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Bongo Bill posted:I start to burn out if I try to play more than two Dragon Quest games in a row, but this sounds doable. Just set limits on how far into each one's postgame you go, especially with 9's, and be careful of 2 and 7, which are demanding experiences even under the best conditions. I didn't even know 2 had a postgame.
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How would one even go about playing 3 nowadays? Just emulation, or is there a modern version about? Thought the DS and iOS versions didn’t start until 4.
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Oberndorf posted:How would one even go about playing 3 nowadays? Just emulation, or is there a modern version about? Thought the DS and iOS versions didn’t start until 4. There are mobile versions of 1-3 too now. I'd say they're definitely the best available versions of 1 and 2. I like mobile best for 3 because it got a fresh translation with puns and gratuitous colloquialisms and all, but it is somewhat compromised compared to the Super Famicom and Game Boy Color versions, because the monsters aren't animated and there's no pachisi.
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I'm playing through DQ6 and have to questions. Is there any way to make the combat text autoscroll like in the mobile version? Also my main character is levelling way slower than any of the other characters. Am I doing something wrong? Do eating seeds slow exp gain?
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Seeds don't affect EXP gain. Different characters have different leveling curves, and the hero's leveling curve is slower because he never leaves the party so he ends up getting more EXP overall, and for other reasons.
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Shugojin posted:Depends on the version, in the original fighters have very few equipment choices In the original DQ3 fighters were pretty good early on but ultimately you needed to replace them due to the lack of gear. Ideally, you play a Fighter until the late 20s or so then change them in to a Soldier. They'll have more agility at level 1 than a pure Soldier would have by the end of the game. When I played the SFC remake I used a Fighter for a lot longer because they weren't gimped but ultimately you still wanted a Soldier's durability (or Thief's utility) in most cases. Node posted:How crazy am I for considering playing through the entire DQ series (except 10), starting with 1? Will I end up sane in the end? Is it an impossible goal? That depends. Are you playing the originals or remakes? Originals, yes you're insane and DQ2 will make you question your choices. If you're playing on emulators then play the SFC version of DQ3 and cheese the gently caress out of Pachisi with save states. Especially if you want to boost stats on units without doing the god awful seed grinds.
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Slayerjerman posted:Surprisingly we weren't explicitly tasked with searching for crash or functionality bugs, just English LOC/text issues mainly. We were told "the devs in Japan handle the real testing work" and to just log our findings (most of the time the devs on the Japan side never contacted us for more info and we never spoke/worked with them directly as we weren't allowed to because we were all temp contractors pulled in from a local agency. Only myself and one other guy had any prior "game experience"... and no one had prior developer experience aside from myself in the QA pit. Most of the others were just warm bodies to fill chairs the agency scrambled to find and hire. Nice guys and yes it was very much a "nerd club" and we liked to keep the work light-hearted because we had to get along for 12 hours a day stuck in this lovely room with a single bathroom for 20 dudes.... you do the math. dw7 was one of the first video games i played as a kid, it's really cool to be able to hear about some of the behind the scenes stuff like this. thanks for your work!!
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Bongo Bill posted:There are mobile versions of 1-3 too now. I'd say they're definitely the best available versions of 1 and 2. Disagree about mobile 1 and 2. The SFC graphics are scaled very poorly and look generally awful. If that sort of thing doesn't trigger you, by all means. 3 looks to be a bit better, but as you said there's no animations and no pachisi, so dealbreaker. I'd say SFC for 1-3, then DS for 4-6, but if you don't have a way to play DS games, the mobile ones seem competent (minus the lack of quicksave everywhere).
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Pachisi kinda sucked.
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kirbysuperstar posted:Pachisi kinda sucked. Only if your not running it on an emulator, heh. I love fighters/martial artists for the agility and insane crit chance. Far better to do fighter-->warrior than thief-->warrior, but when I play 3, I like to triple class my meta warrior with priest-->fighter-->warrior combo. You don't get much MP at all doing a 3x class, but it's great for that one or two emergency heals. Slayerjerman fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Feb 12, 2018 |
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dq1 is like a one sitting game so you can probably blast through that and 2 without getting too burned out though definitely use a guide for 2 because its a nonstop vortex of bad backtracking. 3-4-5 are all incredibly solid games with no real chuff outside of parts of 3 being a bit grindy. I did 4 and 5 in a row a few years back and didn't feel a hint of burnout and finishing 3 a few days ago made me want to jump right back into 4. 6 is fine but it has a lot of pacing issues which 7 quadruples down on. 8 rules extremely hard and is a fun hilarious adventure start to finish. These are all explicitly the remake versions.
