Dragon’s Dogma
Developer/publisher Capcom
Format 360, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox One
Release 2012
Like its cyclical fantasy world, Dragon’s Dogma has lived many lives. First released for PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2012, it was then re-released on those same consoles, updated and expanded, as Dark Arisen in 2013. In 2016 it returned with a PC port, then again for PS4 and Xbox One in 2017, and, most recently, it came to Switch in April of this year. That its cult success endures to this day is testament to its wonderful, singular strangeness.
On the surface, it appears a rote open-world action RPG, Japanese developer Capcom aping Western ideas and Tolkienesque fantasy. Dig deeper, however, and you discover something far more distinct and alluring. Capcom had its own vision for what a game like this could be: something built on turning left wherever its contemporaries turn right.
At its core, it’s about journeys – long, hard treks across its sprawling kingdom. It’s about learning the landscape around you, managing dwindling supplies and the moment
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