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Games => General Gaming => Topic started by: K-man on Monday, June 21, 2010, 06:36:36 AM
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Apparently this finally hits the states July 11!
Still waiting on the re-release of VI though.
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Wow, figured I'd get more discussion on this here.
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There's a general lull in participation on the boards. I was never much into the Dragon Quest series, so I'm not much help.
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I don't have much experience with the series other than DQVIII, which Julia played a hell of a lot more of than I did. It looked awesome, though. I bought her several of the DS remakes as well, but I haven't really heard back from her on those since the divorce.
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I don't have a ton of experience with the DQ series. I played the original on NES, and bought VIII and played through roughly 25% of it. I enjoy them quite a bit. Definitely old school mechanics, and it's a series that really doesn't take itself nearly as seriously as the Final Fantasy remakes.
I have never played the originals, but I can say that the remakes on DS are well done. The graphics are very pretty. I can't compare the content to the original, so I'm really not aware of what (if any) significant changes that were made, but I'm currently playing through IV and having a blast. I have yet to open V though. I figure since IV, V, and VI are meant as a trilogy there's little point until I finish IV. V is getting very difficult to find, as apparently it did not sell well in the states. I was lucky enough to find a copy on Newegg at the end of last year.
IX is supposed to be a pretty significant departure though. Famitsu gave it a 40/40, for what that's worth.
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I got curious enough to try out the NES games. I remember them now. I found the look and feel too primitive to get into them. I tracked down VI (SNES) with an English patch. This I may be able to follow for a while. I'm wandering around the home town figuring out what to do. I'll have to get into some combat before I can say whether I'll have any real interest.
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Cobra if you're really interested, grab a cheap copy of Dragon Quest VIII. I think it's basically old school RPGing perfected.
Such a wonderful game to play.
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I concur. DQ8 was off the chain!
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Oh man. I was thinking this was for a console, then I saw it was for the DS...I don't have one of those.
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Yeah it was shocking news when Squenix announced the next installment would be on DS.
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Just an FYI, on August 1 K-mart is running a deal where if you purchase DQIX, you get Zelda: Spirit Tracks for free.
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Hmmm, not a bad deal.
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Yeah I took advantage today. I already have a copy of Spirit Tracks that's still sealed. But I was going to grab DQ anyway, might as well get something free out of the deal. I can always trade in a copy, or if my morals fail me, tell Wal Mart I got it as a gift and basically break even on the deal.
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You need to get on playing Spirit Tracks.....very good game.
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I've been able to put a little bit of time into this game and so far it's very enjoyable. It's a self-contained story, so experience with previous titles isn't necessary. It's very charming. Doesn't break any new ground or anything, but sometimes that isn't necessary.