Welcome to the Dragon Quest General! Everything related to the Dragon Quest series, also known as Dragon Warrior, is discussed hereLast Thread: >>536038821>News:- Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake releases October 30 2025 on Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.- Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is now available on Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.- Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince is now available on Switch, PC, and mobile phones.- Dragon Quest Keshi Keshi and Dragon Quest Champions ended their service.- Dragon Quest Builders is now available on PC, including all QoL that the mobile port had.- Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai is now available on PS4/5, Switch, and PC.- Dragon Quest Treasures, a treasure hunting RPG featuring Erik and Mia from Dragon Quest XI, is now available for the Switch and PC.- Dragon Quest X is available on PC in English via a fan translation. Check DQX Resources for more info.- Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate has been announced. Details aside from the title are unknown.>Guides:/dqg/ Beginner's Guide to Dragon Quest: https://imgur.com/gallery/kE7vCn2Versions to Play/Buy: https://pastebin.com/TcW5bgqvDQM3 Resource: https://dev.metalkid.info/DQM3/MonsterpediaDragon Quest IX DLC/Treasure Map Searcher: https://pastebin.com/Paf0YpmeDQB2 Resources: https://pastebin.com/ykdKc201DQX Resources: https://pastebin.com/kE3XGQNS>Links:ROMs/Hacks/Mods/Translations: https://pastebin.com/QbQS5i2SAnime/TV: https://pastebin.com/a2cRRuziMusic: https://pastebin.com/NceqwLAa日本DQ Wiki: https://wikiwiki.jp/dqdic3rd/DQ Art, Guide Books, Non-H Doujins: https://pastebin.com/GnaCV4vW>OPhttps://pastebin.com/RSbUEyfQ>BROTHERS IN ARMS>>>/vg/eagg/
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>>538632278The owner's puff-puff, please!I've been waiting since last thread!
>>538633407https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FLRHejWAo8
Never give Kiefer your seed, no matter how much he begs for it.
Give all seed to your big big sis
Give me the seeds, Arus.
If someone were to play DQ8 for the first time, it should be on PS2, right? Are there any mods they should add? I know the 3DS version had some game balance adjustments.
>>538650910Maribel... maybe you've had enough...
>>538652763The 3DS version's "balance adjustments" mostly make it worse and too easy. The benefits of the 3DS version are two new party members, visible encounters on the overworld and menus that weren't uglified in localization.
>>538654071Someone here once messaged there's like a town or castle that's smoking that you're always supposed to see in the PS2 version, but in the 3DS version, the smoke isn't rendered?
>>538652763You can try this remaster packhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dY7F9G9898But I think the PS2 version with emulator speedup is a fine experience.
>>538654320>messagedmentioned. My brain is fried rn. My bad, felllas.
>>538654320I don't remember that specific example but the 3DS version's graphics are definitely worse. It looks fine on a real 3DS screen but blown up it would definitely look worse. There are mods to get it up to snuff with the PS2 version in terms of textures and models but I don't know if they cover everything.
>>538652763i'd say to wait until we know what they're apparently about to announce on friday, aka a port of DQ7. If it's the 3DS version (or based on the 3DS version at least) then i'd definitively just wait for them to do it with VII too
>>538653320Imagine the marismell
>>538650910Wait, that's not how you cast bang!
>>538632537> post ending in 7Oh my god. I can already smell her
>>538632537Every Nintendo Direct I can remember has had at least one thing that got me losing my mind.I'm hyped.
>>538680743This one's an hour long too.
>>538683002veryverys____
>>538637252don't say that
I'll take one hourglass big sis's gigaton hip drop please
I propose that Serena is the nicest-smelling, the anti-Maribel. She's like a rabbit, smells like fresh laundry all the time
Reminder that a fella from cobblestone said Serena was a "posh girl from Arboria" if you opted to live with her.
>>538738783Serena's cute soft tummy...
>>538700501sexy!
>>538736340>She's like a rabbitIn how many ways?
>>538683817i'd temper expectations in the sense that i'm expecting a game, maybe a mario game made for the 40th anniversary (or hell just them explaining every single thing they're doing for the anniversary), to hog like 30 minutes
>>538718039Remember anons, always practice safe sex when fucking your cousin.
DQ7 REMAKE SOON?
>>538736340The retarded tend to have poor hygiene, in the timeline where Ronnie dies she probably stinks because she doesn’t have anyone to wipe her flat ass.
>>538749265Seems like such an odd choice. I+II HD is a little over a month away, and if this is even real, I can't imagine it as anything other than a desperate 3DS port to tide us over until they're ready to talk about XII.
>>538750057idk about that video but i'm pretty sure the same game said previously that yes, it's gonna be the 3DS version just ported on PC and other modern platforms. I expect at best some new qol stuff but essentially the same exact game otherwise. If we're very lucky they upped the models fidelity so that they're less polygonal but i doubt it
>>538751014>the same gamethe same guy
>>538749265Do we really need a a DQ7 remake?
