Dragon’s Dogma will allow the player to create their own character, whose gender and appearance can be altered to the player’s liking. The player can select one of three Classes for their character.
Fighter – A class focused on attacking. Uses swords and shields for blocking enemy attacks.
Mage – A class focused on magic. Uses staves.
Strider – A class focused on speed. Uses daggers for close combat and bows for ranged attacks
Players will be given three AI controlled teammates called Pawns, who can be issued commands, such as “Go”, “Help”, and “Come”. These characters will assist the player by giving information about enemies, among other things.
Dragon’s Dogma offers a new feature to the action game genre: allowing the player to grab onto enemies to allow for a more varied means of attacking. For example, the player can grab onto the legs of a Griffon and then climb up it to attack it’s head for more damage.
A huge open world full of monsters will be available for the player to explore and quest within, as well as a large city environment, in which over 200 NPCs who will freely go about their day-to-day lives. These NPCs can be talked to with full voice acting.
Players will supposedly be able to look forward to between 30 and 100 hours, the former being for players who play normally, and the latter for players who wish to play the game to it’s fullest.
