification tag in it. Or it's possible that is the denuvo install check thing. Every time you switch out your character it will do an activation like check so don't do it more than once or twice a day. I heard people say deleting your save and starting a new game makes the game go through an activation (this was via proton IIRC), I also read someone who said they wiped their save multiple times (windows only) that didn't trigger any activation attempts, so I guess YMMV.
No, because it normally isn't that way. No need to be condescending
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Thank you
. Good to know, I'll have to snag this once it hits a decent sale!Yeah, come on, GoldenTiger, learn how to use Google. LOL.No, because it normally isn't that way. No need to be condescending
DD2 Feels more like a remake with an expanded story, even the title screen just says "Dragons Dogma", no 2 to be seen. The only reason I'd recommend playing the original first is because you could probably grab it super cheap to make sure you like the gameplay. If you don't think that is going to be an issue then I'd say jump right in to 2.
No, because it normally isn't that way. No need to be condescending
Thanks for clarifying, and sorry I misunderstood you.
Fanatical has it for $57.39 right now and the deluxe edition for $65.59. $57.39 for the "standard" edition appears to be the historical low price at this point.
Personally after a few patches I think it is worth the $70, as long as they fix the performance in Vermund. I bought it for like $50-60 as a pre-order from either fanatical or gamebillet, I started a 3rd playthrough now and have over 200 hours played. Any game that offers this much replayability is worth the price tag IMO, as long as it is fun.
The first game did use invisible walls to limit where people could go, unfortunately. I have not played 2 yet, so I don't know if they still used invisible walls. Other than that, it is as open as any other open world game out there. You're not artificially limited by character level, story progress, or anything else like that.
The severe stutter from launch has been "smoothed over" there is still stutter in Vermund, but there is limited combat there. I would say wait another patch or two, hopefully they completely fix it within a month or two. It still has performance issues, like my 4090 will pull over 400w while getting 45 FPS occasionally in Vermund lol (at 4K max settings).
It's open world. The 3rd big location however is locked behind part of the main quest, unless someone has figured out a way to get there without doing the quest, I would like to know if someone knows how. The 2nd big location can be accessed at any point in the game, on my 3rd playthrough I literally b-lined it to that area to get something right at the start of the game.
My first was around 90 hours, 2nd was around 110, not done with 3rd playthrough yet. If you were to do everything, I think you can stretch out a playthrough to around 200-250 hours, but by that time you're extremely overpowered I bet.