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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    SE has been the most moronic Japanese company in the past 5 years, so I wouldn't be surprised. Maybe it will use the Luminous engine.

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I really hope not as well, some of the stuff they've been saying about it really has me worrying. I have hope they won't though because AFAIK DQXI did pretty good western numbers, at least compared to other DQs.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I think square are gonna leave it turn based and just have final fantasy as an action rpg

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Any info on who's making the music?
    I doubt they will recycle tracks from previous games again.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      sugiyama was still alive to make the sound track for this

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Maybe Manami Matsumae, she already did a DQ soundtrack as a freelancer.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Hopefully not whoever made that dumpster fire of a soundtrack for 11.

      Had to play the game with music turned off because those fricking annoying trumpets playing on an 8 second loop whenever you’re out of combat.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Did you turn it back on during act 2 or 3 when it played DQ3's map theme

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        The one who did dq11 soundtrack died so no more ear rape I hope

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Sugiyama groomed a successor for the DQ series.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I don't care, thank god Sugiyama died and this series can finally have decent music.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      No more orchestral music please. It's soulless garbage that has been ruining videogames for long enough.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        what would you prefer?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Dragon Quest has always had an orchestral design to its music. It just needs better compositions than some of the last few songs Sugiyama made (see XI) and just more variety in general.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >Dragon Quest has always had an orchestral design to its music.
          uh no

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >uh no
            uh yeah? The series' music was helmed by a classically trained orchestral composer.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >doubting the stubbornness of the devs
      Regardless, we know Sugiyama DID compose songs for this game, while a successor or two will fill in the rest necessary. There's no way they were going in without a plan for a successor in place.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      hopefully they reuse sugiyama's compositions

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If they get rid of turned-based this franchise is dead to me. Just like Final Fantasy.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

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      Would buy this trash for the first time if it'd have been an aprg lol

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I literally have not even considered that this is possible. they wouldn't right?

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Last time they tried to get rid of turn based combat they got so much shit from the japs that they had to revert it (dqix)

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    The whole point of dq is to remain traditional while the rest of the genre gets gayged up around it

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Is DQ11 really more traditional than any other turn-based JRPG on the market?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        yes

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Despite changing its default presentation of its battle mode (which you can change to be like classic DQ), it's turn-based assed turn-based. Nothing fancy, no gimmicks.

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    DQ11 did good, doesn't make sense why they would change things.
    FF was kind of always experimental with the tweaks they did to each entry.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >doesn't make sense why they would change things.
      Probably because they obviously wanted to do something different and experiment for a while now but they keep caving to fan pressure. Remember, 9 was originally going to be an ARPG. DQ11 having completely useless free roam during battles just makes me think they wanted to warm people up to the idea a little more and now they're going to go all in on 12.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >but they keep caving to fan pressure.
        As they should.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        If they wanted to add movement or spicy up things in battles they could just copy Trails battle system, free movement in XI was beyond moronic because it had no effect.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          It was a holdover from X, where it was actually useful.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            How was it used in X

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              A lot of attacks aren't dicerolls in X and can be actively dodged. You can also actively push enemies around the battlefield, to force them into range of your allies spells or to prevent them from casting theirs since they'd be too far away.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          I liked free movement because I like to pretend to dodge attacks.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        They experiment all the time with the spinoffs
        speaking of new dragon quest swords when, waggle has value dammit

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Frickin love medabots

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Don't worry - Final Fantasy is the series Square-Enix always fricks around with.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I'm currently playing ff6 and I hate the fact that they will never make another game like it again.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >another game like it
        Insanely tedious and unengaging?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Dragon Quest is the only series SE won't frick with.
        They will keep the formula for that, no matter what.... It's final fantasy where they try to re-invent the wheel and break it worse with each iteration.

