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I have both Builders games on Switch and they work fine enough. There can be occasional moments of frame-dropping and the initial load-in is a little sluggish but none of it ever genuinely bothered me. I've never played on a beefy PC or other platform that's more capable than the Switch, though, and I also generally play docked, so take that with a grain of salt.
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JustJeff88 posted:How well do the Builders games run on Switch? I have both on my wish list and they might go on special during the holiday season. I play my Switch almost entirely in portable mode, and it's not the most powerful hardware as you know. DQB2 on switch was a great time, I played the whole thing in handheld and there wasn’t anything that stood out as a problem. I’m not a fussy bitch when it comes to framerates though so if you’re one of those “anything less than 60fps is like razor blades on my delicate eyeballs” people you might find more to dissuade you.
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JustJeff88 posted:How well do the Builders games run on Switch? I have both on my wish list and they might go on special during the holiday season. I play my Switch almost entirely in portable mode, and it's not the most powerful hardware as you know. there's some chug when you blow up a large chunk of land because of the scattering of blocks but it's fine and playable
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Dec 4, 2022 01:07
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Some of the extremely built up towns you can load from other people will chug rear end but they do that on PS4 also
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Dec 4, 2022 01:49
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History Comes Inside! posted:DQB2 on switch was a great time, I played the whole thing in handheld and there wasn’t anything that stood out as a problem. Good to hear. I"m not a framerate primadonna either.
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KingSlime posted:Holy poo poo they really are about to just drop this dragon quest treasures game on us aren't they? I'd this switch exclusive or also on steam?
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Dec 4, 2022 02:47
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I believe it's a switch exclusive with no plans for other platforms for now.
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Dec 4, 2022 02:52
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Aww man but I am steampilled now
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Judge Tesla posted:Just sliding in to say that Heroes 2 is extremely good and also worth playing. I've heard that as well. But I'm just not a huge fan of the gameplay format. It's a bit too chaotic for me, my brain has a hard time keeping up. The super-close camera doesn't help things. I haven't played the game in almost 2 weeks, if that says anything.
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Yeah, I respect how those developers go out of their way to make every themed warriors game feel a lot like the source material, I think they do a great job with that. But god drat plain old hack and slash gameplay with endless braindead mobs was boring as poo poo in the 90s and it's still boring as poo poo today Props to persona 5 Strikers for straight up cribbing the dungeon design of the main franchise though which basically gives persona fans brand new dungeons to crawl through. If I have a favorite warriors game it would probably be that one, but yeah, generally I'd rather play something else with better moment to moment gameplay
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Dec 4, 2022 19:27
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Seeing the world in Slime-O-Vision is such a great mechanic. Also I need a Rocket Slime remake. Get on that, Square Enix. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DncSvDnGGrc
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Dec 4, 2022 19:29
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Can’t wait to run around as Erik and find the 7 dragon
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Currently playing through the DS version of DQV. Loving it so far.. I really wish they would re-release all the old games on modern systems. I'd pay a good chunk of cash for 1-8 on PS5 or Switch or PC or anything. I'd pay full game price for 1-3 on one disc, 4-6 on another, and 7 and 8 on one. Take my money!
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Malaria posted:Currently playing through the DS version of DQV. Loving it so far.. I think 1-3 are actually on the Switch but they cost a lot and you don't get much. DQ3 doesn't even have animated monsters like the Super Famicom version did.
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Dq3 has a new version coming out sometime. Don't know when and haven't seen updates since they announced it.
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A lot of them are available on mobil  I hope dq3 remake comes out on ps4, but given octopath traveler and live-a-live aren't there yet I don't have much hope
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Dec 6, 2022 02:13
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I imagine some of that is more Nintendo than Square. Though Octopath's availability is weird: it's on Switch, Xbox, and PC, but 2 will be on Switch, PC, and Playstation, but not Xbox.
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Prism posted:I think 1-3 are actually on the Switch but they cost a lot and you don't get much. DQ3 doesn't even have animated monsters like the Super Famicom version did. They are, and they also replaced the charming sprites from the original games in battles with hand-drawn art which is not nearly as nice, imo.
