Normal End

[MSG Commander]

Took me just under 14 hours to get to the Normal End.

That includes maybe 45 minutes in the Est dungeon (Easy and Normal difficulty).

I did not fully explore every dungeon, so if you take your time looking for every treasure, it might add an hour or two on to the time.

I fought the Final Boss on Easy, and even then it was a bit of a challenge.

Character Levels 55, I have Paladin class unlocked but no Paladin skills.

The last "Story Quest" before Normal End is quest 31 - Castle Depths.

Albert and Estelle (from Revenant Saga) play very small roles in this game. You do NOT need to play Saga before playing Dogma.

(Saga does explain how Revenants are made - which the characters in this game don't seem to fully understand - but even that information is not exactly needed in order to enjoy Dogma. So it's really up to the individual. I recommend playing Saga at some point, because it is a good game as well, but if you just want to play this one right away, you can do that too.)

Now I'm off to do the "Bonus Scenario," and update the Skill List.

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[MSG Commander]

Approximately 1 more hour to True End. You go to one new location, fight the Final Boss on the 10th Floor.

After the battle you can choose to run off with either Lilith, Julie, or Fleon. (Although, why you would want to run off with Fleon, I don't know....)

After the credits run, you go straight to the Title screen. If you continue your game from here, it goes back to your last Save point (so hopefully you saved before the Final Boss)

So, I'm guessing most players will finish the game (all the way to True End) somewhere between 12-16 hours, depending on how much time you spend exploring each dungeon, and whether you do all Sub Quests (I did not) or the Ethereal Est (I did a little but not much).

The story is satisfying, although it feels like they throw you right into the middle of it. (Usually they kind of build up the story line a bit more - or maybe that's just my imagination.)

The main thing about this game is the battles - even random encounters - are actually hard, unless you play on Easy. I played about 8-9 hours on Normal and then got tired of it, switched to Easy and then Auto most of the random encounters. But even on Easy the Bosses were still a challenge.

I haven't fully explored the Est dungeon so maybe that's where all the hard core gamers will feel they get their money's worth (or time, since most people are probably playing Freemium.)

My final opinion: the game is definitely worth playing, but finish Asdivine Menace or whatever you're currently on before you play this one (in other words there's no reason to rush and play it/buy it immediately.)

I'll check out more of the Est dungeon tomorrow while everyone else is watching the Super Bowl (I'm not a sports fan.) :whistle:

But there's probably not much more to this game that I really need to write up, so next week I'll be back to working on the Menace walkthrough (making maps to show where all the treasure is).

[Alev]

Clarification. In the 1st end, there is only cains ending and no alternate ending, while the true end has multiple ending? Right?

[MSG Commander]

[quote="Alev" post=2154]Clarification. In the 1st end, there is only cains ending and no alternate ending, while the true end has multiple ending? Right?[/quote]

Yes that's correct. And since there's no trust gauge, you actually get to choose who you end up with. B)