Megalosaro
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Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past |OT| Roman numerals are hard
- Thread starter Aeana
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Is always worth exploring
Baloonatic
Member
It seems like there is almost always a tablet piece in the dungeons when you revisit them.
Just wrapped that up, not sure where to go now. Missing one tablet shard to get to a new island
Blergmeister
Member
Did You go back to the dungeon. There is one in the boss room during the present day.
If not there is a handy shard hint under the misc item on the menu.
Elaugaufein
Member
Got Haven, got Download Bar , activated Streetpass. Time to Go get to DLC / Street pass point in SMTIVA but I shall return.
ActStriker
Member
1) Go to the Monster Meadows through the warp downstairs in the Haven. You need to get your first resident first
2) There's some DLC via the bar in the Haven. You need three residents
How do I get some more residents for it?
Yeah I went back, funny story segment there. I'm going to try the shard hint thing, didn't know about it
You find em. Someone on gamefaqs posted a thread with the first (?) ten and their locations, here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/688276-dragon-quest-vii-fragments-of-the-forgotten-past/74315524
Got to the second island last night. The nostalgia, man.
I love the death animations on the enemies. The way they fall back, spin in the air, etc. is strangely satisfying. Not in a violent way or anything, but the animation on everything is so good, so that little touch adds a lot.
I love the death animations on the enemies. The way they fall back, spin in the air, etc. is strangely satisfying. Not in a violent way or anything, but the animation on everything is so good, so that little touch adds a lot.
Thanks! thats the one I was missing. I'm pretty sure I had checked this room before, but i guess I had not
. Finally.. progress! wasted about 1-2 hours going back to every dungeon/island in past/present u_uSkittzo0413
Member
Anyone know where you use Tombola tickets? This game is not very good at telling you what things do, though that's a recurring issue with the series.
Skittzo0413
Member
If I recall correctly from the original it doesn't work on some enemies. Pretty good single target skill regardless though.
Pyrrhus
Member
I like the animation for when an enemy makes you dance. The battle animations in general flow like butter, really.
It's wind element IIRC, although it's a great skill that your NPC's will often default to.
I've actually found them kind of stuttery, especially upon making contact with the enemy.
PumpkinPie
Banned
Does this game feature the DQ V overworld theme? I don't know if DQ games reuse all music or just some.
Megalosaro
Banned
No. They didn't really start reusing music until 8
PumpkinPie
Banned
Thanks. I've only really played Dragon Warrior Monsters, and that has lots of good music.
I am enjoying everything about this game except for the UI. So sluggish to move around in, and sometimes after saying something it will wait for you to press a button before giving you a prompt whereas other times it will just finish the sentence and go right into the prompt, so sometimes I end up doing something I didn't intend to do. And dealing with the bag! Holy cow!
But anyway. This is a good game and I am enjoying it. I just wanted to vent about the UI
But anyway. This is a good game and I am enjoying it. I just wanted to vent about the UI
Megalosaro
Banned
DQ is what made me fall in love with the series. I had played 1-4 before DWM, but I didn't realize how special the series was until DWM.
Thanks! I hope there aren't many wind resistant enemies in this game then. It's so nice discovering these cool skills.
It sounds like this is your first Dragon Quest, so I wanted to add that the UI's aren't normally this slugg'ish. I'm having a significantly difficult time handling the UI in VII myself, and while the ArtePiazza Dragon Quest games aren't known to be technical marvels, this is especially bad for the developer.
I might be mistaken, but I think I remember Aeana mentioning that there was some UI issues present in the Western release that weren't there in the original. I could be mistaken so it'd be great to get confirmation on that.
kamikazekoala
Member
Is it normal that if you put the game in your 3DS, on the start up screen (so before you start up the game), you get the subtitle in Italian/Spanish in the European version? I bought a copy in Belgium and the box is in Dutch and the game is in English, so strange...
That's correct, and what's worse is Aeana also said that hacked firmware New 3DS's seem to have the lag mostly or completely gone because the custom firmware doesn't bottleneck the CPU/memory cache.
I really feel like this is a big missed opportunity for Nintendo it's really as simple as that, it isn't like they haven't enabled New 3DS features on other games in a much larger capacity, this is basically a toggle that dramatically improves performance.
We need to get some resident press sneak fuck to write an article on this and get Nintendo's attention.
Fight/Flee/Defend/Wooden Doll
Fleeing gives you no exp or gold and ends the battle immediately.
The Wooden Doll item also gives you no exp or gold, but does give you a unique cutscene and also ends the battle immediately.
Having done the Wooden Doll myself, I wish I had just got the exp and gold.
protonion
Member
Damn!
I killed her for very little exp and gave the doll to the kid near the graves.
The Wooden Doll remains with you even if used in battle, so you can still give it to the kid.
goldenpp72
Member
Same, that will make it easier for sure. I'm level 15 across the board on this fight so far.
Since when has Dragon Quest cared about basic gaming courtesies and conventions?
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I made the same mistake in DQ5
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Sorry if this has already been posted, but for a new page.
The strong and weak 3D settings are reversed, at least in the English language.
Weak is strong and strong is weak.
The strong and weak 3D settings are reversed, at least in the English language.
Weak is strong and strong is weak.
Megalosaro
Banned
Next place
Finally!
KittenMaster
Member
The Monsters games (or at least the two I've played: Monsters and Monsters Joker 2) reference music from other games (Joker 2 had the field song from DWM even) while the mainline series sticks with mostly original songs.
Oh, wow. That's insane. Now I'm curious as to what that must've been like to experience in the 90's.
I actually thought "Wow, this is really unique. I've never done this in another RPG before. It's taking it's time and building up a sense of wonder and mystery nicely." And I was blown away to be playing a DQ that wasn't on the NES for the first time.
I think it's a bit later in the game during the f
looded city quest line
I wonder if the US version has the same translations as the UK
Yes, it does. All of the DQ translations after DQ8 besides DQ6 DS have been handled by British teams, either Plus Alpha or Shloc, which is the team who handled DQ7's English translation.
PumpkinPie
Banned
The latter never occurred to me! How stupid I am.