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Which version of DQ4 would you guys suggest playing?
iastudent fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Mar 10, 2014 |
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Mar 10, 2014 18:57
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iastudent posted:Which version of DQ4 would you guys suggest playing? DS. I just played through it and it's charming as hell. fake edit: I still have my NES carts of DW1-4 from my childhood to present for credibility.
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Mar 10, 2014 19:21
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iastudent posted:Which version of DQ4 would you guys suggest playing? DS. The Nes is nigh-unplayable these days.
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Mar 11, 2014 00:14
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I've been playing the DS one recently and it's super fun. But count me as one of the wierdos that likes the transcribed accents for each region.
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Mar 11, 2014 16:17
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BabyRyoga posted:7 on the 3DS is too fresh in my head to remember how the original was. Basic jobs level up like 3 times as fast in the remake, which makes the grinding much more tolerable. Also, it means you can do all your basic jobs first then just do 3 or 4 advanced ones in a row. Yeah but the way classes work has changed completely. You don't keep skills between advanced classes anymore, except monster classes, so this forces you to hit monsters classes hard if you want to be anywhere near as powerful as in the original version. It's definitely easier to level up jobs, but if you lose all your Sage spells when you switch to a Superstar (to get the advanced tier next), then what's the point? I found myself grinding monster hearts so I could get everyone "HealUs" that would actually stick around through class changes.
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Mar 11, 2014 16:31
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Potsticker posted:You're going to have to explain this one a bit more, because looking at it, 6 seems to be pretty endemic of the types of things that put me off of DQ until 9. DQ3's class system was a basic "generics can switch classes at lvl 20, keeping skills/spells but taking a hit to stats. One class gets a special upgrade." (goofoff-->sage without needing the book) There were basic classes and 1 advanced class, sage. DQ6 took the groundwork of generic classes and added a second layer to it, while letting them detach a bit from your actual level/stats which reduced the grind-back-to-useful factor if nothing else. You could now level classes and unlock advanced ones through different combinations, rather than the unique goof-off to sage setup in DQ3. You now had your core of basic classes, plus several advanced ones. Also the standalone monster class types. DQ7, being the complex beast it was, added yet another layer to all the classes. You had 3 tiers for the player clases now instead of two, plus the clusterfuck of monster class types, which were still rare and a pain to deal with getting.
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Mar 11, 2014 22:43
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Arcaeris posted:Yeah but the way classes work has changed completely. The super-advanced classes (Hero, God-hand, Tenchiraimeishi) had you re-learn most of the stuff you learned on the way up once again. You could keep Hustle Dance that way, which was almost as good. The heart grinding was pretty much post-game content. On an unrelated note, the official guide for DQM2 is out now, and after my assessment of the info inside, I estimate it would take at least 2000+ hours to 'platinum' the game, making it the most ridiculous DQ series game ever (Not sure about X, haven't played it). Some of the more difficult titles include stuff like win 9999 battles, breed 1000 monsters, and scout 1000 monsters. The bullshit impossible ones include stuff like Ranking high in both weekly GP tournaments (there are several for each of these, which is stupid. IE, 1st place, 2nd place, and 8th place), winning 9999 street pass battles, getting 9999 points in the Ranked Wi-fi battles, Upgrading a weapon 1000 times (I have 200 hours played and still double digits only in upgrades), and getting 100 members + 9999 battles in a community you yourself created. I don't know if anyone will ever 100% this.
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Mar 13, 2014 20:57
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Guys, I've hit a wtf moment in Dragon Quest IV and have no idea where to go. I'm about 14 hours in and I have to find my wife, I think. I am at a castle on the south east continent that looks a bit like South America on the map. Someone said to me he thinks the chancellor is dodgy. Someone else asked if I'm going to embark on a quest to find my wife like my father did. I just have no clue as to where I'm meant to be going...
