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Prism posted:In the case of 4 it's the stupid accents that bother me more than the puns. I like puns. This grated on me too after 20 hours. I'm still replaying it, as I've spent too much of my life playing Final Fantasy and these games are just... so much more fun.
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Has anyone picked up the iOS version of IV? I'm interested in knowing how the controls feel.
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Aug 7, 2014 14:15
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So whoever recommended the SNES version of DQIII over the GBC version (the one I grew up with) was so right. I didn't know that the SNES could make games that look so good.
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So can we reasonably expect, then, that all the Dragon Quest remakes could make an iOS appearance followed by an Android appearance, and this might apply for DQ7 as well...? I own the rest on DS and have DQ8 on PS3, so it is really just 7 that is eluding me (as I am no longer holding out for an announcement that DQ7 on 3DS is going to be released in English)
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nutranurse posted:So whoever recommended the SNES version of DQIII over the GBC version (the one I grew up with) was so right. I didn't know that the SNES could make games that look so good. I really like the enemy animations. 
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BadAstronaut posted:So can we reasonably expect, then, that all the Dragon Quest remakes could make an iOS appearance followed by an Android appearance, and this might apply for DQ7 as well...? I hope so! Maybe if the iOS ports sell well?
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Taran_Wanderer posted:I hope so! Maybe if the iOS ports sell well? That's what I'm thinking. And I meant DQ8 on PS2 but whatever. Is the price point too high, though? Isn't $9.99 going to see more sales overall than $14.99...?
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Aug 7, 2014 16:56
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I'd rather just not get anymore DQ at all than get this insulting phone bullshit.
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Aug 7, 2014 16:57
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Phone games are mad popular in Japan and are nearly as so (if not more so) here in the states (no idea about the rest of the world). I think we're going to suffer because of that, but buck up! Smart phones are pretty cool now! 
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BadAstronaut posted:...it is really just 7 that is eluding me (as I am no longer holding out for an announcement that DQ7 on 3DS is going to be released in English) You and me both, brother and/or sister. I would pay full 3DS new-release price ($40 US) for a multilanguage port of DQ7 like they did with IV, V, VI and IX, but I do not expect to ever see it. I don't believe for a moment that the cost of localisation would nullify profits, so bollocks to them. You lot can laugh at me all you like for this, but event hough I have yet to acquire the PSX version of DQVII, I found a Near Mint copy of the Prima Guide for it for a very decent price, so I jumped on it. I know that I'll find a copy of that game eventually, so I took advantage of the good deal now. Even without a PS1 copy, there are other, less scrupulous ways to enjoy that game. 
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nutranurse posted:So whoever recommended the SNES version of DQIII over the GBC version (the one I grew up with) was so right. I didn't know that the SNES could make games that look so good. It's really a tossup between DQ 3&6, Chrono Trigger, FF6, and Secret of Mana(and SD3) for amazing looking SNES games with amazing music. Adam Bowen posted:I'd rather just not get anymore DQ at all than get this insulting phone bullshit. All these ports make me curious to seehow SE's mobile division is laid out. Maybe after All The Bravest they fired people working on original ideas, but if SE ever did a game like Puzzle & Dragons or Brave Frontier in the whole "play through levels, feed  for rare units" setup, using all their various IPs for the rare units, it could be interesting.But rather than a game like those we got ATB, which was  as gently caress and had nothing even approaching depth, so I doubt it'll ever happen unless YoshiP decides he wants to make mobile games and SE lets him stop printing money with FF14.Just pray they don't make some IAP-riddled Dragon Quest (Monster)game for smart devices. Though some other company will probably make one like that considering there's basically a freemium pokemon knockoff that came out recently.
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If anything DQIV iOS doesn't seem as terrible as DQVIII did.
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Evil Fluffy posted:It's really a tossup between DQ 3&6, Chrono Trigger, FF6, and Secret of Mana(and SD3) for amazing looking SNES games with amazing music. Too late it's already been done. Dragon Quest Monsters Super Light has been out since the beginning of this year in Japan, basically being DQ combined with P&D just as you hypothesized. Rise of Mana is also a P&D clone mechanics-wise for evolution and leveling if you're curious, though still an Action RPG. They have a fair number of interesting looking mobile games that are not localized, like Final Fantasy Picross.
