Dragon's Dogma is a really weird game.

It's VERY META.

Pros:
- Combat is unique, monster climbing is fun
- The different 'classes' are all actually quite fun
- It's unique in a weird way
- The Dragon's Voice is great(And one of the best boss fights in any game)
- DLC/Late Game can feel like a completely different game
- Has a lot of fun hidden mechanics/things you could play this for 200 hours and find something new easily

Cons:
- For me...too META. It feels like half game half commentary on what a game is especially the late game/New Game plus/DLC
- VERY Grindy in the late game
- Most NPCs are REALLY flat especially as the game progresses
- It's wonky, I really suggest a game guide, you can literally accidently end up in love with any NPC in the game
- It feels like it tried to be immersive in lacking direction with a lot of things, but it's so vague and so WEIRD that it just feels like it requires a game guide. A few times something is intuitive and when you solve it you feel good. But honestly I cannot imagine playing this without SOME guidance, you would just miss half the content on a first run(And I don't have the patience for playing a game a dozen times to find everything worth doing)
- Starts out a mix of SOULSISHY and classic fantasy. But the end game feels more like a roguelike/diablo dungeon crawl that while it had some good points felt artificially stretched out to take longer than it needed to.

Overall:
Dragon's Dogma is a strange but fun game. And a lot of it's best qualities are also it's worst ones. I don't know that everyone needs to play this. But if you want something that feels a little different and can handle slightly older graphics it's worth playing.

Expect it to be a tad wonky, and feel unrefined at times. But it also really delivers in a few places. Unless you absolutely love it, you can probably skip the DLC stuff in my opinion and stick to the main plot which is much more satisfying.

a real game

This game is so good. Playing on Hard is extremely challenging and rewarding. Combat is superb and world building is awesome.