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keirharder posted:As an Australian I love the whole Phnom Nonh thing so much lol. Hahah yeah, when I got in there and realised what it was I kinda laughed my rear end off. Just perfect.
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Sep 9, 2018 06:14
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Flavius Aetass posted:God, I wish we could bring Dave along. Keep checking bookshelves, there's quite a bit of Dave Lore in the game and it's awesome
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Sep 9, 2018 06:26
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I've been stuck with only a single knife recipe and I just got the silver orb. Did make some new clothes for everyone aside from Rab since I haven't found anything for him yet. I do like that forging gear to +1-3 will last you a long rear end time.
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Sep 9, 2018 07:23
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The localization for this is really fantastic, I just noticed Michelle the Mermaid speaks in more or less rhyming iambic heptameter couplets
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Sep 9, 2018 07:29
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PureRok posted:The whole story with the mermaid and kai brought me to tears at the end. I wasn't expecting sudden suicide like that. Hard same. I was like wow I am crying at Dragon Quest? What is going on. The rhyming structure and the voice acting really brought it home for me. Another thing that's bringing me to tears is how I can't get a dragon type monster to drop a motherfucking dragon hide, gently caress, come on, I just want to make a whip for Sylvando.
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Sep 9, 2018 09:15
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Mr. Trampoline posted:The localization for this is really fantastic, I just noticed Michelle the Mermaid speaks in more or less rhyming iambic heptameter couplets  I'm just finishing up getting the last of six macguffins and I'm absolutely in love with this game. Sylvando is definitely my MVP, dual-wielding falcon blades and being better at healing than any of the actual healers. I've honestly kind of stopped using Serena...does she get better? It really feels like Rab does everything she does except kabuff, and with the ability to actually do damage to things to boot.
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Sep 9, 2018 09:32
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So I just picked this up earlier than I thought I would because you bastards kept hyping it. Weirdly, Steam has a mature content warning on it, which I wouldn't expect on a Dragon Quest game. Without any spoilers, what's that about? If spoilers are necessary, then a general idea would be appreciated (gore, swearing, just general subject area). Or is this just someone being really overzealous? The page says frequent violence or gore, plus general mature content, but is that just the usual cartoony stuff of swing sword->thing dies? Kind of want to gauge a level here since I thought it might be my seven-year-old's first Dragon Quest and didn't want to wait until I finish the thing thoroughly to make sure there's nothing disturbing.
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Sep 9, 2018 09:39
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Are any of the crossbow challenges worth it? I did one without really trying, and got 4 agility seeds, which was nice, but not really interesting.
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Sep 9, 2018 09:40
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Broken Cog posted:Are any of the crossbow challenges worth it? I did one without really trying, and got 4 agility seeds, which was nice, but not really interesting. I think one of them gives you skill seeds.
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Sep 9, 2018 09:41
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HPanda posted:So I just picked this up earlier than I thought I would because you bastards kept hyping it. Weirdly, Steam has a mature content warning on it, which I wouldn't expect on a Dragon Quest game. Without any spoilers, what's that about? If spoilers are necessary, then a general idea would be appreciated (gore, swearing, just general subject area). Or is this just someone being really overzealous? The page says frequent violence or gore, plus general mature content, but is that just the usual cartoony stuff of swing sword->thing dies? There's the occasional "drat" and such, but I don't think there's language harsher than that, and the violence is basically how you describe, with monsters going out in a puff of smoke, and if there are dead bodies, there's no wounds or blood. What could probably be objectionable is the sexual content. You can get revealing outfits for some of your female party members, like a bunny suit and a belly dancer outfit, and one of your party members has abilities related to her sex appeal.
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Sep 9, 2018 09:54
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I just bought this. Should go with the default difficulty or enable some of the draconian things? I'm not sure if you can enable/disable those after starting a game. I generally like having some challenge in my RPGs.
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Sep 9, 2018 10:06
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HPanda posted:So I just picked this up earlier than I thought I would because you bastards kept hyping it. Weirdly, Steam has a mature content warning on it, which I wouldn't expect on a Dragon Quest game. Without any spoilers, what's that about? If spoilers are necessary, then a general idea would be appreciated (gore, swearing, just general subject area). Or is this just someone being really overzealous? The page says frequent violence or gore, plus general mature content, but is that just the usual cartoony stuff of swing sword->thing dies? puff-puff
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Sep 9, 2018 10:11
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Andrast posted:I just bought this. Should go with the default difficulty or enable some of the draconian things? I'm not sure if you can enable/disable those after starting a game. I generally like having some challenge in my RPGs. You can disable them after starting, but you can’t reenable them
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Sep 9, 2018 10:16
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Andrast posted:I just bought this. Should go with the default difficulty or enable some of the draconian things? I'm not sure if you can enable/disable those after starting a game. I generally like having some challenge in my RPGs. Speaking as someone who left them all off, the game is rather generous at the start. I recently as of the 4th major town and getting the boat hit a couple of bosses/stronger enemies that KO'd a party member or two with Desperate Attacks or when I was slacking on keeping everyone healed, but otherwise it is a fair bit easier than the rest of the series. I was starting to kind of wish I'd turned on stronger monsters but it's evening out a little more since I'm not spending a ton of time grinding.
