Dragon's Dogma 2 is more like "Dragon's Dogma Re-imagined". You can clearly see that in the main title and intro video where the '2' in 'Dragons Dogma 2' is nowhere to be found.

The first game already placed the idea in our minds that the world and time was cyclical and the events tend to repeat themselves in different timelines.

Both are magnificent games. Try the first one (is often on sale and very cheap). If you don't like that one, you probably wont like this one.

They're masterworks all. You can't go wrong playing this one.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is more like "Dragon's Dogma Re-imagined". You can clearly see that in the main title and intro video where the '2' in 'Dragons Dogma 2' is nowhere to be found. The first game already placed the idea in our minds that the world and time was cyclical and the events tend to repeat themselves in different timelines. Both are magnificent games. Try the first one (is often on sale and very cheap). If you don't like that one, you probably wont like this one. They're masterworks all. You can't go wrong playing this one.