Welcome to the Dragon Quest General! Everything related to the Dragon Quest series, also known as Dragon Warrior, is discussed here.Erdrick EditionLast Thread: >>543619905>News• Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake. Out now on Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.• Dragon Quest Smash/Grow, a Roguelite RPG for Android & iOS. Closed beta ran from October 14, 2025 to October 21, 2025.• Dragon Quest VII Reimagined. Launches February 5, 2026, on Switch, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.>Now Available• Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake. Out now on Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.• Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince. Available on Switch, PC, and mobile.• Dragon Quest Builders. Now on PC with all mobile port QoL features.• Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai. Available on PS4, PS5, Switch, and PC.• Dragon Quest Treasures. Available on Switch and PC.>Other Updates• Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate. Officially announced, title revealed. No further details yet.>Guides:• /dqg/ Beginner's Guide to Dragon Quest: https://imgur.com/gallery/kE7vCn2Versions to Play/Buy: https://pastebin.com/TcW5bgqv• DQM3 Resource: https://dev.metalkid.info/DQM3/Monsterpedia• Dragon Quest IX DLC/Treasure Map Searcher: https://pastebin.com/Paf0Ypme• DQB2 Resources: https://pastebin.com/ykdKc201• DQX Resources: https://pastebin.com/kE3XGQNS>Links:• ROMs/Hacks/Mods/Translations: https://pastebin.com/QbQS5i2S• Anime/TV: https://pastebin.com/a2cRRuzi• Music: 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/
Don't forget to impregnate your princess
>DQ3HD was bad because its too easy>DQ1HD provides a challenge>Now people think its bad because its too hard
I just want 12.
>>544788019>challenge>it's 100% pure rng because of the one character nature of the game so the difficulty is starting over and over until you get luckyis this a turn where 100% pf your damage is turned back on you and you kill yourself? Guess you'll just have to see and start over if you're not lucky :)
Cop Out has always been a "kill yourself" button for enemies since Monsters I can't blame people for hating on it now
>>544788867I remember the reflection skill being a problem in DQ9 on shield enemies.
>>544787723Because thou must.
>>544788673If its too hard you can always turn the difficulty down ;)
>>544787561I need this but with Cannock-chan
>>544789476throwing a dice isn't hard, it's boring.
>>544790109Yes yes, people always blame rng when its too hard for them. No one will shame you for playing on normal.
It's not RNG your strategy just sucks
Just grind more metal slimes or the area east of Erdrick’s medallion
>>544791287Oh? Please share your strategy that doesn't rely on chance as to how to attack a boss that has passive regeneration, thus putting you in a dps race, seals magic away and has a chance to decide to reflect your physical damage to you.
>>544792153You attack with kasizz when your magic's not sealed and you use cop out when it is.
>>544792879>use cop out>boss uses one of his non attack moves>negative dpscool strat bro
>>54478867311 was the same way on draconian even with 4 characters, and the answer is the same: just grind nigga.
>>544788019my issue is the story changes feeling more like padding than anything actually significant. i also still like the game despite that.
>>544794010you can skip cutscenes so it’s not really that big of a deal
Still deciding if i wanna play 3 first or 1 first. Does the added content...A. Make 2 feel like the true finale of the trilogyAnd B. Not make it feel like a huge mechanic regression going from 3 to 1.Im just super indecisive and want to have the best experience with this trilogy.Also wondering if the devs saying "play 3 first now!" Was just marketing and not actually intended.
>>544793321>negative dps is worse than dyingI see your problem
>>544795336Release order is always correct. HD was released as 312, so that's the intended way.>>544793917>just grind>in 11Not necessary
>>544795336when you know the twist of dq3 and that you realize you are playing Erdrick in the end, it’s not that impactful. they really do mean for you to play it first this time around
>>544795349The end result is the same, you sit back passively until you run out of MP and then your strat falls apart.
In terms of the new story fluff, I like the loser party from the first dungeon (no idea if they'll reappear) and I really liked the portrayal of the Dragonlord in the bridge cutscene. Mixed feelings about the guard squad.
>>544795517>Not necessaryIts necessary at multiple points if you don't want to keep rolling the dice with bad odds.>just dazzle the slayer of sands broHe hits almost every attack regardless>just put on charm resist for dora broAh yes the 40% charm resist with both accessories +3 that never protects you and you still get charmed every time anyways.Literally every strategy in these games to beat bosses at a low level relies on RNG. Grinding is the name of the game and what you're intended to do every now and then.
>>544795336>Also wondering if the devs saying "play 3 first now!" Was just marketing and not actually intended.It was definitely intended there's lots of callbacks in the DQ1 remake
>>544796717Never had to grind on Draconian with no exp from weaker enemies. Its a skill issue on your part.
>>544795336Hargon is in DQ 1/2/3 in the HD remasters
You get entirely different cutscenes if you take Gwaelin with you to certain parts btw
>>544795336I'll say the same thing as last thread: DQ1 is too short and ultimately uneventful compared to 3 and 2, so I chose to do it first to get it out of the way.
>>544796918Its objectively a matter of luck. You're only crying now over 1HD cause luck isn't on your side.
Oh, I see. That's why I was finding a bunch of DQ3 environment textures.Dragon Quest 2 now contains a bonus dungeon in line with other games in the series in that it stitches existing dungeon maps together as a new dungeon, with a couple new maps to tie it together. It's referred to internally as "Infinite Maze." The difference from previous games is that this time it's also re-using dungeon maps from Dragon Quest 3. The final map in the list is the personality test cliff from the dream at the beginning of the game.Bear in mind I'm still viewing things with little in-game context. I have no idea of post-game plot significance.
>knight abberant>spam cop out>he just kills himselfwtf
>>544798605I'm not the one crying about 1 HD being too hard.
>You attack! (*miss*)>Skeleton casts fizzle!>Skeleton casts fizzle!>Skeleton attacks! (-50)>Knighter Aberrant attacks! (-80)>Skeleton attacks! (-50)
>beat the dragonlord first try>big bad isn't as strong as a skeleton that regeneratessilly dragon, don't you know that to beat me, you have to use the damage reflect move?
>>544800269Zoma was easier than King Hydra and Baramos Zombie so that's nothing new desu.
>>544799710skissue
>>544798925Could you spoiler the whole post next time
Where to find metal slimes?
>>544800905In 1? Mainly in the southwest corner. The other monsters hit hard, though, so come prepares.
>>544800849I'm pretty sure everyone knew there was going to be a bonus dungeon.
>>544800905you can also find Liquid Metals in dragon lords castle
>>544800905Outside the place you turn in mini medals
>>544800487not for me, i beat king hydra first try and baramos (both normal and zombie) took me two tries. Zoma i had to do it like 10 times before i beat him
ATTENTION ALL WIFE SEXERS:bring gwaelin to weirdwood, trust me.
Should i play 3 or 1 first? Posts online are making this so confusing, dev intention vs release order
>>544800849Oh, I figured that was pretty tame. Anyone not expecting a bonus dungeon would have to be daft. But I guess I could.In all honesty, datamining hasn't been as exciting to me this time around compared to DQ3. I've been through the entire folder structure at this point, and haven't really found any stand-out surprises the likes of finding Hargon's name in the list of DQ3 NPCs. Well, that's not ENTIRELY true, I've shared a couple things in the previous thread to that effect. But still.Probably won't be posting much more about what I'm finding, if at all.
Huh, you actually do get unequipped with Erdrick's sword after the final boss. Better leave the legendary sword in the middle of castle evil, sure.
>>544803321both dev intention and release order for the HD2D games is 3 first, so if that's what you care about then you should play 3HD2D first.For the original games though, or the older SNES/GBC remakes, you can go 1-2-3, cause they key difference is that for those that's also the release order, the HD2D games instead were specifically made with the 3-1-2 order in mind
>>544803439Dude, did you at least find the red Roto's Sword and Shield? And potentially armor?
