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Welcome, jellies and gentleslimes, to the Dragon Quest Megoothread!
Feel free to use this thread as a place of general discussion for anything related to Dragon Quest, slurp!

I'm sure we'll have a goorific time!
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Take me back to the DQ XI casino! ::scrooge-greed
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DQ XI was such a fun, care-free game. So much to do and explore. Great cast and memorable bosses. The story felt conventional and yet still did just enough to keep things interesting. Also, the difficulty modifiers can make for a really, really tough time.

And speaking of difficulty, the super boss of DQ VIII was SO. GODDAMN. DIFFICULT!! I could just about beat
Metal Dragon
but then having to face
all 8 legendary dragons in a boss rush?
Gimme a break!

Can't wait to roam around DQ XII and the original trilogy remasters once they've released as well ::slime-roll
 
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Take me back to the DQ XI casino! ::scrooge-greed
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DQ XI was such a fun, care-free game. So much to do and explore. Great cast and memorable bosses. The story felt conventional and yet still did just enough to keep things interesting. Also, the difficulty modifiers can make for a really, really tough time.

And speaking of difficulty, the super boss of DQ VIII was SO. GODDAMN. DIFFICULT!! I could just about beat
Metal Dragon
but then having to face
all 8 legendary dragons in boss rush?
Give me a break!

Can't wait to roam around DQ XII and the original trilogy remasters when they release as well ::slime-roll
DQ11 was super addicting. I totally loved going back and forth between 2d and 3d, discovering all the tiny little nuances between both!
 
Welcome, jellies and gentleslimes, to the Dragon Quest Megoothread!
Feel free to use this thread as a place of general discussion for anything related to Dragon Quest, slurp!

I'm sure we'll have a goorific time!
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i remember learning about different slimes in DWM2 Cobi's Journey. That was my first introduction to the DQ series.
 
I love DQ XI! That & IX were my first DQ games.

I stocked up on several more Dragon Quest games back in 2020-2021, and have been slowly working my way through them.

The only mainline game I didn't pick up was X, because of the whole Japanese only MMO thing.

I need to get back into Builders 2. I was playing that off and on earlier in the year and got side-tracked. Very much looking forward to the I & II HD remake!
 
The only mainline game I didn't pick up was X, because of the whole Japanese only MMO thing.
You don't miss anything because the whole point of the game is being MMO, not to be a game to enjoy and also have fun with friends. However there is no MMO I liked for they only care about being time wasters instead of having meaningful content to have a good time, DQX is the worst MMO I played. It has a generic main story, generic stuff, generic MMO quests and generic gameplay so nothing worthy to play in it. It's only for die-hard fans that couldn't get enough of all the DQ they played over and over again so they wanna spend their time in a DQ MMO. Main situation of the game is so lame from the start you may don't wanna play the game, to "fix this" game make you wanna play and endure boring dramas and finally when you "fix yourself" you realize the game is not really that good as its story is the most generic shit possible they didn't bother making an "okay game".

However for a friend once I checked it had English translation project that translated its launcher and main dialogues enough to play the game, but side content wasn't translated which required real-time translator or something in your own expense. The only other issue it has is finding an ok Japanese VPN and after every time you play you need to switch Japanese VPN after your account is frozen for "suspicious activity" so you bother unlocking it by wrestling with Japanese emails and Japanese website of the game all the time. Because of this my friend gave up playing it especially because "it doesn't worth it for game is not good enough" and I made his DQX experience a meme lolol:


However I'm mostly bothered by how suck it is to be free player and simple side things takes insane amounts to do like to change one piece of armor's color you need to grow flowers for 1 week real-time or pay too much money for simple features. I was like "ain't nobody got time for that!!!!" and dropped playing the game. No decent stuff to wear for my superstar character for being a free user anyway!!!
 
You don't miss anything because the whole point of the game is being MMO, not to be a game to enjoy and also have fun with friends. However there is no MMO I liked for they only care about being time wasters instead of having meaningful content to have a good time, DQX is the worst MMO I played. It has a generic main story, generic stuff, generic MMO quests and generic gameplay so nothing worthy to play in it. It's only for die-hard fans that couldn't get enough of all the DQ they played over and over again so they wanna spend their time in a DQ MMO.

