Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Hubbish bubbish, rhymes are rubbish, eye of newt and blah blah blah. Gosh, magic is a chore. If only we had a catalyst to... Oh, hello reader, what are you doing here? Well, as it happens, yes, you can help me out. Just stand over here while I scratch these runes around you. I’m trying to summon the 9 best magic spells in PC games,…

Update: This article has been updated on 22/08/17 in light of the release of the Season 3 update, and to include new instructions on how to install the translation patch for it.Ah, Dragon’s Dogma [official site], gem of Capcom’s slightly weird early 201X lineup. The familiar alliteration in the title wasn’t coincidence; Dragon’s Dogma was Capcom’s take on classic D&D, circa 1990. A fully player-designed…

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time.Just to get this one out of the way early, I love Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen [official site]. I can't think of another game I was more excited to see liberated from its tortured existence on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. But performance…

RPS has sealed itself inside a chocolate egg for the duration of the UK's long holiday weekend, to emerge only when the reign of Mr Hops The Doom Rabbit has run its dread course. While we slumber, enjoy these fine words previously published as part of our Supporter program. More to come."A goblin," shouted one of my moronic followers, before running across a field, away…