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One thing that kinda sucks is wanting to know the answer to a question you have about the game but people are still making all the guides and poo poo because the game is so new. People mentioned a missable mini medal in the second half of the game when you go to Dundrasil in a way that can't be revisited and I have scoured the whole area in question and I'm not finding a medal and it's driving me nuts because I'm expecting there to be one.
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uiru posted:People mentioned a missable mini medal in the second half of the game when you go to Dundrasil in a way that can't be revisited and I have scoured the whole area in question and I'm not finding a medal and it's driving me nuts because I'm expecting there to be one. It's during the plot quest when you investigate a strange dream at the Warrior Rest Inn. Hint: It's when you visit the past Solution? Apparently it's in a pot near the kitchen
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Sep 10, 2018 11:21
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GrandpaPants posted:It's during the plot quest when you investigate a strange dream at the Warrior Rest Inn. Yes, I was in that exact place. I just thought I searched every pot and cabinet and whatnot. I just started the boss fight after that sequence as I saw your post, so now I'm reloading to my last save to see if I can't find it. EDIT: Hmm still can't find it. Though now I'm not sure which room is the kitchen. You have a source for this info? This is driving me nuts. And I checked and I currently have 0 mini medals on me so I didn't find it already and not realize. uiru fucked around with this message at 11:35 on Sep 10, 2018 |
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Sep 10, 2018 11:30
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uiru posted:Yes, I was in that exact place. I just thought I searched every pot and cabinet and whatnot. I just started the boss fight after that sequence as I saw your post, so now I'm reloading to my last save to see if I can't find it. Oh I'm an idiot, the mini medal guide I was using (https://www.psu.com/news/dragon-quest-xi-mini-medal-guide-41-60/ , but warning for Part 2 spoilers) was for Heliodor Castle. I was confused by the text of the medal in question, which references something...that I don't think happened in Heliodor Castle? Either way, oops! 
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Sep 10, 2018 12:11
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GrandpaPants posted:Oh I'm an idiot, the mini medal guide I was using (https://www.psu.com/news/dragon-quest-xi-mini-medal-guide-41-60/ , but warning for Part 2 spoilers) was for Heliodor Castle. I was confused by the text of the medal in question, which references something...that I don't think happened in Heliodor Castle? Either way, oops! Haha, thanks for checking. I just fell down a rabbit hole of googling in Japanese w/ my extremely rusty Japanese skills and learning the Japanese names for poo poo so I could search for ユグノア城 過去 メダル and reading a million extremely lovely Japanese wiki sites (there's so many and they're all AWFUL) for this game. I am thoroughly convinced there is no such medal.
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Sep 10, 2018 12:20
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Speaking of mini medals, I found the academy and I love it.
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Sep 10, 2018 12:30
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Speaking of mini medals, I found the academy and I love it. All the shoujou tropes. The delinquent boss, the vice principal being Jade's mum's girlfriend, the ghost it was great.
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Sep 10, 2018 13:47
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Speaking of mini medals, I found the academy and I love it. Extremely same. Out of all the changes between this game and the last ones i think the best change was the fun forge, since + level equipment lets you not have to grind for gold quite as much. It is a significantly easier game overall though, so i think when i finish it i'll start the draconian difficulty stuff. I am also incredibly happy they basically took the DQ4 casino since i wasn't a huge fan of the DQ8 casino offerings. Most of the callbacks on music have been great and recognizing them almost immediately was just another way to point out how much of an impression the old games left on me But yeah that overworld theme is bad. I hope they give options to replace it, it's just not as good as any of the other games themes and actually feels totally out of step with the rest of the games music choices I had a chuckle at the gallopolis callback to charmles Sloober fucked around with this message at 13:54 on Sep 10, 2018 |
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Sep 10, 2018 13:49
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Overworld theme is fine and suitable for the game and its character, the 2D ones cannot be applied (not counting 3DS DQ11 which is where the PS4 version music comes from and that's why we got it) it's just that it all lacks in variety where other games show how much alternative themes add. You gotta mark progression and mood (better than this, and I'm in act 2). Phantasy Star 3 is an old example of doing things uniquely and awesomely, adding instrument tracks as you add members, when you had a full party you knew you were the poo poo. Then you entered anything not a boss battle and got the same ear-killing brain-wrecking 180bpm 4/4 loop, until the target or you got low on health and variety blessed the ears. Star Ocean 4 did music drat drat right. Now here's some time spent with the 100 token machines looking for patterns: code:e: \/ \/ \/ drat right Ghosts n Gopniks fucked around with this message at 14:05 on Sep 10, 2018 |
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Sep 10, 2018 14:01
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I was kind of slow to start the first couple days, sort of getting a feel for what the game was, but the last day or two I've made some serious progress. I did all of Octagonia up through to Lonalulu before I decided to call it a night (at like 5:30 AM). This game rules super ultra hard and I love it a lot.