        It's sad isn't it.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Because they can't. Horii can veto anything they try to do.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Horii himself has outright said that they're changing the battle system for 12. That's why people are freaking out over it.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            And then he clarified it.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              So it won't be action or maybe real time at all, but it will be the most different it's ever been.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                there are only so many ways you can do it. I bet it's something we've seen before. timed action or something. They'll probably just do whatever the next FF is doing

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I hope its conditional turn based combat. love that shit.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >conditional turn based combat
                That sounds vague, please give me an example.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Hopefully FFX style where the turn-order can be manipulated.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Ah, gotcha. XI somewhat had that a little bit already in each turn being played one at a time instead of all at once (the 2D mode even had the old style), but you couldn't see the order yourself. That wouldn't be the most out of this world change.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        No it's not exactly the same but Bravely Default

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          That's really more like FF5

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    name 3 good dragon quests
    you can't

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      3, 4, 5

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      All of them but IX and X.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      3,4,6,9
      also 7

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      1,3,4,5,7,8,9,10 (if only we could play it in english), and 11. Many good spin offs too.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      3, 4, 6, 7, 11

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I'm playing 11 and it's really good. What are considered the best games in the series?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      5 and 8

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Probably the ones the least people like are, I'd say, 1, 2 and 6? 4's kinda 'eh' to some too. 3 is sort of iconic, though as a game it hasn't quite stood the test of time. 5 is still pretty great, as are 7 and 8 (7 is glacially fricking paced though). 9 is weird, but not BAD, just... Odd. 10 is an MMO so who cares and 11 is also great. Honestly there's barely any consensus on what the best one is.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >10 is an MMO so who cares
        Japs frequently state it as having the greatest story of all of them. But who cares.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          People say that about FFXIV too, and I think that's just genuinely a matter of "long-form storytelling lets you have lingering attachments to characters that last and grow more than standard games". It's why MMOs CAN tell great stories, they just often don't because they're like "ALRIGHT NEW THING IGNORE THE OLD THING" with every major expansion. Dunno how it is with DQX admittedly, because for some baffling reason we've never gotten anything of it over here.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      5 and 8 are probably the most liked overall.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You'll have to learn Japanese if you want to play them properly - the localizers re-write them completely and butcher the frick out of them.

      Otherwise Try 5 (on snes or PS2 with the fan translations)

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      10.
      It has the best Dragon Quest girl but 99% of the western fanbase is ignorant to it.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        god damnit anlucia stop flirting with all the players

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          What do you mean? She only flirts with me her one true ally.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            She says that to everyone. She's a bawd.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              you don't talk about her like that frick you

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                She's said it to me before. And before me, countless other people.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I don't usually like mmos. Is ten even playable if I can't speak moon?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Dude you're responding to a screenshot I posted in ENGLISH what the frick do you think?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            So is it playable if I can't speak moon?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Yeah but it's an mmo. Aren't most if not all the players japanese?

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Yes 99.9% of people you're going to run into are Japanese. Despite it being an MMO any group related content, that I've run into at least, you do you queue into anyway so it's not like you have to communicate to find groups for stuff anyway. And even if you did there's a sizeable English community on Discord you could group with.
              The story of version 1 and 2 are hand translated by fans with the rest, v3-6 and all side content, being machine translated. That being said I just finished v2 30 minutes ago and I have 174 clocked in the game so there's plenty of frickin content to do before you hit the main story being machine translated and I plan to power through the rest of the story with machine translation anyway.
              Here if you really want to play here's a guide on how to register and set up the translation tools. The game has a free trial through version 2 so you can play everything that's hand translated for free. https://dqxabbey.com/pages/getting_started.html

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Thank you

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >mtl
                Is the rest of the real translation being worked on at least?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Actually played it and it's not
        It's good though

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >but 99% of the western fanbase is ignorant to it.
        It's almost like the game never got localized, and you required a Japanese VPN to access it outside of Japan.

