About to start pic related. What am I in for?

>>715433246 (OP)
Pure unfiltered adventure kino.

>>715433246 (OP)
square is making remastered edition, coming this year so just wait.

>>715433246 (OP)
The sloppiest dragon quest ever, only the ps1 version of DQVII is sloppier

A charming if overlong and somewhat boring game

>>715434989
why is it sloppy

>>715433246 (OP)
fun adventures until you reach Alltrades, then abject suffering.

>>715435310
150 hours long and the ps1 version can reach 300 hours

>>715433246 (OP)
So what was the consensus about this game? I vaguely remember the game was brutal and long, many favored the sequel over it

>>715436307
It's really long and has a difficulty spike right before you can access jobs. 8 is a lot better for ones first DQ.

>>715433246 (OP)
I started playing this in 2018 and I'm not even 1/6 done with the game
You won't beat the game

>>715433246 (OP)
Just wait for the HD2D -remake.

No one cares about Dragon Quest anymore. Trannies ruined it.

>>715433246 (OP)
An inferior version compared to the PS1 version, meant for people who don't like content in their games.

The game is +100 hours long. I was never able to beat the PS1 and the 3DS remake.

>>715438523
The 3DS version is cut down to 70-80 hours.

This is the worst dragon quest. Play 6 or 9 for a better class-based experience.

A lot of backtracking.

the menu lag in battle is atrocious

>>715439553
yeah what the fucks up with this. took me like 10 minutes to type my name

>>715433246 (OP)
Long as fuck game but kino if you like to read and immersive yourself in a rpg.

>>715434958
I saw the rumor, but has there been any official word, or is this just fingers crossed?

>>715433246 (OP)
A serialized epic that should be taken in small portions, like one or two islands a day. Binging will only burn you out.

>>715438837
How can you say 6 has the better class system when it's prototype compared to 7's? Get out of here.

>>715439553
>>715440502
It's because the english text is being overlayed on top of the Japanese text.
Wasn't there a fan-patch that fixed this?

>>715441292
Maybe better if comparing 6 to 7 on PS1, but 3DS made a bigger mess of the job system by not letting you keep any skills/spells between jobs except for the low-level ones, plus axing the hybrid skill unlocks. So what if it breaks the game? You show the effort, you get the goods, and you should be able to keep them.

Personally, I prefer Dragon Quest when there's no job system and each party member has a pre-set role, but there's some catharsis in just chilling and grinding the job system to become walking deities.

>>715441560
>Wasn't there a fan-patch that fixed this?
You mean, a fan-patch that actually replaces the text? In THIS game, with so much text to cover? There's a reason why the official localization cheaped out.

>>715433246 (OP)
I need a PC port, I fucking love that game. It has by far the best party of all DQs.

>>715434958
>trusting extas1s
Lol

>>715437737
Yeah, pretty disappointing that Horii kneeled down to them instead of fighting for his original vision.

5 hour tutorial

If the re-remake ends up being real, then I hope they don't force costume changes on the party when job changing. At the very least, have the option to keep the default outfits no matter the job.

And for the love of God, don't cripple the wolf boy again. Having him always riding his wolf just looks stupid.

>>715433246 (OP)
Kino. One of the few games that made me genuinely cry

>>715433246 (OP)
The smelliest love interest of all time

>>715433246 (OP)
quirky unfaithful localization handmade for reddit

>>715443049
That's every DQ since 8. The Dragon Warrior localization was always superior.

>>715442486
They're remaking this instead of dq9??

>>715443114
Yeah Dragon Quest is unplayable in the west unless you go for the older games with fan translation

DQVII was the 1st DQ I ever played (PS1).
I was really charmed by it, how when you start off there are no monsters and combat for a while. I didn't feel bored because this was atypical from most jrpgs I had played. I liked exploring around.
Never beat it or got THAT far in to it. But it stuck with me.

>>715443136
So far, it's just rumors. Until there's official word, take it with a giant grain of salt.

>>715433246 (OP)
kino music

>>715442087
didn't it come from that guy who can see titles in his database for pc testing or whatever

>>715443421
How stupid of me. Forgot to paste the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTYR2O31qCM

>>715443479
Yeah, I'm *sure* he can.

>>715443757
even if not, not sure what's unrealistic about it anyway, we already know SQEX has nothing but low effort remasters and ports to sell for the next year and a half

>>715444010
Well, there likely won't be any new full-scale Dragon Quest games after DQ12, so remakes and spin-offs will be how the franchise survives without Toriyama and Sugiyama, and I don't expect Horii himself to be around much longer, either.

