Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (read our full review on Xbox 360 here) can be purchased digitally for $29.99 and delivers high resolution graphics with increased fidelity, new framerate options, and 4K support. Read on to learn more.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen offers most of the same content for PC that it did on consoles with all the previous add-on content alongside full Steam platform support and expanded control options. Gamers can customize their controls for both Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers or use the traditional keyboard and mouse setup.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen has beautiful visuals and sound on PC that makes exploring the content of the game’s expansion that much better. The Bitterblack Isle area looks even more fantastic on PC and fans can once again take on new enemies and quests, while enjoying high level weapons and exquisite armor sets.
The game is composed of a huge open world environment that is very fun to explore. Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen delivers an overall immersive gameplay experience with its action-packed combat sequences and all of the diverse enemies offer up quite the challenge. You start the game off with three AI companions which are also called Pawns which can be shared online or borrowed to complete all of the epic quests available to the player.
We initially explored the world of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen on Xbox 360 in 2013 at BioGamer Girl. While we knew how the game would end, it was amazing to see how the game had improved visually for the PC version. The game never looked better than it does with the new release and exploring everything the title had to offer once again was quite the adventure. The game has also been improved in other ways like tweaks to some of the minor annoyances from the console version on top of way better frame rates. The game never crashed once for us on PC.
A ton of games have gotten remade in the last decade, and it is definitely a treat to get to replay a beautiful new version of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen for PC. The game is the perfect way to experience the game if you never played the original since you get all of the added-on content at a ridiculously cheap price. Dark Arisen takes place on the mysterious Bitterblack Isle where you are ferried over by Olra. The dungeon offers up a linear experience with reskined versions of the game's original enemies alongside a few unique boss encounters. The enemies are incredibly hard in Dark Arisen so it is best to have a very high character before jumping into the game's expansion on PC.
In the end, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen looks and plays beautifully on PC and is a great way to experience the game rather you or new to the title or a veteran. If you are looking to jump into the game in 2016 then look no further than the PC release for $29.99 packed full of Steam supported Achievements. To learn more, visit the official Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Steam page.
Score: 9.1 out of 10
Reviewed for PC