Kench’s Gallery

Well I was having fun with Dragons Dogma 2 but after the announcement from Capcom they they intend to change the context of their games during translation so fundamentally that Japan might as well be playing a different game. I just can’t have it on my console any more. I find it offensive and racist that Localizers exist purely because they don’t think people can deal with the existence of other cultures. “Change Language and Context for the sake of a different audience” I want to see stories that the Japanese wrote not the Photoshop Fanfiction version of it that localizers think westerners can handle. When it gets translated I want what they said to be in English, that’s the full scope. They talk about changing context too, I don’t want the context to be changed. I want the original context. They’re so scared of anyone that might think differently from them. Makes you wonder what they really believe, doesn’t it?

I refuse to buy games involving Cultural Colonizers. DEI are Colonizers of a Digital Age. Bridge and others like them can suck a fat one. I will not be buying games from Capcom until I see some visual proof they got rid of the racist agenda of theirs and fired those localizers.

Dragons Dogma 2 Spoilers

If you saw my previous post talking about the brilliance in Villainy that is Grigori then you know what the deal with Dragons are in this universe. But the TLDR is Dragons are Fallen Arisen made subject to the Will of their Universe. In the original game this was a benevolent role as Dragons found those of great Will to take the place of the previous Guardian of the Universe, The Seneschal.

However this is slightly different in DD2 The Dragons are still Arisen but their master isn’t the Seneschal nor does the Seneschal exist as Guardian. Instead the Dragons and the Universe are ruled by a Tyrant called The Pathfinder. Unlike the Seneschal Pathfinder doesn’t value Free Will and if anything it’s an enemy to its plans for the Universe.

The World exists in Perfect Order and the Cycle of Arisen and Dragon keep that Order by their conflict instilling Fear and Awe. Rather than fight for themselves or the world they place their lives solely in the Arisen and wait like Sheep for the clash to happen time and time again. Looking for a new hero to command them. Pathfinder finds this favorable because everyone in their story has a part to play in how the world functions and those without purpose are removed.

It isn’t until you disrupt this tyrannical Order as Arisen, Slay the Dragon and then Slay Pathfinder for defying the Narrative they laid out for you. It is by strength of will you do this and by strength of will that you empower your Pawn and give them Free Will in turn. The final word of Pathfinder is “a new story has begun and I won’t be there to see it” the new story is The First Game. You overthrew the will of this universe with your own you’re the Arisen that defeated a God with the power of your Will. You are the first Seneschal.

Dragons Dogma 2 is a Prequel.

Grigori is such a unique villain because he’s only a villain in the most technical sense. This guy is Neutral at best Neutral Evil at worst because (MEGA SPOILERS)

his whole thing is is finding a worthy protector of the world. The Seneschal is a Pseudo-God that watches over reality from the heights of the Rift but it’s a job that no one can endure forever so they seek out a replacement. The Seneschal is an Arisen that’s defeated the Dragon and defeated the last Seneschal. The Dragon is an Arisen that failed that final test. Grigori calls it The Eternal Ring because this has been a cycle that has gone on forever and will continue forever. It is a duty born in strife because only the strongest and most noble are worthy of the position.

Grigori attacks the world, devastates countries and civilizations looking for those who would challenge him and if he decides they’re worthy to slay him he will turn them into an Arisen. In the first game theirs a doomsday cult that worships him and wants to gain his favor to conquer the world and Grigori decimates them once they reach the foot of his lair. Saying how he doesn’t care about what they want, their ramblings were nonsense and not worth listening to. He doesn’t want to rule the world or destroy it, he doesn’t care about power like that.

The. During the final fight itself where most villains would monologue about how they stand no chance against him, they’ll destroy everything you love, how dare you stand against me?! That sort of stuff but not Grigori. He’s cheering you on. Encouraging you to strike him down and take back your heart, prove to him you’re worthy of it. His dialogue in the first game just before the final fight is him talking highly of mankind.

The monsters of this world are easy to understand. They eat when they’re hungry and sleep when tired of eating, they kill things when they want things to die and nothing more. However this is not mankind, they stand against nature as one, build towards a shared future and create new wonders that allow new life in turn. Mankind has done all this and more. For a champion who would stand against the coming darkness they have to be the greatest of mankind and so the only path is forward.

Not the typical villainous monologue. He deeply admires humanity, and their strength of will. He admires the Arisen most of all because they are the greatest among mortals not for power alone but because of their courage and willpower. If his death will lead to a Guardian over their reality and an inheritor to that cosmic throne then all of this will be worth it.

He’s the new kind of complex Villain because he doesn’t have a real sympathetic backstory. Sure he’s a failed hero from his own time forced to play a villainous role but it’s a role to find a man who can do what he failed to do. He’s a villain only because of the role he plays but not in mind or spirit. To protect the world he must find a worthy heir to take the mantle as protector

Dragon’s Dogma has a pawn feature they never told us: tattling on their creators

I had a female Pawn that I hired just tell me “as a Matter of Fact: My Master only hires Female Pawns, I wonder why?” Not only do Pawns have insider knowledge of monsters and quests but now they can tattle on their creator to other players.