>>715433246 (OP)
Weekly saturday morning cartoon kino.

>>715444186
Sad but true. XI was such a good send-off that I'm willing to accept it as the end of mainline if XII winds up being ass.

>>715441292
DQVII includes lots of useless classes and 1/3 of the skills are either shit or repeat the effects of others skills, while in DQVI having less classes meant that each one had a proper role, what do the Sheppard or Mariner even do besides being used to get advanced classes?
>>715441593
The skill revamp in DQVII3DS was done so classes would feel more unique, in DQVI&VII if the class didn't have a gimmick (steal, recruit, lower MP consumption, etc) you would better off using an advanced class if you where done grinding skills.
Love DQVII, my fav PS RPG on the console but I can see why people shit on it.

>>715443175
Lmao kys the European cultures being portrayed with accents across dragon quest is based

>>715442043
You can emulate 3ds in a toaster

>>715434958
Why DQ7 first, though? I mean, the Zenithia games are always popular, especially with how Psaro recently got his own title in the DQ Monsters line, and DQ8 is pretty much THE Dragon Quest that put the franchise on the map in America. I'd think they would be picked over 7 to get the HD2D treatment next after the original trilogy.

>>715444716
I think deep down, the trio knew 11 would be their last time together.

>>715444830
At the very least, they could have kept the hybrid skills and made them permanent unlocks.

>>715445017
I want achievements .

>>715444186
Yeah also true which is a sad thought. Hoping 12 at least somewhat delivers, but with nothing to share for 5 years it's questionable how development has been going

>>715445135
4,5 and 6 are going to be 2dhd remakes
7 remaster
8 remake looking like dragon quest 11
And 12 ist going to be the Last story gameplay

>>715433246 (OP)
Don't rush through it, take your time with it. It's a slow burn game, but it's very very good.

>>715433246 (OP)
The least coherent dragon quest by a lot.
Game doesn't reveal the bad guy til theres only about 5-10 hours left in the game. The throughline plot is barebones and lame, the party is awful, the nursery rhyme towns are bland, the fragment hunting is fucking gay, the classes are cool but the combat is overly easy. Definitely on the lower end of Dragon Quest games

>>715445468
9 remake when? It's been stuck on the DS since it came out.

>>715445468
>8 remake looking like dragon quest 11
Oh nice more visually soulless UE slop.

>>715445135
>At the very least, they could have kept the hybrid skills and made them permanent unlocks.
Adding on to this, in the original PS1 game, Aira/Aishe is set up to get the Sword Dance skill as soon as she hits her next job level in Warrior since she's already maxed as a Dancer. It makes thematic sense with her character, and 3DS even gives her a unique attack animation for it.

>>715433246 (OP)
ppl talk so positively about this game, but it was so mid the whole time. i know its long, but i was hoping it would at least be a bit more entertaining along the way.
eventually lost interest and stopped playing. idk how far i was before i quit, maybe 20hours? i think its lik e80 hours total if i remember.

Reminder DQX is playable on Steam Deck now and has been playable on windows for a while
https://dqx-translation-project.github.io/steamdeck/

>>715445691
I am playing DQ9 on my phone and just an official port using only one screen would be more than enough, the map screen can be accessed via a button or something and nothing would change.
>>715446026
Talking about DQX, a new common class just dropped, the Hermit, can use spirits to fight and boost characters stats, also has a gimmick that's yet to be explained.

>>715442364
Its 2 hours at most, but this is 3DS so its like 30 minutes instead.

How does one download the DQIX DLC on a DS in 2025? Anyone have any experience of this?

I actually enjoy how much of the game is just a bunch of bored kids wandering around looking for adventure, without any overarching purpose or villain like in other DQs (though there is slow buildup to Orgodemir's involvement and eventual arrival).

>>715446809
Cheat/save edit it in
https://www.almarsguides.com/retro/walkthroughs/NDS/Games/DragonQuestIXSentinelsoftheStarrySkies/Sidequests/DLCQuestUnlocks/

>>715444010
>not sure what's unrealistic about it anyway
Look at how long it took for III HD2D to come out, how long XII has been in development with nothing to show but a logo, and how I&II HD2D has been getting worked on at the same time for at least a year, and then tell me how realistic you think it is for the biggest and longest DQ to get a brand new remake (not a port of the previous one) that releases at the end of the year or in the first quarter of the next year.

>>715446962
Now I kind of wish I had my Action Replay or whatever since I'm playing on an actual DS with an actual game card.