>>544803439You're probably the best one to ask my question about DQ2: Is it still the normal ending and credits and all the new stuff comes after you resume the save?
>>544801186>>544803439I don't care if it's obvious, just don't openly post new shit from the very end of the game that no one's reached yet.
>>544802473>Zoma was shown to use ice magic in his intro>Bring ice resist gear along with the usual anti breath stuffGG Ez
If you're going to post datamined shit then have the courtesy to use spoiler tags. You might not give a shit about the new content but others do.
>>544803995I honestly don't know. I'm mostly just looking at the graphics and folder structures. I'm intentionally keeping myself in the dark regarding cutscenes and dialogue. I want to leave myself SOME surprises while playing the games.At the very least, I'd assume so. That's how it's been in every game up to now, including 3 HD. I see no reason why they'd change it.>>544804279>>544804537You're overreacting. I could've easily posted far worse and more spoilery things. In fact, OTHER people already have.>>544803837Guess I'm keeping quiet! Nobody was this pissy when DQ3 released.
How much health does the Knight Aberrant have?
For the curious, Forbes talks about the new stuff - https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2025/10/31/these-are-the-post-game-secrets-for-dragon-quest-i--ii-hd-2d-remake/
>>544804805Because DQ3 HD didn't add anything truly new since the GBC release.
>>>544804279>>>544804537Man, fuck you guys
>>544804873They gave this mfker insane health
>>544805090Ha. Good one.
>>544805047Oh shit, he wasn't kidding
Cop Out will get nerfed in a couple weeks
Do you still get punished for using seeds early?
No need to make a mountain out of a molehill. Dude apologized and even held off on talking about more stuff.
>>544804805I love you, tile set anon. And I appreciate everything you’ve posted.
>>544804805All I said was to spoiler your whole posts and you got defensive. It takes a fraction of a second. You don't have to act like a weenie about it.
>>544806804No
>>544804873I keep getting him to red but then cop out decides it hates me
Wait until you have the spike armor for knight aberrant, then use the stop hitting yourself strat to win.
>>544808242Nah I got him with pure luck he kept missing when my cop out didnt work and I got like 4 crits on him
Just finished DQ1 remake it was pretty solid but I imagine 2 will be even better
>knight aberrant and the golem are both brick wallsDo I really have to drink 40k for the flame armor?
>>544809007Don't drink gold, Anon it isn't healthy.
>>544807295In the future, don't push an issue that was already resolved and people won't feel the need to get "defensive" with you.You asked him to spoiler future posts, he AGREED with you, and then you go pissy with him anyway causing him to be snippy right back at the both of you.
Happy Halloween /dqg/!
>>544810623NTA but he was being snippy from the beginning.
>>544810623Ugh. Don't. I appreciate it, but I don't need anyone defending my honor or whatever and dragging this into a big multi-hour long shitpost war. I just want to drop it. I said I wouldn't be posting any more anyway. There's nothing really to post, and I don't have the entire picture anyway by my own intention.
>>544810623For some reason an "agreement" that involved calling me stupid for caring about the specific thing seemed a little wishy-washy to me.
>>544811257Alright, one last post to own up to that. I didn't mean it that way at all. Sorry.
>>544811257
>>544809007I was wearing the armor that gives you more gold and the phantom mask and won at lvl 30
Whoever said the souped up skills thing sucks was wrong.It actually feels very based when doing the orange part of an enemy's health bar.You can also cheese even harder with defending champion, getting the defense + a guaranteed counter-attack.>>544813197I ended up winning with similar, at level 26. I did cheese the hell out of the boss though.
>>544810983Happy halloween fren
>>544803120I didnt get anything?
Happy Gwaeloween
>>544787723Of course!
>>544814918Did you not trigger the cutscene?
>>544815410Sexy wife sexy wife
Should I play the gbc versions on an emulator to try them out before buying the HD2D remakes if I have never played the series and don’t wanna flush $100
>>544816805The one where she dispels the illusions?
>>544817371Yeah the cutscene is different if you didnt take her
>>544817637Yeah but there was nothing sexo on it? The one where you do puff puff while shes around or going to the tower are max sexo tho
>>544817975But what follows after in fairy village which only triggers if you had done that with her is really cute and made all the blood rush to my penors
>>544818165Damn i forgot what she said on it
Finally got the wipeout achievement from a Mean Spirit encounter. Go back to DQ2.>>544817147Yeah.
>>544818239Something like “Do I truly find myself here with you at my side or is this all one blissful dream? and “Sweet sweet destiny bringing us together! tehee!” and there are looks shared and hearts thrown in the air and one fae teases you and another fae gets jealous AHHHH I LOVE MY WIFE
>>544817147Play 1 on SNES and if you think Gwaelin is cute then buy the new game holy shit it’s worth it oh my fucking god
They should've just straight-up made it Calasmos.This random nigga feels like a half-assed clapbait. Ugly-ass boring as hell design.Toriyama was truly washed in his later years.
I'm going to this tomorrow, should I take pictures?
>>544819672Nah. He had his chance and blew it. Twice.
switch 1 or pc
>>544820754If you have the choice and don't care about playing it on the couch then definitely PC
It's a pure dumb localization-ism but Robbin' 'Ood & co.'s half-assed ye olde speech gag got a chuckle out of me.
>>544819763This is the cafe menu
>>544819763only if you are cute
>>544821438not of me dumbass of the store.
>>544817147Nah, just play DQXI's demo, it's 4+ hours, and see if you like that gameplay or not. If you like it, and you like the HD2D trash, go for it.The older versions, especially SNES or GBC, don't really reflect how handholdy and piss-easy the games are nowadays. Playing XI's demo will give you a better idea of what you're getting into.
>>544819763>>544821342Yes please! The seaslime donut is so cute that i started crying
>>544822329Ok ill take a few pictures and post them here. If there is exclusive merch I will buy all of it and post that too
The priest death in cantlin made me spit out the water i was drinking. The fucking fade from black to his coffin caught me off guard and is very unintentionally funny. How am i supposed to take it serious when that’s what party members coffins look like . I have tears in my eyes.
>>544822535Thank you! Hope they have some cool things
Did they keep the Gorillas Hard?
>get whack'd>game sends you straight to the church without the continue from autosave optionthis will make people seethe kek
>>544825916Oh I cannot wait. Guess I'd better make use of the bank.
>>544827136you best be carrying some diamends.
>Finally get the princess>No implied overnight hanky-panky in the innAwww... and also awww to the DQ1 Puff-Puff getting changed to another fake-out joke. She puffs on an egg she boiled in the hot spring.
>>544829045It’s fun how many of the cutscenes change just by having her with you, even the mirror dialogue changes!
>>544821342Are they she-slimes in Japan now? I thought they were just red slimes there
>>544821597Yes, post pictures. Be sure to include some pics of yourself, but only if you’re cute. If not find something else cute to show us.
Metal slime spotted!! You're seriously meant to level grind before even meeting jade and the old man?
>>544830354Red Slime was just an old Warrior translation.In Japan they've always been Slime Beth, which apparently is in reference to the second letter of the hebrew alphabet so basically they are called Slime 2.
>>544830354Japan Center is a store in the UK. So that's a localized menu.
>>544831146DQ11 has like 7 tiers of metal slime, and you probably don't have the best moves to hunt them with so early.
>>544830354they're she/her-slimes
I feel silly about this after causing a commotion earlier and also saying I wouldn't post again, but I spotted something someone asked me about.>>544723615Equipment icon graphics for a Warrior Helmet, Armor, and Shield in Dragon Quest 9's style, also the Minister's Mitre from 10 and Xenlon Hair Ring from 11. Nothing big, just cameo equipment. 3HD already had a handful of other equipment from 11, also 8's version of the Dancer's Costume. All of which carried over to 1&2.
