>No voice acting >MIDI soundtrack Why is this hyped again?

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Really disappointed in the midi soundtrack. Being conservative when it comes to game mechanics is fine, but the midi music in contrast in the gorgeous PS4 graphics is jarring.

>>379457543
It's not being hyped if I have no fucking idea what this is.

WESTERN RELEASE NEVER EVER

>>379457753
Which is strange since DQH2 straight up has both of those.

I have a PC and PS4, what Dragon Quest game can/should I play?

I've never played one before and really want to

>>379458027
Emulate DQ5 (DS), DQ8 (PS2) and DQ9 (DS)

Those are arguably the best ones. 8 is the most "newbie friendly" since it has the best production values.

>>379457543
The western release will have voice acting and orchestrated music

>>379457753
Please keep to Final fantasy.

You literally made this thread yesterday.

>>379458027
4 will always be the best to start with

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>>379457753
>gorgeous
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>>379457543
Actually I'm disappointed with the Midi, lack voice acting and free style mode

fucking nips I swear

>>379458027
DQ8 is the best entry for newcomers but DQ3 (SNES), DQ4 (DS) and DQ5 (DS/PS2) are fine too

>>379457753
Kill yourself any time.

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>>379457543
Ironically, MIDI music is usually the best.

>>379458264
>>379458132
>>379458329
try hopping off the spectrum, sperglords.

>>379459615
>complains about midi music
The only one sperging here is (You).

>>379459615
Don't argue with DQtards.
They're allergic to any form of change, even good change'

>>379459712
Orchestra music is superior. Just one reason why DQ8 is the most popular one.

>>379457543
I don't think people use actual midi music since the sega genesis.
It's sampled stuff with free range of instruments, sometimes with GREAT results like chrono cross, but well, if you don't pick the samples well...

>>379458264
Literally what? This looks like one of the most beautiful games of all time

Voice acting is a dumb shitty meme.

Because nigger some people just want to go on a big adventure

>nearly all of the most memorable video game soundtracks are synth

oh no how will i go on

lack of voice acting would suck though, if only because it'll mean that we get more insufferable text accents.

>>379458027
Play NES DQ1 like a man

>>379459818
DQ8 was popular because it came out in the right time in the right market, with a FF12 demo no less. Not because of the music.

>>379457543
>complains about midi
>doesn't know what midi is

Try again.

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>>379457543

>Voice acting and soundtrack are the highest priorities for a video game

Narrative fags fuck off.

>>379460242
Literally this

>>379457753
>gorgeous
>Not PC
please end yourself.

Synthetic music can sound really good. It's not 1980 anymore. Most games have synthetic OSTs

>>379458272
>>379458101
do people not like 6? that was my favorite

>>379457543
Imagine Chrono Trigger with these graphics

>>379459780
what does dairy queen have to do with anything? this isn't /ck/ you know

>>379460115
>text accents
what do you mean? they would voice those accents too. didn't you play heroes? also I don't get why it's a complaint. they're funny and I can read them just fine. maybe it's because I'm not retarded

Should I play the game boy versions of Dragon Quest 1 and 2 or should I play the super famicom versions?

>>379457543
>No voice acting
but this is a good thing

>>379461426
V has waifus, 8 has the best graffix and IX has character creation.

6 is okay but doesn't really have anything memorable. The ending isn't impactful , Terry is a lame fag, the villain is boring, Carver is cool but doesn't really have much of a story arc, there aren't any good towns or villages, stupid stealth part, etc, etc.

It isn't a bad game but still the weakest in the series

>>379461426
The dream world was confusing at times, because both looked quite similar. Still great game, tho

>>379457543
MIDI soundtracks are where it's at

>>379461859
The gameboy remake is based off of the SNES remake, so you're probably good to go with whatever version you prefer. The gameboy one might have a few quality of life improvements, don't quite remember.

>>379457543
>No voice acting
>MIDI soundtrack
Sounds perfect, already filtering casuals like you, OP.

>>379462308
GB had tedious text boxes, and horrible map

>>379457543
So you don't know shit about MIDIs? Cool

>>379457543
Because you're a stupid, no taste faggot.

