Dragons Dogma just reaffirms that the Knight class is the worst in any game.
DD lets you pick between the usual Fighter/Thief/Mage classes, with base classes, advanced and hybrids between. Mage is obvious, you get to have fun having a variety of spells and learning which is the best for when. “Strider”/Thief is the best since you get both melee and ranged attacks, as well as being the most suited for the game’s climbing mechanics. You know, the main gimmick that separates DD from other games.
But Fighter is dumb as hell. You get no fancy moves, your attacks are kinda sluggish, you aren’t particularly more tanky than the others, and you only have melee. Honestly the image of you jumping around and swinging at air trying to hit one of the game’s many flying enemies, while your mages and thieves are both taking potshots at it, perfectly sums up how pointless all 3 levels of this class is. Hell, it’s not even particularly suited for climbing on large enemies, which again is the biggest draw to combat!