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Malaria posted:I really wish they would re-release all the old games on modern systems. I'd pay a good chunk of cash for 1-8 on PS5 or Switch or PC or anything. I'd pay full game price for 1-3 on one disc, 4-6 on another, and 7 and 8 on one. Take my money! https://play.google.com/store/search?q=dragon%20quest&c=apps&hl=en You said "anything." Don't you (guys) have a phone? I've not played those versions of 1-3 or 8 but I can definitely recommend 4-6.The footage I've seen of 1-3 on Switch is absolutely hideous and I'd never buy them even if I had a Switch. Ofecks fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Dec 6, 2022 |
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The phone version of 8 isn't great but it's alright. The phone version of 7 didn't leave Japan, but really it's only 9 that's not readily playable today
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I didn't realize Dai: A Hero's Bonds was out in English now. Has anyone played it? Is it any good?
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Evil Fluffy posted:I didn't realize Dai: A Hero's Bonds was out in English now. Has anyone played it? Is it any good? I read the whole DQ Dai manga and I gotta say… it has the worst names. Marm and Pop are firmly “meh” tier, and Strash is just a crime against letters. I understand what it’s going for, but it is Ed Wood levels of missing the mark.
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Does 8 (on 3DS if that matters) have a respec mechanic? I'm getting some mild decision paralysis with the skills and that would definitely help it obviously doesn't have one at every church like in 11 but i wouldn't be surprised if it was possible only at some mid/lategame location
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There's no skill respec/reset in any version of Dragon Quest VIII Edit: by the end of the game you should have enough skill points to master two skill trees (or paths, I guess, they don't branch...) per character. I strongly suggest you level up everyone's personal skill and one weapon skill each. YggiDee fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Dec 7, 2022 |
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YggiDee posted:There's no skill respec/reset in any version of Dragon Quest VIII
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Bummer! I'll have to live with my awful decisions I guess I'm also just assuming you don't get nearly enough sp to fill all the trees without insane seed of skill grinding. Is that accurate E: oh. Yes it is
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I don't think I'm going to rigidly stick to leveling exactly two things though, that sounds boring and optimisation is for losers anyway. Lots of the trees seem have a couple skills i'd want to pick up but nothing particularly good at the top end.
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Honestly, follow a guide for skills. Read through some of the builds and pick one that sounds cool for each character when you get them.
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I just don't like having to juggle weapons
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that's over complicating things. there are only three points to follow for skills in 8. 1. max out any weapon. some are better than others, but there are no dud options. 2. dip in and out of other trees for any other skill that looks nice. 3. the hero gets a flashy but mostly useless spell from maxing out both swords and bravery. if you really must, you can find specific point by point builds but it isn't necessary or even particularly useful.
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Mustached Demon posted:Honestly, follow a guide for skills. Read through some of the builds and pick one that sounds cool for each character when you get them. I looked up what the skills actually *are* but I'm not going to ruin my fun of experimenting with the system by sticking to something someone else has decided is good Like what, will the game be literally uncompletable if i don't do a "correct" skill build? No it won't. It's a dragon quest game.
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With regards to DQ8, you get 350 skill points by the time you get to max level, which is enough to master 3.5 skill trees. There are some bosses & enemies that will drop seeds of skill and you'll find them through out the game. My suggestions, spoilered: Hero: Swords, Spears, Courage Yangus: Axes, Scythes, Humanity Jessica: Whips, Staff, Sex Appeal. Magic Burst in Fisticuffs is amazingly powerful as well, but the rest of the tree isn't great. Angelo: Bow, Staff, Charisma Red: Fan,Knives, Roguery Morrie: Claws, Passion, Clubs or Boomerangs
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the only bad part of 8 is that they don't show you what the skill points will actually give you. It's such a bad decision but I guess it's functionally impossible to make such a useless team that you can't beat the game
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The best thing in Jessica's whip skill tree was greatly nerfed in the 3DS version compared to PS2, so I prefer staves there.
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In Training posted:the only bad part of 8 is that they don't show you what the skill points will actually give you. It's such a bad decision but I guess it's functionally impossible to make such a useless team that you can't beat the game
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Amppelix posted:This sounds like the worst way to play the game imaginable, why would i do this Oh definitely don't take my advice if you're going into it with a chill mindset. 'Look up a build' advice is for those out there who get decision paralysis because they're scared of screwing up. For actual skills, I really liked thin air on someone. Good skill that falls off eventually but you start getting the endgame stuff by then.
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thin air deletes any random battle for about 3/4 of the game, but it does require gear swaps.
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It's bizarre how powerful Twin Dragon Lash is in 8 OG. Your spellcaster probably shouldn't be out damaging your Hero and Swolebro.
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That niche seems to be given to Red and her knives.
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YggiDee posted:That niche seems to be given to Red and her knives. Yea, Red and Morrie are overtuned for sure. Hero/Jessica or Angelo/Red/Morrie will do work. Kuros fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Dec 7, 2022 |
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