Dark Arisen continues to impress

I expected to enjoy the expansion for Dragon's Dogma 2, Dark Arisen, for a few days. A gear grind has never really appealed to me, and the spoils system made me instantly worried about a power creep. Well, I've been steadily playing it since my last update. Not obsessively - but regularly enough for me: about two to three nights a week for an hour or two. Norgan is such a fun place to explore, and even if I'm not pursuing the main quest, just getting into random encounters yields spoils to identify and exhilarating chaotic brawls. The gacha system is so much fun There's a clear, linear progression to gear tiers, but it feels so nicely balanced. It also looks great. My current set, seen on the spoils screen above, just looks badass and reminds me quite a lot of the namesake of my Arisen, my half-elf bard Mia, especially nearer the end of the campaign I played her in. I'll come back to that, but focusing on the gear. Now that I've experienced more of the spoils system, I'm actively…

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