>>538759016me on the left
>>538771269it's not a remake, they're just porting the 3DS version to other platforms
another year on dqg
oh shi is it birthday slime cake time again already
>>538771269The older game that needs the most attention at the moment is ix. It's never been ported to anything at all.
So we’re definitely gonna do ‘/dqg/ sings Only Lonely Boy’ when I&II-HD releases, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-uffyJKR1o&pp=ygUWT25seSBsb25lbHkgYm95IHZvY2Fscw%3D%3D
>>538633407Very nice, but let’s see Princess Gluttonella’s slop.
>>538787924The world's not ready for curves of that caliber.
>>538778790Happy anniversary, /dqg/. Hope for another year of shitposting while we wait for n*ws
i love you dqg
>>538800428We love goo too *blurp*
>>538787149Never heard this, very nice. I wouldn't be able to sing in Japanese with you though...
which difficulty mode should i pick for dragon quest 3 hd?
>>538804726Dragon Quest
for some reason the dragon quest hd2d remake doesn't feel as good as the original
GBCkino undefeated
>>538801992For me, it’s the Momoi Haruko (Princess of Cunnock) version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COF_tzcgrDI
>>538811364bigger
is it possible to get two supreme ultra swords of light
>>538816868The second one is called the Super Sword of Light
News soon
>>538814902true
>>538792429i'd very much like sakura wars PS4 being made multiplatform
>>538778790
>>538838953bigger
>mario galaxy movie before dragon quest 12>mario galaxy port again before dragon quest 12>mario galaxy 2 port finally before dragon quest 12>marketable rosalinas story book before dragon quest 12>new yoshis story before dragon quest 12
>>538746954>to hog like 30 minutesi guess it was 20 minutes instead
if you fucking make dq7 switch 2 only....
here it is
IT'S REAL
>ugly fucking dragon quest 7 remake before dragon quest 12
>it's a full on remake"insiders" are wrong as usual
WOW! BETTER THAN I EXPECTED
WHY 7 WHY 7 WHY
that looked so fucking ugly...
I'd prefer to re imagine the PS1 version
>virtual boy on nso before dragon quest 12
>>538846448>>538846571i liked it
Are you serious right now..I miss Toriyama
>remake of a remake (just like 3!)>9 still stuck on DS>8 only got a port with some new content>12 in dev hell forever
It's uncanny, but I wouldn't call it ugly. But that's probably what XII is going to look like.
>fatal frame 2 remake before dragon quest 12
>>538846906What makes you think 12 isn't going to build on 11S?
>>538846906>But that's probably what XII is going to look like.not at all come on, this was made like this cause VII was always super-deformed
>>538846989>>538847009Meant the faces, not the top down view
>>538846906i pray the fuck not i will not buy 12 if it looks like that
>>538845665i don't think they said it's exclusive right? Plus i noticed at the top it said "footage from the switch 2 version", implying at least a switch 1 version i'm guessing
>i get to spend another quadrillion hours time travelling with smellyat long last....
>>538847128i got that, that's what i was referring to with "super-deformed"
>>538847174can't wait to go back and forth between the same 2 places five times in a row
>>538846571>>538846906you guys are blind. that looks amazing. lifted from the artwork itself. re imagined instead of remake could mean major overhauls to gameplay and thats very likely what they will do with the zenithia games. im very happy and excited.
>>538847167its on both but im not buying it lol its hideous and i love dq7, they fucked up
>>538847410you WIRR change your mind once you get used to it
Maribel...home
>>538847368Thank you Square Enix employee san
>>538847368that art style should never be mixed with that much hyper realism bro and the faces are similar but slightly off, its uncanny valley to the level bravely default 2 was
Is that pokemon builders?
>Pokémon Builders
>>538847368I would rather have a high res version of the 3DS remake with changes to combat and other stuff, this art style looks really ugly.
>pokemon builders before dragon quest 12
>>538847653>>538847690>>538847816one day gamefreak will discover higher resolutions than 480p, but that day is not today
>>538847981they somehow always find a way to make their games look unfinished
>>538847981yeah it unironically looks worse than the fucking psvita version of builders 1
>>538848026Please understand, 99% of development resources funneled towards that action game
Here it is
>>538848173which also looks like shit (comparatevely at least)
>>538848173but gamefreak-san, that one also looks awful
>>538848237It doesn't look like shit but it WILL be shit.
this direct was actually awful
>>538848969i just wish they'd keep "shit that is on other systems but also coming on switch" at reels instead of giving them full trailers as if they were world premieres
>>538848969I got some more footage of MHStories 3 and that's all I really needed.But yeah I fully understand that the DQ7 models look weird. It's like they tried to go half-chibi, half-not.