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Sep 9, 2018 10:45
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Zaggitz posted:Hi i downloaded the pre order code items and installed them but the game still doesnt detect them when I go to claim special rewards. I have re installed them like twice now and still nothing. if you haven’t found it already you need to press square and go in to one of the sub menus to claim rewards, might be under misc.?
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Sep 9, 2018 11:32
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Well, I still don't know what the little blue things you see all over the place are, but I sure found the place they're heading to. Might be post game content or something? Broken Cog fucked around with this message at 12:09 on Sep 9, 2018 |
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Sep 9, 2018 11:56
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Just completed the 26th sidequest, going up to the altar to Yggdrasil now. I assume poo poo is about to get real.
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Sep 9, 2018 12:18
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Oh god I just hit the Big Thing and did about an hour afterwards. Definitely teared up a few times.
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Sep 9, 2018 12:50
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Ok, so for a later side quest, some kid wants me to get something from a "Desert Island near Sniflheim". Exactly which island is he talking about?
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Sep 9, 2018 12:54
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uiru posted:Hard same. I was like wow I am crying at Dragon Quest? What is going on. There's another scene that's even worse for giving you the feels. You'll probably know when it hits. Christ I didn't expect DQ to make me feel things. Broken Cog posted:Ok, so for a later side quest, some kid wants me to get something from a "Desert Island near Sniflheim". Exactly which island is he talking about? I think it might be the one that's inland a bit and to the east of Sniflheim. Broken Cog posted:Are any of the crossbow challenges worth it? I did one without really trying, and got 4 agility seeds, which was nice, but not really interesting. You get 4 seeds of each stat (and skill seeds), and the grand prize for getting them all is a Happy Hat, which is also a Casino prize later in the game. Happy Hats are pretty good, though.
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Sep 9, 2018 13:21
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In part 2: Is just beelining through the plot after I get the boat back the fastest way to get the band together? Trying to do as little fighting as possible until then, so actual directions appreciated.
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Sep 9, 2018 13:26
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Andrast posted:I just bought this. Should go with the default difficulty or enable some of the draconian things? I'm not sure if you can enable/disable those after starting a game. I generally like having some challenge in my RPGs. Like others have said, you can always disable Draconian Quest modifiers at any church, but you can't enable them without starting a new file, so anything you think you might want, you might as well turn on. You can always turn it off later. One thing I'll say is that I don't think the game has a good equivalent of a "Hard" mode, if that makes sense. If playing with no modifiers is Normal difficulty, then playing with Stronger Monsters on is Very Hard difficulty. You go from random battles being not much of a threat without Stronger Monsters, to normal enemies knocking off a third of your HP with a normal attack with Stronger Monsters. I kinda wish there was a middle ground. Give me an "All Monsters Are Stronger" option to go with the existing "All Monsters Are Super Strong," I guess. I ended up going without Stronger Monsters, but I did turn on Reduced XP From Weaker Enemies, which handily prevents you from overleveling. If you're a couple levels higher than the enemies you're fighting, you just don't get any XP at all. I don't know if I'd say it makes the game any harder, but it's a nice way to prevent making the game easier for yourself accidentally by gaining more levels than you want to.
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Sep 9, 2018 13:28
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So, I currently have a Falcon Blade +3 in my main hand, Platinum Sword +3 in secondary, and the auto-equip thinks this should be reversed because the Platinum Sword is higher attack but the Falcon Blade strikes twice (which it'll do in either hand) and I swear the total damage done is typically higher this way. Oh, and if anyone hasn't discovered it on their own, you can quickly slide down ladders by holding circle (jump button).
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Sep 9, 2018 14:14
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uiru posted:Another thing that's bringing me to tears is how I can't get a dragon type monster to drop a motherfucking dragon hide, gently caress, come on, I just want to make a whip for Sylvando. There is a sparkly gather place in Dundrasil that has dragon hide. You can also steal it off the enemies there.
