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Dragon's Crown |OT| Knock down the crown
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Kaori's Babydaddy
Banned
Now what caused the other thread to close down?
Yeah, this will be available next week on PSN for Vita and PS3.
Gonna beat the game as each class. Probably gonna start off with the good ol Fighter and then play as a female. Back and forth, back and forth.
vitiosuslepos
Neo Member
I have such a bad habit of forgetting I pre-ordered things I end up getting review copies of. When launch day rolls around I'm all "lol wut" when stacks of games arrive.
I hope they ship early. Stores in major cities are already putting copies out for sale :/
Try them all out! I mean just in case you want to try them out in multiplayer, you'll have to give each one a shot anyway.
I'm going to be trying out Wizard first, I think.
Likely because it descended into the same entrenched back and forth that happened with a lot of the older Dragons Crown threads where neither side is going to listen or change their mind so its an endless string of meaninglessly circular argument
sensui-tomo
Member
to those that have this game, say if i play with a group of friends, and we all finish the first part of the game with 4 characters, can i use any of those 4 characters online (ps3) or in the hard difficulty?
vitiosuslepos
Neo Member
The difficulty is tied to completion, so if you complete the game with those four characters, then you get the next difficulty, and so forth. But you'd have to do it with each character. And you're looking at 40 hours for those 4 characters to just reach multiplayer mode.
Wasn't aware of this. Will play them all then.
Smooth Operator
Member
8 Days left for me... I can"t wait. I hope lot of people will play online on Vita.
This can be a good thing! Look at it this way, if you ever get duplicate copies of games you've just reviewed [and enjoyed], you now have a copy that you can gift upon a family member/friend! That is, unless you don't return it for a full refund. Spread the love that is great gaming!
I'm hoping Amazon ships it early too. I paid for express shipping so I should get it the day after it ships [unless it falls on the weekend, obviously], but I'm personally guessing that it will ship Monday night with a Tuesday afternoon/evening arrival.
However, if it ships out earlier than expected then it will be a very pleasant surprise! That reminds me...
*chrono01 checks the status of his Dragon's Crown pre-order for the hundredth time*
Lots of people seem to be concerned about having to play multiple hours for each character to unlock their im MP. I'm actually glad this exists, but a friend who has the game let me know there are some things to make it easier. After clearing the first area you can summon other people's characters as NPCs in your game if you find their 'bones' within a level. If you find a random high level character, you could use that NPC on a new character to make getting you through the first few hours to unlock MP a little easier.
vitiosuslepos
Neo Member
This can be a good thing! Look at it this way, if you ever get duplicate copies of games you've just reviewed [and enjoyed], you now have a copy that you can gift upon a family member/friend! That is, unless you don't return it for a full refund. Spread the love that is great gaming!
I often give extra copies away. It's only when I screw up and get a special edition I'm either 1. stuck with it or 2. send it back.
The preorder numbers were INSANE when it first went up on Amazon back in 2011. It outsold Uncharted 3 and Battlefield 3 preorders (for the day) on its first day, according to Amazon's video game sales rankings.
Given that people have had 2 more years to find out about the game and preorder since then, plus all the coverage it's gotten lately, plus the fantastic review scores... I think sales will be great globally. We'll find out soon.
I am not sure if it has been posted yet but Epic Name Bro's review is up, and its quite good.
Given how expensive Special Editions can be [and how little some of them give in return], I can see your dilemma. Sending items back through the mail isn't exactly an enjoyable experience.
I'm happy to hear that you gift your extras upon those close to you. To those of the opposite nature [i.e. your enemies, should you have any] that's where the additional copies of "terrible" games are sent.
Not that I would endorse/recommend such a thing, of course! However, it is a viable solution.