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>>379457543
I'm wondering for decades why DQ is so liked. Is it just the Famitsu after all?

Didn't even finish DQ8. Such a boring shit game. There is literally not one game from SE that isn't shit. Should have known better.

>>379458264
As someone who will play the 3DS for classic mode, Im still amazed at how good this shit looks on PS4.

>No voice acting
>Don't have to put up with overly repeating battle lines if there are any.
>Don't have to put up with slow dialogue being cut as I advance text boxes.
>Don't have to put up with half of discussion threads being dub vs sub shit if the game heads Westward.
>Devs can focus on the fucking game instead of "Look, we spent a huge chunk of the budget on popular seiyuus!"

I'm sorry, I don't see how no voices is a bad thing.

>>379462817
>SE
If you dont like them its ok, nigger. Some of us just want the sense of adventure we get from DQ and other RPGs.

>>379458403
This
and voice acting in localized Jap games is usually retarded anyways

>>379461972
the ending was impactful to me because I had a crush on ashylnn at the time, I have a soft spot for angsty type edgy characters, 4 and 9 are the only ones with villains more interesting than standard evil god anyway, following that guy was annoying though.

>>379461317
Yeah it's good.

But to even try to imply that it's as good as orchestral is fucking faggotory and I will kill you.

>>379457543
Nothing wrong with no voice acting, dumbass faggot op. Did you come here from a youtube comment section or something, because you seem mentally impaired.

>>379463131
Play Xenoblade if you want a sense of adventure. Actually an innovative concept/world building. Not just generic fields and Dragon Ball clones hunting some shitty clown or something.

>>379463257
Yeah, I did actually come from a youtube comment section.

>>379457543
It's not hyped.

>>379463370
Xenoblade is a straight line from start to finish. You even have a fucking arrow on your screen pointing where the next cutscene is. There's no sense of adventure there.

>>379463517
this desu

>>379462308
Doesn't the fan translation of 2 on the SFC have a gamebreaking bug?

>>379457543
>No voice acting
Good, VA is the cancer killing gaming.

>>379459780
The whole point of DQ games is the fact that they resist change. If you want change then stick to Final Fantasy which likes to reinvent the wheel with every release.

>midi meme

OH boy, this again.

>>379457543
>No voice acting
>MIDI soundtrack

That's why.

>>379457543
>wanting voice acting

Fucking disgusting casuals.

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>>379457543
Because it's a series for literal autists. Not figurative autists, literal autists who legitimately ree at any form of change.

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VII>III=IV>V>VIII>I>II

Never played VI or IX but plan to.

>>379465254
Every game has either added something new or reworked a previous idea though. Maybe do some research before you shitpost.

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>>379465424
There's minor changes, they are literally different games. But you're lying to yourself if you think the games aren't defined by their reluctance to change with the times.

>>379465254
>>Kingdom Hearts fan

>>379457543
Dragon Ball Z looks different

>>379465672
>namefag is retarded
Wow I've never seen this before.

>>379465656
No need to fix what isn't broken. DQ is just a sillier, more Japanese inspired take on the classic crpg genre. It worked when it came out and works now, why should they change?

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>>379457543
THERE BETTER BE A WESTERN RELEASE

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>>379465765
There is a need to evolve, however. We have plenty of titles which are more engaging for any one of a number of reasons. Dragon Quest deliberately does not do anything to make a better game because as I said, it's a series for literal autists who can't appreciate anything which they haven't already grown up with.

Also, calling DQ a CRPG is fucking retarded.

Is the 3DS version even coming over or is it PS4 at best? I'd rather keep it a bit more classic if the only thing the PS4 version has going for it is an "attempt" at graphics porn.

>>379465424
>VII is the best

Are you fucking kidding me? It's one of the worst.

III is pretty good, but you should kill yourself for putting VII above VIII.

>>379465759
Did that hit too close to home, Kingdom Kid?

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>>379465973
I said it was based on crpgs, not is one.

