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History Comes Inside! posted:Act 3 is just “the rest of the game” and I’ll die on this hill. It is unquestionably the rest of the game and the actual ending of the story. People who call it postgame are just engaging in wishful thinking. It's like thinking Xeno'jiiva is postgame content in MHW.
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Oct 2, 2022 19:26
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As someone who generally thinks in utilitarian terms, I adored act 3.
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Oct 2, 2022 19:28
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act 3 is interesting. I can understand why it would be a bit polarizing, and maybe that's why they put it after the credits. like they went ok well that was a good enough ending probably, but if you wanna say gently caress no we can do better, here's an opportunity to do so. does seem like some things end up glossed over or erased, but it's nice to see a game actually like, go for it with the concept a bit more than you generally see.
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Oct 2, 2022 19:31
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Kinda like Asura's Wrath and MGSV, if you watch the opening cinematic, the credits come at the beginning. So everything after that is actually the post game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQXHcMGIzwo
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Oct 2, 2022 19:33
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You should stop playing a video game when you feel done with it or when it isn't fun any more. All this semantic quibbling is futile.
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Oct 2, 2022 19:41
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Light Gun Man posted:act 3 is interesting. I can understand why it would be a bit polarizing, and maybe that's why they put it after the credits. like they went ok well that was a good enough ending probably, but if you wanna say gently caress no we can do better, here's an opportunity to do so. The real chaos option would be for SE to reveal that Dragon Quest 12 is going to be set in the act 2 timeline, leading to either the Zenithian or Dragovarian games, while 1-3 are already set in the Act 3 timeline. Go full Legend of Zelda with the setting.
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Oct 2, 2022 19:42
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Evil Fluffy posted:It is unquestionably the rest of the game and the actual ending of the story. People who call it postgame are just engaging in wishful thinking. Nah, people just don't actually know what DQ post-game is like. A dungeon that's just reused areas and reused enemies is pretty much post-game 101. Triply funny that this is some weird thing people refuse to acknowledge when plenty of people have popped up in the thread to go "After Act 2 I felt done enough and dropped it midway through Act 3". Almost like it's post-game or something.
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Oct 2, 2022 19:50
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Evil Fluffy posted:The real chaos option would be for SE to reveal that Dragon Quest 12 is going to be set in the act 2 timeline, leading to either the Zenithian or Dragovarian games, while 1-3 are already set in the Act 3 timeline. Go full Legend of Zelda with the setting. could be cool. can the magic train go anywhere it wants?
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Oct 2, 2022 20:34
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Act 3 is when you start getting the god mode skill loadouts and that means a lot to me. Divide Dually Deadly Double Down awakens something primal in my ape brain.
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Oct 2, 2022 20:38
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Tbh above all else, skipping act 3 means skipping the bombshell revelation at the end that took the game from "best RPG I've played in many years" to "one of my favorite games of all time by coming full circle to the first RPG I ever played". If you don't care about that, that's your right, but I still feel like you're depriving yourself. It is pretty bittersweet in context of the story though because of what you have to do to access act 3, but it's worth it for what I mentioned above (and getting back the second best character in the game).
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Oct 2, 2022 22:46
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Saxophone posted:Are there any mods for DQB2? I was kinda surprised a google search didn’t seem to turn up much but ‘infinite x item’ trainers given the minecrafty nature of the game. I haven't found any and I'm really annoyed at that because it deserves a bunch  There's even dummied-out content for some sort of post-game arena mode in the code and nobody made it accessible unless I missed something.
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Oct 3, 2022 14:35
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Light Gun Man posted:could be cool. can the magic train go anywhere it wants? DQ Treasures seems to use the definitely-not-starlight-express so 
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Oct 3, 2022 14:51
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i was really disappointed that there wasn't more of a chance to use any elaborate defenses you build. there's a single attack on isle of awakening after moonbrooke. after you fend it off there's no real point in rebuilding, reworking, etc.
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Oct 3, 2022 14:54
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The only thing I didn't beat in DQ11s is the Timewyrm because I have stronger monsters on and he kept wrecking my poo poo.
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Oct 3, 2022 15:37
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"They would never design a Dragon Quest game to be that tedious" from the franchise that produced DQ7
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Oct 4, 2022 23:22
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Has there been any news about the DQ3 HD sprite remake?
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Oct 4, 2022 23:28
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Kuros posted:The only thing I didn't beat in DQ11s is the Timewyrm because I have stronger monsters on and he kept wrecking my poo poo. That thing was absolutely not worth the effort to kill. I got to the fight and lost before I got a second turn, even after beating all the other postgame bosses, and decided it wasn't worth my time to beat it. Then I spent ten hours grinding everything I needed to kill it and I'm not really sure why.
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Oct 4, 2022 23:44
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I liked that boss because it was so hard I couldn't justify continuing. Just- "here, you're allowed to stop playing" .
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Oct 4, 2022 23:49
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Hyper Inferno posted:Has there been any news about the DQ3 HD sprite remake? I have not seen any, and it's been ages.
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Oct 4, 2022 23:50
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B76a3xxdoc 30 minutes of gameplay from DQ Treasures. It's all in Japanese, but you can get the gist of it.
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Oct 20, 2022 07:10
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looks neat, but the minimap is really lousy.