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Mar 24, 2014 16:26
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BadAstronaut posted:Guys, I've hit a wtf moment in Dragon Quest IV and have no idea where to go. I'm about 14 hours in and I have to find my wife, I think. I am at a castle on the south east continent that looks a bit like South America on the map. Someone said to me he thinks the chancellor is dodgy. Someone else asked if I'm going to embark on a quest to find my wife like my father did. If you are where I think you are... If you are in chapter 5 check the spoilers. If not, ignore. Do you have the magic key? A slime in a village let's you know where it is. Its in the western cave in a lab. In order to find the staircase for the lab, you need to search the chest that held the lamp of darkness for a button. Alpha Kenny Juan fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Mar 24, 2014 |
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Mar 24, 2014 19:25
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I meant V, not IV! Fool, I am. But thanks for responding. I finished IV already... Now stuck where I described in Dragon Quest V on DS!
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Mar 24, 2014 23:18
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BadAstronaut posted:Guys, I've hit a wtf moment in Dragon Quest IV and have no idea where to go. I'm about 14 hours in and I have to find my wife, I think. I am at a castle on the south east continent that looks a bit like South America on the map. Someone said to me he thinks the chancellor is dodgy. Someone else asked if I'm going to embark on a quest to find my wife like my father did. Have you tried poking around in the chancellor's room?
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Mar 24, 2014 23:29
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BadAstronaut posted:Guys, I've hit a wtf moment in Dragon Quest IV and have no idea where to go. I'm about 14 hours in and I have to find my wife, I think. I am at a castle on the south east continent that looks a bit like South America on the map. Someone said to me he thinks the chancellor is dodgy. Someone else asked if I'm going to embark on a quest to find my wife like my father did. If I remember right, you check the chancellors room and there some odd item you find in his closet. When you use the item outside it will warp you to a new location. I remember being stuck on this part since there's so many stupid knick-knacks that you wouldn't normally pay attention to the item.
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Mar 24, 2014 23:46
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Hah - that was the exact thing I needed to do! Thanks guys. I wasted hours roving around the countryside fighting random enemies and searching in vain for somewhere to progress the story. Can finally progress again 
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Mar 25, 2014 03:25
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Now that I think about it, wife should have been a dead giveaway for V, but an area that looks like south america with a corrupt chancellor made me think of IV's chapter 4 area. 
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Mar 25, 2014 14:27
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I thought he was just really confused about who Alena and Cristo were. 
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Mar 27, 2014 02:50
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Mar 27, 2014 04:27
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Cross-posting from the PYF Cute, Adorable, Uplifting megathread: Cat vs. Liquid Metal Slime Now I really want a Liquid Metal Slime figurine. 
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Mar 27, 2014 19:57
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Alpha Kenny Juan posted:Now I really want a Liquid Metal Slime figurine. Must have!
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Mar 27, 2014 21:56
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I've got a Slime, Metal Slime, and Dragonlord (dragon form) toys but nothing like that. I need it.
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Mar 28, 2014 12:05
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Crimson Harvest posted:I've got a Slime, Metal Slime, and Dragonlord (dragon form) toys but nothing like that. I need it. I know a place in Tokyo...  
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Mar 28, 2014 23:21
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I have this guy. He goes well with the bow-ties I wear to work.
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Mar 29, 2014 14:46
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Any chance that Bravely Default's success in the West will encourage a localization for DQVII 3DS? Or am I living in a 90's fantasy land where Square Enix is a good company that doesn't hate fun?
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Apr 5, 2014 16:09
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Maybe, BD sold really well in the West and surprised SE. They were expecting Lightning Returns to sell gang busters (it didn't), which BD outsold.
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Apr 5, 2014 16:25
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I'm fairly certain that acidic resentment against the fact that people still like dragon quest games while the final fantasy series is becoming a bad joke plays a large part in why we don't get DQ titles overseas any more. But we'll get all the Lightning anyone could ever want! 
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Apr 5, 2014 16:25
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We got DQ9 and I don't think we're really losing out by not getting DQ10. Lack of the DQ7 DS remake is annoying though.
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Apr 5, 2014 16:46
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And terry's wonderland, which looks super fun.
