Dragon’s Dogma 2 – the best game of 2024? I read with interest GC’s feature this week, on their favourite 20 games of the year so far. It was an inspiring list because I didn’t really think there’d been that many good games, but once you start to count them up there has actually been a lot. Naturally, I haven’t played all of them but it looked a good list that I couldn’t really argue with, except in one instance: Dragon’s Dogma 2 was not number one.
I don’t want to come across as anti-social but playing with AI is a lot more immersive and reliable than actual people. I love a good co-op or PvP shooter but in terms of something that’s more of a serious adventure I think the pawns work perfectly. They chat to you like real people, they help outside of combat by spotting things you need and giving advice, and they also help each other out, which makes you feel like a proper team.