The third comparison video for CAPCOM's action role-playing game "Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen" was released last Sept. 25. Just like the previous two videos, the clips of the game's PlayStation 4 (PS4) and PS3 versions were pitted against each other.
The sleeper hit game from 2012 will be getting a remastered treatment for the PS4 and is set to be released on Oct. 3. The game will also be available for Xbox One users.
In the third comparison video — a mix of footages from cut-scenes and gameplay — playerssee the hero fighting a chimera. After that, the scene switches to a gameplay featuring a boss battle against a hydra. This part of the video clearly shows the difference in way of graphics between the two versions. The scales of the giant monster are more pronounced in the PS4 and the environment during the gameplay looked highly realistic.
Improvements to the game avatar are also visible. The PS3 version notably lacks clarity, detail, and definition of the hair, skin and clothes of the hero, that it can almost pass for a PS2 graphics performance. The lighting on the game has also been significantly improved.
The last part of the video is a comparison between the PS3 and the PS4 dragon where the screen's frame rate is the only thing that will define the difference between the two versions.
"Dark Arisen," an expansion pack for the PS3 version of the game, comes with the PS4 release. The purchase of the game also includes the Bitterblack Armor Pack, ring sets for both the fighter, strider and mage class, Olra's Rift Crystal Pack, The Crucible of the Lost pack and a character edit options pack.
"Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen" is played in an open-world fantasy environment incorporating the undying hack-and-slash gameplay system. The PC version of the game was released in January 2016.
