Accumulating years as a video game player ends up giving you a lot of experience, which usually translates into a much greater knowledge of your own tastes (you are clearer about what you like), a much larger range to compare new releases and more options when it comes to to get carried away by nostalgia.
Not long ago I shared a reflection about the stories of Battlefield and Call of Duty, those campaign modes that have been so mistreated and how expendable they are in a time when multiplayer PVP experiences prevail. At least in appearance, because then they are games like Skyrim, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Baldur’s Gate 3, Elden Ring and more recently Dragon’s Dogma 2those who take the greatest laurels.
The last mentioned video games share a common denominator: they belong to the open-world action and role-playing genre. They are my downfall and I am very careful when starting one of these. I was unlucky not to end up agreeing with the proposal of Running Studiossomething I appreciate without being too proud.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 and memories of Vietnam
Dodge the bullet Baldur’s Gate 3 It was not enough. I haven’t had such luck with Dragon’s Dogma 2, a video game I definitely had no plans to get into. I am not exaggerating when I say that I have only seen one trailer and that I am completely ignorant of the franchise. I believed that ignorance was a good defensive wall, but it has ended up being a siren song into which I have definitely fallen.
After finishing replaying Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, I decided to install Fallout 4 (waiting for the PS5 update) and Fallout 76. It was the worst decision I could have made because I wanted to live another role-playing adventure. I thought about starting again Skyrim, but I ended up discarding the idea for a good reason: I had to stop playing at the time because it almost cost me my studies. It’s not a figure of speech. To this day I still don’t know how I got my Bachelor’s degree and ended up entering a Philosophy degree.
And although Skyrim It didn’t end up being responsible for me abandoning my degree during the second year (it was video games in general), it certainly had a huge part to blame for the fact that the road to that point was much longer and with more headaches. I was always responsible enough not to have a real problem, but I obviously spent more hours than recommended as Dovahkiin.
I remember weekends when my PS3 and PS4 consoles barely turned off or entire nights watching my cousin progress in his game. Skyrim completely absorbed me on Fridays and before I knew it it was Monday morning. Imagine the pagan party he put on when there were holidays.
Later, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and The Division 1 & 2 would make me repeat all those 15-20 hour sessions in a row. I remember my stages in Skyrim with great affection, but I definitely cannot and should not repeat them. In fact, I never played again. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition
Now, Dragon’s Dogma 2 It’s making me feel a lot of the same things as Skyrim y The Witcher 3. Something very positive for me! It means that I have connected with the game, something that did not happen with Baldur’s Gate 3. I started playing last Sunday morning, March 24, and went to bed with just over 10 hours of play. I have spent the entire week playing and at the time of publishing this review I will have exceeded 30-40 hours. And I have no intention of stopping until I get every last drop of enjoyment out of it.
It has fascinated me and I don’t want to merely pass it by. I really want to discover the entire map, find secrets, learn their stories, improve all classes to the maximum, train my pawn so that it is powerful and can help other players, and get to compete with the most powerful enemies in the game. Right now my level is around 30 and I still don’t have the courage to raise my sword against the dragons.
The worst thing about all this is that I know that I cannot achieve everything mentioned in 60, 80 or 100 hours… and precisely that gives me enormous pleasure. I’m 30 hours in and I’m still as lost as the first day. I’ve only maxed out the Fighter and Warrior classes, and I’m looking forward to getting the Archer because they’ve told me great things. The only thing I want to do is play Dragon’s Dogma 2 with some breaks to do specific things in Skull and Bones and Helldivers 2.
My job is not in danger, but it might as well be if I haven’t gained a few points in responsibility and common sense over the years. Nor will I deny that I feel a little respect when facing these types of mammoth experiences. I have a great predisposition (or weakness, call it what you want) to be caught in a way that others like Helldivers 2, Remnant 2, Destiny 2 and The Division 2 have not managed to achieve. That’s not saying something! And yes, there are a lot of two on my PS5, I’ve also noticed.
Now that I have shared my thoughts and experiences, I would like to know yours. Does the same thing happen to you with certain video games?Skyrim He hit you as hard as a server? Are you enjoying Dragon’s Dogma 2? I encourage you to tell your stories in comments, whether or not they have to do with the mentioned video games. I read you!
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