I've been playing the game near nonstop for the past weeks or so. My overall thoughts on it is pretty positive but the game definitely got flaws. Still, it was an enjoyable for me and I can't wait for the sequel since Capcom says it'll become a franchise.

I'll start out with the positives. The combat in the game is enjoyable. Each vocation in the game got their own moves and hold quite well against anything in the game. The game world is huge and fun to explore. The boss fights in the game are also a joy. Fighting your first Cyclop or chimera is a blast. The monsters also all look quite nice.

However, you encounter the cyclops way too many time in the game compared to the other boss monsters and it's a bit of a letdown. It would've been fun having to fight more chimeras or griffons during the main quest.

I also found the game to have a weird sense of progression. It doesn't take long for you to go from killing goblins to slaying cyclops. It also felt weird when you start getting near the end to fight the giant dragon. It felt a bit too early considering the toughest thing you fought before was a black version of the chimera.

That said, the final fight with the dragon is simply wonderful. He's huge and just a blast to fight. It's a shame the game didn't have more boss fights like that. It's a shame because the game eventually gets really easy. Even the drake becomes really easy when you reach the post game. These boss fights just come at the wrong time and should've been mandatory before fighting the main dragon. There's a new game + but they don't really bump the difficulty or whatever so it feels like there's no point to it.

Well that's my thoughts on it. It was worth the price and I had a blast with it. It got plenty of flaws but it's still one of my favorite games this year. I can't wait to see what they add in Dragon Dogma 2.