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Sep 10, 2018 14:03
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I love how despite how goofy and simplistic and light hearted the tone of the series they somehow still manage to make really good dramatic scenes like everything going on in the ruins before Rab and Jade join or in 8 King Trodain's general despair at his and Medea's situation or the whole deal with the sad king in his sad kingdom
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Sep 10, 2018 14:13
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the saddest scene in dragon quest 8 consisted of an elderly russian lady throwing pepper in a dog's eyes
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Sep 10, 2018 14:16
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I swear, every time Rab tries to do an inspirational speech, a porn mag falls out of his backpack.
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Sep 10, 2018 14:25
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Levantine posted:Crafting is great. Reminds me of a really simplified version of FFXIV's crafting system. I've played a bunch of FFXIV and never did any crafting and now I'm thinking maybe I should, because DQXI's crafting is pretty fun. I'm just starting to unlock some flourishes and it's been kind of fun just figuring stuff out on my own. It took me a bit to understand the point of things like Double-Edged Bash until I realized that it's all about focus management and now I'm having a great time trying to get +3s.
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Sep 10, 2018 14:47
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I see what you're doing with the mermaid speech patterns game and its really cool. 
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Sep 10, 2018 14:54
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Harrow posted:I've played a bunch of FFXIV and never did any crafting and now I'm thinking maybe I should, because DQXI's crafting is pretty fun. Now I'm wondering if I should've played FFXIV. I mostly avoid MMOs these days, but DQXI is making me wish I could try DQX. Is FFXIV fun? Is it mechanically different from WoW? Also, I impulse bought a $159 1TB SSD -- yes, they're that cheap now -- because I was getting annoyed with the load times and did the migration last night. I've been playing today and it feels like there just are no load times. Highly recommend. This is on a PS4 Pro, though. (YMMV on a non-Pro, as only Pro has SATA III.)
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Sep 10, 2018 15:33
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Small details, but french localization has some german mixed in (the level up for the forge notably). Makes me smile anyway, I can't get angry about vanything in this game. Small detail also, what I took for a very brief nod to Bayonetta in a cutscene was a nice surprise.
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Sep 10, 2018 16:16
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Huh I had no idea PS4 even had SSD support.
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Sep 10, 2018 16:19
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uiru posted:Now I'm wondering if I should've played FFXIV. I mostly avoid MMOs these days, but DQXI is making me wish I could try DQX. Is FFXIV fun? Is it mechanically different from WoW? It's my favourite MMO, and yeah it's quite different from WoW mechanically. Also it plays well on a controller (though if you get it on ps4 you'll still want a keyboard for chat, bluetooth keyboard as cheap as chips now though). There's a free trial to level 35 though the game really picks up at 50 which is quick to reach these days, the goon guilds are on Excalibur for America, and they are very big, active and friendly (apparently it's got the largest goon community after EVE?). There's a big Euro guild on Omega and a small group of SEA-Ausgoons on Tonberry though a lot of us just play with the Americans or Euros. It's by far the best written MMO ever, the first expansion Heavensward might be the best written FF content. Also completely opposite to DQ11 the music is absolutely amazing and the largest soundtrack in gaming.
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Sep 10, 2018 16:24
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Does it beat the Rayman 3 OST in length? Because IIRC, that was over 8 hours long.
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Sep 10, 2018 16:27
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The only soundtrack that beats FF14 in volume is Super Smash Brothers Ultimate
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Sep 10, 2018 16:35
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Broken Cog posted:Does it beat the Rayman 3 OST in length? Because IIRC, that was over 8 hours long. The 1.0 sound track had 5 hours, the 2.0 sound track had nearly 7, the 3.0 soundtrack added another 5 and this doesn't include 4.0 or the vast amount of 2.x, 3.x and 4.x music. It got the record for the most original composition in a game before the most recent expansion in Feb 2017. And that doesn't include all the classic FF arrangements in it.
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Sep 10, 2018 16:36
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Doing party chats in Octagonia: I like how Erik is just increasingly annoyed about the party's tendency to get caught up in whatever public spectacle is happening instead of keeping their heads down.
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Sep 10, 2018 16:36
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A Sometimes Food posted:The 1.0 sound track had 5 hours, the 2.0 sound track had nearly 7, the 3.0 soundtrack added another 5 and this doesn't include 4.0 or the vast amount of 2.x, 3.x and 4.x music. Yeah. Should have figured they added a lot with patches and expansions. Gotta give it a listen one of these days.
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Sep 10, 2018 16:48
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It's also worth noting that the world record wasn't actually for the game, but for Masayoshi Soken personally, as he's composed almost the entire 2.x-4.x soundtrack himself. (The main exception being the main themes, which are Nobuo Uematsu's work.) Anyway, found XI's slime island, so that's nice if I ever need to grind.
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Sep 10, 2018 17:06
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So I've bought and am starting to play DQXI on my IBM Compatible Personal Computer. If I like this game, and so far I do, what other games should I look into getting? I see 7 and 8 are on the DS store. Are 1-6 and 9 worth getting? Looks like lots of them are available on Ipad as well.
