Freyjadour
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This will be the first time I've bought a new game from GameStop in a long time. Amazon doesn't do well with Sunday releases 
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Dragon Quest 9 |OT| Last chance* to shine
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I enjoy the DQ games but VIII is the only one I've finished. I'm at the end of VII but the 2nd or 3rd form of the archfiend kills me with his all blaze spell. I sold my fire armor for "supposedly" better armor. Maybe I should get it back. I have IV and V on DS, have played them sparingly but I like them.
flintstryker
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hey take that back...RevenantKioku said:
ThatObviousUser
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Hey GAF, should I buy this game?
Does it have the Square Tax?
Does it have the Square Tax?
JordanLMiller
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So, um, I've never played a DQ game before because I'm not too into RPGs in general, but I'm willing to give this one a shot for some reason. Is it okay to play through this game without the multiplayer part or is that not a good idea?
euro stalker
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i am thinking of importing to eu.
Can i play this NA game on my eu dsi ? and what with the dlc ?
Can i play this NA game on my eu dsi ? and what with the dlc ?
Scythesurge
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^ :lol I concur sir.
Freyjadour
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They released your action game, it's Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow.bounchfx said:changing this from action rpg to old school 1980 rpg was the worst move ever
still pre ordered and bought. it looks beautiful, and I'm so glad you can customize your character.
I for one don't want to see such radical changes in DQ as familiarity is the biggest charm of the series.
I also concur with Himu.
Himuro said:
I don't remember exactly how it worked, so some of this might be a little wrong but:
Jobs start at level 1 for each character. As you level up, a character gets various abilities, and they get points that they can invest into a skill for other bonuses/abilities, like you could in DQVIII. I think some stuff stays (like spells), and some stuff carries over to other jobs.
So for example, I remember I wanted the Paladin Job or whatever it was called for my hero since I wanted him to be more like the typical "DQ hero" and have healing spells in addition to being an okay fighter. But that Job couldn't equip swords, and well, I like swords.
Various jobs can equip swords and have a sword skill, and once you invest a certain number of points into the skill, any Job that character has can now equip swords. So I made my hero a Warrior, invested points into the Sword skill so I could equip swords, and then moved him to the Paladin class to get what I wanted.
It takes a different approach to the system. It's not like say, DQIII, where you can be a Mage then change jobs to become a Warrior that can cast spells. The trick is to be a Warrior, put in the points to learn to use swords and gain other stat bonuses and all that, and then become a Mage.
Himuro said:
Yep.
Gamestop/EBgames Canada is giving an exclusive map on July 31 if you visit their physical locations.
http://www.gamestop.ca/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?Product_ID=281654
http://www.gamestop.ca/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?Product_ID=281654
EbCanada said:
ThatObviousUser
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From reading the OP it seems like this is riffing on FFCC Echoes of Time? But with a turn-based battle system and no online? Hrm. :/
Himuro said:
It starts out a bit annoying, but my hero managed to keep up pretty well despite being at a lower level.
I'm not sure, but it seems like leveling's a bit easier in IX than it can be in others. Lower leveled characters seem to catch up quickly and balance things out provided you don't skip everything and run straight for bosses.
Not sure what this is all about being "last chance". Even though DQ outside of Japan doesn't sell anywhere near as much, I don't see it not continuing to be localized in the future. Unless that "last chance" was referring to something else.
Was going to answer this, but Himuro's response covered it. :lol
bounchfx said:changing this from action rpg to old school 1980 rpg was the worst move ever
Was going to answer this, but Himuro's response covered it. :lol
balladofwindfishes
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I loved DQ4 on the DS.
It's my only DQ game, but do all the games play and look similar? Would this be a good game for me?
One of the things I liked about DQ4 was that the enemies were all really cool looking, with very fluid animations. The characters were also very unique and had a ton of personality. Level grinding never felt like grinding because the variety was so good.
I'm not a fan of Final Fantasy.
Anyway, would I generally enjoy this game?
It's my only DQ game, but do all the games play and look similar? Would this be a good game for me?
