Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
To finish the story the player must turn a special blade on their own character: the scene shows the hero plunging it into his own chest. The act is a deliberate player input and is required to reach the game's true ending.
Real-time fantasy melee and magic combat against bandits, goblins, and large monsters, with blood effects but no dismemberment or gore focus.
The plot centers on a dragon that tears out the hero's heart, mortal sacrifice, and a bleak endgame; the Bitterblack Isle expansion adds a grim, death-soaked dungeon setting.
Some female and male armor and clothing is revealing, and a romantic scene shows characters in undergarments.
Ale and wine are consumed and sold at taverns as part of the world.
Underground crypts and the Bitterblack Isle dungeon feature undead, a stalking reaper-like foe, and dark, tense atmosphere.
Ordinary combat includes fighting wolves, boars, and other beasts among the game's monsters.
A light romance system lets the hero grow close to a townsperson, culminating in a brief suggestive scene rather than anything explicit.
Occasional mild profanity in fantasy dialogue.
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What it is
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is a single-player action role-playing game set in a large open fantasy world. You create a hero, the 'Arisen', whose heart is stolen by a dragon, and travel the land with AI companions called Pawns, taking on quests and fighting bandits, goblins, griffins, and other monsters in fast-paced melee and magic combat. Combat produces blood but no gore, and creature hunting is a core part of gathering materials. The game includes some revealing armor, a light romance system with mild suggestive moments, tavern alcohol, and darker story material about sacrifice and mortality. The included Bitterblack Isle expansion adds a grim dungeon full of undead and menacing enemies with a tense, spooky atmosphere. It is offline with no chat, microtransactions, or online play.
How it's framed
The story frames the Arisen as a chosen hero bound to slay the dragon, treating violence against monsters and enemies as heroic quest-driven action; its darker themes of sacrifice, loss, and the cycle of the dragon are presented with a somber, fatalistic tone rather than for shock.
Details
- Developer
- Capcom
- Publisher
- Capcom
- Released
- Jan 15, 2016
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