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Oberndorf posted:How would one even go about playing 3 nowadays? Just emulation, or is there a modern version about? Thought the DS and iOS versions didn’t start until 4. The DS starts at 4, but Android at least has 1-6 and 8. I assume the same goes for iOS. Don't listen to that other guy, I've been progressively playing though 1-6 on mobile over the past couple of years and 1 isn't long enough for you to care about how the graphics look scaled down (the only thing that bothered me about that game was how the music doesn't sync with the screen wipe when battles start) and 2 is a highly unenjoyable experience under the best circumstances but at least the mobile version lets you quick save pretty much anywhere. I never played any other version of 3 so I have no idea what the gently caress pachisi is but I didn't miss it either and thought it was a really good game. raditts fucked around with this message at 07:44 on Feb 12, 2018 |
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Feb 12, 2018 07:37
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Oh, yeah, one other thing: don't play the mobile version of 8. 3DS version is best by far, PS2 is good if you can't manage that, but avoid mobile.
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I've played 3 and 4 on mobile only and loved them both through post game. Just the convenience of having them on my phone was huge. Pachisi left out of 3 is a good thing in my opinion. I played all the dq5 tnt boards and can still hear the music when I close my eyes.
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Bongo Bill posted:Oh, yeah, one other thing: don't play the mobile version of 8. 3DS version is best by far, PS2 is good if you can't manage that, but avoid mobile. 3DS is probably the best overall but by far is a stretch considering how mediocre the MIDI soundtrack is.
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For Dragon Quest III, I think the SFC version is the best but I've heard it has some issues on emulators. The mobile version is okay but the game's sense of scale and grandeur really takes a hit with the portrait orientation. Do whatever you can to play the SFC version.
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Hey, I just checked out the Dragon Quest Builders demo on the Switch and it seems hella fine. Is it worth picking up? Should I hold out for the sequel or do we know anything much about yet?
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If you like the demo then the main game is just more of it. I picked up the game last week and even though I'm only on chapter 1 I'm having a good time buffing up my town and making the occasional home-away-from-home to make questing a little easier.
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YggiDee posted:Hey, I just checked out the Dragon Quest Builders demo on the Switch and it seems hella fine. Is it worth picking up? Should I hold out for the sequel or do we know anything much about yet? Playing through it now and yeah, it's pretty fun. There are some annoyances that will hopefully be ironed out in the sequel. For example, reeeeaaaally would like it if anything blocking the camera's view of the main character could be made translucent. It would make it a hell of a lot less claustrophobic and disorienting when making any room with a ceiling. The story is pleasantly rewarding, especially if you have any nostalgia for DQ1/DQ3. Keep in mind that each new chapter is a fresh start. The story somewhat continues with occasional references from what I've seen up to ch. 3, but you don't take items/recipes/Max HP with you. You can, however, always go back to the other chapters at any time. They're each self-contained saves, so your stuff is still there. It's kind of a cool setup since each land has had its own unique gimmick so far, and the recipes and materials work with that. Each chapter also seems to start a little bit ahead of the starting point of the last chapter, or they at least advance more quickly. For example, you start with a hammer in ch. 2 instead of having to wait for the first teleportal. This is just up through early ch. 3, so I might be wrong on some points if they change after that.
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Nickoten posted:For Dragon Quest III, I think the SFC version is the best but I've heard it has some issues on emulators. I'm new here, SFC means Super Famicom, right? Are we allowed to talk about how to emulate that and get English translations for it here?
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Node posted:I'm new here, SFC means Super Famicom, right? Are we allowed to talk about how to emulate that and get English translations for it here? Google. 'Nuff said. Try searching for pre-patched editions, else you might have to learn about applying translation patches...
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Node posted:I'm new here, SFC means Super Famicom, right? Are we allowed to talk about how to emulate that and get English translations for it here? Yes. Well mostly, I think. Not sure if this forum cares about ROMs anymore, but it's in the SA rules not to link them. Basically you need three things - 1) a program to emulate the hardware, 2) a digital rip of the game data, and 3) a translation patch for that data. 1. If you've never emulated something before, you might want to stick to a standalone SNES emulator, multi-platform stuff like BizHawk and Retroarch might be a little overwhelming. Use Higan/bsnes if your hardware allows, or Snes9x if it doesn't. Do not use ZSNES, it is old and crusty and hideously inaccurate. Snes9x also has some slight sound issues with DQ1-2, but it's speedy and can run on anything nowadays. If you're looking to emulate on iOS/android, I can't help you as I have zero experience doing that. Not even sure if any of the programs I listed here have OSX versions. 2. Here's where I'm not sure I can post any links so PM me. You need a file of the contents of the cartridge. These are called ROMs. They are technically illicit distributions of copyright but there are places on the intarwebs where you can download them. I know of several of these. 3. Two options here - A) you can download the translation patch by itself (which are not illicit, search for it on romhacking.net) and use your emulator's auto-patch feature, which may have to be turned on in the settings, and you need to name the IPS file the same as the ROM (ie, if your ROM is "Dragon Quest I & II (Japan).7z" then the IPS file needs to be "Dragon Quest I & II (Japan).ips"); B) just download a pre-patched ROM. Actually there's a third option, and that's using an IPS program to permanently patch a copy of your ROM, but that's an extra step and is no longer needed for casual play due to emulator auto-patching. Once you have all of those pieces, run the emulator software, load the ROM, configure your video/sound/controller/etc options and start playing. To save your progress you can either do it normally in the game, or use the emulator's save state feature (which you can do anywhere, even in the middle of a battle).
