Dragon’s Dogma Netflix 10 Things In The Show That Only Make Sense If You Played The Games

Dragon’s Dogma Netflix: 10 Things In The Show That Only Make Sense If You Played The Games

Much of the plot and story details in Dragon’s Dogma don’t make sense or are explained rather poorly, making key explanations highly vague.

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Like other Japanese RPGs that feature a fantasy setting, much of the plot and story details in Dragon’s Dogma don’t make sense or are explained rather poorly. The Netflix show adaptation decided to follow this tradition for the game’s lore, making key explanations and expositions highly vague, even cryptic, which can certainly confuse viewers who have never played the games.

This was done intentionally for the games since the main focus was the gameplay and adventuring aspects, so that can be excused. However, the Netflix show seems to have followed the same path — disregarding the importance of story elements having any sense in favor of the action and the journey. So for any viewer who got bewildered at how some parts of the show didn’t make sense at all, allow us to explain them here.

10 Why pawns are so inhuman

Upon seeing Hannah or the blonde pawn that the animated show introduces as the second main character, she immediately comes off as soulless or even devoid of her own personality or free will. She also kept on criticizing the ways of ‘humans’ even though she looks like a human herself. Well, as she stated, she simply isn’t.

In the game, pawns exist in a different dimension or realm of reality than humans or other creatures in Dragon’s Dogma; it’s called the Rift. Their only sole purpose is to become party members for the Arisen and they sit in their own pocket dimension in space or time until an Arisen picks them supposedly or they get assigned to one by the game. That’s why it doesn’t make much sense in the cartoon since it’s nothing but a game mechanic.

9 Why pawns ‘respawn’

Speaking of game mechanics, respawning is something all too common in video games. Dragon’s Dogma Netflix adopted this too with Hannah since she is a pawn and thus follows the rules of the video game more. She notably came back to life immediately after getting killed by the hydra in the show.

This is pretty much Hannah representing all the pawns in the video game who can respawn and get replaced easily at the players’ whim. Since they come from their own pocket dimension and exist only to serve the Arisen who also only appears every once in a while, there are many pawns and each one of them is disposable and expendable so that’s why Hannah doesn’t care much about her safety.

8 Why hannah can do much

Hannah appears to be initially more powerful than Ethan and certainly more capable. She can heal, cast some magic lights, become an expert marksman, and even incorporates that magic into her bow. Many viewers who are used to the more conventional fantasy stereotypes might be perplexed at what Hannah’s RPG class really is or is it just a Pawn thing.

It’s actually possible that Hannah is a Magic Archer which is a vocation or class that’s specific to Dragon’s Dogma. The Magic Archer is a mix between a Ranger and a Mage class archetype. It could also very well be possible that Hannah is also a culmination of several classes to represent multiple Pawns.

7 Why some attacks need to charge

The rules of magic and physical combat limitations aren’t really that well explained in a show like Dragon’s Dogma. One episode, the characters could be doing some big spells and casting it instantly while in others, they need time to charge up.

That’s because the show appears to be following the video games’ rules when it comes to magic and even showcasing how some of its spells work. Hannah’s huge arrow bolts attack on the griffon, for example, require some serious contemplation first. It’s pretty much how some attacks or spells work in the game.

6 Why ethan tends to cling to monsters

It’s rather odd or puzzling how Ethan went from being a ranged hunter to a swordsman but let’s just chalk that up to video-game-esque progression where he got to choose his class/vocation after the dragon pushed the narrative. Then afterward, Ethan became a somewhat proficient swordsman (Fighter in the game) and started going headfirst against monsters, preferring to cling to them than striking from afar since he’s a good hunter or letting Hannah do the work.

It’s all thanks to how the show wants to pay homage to the game’s awesome and epic way of fighting monsters bigger than the players. There, they usually have to hold on to the monster while stabbing them or the weak spots repeatedly with a dagger or a melee weapon.

5 Why weapons don’t pierce big monsters’ skin

The list of things that Netflix’s Dragon’s Dogma adapted from the video game just keeps on growing– even if they sometimes don’t make sense narratively or logically since it’s a show and not a game. A case in point is how the monsters’ skins are situationally penetrable. Arrows and steel don’t seem to be able to pierce big monsters though the very same steel can be seen being used against a dragon.

This is likely due to how the damage system also worked in the game where big monsters are impervious to attacks unless their weak spot is hit. For the cyclops, the weak spot was obvious while the hydra needs specific slicing points to be hacked to pieces. The show simply follows the game’s rules when it comes to monster invulnerability.

4 Why the undead die from sunlight

In one of the episodes of Dragon’s Dogma, the undead were prominently featured as skeletal warriors that are inexhaustible and are practically unkillable. Still, their weakness has been revealed to be nothing but mere sunlight.

It was, however, not stated in the show why they all die to the sun’s ray. It’s commonly thought of as a good versus evil thing which is why skeletons don’t like the sun but other fantasy franchises don’t use that rule. Again, this is a case of the show abiding by the game’s rules where different creatures roam the realm at night, these are usually skeletons and liches that reside in dark places. They merely do that to add difficulty. Likewise, the games also don’t explain why this needs to be so.

3 Why the dragon gave ethan a ride

The final climactic fight might in Netflix’s Dragon’s Dogma have been a clunky mess of CGI and poor pacing but fans of the video game will likely give them credit. That’s because the dragon fight is a near 1:1 recreation of the video game’s dragon boss fight.

In hindsight, the dragon didn’t even need to give a prolonged back ride to Ethan during their fight just to do some cryptic exposition; he could have fought more realistically or practically. However, that’s how it happened in the game– only, it was more epic in there than in the show.

2 What exactly is an arisen

When Ethan asked Hannah what an Arisen was and all the how’s and why’s involved in being one, she just gave him essentially nothing that could help the viewers digest the situation better. Instead, the show went on hoping the viewers would just shove the question under a rug.

Any puzzled viewers would then be pleased to know that the Arisen is nothing more than a fancier word for “chosen one” or protagonist. It’s simply the one person who can slay the dragon– which the dragon chose himself because the dragon wanted its suffering to end. It’s not a conventional chosen one, though as the Arisen is also fated to become the next dragon.

1 Why did the dragon have to take the arisen’s heart

Another unique thing or gimmick that Dragon’s Dogma adds to the chosen one cliche is that the dragon took the hero’s heart. The dynamics were never explained in the show but the dragon basically made the Arisen ageless and killable only in battle. Additionally, their hearts are also linked and thus they can communicate. That’s just how it was in the game.

The difference, however, is that the heart-taking was the primary motivation for the players in the game whereas, in the show, Ethan’s drive was to get revenge against the dragon because it killed his family. That would have been enough actually, but the heart-taking thing was likely just added into the mix to stay more faithful to the game. Too faithful, in fact.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/dragons-dogma-netflix-things-show-only-make-sense-if-played-games/

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