Haven't had a thread in a while

>>716487439 (OP)
DQXII never ever

>>716487439 (OP)
Did Bianca got raped in front of him?

>>716488021
no.

are dragon quest games easier than FF games? I recently finished playing every mainline FF game in release order and was thinking of doing the same for DQ next

Is this a trannylation thing or something? I played DQ5 and it's about as DB as they come.

>>716489219
About the same? They can be more grindy but the difficult part is just the post-game.

Is Dragon Quest V really that hard?

>>716489937
No, the only problem may be the last boss and some also have some difficulties with the fire dungeon to get the ring to marry your waifu

>>716489219
>are dragon quest games easier than FF games?
They are usually harder than FF games

>>716487439 (OP)
>You can get married
>and have kids
>and they all can join your party and fight alongside you
Why don't more games do this

>>716490805
If you haven’t yet play Rune Factory games they let you do this. Also Fire Emblem Awakening and Fates though it uses time travel shenanigans so not as good.

I'm supposed to believe the villainous evil monsters kidnapped his wife and they didn't fuck her

>>716489219
DQ games usually give you fewer options and there's much less gamebreaking shit in them as result. You can't cheese shit with Limit Breaks or Knights of Round or Dual Wield + Rapidfire or whatever
Even in games with job systems like DQVII, you can't really combine job abilities to anywhere near the extent you can in FF, all you really get is some learned spells carrying over. While that game does have a really OP job (Metal King Slime), it's not really worth going out of your way to get it, takes way too much grinding

>>716489219
Dragon Quest games are way more grindy, and one level makes a huge difference, specially at the start.

Let me tell you already what to expect: DQ games are told in an episodic format, meaning there are "arcs", just like an anime. This means that usually you won't find out who the villain actually is until way after halfway through. Some games take this to the extreme, like DQ7, where it takes 1 hours to actually fight the first battle and more than 10 hours just to be able to change jobs. A normal playthrough is 60~70 hours, without stopping for any sidequests. DQ7 is the most extreme in this, but don't expect the other games to be much shorter. Usually 30~40 hours long, with each arc taking 3~5 hours to complete.

>>716489937
It's more the fact that storywise the protagonists life is abject misery for the majority of the game. Which is why the movie is so hilariously stupid because who the fuck would want to isekai themselves to it.

>>716487439 (OP)
How is VIII on 3DS?
I saw they have a patch that added the good soundtrack

>>716487439 (OP)
All I want is a remake of this in the style of DQXI.

we had a thread the other day but you didnt reply

>>716490146
why was i conned into the ds version when ps2 looks like this?

>>716493136
PS2 purists shit on it but I thought it was good.
Biggest plus for me is pic related.

>>716494165
No idea. The ps2 music is fantastic too.

>>716494303
>can't romance her
:|

>>716494075
how did toriyama get away with this
also
>no remake where you can romance her

>>716494165
Because people don't lurk enough and some really want the DS girl
https://imgsli.com/MTY3Mzg2

>>716494165
DS is the only version with Debora, so it's the only version worth playing.

Yes, the PS2 version is better in every other way. Yes, it's still not worth playing, because you only get 2 shit wife choices. If you feel like making the wrong choice on a second playthrough, sure, play the PS2 version.

>>716489219
DQs final bosses are consistently harder than FF. You can grind so they're easier obviously but DQ has some shocking boss difficulty toward the end that can feel like "wtf am I supposed to lose, this guys gonna turn 1 me"

>>716494543
deborafags should be put in a camp

>>716494639
Flora is annoying and Bianca is boring. Only Debora is fun.

I want to fuck Deborah's tits

>>716493136
You lost random encounters, visuals, soundtrack and censored outfits, but you gain two new companions (that are absolutely OP) and two new extra bosses. I would recommend it after you beat the PS2 first

>>716490146
I would still pay money for someone to make a more up to date translation of the PS2 version.

>>716494369
Disappointing, but I can live with it. I wouldn't cuck my bro Yangus like that.
What I really hate though is that you can't make her wear Jessica's outfits.

>>716489219
They’re grindathons which is technically “harder” (see: wastes more of your time).

I've been playing through 9 for the first time, I quite like a lot of it, but I'm very not thrilled with the fact that it tanks fps once you have more than 1 or 2 party members. Why can't you hide party members when traversing towns and the overworld? Such a weird miss for a late DS game. Having a full party of four also makes XP gain slow as shit, considering just going with two.

>>716494543
I don't like girls like Deborah

>>716495390
Is also the DQ with the easiest main story, usually I always find the last boss at least challenging, here nope, but hey at least you have the post game dungeons

>>716489219
if you have to grind in any dragon quest games after 2 to beat the main story you are playing them wrong

>>716493136
>>716494937
you can restore the OST and censored outfits. it's down to preference, personally I hate the way PS2 games look on any modern screen so I'll take 3DS. Loading times are a bit slower than PS2, BUT if you have a New 3DS model and have it homebrewed (why wouldn't you), you can have the CPU set to a higher clocl by default that negates the loading issues.
https://archive.org/details/dragon_quest_viii_3ds_undub_patch

>>716495420
What's it like being gay?

>>716489219
FF games are easier by a landslide.

>>716495574
Even after all is said and done it's a far easier and far uglier game thanks to the 3DS

>>716494543
>>716494639
>deborafags
>s
No, this guy shows up in every single thread where DQ5 is mentioned just to shill his waifu. It's one guy and he's fucking dedicated/nuts.

>>716495871
She's my favorite too bro sorry

>>716495390
>not playing it on a 3DS with TWL boost

>>716494560
>DQs final bosses are consistently harder than FF.