Whatever, your opinion. Just don't come here and feel the need to shitpost because people enjoy something you don't. If you don't like DQ that's cool but maybe you shouldn't enter a DQ thread then.
>>379466201
VII is fucking amazing, easily is what I consider the best of the entire series. I played VIII later on after I had already played a few DQ games and personally found it pretty boring and too simplified, not terrible but not the typical quality DQ games have.

>>379465973
(You)

>>379457543

>No voice acting
That's one of the best things about it. I bet you're one of the idiots who asked for voice acting in Zelda. And look where that got us.

Sadly, when the game gets released to the west, they'll probably add voices to it. Shitty cockney dub too.

>MIDI soundtrack
It's synth, not MIDI. And every Japanese game except DQX had it. Its part of their nostalgia. But that doesn't mean a western release won't have orchestrated music.

>>379466541
Looks like it's a thread complaining about DQ to me. I answered the question in the OP.

>>379466637
>But that doesn't mean a western release won't have orchestrated music.
it won't

>>379457543
>wanting voice acting
you people sicken me. voice acting has ruined video games

>>379465973
>Japanese inspired take on the classic crpg genre
>calling DQ a CRPG is fucking retarded.
Can you not read? He didn't say it was a crpg.
>There is a need to evolve, however
And Square Enix already does that with Final Fantasy and their other franchises. The fact that you don't like DQ's gameplay doesn't mean it needs to radically change. Even from a business perspective, they have better series to experiment with whatever wacky new idea crosses their minds. A lot of people like turn-based RPG's, and there's no need for DQ to deviate from that.

>>379457543
>MIDI soundtrack

Why they keep doing this?

>>379466671

And you're basing this on?

>>379466637
>And every Japanese game except DQX had it
DQ5 PS2 too.

>>379466923
They changed the music for the 3ds remakes from orchestral to synth instruments.
Just going by the most recent entries we got, I'm pessimistic.

>>379457543
>MIDI soundtrack
Nice of you to show us that you don't know what you're talking about immediately instead of halfway through the thread

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>>379466541

>DQVIII
>not terrible but not the typical quality DQ games have.

You're right. It had even higher quality than an already amazing series. It effectively combined all the best ideas of the past games except the class system and polished them even more. It's also one of the best examples of taking a 2D series and transitioning it into 3D, as things like exploration and world design actually got gameplay improvements going into 3D.

It also fixed the major flow problems DQVII had. The introduction of the skill system meant you didn't have to return to the Dharma Temple to change classes. Your skills were on your character at all times. And you could unlock any of them in any order, not just in a class tree. This simple change allowed for all the back tracking and wasted EXP to be removed. Thereby allowing the player to just focus on moving forward.

Is there any word on them doing a switch version of 11?

>>379466541
>VII is fucking amazing, easily is what I consider the best of the entire series.

I can't even. I've played every game in the series except for IV, VI, and X. Why I hate VII:

>Terrible class system (in both versions)
>terrible characters
>awful pacing, job system is introduced far too late, the only actual character (who is still shit) leaves and never returns because he wants pussy
>disjointed, forgettable story
>The easiest DQ i've played thus far, though I do suspect that's because I played the remake
>going a solid 1/3 of the game with 3 characters and then getting 2 more at the end

I will say I think the game did have some interesting parts, but those were few and far between. They certainly weren't enough to overcome the game's shortcomings.

I'm sorry you're blinded by nostalgia or have shit taste.

>>379467129

>They changed the music for the 3ds remakes from orchestral to synth instruments.
That made no sense I will admit. But they blamed it on the localization team. And given how often the localization team fucks things up just so they can change something, I would tend to believe that. Going by their history, I would imagine the localization team would change the music to orchestrated just because the Japanese version had Synth. That's how they think.

>>379467204
Top tier post

>>379466637
DQVIII shit head

>>379467669

>Shitty cockney dub too.

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What the fuck was his problem?

>>379465254

DQ fans don't complain about change. Each game sells more than the last, even when major changes happen like a class system or monster collection. This is because even when they add something new, they also retain the good parts of past games.

The fans who complain about change the most are ironically FF fans. Because Final Fantasy takes a "throw out the baby with the bath water" approach to design. They add new stuff to each new game, but also throw out everything good at the same time. This leads to a continual fan backlash at each new game and a slowly dwindling fanbase. While Dragon Quest continues to gain fans even today. The west is a prime example.

