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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience. Players embark on an epic adventure in a rich, living world with three AI companions, known as Pawns. These partners fight independently, demonstrating prowess and ability that they have developed based on traits learned from each player. Players can share these Pawns online and reap rewards of treasure, tips and strategy hints for taking down the terrifying enemies. Pawns can also be borrowed when specific skills are needed to complete various challenging quests. Dynamic combat experience – Cu

Release date
June 5, 2017
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Capcom
Publisher
Capcom
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Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience. Players embark on an epic adventure in a rich, living world with three AI companions, known as Pawns. These partners fight independently, demonstrating prowess and ability that they have developed based on traits learned from each player. Players can share these Pawns online and reap rewards of treasure, tips and strategy hints for taking down the terrifying enemies.

Pawns can also be borrowed when specific skills are needed to complete various challenging quests. Dynamic combat experience – Cut off the four heads of a Hydra, climb atop griffins and fight airborne, or defeat dragons and other creatures by finding out their weaknesses. Tons of content – Includes all previously released DLCs, pre-order bonuses, retailer-exclusives, and the Dark Arisen expansion content. Features the highly praised combat experience and rich customization, plus a huge underground realm to explore with terrifying monsters.

Customization options galore – Nine different vocations for players to choose from with a variety of skill options for each, armor that can be upgraded and enhanced, plus Pawn companions that can be trained to fit your desired combat style. Stunning visuals – Beautiful high res graphics with increased fidelity. Full GOG GALAXY platform support – Includes Achievements, Cloud Save, Pawn Hiring between players, Trading, and Leaderboards.…

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★ 8.4/10GOG · 1,071 ratings
GOGLast checked November 3, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
60FPS constant throughout the game, very smooth. The ONLY action RPG that lets you climb on top of big enemies like Griffons or Dragons to…
★ 2 / 5
Pros: Overall it is a very fun game and RPG. Combat is very immersive and playing any class you want at any time keeps the…
★ 5 / 5
This is the very best open world RPG game if we were to take The Elder Scrolls out of the equation. This is not the…
★ 4 / 5
I`m in the middle of this on the Steam version. This is a 3rd person rpg where you are the "Arisen" and must go and…
★ 5 / 5
If you let it, this game will keep you up all night. The enemies will not level with you, this makes some areas of the…
★ 3 / 5
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is an unique approach to western cRPG done by Capcom. It mixes a classic action RPG style with unique elements of…
★ 5 / 5
Played this religiously when it came out, probably one of the best rpg's out there. It's long, it's creative and there's a lot of different…
★ 1 / 5
The GOG release of this never got some of the final patches the Steam version got in 2016, and lacks the high-res texture pack and…

Most recent8

★ 4 / 5
cool and very fun , to much xploration an a lot of quest
★ 5 / 5
It`s such a Good game, yes the game has cons, but with this details and astonishing gameplay u can really close your eyes and enjoy…
★ 5 / 5
Very fun combat gameplay. Many diferent classes (vocations), with distinctive class mechanics between each other, offering varied gameplay style.
★ 4 / 5
Possibly the best enemies and combat mechanics I've ever seen in a game. Decent graphics. You get to form your party and switch it however…
★ 3 / 5
Great story, amazing combat, small but interesting open world, some interesting side quests now and then, BUT it is lagging like hell. Do not know…
★ 3 / 5
I did enjoy this game decently enough. I put about 47 hrs in as I submit this review. I didn't love this game, but I…

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