        Still mad the "Offline" version both isn't confirmed anywhere for the West, and that it's some hodge-podged demake/remake instead of just repurposing the DQX assets. It's fricking Crystal Tools engine, it'll run on the most toasters of toasters, probably performs better than that Offline Edition too.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >Still mad the "Offline" version both isn't confirmed anywhere for the West
          It's speculated they're going to wait for the entirety of the content updates to get completed and release as a single package. For whatever reason publishers don't think live service games do well in the West, and for example, rather than face poor reviews for incompleteness, they wait until all of the content is 'done' and release it all at once.
          It's not something I mind for a single player game, but it's often a travesty of bullshit for online games as many of the systems or features don't agree or invalidated previous content. Hopefully attention to demake an MMO into singleplayer addresses any of that, assuming DQX even had bizarre stacked mechanics like most aged MMOs.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >'s speculated they're going to wait for the entirety of the content updates
            Wait, the demake isn't even a finished game? The most I heard about the game was just the Switch version having garbage load times, but I would have gotten it on PC or PS4.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              The content updates for the original MMO are being released on a similar schedule to DQX when it was an MMO. So you play through the original content, and eventually they had a "Large Update" which added more story content or something. Maybe there were more along the way. tbh I'm not familiar.
              Either way, what was launched as DQX offline does NOT contain all of the MMO content as it exists right now.
              I think they're free updates, but whatever. Point is, it's being released over time.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >It's speculated they're going to wait for the entirety of the content updates to get completed and release as a single package.
            I won't put any moronic decision past current Square Enix executives.

            Most Dragon Quest localizations are delayed by one to two years, handled by external partners who then add stipulations (censorship, no mobile ports of our localization), and in most cases are plain bad (cringe, bad, very long to the point it introduces slowdowns in the 3DS ones, small fonts), expensive (due to the "proofreading process"), incomplete (missing PS/Nintendo save cross-compatibility, missing short visual novel intermissions), and mired in licensing problems because they're cheapskates (the MIDI sound in non-JP versions of the games).
            They have little to nonexistent marketing outside of Japan, and when it does none of the original marketing is brought over because the series' identity is one they're already ashamed of and try to downplay constantly.

            The need to apply that same expensive localization process is one of the direct causes why DQX was never brought over yet. They cited the need to localize calendar events for western sensitivities. Then you have mobile games from DQ this year that did get bare minimum localizations releasing in a timely manner in the same quarter.

            The whole point behind the Offline version is a version that doesn't replace the original online experience, and is as delayed and content gutted as possible with only the main plot remaining.

            Here's to hoping SE has their priorities straight this time so they're not needing to make four separate versions of the same fricking game. DQXI had to have unnecessarily wasted a ton of resources.

            The 2D and low poly 3D versions made back bank and then some to cover up for it and the console 3D game (bankrolled by Sony and reusing some of the work already done in DQX).
            Switch version is just the console 3D game with polygons remodeled in a slightly lower-poly count, performance and optimization massively improved, and some exclusive content to the low poly 3D version recreated with existing assets.

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I've had 11 on the backburner for a good while now. I keep hearing/reading it's pretty fricking good, just how good is it?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      It's a very classic jrpg with a lot of polish and soul.

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I'm almost positive it's going to use a similar system to FF7R

  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Already been confirmed that it's still a command system.

  17. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I like dragon quest, not the gameplay

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      many such cases

  18. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It kinda sucks if you like Dragon Quest games you have to wait years for the enhanced edition instead of playing a new release as soon as it's out.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Sugiyama passed away last year so they can now have orchestral music with the initial release.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        They could always have orchestral versions during the initial release, Sugiyama wasn't the one stopping that.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >They could always have orchestral versions during the initial release, Sugiyama wasn't the one stopping that.
          This. The fricking myth that Sugiyama somehow held back orchestral music because he wanted to sell concert tickets is just a fricking myth. For DQ11 specifically, the reason why the went with a synthesized OST originally was that DQ11 was a celebratory title for the 30th anniversary of DQ. It's also why there are so many references to earlier DQ games, especially with the secret ending etc.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            No, the reason for the midi music in the modern titles is simply that Square Enix doesn't, and has never paid for the orchestrations.

            Sugiyama composes his shit and pays for orchestrations later on, thing is he only pays the musicians for performing the orchestral arrangements when he releases the orchestral CDs, which always come out after the games.

