It must be a daunting task for any developer to pitch a new open world RPG these days.

Freeform action

Dragons Dogmais, at heart, a classic hack and slash RPG.

These spots exist on smaller, bite-sized enemies, but larger monster have them too.

Pawn stars

Speaking of allies, its here whereDragons Dogmais perhaps at its best.

Theyll scour the environment for loot on their own volition, and theyre generally supremely useful in a fight.

In fact, if it wasnt for their endlessly repeating dialog, theyd be almost perfect.

The real magic, though, comes from the online options.

With no input from you, your pawns can be downloaded into otherDragons Dogmaplayers games.

Sadly, though, the actual quests you go on arent all that interesting.

There are also quests that relay on visiting certain locations without providing much in the way of direction.

These are, apparently, found in some catacombs.

Its crazy, especially as quest destinations are often nowhere near the place you receive them from.

UnlikeDark Souls atmospheric, original, yet stoic feel,DDdoesnt really possess much character.

This isnt helped by some truly awful character textures, and shonky animation in places.

And yeah, theResident Evil 6demo is a nice dish to get on the side as well.

Rating:

4 out of 5