>sells game without voiceacting >hugest success ever so

Only in Japan*

>>386357792
You're basing this on a game that's historically known to influence Japanese culture to a point where ones of its spells made it to the dictionary and that Japanese law intervenes to a point where it's illegal for them not to release the game outside the weekends.

>>386358035
why? looks shit to me
and heroes was the shittes game I have ever played, so bad I wanted to sue them and get my money back

you didn't even mention the team's reasoning for choosing to go without va. they wanted to be able to change the script all the way up to the end to ensure the best possible script, and they didn't want to have to redo lines a day before print. since localization can take as long as they want, i MIGHT expect va to be added for international release and then to japan's via download.

at least, this is what i would do as game man

Is there no acting whatsoever? Or are there grunts and shouting in battle and stuff?

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Yeah, make the same game ten times and call it Dragon Quest, but only braindead nips will buy it.

>>386357792
Why is everyone so pent up on voice acting when the OST sounds like it was ripped from a PS1 game?

>>386358035
>>386358290

It has god-tier Toriyama art, that's the only good point honestly

>>386357792
You're forgetting
>a Dragon Quest game
Also Martina is arguably the best girl in the franchise.

>>386358035
yeah and it does those things because it's a huge success

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>so you know how to game a good game now gamedevs

Voice acting is just a limiting resource sink.

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great game

>>386358978
What did he mean by this

Curious if the shitposters here have actually played the games or are just bashing on a game series they don't understand

>>386357792
Now, I'm not defending VA, I too like RPGs with no voices or really limited voiceclips, but this is DQ we're talking about, people won't say anything bad about it as long as it keeps on being the same stuff they've played since 30 years ago.
If any other JRPG did it they would get lynched.

>>386359114
>/v/
>Playing video games
Pick one

>>386358483
>Toriyama art
He hasn't drawn in years, those are cookie cutter designs made to emulate his style.

>no whiny American VA pricks to cater to

I'm ready.

>>386358337
I don't think there's any voice effect at all.

>>386357792
Only in Japan

>>386358483
his art style looks like a 10 year olds drawing and is dog is just like your taste

>>386359260
DQVIII had no voice acting in Japan but got it in America anyway, hold your horses

>>386358295

Seems like that would just cost them money in the long run. Plus I don't know if that "VA Strike" thing is still going on in Murica.

>>386357792
DQ 8 and 9 were more successful

>>386358595
You didn't understand the OP

>>386358396
doesnt matter game is shit in anyways
but who understand the nips right?

>>386358348
*make a good game
excuse my anger

>>386359114

It's in Japanese only right now, so the trend will be to relentlessly shit on it until it comes out (implying) in the West, in which case it will then be praised and worshiped as the Citizen Kane of its time. Seems to be how things generally work here.

>>386359563
DQ 8 sold 5,2 million on PS2 and that's across all regions, it won't be long until XI overtakes it

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>midi soundtrack in 2017.
It's okay when DQ does it apparently.

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>>386359892
Nice desu ne...

DQ games have never had VA in Japan.

>>386358978
You are not supposed to fight that dragon what are you doing?

>>386359736
Really? To me it sounds like the trend is to absolutely praise the fuck out of anything that is Japanese only simply because they can't play and see for themselves.

>>386359892
americucks get censored this

>>386357792
I have a pc now. They releasing it on pc or i ned to buy on ps4

>>386360173
Also for nintendo switch/4ds so you might be able to emulate it

Seiyuu culture is stronger than ever in Japan so I guess it's an interesting choice.

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>>386359892
are these my pants?

>>386360353
It's not something just DQ did though, the latest SaGa game that came out last december also went back to no VA, it's more like certain directors prefer the old way of doing things.
Can't say I disagree, VA isn't really important in these kind of games.

>>386359349
What about for Martina's moves? Is that not a voice or am I just autistic? Or both?
https://youtu.be/0UcVdnXrSpE

>>386358295
Because DQ games are notorious for having a very intricate story with a script full of nuances
They're just cheap asses and knew its fanbase would care much about VA

>>386358396
Both problems are going to fixed for US release, unless SE is planning on releasing the game for $40

>>386361264
I dont hear a shit exept mmhhhh so you are autistic

>>386361258
the last SaGa game was a budget Vita title, it probably didn't have 1/10 of DQXI's budget.

>>386361264
Who's the super saiyan blue?

>>386361264
>is a good fighter
>uses her buts and charm magic instead
what went wrong

>>386361806
MC's personal fuccboi

>>386359191
>he hasn't drawn in years

Too busy with Super?

>>386361867
Worked with Jessica

>>386358035
Why is Japan so based?

>>386361957
But Jess was physically weak.

>>386359892
better then jessica desu

>>386357792
don't forget ps2 environment

>>386361957
so we need a copy of her? no orginal chara?
ok.

>>386361797
The director himself said he chose to not have VA because he didn't feel they would have added anything to the game, that's precisely why I'm saying that's a director thing, DQ didn't have problems with budget.

>>386362123
?

do i have to play previous DQ games to get into this one?

>>386361941
>thinking he actually does anything more with super than he did with gt
He made initial designs like mustache vegeta
but not ss4

>>386362353
No

>>386362353
Apparently it's some sort of sequel to 3

>>386362353
Yes, all 10 of them ;^)

SE just being cheap.
>No VO
>Synthy music
>Using UE4 middleware
>Game doesn't even run 1080p on PS4
>3DS version looks like a DS game

>>386361941
He's like Jim Davis the creator of Garfield, his comics are actually drawn by uncreditied assistants at Bird Studio and he just loans his name to various projects.