            If Square Enix wanted they could literally just pay for the orchestration costs hemselves when the games are in development, but since Sugiyama was never their employee and Dragon Quest isn't their own franchise they probably don't give a frick to pay for it.

            Why do people believe that Sugiyama should just give up his work for free to a multi billion dollar company to distribute? Fricking queers.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              The reason why there was originally a synthesized OST for DQ11 was the anniversary thing, though. That was said by Horii/Sugiyama themselves.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              The reason why there was originally a synthesized OST for DQ11 was the anniversary thing, though. That was said by Horii/Sugiyama themselves.

              However, you are correct otherwise. It was Nintendo who paid for the orchestral OST for the Definitive Edition. It's also part of why Nintendo was the publisher for the Switch version of the Definitive Edition. And why it was a temporary exclusive.

  19. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I will be more accepting of an action rpg than changing the artstyle and story to suit Amerifats. Ugly edgelord shit.

  20. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Is there a way to cheat in the fully upgraded instant alchemy pot in the PS2 version of Dragon Quest 8? I much prefer the PS2 version to the 3DS version but it's so damn annoying having to wait for the alchemy pot to finish.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Yes.

  21. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Do people actually like dragon quest combat? It's like a 2000s parody of a 90s jrpg where you pointlessly mash attack ten thousand times in a row.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Yes

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Time to take your ritalin

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >wanting more depth means you can't pay attention

        Yes

        Genuinely, why?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >depth
          Jrpg combat is just figuring out the enemy's weakness and repeatedly casting fire/water/slash/whatever that weakness is.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Wrong, it's mainly dice rolling to see if a debuff lands and lasts for maximum amount of turns. Also not getting hit with a crit.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            And ARPG combat is just mashing the attack button over and over again, with the occasional dodgeroll thrown in.

  22. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    HHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH

  23. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
  24. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    they have said explicitly that they are keeping the turn based system you fool.

  25. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Oh it'll be an ARPG alright. Exclusively for Playstation 5.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Already confirmed to not be an ARPG.

  26. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Dragon Quest
    >ever modernizing
    AAAAHAAHHAHAHHSAHSHAHSHSHSSH

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      And that's a good thing!

  27. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    The 2d HD team at square is the only good team they have left.

  28. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    What are they going to do about the music?
    since that horrible c**t is dead

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You don't even care, you just want to shitpost.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Why ask such a moronic question? Do you have brain damage? The answer is obvious.

        why even @ me if you're just going to jizz on your keyboard

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          But he's right. You're moronic.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            what the frick are you even on about? I just asked a question. You can just say you don't know, it's okay. Sugiyama ruined 11's music by being a c**t. This is not up for debate

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Why ask such a moronic question? Do you have brain damage? The answer is obvious.

  29. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    https://rule34.xxx/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=7140400

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I personally prefer Jade fricking Booga.

  30. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I DO want a action rpg using the western artwork for the original nes games as inspiration, first specifically would work well.

    I DONT want it to be a mainline entry.

  31. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Dragon Quest Tactics
    Make the story political and grimdark

  32. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Where's the news, Horii

  33. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    So I'll try this again. What's going to happen with the music?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      There's not gonna be any music. It's just going to be a completely mute game. No audio whatsoever.
      You dense motherfricker.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I MEAN WHO IS GOING TO COMPOSE IT YOU FRICKING moron, OH MY GOD
        what the frick is wrong with you people?
        >no verification required

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          That KH gal. Utada Hikaru.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Oh hey look, you managed to actually form a real question, instead of one that even a child could answer through simple logic.
          Okay, Anon, here's your answer, open up for that spoonfull!
          Sugiyama did. It was reported that he managed to compose most of the game's soundtrack before he died. The rest will be handled by his successor.
          XI has great music, you're a giant fricking homosexual.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            i'm not reading that shit. it's not my fault your capacity for inference is so diminished that you can't answer a question until it's formulated in a way that caters to your infantile anticipation

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Oh man, look at all those big words. I'm sorry little anon, are you feeling embarrassed and now you have to compensate to try and look big and smart? lol
              cry me a river frickface.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                you're coming off as very angry right now

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                Am I? Huh. You're coming off as very moronic right now.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                what is going on with you? are you alright?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                You got your answer, why continue to act like a moron and drag things out?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                i just want you to be okay, you seem very angry right now. I can connect you with a therapist if you'd like

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I'm pretty sure Sugiyama was still alive when this game was in production. The game was announced in May and he died in September. That gives him a few months to write some tracks. And even then, I'm sure they have backup and are just waiting to announce who.