>>544832019>>544831146It's actually possible to encounter a bunch of the metal slimes when running from the black dragon, get lucky enough to kill them, and power level enough to frag the black dragon right then and there
>>544831474I think even when anons have been to Luida's Bar semi-recently any English on the menus was in officially localized-ese. Same with the SEA-only English release of that arcade game, they take that stuff surprisingly seriously.
>>544832019Erik has the slime boomerang and mc has metal slash. I kinda don't want to make this already easy game too much of a cakewalk though.
>>544837930They're mostly useful in the postgame or to catch up before certain bosses. There's even a pep power you can access very late that summons a bunch of metal slimes (and another that gives you an XP bonus) to make it easier to reach the cap before the very very final boss.Even though there are anti-slime and anti-metal slime abilities it's guaranteed crit abilities like Thunder Thrust, Hatchet Man or Critical Claim that are actually most useful against metal slimes. I wouldn't even bother looking for metal slimes deliberately until you've got access to a couple of those.
any updates on the dqg game? did my wige make it in?
It's nice hearing the old Dragonquest March again after all this time.
So here's a detail or two you may have missed in 1&2.Take a good look at the OP image showing the key arts from 3 and 1&2. >>544787561 Of note is the background of each scene, the green and blue scene of 3, the red and orange scene of 1, and the white scene of 2.-The box art for 1&2 includes a small snippet of 3's background coming in from the left, so that you can place the two boxes next to each other for a combined scene like the OP image.-The title screen for 1&2 includes all three background scenes arranged the same as the OP image.-When opening the game select, the screen displays all of 3's background scene on the left half of the screen before sliding it away to focus on 1's whole scene, presumably showing progression from 3 to 1.Just thought that was neat.
So it's not just a epic reference so you can clap but reality now that XI is set in 3's past and world, right?
So the fairy npc that crafts your sigils said that you can also craft other items, but every time I talk to her it doesn't give me that option, even though I have craft items. Am I just stupid and missing something obvious?
I'm really enjoying DQ1 so far. I'm pretty cynical about remakes and this does lose a lot of the simple appeal of the original, but it's a neat alternative.
>>544845261Took a while for me to click with it but now im really enjoying it.
DQ2 is a top 5 game in the series now
>>544846902It always was
DQ2 is a top 11 mainline title.
>>544847134It never was
DQ9 is a bottom 12 mainline title.
>just now realize that there's no reason to try to get a perfect Brilliant Staff in DQ11 after resetting and trying again multiple timesFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
The only manline games i dislike are 4 and 9
>>544848842Why do you dislike them Anon
>>544847663to try and get a what
>>544849382Don’t like the constant change in gameplay or narrative of 4 especially on replays when i just want to get to the hero. 9 i think is not fun ever and npcs being 2d is really ugly compared to more important characters and the main party being 3D. Also don’t like 8s style of skill distribution mixed with 6/7s jobs, I don’t think it works well. Oh and I hate the story, the fairy bitch and the train.
>>544849382different anon, but I just remembered enjoying 4 until you get to the part where you can gather everyone and then I was just completely lost and I quit
>>544788673Nigger doesn't know about red dragons and warlocks.>thou art still asleep
Autistic weird DQ1 speedrun enjoyed here.How are you liking 1HD2D? Is there an "original mode"?
>>544853028>How are you liking 1HD2D?It's pretty enjoyable, but even more than with 3 HD-2D the additions make it more of a sidegrade or complementary game to the original than a "replacement". You're not getting the same experience at all.>Is there an "original mode"?No.
why did he do it, bros...
>>544817147Play 1 on the NES.It will take 7 hours.Kill slidesLevel 2Kill slides and drakeesLevel 3Kill ghosts by the caveLevel 4More ghostsLevel 5Cast hurt at the very bottom of the peninsula by the castleGet copper swordLevel 6Get 350 goldChain mailDark cave dives until you have hand axe money, run from everything in floor 2 until level 8 and large shield then fight skeletons and drolls.Also don't fight druins until level 7Go backLarge shield moneyGo backBroad sword moneyRimuldar grindingCast sleep on metal scorpions and wolfsOnly cast heal after getting half plate and level 9Level 12 go south and fight wolf Lord's and everything else thereBuy full plateGrind for silver shield money and level 14Get silver shieldKill axe knight get erdricks armorDive for erdrick's sword, run from everythingGrind until level 20 or 21Beat the game.
>>544853481ONE NOTHING WRONG WITH ME
>>544853762>slidesSlimesI denounce phoneposting and the Talmud.Also I forgot to mention he point of the dark cave dives are the 2 chests on floor 2. One chest with 10-20 gold and another with 100+ or the cursed necklace if you're lucky (sell it, do not use it).
Imagine trudging across the land, slaying monsters left and right & getting the country's women so wet you're all they ever talk about just to die like a bitch and get completely legacy mogged by your own son (female).
So I beat 1, and started 2. I accidently won the Golden Claws on my first Tombola roll, but uh I "feel" like after getting them I'm running into enemies every 2 steps. I know their description may be an easter egg about the curse in 3, but are they actually increasing my encounter rate like they were perma-musk? Cause I might lose my goddamn mind if Gambling in DQ did this to me
>>544819672Fuck that. What it shoulda been was the giga nigga from DQM2. Or maybe the one from Caravan Heart,
On train to the pop up shop, hoping for some actually interesting merchandise there.
what level do i have to be to beat mirage on draconian? i'm level 22 and i feel like i just can't do shit against them.
>>544845261I think they finally got draconian mode right. I’m barely scraping by but I haven’t had to grind and I’m pretty much required to use every tool in my arsenal. I’ll be totally fucked if they decide to nerf cop out though.
>get to dragonlorg>duplic hat>wild side>kazzapple turns into bolts from the blue>just nuke him for 2k damagelollmao even>>544861215Huh, mirage was one of the few easy ones for me.Just use your swallowtail boomerang and it should be easy.>>544861890Me too, except for goregoyle I feel like is twice as hard as the following bosses, and I just spammed cop out
So we all agree the Moonbrooke line stems from an affair Solo (formerly Alef) had with the mediocre mage, right?
>>544863014i still don't have a swallowtail boomerang at this point. i ended up beating it anyway with wild side + soul sigil gale slash
>>544864910nevermind i did have swallowtail. oh well. what level were you guys fighting the cantlin golem? i feel like level 23 is just too low in this area.
>>544858868They're the same pair of claws the original Erdrick had so they're still cursed.
The slime meal deal
The store is pretty well decorated with stuff, no merch in site though
>>544864001Moonbrooke pads her chest
>>544873640This looks so depressingly shit lol XD
>>544874683Like a £200 train to london just to eat this donut it was kinda not worth it but the sticker pack is cool??
>>544866102I think 24. Stone asshole seems to like to wake up and attack on the exact turn your defense/evasion buffs wear off, and you don't always get out the flute before he hits. Better pray he doesn't land an all-out attack.
>>544873640>>544873931>>544874954Average British experience
They have a shadow slime plush now
Slime x Shadow Slime Jellyrations
>>544845261Kind of ironic i despise modern remakes while my favorites games of all time are remakes of Dragon Quest 5 & 7 & 11 (why did you spoiler that?)
>>544890882I was going to get more specific but then I forgot to.The Knight Aberrant just kicked my ass.I really liked the cutscene of Gwaelin being tormented by illusions of her parents, but it's really weird that she was voiced and they weren't, even though her dad was voiced earlier. The opening cutscene isn't voiced but the ones with the fairies all are. It's so odd.
They have dragon quest sound blocks in japan
Moonbrooke's wolf howl is cute
I saw someone say they made Moonbrooke an edgy, revenge obsessed badass. Please tell me this isn’t true. She should be a cute, demure princess.