>>386357792
>Make a game
>Stop making it halfway through
>Put in a shitload of backtracking just because

Why is this becoming frightfully common in JRPGs

>>386357792
Fuck voiceacting. It's nothing but a waste of money. Books are better than movies, and subtitles are better than voiced lines. I hate that fucking meme narrator in Darkest Dungeon, I hate those fucking meme accents in Assassin's Creed, and I disable the voices in every game I can.

Can we make 2 posts without some sort of braindead bait?

>>386358035
Which spell is that?

>>386362871
video game developers have bosses and deadlines too y'know, it's not all about making art.

>>386359563
>thinking that sales are what makes a game good

They saved a ton of money by not having to hire VAs, too

>>386362871
I don't understand why they wouldn't be content making a 50 hour JRPG with dense content, rather than shitting up the last half, creating a game where the last 30 hours are dull and not as exciting, when stakes should be raised to the highest. FFXV did the same thing and it frustrated me how they front loaded the content on 2 of their bigger JRPGs this gen. The fact they didn't include any of the nostalgia bait of the 3DS version was lazy as fuck.

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>>386362771
>First HD Dragon Quest game isn't HD

I bet it's going to come out there's scaling resolution as well

>>386363342
All about the reviews. Reviewers don't play the game from start to finish, they play until they get bored.

>>386358035
>Japanese law intervenes to a point where it's illegal for them not to release the game outside the weekends.
> DQ has to be sold on weekends because if it is sold in the middle of the week everyone will stay home to play the game.
Thise nips don't fuck around when it comes to DQ.

>>386359439
Nobody cares about the VA strike. They just replaced all the striking actors no problem.

>>386362871
>Why is this becoming frightfully common in JRPGs
I don't think it's that common at all unless you're talking about FF, but FF has always been mediocre and half assed.

>>386363773
Just this gen alone, from the top of my head
>FFXV
>DQXI
>SO5
>Bravely Default

All had a shitload of back tracking in their last halves. There's probably more I haven't played many JRPGs this gen

anyone else think the combat looks like shit in this one, and i dont mean he mechanics or anything.
its the atrocious camera angle they went with, makes it look cheap and unfinished.
wish they kept it like dq8 with frontal focus view of the monsers and dynamic camera animation cut ins during atacks.

>>386359439
>"VA Strike"
Oh, it's ongoing. Big names like North and Baker are exempt lol.

Based Big Money VA's working the undermensh in to turning down contracts

>>386364291
I looks like typical DQ post 8.

>>386363443
Scales on PS4 Pro.

>>386364604
I meant it scales down to a lower resolution if it's under load

>>386363986
Well, no wonder, they're all Squenix games.
Try playing something else and you'll see how other companies don't fuck up that bad, the only game that had actually good planning in terms of content and design by them was Scarlet Grace, though it has other problem with optimization making the game run so so, and some animations are a bit cheap.
Still, most other RPGs by other companies don't have these problems as long as you don't mind lower budget, which is basically the norm for JRPGs nowadays.

>>386357792
stop overhyping retard its not the hugest sucess dumb faggot retard

>>386358035
That "law" is a myth, there's no such law. The publishers just release on the weekend to be nice, they're not forced to do so.

>>386361989
cause you're a weeaboo faggot nerd

>>386363986
Frontload the budget to the first half, then make the second half kinda blah to finish it off.

Falcom does it with most of their games as well.

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>check youtube comments in DQXI videos
>fags saying that ''no dub no buy'' in the NA release

how can some people be so braindead to the point of rejecting a game due the lack of voice acting, it's like they are too lazy to read the text in a RPG, even though the genre is known to be text heavy.

>>386366107
Americans were a mistake.

>>386366107
>how can some people be so braindead to the point of rejecting a game due the lack of voice acting
I take you haven't seen people praying Tales' """amazing""" dubs either.

>>386366179
do you think brits will take them back?

>>386366289
Only the brown ones

>>386366107
Because games have certain expectations in North America, especially if they're going to be full priced releases.

>>386366107
Americans are fucking stupid, so they believe anything without 3D graphics and English voice acting is a cheap product that shouldn't cost more than $5.

>>386366107
Because they consider the lack of voice work in itself to be lazy. It's become a standard, so the lack of it is seen as devaluing the product/making it worth less than one with voice acting.

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>>386362012
I agree and I have really liked Jessica for the longest time.

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>>386366107

They can put dub if they want, as long as they also give me the option of turning it off. There's nothing more off putting than listening to 40 year old something women voicing teenagers in games.

>>386366461
Koreans expect obese, sleepy dogs to make excellent guard dogs just because they're heavy.
Expectations aren't always justified or reasonable.

>>386359892
Toriyama always had good taste in women.

>>386366461

I'm pretty sure that the people who enjoy JRPGs in America don't give a single fuck about voice acting and just want the game to be localized. The ones who complain about the lack of it probably don't even care about the series or wouldn't even buy it in the first place.

>>386367027
I liked the voice work in DQ8.

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>>386366719
i'll fight you

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all costumes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMLOU7Oyp3Q

>>386367282

Japanese voice acting is different, it's very curated in games and don't usually sound bad, unlike NA VA work which can sound awful even in big budget games.

>>386366719
Better than DQ's boring flat-line DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT.

>>386363731
>>386358035
>people still believe this

There is no law. Enix received all the truancy complaints when DQIII released. They came up with the rule themselves. They broke the rule DQX though.

>>386357792
No voice acting

I have been hoping that those entitled brats striking would lead to a rediscovery that you don't have to have voice acting in video games for it to be good and sell.

>>386366879
FYI you can't marry her. You're stuck to the generic blonde village girl party member.

>>386367027
People who actually enjoy games make up like 50% of sales at best, appealing to buyers with arbitrary standards that will never finish your game is critical to making money.

If you don't believe me, ask yourself how big is your backlog and dropped games list.