Author Topic: So I can't find Scary's Dragon Quest VIII thread...  (Read 1877 times)

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So I can't find Scary's Dragon Quest VIII thread...
« on: Saturday, November 24, 2007, 11:21:16 AM »
 ... but the game looks awesome.  Julia's been playing it for a week or so now and she's totally addicted, and I've been watching a little here and there.  I'm pretty surprised.  I bought it for her used a while ago, and the thing just looks and sounds much better than I'd have thought.  The animation is very smooth and nice, the art design looks surprisingly great for the oft-generic Akira Toriyama, and Koichi Sugiyama's OST absolutely blows my mind with its ultra-heavy classical influence.  The biggest surprise, however, may be the voice acting and localization, which is superb.  The game is very comical and cartoony, featuring voice work that reflects this, but it's also got a nice dose of drama here and there.  The actors did a wonderful job from what I've heard so far.

So yeah, if you're looking for a very old school, traditional RPG done well, you should check it out.  The thing is super cheap now.  I got it used for like 8 bucks or something.

Also, can anyone tell me what Level 5's involvement was?  Did they actually develop it?  I assume so since their name is on the credits along with Square-Enix, but of the two, only Squeenix does any publishing.  Did they farm out the development?  In any case, Level 5 has really impressed me with Jeanne d'Arc and Rogue Galaxy, so it would surprise me at all to know that they were behind DQ8.

EDIT - Check out some of Sugiyama's work from DQIV played by an actual symphony (and conducted by him as well - wait for the initial fluff to pass).  And here's another.

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Re: So I can't find Scary's Dragon Quest VIII thread...
« Reply #1 on: Saturday, November 24, 2007, 11:35:51 AM »
I couldn't seem to find the thread for you....
I tried.... :(

Does the "search" engine here not work too well or something?

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Re: So I can't find Scary's Dragon Quest VIII thread...
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 06:57:42 AM »
Picked this up again last night after months, nay years of wanting to play.  I bought it at release, paid full price for it.  Unfortunately it released a week or so after the 360 came out, so I essentially got to the second town and that was about it.  Just an absolute joy to play.  Good all around and I'm definitely going to have some fun with it.

Also, I ordered DQ V DS Monday.  Apparently it's getting quite hard to find.  Must not have been a huge run of them.  Major retailers like Amazon don't even stock it any more.  Hopefully someone will get me a gift card to a game store for my birthday so I can pick up IV.

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Re: So I can't find Scary's Dragon Quest VIII thread...
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 12:05:54 PM »
Wow, so DQ V ships out from CA yesterday evening from Newegg.  UPS 3 day select.  Guess what arrives in Lebanon, TN at 10:00 AM today?

Wow.

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Re: So I can't find Scary's Dragon Quest VIII thread...
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 06:53:55 PM »
Heh, nice.

I really wish I had the time to play this game.  I watched Julia play through it and she loved it... it was really charming, and the soundtrack is effing fantastic.

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Re: So I can't find Scary's Dragon Quest VIII thread...
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 06:58:59 PM »
Yeah it's actually nice to have a battle theme in an JRPG that doesn't annoy the shit out of me.

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Re: So I can't find Scary's Dragon Quest VIII thread...
« Reply #6 on: Friday, September 04, 2009, 06:29:47 AM »
My friend grabbed DQ IV for my birthday. 

Also, still playing 8.  I think I may actually go through with it this time!