Dragon Quest Thread

>protag wakes up
>comfy as fuck music starts playing

This is where I know I'm in for a ride. This whole intro really reminds me of Chrono Trigger.

Also, Dragon Quest thread, I suppose.

Wow there are kiddies who never played the original on Sup Forums

>This whole intro really reminds me of Chrono Trigger.
intro reminds you? are you sure?

Why spend money on this when you could emulate the original?

>he thinks that people know about original
don't delude yourself

>playing the inferior version

>he doesn't know

>"Why support the franchise when you can be a poorfag!?"

Can't wait, mine should be in today. Looking forward to the improvements to pacing and all the additional content.

Does this one have as much class grinding for skills and shit like 9 did?

enjoy it while you can because the series is going to die in the west

Just sterted it up myself. Comfy so far. And finally the temperatures went down. Autumn is on the way. Just the right time for some old school DQ action.

Not really.

A-at least we're getting 11, r-right?

>tfw you live in a tropical country with constant heat

>they give the princess a thick lisp

For what purpose?

I-it adds character? Dunno, but it's stupid as fuck. And fuck the accents in this game. Hope they romhack to where they speak English for fucks sake

At least they didn't give Maribelle an accent.

when does ios version come?
i wanna play the game in 1080p

can you choose a language in the european version or is it locked ? I remember you could choose in the previous versions

Yeah, no kidding or I would actually drop the game

So, is the orchestra'd version broken or not?

The orchestrated version works fine, there's nothing to break anyway since it's just the music replaced.

It's something about DQ games that make me feel right at home.

Just picked up my copy :D

Are there going to be Dragon Quest 7 Badges from the badge arcade?

>This whole intro really reminds me of Chrono Trigger.
You should play Dragon Quest 3 user.

Is it worth redownloading to play the undub? I haven't started yet.

You can start and install the undub later when you're bored. The saves are compatible

>undub

Wut?

I'm trying this game out, and I'm stuck. This didn't happen on PSX version, but it was too long ago so I don't know how I progressed.

It's the very beginning.
I gave the book to the hermit. He told me to come back with my buddy, but I have no idea where he is. I must have a missed an obscure and retarded trigger somewhere.

This is before we venture into the first temple.

Help me please!

Lmao get fucked

That kotaku article was painful to read.

He's in the castle, not in the shrine.

Yeah.

Must be written by an FFfag

>they didn't cut out the party chat

Oh thank God. It was unforgivable, what they did to 4.

My copy arrives tomorrow.
How is the translation user? I heard that most of the time DQ localisation are fucking awful and not faithful to the original version.

>talk to a villager
>got different party chat lines

No wonder the dialogues took shelves.

This shit beats Tales' sketches by a long mile.

So far, I haven't seen that much of a difference from the original.

The character sprites are so cute. Really adds more compared to the static PS1 sprites.

That's when I had to visit the king, I automatically met him right as I entered in a cutscene. I got past that. He said he was going off trying something. Then I talked to the hermit and he told me to come back with him. I can't find him anymore.

Dragon Quest VII is suppose to be a very very long game, how long?

What did it say?

No, that's before you go to the shrine for the first time.

King -> Shrine -> Hermit -> Kiefer's Room -> Hermit -> Shrine

Muh innovation, basically.

Pretty damn long. Easily 60 hours if you rush through things.

Oh, kiefer's room is the step I missed. Shouldn't have trusted the NPCs. Thank you!

I hate you since now I'm reading it.
>Complaining about saving at priests
There's nothing wrong about how you save. The dungeons are normally right next to the towns and the dungeons are typically short.
>It’s a minor inconvenience, but minor inconveniences add up. You’ll want to save the game several hundred times over the course of Dragon Quest VII (which is many dozens of hours long). If you don’t, you’ll lose stuff when you die.
Half your gold that's fucking it.
>Worse hour of a game ever
I honestly never understood this idea. Why does every fucking game have to be hardcore to the metal. Like if you are not stabbing god in the eye in 10 minutes you are doing something wrong. Why are calm slow starts such a bad thing? I might be one of the few that actually enjoyed the opening to Zelda TP and SS
This is why we can't have nice things. Because developers listen to these fuckers and ruin everything.

Calm and slow starts can still be engaging, doesn't mean it HAS to be boring and shit. See the midgar's section in FFVII. No god stabbing, yet it's the best part of the entire game because it's directed the best.

Sounds like you're a fanboy who can't see objectively and is just droning on to defend a game.