>>544891809Yeah, i hate that they half assed the voice acting, Jesus its square enix they have the budget for it, not translating npc is fine but cutscenes is weird
>>544891809My decision to mute all the voices was for the best, it sounds like. If they're not going to be consistent with it, then they shouldn't have bothered. Besides, these throwback games don't really need it.
>>544895000Doesn't she literally say the moment she's uncursed that she's going to kill Hargon for what he did to her and her kingdom since the original NES game?
>>544895240You are missing cute things Gwaelin says
>>544895000>>544895620I can't help but think of the Jak II "I'm going to KILL Praxis!" scene
Heh... nothing personal...
>>544895620>Princess of Moonbrooke: Oh, dear cousin, thou hastfreed me beyond all hope. To repay this, I offer thee myloyalty and service as the Princess of Moonbrooke.Please, take me with thee on thy quest.
Superficially she's Pinkbrooke but it's Blondebrooke underneath
Wasnt Cannock-kun a lazy goof in Japan and then they changed it?
>>544895620>>544897409>i am more than a robot! Die Wily!
>>544895000Her being a masochist is kinda erotic
>>544896965Meh, don't care.
>>544901659She has cool lines when you beat bosses and fawns over you
>>544904225I can see all that on YouTube later. Right now, I've got a war to win.
Do you think they'll put this game on sale before the year's up?
for me it's shortstacks
HE HAS NO BUDDIESHE HAS NO FRIENDSTHIS GUY IS ALONE 'TIL THE END(Real shit, does the game ever say WHY he chooses to be alone? Everybody he talks to is like "why the fuck are you alone?" and "do you just have no friends?" Please tell me he's not Ortega's reincarnation or some gay ass shit like that.)
Suggested date spots for Gwaelin? I’ve heard she has special dialogue if you take her to certain places
>>544906083he's just built like thathe's got that dog in him
>>544906083Focused 110% on acquiring princess poon. The thought of asking for help doesn't even register.
>>544906447That explain Moonbrooke.
>walk slightly too far south>not even near the bridge let alone crossing it>suddenly die to vastly stronger enemies jumping meI don't like relying on the autosave but ffs I ain't losing 2k gold over bullshit like that.
>>544906531It's funny because thw rest of the world is like "Yeah, Roto/Erdrick was so cool, man." and the fairies are just like "Shit dude, even your ancestor had a group of people to battle alongside." So 3 is canon completed with a party. A few NPCs do mention heroES outside of the fairies, but, assuming some of them are not the player's group from 3, they may also be talking about lesser heroes from the time in-between 3 and 1. We know such characters exist, since this was also the case between 6 and 4 when at least one character who wasn't of the chosen bloodlines used the Zenithian armor to protect his town.Kind of fascinating though that we now know the 3 hero just spent the remaining years of his or her life making special scrolls, and hiding them in various places for whenever shit would go down in the future. Weird though how you apparently have to have "the right [physical/magical] attributes" even though they were made for, in theory, anybody who needed them and not necessarily just the DQ1Hero.
>>544907907Happened in past versions but I am surprised they left it in. Figured they'd lock the regional spawn boxes tighter.
5 minutes in and I already want to correction sex Gwaelin's guard.
>>544909730She and her dad are pretty much just Mia and Erik from 11, design-wise.
For me, it's the mediocre mage
>looking up the best versions of Dragon Quest>apparently I to VI are best played on Moblie of all thingsHuhHow true is this and how do I play mobile games on desktop?
>>544912676>How true is thisEhh. The phone versions of I-III are slightly uglified ports of the SNES remakes, so if you know how to run an emulator and track down an English patch for those that's the better option. The phone versions of IV-VI are nearly direct ports of the DS remakes; mobile IV restores a major feature that was cut from the overseas DS release, but there's a patch that restores that now so it's probably easier just to go with the DS versions.
>>5449126764, 5, and 6, I can accept. They're just the DS remakes with some minor adjustments to remove online functions for unlockables. The first three, however, definitely not.
>>544912676>I to VI are best played on Mobliethat was never true for I to III, and even less so now with the HD2D versions out and about (and even then, the SNES/GBC versions are still better than mobile), but it is true for IV to VI. Mostly cause those are the DS remakes versions but not bogged down by DS capabilities and with new stuff (or restored stuff they retardedly removed from the oversea DS remakes).>how do I play mobile games on desktop?there's android emulators all over, though at this point you should just wait for the 100% happening re-re-remakes, given they're clearly planning to remake every game before XI
>>544913263>just wait for the 100% happening re-re-remakes>wait possibly years to play 20-hour games you can enjoy right nowWhere does this mentality come from
>>544905902No
>More players have beaten Robbin' 'Ood than died onceHow easy is normal difficulty
>>544914574People play with the immortality on so that’s why first deaths aren’t as high as they should be
>>544914574I wouldn't know. I went for Draconian out the gate and have been handed my ass multiple times, but I'm sticking with it no matter what. Currently just reached Cantlin.
>>544912676>1-3SFC >4PS1 version if you can read Jap>5 PS2 version>6SFC version. DS/mobile version is an abject downgrade
>>544913604ye i'm sure he's planning to play 6 games simultaneously>20 hours gamesoh you're just shitposting
This game looks so fucking good on my Odin's oled screen
>I'm not Gwaelin but I can follow you ;)> Inn frame 1 Kek.
>>544914574I'm only playing normal but I just got one shot by this insanely OP shadow only an hour in
>>544915243Last time I played IV it ran me 15 hours before the bad postgame and 20 with that done. V is maybe 25 if you fight the superboss and are very thorough about party chat.
What lvl were you when beating 1? I’m 35 currently and wonder if I should grind
, Why are the games getting reviewbombed so hard on steam? I've only just been playing 2 but the game feels fine
>>544915771NTA but when I played IV it took me around 25-30 hours, and that was with a guide. Not including postgame since I didn't do it.
>>544908051I read a book that said his party members were making scrolls of their abilities it wasn't just Erdrick.
Good god I tried the Famicom Dragon Quest 1 and cannot cope with this boomer shit... this game needed it's remake so hard
>>544916316I was level 40 but I just wanted gigaslash you could probably beat it at 35.
So which of Alef's descendants has faerie blood, then?
>watch the DQXI ending (true)>listen to the credits>why am I suddenly crying?https://youtu.be/OUyOsyvXf9Y?t=789could you imagine had we gotten graphics for the Erdrick trilogy in this style?
>>544917004I took a little longer but I didn't use a guide and there was a period in the middle where I took a break and had zero idea where the fuck to go. I also used the two negros and the fatso so I don't think I had the best party
>>544920743if i were to guess it's that main character from DQ the Mark of Erdrick
>everyone from DQXI is dead by the time Erdrick trilogy comes along. >Erdrea was actually the same world only in 3, just tectonic plates shifted the world. >hargon once had a friend before the events of II and traveled to the world of Alefgard sometime for centuries.do you think the inhabitants of I and II are aware there's a world above them?
>>544920775I can only imagine more remakes in this series' future since XII can't even manage to come out and will basical be the last real game, so I'm sure we'll see full on HD 3D remakes for them all in the 2030s and onward.
I can't believe 4 skeletons and a knight errant are roadblocking me
>>544922538Cop Out worked surprisingly well here.
>>544881124>>544866102bro, your cop out?
Most boss fights feels like luck instead of actual skill in 1. The gargoyle i got to red my first try but now every time after i die before he even gets to yellow.
I really don't understand how they could possibly make 7 paletable... I legitimately still feel like I have trauma from that game and how painful traversing the boring as shit towns were. You had no music variety, the game is unbalanced as fuck with rubbish like the Alltrades Abbey cave boss, nothing happens for tens of hours at a time, and the story isn't even that good. I made it to the last party member, did one more town and just gave up... They also kick out the two best party members leaving you with a furry brat, a boring ojisan, and a Mary Sue
i think we need more spinoffs. what kind of game with veronica and serena be about?
