To make a game so similar to the original, with the same flaws and all, leaves me wondering: What's the point then? It was forgiveable the first time because it was a first attempt, but not the second time. Itsuno and team have learned nothing. In fact, I'd say this is an overall worse offering than the vanilla Dragon's Dogma, considering the landscape in which the former was released in. Its unfortunate that Dragon's Dogma 2 offers some of the best action RPG combat I have ever played then, because there is truly nothing to really flex your skills on.