The opening to FF7 is the explosion of the plant.

game's boring

The guard on the first floor will tell you he's there.

I bought it so I could have a clear conscious when it bombs

>There's nothing wrong about how you save. The dungeons are normally right next to the towns and the dungeons are typically short.

And it's the essence of dungeon crawling.

Look at me dying in the first dungeon because I didn't bring enough medicinal herb.

>your party member will also start dancing if you get a status effect of "getting in the groove" from a dancing enemy

10/10 GOTY

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You should remember that DQ was based on Ultima. Preparation before any dungeon is important.

Kek, I haven't gone out to the catalog so I didn't notice that other thread.

>enjoy it while you can because the series is going to die in the west

Dragon Quest is in a perpetual state of dying in the west. This is nothing new.

In which you fight 3 times by pressing A and then it's 10 hours of point and click puzzle solving.

Pace is slow as hell, but the difference here, is that it's very rich, in this case, showing the atmosphere and situation of the people in the town.

Tons of details, tons of secrets, tons of small scale events.

DQVII does have a great feeling of adventure from the get-go as per usual, but everything built around it is extremely poor in the beginning. You have an old sage saying maps are wrong and god made only one island, while only 2 kids believe otherwise. Oh and a boat gets fish every once in a while.

That's it.
It's a pretty empty beginning.

Saving at a priest is honestly just a stupid gimmick that wastes time. Why the fuck do I have to mash through like 8 lines of dialogue just to save? Why does it even ask if I want to quit after I save when I can just turn the fucking game off? It just gets annoying considering how often you're gonna save in such a lengthy game.

ITT: underaged kids

It's a tradition. What other JRPGs have the Church as the good guys?

Is there a jap dub for the 3DS?

>objectively shit mechanics are ok because muh tradition
kek

No.

>unlock travelers tablets
>try the first one
>nothing but slimes that are all doing zero damage
>get to the boss
>giant slime that's faster than my entire party and kills everyone in 2 hits
The fuck is with this balance?

Why does every dad of MC looks macho

>amazon canada has two listings, one for 70 dollars and one that says it comes out on the 30th

epic, if square wants this shit not to bomb why are they putting this little effort into it

The boss isn't a giant slime.

because their sons are fucking gokus

Whats the best DQ i can emulate on a toaster? I dont remember which is the last i played, you were like an angel and fell from heaven or some shit. It was ok, not my favorite.

>he actually thinks DQ is struggling for poor sales figures, not because squeenix is retarded on every regard
>he literally believes anything modern S-E spews

>that martial artist guy who's just standing around in the village while we're assaulting the monsters' lair

What a fucking pussy.

>DQ7 and SMTIV:A come out on the same day
Pretty good time to be a 3DS owner

>Why the fuck do I have to mash through like 8 lines of dialogue just to save?
Because you assholes support all of the fucking stupid dialects, accents, and other stupid ass translation mistakes instead of telling SE to save their time and money and just translate shit instead of "localizing" it.

This game is worse than Persona 5. Didn't think that was possible but here we are.

Does this game still have that beginning where you spend like 5~10 hours before you do your first battle or did they dumb down that?

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Yeah, it's only an hour now.

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I used to go to another forum where Jason Schreier posted and he wore his dubious writing and uninformed, contrarian opinions like the most embarrassing badge of honor. It's almost satisfying to see that nothing's changed and now a bigger audience gets to revile him for being the worst.

I have only played DQIV.
Shoud I play this on 3DS or DQV on PS2 ? (heard it was the superior version, I'm speaking emulator of course)

Play DQ5

Most of the comment section is praising him though.

Nah, his audience will love whatever he says. "Reviled" is in the minority.

Why the fuck is this not available on Canadian Amazon...

It's like SE is telling us to pirate it.

That's 9 user

Played almost every iteration since DW on NES. One of my favorite series ever.

VII and VIII were best

Looking foward to Builders next month and Heroes 2 whenever it gets here

I'm buying this and builder just to show that I love DQ. If it die, I blamed everyone and half of Sup Forums.

>My copy arrived a day early

Aw fuck yes, just got the green gem, how far off am I from the first boss fight?

I have to go to work soon and don't wana get stuck without being able to save.

You can emulate every DQ1-9 on your phone, let alone a pc. Only 8 needs med to high device, though.

You will fight the midboss right away in the next dungeon at the entrance.

Oh sweet, guess I do have time for it, thanks user.

more like overaged kids am I right

more like overweight kids am I right