>>544923143>>544923134
>>544923583My mind immediately went to a Musou title... I think there could be space for a mahjong game featuring DQ characters
>>544923826My cop out keeps missing him or he hits through it, again, feels more like luck than skill.
What does /dqg/ feel about Dragon Quest 6? Milly and Ashlyn are adorable. Is it a particularly long DQ?
>>544924093I really like its enemy’s and theme. Great music too. SNES version feels so dreamlike.
>>544923967bro, your luck stat?
>>544924093>What does /dqg/ feel about Dragon Quest 6?I like it. It feels a bit undercooked in places, but it's a solid game. Great soundtrack, much better use of the job system than VII. The characters are only OK, even with party chat in the DS version.>Is it a particularly long DQ?Midrange. It's a fair bit longer than IV or V but not nearly as long as anything that came afterwards (besides singleplayer-only IX I guess).
>>544924535kek
>>544912676>1-3If you want story in your JRPG, play the new remakes. You can do it in the 1-3 order, but Horii rewrote it with an emphasis on going 3 -> 1 -> 2.If you want to be purist and don't need story, the SFC remakes are ideal.>4-6The DS versions are what most people play. 4 needs to be patched to add party chat in, but I'm of the mind that it doesn't matter (pre-patched versions for that exist though).DQ5 does have a PS2 remake with orchestral music, but the DS version adds an additional major character.>7PSX. 3DS adds some things but it streamlines that game a fair bit (and honestly looks uglier with the open world).There is a new remake but it is explicitly labeling itself as a reimagining. >8PS2. >9DS only.>10MMORPG.>11Current steam version.
>Difficulty spike in the desert areaEvery time
>>544926657On the bright side, Grillerpillers are hilariously neutered in this game and not at all a threat by the time they're encountered.
Goodybags would be incredibly deadly if they weren't so prone to running.
>>544927337>slaps you for 80 damage>runs away, refuses to elaborateWhat the FUCK is their problem?
>>544914902Bruh, how much HP does the green dragon have on draconian? I do wildside + boosted dragon slash for like 400 damage every round for like 6 rounds and his HP is still in the yellow.Smug mother fucker just waits for me to deplete my entire MP reserve and crits me to death in 2 hits. Level 25, which I’ve been told is actually over leveled.
>>544923274>the game is unbalanced as fuck with rubbish like the Alltrades Abbey cave bossThat boss is easy though. The real unbalanced part comes from how broken some abilities are and how easily you can steamroll the whole game.
>>544929039I mean the dual boss actually in the caves. They're able to hit over 100 damage at a point of the game where you simply cannot handle it. The trick is to have done casino grinding before going to Alltrades so you have the stronger gear but if you're playing blind you won't know that you're locked into the cave until you beat the cave bosses, the arena, and the pope.
>>544923858>there could be space for a mahjong game featuring DQ charactersBoy anon, do I have a company for you.
>>544929930Mate, you're supposed to lose the first time you fight them its a scripted loss.When you get to fight them for real they deal half as much damage, and iirc you've gor an invincible NPC helper who will attack, heal, and take shots for you
>>544929039That was my main complaint, there was no incentive to give your characters different builds. Everyone ended up spamming the same attack or omni healing when necessary.
Gwaelin metroidvania spinoff
>>544930509No they fcking don't. You're talking about the pig and the tiger right? They do more damage than anything you'll see in the next eight village. The scaling is completely off
>>544932327I just got through that part at level 14-15 a few weeks ago. They're not that tough.
>>544932327Here, you can even see my stats just as soon as I unlocked classes.
Impregnating Gwaelin while her bodyguard is forced to watch vania spinoff
My pp moved when princess cannock chided me for not complementing her clothes
How do you fix the problem 11 has for future installments where you just have four party members who sit idle most of the game?For me, it would be:>back row party members have a small chance to throw a spell or light attack at most once every 5 turns (each, persistent across battles), and get 10% xp (if it's not universally shared already).Like your sage will just throw a light heal every 3-4 turns or something as they see fit.
>>544936980That's been a thing since 4 and I honestly I don't see how that's a problem at all.
>>544936980XI allows you to swap them out during battle even when people get wiped it's a good system
>>544937173It just feels like a massive waste (for XI) when it's such a character driven game for the optimal strategy being half the characters never get used once.
Thoughts on the crafting mechanics in 11?I normally despise crafting in games, since 9/10 times they're just ways to waste your time and add chores to basic gameplay, but I (mostly) enjoyed it here.
>>544938096Even on draconian it's not nearly hard enough for an "optimal" party to make a huge difference. All the characters are useable and I swapped them out pretty often.>>544938837I enjoyed it. In the vanilla version when you had to do it at campsites it was very comfy. It's not something I would want in every game in the series though, and I miss the non-equipment crafting you could do with the alchemy pot in 8.
>>544938096To me the whole point of having a cast of characters that take up more slots than what you have available is to just use your favorites. Its how I play every JRPG, even if my team ends up being the worst possible combination (*cough* Legend of Dragoon *cough*) I can just grind to make up for that.>>544938837Very very fun system, honestly the best crafting the series has had (found out this year the system came from X lol)I very much prefer how it was handled in vanilla where you had to be camping to do it, it created this nice flow where you would reach a new town, learn recipes, then craft everything you can at the next campsite. The crafting anywhere in S feels like a flavor and atmosphere loss on the same level as Zoom letting you pass through ceilings.
>>544938837I enjoyed it more than in 9, at least. God, 9's forging system was fucking horrendous, locking almost every item of value behind having to find materials that are a pain to dig up.
>>544938837It kinda makes money useless I always have almost a million gold in the bank at the end of every playthrough.
What’s max level in 1make? 50?
>>54494222899 for both games
>>544938096>the optimal strategy being half the characters never get used once.That's not true.
>>544943908You swap erik in for bosses and that's about it.
>>544943961Incorrect
>>544939630>The crafting anywhere in S feels like a flavor and atmosphere lossFair, but having to wait five minutes after loading a save to use the forge felt like a pointless stalling tactic.
>>544906083Ultimate distillation of hero genes.He can heal, support, dps, tank, and cast hurtmore.
>>544912676I don't care what anyone says.The best versions are the nes versions.
>>544944268I think it was a decent attempt at discouraging savescumming. Didn't the casinos need 5 minutes to open too?
So can you suicide run for erdrick's sword in charlock in 2dhd?
>Dragonlord and Hargon fuse to become Calasmos and after you beat him Horii show ups to congratulate youKino we were truly a Dragon Quest
>>544913131Not 1 and 2. Those are ports of the earlier feature phone remakes. It's 3 that's a port of the SNES version. Even then I have my suspicions that it's actually a remake itself that just used the existing graphics from the SNES version, because so much was stripped out of the feature phone version that was used as a base for smartphone versions.
Got the achievement for fucking Gwaelin, thanks Horii-san
>>544952164Don't ask me for anything ever again, kiddo.
Jade is so fucking hot... jesus christ... she's triggering my autogynephilia just by looking at her. Imagine how amazing it must feel to have a body like hers!! Such a strong, attractive yet soft body... I'm getting thrown off massively by the cast calling her Martina though, could they not have just kept the name consistent?
>>544936980I feel like Final Fantasy X did a good job with giving you a larger party whilst encouraging you to swap out to each other. If they were to keep more tools locked to certain characters rather than overlapping, evened out levelling so the bench won't fall off, and allowed you to swap party members for free instead of with a turn delay it could work.
Is the drunk king of tantegel related to the old line from Gwaelin's time? Presumably her father had no heir after she went off to found midenhall unless he got another wife after.
>>544954836Besides the no-cost character swapping I hate the way FFX handles it. The characters are simultaneously hyper specialized at taking out specific enemy types but also can be turned into generic omni-characters, it's the worst of all worlds.>evened out levelling so the bench won't fall offBesides some dungeons in earlier games where you can't take the wagon or cases where you have more than 8 characters, this isn't a problem in DQ and I don't think it ever has been.