>>715447078
What they're doing probably barely qualifies as a remaster, let alone a remake.

>>715446809
>>715447317
I think there's some server you can connect to via the nintendo wifi settings to get some stuff, but I don't know the specifics off hand.

>>715447478
The only issue is that you have to switch your internet to WEP (which nobody uses) because most DS games can't read WPA.

BAD BAD BAD
This is the ONLY DQ I have never actually been able to finis out of shear boredom.
>Go to other world
>Do stuff
>Then go back to regular world
>boring ass walking simulator with fuck all to do for 15 minutes
>back to other world

holy fucking shit

>>715447078
>>715447413
It's most likely just a port of the 3DS version that's scalable to higher resolutions and compatible with PS5/Xbox controllers.
Which is not bad per se, as a PC player the only mainline we got (outside of the recent 123 remakes) is XI.

>>715443136
>>715445691
IX's main appeal is it's multiplayer, with even Japanese fans noting how just the singleplayer is lackluster, and on top of that a remake would need to have local multiplayer still to try to recapture the magic it had in Japan, but that's only possible on Switch, which isn't a very portable system anyways compared to carrying a DS in your pocket. Some Japanese fans say a IX remake would only be realistic on mobile phones.
X also expanded upon and did a lot of what IX wanted to do better than IX, so for some people, IX doesn't really have a purpose.

Seeing as how IX has gone 16 years, the longest of any main game in the series without a port or remake, I honestly doubt they'll do one, at least maybe not until X dies. I could see Square looking at a IX remake as a competitor to X.

>>715446809
>>715446962
Don't use cheatcodes they will fuck your save, for example you will have to redo previous done quests to access some of the dlc quests which will cause duplicate items, also they will re activate old quest causing glitches, talking to the Leviathan girl will cause the player to walk through walls.
Use a save editor, is safer.
https://www.woodus.com/den/games/dq9ds/save_editor.php

>>715447597
I forgot about that.
If your phone can make a hotspot, you can set that to WEP.

>>715447754
It would probably adjust the online-only material to be available offline as well, like how the Mobile ports of the 4-6 DS remakes had their online functions but made the attached rewards available in other ways.

>>715448008
*had their online functions removed

>>715447413
>>715447754
The "leak" implies that its not a simple port and is instead a new remake.
They also mention IV HD2D as a thing that has already been put out too, lumping it with I, II, and III, and saying its not like those remakes, which makes them look extra retarded.

>>715434958
>just wait for the censored version
/v/ is filled with mongrels nowadays

>>715433246 (OP)
lots of padding but it's a good ride
the 3DS improvements were nice overall

>>715434958
>Remastered
You mean censored demake?

>>715445135
They probably want to remaster dq7/8/9 since 3d is easier

>>715447815
>DQIX
>Single player is lack luster
People keep on saying this shit but besides trading maps (you can get new ones without multiplayer) and upgrading Erin's inn (which only changes the inn appearance) the game can be played solo all the way through, is just like DQIII.

>>715435310
Zoom doesn't fucking work

>>715444928
reddit sissy said it was le based

>>715448486
The game can be played solo, but its boring compared to other DQs and especially boring compared to playing through it with friends and doing 4 player grotto hunting.
The multiplayer is what made IX.

>>715448486
>you like kissing grottoes don't you

>>715447815 #
>DQIX
>Single player is lack luster
People keep on saying this shit but besides trading maps (you can get new ones without multiplayer) and upgrading Erin's inn (which only changes the inn appearance) the game can be played solo all the way through, is just like DQIII.

>>715448660
Everything is more fun with friends, but DQIX is far from being a boring game even solo.

>>715449189
Regardless, they can't remake the game unless the multiplayer recaptures that same magic, or else it'll flop in Japan, Japanese fans want to still have local multiplayer with it, while in the west I'm pretty sure everyone just want online multiplayer for it.
It would be a big flop worldwide if it released with no multiplayer at all though.

>>715448748
>the game can be played solo all the way through
And it'll be a more miserable experience since a lot of the key features hinge on doing multiplayer to lighten the load.

>>715445691
>9 remake when
If I can't make a slew of NPC's like the original, I don't want it. That was the best part of IX. I need to fire up VII again.

>>715436307
It's kind of in a weird spot between the Zenithia trio and DQ8. DQ6 was already going through feature bloat, and 7 increased it exponentially. Plus it was on PS1 which had already been established as a Final Fantasy machine thanks to FFVII.