10 Flawed Video Games That Are Actually Masterpieces

7. Dragon's Dogma

Capcom
Capcom

The fact that the romance system in this game is so indiscriminate that you can end up in the arms of a midget court jester -or a ten-year-old child -isn't a sign of some kind of perversion on the part of Capcom, but rather their willingness to be so experimental with RPG systems that the results are sometimes completely bonkers.

Dragon's Dogma throws you into a noticeably Japanese take on a western RPG world, where you create a fantasy hero from several different classes, and head out into the world with a trio of party members to try and retrieve your heart, which was stolen from you by a dragon... or something.

While the world is nowhere near as interesting as something like The Witcher, the combat is remarkable - even revolutionary. Similarly to Dragon Age: Origins and older RPGs, you can set behaviours for your party members, though the tough, intense real-time fighting is reminiscent of a more flashy Dark Souls.

The feeling of your tactically-perfect party blasting away at an Ogre while you dynamically climb it and stab it in the eyes is a rush that you won't find elsewhere, and the gruelling difficulty at the higher levels will keep challenge-seekers hooked, despite its flat story and general weirdness.

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