  34. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
  35. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    All I want is my Dragon Quest IV re-remake.

  36. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Will it let you play as a girl?

  37. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Where is this? I want it after Octopath Traveler 2.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      The existence of DQ3 HD-2D, while very welcome, is worrying in the general context.

      Dragon Quest is a franchise that can only sell in Japan (due to various factors, including the moronic yet expensive localizations, and missing out on the 16-bit gen) so authentic DQ games have to get budgeted for a Japan-only version. That's the only main reason why it's so mainly on Nintendo handhelds and mobile games, save for DQX.

      DQXI is an artificial game propped by Sony bankrolling to "get back the franchise on the PS4" just like Monster Hunter 5/World. Yet, it still performed the best as the handheld version in Japan (multi-million seller), followed by the PS4 version in Japan barely breaking 1 million, and then the overseas versions. I have no idea how the Switch version performed exactly, but I hear it did well in Japan.

      Normally this would be when Square Enix realizes their cash cow as it is is alright and they need to improve it in adjascent ways that stay true to its identity (colorful, cartoony, turn-based) while still improving in other aspects (like DQV did monster taming, and DQIX did character creation among others) yet Square Enix is pozzed and really wants to "change its core identity to appeal to western markets and get more western sales" despite in this case getting proven wrong time and time again.

      So they plan on shitting up DQ12 completely ("you can still play it turn based" like you technically can for DQ15 or whatever) and the old fanbase can just have DQ3 as the backup plan if they want their turn based fix. Then they'll pretend it did alright or it was simply because of console adoption rates and double down, and maybe throw the original DQ experience as a spinoff (like Bravely Default was to Final Fantasy) with less and less budget, and introduce gasha since it's a spinoff.
      They will kill the franchise.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >DQXI is an artificial game propped by Sony bankrolling to "get back the franchise on the PS4" just like Monster Hunter 5/World.
        And your argument falls apart because you forgot they made a 3DS rendition of the game, which outsold the PS4 release in Japan.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        If SE bungled the DQ franchise that bad, they'd got Kyoani'd but 1000 times worse. Not even the dumbest SE executives would frick with their golden goose like that, I REFUSE to believe that anybody could be so stupid.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          this is a myth. nobody in japan cares about dq this much anymore. it's literally boomers call of duty.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >They will kill the franchise.
        Well, Yuji Horii built the franchise and he can kill it, if he wants. Square Enix don't really have any influence on DQ, they are just publishing it for Armor Project.

  38. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Dragon Quest is a Japanese salaryman series so there's no doubt that the changes to the battle system that Horii mentioned will be minimal.
    Or maybe it'll be like X where you queue attacks and skills but you can run around the field to dodge or reposition

  39. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
  40. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Reminder that 11 is set to journalist mode by default and is intended to be played with super strong enemies on and the voice acting muted.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      11 has great voice acting what are you smoking

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >11 has great voice acting what are you smoking

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Not American enough for you?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >medieval european inspired fantasy
            >"dude bro why ya'll be talkin like uk guys?"

            1. Even for bong voice acting it's awful.
            2. The game is literally designed to be played without VA. The original release only had VA for the english version because they know low IQ westoids are too adhd to read.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              >because they know low IQ westoids are too adhd to read.
              And if that were actually true, then the entire game would be completely voice acted, instead of just cutscenes. Feel free to continue embarrassing yourself, however.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              >2. The game is literally designed to be played without VA. The original release only had VA for the english version because they know low IQ westoids are too adhd to read.
              And then they deliberately made a Definitive Version designed with VA in mind. Weird how that works.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >medieval european inspired fantasy
          >"dude bro why ya'll be talkin like uk guys?"

