factors like the weight of your weapon, the material of your armour, and the length of your legs will play a role in how battles will be fought
It seems there will also be an emphasis on exploration, as Dragon’s Dogma is an “open-world” game. One of the bullet points is for “hundreds of fully-voiced NPCs”. Capcom say the game is being developed by the creators of Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry 4.
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/04/12/the-length-of-your-legs-affects-dragons-dogmas-combat/It makes me think if Demons' Souls and Drakengard had a baby, this'd be it