Board 8 > Rate this RPG (Day 045) - Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

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- Rating of the RPG should be based on a scale from 1-10
- Users who haven't played the game or played it enough to give it a judgement shouldn't rate the game
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Previous Results
(Day 001) - Dragon Quest - 6.0 (15 users)
(Day 002) - Suikoden II - 9.7 (8 users)
(Day 003) - Xenogears - 9.1 (8 users)
(Day 004) - Chrono Cross - 7.5 (22 users)
(Day 005) - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals - 7.8 (8 users)
(Day 006) - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - 9.2 (10 users)
(Day 007) - Breath of Fire III - 7.9 (7 users)
(Day 008) - Final Fantasy VII - 8.8 (27 users)
(Day 009) - Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht - 7.6 (5 users)
(Day 010) - Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose - 8.5 (5 users)
(Day 011) - Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra - 9.0 (8 users)
(Day 012) - Phantasy Star - 5.8 (7 users)
(Day 013) - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - 8.5 (19 users)
(Day 014) - The Legend of Dragoon - 6.9 (12 users)
(Day 015) - Mother - 5.1 (6 users)
(Day 016) - Dragon Quest II: Pantheon of Evil Spirits - 5.2 (8 users)
(Day 017) - Final Fantasy VIII - 8.7 (39 users)
(Day 018) - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 - 9.2 (15 users)
(Day 019) - Chrono Trigger - 9.0 (31 users)
(Day 020) - Paper Mario - 9.4 (5 users)
(Day 021) - Star Ocean - 7.4 (11 users)
(Day 022) - Valkyrie Profile - 7.4 (5 users)
(Day 023) - Shining Force - 8.6 (8 users)
(Day 024) - EarthBound - 8.2 (23 users)
(Day 025) - Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete - 8.8 (18 users)
(Day 026) - Quest 64 - 2.8 (3 users)
(Day 027) - Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy - 7.1 (6 users)
(Day 028) - Final Fantasy X - 9.3 (38 users)
(Day 029) - Seiken Densetsu (Final Fantasy Adventure) - 5.2 (8 users)
(Day 030) - Wild ARMs - 7.6 (10 users)
(Day 031) - Golden Sun - 7.0 (15 users)
(Day 032) - Dragon Quest III: And thus into Legend - 9.0 (8 users)
(Day 033) - Suikoden - 8.5 (6 users)
(Day 034) - Grandia - 8.4 (4 users)
(Day 035) - Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia - 8.2 (3 users)
(Day 036) - Final Fantasy VI - 8.8 (22 users)
(Day 037) - Phantasy Star II - 4.9 (3 users)
(Day 038) - Mass Effect - 8.5 (20 users)
(Day 039) - Kingdom Hearts - 8.4 (18 users)
(Day 040) - Wild ARMs 2 - 8.6 (9 users)
(Day 041) - Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow - 8.1 (15 users)
(Day 042) - Final Fantasy IX - 9.0 (19 users)
(Day 043) - Star Ocean: The Second Story - 8.2 (9 users)
(Day 044) - Tales of Phantasia - 5.9 (10 users)

Rating can be based on any version of the game i.e NES, PSX and DS version

My Score
7.7 (Average, have played all three versions)

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6.5

And still manages to be my third favorite Dragon Quest game.

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9/10

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7/10

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8/10

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NES version: 8/10
PSX version: 9/10
Japanese DS: 10/10
English DS verson: 3/10

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8, in an ideal situation where the party chat features of the DS version were translated in English

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Party chat is a huge reason why the english version of 4 is terrible, but its not the only reason. I'd say the completely botched "translation" is far more offensive.

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8.5

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5/10. (played both NES and DS. NES objectively deserves lower for that horrible forced AI in chapter 5, but I game genie'd it away so they end up around the same to me)

Pretty good for a Dragon Quest game (not a series I like). I think the multiple chapters are quite charming and it has enough challenge to hold my interest in that old-school NES way. Probably the second best RPG for that system. That said, giving high scores to NES RPGs isn't happening from me.

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Ah, see I actually like the varying dialects and accents and stuff so the localization is a plus for me.

Unless you're referring to something else I'm unaware of.

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NES version: 8/10
PSX version: 9/10
Japanese DS: 10/10
English DS verson: 3/10

So which score should I take?

And aren't you being a little unfair with the DS version? The fall from 10 to 3 is quite severe. I thought the DS english was better than PSX (jap) but only slightly (haven't played DS jap but can't see it more different than the PSX jap except for the party chat). The NES version is barely playable according to today's standards.

The reason why I think DQIV is inferior to 3, 5, 6, 8 and even 7 is due to the chapters system. Not a huge fan of having to start from scratch every now and then. But the DS and PSX version IMO did well as a remake to the original.

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Still interested in hearing what makes GBA ToP so much worse than the SNES version if anyone cares to explain.

6/10

Only DQ game I've absolutely loved has been 8.

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Go with the JPN DS version score, I guess

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Still interested in hearing what makes GBA ToP so much worse than the SNES version if anyone cares to explain.

- Horrible translation
- Uglier sprites
- Inferior graphics
- Battle system pace
- Ugly as hell menu

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