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BadAstronaut posted:So can we reasonably expect, then, that all the Dragon Quest remakes could make an iOS appearance followed by an Android appearance, and this might apply for DQ7 as well...? Because they already have complete translations of 5 and 6, and because those run on the same (simpler) technology as 4, it's very likely that we'll see those. With 7, though, they'd have to order a new translation of the text-heaviest game they've ever published. Square Enix puts far more effort into their 3DS releases than their mobile ones ("Dargon Quest" gaffes and the low-budget Final Fantasy ports reveal their priorities), so we're quite simply not going to see 7 on iOS without also seeing it on 3DS. I would say that we're far more likely to see a mobile release of 9 than of 7. The fact that they were willing to finish localizing the missing parts of 4's English script is a promising development, however.
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Does this series have any better games than DQ9 that can be played on 3DS? DQ9 has been pretty linear so far, but I'm mostly disappointed with the slow-paced combat and leveling. They put a lot of work into these combat animations that I just cannot care about.
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Jackard posted:Does this series have any better games than DQ9 that can be played on 3DS? You can play 4, 5, and 6, they all got DS ports. DQ9 is tops though 
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Jackard posted:Does this series have any better games than DQ9 that can be played on 3DS? Dragon quest 4,5, and 6. I don't know if you'll like them if you don't like dragon quest 9 though.
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DQ9 is great but DQ5 is probably the best game in the series and one of the best JRPGs ever made.
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Pyroxene Stigma posted:You can play 4, 5, and 6, they all got DS ports. DQ9 is tops though like the options in Fire Emblem Awakening
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Jackard posted:Does this series have any better games than DQ9 that can be played on 3DS? DQ7, Terry's Wonderland, and Iru/Luca's Mysterious and Wonderful Key. All ones that aren't out in America and probably never will be. Every time I go to a huge convention or gaming event and don't see any DQ merch at sqex, it just solidifies the idea that they are abandoning it in NA. Also, there is something about the mobile phone releases that rubs me in the wrong way. Probably font/graphics issues.
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Allarion posted:Too late it's already been done. Dragon Quest Monsters Super Light has been out since the beginning of this year in Japan, basically being DQ combined with P&D just as you hypothesized. Rise of Mana is also a P&D clone mechanics-wise for evolution and leveling if you're curious, though still an Action RPG. They have a fair number of interesting looking mobile games that are not localized, like Final Fantasy Picross. You bastard. I had forgotten about these and you had to go and remind me. 
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Jackard posted:Does DQ9 have any way to skip or disable combat animations playing for each and every attack? No, but in 4, 5, and 6, the animations are so simple that they're already about as fast as they are in Fire Emblem with animations disabled but without holding the fast-forward button.
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DQIV is up on the Play Store for those of you with Android devices. It's properly spelled also  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.android_googleplay.dq4 Just downloaded it and it seems to run okay. If you are using ART it won't work but it does work with Xposed if anyone cares.  It doesn't run as poo poo as DQVIII either. Skeezy fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Aug 7, 2014 |
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Is movement only with the digital circle pad? That's a deal breaker for me, unfortunately. I can't get used to those controls at all.
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Draile posted:Is movement only with the digital circle pad? That's a deal breaker for me, unfortunately. I can't get used to those controls at all. Yes, but you can touch those direction buttons for precision.
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It's honestly not that bad and thankfully the game doesn't run all sluggish like DQVIII. I haven't checked if you need to be online to start the game though.
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Dr Pepper posted:DQ9 is great but DQ5 is probably the best game in the series and one of the best JRPGs ever made. I just don't get this as I loved DQ9, I thought DQ4 was excellent and I am now 21 hours into DQ5 and while I enjoy it a lot, I don't yet get the 'best in the series' claims. This is also coming from someone who played 8 hours of DQ6 before retiring it out of meh, with the intention of coming back at some point more for completionist sake. I am at the battle with that Hjalda or however you spell it guy, and he keeps nailing me even though I have sap'd him and buff'd my guys. The guy in the tower you reach by flying Zenithia there, to get the right dragon eye - I already got the left one from the much easier boss character EDIT: And this is great to see: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.android_googleplay.dq4 BadAstronaut fucked around with this message at 09:26 on Aug 8, 2014 |
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Aug 8, 2014 09:23
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Dragon Quest 8 on Android would be awesome. If it worked with the Nvidia Shield.