>>538849439weird inbetween and the very detailed graphics did not help it. should have gone more storybook with it if you were going to try something
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJJdXusrAzg
>>538849816this shit should be illegal bro, looks like the pokemon remake movie
>>538850020come, accept the stinkiness
>>538849816In this edition, you can choose to kill the roamers before Kiefer leaves you
>DQVII remake>it stinks
I guess they were trying the DQ Your Story movie style? But they failed, this looks awful.
>>538850159the worst part is this type of art style is popular in japan. they like those ugly lupin and doremon films
This art direction sucks ass. Still gonna buy it though.>>538850159Home.>No KieferHe's still leaving us...
>>538850159>show everyone but KieferThanks for the spoiler Nintendo
https://press.na.square-enix.com/DRAGON-QUEST-VII-REIMAGINED-A-BOLD-NEW-REMAKE-OF-THE-RPG-CLASSIC-LAUNC>DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined builds on the beloved original game, which finds its colorful cast of characters unlocking a one-of-a-kind storyline across multiple islands, discovering the adventure piece by piece. The modern RPG features fresh visuals, refined gameplay and tightened pacing for a truly unforgettable experience.>Hand-Crafted Aesthetic - The character designs, originally crafted by world-renowned manga artist Akira Toriyama, have been reimagined into a charming 3D art style using dolls actually created in the real world. Environments and dungeons are also brought to life with a unique hand-crafted, diorama-style aesthetic that vividly illustrates the beloved world of the DRAGON QUEST series.>Thrilling Battle System - The turn-based battle system has been overhauled with significant changes to offer more dynamic and thrilling battles, including an updated vocation system that features a “Moonlighting” mechanic, allowing players to use two vocations at one, a “Let Loose” ability that can be activated when a character gets worked up, and a new "Monster Master" vocation that introduces the “Positive Reinforcement” vocational perk that summons powerful monsters to assault any enemy.>Quality-of-Life Improvements - A host of quality-of-life improvements have been implemented in the game for a smooth experience, including a redesigned UI that will allow for easier access to information.
>let looseMaribel going to be unleashing this limit break 24/7
>>538850858this is not aesthetically appealing
>>538850858> dolls actually created in the real worldI want to see those dolls.
>>538850858basing them off of real life made dolls is cool in concept but the finished product is just so disappointing
uh oh stinky
You can no longer complain about hd2d
The director hints at gameplay changes?
>VII remake is realIs now the time to officially be worried about XII?>>538850858>reimagined into a charming 3D art style using dollsI was thinking Arus had a stop-motion puppet look going on.
>>538850858>Akira ToriyamaBut the person already passed away last year
that will be 70 dollars, anon.
>>538851731>i don't like this and nobody else should either!!now you know what people that don't like HD2D feelt. i don't like hd2d
>>538851985I think the worst part is how dead it looks. What's with modern games and hating color?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTTfUC4MUZs>>538851015pretty big actually
>>538852428>real life doll is even uglierimpressive
>>538852428They're cute, I want them.
What do you call this new art style I hate it..
i think it looks good
>>538851985>
>>538852627>>538852887i hate this artstyle the most of toryama's 7 and 9it's so ugly and unappealing
>>538852627i wonder if this is a glimpse on XII's hud
You're telling me they had the resources to do a remake like this when they're supposed to be working on XII?
>>538853108imagine if they just shaded the game like this? or like 9s opening cinematic, imagine how much better it would have looked without the western noses and lips
I love DQ7 and this looks a little ugly but I’ll definitely play it. Really thought them revamping the vocation system would be too much to ask for but I’m really excited for that. Looks like it’s going to be DQXI style turns instead of rounds as well, judging from the in battle portraits being aligned differently (like they were in XI). Possibility the story is “reimagined” in a dumb way but I doubt they’ll lose the appeal of the core vignettes. Overall I’m pleased and surprised.
>>538853482Remake is significantly easier than making a new gameWe are living in a remake era
>wake up>find out marismellers won
>>538851731I'll 100% take this over HD2D, sorry.
>>538853717this, though i still don't like the top down view. I want to see the details fuck, let me lower that camera
>>538849816Oh God, the character models…
The art in 3DS version is literally perfectI'm sorry but this isn't it bud
>>538853710That always happens on days that end with y.
>>538853717
This is the exact kind of remake I was expecting for FFIX.
>>538854029if you think that's bad then you must hate HD2D too
>>538851498this one is a nice surprise i was sure 6 was the first with uderwater levels but had to check just to make sure.
Reimagined means major story changes, doesn’t it? Bet they connect it to the Erdrick (formerly Roto) trilogy somehow.
>>538853536>Possibility the story is “reimagined” in a dumb wayThe Greenthumb Gardens scenario has been expanded with even more stupidity and cuckoldry. Please enjoy!
