Dragon's Dogma 2 "doesn't have scripted events" but one incident with a troll and a village was almost enough to fool the game's director

"It felt like a scripted event, but Dragon's Dogma 2 doesn't have scripted events"

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They are very different styles of RPG, but in the same way Baldur's Gate 3 feels like it has raised the bar, Dragon's Dogma 2 is looking mightily impressive. It had a much more scripted story with captivating quests, complex characters, and immensely engaging combat, compared to something like Skyrim from a few years before, which was more of a sandbox. DD2 is giving me very similar vibes to TW3, and I am wholly ready for it to consume my life. I should probably go and play the first one at some point...