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5 has an excellent main storyline, though fewer and weaker of the self-contained village vignettes the series has become known for. It was also the last (and, consequently, most mature) of the more lightweight games in the series, being relatively short and having no kind of character-building system. It's the last of the old style, when 6 was the first of the new. Incidentally, Chrono Trigger is the missing link between them.
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Chrono Trigger was a collaboration between Yuji Horii (lead designer of Dragon Quest) and Hironobu Sakaguchi (lead designer of Final Fantasy), among others, mostly from the Final Fantasy side of things. Development took place between that of Dragon Quests 5 and 6 (and also that of Final Fantasies 6 and 7, between which it is also a missing link). Horii's influence as a designer is most evident in the general scenario and broad structure of the game, which is the thing that changes most conspicuously between Dragon Quest games. (Sakaguchi was more involved in designing the smaller-scale mechanics, especially combat.)
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Ah I see - awesome. How the hell do you know this? Is there some good history or making of for the Dragon Quest games readable online?
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Chrono Trigger at least was rather famous even at the time of its release for bringing the "Dream Team" together to create it. I think most of them even make an appearance in the game in one of the secret endings.
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Didn't know that - that's really cool. Such a great game - sunk hours on the SNES and replayed in 2012 on the DS. Excellent.
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Are there any other Dragon Warrior/Quest games that are like DW3 and let you start with a completely customized party? I played DQIX but got burned out after awhile, I'm not sure how much time I put into that game but it felt like it took forever to progress.
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Nate RFB posted:Chrono Trigger at least was rather famous even at the time of its release for bringing the "Dream Team" together to create it. I think most of them even make an appearance in the game in one of the secret endings. When Squaresoft and Enix merged all I could think about was how we were about to get Chrono Trigger-grade RPGs non-stop. Oh, what a foolish child I was.  Blue Dragon also had a few people from the DQ and FF games work on it and it was an interesting game though the boss music sounds like they got the singer from Deep Purple, gave him a bottle of Jack, and then recorded the results.
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Dragon Quest V, 23 hours in, and more than a 'what do I do?' question - also a 'how am I meant to know where to go?' question: I got the dragon orb and staff and then fought the big massive Bjorn moose monster thing after checking that the jar was red (  ) but now I have no idea where to head for what sounds like it is getting pretty late in the game and a big showdown is on its way soon. How do we know where to go next?Thanks.
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BadAstronaut posted:Dragon Quest V, 23 hours in, and more than a 'what do I do?' question - also a 'how am I meant to know where to go?' question: You can talk to some people in Zenithia. One of them will give you a hint as to where to go. If you want the answer straight-out, use the bell you get after handing in the Dragon Orb to Dr Agon and fly to Mt Azimuth. There is also an optional dungeon you can do now that you have the Ultimate Key. It's located west of Coburg. Prism fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Aug 9, 2014 |
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So earlier today I finished DQ3. Aaaaand; Holy poo poo this game is fantastic. I knew DQ3 is still many peoples favourite DQ, and I see why. It's so good. After I beat Baramos, and went through the hole to the underworld, I just had the biggest smile. Getting to travel around The entirity of Alefgard, with the same music as DQ1, and visiting all the locations while collecting the items was kinda fantastic. It was great, the final boss rush was pretty fun too. I beat Zoma in such a clutch victory, with both my magic users only having 1 MP left each. It felt really good and felt like an actual fierce battle with a sense of accomplishment. With that, I have now beaten DQ1-6 and 9. I will probably take a bit of a break to play some other stuff first. But then I'll jump into DQ7 on the PS1! I don't know too much about it, just that it's long and kinda requires you to keep notes when shard hunting n' stuff. After that, I get to play the (apparent) joy of DQ8. Heard soooooo many good things about this one! So I'm very exctied.
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DQ3 had these little touches that made it special. Like the little kid that gives you Dad's helmet. That kid just has to be the hero's half-brother. Too bad the helmet's piece of junk.
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