>>538854029
>>538854362given they're only ever mentioning the playstation original as a point of comparison i'd say it's pretty much what they already did in the 3DS version, sounds dumb but again they're going like "in this remake of the 2000 playstation game we streamlined the plot" so idk that's what it feels like to me
>>538852120This is kind of the problem. I like the idea of the puppet/diorama designs. And the real Arus puppet looks pretty nice. But if it had more stylized lighting instead of Video Game Blue Skies Green Grass lighting and felt a little more textured than it would be good.
>>538854154certainly looks better than that>>538854405>colors pop more>no black skybox>torches flames are more dynamic and fuller of life
>>538854382Horii literally started the affair with the woman he left his wife for during the development of this game. The cuckoldry is baked in.
>>538851757
>>538854840>certainly looks better than thatsays you
All modern dragon quest remakes are ugly. Long live V PS2
I liked it
>>538854339It will be new to II. Nips are theorizing that VII might connect to the end of I+II
>>538855386me too
It looks like those dq movies...
Is the remake of 3 good? Are there a lot of changes?
Well, at least it doesn't look as bad as the 3DS remake.
>>538855747Yes. Infinite inventory space and the new class are the big ones
>>5388558983DS looks better
>>538855747Meh. The most soulless version of DQ3.Play the GBC version or the SNES version instead
>>538856078This is a controversial statement. In the 3DS version, the camera is positioned too close to the characters
I thought both builders games were ugly and thought 11 was right on the line of uncanny but didn’t quite pass it, if im being honest. So im kinda use to not liking the art directions they go with.
>>538852428Interesting
>>538856304I agree it’s not perfect but it at least was very colorful and felt more inline with how previous dragon quests looked. The new one is far too much of a jump for me
I pressed upgrade on the Arboria twins
>>538856442If there’s a Draconian difficulty and this means you have to make genuine choices regarding builds and don’t just have access to everything after learning it and oomph+knuckle sandwich your way through every boss like in the 3DS version then I will be very happy.
>>538857154>Switch 1 but not PS4They love doing that with Dragon Quest.
How well does 3DS 7 run on emulator anons? I kinda want to beat it before this new version comes out.
>>538857154Ship in a bottle is tempting
>>538857460sony wants to get rid of the PS4 so they can hope to actually sell PS5s (it won't happen, even more so with every jewish price increase)
Smelly bros? How are you feeling?
>>538857460>>538857771
>>538857771if i ever upgrade my ps4, is gonna be with the new psp/ps vita.
>>538856427I think Builders are ugly too despite liking the games. PS4 11 was quite pretty to me but I'm a bigger fan of the 3DS style. Wish they kept using it for lower budget games and remakes instead of HD2D (which I like, but only for actual team asano games instead of random remakes) and the cheap looking DQM3/Treasures style. 7 is the first DQ game in a while I actually like the look of.
>>538857154>Erik is Ireburn's most trusted ally that sticks with him through the game despite only knowing him for a few months at most>Kiefer is a slut who leaves his childhood friends for pussy
They look kind of not great in the trailer, but I actually like these renders quite a bit. They're cute.
so we all agree this is 5 yest?>>538852428cute. reminds me of dark crystal puppets.
But why not just keep the classic Toriyama style? It's not like they haven't been able to imitate it.
Finally might actually play 7
>>538859442Or old kiefer rejoining the party?>>538860687For what, the 3d models?
>>53885824011 3ds is cute. I’m glad you like 7s style but this is just another in a long line of games i think are pretty ugly.
>>538850159I don't know why, but this version of Aishe reminds me of Anri Okita
>>538859323Yeah, you can see what they’re going for better here. Too bad the gameplay looks like it won’t capture it quite as well. I know I shouldn’t be surprised but the people who have never actually played DQ, or maybe played DQ8 to get the FF12 demo disc in 2004, screeching about how it’s “Pixar style” are really annoying. Looking forward to when they lose interest.
>>538862349Looks like James and the Giant Peach (derogatory) to me
I don't understand why they ever stepped away from the style of the 8-era games. Even Heroes and XI don't look as good. I'm not even a huge fan of 8 but it looked fantastic and the spinoffs based on that style were great too
BIG WINnot a fan of the modern™ UE menus though
>>538863315when mobile games look better than full price releases
>>538863404That's Monster Battle Road Victory, a Wii game.
>>538862982Pretty much agree. DQV PS2 or DQ8 are the directions we should have continued down. The Dr Slump PS1 game also would have been a good direction to continue down.
>>5388635765 PS2 doesn't really look like that and isn't what I'm talking about
>>538863490when 15 year old arcade ports look better than modern releases
>>538863726Nigga im saying we should have went with the style of one or the other when making new games not that they are the same
>>538859442I thought it be that pirate dude that was Arus' father?