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >the voice acting muted.
          The British voice actors do their job pretty well and it fits the whimsical mood of Dragon Quest. Did you want some homies from the hood to voice act it instead?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I like sylvandos english voice.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Default is complete babby mode, but even with stronger enemies on it's kind of easy. The only boss that gave me trouble across act 1 and 2 was the elysium bird.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I love Dub Veronica and Erik, i wish there was some american cartoon or something so i can hear more of them.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      The original Jap version didn't have Draconian options though.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        anon is pretending the jap version had super hard monster balance as the default, and enabling that Draconian quest option is like playing the original jp release.
        Anon is a liar and moronic.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        anon is pretending the jap version had super hard monster balance as the default, and enabling that Draconian quest option is like playing the original jp release.
        Anon is a liar and moronic.

        You didn't beat the game.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          On the contrary I did, but the Japanese did not

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I'm not missing out on the Japanese voices, kiss my ass.

  41. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Smuglucia

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      How do filthy gaijin play this?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        By perusing the appropriate resources.
        https://dqxabbey.com/

  42. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It won't be, the adjusted battle system is probably just some sort of formation system at most

  43. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Is the definitive edition actually uglier than the original? I only played the original and it was beautiful (outside of the faces, fricking hate Akira Toriyama's style). Is the DE worse somehow?

    Had to shrink this pic a little because it was over 4mb.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      no

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I heard they did something to the models, but I think you can mod in the old ones on PC.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Is the definitive edition actually uglier than the original?
      Yes.
      It uses lower quality models, textures, and shaders, because it is literally an upscaled Switch game. DE does not use the original models and shaders.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        yes it was downgraded for the switch

        That's really sad to hear. The QoL changes seemed interesting (mainly just the costumes one) but I'm not willing to give up the visual quality. Maybe if it had better changes I would.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          The only real perk DE has is for Xbox/PS4 Pro users where they can now play the game at 60fps, but that was never a problem for PC users. That said I consider the asset downgrade minor in the grand scheme. You will not notice the polyon nip & tucking without direct comparisons, but some texture work you will.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          QOL is grossly preferable. Yes, the loss of better quality models in particular is disappointing, but 90% of the time it isn't noticeable. The other 10% it isn't even awful. More frustrating than anything, as there truly is not a 'definitive edition'. Just a better game with somewhat lower quality assets.
          Really a shame they didn't simply target a lower bar at 60fps for PS so it wouldn't be an issue. I don't think anyone that gives a shit about DQ would be bothered by sometimes vaguely blocking character models if they didn't have a basis for comparison.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >QOL is grossly preferable.
            No it fricking isn't you soulless cretin. The original DQ11 is already extremely convenient and accommodating to the player. They were literally just searching for anything they could potentially cut down in the demake. It is not worth trashing the sense of adventure by making the world ugly as frick just to play some mangled "fast" version of the game.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Not to mention i personally think the added short stories between chapter 1 and 2 are an actual downgrade from the original, I feel they damage the pacing and the tone of the transition and are entirely uninteresting as far as gameplay is concerned.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I agree with regards to Erik's because his is almost entirely meaningless. The others, however, aren't bad and serve as a nice segue letting you see how everybody got to where they end up and having a nice bit of character in them. Especially Sylvando's. Hate his gay parade as much as you want, seeing the man genuinely contemplate suicide over his failures changed how I looked at him a little bit and set the dreary tone of the second act pretty well on its own, especially since it's the first one if I remember correctly.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              you didn't beat the game

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      yes it was downgraded for the switch

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Is the definitive edition actually uglier than the original?
      Yeah, substantially. It's shocking how bad areas like the wheat fields in Zwaardsrust look in the """""definitive""""" edition

  44. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    All I want in DQXII is just seamless combat. And by that I mean it just transitions to the traditional DQ turn-based combat where the encounter occurs, rather than teleporting off to a designated spot in the map like XI did.