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Oct 20, 2022 07:24
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Yeah, there's a lot of familiarity too. I got hit with a wave of nostalgia after learning the slime names, and then seeing that one attack the blue and orange slimes do. And there's that brief intro to the scout game mechanic too.
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Oct 20, 2022 14:08
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I want a base-building beat em up Jade game.
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Oct 20, 2022 19:04
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Streets of Erdrea, where you wander the DQ11 world as Jade and Rab before the tournament at Octagonia looking for info on Mordegon and beating up thugs and monsters.
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Commander Keene posted:Streets of Erdrea, where you wander the DQ11 world as Jade and Rab before the tournament at Octagonia looking for info on Mordegon and beating up thugs and monsters. I think I would kill for a Yakuza-style game where you play as Jade.
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Oct 20, 2022 23:40
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I've never played a Yakuza game aside from like an hour or two of 7, so I was thinking more of a side-scrolling brawler like Streets of Rage or Final Fight, but sure.
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Oct 21, 2022 00:37
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Commander Keene posted:I've never played a Yakuza game aside from like an hour or two of 7 My friend, you should fix that at your earliest convenience! 0 is a good place to start.
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Commander Keene posted:I've never played a Yakuza game aside from like an hour or two of 7, so I was thinking more of a side-scrolling brawler like Streets of Rage or Final Fight, but sure. That's fair. I'm the absolute worst when it comes to genres so all I can think of as far as beat em ups is Yakuza and kinda technically Dynasty/Samurai/Hyrule Warriors.
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serefin99 posted:I think I would kill for a Yakuza-style game where you play as Jade. this is only fair, after the last Yakuza game was actually a DQ game in disguise.
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Log082 posted:this is only fair, after the last Yakuza game was actually a DQ game in disguise. I'm still blown away that they changed the name of DQ XII to One Piece: Odyssey
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Oct 21, 2022 06:16
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drat, DQH2 is a lot longer than I'd have thought, certainly more than the first one
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Commander Keene posted:I've never played a Yakuza game aside from like an hour or two of 7, so I was thinking more of a side-scrolling brawler like Streets of Rage or Final Fight, but sure. RareAcumen posted:That's fair. I'm the absolute worst when it comes to genres so all I can think of as far as beat em ups is Yakuza and kinda technically Dynasty/Samurai/Hyrule Warriors. I don't think the characters from XI are in them, but the Dragon Quest Heroes games exist and are basically that, in 3D. Thanks for reminding me, too. I have the first DQH in my Steam library that I've only played for 8 hours. I've finally quit my MMO so I've been using that time for Steam stuff, and I'll consider diving into it for my next game.
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Jerusalem posted:I'm still blown away that they changed the name of DQ XII to One Piece: Odyssey I've been ignoring this game because I'm not fully caught up with the manga. Is it actually looking good? I love the Unlimited games on the Wii but World Breaker or whatever the newest one is called was not good.
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Everything I've seen so far looks great, though I've never played any of the previous One Piece games because they were those weird "the enemies are just hordes of pre-animated semi-circles you send flying with a single attack" style of games. This one looks like they're very much borrowing from the DQXI style, party-style turn-based combat with abilities you unlock as you play due to a story mcguffin about having the characters powers stripped away temporarily and needing to be regathered so they can break free from an island that nobody ever escapes from (and typically for One Piece games, lets you replay a bunch of major storylines from previous games). If nothing else, it'll hold me over till DQXII!
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the writing will obviously be garbage, because it's a one piece game. the gameplay may be good, who knows?
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Jerusalem posted:Everything I've seen so far looks great, though I've never played any of the previous One Piece games because they were those weird "the enemies are just hordes of pre-animated semi-circles you send flying with a single attack" style of games. This one looks like they're very much borrowing from the DQXI style, party-style turn-based combat with abilities you unlock as you play due to a story mcguffin about having the characters powers stripped away temporarily and needing to be regathered so they can break free from an island that nobody ever escapes from (and typically for One Piece games, lets you replay a bunch of major storylines from previous games). poo poo, that sounds pretty good! Thanks for filling me in.
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I'm replaying DQXI and this time around I'm really noticing just how many songs are being reused from older games. It really skirts the line between being nostalgia bait and laziness and I feel myself going back and forth repeatedly on which I think it is. It helps that it's orchestrated now though. Since I'm playing the definitive edition this time, it's the first time I'm doing the Tickington quests. I had a huge smile on my face when the Moonbroke princess was shocked that the MP recovery item I was giving her was so common in the world I was coming from. That was definitely a fun bit of nostalgia bait. I just wish they put in the effort of giving the enemies sprite animations too instead of just PC animations.
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XI’s standalone tracks weren’t exactly Sugiyama at his A-Game so I can’t be too mad that a whole bunch of the OST is just Dragon Quest Greatest Hits, at least when that comes one of the best overworld themes of all time.
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Jesus the back half of Heroes 2 is actually difficult. The Twin Kings and the four-boss gauntlet mission are really tough. Got a bit easier when I realised how good shield blocking is if you nail the timing, at least.
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Either Polygon doesn't know how to read Roman numerals or DQ9 is coming to PlayStation and also getting a different subtitle. But they've left the typo up for 10 days now lol https://www.polygon.com/23400752/playstation-plus-games-for-october-2022-extra-premium
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