>>538863938And I'm saying I like the style of 8 and don't like the style of 5 PS2
I have no idea why they are doing a 3rd 7 remake and it looks like dogshit too.
imagine if a Chrono Trigger remake looked like this
>>538864090Why didn’t they just use the art style the FF7 mobile game has?
>>538864090Square Enix really hired that man
so that 3DS exclusive character does return. and will there be voice acting?https://youtu.be/3c8xcYHboPs?t=79
>vii of all possible games gets remade>it looks ugly as fuckthe biggest monkey paw of all time
>>538864090soul
If they were gonna be pussies and remake a remake, they should have just done 8 so people dont have to choose between extra content of 3ds or better graphics of ps2 anymore.But everything about this screams low budget sqeenix bullshit so no.
>>538864090Reminds me of Diablo.
>>538867006makes no sense making 8 first, just like they went at it on 3DS
>>538867006A Zodiac Age tier remaster of VIII surely wouldn't have cost more than this
>>538867689Where is this from?
>>538867689they should make Jacquline a member. how ironic that my wishes or predictions came true days ago with both DQVII and FE getting another 3H setting.
>>538867689:^)
>>538868057SE's newsletter
>>538867006Low budget?
XIIbros...XII was totally gonna play like this right? Then when XVI and Rebirth both underperformed they realized what an enormous mistake they have made so they had to remake the entire game from scratch to make it a real DQ game. That's why it's taking so long, right?
>>538868518anon mad they didn't do it like he wanted them to
>>538869016very likely, but i both don't think it was going to be like that and i also think it's XVI specifically that made them rethink their approach, cause XVI's fails are the same pitfalls XII could fall into given the "it's a more mature story" whatever (which is they same shit they went for with XVI). And in both cases it's something born out of wanting to make the games more accessible, aka try to get dudebros to buy them (spoiler: they never will no matter how you change them), for which we of course can blame retarded investors who only care about maximizing profits and will never accept that niches and genres exist for a reason, they just want all the money for everyone evertldr ye XII is 100% going through lots of trial and error, and i'd say 1+2 hd2d's interview about Horii not wanting to budge from I being a single character game makes me think they know what has to not change
>>538864090Bros? BROS???
>>538870224remake haters???
>/v/ threads are already nothing but censorship concern trolling
>>5388706571. what do you expect from /v/2. what do you expect when they're consistently censoring the games now
>>538869016I wouldn't be upset if they were doing exactly this and instead choose to recycle it as a spinoff, like they did with Treasures & Dark Prince.>>538870657Please, for your own mental well being, do not engage with /v/ in anything regarding this series.
>>538870873same, as long as it's not a mainline game they can do whatever they want. Like i'd very much play a soulslike DQ game, just like i played both builders even though i don't like minecraftalso>do not engage with /v/that's enough said
>>538652763The main benefits of the 3DS version are the extra party members and instant alchemy pot crafting instead of that being a postgame bonus.I don't agree with the anon that said they made the game too easy cause they only added a heal on level up, they made the final boss harder (more physical attacks instead of his weak ass spells) and they nerfed a few attacks on the player side that were just way fucking better than anything else you could use your turns on. Not like shit was hard in the first place but you aren't OHKOing midgame bosses with Twin Dragon Lash anymore.
>>538856442dual vocation make me diamonds for some reason>>538870224and so does this, i know the reason though
>>538850858>Thrilling Battle SystemThey removed the monster jobs, so I don't really care. Those were fun to mess around with.
>>538871739>>538652763Oh and that the new party members are both really fucking late so for like 70% of the game it's largely the same as the PS2 version but with shittier visuals
https://www.dragonquest.jp/dq7r/
>>538872247there's save bonuses with 1+2, having the save for one game unlocks the bonus in the other and viceversait's just an agility ring though so
Isn't weird how early they announced they Erdrick trilogy remake (like 3 years for III, 1.5 years for I+II) compared to VII reimagined (5 months)? Who even did this with all the people on the trilogy and XII?
>>538872247Eighto chiquito
Why is this thread going so fast?
I like the artstyle, I think it's cute... They're probably targeting a female audience.
>>538872562they were clearly working on all of this shit (and more) at the same time, but i guess that far back the only ones they were sure were gonna happen were just XII and 3, which they announced simply cause it was the 35th anniversary yeari don't think any of these have been outsourced though, unless VIIRe is and missed itand i mean doing remakes means most of the work has already been done if you think about it, it's much harder to make a game from scratch cause you have to design everything and as we know they decided XII has to change shit so that's even more time and work to see what can work and what doesn't
>>538872562Probably farmed out to a smaller dev like they used to do for the remakes.>>538851107They made Arus' face look fat but the others look alrightMaybe he'll look less derpy in the actual Hero job costume later
Boy 4 remakes before we get a new game. I love remake slop culture!
>>538873250After DQ12 is finally released, remakes and spin-offs will literally be all we get for Dragon Quest.
