So iam at around 150h and just achieved my very last achievement and here are my thoughts:

THE CHAR EDiTOR iS AMAZiNG!!!

On a technical Gameplay perspective I must say overall it’s a great improvement from DD 1; I must admit the removal of a second weapon/skill layout hit me abit in the gut aswell- however if I think abt it in DD 1 u had 6 skills total as one of the buttons was assigned for jump at all times except you used dagger then it was the dodge button. With some of the skills integrated in the combos and attack patterns and the unique skill feature you got abt 5-6 skills pseudo equipped which balances it out. You need to think much more about your party configuration to balance things out. It is also nice for pawns to focus either on melee or ranged at all time.
I agree that the Enemy verity lacks as especially some of our fan favourites got removed as the Hydra.
Story wise I loved it 70h in; exploring the world mostly and slowly progressing main quests- but then suddenly the narrative came waay to fast to a halt and I would have preferred there be more quests in bakbatahl and quests that lead back to vermund- even though there are a lot of side quests that the game treats somewhat as main quests- I wished they would have been more tied together.

This Dragons incarnation certainly isn’t Grigori- in DD 1 you build a different relationship to the dragon- while in DD 2 your relation is more tied to the Watcher. The dragon only pops up during the end and I wished we spend more time together as I really like the voice actors work and would have preferred a multi stage last bossfight similar to DD 1 but alas…

The best DD 2 had to offer imo was the Sphinx and maybe a DLC about her would be actually really good!

The Endgame is the most disappointing- at first it made me drop my jaw in amazement until I realised it was just an amazing painting on a cardboarbox with a hollow inside.
I played so long because I simply wanted more- overall I loved it still…
But I must admit it wasn’t what I expected after the decade long wait and longing.

I am a total sucker for Dragons Dogma so I return to the first one and finish the rest of the achievements there until a (hopefully) amazing DLC releases that gives proper endgame.

So iam at around 150h and just achieved my very last achievement and here are my thoughts: THE CHAR EDiTOR iS AMAZiNG!!! On a technical Gameplay perspective I must say overall it’s a great improvement from DD 1; I must admit the removal of a second weapon/skill layout hit me abit in the gut aswell- however if I think abt it in DD 1 u had 6 skills total as one of the buttons was assigned for jump at all times except you used dagger then it was the dodge button. With some of the skills integrated in the combos and attack patterns and the unique skill feature you got abt 5-6 skills pseudo equipped which balances it out. You need to think much more about your party configuration to balance things out. It is also nice for pawns to focus either on melee or ranged at all time. I agree that the Enemy verity lacks as especially some of our fan favourites got removed as the Hydra. Story wise I loved it 70h in; exploring the world mostly and slowly progressing main quests- but then suddenly the narrative came waay to fast to a halt and I would have preferred there be more quests in bakbatahl and quests that lead back to vermund- even though there are a lot of side quests that the game treats somewhat as main quests- I wished they would have been more tied together. This Dragons incarnation certainly isn’t Grigori- in DD 1 you build a different relationship to the dragon- while in DD 2 your relation is more tied to the Watcher. The dragon only pops up during the end and I wished we spend more time together as I really like the voice actors work and would have preferred a multi stage last bossfight similar to DD 1 but alas… The best DD 2 had to offer imo was the Sphinx and maybe a DLC about her would be actually really good! The Endgame is the most disappointing- at first it made me drop my jaw in amazement until I realised it was just an amazing painting on a cardboarbox with a hollow inside. I played so long because I simply wanted more- overall I loved it still… But I must admit it wasn’t what I expected after the decade long wait and longing. I am a total sucker for Dragons Dogma so I return to the first one and finish the rest of the achievements there until a (hopefully) amazing DLC releases that gives proper endgame.