The D20 Beat — Dragon’s Dogma, Etrian Odyssey, and Path of Exile are today’s D&D megadungeons (updated)

I adore Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma, an open-world role-playing game that first appeared in 2012. I missed out on the Dark Arisen expansion, but thanks to this 2017’s PlayStation 4 remaster, I dived back into the near-6-year-old game.

And about 20 hours into Dragon’s Dogma, I discovered something I hadn’t realized: Dark Arisen, which received criticism for ditching the open world, is a return to the megadungeons of Dungeons & Dragons‘ past, places like Castle Greyhawk and Undermountain. Throw in Atlus’s Etrian Odyssey and Path of Exile’s Delve Challenge League, and this dungeon-loving grognard has been able to spend months diving deep into dark halls full of dangerous traps, powerful monsters, and tempting treasures.