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Dragon Quest 9 |OT| Last chance* to shine
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Eteric Rice
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Aeana said:
I saw some guy with a play time of 800 hours. >_>
Same here, I love that guy. I started on a new job with my main character and was leveling up around that area and got killed. Went to him for a resurrection...speedpop said:
'Oo d'you wanna bring back from the ded then, eh? ... Right then, that'll be 40 gold coins please. Don't be shy now, brush the cobwebs off yer purse an' cough up! ... Usagi, is it? Let's 'ave a look... Cor blimey, wot a state! Right, let's see wot we can do... Oi Almighty one, Usagi's only gone and got 'erself killed! Careless I know, but give 'er another chance, will ya?
I got a good chuckle over that. Love his accent! I actually went and got myself purposely killed so I could type all that up for another forum I post at I found it so funny. :lol
Spanish translation is not as good as the English one it seems.
One thing though, all the NPC have "neutral" accents, no accents at all you could say, but in the town where everyone`s a douche and hate foreigners, they all have Argentinian accents ("Che", "Flaco", "Pibe").
Subtle ? :lol
One thing though, all the NPC have "neutral" accents, no accents at all you could say, but in the town where everyone`s a douche and hate foreigners, they all have Argentinian accents ("Che", "Flaco", "Pibe").
Subtle ? :lol
I've been dabbling with alchemy and I've made some cool stuff. But I really regret selling all my old gear when I upgraded. A lot of your characters look pretty awesome though for their levels. My party is around level 13 and they all look like homeless people who slaughter turtles and wear their hides.
Okay.. a DQ semi-neophyte here. I'm wondering if I should take the plunge to play DQ9, especially since I have been itching for a new RPG as of late. However, I did complete DQ8 and... oh man. Not a terrible game by any means, but good God did it get a little boring at some points. The thing that really hurt DQ8 in my eyes were the battles being so damn slow. Perhaps DQ might not be my cup of tea, but I have no idea if DQ8 is just an anomaly at this point. If DQ9's battles are faster by any amount, I'll probably pick it up without any question. But since I don't know that yet, I'll ask these two questions:
1. I've heard that the party in this game is more like blank slate FF1 Warriors of Light. Even despite that, does the game use other means to make the story interesting? (ex, interesting villains, side characters, etc).
2. Is the class system fun or more tedious?
3. Can I ride saber-toothed tigers?
1. I've heard that the party in this game is more like blank slate FF1 Warriors of Light. Even despite that, does the game use other means to make the story interesting? (ex, interesting villains, side characters, etc).
2. Is the class system fun or more tedious?
3. Can I ride saber-toothed tigers?
DQ9 battles take a long time, but I think they are fairly entertaining. Lots of animation happening which draws it out. You have your characters and the enemies moving all over the place, getting into position for their attacks. That takes a few extra seconds than if everyone just stood still. But I'm 30hrs in and haven't gotten tired of it yet.MechaX said:
1. There seems to be a story in every town you visit. I haven't been bored plotwise at all. Plus there are all the quests you can do which seem like mini-stories in themselves at times.
2. I like the class system, but I suppose it's completely optional. If you know which 4 jobs you want for your party and don't care about any trying any others, you'll be fine with just ignoring everything else.
3. Dunno, haven't encountered any so far. Although now that you mention it, I kinda want one. :3
TurnipFritters
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Vamphuntr said:
Yeah, you get
another explosion spell at 28 and another fire spell at 30
dragonballjoseph
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Got the game today and two hours into it so far. It's my first Dragon Quest game and I'm really enjoying it thus far. Just rescued
and was level 8 when I fought
And I felt so overpowered whilst fighting him.
Something that I really enjoy about this game is that it basically takes you straight into the action. I started Bowser's Inside Story last week, and I'm finding it pretty hard to really get into it at the moment because it is taking a long time for the game to let me just play it without explaining things to me.
Patty
Hexagon.
Something that I really enjoy about this game is that it basically takes you straight into the action. I started Bowser's Inside Story last week, and I'm finding it pretty hard to really get into it at the moment because it is taking a long time for the game to let me just play it without explaining things to me.
Scythesurge
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Multiplayer is really damn fun in this game...except for the fact that only one player gets to make progress in the game.
