Is this a misunderstood masterpiece like Majora's Mask or is it rightfully hated for being shit?
>>4131230It's basically, "What if BoF was a roguelike, complete with post-death progression systems?" Considering how prolific roguelikes are today it could be argued that DQ was ahead of it's time. (Similar, yet different, situation with FF13 and it's battle system which is basically an auto-battler, that genre has taken off these days, and in a sense it was also ahead of it's time.) Ultimately though BoF is about being a power fantasy, and while all dragon transformation systems have guardrails in place to prevent overuse... the guardrails in DQ feel bad because the inch you closer to a game over which is unlike any other game prior. Sure, DQ is built with the idea of unlocking things after deaths and even starting with better gear you banked, but was that the experience your average BoF player wanted at the time?Not really.You tack on the fact you can't even save without consuming a resource and that is just one too many smacks to the face. For BoF fans who like roguelikes it's a welcome remix of the two. To just plain BoF fans who have no interest in roguelike gameplay... I think they'd rather play BoF1 over it and that's rough man. BoF1 definitely shows it's age.
>>4131230It's good. Not a masterpiece, but it's the best BoF game.>>4131255"BoF fans" are a worthless demographic so taking a risk at their expense was worth it
>>4131230Yes.
>>4131230literally nobody has ever heard of this game
>>4131323The box art is hideous Square getting an actual artist was unirionically one of their better moves
Awful playing blind or new.Fun and good once it clicks
>>4131397>Square getting an actual artist was unirionically one of their better movesSquare?
>>4131409Final fantasy box arts
>>4131427>Final fantasy box artsWhat does that have to do with a Capcom game?
>>4131397Only mutts got hideous box art.
>>4131436People would have bought dragon quarter more if it didn't have such an ugly box artIt mattered back then before constant internet access reviews were a thing
>>4131230It's fineLuring enemies into a bomb trap is fun and the exploration is tense, but character movesets are way too boring, the pseudo-tactical system is wasted with fast bosses that you can't really position against, and while clobbering bosses in 1 turn with the dragon mode is very satisfying, the D-counter feels too oppressive to ever use it even occasionallyI wish other developers ripped it off to try to spin it in a more traditional setting
>>4131274Bofags liked cuck quarter. That's why it's shit. They also sharted on 6 despite having the best gameplay for non brainlets>>4131448>Plain symbol Bofags everyone.
>>4131519Speaking of mutts.
>>4131521Mutts liked dragon quarter the most, wannabe brownoid. Crapcop is literally to laterally the muttlarp Japanese company. Whites and Asians with brains preferred 6. You see that now with gachas.
>>4131522You've posted twice and both posts are nothing but mindrotted toxicity and buzzwords. Took a wrong turn from /v/?
>>4131521>ToxicYou retards started it with shitting on 6, Fagroid. My favorite game in the franshise is dead because of 4 and 5 fags. I'm so glad the leaks revealed crapcom's next breath of fire is a another gacha. Least the best mc can be get the respect he deserves
What a dumb bait.
>>4131541You killed my favorite mobile jrpg. Fuck you, burgerfag
>>4131522>be me>played 3, was fun>then played 1 and 2, was fun>played demo of 4 but was getting too old for JRPGs by then, never bought or finished it>never even heard of “Dragon Quarter” outside of /vrpg/Simple as
>>4131230Yes. Simple but effective story, cool mechanics that you don't see often and don't often see combined, and the art is great. It doesn't play at all like the other BoF games and the tone is also vastly different, so it's understandable to be disappointed or not interested if you're a BoF superfan. But there's no use being bootyblasted about it now.
>>4131230>misunderstood masterpieceobviously yeah since right after DQ that dev team went to help develop dead rising and look how that got received, despite having very similar game structure and meta progression focus.
>>4131230It's kinda both. Once you "get it" a lot clicks, but then you remember how much the game makes you effectively grind before you get it
>>4131230I would be seen in a better light if it didn't carry the Breath of Fire name
>>4131836>despite having very similar game structureDR didn't have a "if you do this, you speed up the game over counter" mechanic that DQ had so that was one mistake that they corrected when going from DQ to DR
>>4131912DR didn't have a developer-sanctioned cheat button to win any fight in the game, either.Game breaking powers need game breaking consequences.
>>4131912>DR didn't have a "if you do this, you speed up the game over counter" mechanicit did, it was called "rescuing survivors/killing psychos at the expense of scoop timer"
>>4131914This.It should also be noted that if one simply saves the dragon form for the bosses--which is what most people did in the other games anyway--the game was balanced that you'd have more than enough D-counter to still win the game. The game does want you to use the dragon transformation.
>>4131230It's the best game in the series by far, and an excellent RPG in general.
>>4132084>The game does want you to use the dragon transformation.So it wants you to speed up the game over counter.>>4132050>it did, it was called "rescuing survivors/killing psychos at the expense of scoop timer"you can do both at the same time
>>4131230I bought it for 10 bucks and played for a bit but it didn't click with me. Its too different from its beloved predecessors I don't know how they couldn't have expected backlash
>>4131230Did people like Lightning Returns?
>>4132931The people who actually played it: yesThe people who LARP as having played it: no
It's like Unlimited SaGa in that it's shit, then as you play it enough it becomes good, but if you KEEP playing it then it kinda becomes shit again because you've learned too much of how it works and can see the flaws more clearly now.