I see the strategy. SE's going to see which remake aesthetic people like more before finally tackling IV-VI.>>5388732504 remakes so far
https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/dragon-quest-vii-reimagined>The world of DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined is full of iconic monsters. Don’t be distracted by their appealing new designs - these creatures can do some serious damage if not dealt with promptly.>Fortunately, your party are more than up to the task. Enemies are visible on the field - touch one, and you’ll start a battle… unless it’s weaker than you. If that’s the case, pre-emptively strike it and you’ll defeat it there and then, which keeps the adventure moving at a brisk pace.>Combat is turn-based - you issue commands to your party and they execute them. A brand new feature of this game is the ability to Moonlight – essentially, each member of the team can now equip up to two Vocations!>These Vocations determine what abilities and spells they have access to in battle, and the new Moonlighting feature means you have more options in battle than ever before!>Each of these vocations also features a special Vocational Perk. These perks range from powerful attacks to buffs for your allies - and although they can only be used when a character is ‘worked up’ they can change the tide of battle in an instant!>For example - the Monster Master vocation (new for this version of the game), features the ‘Positive Reinforcement’ perk, which summons powerful monsters to attack your foes!>There are plenty of quality-of-life features to make battles fun and convenient too. As well as automatically defeating weaker foes, you can also set tactics for your protagonist and allies, so they battle to a particular strategy without the need for direct command. You can also speed up fights to make them fly by!
>>538873072news
>>538873417I'm really surprised they went for 7 before the others cause of the size of the gameThat and with all the assets they already have from 1-3 they barely need new environmental assets for 4-6
>>538873250Square Enix straight up said that you're going to get mostly remakes and remasters for the next 3 yearsDQ12 Never Ever
>>538873479>two vocations at onceI hope they make the game harder to balance for this.
>>538873623Pretty sure they mean this instead of just getting enemy skills/resistances directly
>>538873775Two jobs is less skills than you'd get beforeAnd its hard to be easier than obliterating every random encounter past when you get jobs with Scorch and Thin Air
>>538873582They said the story has been streamlined, so presumably it's being cut down to a brisk 50 to 70 hours.Also they just did a loose trilogy and are probably interested in testing the waters before jumping back in with another, much larger set of games.
>>538872247Unlike Ireburn, Aruster looks better like this
>>538873993Wouldn't you get job points for both of the vocations at the same time at the same rate?
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>>538874894Both jobs in the screenshots have progress bars so probablyI would assume they'd reduce the grind again like the last remake, although the game was so fucking long you didn't even really have a problem with the later party members getting some levels in like 6's jobs did.
BROS! I saw the Direct and it was the exact announcement I was hoping for!I never got to beat VII growing up. I was a poorfag who didn't have a Playstation, but one of my friends did and she'd rent lots of cool rpgs and I'd go over on the afternoons and play 'em. One time she rented VII and I got to play a bit of the start. I don't remember how far I got that day, but I never forgot the experience. It seemed strange compared to I&II on GBC, being on some little island and I don't think I even got to the part where you're finally fighting stuff.But now, I'll finally be able to play this super long game you guys are always talkin' about.
>>538847368I agree, this is easily the most beautiful DQ to date.
>>538875270>be ableYou could have emulated it anytime
>>538875270They're cutting a lot of content from this one to make it shorter for the tiktok generation, so it isn't the same game.
>>538850858>and tightened pacingInteresting
>>538850858>The character designs, originally crafted by world-renowned manga artist Akira Toriyama, have been reimagined into a charming 3D art style using dolls actually created in the real world. Environments and dungeons are also brought to life with a unique hand-crafted, diorama-style aesthetic that vividly illustrates the beloved world of the DRAGON QUEST series.Kino>changed pacing>changed battles>"QoL"Ew
I honestly dont even like the original art style of 7, the colors aren’t that vibrant in the original and the sprites always looked fat to me. I thought 5 and 6 looked better.
>>538873103Baking anon..?
>>538876589Maybe they'll move the job system earlier in the game and you get the second jobs unlocked at Alltrades
>PR guy for SE>shits on the original gameCool. Not buying.
everyone is just always overtly negative because they are over the age of 30 and posting on 4chan instead of having a family and legacy
>>538877335square enix and bamco have so much in common
>>538877335I don't even like 7 that much but this type of PR speak makes my skin crawl
>>538877426im under 30 and i have low expectations but se always somehow shock me with the shit they do still
>>538849816>>538850159>>538859323Eww… It reminds me of the designs from Dragon Quest: Your Story or that Mewtwo movie from the same year, but the in-game characters actually don’t look that bad. Guess it’s just a matter of getting used to it. At least it’s not that 2D-HD stuff, which I can’t stand. Maribel looks cute though, and that’s what matters.
how many GB was the 3DS version for VII? the new version has 4.9 GB.