Well it's a hot busy weekend day here in Kobe so I threw the DS into tag mode and wandered around the Center Street shopping mall area. Ended up getting three tags with their three treasure maps, and some of these people have some Sick Ass stats:
I think the
means this is the not the first time on that job. The other players' numbers are equally ridiculous, 470-some hours and one over 350. You can see the maps that I got up there too. Gonna be a looong time before I am playing any level 99 Diamond Worlds of Evil.
I think the
+3 after Gladiator
ShineALight
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I was able to get a Miracle Sword earlier today.
Johnlenham
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I was about the same then I spent an hour in the coffinwell dungeon running around chasing metal slimes and now everyone is 15+ :lolGravijah said:
So when do I get to change jobs? unlock other jobs and such? I should probably go back and read the thread :lol
ScrabbleDude
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Crap. I've wasted a bunch of seeds then.Aeana said:
ScrabbleDude
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They reset even without turning the game off. I haven't turned it off since I got it and chests have reset. So have pots, wardrobes, and resource collection areas.Gravijah said:
ScrabbleDude
Member
These mini medals on the map are awesome. They work like the alchemy items on the map -- they might be there and they might not. And they respawn. I know I've gotten at least one of them twice.Gravijah said:
Lost Fragment
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Shoogoo said:
Youtube some DQ8 vids. Pretty much the same thing.
Koomaster said:
Oh, I didn't even know there was a positioning element in this game, whether it be automatic or manual. That actually might spice up the battles a bit more than standing in a straight line hitting things in turns for me. It's little minor aesthetics like this that can make me handle a battle system for 10 hours or 30.
Unrelated, but while I knew that armor and clothing has and effect, I didn't know you could manipulate the gender for even the main character. I'm a sucker for stuff like that in WPRGs, especially since there are so few female main characters in RPGs entirely.
As for the class system.. Hm.. I guess I'll have to look more into things here, especially since the posters at the beginning of the topic portrayed some skeptical thoughts on the job system. But as long as it isn't overly tedious, that will be fine. And boo, no saber-toothed tigers. The thing that DQ8 really nailed more than 90% of RPGs was the sense of exploration especially when you get animals to ride.
Ledsen said:
Hm... It's good that it's not as slow as DQ8's battle system, but is there an RPG you've played (or anyone can jump into this question) that might have a comparable battle speed?
ScrabbleDude
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Mostly alchemy ingredients for me so far. A mini medal, a skill seed, and today there're saint's ashes -- I think ashes, maybe a stone? -- that costs 5K -- most expensive thing so far.ryan-ts said:
I'm just noticing that I can't give party members weapons to just hold as an 'item', so they could use the item in battle for its effects. It's no big deal if the class can naturally equip the weapon, as they can just change the equipment then use the weapon's special effect. But if I wanted my Martial Artist to throw fireballs with a Cautery Sword or something, he can't.
Boney said:
You're getting it.
Johnlenham said:
Glad I'm not alone. :lol
ScrabbleDude said:
See, I thought they did without turning it off, but then for some reason mine hadn't respawned in forever, so I turned it on/off and they were all back.
ScrabbleDude said:
Oh, now that makes sense!
Easystride
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I know there is a Dragon Quest IX facebook group that attempts to schedule meetings and such, and the NYC chapter is by far the most active, so you may want to check that out.MoogPaul said:
Easystride
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Yea, sorry about that. I forgot to include it. Here it is.MoogPaul said:
Micromegas
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You know, this is probably the best JRPG I've played since the PS1. It's awesome. Why can't these developers make a game this good on the big-boy consoles?
MechaX said:
I feel battles in DQ9 move at about the same pace as battles in Persona 3 or 4 (well, maybe a bit slower). Blue Dragon might also be a somewhat comparable example, though it's battle flow is more like Final Fantasy than Dragon Quest.
The pacing in 9 is a little better than 8's. Attack animations usually aren't as drawn out, and if several enemies/allies are using normal attacks, the game usually tries to keep the camera movement to a minimum, unlike how 8 would switch the camera angle like 10 times in a single round, and almost every enemy had some fancy two-second long attack animation.
Lost Fragment
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So, not every monster drops 2 items, right?