>Walk into last area
>Open a treasure chest
>Random Dragon pop's out
>Before even the most broken speed tech in the games, immediately casts Tsunami and deals more damage than your entire party has HP combined to EACH character
Sure.
>B-buh you cherry picked! It's not even a real boss!
Yeah but the final boss of that game is significantly way more difficult than that fight once you figure out the gimmick of wearing water absorb material and has two phases.

FF is consistently way more difficult. The only time DQ gets hard is when the boss starts spamming Disruptive Waves, and even then that doesn't even really make the fight harder cause you can just waste their time by casting enough buffs that they waste a turn debuffing you.

>>716495871
Debora isn't even my favorite DQ girl, dude. She's just the best choice in 5, because the other 2 choices suck.

>>716496030
>FF is consistently way more difficult
look man if you prefer FF thats fine but you dont have to pretend like more difficult=more gooder. FF is not consistently way more difficult.

>>716493136
it's mostly a straight downgrade over the ps2 version in terms of visuals and sound
gameplay wise they completely fucked the whole pacing and flow of the game by removing random encounters
the 2 new playable characters are neat but they don't feel like proper characters if that makes sense

>>716496139
You're wrong on both counts. Not only do I love Dragon Quest more, I actually despise Final Fantasy FOR that bullshit difficulty. Dragon Quest is more consistently honest about it's gameplay and story telling than FF is. So you're both wrong AND a retard.

>>716489219
I've played DQ 1-3 and FF 1-2. No game was particularly hard, but DQ 3 was easily the hardest of the five. It just has some annoying enemies towards the later half of the game

>>716496387
>DQ3 harder than DQ2
I'm not so sure about that bud. DQ2s final area dungeon and boss are CBT

>>716489219
Yes but only because DQ has actually well designed bosses where you can inflict status effects on them, have them inflicted on yourself and both of you can dispel each other so there is an actual element of strategy instead of the FF school of thought which is "figure out the gimmick move that the enemy doesn't immediately counter with a super damaging attack."

>>716493092
Well, the world of DQV itself wasn't exactly shitty or anything, it's just the MC in particular really had it rough compared to most people

>>716496387
DQ2 is a nightmare

>>716496054
>tomboyish but still feminine childhood friend
>dainty shy wallflower
>stuck up rich bitch who treats you like shit

>this anon chooses the third option

>>716487439 (OP)
i like dq4 the best

I just finished 9 and have now gone through every mainline DQ, it's a bittersweet feeling...
I've also started 10 online but not really feeling the MMO side of things

>>716496387
DQ3's endgame falls apart when you get items that let you freely heal your entire party infinitely so they just make the last few enemy types you encounter complete assfuckers to compensate

>>716496817
Debora defenders are delusional, she doesn't even fit in the game. She's like a guest character from an anime

>>716496967
I mean, that's by design, pretty much every DQ game let's you do that for free at endgame in one way or another

>>716496943
10s story is quite good, but the grind and MMO nature of it is pretty whack. I'm at the end of Version 1 and the game is straight up odd in how it wants you to grind and level, but most areas are significantly under your level, and the exp you need is such that killing a handful of metal slimes really doesn't do much, so you have to grind in the late game dungeon, which has no Inns or towns nearby and the game really doesn't want you leaving it.
>just fight the boss on easy
No

>>716496387
The only hard DQ is 2. And that's only when you get to the second area cause of those monkeys, forgot the names and end game for a while. Think they were Badboons.

>>716487439 (OP)
What do you guys want for DQXII?
I hope you can play it in co-op like DQ9.

>>716496943
How did you beat 6 without dying from boredom?

>>716497169
It ain't always free
Having Sylvando using Hustle Dance in lategame XI generally isn't worth the turn it costs to use the move for how little it heals

>>716496817
oh but but le taming with cock le taming

deborahchuds rule this board

>>716497284
DQ12 doesn't exist

>>716497425
this is alenachad territory fuck off4

>>716497306
I loved 6, idk
>>716497356
you can just use goddess rings and sage stone like in other games

>>716496193
>gameplay wise they completely fucked the whole pacing and flow of the game by removing random encounters
Don't forget giving players a reward for completing the post-game dungeon at the start of the game.

>>716496628
Yeah but he is living the life of the protag

>>716498002
I don't know anything about that, what's that?

>>716498372
Instant alchemy creation.

>>716495390
There is a cheat to hide party members. I felt the same and that's what I did.

>>716498356
I mean, then yeah, it's still not desirable, but I'd still make the trade myself. All I gotta do is survive and I end up a king and also the dad of the legendary hero

>>716496463
>>716496637
>>716497212
I played the version on the Switch that I believe is a mobile port. I had a tougher time with 3. Maybe that version of 2 is dumbed down?
>>716496967
It's been a while since I played 3, forgot about that item that heals you. I didn't like the length of random encounters towards the end. It's worsened by everything getting two attacks. Made it a slog to get through the last dungeon and I didn't bother with the bonus dungeon because I was burned out by then and didn't want to grind twenty more levels

When the fuck are they porting 4-9 to modern systems?
The old FF games have been ported 10 gabillion times already

>>716501739
Dragon Quest is primarily successful on phones, and all the games are already there outside of 9-11.

>>716497409
It's funny because even after she warms up to the MC she still treats him like a doormat/nipponese salaryman husband. What's the term for that, tiger mother or something? At least she seems to be a decent mother for her kids.

>>716502642
No, it is primarily successful on home console platforms, because that is where they were first released.

>>716502791
Incorrect.
Japan mostly plays DQ on mobile- that’s literally why every game gets ported to that. The most recent DQM even felt tailor-made for its mobile port which came only a few months later.
Hell, 4-7 haven’t even been on home consoles in decades. The last time any of them were was DQ5 on PS2 20 years ago. That’s because DS, the current mobile platform, was the real mover.

>>716502996
You can't be successful on a platform you don't release it for