Dragon Quest IV

[Loki]

It's a goddamn revelation. Too bad all you fools will be playing Star Wars. I love the localization. "Aye bet them barins be en te fa tur." Classic. I hope there's a welsh country.

[John Mora]

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...Are you serious about that accent?

Also I don't have four thousand years to devote to a DQ game only to feel empty by the end of it like I did in high school. But hey, give it to me for $5 and we might have a deal :3

[Magus]

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srsly

DQ8 burned me bad. Handheld RPGs sound more forgiving but why get DQ4 but when DQ5 is around the corner? Or DQ6?!

OR CHRONO TRIGGER?

:V

[Loki]

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...Are you serious about that accent?

Yeah! Each country's NPC's dialogue is based on a real world stereotype. Some people hate it but I fell it adds a lot and it's never as stupid/bizarre as CC's was.

[Tintenfisch]

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I played only a few dragon quests and I disliked them. I think it was the monster designs and grind that made me angry. I know all turn based RPGs have grind. But DQ makes damn sure you have to do it before you leave every town for about an hour or two.

[John Mora]

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Yeah! Each country's NPC's dialogue is based on a real world stereotype. Some people hate it but I fell it adds a lot and it's never as stupid/bizarre as CC's was.

The example you gave is ten times as bizarre and unreadable as CC's.

[Toaster]

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I liked the accents in Chrono Cross.

In any case, we're getting like, Dragon Quest IV-VI, then Dragon Quest IX in ________.

Too many Dragon Quests.

[Loki]

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But everyone in the region talks like that. It's not one random french harlequin out of the whole world. And I exaggerated a little (but only just). Let's look at an example from the game.

I'm afraid I've no more information on the whereaboots o' those wee kiddies. I'm wonderin' if that tur tae the west has somethin' tae wi' it all, but I dinnae hae the first clue hoo tae get inside.

It works in context. I can't wait till I get to the Russian land and it's all broken english.

I played only a few dragon quests and I disliked them. I think it was the monster designs and grind that made me angry. I know all turn based RPGs have grind. But DQ makes damn sure you have to do it before you leave every town for about an hour or two.

If you use your buffs you don't really need to grind at all, and it's not like there's a penalty for dying. If you keep pushing you'll make it through. I read a good description of it: "you'll need to grind a lot if you play a Dragon Quest like a Final Fantasy, but if you play a Dragon Quest like a Dragon Quest you don't need to grind at all."

[Manji]

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well, it certainly looks charming. i've always enjoyed the animations in battle and 3D graphics since DQVII.

[Karim]

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I heard they cut the party chat function that had like half of the game's dialogue?

I mean I don't assume anyone is actually playing a remake of a NES game for its plot ... but that's awfully lame considering how most of the script has been done since the Japanese release almost a year ago.

[Loki]

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Yes they cut it and no one knows why and yes it's lame that they did but it was a very small part of the game and it's not like something you'd miss.

[marcus]

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I played only a few dragon quests and I disliked them. I think it was the monster designs and grind that made me angry. I know all turn based RPGs have grind. But DQ makes damn sure you have to do it before you leave every town for about an hour or two.

DQ8 cleverly hid its grinding roots by scattering chests everywhere. The chests contained rare/powerful items and naturally you got into a billion fights trying to find them so it balanced itself out. I have to say that I never once "grinded" in DQ8 because I was too busy running around the world map looking for stuff.

The other DQ's are a different story. DQVII was perhaps the worst in terms of length because it made you run through the dungeons twice but the pre DQVI games are like 20-40 hours long which is what I expect out of an average RPG. Any longer and it feels like a chore for me to play through (looking at you Final Fantasy XII).

[Loki]

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The Russian country is as much fun as I'd hoped it would be.

Now I must to prepare the edibles. I am hard-working as to buzzing bee.

and

What is the burden, Alena? You still desire to voyage the outside world? It cannot be. It cannot be, I say you! Why you must be so very tomboy?

Ha! I love it!

[Kefka Jr.]

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GRRRRRRR

Don't TEMPT ME

[Sivart the Sloth Trencher]

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So can I jump in and ask if DQVIII is worth buying?