*chrono01 lets out an evil, unsettling, and altogether maniacal laughter*
Your math is off. Its like 4 to 5 hours into the game that you get to play online. My understanding is once that's unlocked, you can play online with any character. You're thinking of it like you'd need to play 5 hours in with each character, in which case it'd be 30 or less.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
No discount on PSN for Vita?
vitiosuslepos
Neo Member
It was more like 10 when I was playing, but I was also writing and being very thorough. You restart the quest with each new character you create. You keep the collected items and AI characters, but your story mode restart each time you pick a new character. Initially.
It is ATLUS chances of getting the usual 5$ discount on day one digital are nil.
Ultimadrago
Member
Yes, it was posted a few pages back, but doesn't hurt to post again.
If you know what you're doing, skip all the story bits and ignore sidequests, you can probably unlock the B routes and online play in like 2 hours, if that. I think people are overestimating how long the stages are. Not much longer than a single playthrough of Mystara.
Won't happen. I like the story bits, and I'm a sidequest addict, so... Will take me a bit.
Ultimadrago
Member
Thanks for that.
Deified Data
Banned
I'll surely beat the game with all of them - I'll probably start with Dwarf or Elf.
Weltall Zero
Member
I think he means for replays/the other 5 characters.
Ah, that makes sense.
I mean like, after you've finished it once already and want to get a different class online ASAP. You can always do the sidequests later when you've unlocked the good stuff.
I like that everything seems to be balanced around facilitating chain runs of each level in succession with no town breaks. Multiple gear sets, durability, cooking buffs, etc. Chaining stages as long as possible is basically the meat of the game and you get a lot of good stuff for doing it. It's incredibly addictive.
Here my video review. Button at top to skip the skit if you prefer.
SlasherJPC - Dragons Crown Review
Score - 8 corndogs out of 10
I've been subbed to you for a while, wanted to say that the intro to this was brilliant. Good show.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
And preordered! Here's hoping my Amazon order arrives on Tuesday.
Sorry for the pages-late reply...
You've got it right. The dagger the Elf summons is the same weapon as you'd get out of a box, so it's 10 uses per dagger. At level 1 of the Holdout Dagger skill, she can summon three daggers for 30 uses total. Improving the HD skill increases the number of times she can summon a dagger, but it's still 10 uses per dagger.
There's also a general skill for everybody that grants you a pretty decent chance of a subweapon's uses not being incremented when you attack with it, so if you're really going Ninja Elf you'll want to boost that one, too.
Laws00
Member
I'm curious and wondering will this get a digital release?
I want the 64 page art book
I'm wondering if I could just stroll up to gamestop and get it which would be the easy route
But then I wonder if my moms walmart will have it so i get it when the store opens and get a %10 discount on it
i dont know what to do i've cancelled my amazon.com game so many times too lol
I want the 64 page art book
I'm wondering if I could just stroll up to gamestop and get it which would be the easy route
But then I wonder if my moms walmart will have it so i get it when the store opens and get a %10 discount on it
i dont know what to do i've cancelled my amazon.com game so many times too lol
Deified Data
Banned
So the artbook comes with all physical copies, right?
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Looks like she likes him to me.
Dead Prince
Banned
Might stop by stores today maybe they accidentally the shelves already
HORRORSHØW
Member
Was just going to get the digital version until I found out about the artbook. Preordered from Amazon straight away.
Deified Data
Banned
Ooh, with art from legendary Japanese game artist "Gouda Cheese"!
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Holy fuck those gameplay descriptions of the characters.
Best review for that reason alone
ENB's great review has me really wanting an indepth video rundown of the Dwarf. Is there anything like that around yet?
As I mentioned earlier, Future Shop's preorder page mentions the artbook now although it isn't on that page. FS generally gets the same stuff as best buy though.
As I mentioned earlier, Future Shop's preorder page mentions the artbook now although it isn't on that page. FS generally gets the same stuff as best buy though.
valentine71
Banned
Played a bit. It looks fucking awesome, art style is great (got some lovely boobs there) and the gamplay is fun. I never thought i would like this game but really enjoying it right now. How long does it takes you to beat?
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Roughly 15 hours for a normal mode playthrough
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