The FFVII remake is going to be the biggest fan outcry since TORtanic. While Dragon Quest XI will be seen as a great revival of JRPGs.

>>379467984
too much pussy at too young an age

>>379467204
I just think it's too simplified. This is accounting the original ps2 version.
>only four characters
>very specific roles (balanced hero, slow but strong warrior, black mage, and white mage)
>skill tree is a good concept but some skills are utterly pointless (clubs on yangus as an example)
>tension is broken. It is useless in normal battles as it takes longer to build it up then just fighting and in bosd battles it's stupid as fuck good and allows you to build up some character's tension to 100, have angelo heal them as they build it up, then just unleased insane damage on the boss
>alchemy pot is pretty boring and limited
>pretty boring cast, only really trode and yangus were interesting
VIII was made to be more streamlined and simple. It came at a time were developers had started to do more complex jrpgs so they made a more casual style game. It's not bad but as someone who didn't play it as theor first DQ I feel it was too simplified.
>>379467310
Unlesd you consider two years ago nostalgia then no, no nostalgia at all. I don't really agree with any of your complaints honestly. Job system was fun, characters are amusing, each island had a nice little plot, and difficulty is fine. I admit it has been awhile but God in VII was harder then anything in VIII I remember.

I'm going to bed but I'll say this, VIII is a great game but as a more veteran player I found it simply too simple and wish there was some more unique aspects of it.

>>379457753
>Gorgeous
Looks exactly like those shitty musou games

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>>379468135

>only four characters
This isn't really a bad thing. Other DQ games have done it. And it was a nice thing after the mess that was DQVII constantly removing party members. It's an opinion thing, but I'd rather have a strong central cast than a big cast that keeps getting shifted around.

>very specific roles (balanced hero, slow but strong warrior, black mage, and white mage)
>skill tree is a good concept but some skills are utterly pointless (clubs on yangus as an example)
You could make Jessica a knife wielder or brawler. Or make Hero a spear focused crit machine rather than just the typical swordsman. Yes each character has an optimum build, but they're not forced to go that like you're implying. People have beaten the game with every character using only fisticuffs.

>tension is broken. It is useless in normal battles as it takes longer to build it up then just fighting and in bosd battles it's stupid as fuck good and allows you to build up some character's tension to 100, have angelo heal them as they build it up, then just unleased insane damage on the boss
Then don't use tension? I personally find it takes too long like you said so I never used it except the Dragovian Trials. But that's one of the great things about Dragon Quest as a series. There's more than one way to defeat bosses. You could focus on tension...or not. It's just an extra option. And last time I checked, more options isn't a bad thing as long as it isn't broken. The fact that tension has a chance to not work and bosses can stun you/lower tension, it makes it a high risk/high reward system.

>alchemy pot is pretty boring and limited
Alchemy was the best addition to the series in 15 years in my opinion. Until they ruined it in DQIX.

>pretty boring cast, only really trode and yangus were interesting
Jessica being a boring character is probably the only major flaw I have with the game. And sadly the remake didn't fix it. But all the other characters were great.

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>>379468135
>job system was fun
>system incentivizes making everyone the same job
>more complex than VIII

The word you're looking for is "Tedious". VII is far more tedious than VIII. It's certainly not more complex.

>>379468135

>It came at a time were developers had started to do more complex jrpgs so they made a more casual style game.
Your comment makes no sense. Unless you're trying to say Armor Project was trying to make a simpler games compared to the other JRPG developers. Which isn't exactly a bad thing. One of the reasons I'm so hyped for DQXI is it looks more like a classic JRPG than all the ARPG shit coming out in the last decade.

Simple is not the same as bad. Sometimes simplifying things is good. But simple is still not the right word. Dragon Quest VIII is 'refined'. Not simple. It has more depth (as in amount of combat options, items and exploration) than most DQ games.

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>>379467984
>if Dave Ghrol was a fantasy character

What a trainwreck

>>379467984

All the girls love him and all the monsters love him. He's just smug because he has it easy.

