Dragon Quest 9 Official Thread

[SpoDaddy]

lol Spo watches Gilmore Girls.

My girlfriend watches Gilmore Girls, I just happen to be in the room reading or playing DS sometimes.

[Compass]

Dude, Rory is hot. And the show is funny and clever for the most part. No need to run from the truth.

[sethsez]

From the first glimpse of this is seems like a regression in tech and the series as a whole...

There's more to a series' advancement than its graphics. The gameplay is changing more than it has in any other game in the series, so it's sure as hell not regressing to any Dragon Quest game before VIII that I can think of.

[rama]

oooh. i really want this game. it looks so cool.

[Vasteel]

Like StriderKyo is saying, I think a lot of people might be missing the potential here for developers. Regardless of how you might feel about Japanese developers or the DS or whatever, a true climate shift towards the DS in major releases opens a lot more doors back up for smaller-budget and indie developers. Now, supposedly the VC and XBLA were gonna do that, but I'm still waiting to see that be more than wasted potential. For your major producers like Epic, Bungie, Tecmo, etc, this news is irrelevant. There will always be these major blockbusters. Shit, Square's still got Final Fantasy. They aren't going anywhere.

But for crews like Grasshopper Manufacture, WayForward, Treasure, et al- who don't have the resources or whatever to even tread water, let alone keep up on the tech curve, this might be a tremendous opportunity. And if this smaller type development becomes more prevalent again, that allows a lot more variety.

And variety is exactly what is needed to break the megapublisher stranglehold that bottlenecks what this industry puts out. And really, if you look at the current market conditions, do you think something like Fallout could make it out of the gate? Gunstar Heroes? Even Half-Life?

I can see how a tech whore might be sour on this idea, as for them the tech is part of the deal. But it will still be there. Me, I kinda dig lo-fi. I'm far more blown away by a game wrangling the shit out of humbler tech for great effect than not coming close to pushing expensive hardware's limits. That's just me though.

Regardless, didn't Bioware announce a DS game a while back?

[Tommy Tallarico]

Baldur's Gate 3 will not be on the DS.

[Vasteel]

Baldur's Gate 3 will not be on the DS.

No doubt (does Bioware even still have the rights to that?), but I swear I remember them announcing a DS project like 3 months ago.

[Frogacuda]

I doubt this is DQ9 because it's a substitute for a new console DQ, but rather because at some point in development they felt that the game was strong enough to stand as a full fledged entry in the series. Pretend it's called DQ:Gaiden and stop whining.

Personally I hate DQ mostly on account of its too-simple battle system and level grinding. The fact that this is going for an action based battle system make me more interested in this than any DQ yet.

[Jetman]

There's more to a series' advancement than its graphics. The gameplay is changing more than it has in any other game in the series, so it's sure as hell not regressing to any Dragon Quest game before VIII that I can think of.

Well, Like I said good original gameplay is a plus, but if the game looks shittier than its previous incarnation then somethings wrong. How does that saying go? "Its hard to go back to Hamburger when you've tasted steak" or something?

[sethsez]

Well, Like I said good original gameplay is a plus, but if the game looks shittier than its previous incarnation then somethings wrong. How does that saying go? "Its hard to go back to Hamburger when you've tasted steak" or something?

It worked for part VII.