So does the fucky purple mist thin that keeps showing up have something to do with DQXI (never finished it) or is it the thing in the DQVIIR poster
This is a great fight.
>>544955912That's where I had to drop Draconian, I just could not get an edge in that fight whatsoever.
>>544956189It's a pure luck fight. Spam Cop Out and hope they all murder each other, your stats hardly matter. Still haven't dropped Draconian, like I'll never drop this cutie patootie.
>>544955912
>>544955543It's just a minion of the Dragonlord
>>544955912skissue
>No threesomeWould this be a valid reason to request a refund after the grace period?
beat 1make and i actually really loved everything after getting gwaelin. before it was kind of a mixed bag but after i really really really enjoyed and its probably because i got to spend so much time with her and hear her lovely voice. i might prefer it over the older versions just because of how fucking cute she is.
Is it weird that I like the DQ1 Hero's outfit more than Erdrick's equipment?
>>544943908I can see how that can be the case in other games since in those you do kinda just have roles to fill and can choose who you like to fill them but in 11 everyone has their own sorta things they can do. Maybe more you have a regular encounter party and a boss fight party but you can still mix and match who you bring. All you need is an oompher and a healer.
>>544958564dq1 hero is my favorite design because it actually feels like a knight instead of a twink
>>544954442Give up anon...
>>544955340The party only blends together if you're doing the expert sphere grid which fucks everyone around. With the standard grid, how the game was designed and balanced, everyone has their own roles and highlights at different spots of the game. That goes away in the postgame but I think how a party feels during the main story is more important than when they've been min-maxed
It feels like the people of DQ2 don't even know about the OG Erdrick or his legend just blended with his descendant and got all confused.
>>544954442>Imagine how amazing it must feel to have a body like hers!!i want to have her body (objectifying women)you want to have her body (gender dysphoria)we're not the same>>544958564i do too, i always felt erdrick's armor was a "made for the manual" kind of thing, just a piece of artwork that you're not really supposed to have in game
>>544959925It's bound to happen after such a long time, in a setting without proper record keeping.
It's a shame Martina has nothing going on as a character besides being hot and even her solo character episode was just pornbait.
>>544962286Her name is Jade
>>544962286Yeah, she ended up really lame. Prior to release I was sure I'd be using the hottie in my team, but after release she was literally the last character I'd want to use because I liked everyone else more as characters. Even in act 2 by time you get her you already have a full squad, so she just went right back on the bench.
Were those switch 2 ports real? Is Gravity Rush actually coming to switch 2? Been wanting to replay the games.
>>544955912I've noticed there are a lot of bosses in DQ1where it seems optimal to spam Cop Out. Not sure how I feel about that.
>>544962286She's got a great design, an attractive voice in both versions, and in-game she's legitimately quite a cool girl. I also want to have her body just to see if I'd finally become popular if I were a cute, hot girl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA2hUWrRkXo
I enjoy the dub cast. That's a taboo on 4chan. Should I kms?Moonbrooke saying "sweet coz" was cute as fuck
The difficulty in this game fucking sucks. The only two things that work even a little bit in the final bosses are cop out and wild side everything else sucks>Oh but you just gotta strategizeFuck you, I have all the best equipment and the dragonlord just two shots me with his bite attack. The only thing that can avoid that is cop out and it doesn't work half the time. If you out there think this is strategy based you are fucking stupid. You either keep trying until the rng is on your side or you grind a fuckton.
>>544966685Nah, DQ's dubs are mostly pretty good. I really dig the bong VAs. The HD-2D ones aren't quite as well done as the higher profile games (and the choices of which scenes are voiced or not are really strange sometimes, though I assume that's a universal problem) but they have their moments.
>>544967045I find that Wild Side is a waste of MP when you're solo. By the time you've got the power to strike twice, the enemy group/boss has hit you many more times and then you usually have to waste the effect on a forced double-hit of Heal.
>>544967045There is a pattern to his bite. Everytime he buffs himself, he will use the bite next. I murdered him on my second attempt but then again I did have War Drum and was level 43.
Any reason to NOT use scrolls as soon as you find them?
>>544968581forgot to add, make sure to use Defending Champion on those turns after he Oomphs/Accelerates himself.
>>544969085For DQ1, there is not.
>>544967689That's where you're wrong.>Wild side>get hit down to yellow>now you can do your boosted mooves>double double-dragon slash to hit the green dragon for 600 damage>boosted sizzle to nuke the field>get the duplic hat>go up to the dragonlord and double double kazapple (boosted) bolt from the blue him>he takes 2400 damage and is paralyzednothing peronel
>>544971551I use it, all I get is killed during the activation turn.
>>544972064I see. So what you're saying is you're incapable of doing any fight where you don't instantly one-shot the boss.That sounds like a skill issue indeed.
>>544956537Her heavy highness...
>>544972193Yes.
>>544972603bro, your dracky quest + invincibility settings?
banging Moonbrooke on the ruined throne....
>>544972801Still losing, yes.
The sigils remind me of the way badges worked in ye olde Pokemon, when they gave you nebulous stat boosts. I think they stopped doing that, anyway...
the bumpkin "foight foight an' foight some more!" vs. the royal "thou art a hero indeed!"
>beat the lumpmage>peronel cryingbros... >>544973968Huh, I thought they just made the pokemon not disobey you that was a kino system btw, where high level pokemon would sometimes just say fuck you and do whatever they wanted
>>544975314In Gens 1-3, four badges would each give a roughly 10% boost to a stat. And not only that but in Gen 2 every badge boosted the strength of moves of the same type theme of the badge. So the Thunder badge boosted Electric moves.Gen IV scrapped the mechanic, and replaced it with stores increasing their stock as you collected more badges.
>>544976635The stat boosts from badges were essentially mandatory to compensate for the wonky level curve of the original Johto games. The DS remakes removed the boosts but didn't rescale any of the Pokemon, making for a harder time keeping up.
i keep getting knight aberrant to yellow health with cop out until he crits me and cop out doesn't work. or his snooze will actually proc for once. how much health does he have? level 26 here on draconian btw
>>544808242where do you get the spike armor?
https://files.catbox.moe/zl70kn.jpg
it keeps happening
>>544987610is there an actual way you're supposed to beat this guy that isn't cop out spam + rngor like several other bosses for that matter
Somebody tombolapill me.
For a while there I thought the mirages in the Dark Souls 2 foggy woods were infinite like that boss battle in DQ3 and I'd have to somehow wipe three out in the same turn. I genuinely started to wonder if I'd have to grind for Kazap or Gigaslash.
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>>544988290After some trial and error I entered the battle with half HP and was able to take them all out at the same time with 3 boosted gust slashes. It was pretty touch and go though. Draconian mode along with the new story additions really took DQ1 from ultra comfy to ultra grim dark.
>>544981816Secret spot south of Weeping Isle, in the area that looks kind of like a desert maze.
>How do I beatDracky mode.>Anyone else having trouble with Dracky mode. >This game fucking sucks, it’s 100% rng bas-Dracky mode.
>>544993857based
decided to play III for the first time since I saw people saying you should play it before I-II HDholy shit I should've played this sooner, I'm still really early (heading down to the pyramid to get the magic key right now) but it's fucking awesome
>Dungeons in DQ2 remake Alefgard are nearly picked clean with already opened treasure chests after 2 generations of Erdrick looted themNice touch it never makes sense when new treasure appears in old ruins.
>>544982834Erik is my favourite DQ heroine
Why did they make the game so glossy...? It hurts my eyes to play. I'm loving the actual gameplay and story additions in 2 but the eyestrain is bad.
>>544987883I haven't gotten to him yet, but why does everyone seem to want to spam cop out and not bother with dodgy dance? I just beat Robbin Ood and the dance carried hard in that fight.
