Board 8 > "New Dragon Quest Title Presentation" for Sept. 5

(+) Yeah! (+)

Poor Dragon Quest. 8 was such a great game. 9 was at least okay. They should have taken a piece from Pokemon's book and just went with what has worked for ages.

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(Sakurai) responded: "After hearing that it's online, the number of people who say the classic style Dragon Quest would be better is probably not low. However, in a game industry where evolution and sudden changes are tolerated, even considered expected, just treading the same path would be be troubling. It's being made by people who've made sound titles in the past, so I'm greatly looking forward to it."



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Oh it IS turned based? I'm confused.

Turn based battle system with AI. Do the people working at SE even play the games they make?

Maybe they played the earlier Dragon Quests which had turn based combat and AI controlled party members?

(IV at least it was mandatory, not sure about the ones after or before as I only played the remakes)

The only game AI has been mandatory for was the NES version of IV.

It was pretty unpopular so theyve never done it again.

Well and Dragon QUest Swords i guess.

I think the only thing that was unpopular was Cristo casting Defeat over and over again

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I've never thought of DQ's battle system as being "archaic." It works just as well today as it did 20 years ago, probably even better thanks to the streamlining over the years. To me, there's no real advantage gained by putting a layer of "fake" action on top of the battle system the way most RPGs do these days. In a way, it just adds extra fluff that gets in the way and makes it worse. There are fewer games like DQ every year, which in a weird way makes it unique and standout from every other "JRPG with an action-oriented battle system."

I'm not surprised by the confirmation that you'll need to be online in order to play the game, though. That was the tone they had during the conference. They never actually mentioned an "offline" mode, just that you could get by using generic AI characters for your party. There are way too many things that require you to be online to use effectively. That does kinda suck that it's look like Japan will have to pay a subscription fee regardless of how they play it.

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From: GuessMyUserName | #254

Iwata is thinking: DO NOT WANT

This is pretty much what I wanted from DQIX to be honest. As a Westerner, its difficult to find friends to party with. Now that it is online its just not a big deal anymore. And again, it isn't like you NEED to play with people. You can still party with NPCs. Not a big deal.

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who's the guy on the left?

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Saito, I thnk. He's the producer of the title.

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ZFS is pretty much spot on with how I feel for the most part.

And While DQIX was okay, I definitely wasn't thinking "if only I could get more out of the Multiplayer aspect" ill tell you that much.

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The whole design of the game changes when you build it around playing with multiple people. Can you play with generic NPCs? Sure. Does that mean it's now a single-player experience similar to other Dragon Quest games? Not at all. It's just a fundamentally different experience regardless. That doesn't mean it can't be fun, but it's now something totally different.

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XFD people willing to pay for this game only to not be able to play it 3 years down the road because SE/Nintendo shuts down the servers.

From: RevolverSaro | Posted: 9/5/2011 3:23:26 PM | #257
This is pretty much what I wanted from DQIX to be honest. As a Westerner, its difficult to find friends to party with. Now that it is online its just not a big deal anymore. And again, it isn't like you NEED to play with people. You can still party with NPCs. Not a big deal.

Saro knows what's up

loved DQIX, just wished I could play that multiplayer online

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GMUN, you wanna party up with me some time?

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absolutely

me you SHINE get ready

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man i was under the impression 5 SNES was AI as well my bad