>>538878587Under 2 GBNot many 3DS games went for the bigger cartridge sizes
>Ah, I see many you no likey the game, so for all you who lovey, lovey, we gonna changey much about it, make you no likey too! Eh, you buy the goff bolls also, okay?
>>538878428Kiefer in the back itching to leave the party forever
I mean, what can they even streamline in a remake at this point? The 3DS version didn't remove any story content. The only real tedium they can realistically cut is having to go to the Abbey to change vocations by making it a menu command. I guess the tablet fragments could just be handed to you unceremoniously instead of having to explore for them, but finding them was always so easy since the game is so linear (any fragments you're missing are almost undoubtedly in the most recent island you cleared). It's as easy as any other DQ entry (just noticeably longer), so I have no idea where this meme of it being impossible to play comes from.
>>538879017as others said they're comparing the remake to the playstation original, not the 3DS remake, so i also think that's what they mean when talking about streamlining and whatnot: they just did what they already did in the 3DS version. Hell, i'm sure the 3DS version is actually running under the hood here, or at least it's what this remake has been directly built upon
>>538879017It's very streamlined already, that's my biggest problem with it. It's a straight line from start to finish, the line is just really long.There's definitely room for improvement, but it's hard to imagine that potential being realized if the objective is to make it accessible for everyone™ and add "QoL" instead of improving on what it was going for.
>>538878428The prerendered scenes in 11 looked way different from the actual game too, obviously its not even the same models.>>538879017All anyone ever talks about with 7 is how long it is and that eventually makes its way back to the publisher.The tablet scavenger hunt is probably the biggest place to chop time off and the simplest way to do that would just be to reduce the number of pieces to go find or an option for a big fucking arrow pointing to them. The 3DS version already added a tablet detector thing.
>>538878587no way it's just 5 GB
Actually, wouldn't voiced cutscenes just make DQVII even longer? Listening to characters talk takes more time then just reading textboxes.
>>538880873If its only main story scenes that's not that muchIf they voiced every NPC they'd be fucking insane.
I got a question about 3DS VII, did they keep battle party chat in that or was it cut?Being able to talk to party members mid-fight and see their reactions to the current situation was really cool, like how they would be in shock and mourn the death of party members and stuff. It'd be a shame if the new remake cuts that, but if 3DS kept it, it gives me hope.
>>538881294Every NPC dialogue and every party chat line fully voiced. Party chat autoplays and is unstoppable and un-muteable. You WILL hear what Maribel has to say.
Only main cutscenes voiced. Party chat and other dialogue voiced with Banjo-Kazooie-style grunts. Maribel makes fart sounds.
>>538882614Battle chat was cut on 3DS.
>>538882614It was cut. Talking in battle was only ever in the PS1 version. It was VERY poorly translated in Dragon Warrior VII, though. Like, it was barely proofread, and it was clearly translated completely out of context. (Fun fact: If you use the Talk command three times in a row, your entire party's turns are skipped and the enemies get a free round.)
>>538883060>Fun factYeah that was a cool part of it too. Really felt immersive as if I was truly wasting time talking instead of fighting.Really sucks that it got removed though. VII had the best party chat of any game, I don't get why they would toss any part of it.
>>538882930>Maribel makes fart sounds.im fine with this
It looks hella ugly.
So now that old man keifer is going to show up in DQ7 Reimagined, what will his role be
>>538884272To tell the player all about his exciting adventures in the DQ11 Tickington quests
>>538870657for whataver reason the IDF latched unto DQ and is scouting all discussion of the series online to recruit goylems. just ignore them.
>>538884059Pretty much. The renders are a bit better but in gameplay and cutscenes its just ehhhh
>>538865532Its pretty much confirmed, you can hear Kiefer voice actor from DQ Rivals speaking during the intro and the 1-2-3 remakes does have voice acting
This angers the 11fag
>>538886578im shitting my pants right now
>>538865532You mean Jacq? She was in the original game but was never a full party member. At most, she helps out on her own during the final boss fight in the Abbey.
>>538884272to tell the player he was originally slated to be evil, but became turtle hermit.
>>538886578the issue is the actual game itself looks so much worse than the renders
>>538884272Tell you to play Caravan Heart available soon at Switch 2™
>>538886578I don't even think it looks that bad but I can only see this as the result of asking AI to pixar-ize the original art
>>538887290They used dolls actually
REMINDER>Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii has said players will encounter a "new discovery" if they play through the Dragon Quest HD-2D Remake trilogy in chronological order.>Caravan Heart connects DQ7 to 2>DQ7's manga connects it to Emblem of RotoTime to revise your fucking timeline
Hmmmmm
>>538886578Hero's face seems a little off but I assume that's a concession with the 3D model so he doesn't look like shit in profile
>>538886578>>538887334
>>538875870Yeah, that's true. I guess I'm just the laziest motherfucker I know.>>538876585That was my concern when I saw they were advertising it as more streamlined and "tightened" up. I imagine they're scared of VII's reputation for being long and boring. Hopefully it's just referring to how battles will be much quicker with the speedup function and being able to skip weaker monsters on the overworld. It would suck to wait all this time only to get a version with less content, when the Erdrick trilogy remakes had extra stuff added.