>>544965224you'd become popular among the bottom of the barrel creeps, is that what you want?
> Be me, level 13, saying to myself "Man I'm getting through this game just fine"> On my way to rimuldar> Get my assed handed to meThe game humbled me, second time I've died lol (playing on normal). Guessing I should grind to level 16 before continuing to progress right? I ended up making it to the town.
>>544987610game's too easy bvos!!
>>545009236Yes, because even if you're a bottom of the barrel creep I think you're worthy of love. Think of how many lives I could make better if I were gifted with Jade's attractive body!!
Is 11 better to play in English or with the Japanese dub? Which one sounds nicer and gives a better experience
>>545021250English.Even if you play with Japanese dub, you're going to see the English accented oi guv and such text, and that text is objectively better to be listened to than read.
Is it worth the 60 dollars?
>>545023938Yes
>>544924093Good game in a vacuum. Bad DQ game. It feels a bit rushed sometimes. It also suffers from a launch placement, considering it came just after the series peak (3-5).
>>544924093I like it more than 5.
>>544924093It's an acceptable game, but you can tell this was a rush job, likely due to the DQ team still being burned out from working on Chrono Trigger.
In 1 and 2 remake it seems like you can cast kabuff as many times as you want to raise your defence, I just beat a bat boss that was hitting hard until I casted it every turn.
>>544924093I enjoyed it as a basically prototype of 7 (which is my favorite DQ) but I'd still call 6 a mid tier DQ overall.
>>544997729I’m glad you’re having fun, anon. It’s a pretty comfy game.
How should I distribute my scrolls in 2?
>>544924093It's my second favorite DQ game (3 being first). I enjoyed the world and atmosphere of the game, and I like that you can genuinely get lost in the world, be forced to figure things out yourself. The soundtrack is the best in the series for me. Classes and monster recruitment are an immediate plus too. It's a shame the DS version made the game worse. I genuinely think it's a stronger game than some of the more popular titles like DQ5 or 8, but because you don't have your hand held and there's less emphasis on characters it gets overlooked.
>>545036885>It's a shame the DS version made the game worseWhat made it worse?
>>544924093Ptsd from it never being translated so I never gave it a chance because I played a lot of games where he translation just stops or all dialog is gone a quarter of the way through the game.
VI is better than VII.
So many cute japanese dq fans on twitter
>>545038370>graphics directly lifted from the previous two DS remakes, absolutely no attempt to recreate the look or feel of the original which had a more muted palette lending to its overall somber atmosphere>music tries to be a mishmash of the orchestral and the SFC soundtracks, without really reaching the heights of both and overall just feels sloppy>skills and spells are now put into one menu because ???>instead of expanding on monster recruitment, they basically gutted itOutside of some minor QoL it's pretty half assed with some baffling changes, a stark contrast to the prior DQ remakes which only added on and expanded.
>>545035747I give all the magic ones to Moonbrooke and all the melee ones to Midenhall. The rest can go to the other two.
>>545040741>graphics directly lifted from the previous two DS remakesBut at least Terry actually has a battle sprite now.
God, they REALLY want you to strangle yourself on the cords of that damn harp in DQ1. What was wrapped up by about the midpoint is dragged out to almost the entirety of the whole game.
>[Hero] blows gently on the faerie flute.>"NO MERCY!!!"
Great now the Cannocks are 3-5 levels behind the other two after dealing with the situation and recruiting the princess.
>>545040741Oh, okay. I was mainly curious if it impacted my experience woth the game, but none of that is too big of a deal for me, especially the monster recruitment since I did not get along well with DQV.
I'm a genius!
Oh no!
heh just as intended
How many days would it take to beat DQ1 HD? Could I beat it before the new hyrule warriors? Because I'd hate to have to stop playing DQ1 in the middle of it.
>>545058027It's around 20 hours long for a thorough playthrough there's no postgame
Just how CUTE(!) is Princess Moonbrooke?
>>545060150i heard she looks like a real dog
>>545061387Down there*Oops, forgot to clarify
>>545058027It took me around 20 hours to 100% it on draconian.I imagine you could easily beat it within 12 to 15 hours if you played on normal. If you’re a vet I’d strongly recommend draconian though.
Do we need to reevaluate Alef/Solo’s standing among the heroes now? Where do you place him?
>>545021250Japanese, if youre not eng use another language for text, english dub and texts are a load of horseshit with the stiff fake voice acting and text filled with accents, even languages besides eng had the brilliant idea to tone done that shit
The skeleton boss in 1 hd is not that bad when you start using powered up skills. I feel dumb for actually engaging with this mechanic so late in the game, as it seems to be pretty helpful for the harder bossfights
>>545067142I just cop out spammed him. I think the skill is almost too useful in several fights.
>>545067142The MP costs and requirement to have a buff that only lasts a couple turns (Sitting below 50% health is often certain death) makes them kind of a big ask to actually use.
I really like the dream-voice Fairy girl. I can't really put my finger on it, but something about her personality really makes me feel...primal.
I was planning on waiting for a sale, but DQ1 HD sounds like its really fun.
>>545058027i spent 22 hours playing it but took my time with it.
>>545069231first 5 hours are kind of whatever but i really liked everything after! cop out should get nerfed though
>>545069231It's a lot of fun, I have my own issues with it but I'm enjoying it a lot. I think DQ3 first went on sale like...7 or 8 months after release? If you really wanna wait that long.
I do wonder if DQ2 HD will move up in people's ranks after they are done with it. It's not a widely loved game compared to other entries, but with the more fleshed out characters and dialogue, among the qol stuff, will it become a more loved title?
>>545069698I was considering that they might put it on sale since christmas was coming soon but then again the game is far too new.
>DQ1 Kandar is a descendant of the original Kandar>one of gaming's most iconic bara beefcakes canonically had sex with a w*manHorii went too far with all these new story additions.
>>545070072I'm actually really enjoying 1 so much now, if 2 is just as good then its funny to think that 5 is going to be moving down under them to being my most disliked DQ.
>>545070736result of fem roto and her all-woman party being defeated and raped by him and his boys, please understand
>>545070072I feel like if they had another year to develop 2 originally, it would feel exactly like a proto-3. 2 is a huge upgrade from 1. It just had balancing issues.
>Gwaelin holds the torch in dungeonsCUTE
>Character(s) just standing on the World Map and listening to music in DQ1 and 2 (post getting the Princess) while I do other things around the houseI will never tire of these themes.
>>545075242imagine the whiffs of her stinky pits you get with her arms raised
>>545023938It's the worst version of 1 and a quaint version of 2 lol. I'd say wait for a sale desu. By then they'll have patched some of the more questionable stuff
>>545070072I already liked DQ2 quite a bit. As far as I'm concerned the game was already fully realized with the SFC remake, and I'd argue that some aspects are done better in 2 than in later titles. Once they start adding new party members, cutscenes, skills, etc., you're not playing DQ2, you're playing a different game with its name. DQ2 was a lot more tightly designed than people give it credit for. Yes the enemies in the end game of the Famicom version were a bit overtuned, but the game already accomplished what it set out to do for the most part.
>>545039987Damned by faint praise. 7 is pure dogshit
I'm playing DQ2 for the first time ever with this release. I had such a smile on my face when I realized I just sailed into the DQ1 map.
>>545069168All the fairies made my dick hard with the japanese voices.I would love arm-twister to wrench my arm out of it's socket while she rides me
>>545080538>tfw you realize dq1 hero went out and conquered the largest continent in the world to start his empire.
>>545080090>It's the worst version of 1I genuinely cannot fathom how anyone thinks this. Original 1 is such a dreadful slog to play, there's no meat to it, its a glorified grinding simulator.
I'm not gonna say the bosses in nu-DQ1 are unfair, but the hard rule I kept to in DQ3 about not using rematch is right out the window.
