CassandraCroft posted... Yes and no!
It is like this, After very valid criticism that the main game was too easy once you got to the really high levels and had the best weapons in the game even on hard mode Capcom came up with Bitter Black Island.
But instead of releasing it as DLC for Dragon's Dogma they decided to rip everyone off by releasing the full game again with BBI in the re-releae Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.
You will know that you will have BBI installed if you see the ghost of Olra on the pier at Cassardis at night.
The game sets a recommended level of around 78 or higher for BBI but ignore that. I would wait until you are into the low - mid 100 before attempting it.
I was going there like around 120's - 150's using the Dragon's Dogma Sword (best sword in the base game for a fighter) at level 4 Dragonforged and at certain bits I felt as though I was back using my rusty sword.
BBI is for experienced players only.
Here is the wiki for you: https://dragonsdogma.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon%27s_Dogma_Wiki
thanks! yeah, there's a ghostly woman on the pier