It's been a few years since I played this game, but I remember loving the combat mechanics. Jumping and climbing on enemies is really cool. Though I installed a few mods to make it a bit easier... I’m not a fan of difficult combat lol. Too bad I couldn’t get into the story enough to keep playing, since that’s essential for me to enjoy anything. The constant comments from the pawns were getting repetitive too and kinda took me out of the experience. I tried playing the Dark Souls series and couldn’t get into it either.
The character creation/customization is one thing I really appreciate from Dragon’s Dogma, I haven't seen a lot of games that have the same options like changing the height, posture, and things like that.