Dragon Quest 8

well...the only thing that gets me is the music in some spots. i would've preffered it all be arranged or all be synth but it's not big deal. one thing i noticed was after a fight the overworld music would just kinda...pop back on. i think in the demo verion it faded back in...maybe i'm wrong but it was a little distracting at first. oh, and it did seem to have...random load issues. once or twice it took about a second or 2 for the menu screen to come up...and then going into a few of the houses but again, it's not really a big deal. i completed the first scenario, the one from the demo, in just under 4 hours. i was at lvl 7 when i beat the first boss. this game is so great. i know i'll be playing it for a while. but i'm glad i don't have anything else to be playing.

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Originally Posted by CybrGamr

Anyone notice small issues with load times? When leaving buildings or leaving the first town, the music for the next cut scene will start playing but the screen is still black. It's a minor issue - but it is noticeable. I have an older PS2 (not real old, but not a slim one).

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This is intentional and is done to keep you from getting too bored from just staring at a blank screen with no sound.

Ok dammit, I'm buying this game tonight along with Wild Arms F. I didn't want to, but there is just too much positive about this one.

ssb

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Originally Posted by epmode

This is intentional and is done to keep you from getting too bored from just staring at a blank screen with no sound.

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My complaint (albeit minor) is not the music starting first, but the load time involved. I wasn't expecting the load time issues when I got the game (I don't remember the demo having any significant load time). I asked everyone here how it performed for them, to see if it's my game disc or PS2.

Again, it's just a minor annoyance and will not stop me from spending too many hours with this game over the next few weeks.

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Originally Posted by ssbomberman

Ok dammit, I'm buying this game tonight along with Wild Arms F. I didn't want to, but there is just too much positive about this one.

ssb

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forget about wild arms. just buy dragon quest 8.

Got to sit down with it for about 3.5 hours last night and I'm lovin' it. Currently lvl 10 at the port town. It's nice to see one key ability you got by lvling shepard in VII comes up early here if you lvl the right attribute. Makes things go much faster. One thing thats kind of a disappointment so far is how small the towns seem to be. I hope I'll run into some bigger towns later on. This game seems alot more simpler than VII. VII was hardcore to the extreme, the job system was fullfilling and complicated, although many of the abilities you earned were useless. This game seems to streamline the ability system in favor of more strategy and simplicity for new players. This seems both a knock and a good thing to me. This isn't a game where you can hit "fight" for every character and hope to coast your way though the battles. Somehow I have a feeling this one will take alot less time to beat because of this.

are you talking about the "whistle" command to make monsters come to you? heh...i didn't even think of that for gaining more experience. towns in dq games never seemed like they were too big...or not big enough. so far i think they're a good size. i can't wait to get to a castle, though. another reason this game'll be shorter than 7 (and many people have already said that it is) is that you can use your skills or put points into attributes from the very begining of the game. you couldn't change classes in 7 'til somewhere around hour 30 from what i remember. and the classes didn't even level up that fast.

Played the OPM demo. Sweet fucking graphics, when this cell shading shit hits next gen you won't be able to tell the difference between a game and an anime DVD.

Anyway, seems like a solid game. The redhead's tits bounce very nicely. Anyone want to comment on how frequent the combat is? I hate random combat but so far on the demo it doesn't seem too bad. I'm not a huge fan of this Akira Toriyama guy but his character designs in this game are really charming, so it'll all come down to the encounter rate. If it's not too bad I may pick this up.

I've been running around trying to level up, and I feel like the enc rate is just right. I've never found myself saying FUCK JUST LET ME GET TO THE END OF THIS CAVE!

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Originally Posted by Beefy Hits

One thing thats kind of a disappointment so far is how small the towns seem to be. I hope I'll run into some bigger towns later on.

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Don't worry, you will. Some of them are HUGE. And they have the best architecture of any RPG game towns ever. It's brilliant.