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Dragon Quest 9 |OT| Last chance* to shine
- Thread starter Aeana
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after reading Parish's Japanese version preview, I'm really bummed I won't be able to take advantage of the tag mode and get maps n' such. I'm not even sure I'll be able to connect my DS to the shitty wifi here and get Nintendo's weekly updates.
Can't help but feel the game is devalued : (
Can't help but feel the game is devalued : (
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
How was she in the Japanese version?Aeana said:
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Wait. What?farnham said:
Did anybody post EDGE's actual review text? http://www.next-gen.biz/features/review-dragon-quest-ix-sentinels-of-the-starry-skies
She speaks like a gal, which is difficult to explain if you don't understand Japanese. The closest analog I can come up with for English is a valley girl, but even that is way off base.Princess Skittles said:
Edit: Whoops, already posted. Oh well.
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9 from Eurogamer as well:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/dragon-quest-ix-sentinels-of-the-starry-skies-review
Certainly seems to be racking up the plaudits.
Two more weeks!
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9 from Eurogamer as well:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/dragon-quest-ix-sentinels-of-the-starry-skies-review
Certainly seems to be racking up the plaudits.
Two more weeks!
slaughterking
Member
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Ah, gotcha.Aeana said:
Rosa in Death Smiles US speaks slightly Valley Girl, I can't say it bothers me TOO much but then again, that's what, three screens of text in the entire game?
ExtraKr1spy
Banned
Is the character you create in the beginning actually the main character you use in the story or does he/she become Mr/Ms Irrelevant at the beginning of the game like White Knight Chronicles?
slaughterking
Member
ACE 1991 said:
Yeah, it seems like the "traditional" battles and nameless main-characters without dialog didn't really do it for him. It's a weird thing to hold against a DQ, but ...yeah.
slaughterking said:
I can understand the second qualm. DQVIII set a really high standard for the main cast of characters. And I guess he was really excited by an ARPG version of DQ or something?
However Eurogamer says it's the best story in the series and says it has "shades of chrono trigger"
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Gameplay is simpler, less convoluted, more traditional but has strong foundation. IX has a job system and a quest system.BumRush said:
Story is simpler, less convoluted, not emo, mostly bite-sized, light-hearted adventures.
Maturity, what is this even supposed to mean?
Freyjadour
Member
That's also the industry JRPG review average. I tend to ignore most reviews these days, especially after the Nier fiasco.Yaweee said:
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Aeana said:
Yay crappy camera.
Great, now I envision you as a Slime with purple hair.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Chairhome said:
Is the Puff Puff confirmed?
This shall make or break my second purchase.
Duane Cunningham
Member
Weird question: do the shoulder buttons get used much? My poor old DS Lite really needs the L & R buttons jammed down for them to register. It's actually made me play less DS in the last year or so.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Boney said:
waaaaaaaaat
EDIT: HOLY FUCK IT WORKS
Duane Cunningham
Member
Ha ha, I'll try it when I get home.
Crash Station
Member
Regulus Tera said:
Pretty sure someone had the EXACT same reaction in another thread :lol
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Cases, people, are you not using them?!
So true. :lolFuu said:
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Someone give Boney a fucking medal.
Status update time! Borrowed a camera from someone so it looks better this time.
Trying to make the best of the crappy early equipment choices, but still super ugly. I really need to get rid of the scale shield ASAP! I can't wait until a little later when there are some cuter things available. :\
Trying to make the best of the crappy early equipment choices, but still super ugly. I really need to get rid of the scale shield ASAP! I can't wait until a little later when there are some cuter things available. :\
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Some reviews are finally coming in!
I guess the game is more like Monster Hunter than a RPG. I don't mind if it's addicting. But what I do wonder is if it would've been more beneficial for the game if it stuck with the real-time combat as it was originally planned. Than it would've been like a loot-game but in the DQ world.
It changed because of Japanese DQ fans complaining about it. I understand that it's important to satisfy fans but it also depends on the type of game. Looks like DQIX isn't the traditional DQ game except for the straight-forward battle system.
I just really think the real-time combat would've been better for this game. The turn-base system looks like it'll slow the progression of the game down.
Still excited about it though...but maybe I'm secretly more excited about DQVI since it has a better narrative and character personalities.
I guess the game is more like Monster Hunter than a RPG. I don't mind if it's addicting. But what I do wonder is if it would've been more beneficial for the game if it stuck with the real-time combat as it was originally planned. Than it would've been like a loot-game but in the DQ world.
It changed because of Japanese DQ fans complaining about it. I understand that it's important to satisfy fans but it also depends on the type of game. Looks like DQIX isn't the traditional DQ game except for the straight-forward battle system.
I just really think the real-time combat would've been better for this game. The turn-base system looks like it'll slow the progression of the game down.
Still excited about it though...but maybe I'm secretly more excited about DQVI since it has a better narrative and character personalities.
Duane Cunningham
Member
Kodiak said:
:lol Boney just cost Nintendo about $1200.
KeioSquad2
Member
Duane Cunningham said:
:lol :lol :lol
By the by, is pafu pafu confirmed? Inquiring minds and all that?
KeioSquad2
Member
Chairhome said:
Nah they had it in earlier versions, besides you never see nothing anyway, that's the whole joke.....
The puff-puff was cut from the English version of DQ4 DS due to their desired ESRB rating. DQ9 is rated the same as DQ4, so infer from that. I don't actually know if there are any instances of puff-puff in the Japanese game (didn't notice any when I played, but they could still have been there), so I can't say for sure either way.
KeioSquad2
Member
Aeana said:
Wow, did not know that.... but didn't they allow it in the gameboy color version of 3? That was rated t right? It was always just a black screen......? Cool though, thanks, that's good to know.
lordoftherink
Member
Wow, the equip screen reminds me a lot of TWEWY's. Two more sleeps.Aeana said:Status update time! Borrowed a camera from someone so it looks better this time.