However for a friend once I checked it had English translation project that translated its launcher and main dialogues enough to play the game, but side content wasn't translated which required real-time translator or something in your own expense. The only other issue it has is finding an ok Japanese VPN and after every time you play you need to switch Japanese VPN after your account is frozen for "suspicious activity" so you bother unlocking it by wrestling with Japanese emails and Japanese website of the game all the time. Because of this my friend gave up playing it especially because "it doesn't worth it for game is not good enough" and I made his DQX experience a meme lolol:


However I'm mostly bothered by how suck it is to be free player and simple side things takes insane amounts to do like to change one piece of armor's color you need to grow flowers for 1 week real-time or pay too much money for simple features. I was like "ain't nobody got time for that!!!!" and dropped playing the game. No decent stuff to wear for my superstar character for being a free user anyway!!!
I wouldn't be too keen to play it as an MMO. I think in Japan, they did or are going to, release a version of X that is more like a standard non-MMO DQ game. I'd love to have that version localised
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No, 3ds dq11 had a really unique, distinct and more chibi artstyle. It’s Japan only too.
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I love how that version looks.
The pic they posted was low quality, thats why I asked.
Might be the Switch version?
 
I wouldn't be too keen to play it as an MMO. I think in Japan, they did or are going to, release a version of X that is more like a standard non-MMO DQ game. I'd love to have that version localised
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I love how that version looks.

Might be the Switch version?
I played the base game story with the English translation thing like two years ago. Apart from a few quirks you get used to quick enough I had a great time with it. The base story has a really cool thing where you play as a human but get transformed into one of the playable fantasy races. I picked the elves and really enjoyed their storyline too.
Though you get to play as a human later on and then I stuck to it. The combat has a really cool weight mechanic where tanks in heavy armor literally push against the enemy to prevent them from attacking backliners. Loved that feature.

The English speaking community is very helpful and friendly too.
 
I played the base game story with the English translation thing like two years ago. Apart from a few quirks you get used to quick enough I had a great time with it. The base story has a really cool thing where you play as a human but get transformed into one of the playable fantasy races. I picked the elves and really enjoyed their storyline too.
Though you get to play as a human later on and then I stuck to it. The combat has a really cool weight mechanic where tanks in heavy armor literally push against the enemy to prevent them from attacking backliners. Loved that feature.

The English speaking community is very helpful and friendly too.
That does sound interesting. I might have to try it out sometime
 
That does sound interesting. I might have to try it out sometime
It was a bit tricky to set up, but once it’s up and running it’s really straightforward, and I’m sure the English client and general translation work etc has only gotten better since I played.

It’s definitely a unique beast as far as DQ goes, but I recommend anyone who’s a fan of the series to check it out. Especially since so much of it is free in the trial version.
Just remember to use a VPN so the game doesn’t kick you out. I used some free thing and it worked swimmingly.
 
I wouldn't be too keen to play it as an MMO. I think in Japan, they did or are going to, release a version of X that is more like a standard non-MMO DQ game. I'd love to have that version localised
Yes, "Dragon Quest X Offline" as a remake game released that is more like an old turn based game that has childish elements as if "little kids" were target audiance, however DQX MMO has tons of "story archs" while this remake only has the first or first few or something and last few of them or something sold as a DLC which is a scam move, so naturally it's a rather tool to leave the story hanged and ended absurdly before it really start to make people pay for DQX MMO by offering offline version players to start to MMO version with extra benefits. I don't think these greedy people would release an honest Dragon Quest X offline mode experience that has full feature, and they wouldn't care to translate it due to unnecessary expense on budget for them. It's for Japanese people so only for them to experience. Yet again it doesn't have an "ok" story to experience anyway. It only has the phantom pain of a DQ game lol. And level limit is a bitch that naturally and eventually will force you to buy the game to deal with rest of the game.
 
I love DQ very much, I`m hug fan of the series and my favorite game are Dragon Quest Journey of cursed king and Dragon Quest XI S:-)
I remember playing my first DQ game and that was Dragon Quest Journey of cursed king on PS2, I used to own PS2 and really enjoy playing it, that was before 3DS come out.
After that I played many DQ games and I just feel in love with DQ XI S, it have beautiful artwork and story are amazing. I love the soundtrack aswell.
 
Only DQ game I've played is VIII on PS2 with the official guide.
Great game in every sense (I've enjoyed it in graphics, music, gameplay, huge world to explore, characters), but still it didn't made me a fan of the series.
In a FF vs DQ battle I think I am on FF side (sorry DQ fans!)
 
DQ IX is one of my favourite games ever, it´s criminally underrated.
I fell in love with the demo of DQ XI, hope to play it someday along with the 3ds version.
I also liked DQ VIII on the Ps2, just not as much as IX.
Im playing the SNES version of DQ I rn, glad to see DQ has already been peak since ever.
 

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