  45. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    For the love of god please drop the puns and accents from the fricking localization.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I remember IX being too much, I think they toned it down slightly for XI but they still fricking love their alliteration.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I unironically enjoy the alliteration. Requires a little more effort than the other games which try to force a meme in.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      cringe

  46. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Is there a preferred/recommended way to start the game on 11 given all the modifiers it gives you access to?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Easy mode: Default settings
      Normal mode: Super strong monsters enabled
      Hard mode: All draconian options enabled

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Does hard actually mean hard, or just having to grind more in each new area to proceed?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          One of the draconian options prevents you from gaining levels past a certain cap in each area, so the game is obviously beatable without substantial grinding, even with every extra challenge enabled. I would recommend just sticking with super strong monsters though, it provides a solid challenge without locking you out of things like equipping armor, or giving you instant game overs if the protag dies.

  47. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I'm sick of turn based games tbqhf. What's the point in sticking with it when it's always just the literal 0 IQ menu clicker shit? If they were trying to add some strategy and customization then okay sure, but it's less complex than fricking pokemon.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Turn based is better than every single action game lately where enemies and bosses just ignore your attacks in a gay attempt to ape Dark Souls.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >If they were trying to add some strategy and customization then okay sure, but it's less complex than fricking pokemon.
      play DQXI with stronger monsters and the EXP cap and say that again

  48. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Betting real money that if Horii is still alive by the time they make 13 they will strike a deal with some major AI developer to fulfill his ambition of making the party members come to life in his games.

  49. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Here's to hoping SE has their priorities straight this time so they're not needing to make four separate versions of the same fricking game. DQXI had to have unnecessarily wasted a ton of resources.

  50. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    don't worry anon, the entirety of Japan would riot and burn down SE's office if they tried pulling that shit

  51. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      So what are the most palatable versions of the first three games? I don't care about graphics/visuals, but I remember the NES originals lacking any contextual interactions, for example.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        SNES with an english patch for all three. 1 and 2 in special because it cracks down on the grinding and rebalances the party from 2 so everybody is useful. 3 has pretty good graphics, a new vocation and a useless personality system that you can just ignore.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Flip 4 and 5.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      VI is b tier.

  52. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    How does the offline X play?
    Will we ever get it? <--- stupid question

  53. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i dont even care that much if DQXII is gonna suck because they already managed 10+1 games which are almost all great so it's fine

    still would be great if this one was amazing too

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      sauce?

  54. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It's gonna be like Treasures, but with humans. (It won't, but Jesus Christ, fricking imagine the sheer rage and backlash if it was.)

  55. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If they would quit going full moron with localizations, maybe we could actually get shit brought over at a decent rate
    >b-b-but anon muh dq8 nostalgia and muh silly puns
    Frick Honeywood and frick (you). You goddamn morons don't know, but they don't just frick up the localization for English, they frick it up for every language it gets localized in, and not even consistently. It's one thing for "Hoimin" to be localized as "Healie" and equivalent names in other languages. However, it's far worse than that as you have other stupid shit go on like hamfisted pop culture references in German and shit like Terry being renamed Norris in Spanish.
    Imagine how much better shit would be if they just kept things faithful to the Jap original script.
    >b-but anon, muh cor blimey
    Frick off. The whole point of DQ is for it to be accessible for everybody. Only morons think forced accents in text and wienerney shitter slang is a good idea because it's fricking repulsive to read and a huge pain in the ass for people who don't know or care what that is. It's why DQ sells like shit in the west compared to FF, because FF doesn't do that homosexualry. Imagine if Zidane SPAHK LOIKE DIS or Sephiroth spoke in cyrillic 1337speak. People would rightfully give those games shit. If 12 is honestly going full edge mode, I can't imagine how fricking stupid it's going to be when the villain burns down a town by casting KAFRIZZLESIZZLEZAPPLE. I'll take a dry translation anyday over a moronic """"localization""'".

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