>>545080950What do you think Gwaelin was like in bed? Aggressive or boringly passive?
>>545080090>its the worst version of 1i find that hard to believe
>>545081101He probably got filtered
So a DQ8 remake will probably be sometime in 2028? Honestly, all they would need to do to satisfy me is just put the 3DS editions in the PS2 version (with the orchestrated music) and bring that to consoles. Really no need for an entirely new engine IMO.
>>545082465Sounds more like that guy you're replying to got filtered by every other version of DQ1
Oh fuck off... Jade sisterzoned me!! How am I gonna fap to her now!?
>>545084040I beat the original NES version. The new remake trounces it in every aspect, its easily the best video game remake of this decade.DQ1 is finally a good game and not something you play just to say you beat it.
DQ1 HD is a good game but it's the first DQ remake that's such a different experience from the original that it feels totally separate. I don't know how else they could have done it, but you still have to play the real thing to play the real thing.
>>545084905DQ1 is meant to be a short and sweet game but the new one trashes that aspect. That's the real killer I'd say
>>545085713I played like a completionist autist on draconian and it was still 7 hours. That's roughly how long my first playthrough of dq1 took.
I think people are looking at it the wrong way. Even the best remake cannot replace the original. At best they can stand next to them, acting as a sidegrade. It's simply more of the same great thing, wrapped up in a different package.
Gwaelin who? Fairy wife is the better route.
>Skelegon twins hit me with 3 freezing blizzards in one turnI see
Does anyone know what the new level cap in DQI is? I'm at Lv.45 before the Dragonlord, but I was thinking about grinding some cash and filling out my Items Collected list. Also, it's impossible to get the Snoop Scroll and Elfin Elixir without returning the Princess home, isn't it?
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What is the /dqg/ mandated party lineup for 11? All the girls? One of the Erik hypercarry teams? Magic with Rab?
>>545074231The lads would never. Aileen and her crew of sadistic bandit molesters were the one’s who took advantage.
>>545088656Idk, for me it wasAct 1: Hero, Erik, Veronica, SerenaAct 2: Hero, Erik, Hendrik, SerenaAct 3: Hero, Erik, Hendrik, Rab
Oh God, they’re gonna make Middenhall and Cunnock an item, aren’t they?
>>545089430They're family
>>545089592Yea, in the Alabama sense of the word.
>>545088656Hero, Veronica, Serena, Jade, Gemma
>>545090204We were robbed
>>545090204i adore how the 3ds version looks
>>545088656Veronica would NOT make a good wife.
>>545082074NTA but she's totally an absolute succubus in the sack, iirc the GBC version implies you literally spent the entire night banging nonstop if you rest at an inn with her
>>545087276There are ice-reduction earrings past the swamp south of Cantlin. If you bumrush past the blue dragons and trolls you can probably sneak in and grab it, it makes that set of fights a whole lot easier.
>>545088656Hero, Erik, Sylvando, Veronica/Serena depending on where you’re at in the game
>>545091957Ah, I went that way before I even got to Cantlin but I zoomed to safety after I got the 9k gold (?) in the secret area and never came back.
I'm assuming you can't beat DQ2 without de-cursing Prince Cannock this time, right?
i'm turning off draconian.
>>545093819Understandable, I think no less of you. I, however, will not.
>>545093819filtered
>>545089430Not much point keeping the bloodline pure when it's already so diluted it takes 4 people to be equal to the guy who solo'd a game.
>>545094335Even the original Erdrick couldn't do it all alone in canon. Solo is simply a mutant among his bloodline.
>>545094249Phase two Dragonlord on Draconian is really rough. Is stat growth still determined by your character's name like in older versions? Because Resilience is noticeably lower than the rest of them for me, and almost every hard encounter has boiled down to how lucky I get with Dodgy Dance procs. If Dragonlord manages to double chomp me on the same turn, I just lose.
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>>545094609>Resilience is noticeably lower than the rest of them for meMine also looks like that, and anon posted something similar earlier. I think he's just brittle.
I dunno if it's any different in the Japanese script, but I like how it's clarified that the Scion of Erdrick created his own kingdom, and then a few generations down the line, his descendants established the three kingdoms we know from II.For a long time I've heard people say that the Scion established the three kingdoms himself, and that always seemed odd to me.I'd love to hear the stories of the foundation of each kingdom, though. And maybe what happened to the Scion's original kingdom. Guess it fell into ruin.
>>545094609>Is stat growth still determined by your character's name like in older versions?No. They're apparently all randomized at the start.
>>545094848I would assume Midenhall was the original kingdom since the Japan version calls it Lorasia after Princess Lora (a reference which got lost when she was renamed to Gwaelin).
>>545095243Aha, that's why I wondered if it was different in Japanese. English paints it as the first kingdom to spring up after the Scion's original kingdom.That's a big reference to lose, but maybe they just shifted it. Gawain, the name being used for the Prince of Middenhall in advertising, is basically the masculine version of Gwaelin. The only problem is that name isn't pre-entered like the cousins are.
>>545095243Yeah, makes sense to me.Midenhall = maidenhall = boy I sure do love fucking gwaelin, and this is the castle where I do it
Man, the Knight Aberrant was a nail-biter. Somehow I nearly spent all my MP on Cop Out. Without the Spiked Armor I'm not sure I would've made it.
>>545094521Ortega went solo most of the time that's who he takes after
>>545095914The Spiked Armor -> Erdrick's Armor pipeline is real.
>>545095668>i've been spelling it middenhall with two ds forever>this is the post that made me realize I was wrong all these yearsman, what the fuck
>Abel has a shit life, seeing his father die and is then imprisoned>some people choose to have him marry pic related Why do you chose to have him endure so much suffering bros.....
>>545098654If he can endure 10 years of enslavement, he can endure her.
>>545098654Like Solo, Fiveo understands the pleasure of carrying your cute wife around.
There are too many Solos. They need to fight it out until one survives solo...wait what the fuck is this captcha
>accidentally use Wild Side again after using Wild Side last turn>Because of Wild Side, I use Wild Side twice90 MP>>545101302The sound you make when Deb sits on your face.
>>545098654That's simply his lot in life
>>545098654Oh, no! A beautiful wife and kids! How awful!
>>545101302ive never heard alef referred to as solo till recently, solo has always been the name for ivs male protag
>>545103678It's the name being used in HD 2D promo screenshots for 1's hero, in both English and Japanese.
>>545089592Nobody tell this guy what IRL royalty are.
>>545102258why do people think Maribel stinks?
did the devs know of the all-mighty channel anger ladies first magic burst elfin elixir repeat strategy when they designed ladies first?
ive never played dragonquest which one should I play
>>545108092Probably 11
>>545108092XI, or if you want something faster paced and don't mind a tiny bit of effort you could try IV for DS (preferably with the party chat patch).I still think IV is the best DQ for first timers and it's really annoying that the front-loaded translation and party chat thing make it harder to recommend, and if it gets remade it'll probably be twice as long.
>>545108624Just get the Mobile release for DQ4 if desperate. It's the DS game and already has Party Chat built in with no hacking required, and it admittedly plays competently enough on a phone.
>>545104892She’s a fishmonger’s daughter? Plus she just look like she stinks.
Moonbrooke is like the Punisher now lmao
>>545094521>has speaking linesWhat the fuck is his problem?
>>545110591I thought she was the mayor's daughter
>>5450948482make explicitly says Midenhall was the first kingdom
>>545110863Top fishmonger in charge, she’s still the daughter of a fishmonger. And she smells like it too.
Can I grab the treasures in Tantegel Castle without returning Gwaelin?
>>545094609Looks like you can collect the items behind the ultimate key door in Tantagel Castle during the ending sequence. Unfortunately, it seems like the second Princess's Necklace during the ending doesn't count. If you want true 191/191 item completion, you need to deliver her home.