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Apr 5, 2014 17:50
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Azubah posted:Maybe, BD sold really well in the West and surprised SE. They were expecting Lightning Returns to sell gang busters (it didn't), which BD outsold. Square Enix is really dumb and out of touch so they'll probably focus on FFXIII-3 before they even consider making DQ11.
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Apr 5, 2014 17:55
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Bigass Moth posted:Square Enix is really dumb and out of touch so they'll probably focus on FFXIII-3 before they even consider making DQ11. I think what happened is that- somewhere in the 00s- they saw how much money blockbuster-type action games were making in the West and wanted a piece of the pie. But as it turns out, they weren't good at making pie. There are fifty billion companies out there making those kinds of games, but only a few that are making good old fashioned JRPGs and porting them over and they were the number one company doing that for a while. Aside from a spotty second half, I loved Bravely Default more than any other game they've churned out in the past six years or so. That's pretty sad, that a simple little turn-based RPG fills me with more excitement than a big-budget AAA game in their flagship, best-selling series. One can only hope they take a message from this. I guess a good comparison would be if Nintendo suddenly decided to make Mario into the an M-rated Terminator-style FPS shooter hero with blood and guts and immediately dropped everything else that people love about the "Mario" games. I mean yeah, I guess those games sell well, but it isn't what they're known for at all and it'd be pretty lovely. Captain Mog fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Apr 5, 2014 |
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Apr 5, 2014 18:11
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Bigass Moth posted:Square Enix is really dumb and out of touch so they'll probably focus on FFXIII-3 before they even consider making DQ11. Lightning Returns is FFXIII-3, and moreover, LR basically ends the sub-series anyway. Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy isn't a mutually exclusive choice. S-E develops both.
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Apr 5, 2014 19:48
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The fact that people still think there's some sort of Squaresoft vs. Enix internal struggle ten years after they became a single company is kind of funny.
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Apr 5, 2014 20:18
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Square Enix may be dumb, but they're not completely dumb. Bravely Default's western success has forced them to confront the possibility that taste is not a function of geography. That doesn't necessarily mean they'll do anything with titles that were released over a year ago, but hope springs eternal.
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Apr 6, 2014 00:07
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I'm sure I'm just dumb as poo poo but I'd definitely break my rule against MMOs in a heartbeat to play DQX, even though I know it's a complete ripoff.
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Apr 7, 2014 01:53
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Bongo Bill posted:Square Enix may be dumb, but they're not completely dumb. Bravely Default's western success has forced them to confront the possibility that taste is not a function of geography. That doesn't necessarily mean they'll do anything with titles that were released over a year ago, but hope springs eternal. They want a Dragon Quest game in English? Okay, we can do that! Justin_Brett fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Apr 7, 2014 |
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Apr 7, 2014 16:51
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That would be awesome, although I'd love a port on the Vita, or at least have it emulated on the PS3 or PS4.
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Apr 7, 2014 16:58
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Vita or 3DS version please. I don't own a smartphone or a HDTV 
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Apr 7, 2014 19:35
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It's just the Iphone game. If it was being ported anywhere, it would come out first in Japan and we would already know about it before them starting registering trademarks elsewhere. It's Dragon Quest -- Japan is and will always be the main market for this series.
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Apr 7, 2014 19:45
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Dragon Quest 8 mobile in Japan came out in December, so it's the iphone game coming over here I guess.
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Apr 8, 2014 17:14
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I'm unashamedly excited about that.
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Apr 8, 2014 17:54
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Who wants to hold an iPhone for 100 hours? I don't understand why someone with sufficient decision making authority thought DQ8 on a mobile device would be a good experience. DQ8 should have gotten an HD remake on a console.
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Apr 12, 2014 02:58
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Saoshyant posted:It's just the Iphone game. If it was being ported anywhere, it would come out first in Japan and we would already know about it before them starting registering trademarks elsewhere. It's Dragon Quest -- Japan is and will always be the main market for this series. Does "United States Patent and Trademark Office" mean anything to you?
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Apr 13, 2014 02:26
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