>>538876585I really don't get the wave of newfags going like this when it's obviously just reusing the 3DS changes.
>>538877335>a completely reworked storyNevermind, that sounds horrible. This gaijin asshole makes it sound like a completely different game.
>>538850858This battle scene looks okay and the visible equipment is nice but we wont be able to cosplay anymore or what?
>accurately adapt toriyamas worst art style>its uglyshocker
>Nintendo throwing around patents to shut down Palworld>meanwhile makes a game that looks like a damn-near carbon copy of DQBuildersI'm tired
>>538888719this was his worst era of art actually
>>538888674maybe you can choose outfits freely, after all theres 2 preorder dlcs that give characters XI and VIII outfits
>>538889201The kanzenbans were the same era as DQ7, around 2002~
>>538887334>>538887772I know, it's just what comes to mind.
>>538889201>>538890019Also, this is one of my favourite eras for Toriyama in regards to his chibi art
>>538891414The simpler detailing, lined and shading make it work
>>538877335>long games badThen don't buy them and let those who enjoy long games continue enjoying them...? I hate that there are retards genuinely happy with games being shorter than they should be especially with how much they expect you to pay
>>538892402Look at the game in question again, and then remember the last time it was remade
>>538892402I mean, given the literal number 1 complaint about 7 is it's length, I don't think they're exactly wrong in trying to trim it down a little.The real issue would be with HOW they do it, and by how much.
Does every dq really need to be connected? Do we really have to change the timeline and canon so every game ties into one another?
>>538892709Yes, so we can sell a book about it that everyone hates
>they scanned dolls to create the 3D models>they aren't going to make dolls for all the class costumes, so those got cutPlease don't be true.
Looking at the trailer again I don't think it looks that bad anymore. It's just the washed colors that you can probably easily fix with reshade on pc.
>>538893332It's just different outfits. They already announced DLC outfits anyways, so vocation outfits are probably in.
i just want the dq1 and 2 remakes already
>>538893332i doubt they'd need to make dolls for each costume, and even then it's costumes they don't need a whole ass different doll simply cause it has a new outfit>>538893343colors looks fine to me, but i did spent a good few weeks tinkering with my monitor after i finally realized that i had my colors all kinds of fucked up after all that i ended up realizing the best setting was resetting everything, leaving the default options besides tinkering a bit with the color temperature and then slightly increase the gamma on my pc
>>538893959same
>>538892682Even the 3ds version had a high encounter rate in dungeons since hallways were so narrow you couldn't really avoid them like in 8's 3ds versionThey could cut the encounter spawnrate by like 20% and it'd shave hours off of the game
Why did they skip these fellas? It was their turn!
>>538896795Of all the games in the series this is the one I actually wouldn't mind being 'reimagined' to some degree, even though I like it more than VII
Just heard the news. Honestly surprised it's not just a remaster of 3DS. Dragon Quest is going brr lately with the remakes, goddamn.
I like the class changes, feels like a good middle ground between the PS1 bullshit and the 3DS limitations, especially if they bring hybrid skills back. "Streamlining" the story sounds awful though, what 7 needs is more character stuff and a better payoff at the end, not LESS story.
wasn't there a guy spamming how there'd be a DQ7 remake and a new musou before DQ12
I'm not sure how I feel about nu-nu-DQ7 but I was reminded of the Diamond & Pearl remakes yesterday so my ability to gauge these things is way out of whack right now.>>538854029I've always thought of the color crystal dungeon as one of the lamest in the series so it's funny that they keep drawing attention to it.
>>538886781He means this guy.
My hard drive won't be able to handle all this Maribel art
The collection grows.
>>538907210builders 1 isnt on steam?
>>538889201>>538890019>Sand Land era>worsthe gave up (finally) on drawing stuff he didn't care abouthis old men and machines were all 10/10 during that period
>>538907210>subtle Y7kek
>>538907210>>538907503Builders 1 is on steam actually
wait it’s the 3rd birthday devs?
This thread stinks
>>538908808Breathe deep
>>538908808It's very very sexy, you mean.
>>538909695The original release really could have benefitted from a smaller font.
>>538898378> Dragon Quest is going brr lately with the remakes, goddamn.That alone shows how in deep shit XII development is
>>538910404>That alone shows how in deep shit XII development isDQVIIR probably started development back in 2022, so it likely has little to do with XII's development.It launching in February is also suspect, since DQ releases like to target the Fall season.
If the humans are this ugly imagine how Orgodemir is going to look.