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Sep 10, 2018 17:10
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Saigyouji posted:It's also worth noting that the world record wasn't actually for the game, but for Masayoshi Soken personally, as he's composed almost the entire 2.x-4.x soundtrack himself. (The main exception being the main themes, which are Nobuo Uematsu's work.) It's absurdly varied too, classical, folk, pop, rock, baroque, big band, jazz, classical Japanese, classical Chinese, choral hymns (it's FF so of course there's loads of this mixed into a lot of things), like half a dozen kinds of metal, Mongolian folk music, sea shanties, string pieces. poo poo's nuts. And it';s weird I've only just found a liquid metal slime like after flying. Had terrible luck with them.
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Sep 10, 2018 17:16
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chaosapiant posted:So I've bought and am starting to play DQXI on my IBM Compatible Personal Computer. If I like this game, and so far I do, what other games should I look into getting? I see 7 and 8 are on the DS store. Are 1-6 and 9 worth getting? Looks like lots of them are available on Ipad as well. 8 is the most like this one and incredibly good, 4-6 are all really good for their time, 5 in particular is held in high regard. Have good iOS ports too, 4 in particular you want the iOS not the DS one due to weird cuts in the DS one. 9 is a weird beast that's based heavily on a multiplayer scene that never materialised outside Japan. 1-3 were NES era RPGs and the iOS ports have weird issues. 7 is incredibly long and I couldn't get through it. If you have a Switch Dragon Quest Builders is a fun as hell take on Minecraft with more direction and questing. A Sometimes Food fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Sep 10, 2018 |
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chaosapiant posted:So I've bought and am starting to play DQXI on my IBM Compatible Personal Computer. If I like this game, and so far I do, what other games should I look into getting? I see 7 and 8 are on the DS store. Are 1-6 and 9 worth getting? Looks like lots of them are available on Ipad as well. They are all worth playing, except for maybe 2 at this point. Most of them will have a very similar feel. Here's the best version of each: 1 - SNES or 3DS(jp only)/Mobile 2 - SNES or 3DS(jp only)/Mobile 3 - SNES or GBC, avoid mobile/3DS 4 - PSX(jp only) or DS 5 - PS2(jp only, translation patch available), with DS in a close second 6 - Either version is good 7 - Personal preference, probably stick to 3DS 8 - 3DS 9 - Only available on DS, you'll need a PAR or cheat device to access a lot of the additional quests since Nintendo shut down the online service for regular DS games 10 - Japanese language and Asian region only; you'd need a VPN to even access it
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Sep 10, 2018 17:24
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Is it me or are there a lot more puff-puff references in this game than in previous ones? I've gotten puff-puff from foreigners with strange accents, puff-puff behind buildings. A stranger just offered me free puff-puff under the docks... at this rate this is going to be the first DQ hero with Chlamydia.
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Sep 10, 2018 17:25
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Also the hardest challenges and wackier rewards for 9 are lost forever to the sands of time aka Nintendo's discontinued insanely lovely online service of the time
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Sep 10, 2018 17:27
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I really liked 9 when I played it, but the online worked back then, and I can see it not being worth it if it's gone. Really weird that they didn't at least open all the challenges and bonuses for everyone when they shut it down though.
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Sep 10, 2018 17:33
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I was thinking about picking up a cheap cart of 9 for my 3ds, but is it a decent game in and of itself outside of the multiplayer not working?
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Sep 10, 2018 17:35
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Everyone in the starting area has my awful British redneck regional accent please someone tell me they stop talking exactly like me soon or this is going to be a nightmarish 100 hours.
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Sep 10, 2018 17:48
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History Comes Inside! posted:Everyone in the starting area has my awful British redneck regional accent please someone tell me they stop talking exactly like me soon or this is going to be a nightmarish 100 hours. they get suspiciously italian and spanish for a good chunk
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Sep 10, 2018 17:49
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HOLY loving poo poo, IF YOU GET FREE SPINS WHILE A SILVER SPIN, THEY ALL COUNT AS SILVER WITHOUT THE SILVER SPIN NUMBERS GOING DOWN. 
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Sep 10, 2018 17:50
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It took me about 15 hours before I heard my first Cor Blimey! Da-Vey is my current favorite character.
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Sep 10, 2018 17:51
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Harrow posted:I've played a bunch of FFXIV and never did any crafting and now I'm thinking maybe I should, because DQXI's crafting is pretty fun. FFXIV's crafting isn't fun even if you didn't have to factor in the gear requirements.
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History Comes Inside! posted:Everyone in the starting area has my awful British redneck regional accent please someone tell me they stop talking exactly like me soon or this is going to be a nightmarish 100 hours. I re-read this post in Gemma's voice and now I can't stop laughing.
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chaosapiant posted:I was thinking about picking up a cheap cart of 9 for my 3ds, but is it a decent game in and of itself outside of the multiplayer not working? it's absolutely fine, the main stuff that's gone is the awful postgame that involved grinding against megabosses over and over to get a chance of unlocking another megaboss to grind over and over
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