One of the things I liked about DQ4 was that the enemies were all really cool looking, with very fluid animations. The characters were also very unique and had a ton of personality. Level grinding never felt like grinding because the variety was so good.
I'm not a fan of Final Fantasy.
Anyway, would I generally enjoy this game?
All right, it seems like you are incredibly confused about this. If you level mage to level 10, switch to warrior and level it to 13, then switch back to mage, your mage is still level 10, not 1.Himuro said:
The problem I had with the class system was that some of the skills you learn (mostly magic) do not carry over unless the new job has that skill line. For example, you learn a bunch of spells on mage through their magic skill line, and switch to warrior. Now, in DQ3, 6, or 7, the warrior would be able to use those spells. Not so in DQ9. Only another job with that magic skill line will be able to access those spells. So mage learns x, y, z spells, and switches to magic knight, and those x, y, z spells are still available, but if they switch to warrior or martial artist or something, they aren't.
Some abilities can carry over, though, like the abilities learned through any class's class-specific skill line, and also if you max a weapon skill line, that weapon becomes available to equip on any class for that character.
But you never lose progress like you seem to think. All of your progress in a job will be waiting for you when you switch back to it, and you can even continue leveling up a skill line on another job that has it (most skill lines are available to at least two jobs).
Lumpy Onion
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Wow, I really had no idea this was so close. The only DQ games I have beaten are 1&3 (SFC remake), and all the others I own but gave up on them pretty late in game. But I still think I am going to buy this anyway and add it to my pile. This one looks fantastic too. Can't wait to play.
thetrin
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Loved the shit out of the JP version, and I'm tempted to pick up the US version and play through it again (hopefully play some Multiplayer this time). It all depends on how quickly I can finish Xenoblade.
ghibli99 said:I just quit DQ7 after 40 hours... finished 1-5, but DQ7 was punishing by comparison. I really do hope they remake this and tighten the hell out of it.
I can't wait for next week's release of DQ9, though!
Nice OP, BTW.
I hope you go back to 7 at some point. It can test your endurance at points, but it is very much worth it in the end.
I decided I'm definitely going to pick up a few extra copies for my brother and a couple friends at least. It's probably the only way I'll get to test out the multiplayer.
ManeKast said:
I would say there is no chance it will be region locked.
I hope its not, there have been very few games that have had region locking show up using DSi/XL, please dont be this one.Dineren said:
I will be in Japan from September 10 - 28 for TGS and other things, in Tokyo. WIll I be able to bring my DSXL with a USA copy of DQIX and play with other people/download maps etc? Or is the game region specific for content and multiplayer?
ManeKast said:
According to Jeremy Parish tag mode is region free. He doesn't mention the multiplayer, but I would imagine that would be the same.
Dineren said:
Awesome. How much of the game should I play solo before joining in with others? Really would be great if I could download content when in Tokyo.
"And take your game if you're lucky enough to travel abroad, since U.S. copies of DQIX will tag with games from any region." - 1up. Sounds good to me!
RevenantKioku
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Your questions and confusions have been solved but yeah, people were blowing it way out of proportion minutes after the game's release.Himuro said:
Actually, it wasn't even J-GAF. In Aeana's JP thread, once people heard about it people were going nuts before us kids playing the game even really got anywhere. Questions were rolling out at a mass retard speed. "THE GAME HAS BEEN OUT FOR TWELVE MINUTES, WHY CAN'T YOU TELL ME EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME."
Freyjadour
Member
ghibli99 said:I just quit DQ7 after 40 hours... finished 1-5, but DQ7 was punishing by comparison. I really do hope they remake this and tighten the hell out of it.
I can't wait for next week's release of DQ9, though!
Nice OP, BTW.
You made it 40 hours, why not continue? In all honesty, DQVII is a LONG ass game, but it's quality through and through and in a way that's pretty different from the other DQ games. Very enjoyable game, but one that I have trouble replaying due to time constraints.
Aeana said:
As far as I can remember that sounds about right. Back when you were bringing up those issues, there were a lot more people playing and posting however.