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Has anyone worked on the DQ3 romhack translation recently? I tried out whatever was newest a couple years ago and it was pretty hosed up depending on the class+gender of the characters in your party somehow. The details escape me but it was making merchant skills not work, text overran its box, and it kept freezing.
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gently caress yeah, scored a Metallic Monsters Death Pisaro and Esturk for $50 each at a local weeb store. They are rare-ish and usually go for $100+ on ebay or similar sites   The legacy Esturk and Evil Priest versions of each go for over $200. Collecting these things from the US is both difficult and costly.
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I played DQ1 (mobile) over the weekend and I had a good time with it. It's been several years so I felt like it was time. I'm now thinking of making another honest run at DQ2, since I heard the mobile version adds reliable fast travel, and because I'm willing to bail if I stop having fun. I'm doing this because I remembered that DQ11 is out in English this year.
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Pretty sure it was confirmed, but no specifics on the localization front yet. Team’s been doing other stuff like Bulders and DQH2, and it took a longass time between Horii accidentally confirming 7 at that one con and actually getting it, so there’s that. Plus, you know, they did 7 at all when it was basically a known bad choice financially going in, so MMOs aside I kinda feel like we’re golden. Honestly I’m far more worried about the 3DS versions of the 1-3 smartphone ports getting left by the wayside.
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I wanna play DQ XI, make it so. Engage, numbah 1. I'm in my ready room.
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More DQ toys I shall make it a project to get every DQ release playable on DS/3DS on it at one time.
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From what I heard it was japanese only which is a shame because I'd get it if I knew the language.
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8 is extremely excellent story wise. I love the whole everything about 7 but it has some things that can be uhhh off-putting like taking two hours before you first see a monster.
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I also just recently beat a Dragon Quest game last night on the recommendation of a friend (it was V and it was real good). Considering looking into 8 and maybe the rest of the DS ports My actual first Dragon Quest was IX, but I sold it before I beat it since I got really bored of it right until the end. V is actually the first Dragon Quest I've ever beaten, but I'm genuinely impressed by its depth in story and how it had a monster recruiting system even before Pokemon popularized the concept. I do wish it had more music variety and gave you a little more direction on where to go (especially in Act 3), but it's an old enough game that I can overlook most of these issues just fine If we're counting spin-offs then the original Dragon Quest Monsters could count as my actual first Dragon Quest, but I never beat it and in fact had it taken away as a kid because it had demons in it (don't grow up in a Christian home kids). Then I tried playing Joker and got super bored partway through
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I mean if you’re playing for story then it kinda works just fine. Especially since 7 kinda just has no semblance of difficulty with the kinda lovely vocation rebalancing. Still good, and some of the best moments in the series all on its own, but a letdown mechanically after 6.
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Alfalfa The Roach posted:If we're counting spin-offs then the original Dragon Quest Monsters could count as my actual first Dragon Quest, but I never beat it and in fact had it taken away as a kid because it had demons in it (don't grow up in a Christian home kids). Then I tried playing Joker and got super bored partway through
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Bongo Bill posted:I played DQ1 (mobile) over the weekend and I had a good time with it. It's been several years so I felt like it was time. I'm now thinking of making another honest run at DQ2, since I heard the mobile version adds reliable fast travel, and because I'm willing to bail if I stop having fun. DQ2 is a bad game no matter what, but being able to quick save anywhere and not have to pixel hunt for those runes or whatever made it tolerable enough for me to finish on the mobile version. I've been playing DQ6 on and off for like the past year and it's really not interesting enough for me to dedicate a lot of time into. At this point I'm really just playing it so I can check off every DQ game.
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So what do you guys recommend if I just finished and loved 4 and 5? Skip 6 and go to 7 or 8? Is 6 a weaker one?
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