>>379458264
Grow up nigger

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>still no Dragon Quest X
>still no DQMonsters, Rocket Slime 3 or Theathrythm
>probably a year or more before the west gets Dragon Quest XI

is DQ7 shit or does it just take forever for it to get interesting

I'm like 30 minutes in and i haven't fought jack shit and the story is lame thus far

>>379470104

I hope FF14 fails so that square is forced to bring DQX

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I want the blue hair one to be my bf.

>>379470541
It's the worst in the series. It takes hours to get to the class system and even then it's still shit.

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>>379470104
>still no Dragon Quest X

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>>379470615

It won't. Even if FFXIV sits at 200,000 subs a month, it makes more profit in one year than FFXV will in its lifetime. And with stormblood coming out, FFXIV is sitting at around 550k subs at the moment. SquareEnix also wouldn't have an incentive to release a less known MMO if their flagship MMO failed.

But the catch 22 is they also won't release DQX because they don't want FFXIV to have competition. This however is ignorance on their part. Since releasing DQX to the west can be used as advertising for FFXIV. In facvt, they already had a cross promotion event in FFXIV where golems and slimes appeared in FFXIV. And likewise, chocobos and malboros appeared in Dragon Quest X. But here in the west, we only got the FFXIV event. An event advertising a game we can't play....oops. Great planning there Squenix.

DQX is also already making more profit in just Japan than FFXIV is worldwide. But still SquareEnix doesn't use that huge profit margin to try DQX in the west. As usual, SquareEnix is stupid.

>>379471114
I want to play DQX.

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>>379471332

Who doesn't. Time to go flood their customer support with messages again.

>>379471503
>Time to go flood their customer support with messages again.

Damn, I forgot about that. Good times. Too bad it didn't work.

>>379471114

>But the catch 22 is they also won't release DQX because they don't want FFXIV to have competition. This however is ignorance on their part. Since releasing DQX to the west can be used as advertising for FFXIV.
It's also stupid because if Dragon Quest X got more popular than Final Fantasy XIV, then who cares? The money goes back to the same company.

did the mincraft clone builder not do well?

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>>379472234

It did better than expected, in both Japan and the west. For once SquareEnix kept their expectations low and the game surpassed it.

>>379472391
soundtrack was great but then again it was my first foray since dragon warrior 1

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>>379472514

The music is probably the best part of the DQ series. It really sets the mood for the games. I highly recommend listening to all the symphonic suites even if you haven't played the games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmO62Qu0jt0&t=126s

>>379472816
>>379472816
thanks anon.

>>379472816
I'm doing a first-time playthrough of the series right now and the music has been the weakest point for me. Like, by far.

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>>379473776

I'm sorry to hear that. But not everyone likes classical/jazz music I suppose.

>>379473879
I like the music, there's just not enough of it. Hearing the same town theme 500 times throughout a playthrough can make any song grating.

>>379463517
You can disable that arrow, you know.

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>>379474003

I never had a problem with that except on Dragon Quest VII. Because you have so much backtracking. The other games vary the locations enough so you don't hear one song endlessly except the battle theme. And DQIX is the only game where I got tired of the battle theme (for similar reasons).

>>379474483
The arrow is just a cherry on top, each cutscene still verbally directs you to the next. It's a contrast in design to DQ which regularly has you wandering and needing to talk to NPCs to get info on where you should head to accomplish your objective. The way DQ does it lends more to an adventurous tone where you're in the driver's seat, whereas the way Xenoblade (and most JRPGs) do it is much better for storytelling.

>>379474656
It's really killing me in DQ5 right now. I feel like they're just playing on loop in my head endlessly even when I'm not playing the game. This town theme especially https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i-PGAhRwrA

>>379474763

You don't have to run to the arrow you know. It's like Red Dead Redemption. An icon tells you where the next story cutscene is, but you can purposefully avoid it. There's 100-200 hours of stuff to find by exploring that don't have icon directions.

In this way, the arrow can be a good marker to tell you where to avoid going. And you go explore every area besides the arrow. Dragon Quest basically has the same form of exploration. It just doesn't give you an arrow at all. You just learn to avoid a certain town or NPC if you don't want to advance the story yet.