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-game is set in Astortia, which has five continents and five races
- game will still feature a huge story
- 5 races are ogre, elf, dwarf, pukuripo, and Wedi
- create your own character
- don't have to play with others
- game can be cleared 100% on your own
- this can be done using NPC characters
- similar commands to previous games
- Yosuke Saito is in-charge of Dragon Quest X: Awakening of the Five Tribes
- Saito was announced as the producer
- job system that allows you to change occupations
- One of the jobs briefly shown was alchemist
- game will have events that tie into different seasons, such as holidays
- added quests post release
- expect these at the same pace, if not faster than Dragon Quest IX
- some quests span multiple volumes
- crafting professions exist
- Alchemy doesn't create new items, but adds attributes to existing items
- Gain "fame" by having other players equip items you crafted
- player housing both outside and inside customizable
- take things like weapon and accessory maker jobs
- Players can help other players who've fallen
- see other players fighting in the world
- characters have job and race
- go to the pub to assemble a party
- let your character be used by other players in their parties
- other players who are in your area as you fight appear translucent and show their support for you
- all new DQX music from Sugiyama
- create weapons that are used by other people
- Wii U version in the works, will look better and be powered-up
- players on Wii and Wii U play in the same world
- some StreetPass features for 3DS owners as well
- Apply for beta online, you will need USB storage
- Bring your character on 3DS for StreetPass content
- 3DS interactivity is being considered, not confirmed yet
- for the battle system, after a set amount of time, your character will be able to attack
- select skills from menus
- 4 players shown in battle, but that may not be the limit
- greet other online players with emotes
- chat bubbles pop up overhead when you talk
- customize characters by allocating skill points when you level up
- sewing system where players can create clothes
- looking to release sometime 2012
- play on Wii and continue on Wii U
- Astordia's five continents: the mesa-like Ogrelead, Eldona, a mountainous region called Dwachakka, Pukuland, and an island area Wena
- Ogres are known for their strength and courage.
- Wedi (the blue water-like creatures) express themselves with songs of love.
- Elves honor nature.
- Dwarves value craftsmanship and wealth.
- Pukuripos live to dream and laugh.
- maximum number of characters you can travel with is three
- no transition to a battle screen
- a monster’s name changes color as its takes damage
- when you logout at a bar, you can leave your character there
- Alchemy allows players to enhance weapons and armor with special effects
- Sewing lets players create a template for equipment

Got that off the DQX board, not sure how accurate it is but the bolded are definitely not true.

You mean all one bolded things?

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I'm all for an online version of DQIX's gameplay, the problem is this looks like an awful version of that.

That Golem fight they showed off was terrible. I loved how battles in recent DQ games were so lively. Monsters jumped around, and had great animation, and the battles in the 3D games always looked exciting. The battles in this looked like a soulless, clippy clusterf***. It was embarrassingly pathetic.

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the old demon hunter would immediately bash this and say its the continuation of gaming being crap since about 2005/2006. Ill give this a shot, although im iffy on it.

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I hope we can play as humans sooner rather than later. None of those races appeal to me much.

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those races are going to be your options unless some kind of expansion comes out. "Rise of the Five Tribes Online" is its title for a reason.

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Expansion is gonna be Rise of the Human Subjugators.

From: transience | #273
those races are going to be your options unless some kind of expansion comes out. "Rise of the Five Tribes Online" is its title for a reason.

Hence the 'sooner rather than later' since it will probably happen eventually via expansion.

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http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/09/06/dragon_quest_x_famicom/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

whoa

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... what

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Square-Enix is wasting their time with an 8 bit version of their modern day MMO on the Wii and Wii U. XD This f***ing company.

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transcience posted...
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/09/06/dragon_quest_x_famicom/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

whoa

That is clearly a joke article. Those are screens from DQ3

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Also, the guy who wrote that article later realized he pulled that story from what is essentially the Japanese version of the Onion.

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It is basically a prettier DQ3.

well, duh

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Had to cut it off at the pass, Transcience. People like PrivateBiscuit were nigh ready to take it seriously

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i would be more excited for a famicom version of dq10 than the one they showed!

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so I've cleared my schedule for all of 2013

I'm prepared to play DQX for an entire year

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this cracked me up though

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/09/06/dq_shock/

Nikkei coined the latest "Shock" in a story on Sony's falling stock prices today. Sony's stock has been continuing to fall for the past three days, and today it reached its lowest level of the year. Nikkei's headline for this story read "Dragon Quest Shock Causes Decline."

The head of Rakuten Investment Management told the paper that investors may be concerned that the appearance of DQX on Wii and Wii U could lead to Sony's games business losing customers. This concern, combined with problems in the company's television business, and an overall market slowdown due to an appreciating yen and political problems in Europe, have pushed the stock down.

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DQX: Everyone Loses

why aren't one of the tribes slimes

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Wait, we can't play as Saiy-, I mean, Humans!?

there's screenshots with human looking guys like this but



all the pictures with multiple players don't show any humans...

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Sounds like subscription fees were confirmed, though that isn't too surprising after the website went up - http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/09/06/dqx_fees/

"The spec box on an official press release announcing Dragon Quest X yesterday seemed to indicate that the game would have a subscription fee. Square Enix has now confirmed this."

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They showed a video of someone playing as a human.