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Sep 9, 2018 14:42
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I feel fine about normal mode but there’s a lot of drat monsters so it’s probably easy to overlevel if you’re a compulsive monster hitter like me with auto battle turned on. If this game had random encounters I’d probably be a handful levels lower than what I am now.
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Sep 9, 2018 14:43
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One thing really helping my enjoy the game is how much of a non-issue MP is for Veronica. Absorbing MP from enemies with normal attacks means I can use her spells in random battles without needing to worry about being tapped out by the time we hit a boss and that's so, so nice. I don't remember that being the case for mages in previous Dragon Quest games, either.nachos posted:I feel fine about normal mode but there’s a lot of drat monsters so it’s probably easy to overlevel if you’re a compulsive monster hitter like me with auto battle turned on. If this game had random encounters I’d probably be a handful levels lower than what I am now. Yeah, that's why I turned on the no EXP from weaker monsters option. I hate accidentally overleveling in RPGs so it's the perfect option for me, even if I'm not necessarily doing it for any special "challenge" or anything. Sometimes I just need to fight like a dozen groups of cactiballs for a quest and I don't want to end up overleveling, y'know?
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Sep 9, 2018 14:46
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HPanda posted:Kind of want to gauge a level here since I thought it might be my seven-year-old's first Dragon Quest and didn't want to wait until I finish the thing thoroughly to make sure there's nothing disturbing. Maybe it's the casinos? There's nothing harsher than a "drat" or a "hell". Some creepy boss monsters and some sad parts where good people die but nothing worse than you'd see in an old Disney movie.
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Sep 9, 2018 15:03
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Infinity Gaia posted:In part 2: Is just beelining through the plot after I get the boat back the fastest way to get the band together? Trying to do as little fighting as possible until then, so actual directions appreciated. Yeah just going where it directs you on the map screen tip will put you on track to what you want to do. Going by other people's posts in this thread it sounds like it might be possible to do things out of order, but so far by just following directions I've regathered Sylv, Rab, and Jade all back to back to back
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Sep 9, 2018 15:06
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I got to a casino, bought 50 tokens and ground it up to 200k, now I have some pretty cool stuff!
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Sep 9, 2018 15:12
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At the risk of reviving a dead horse, I can't get over how lackluster the music is. I recall Dragon Quest Heroes having orchestrated music. If they were going to re-use songs from the previous games, why didn't they use the DQH versions?
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Sep 9, 2018 15:51
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The composer owns the rights and is also xenophobic
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Sep 9, 2018 15:56
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Yes, but he somehow did not have a problem with DQH?
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grrarg posted:At the risk of reviving a dead horse, I can't get over how lackluster the music is. I recall Dragon Quest Heroes having orchestrated music. If they were going to re-use songs from the previous games, why didn't they use the DQH versions? It's really glaring because of how polished every other inch of the game feels. The world map has those lovely, farty trumpets that grate really quickly and it really takes some of the sheen off an otherwise perfect DQ game.
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Sep 9, 2018 16:00
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Harrow posted:Like others have said, you can always disable Draconian Quest modifiers at any church, but you can't enable them without starting a new file, so anything you think you might want, you might as well turn on. You can always turn it off later. Ok. I'll enable stronger monsters for the time being but I guess I'll just turn it off if it becomes a problem. The cheatengine forums seem to have a table that has the draconian quest flags available too if I want to enable some of them later. edit: I tested the table. Modifying the draconic quest flag for the less experience from lower level monsters worked fine and persisted through saving the game too. Andrast fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Sep 9, 2018 |
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Sep 9, 2018 16:32
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Levantine posted:It's really glaring because of how polished every other inch of the game feels. The world map has those lovely, farty trumpets that grate really quickly and it really takes some of the sheen off an otherwise perfect DQ game. I wish I could turn off JUST the overworld theme, it's the worst one by far. I would actually prefer NES era chiptune Dragon Warrior IV soundtrack to this. Sounds like modding the orchestral soundtrack into the PC version is just a matter of time but those of us on PS4 and eventually Switch will be left with fart trumpets forevs.
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Sep 9, 2018 16:43
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uiru posted:I wish I could turn off JUST the overworld theme, it's the worst one by far. I would actually prefer NES era chiptune Dragon Warrior IV soundtrack to this. Sounds like modding the orchestral soundtrack into the PC version is just a matter of time but those of us on PS4 and eventually Switch will be left with fart trumpets forevs. Yes, some of the quieter themes are actually kind of nice. But the sampling on the more bombastic themes is just awful. I have my fingers crossed for even a partial orchestral mod. I don't think every single track has been redone on that album but I hope the worst of them can be replaced.
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Sep 9, 2018 16:54
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The monster sound and animation is so top notch and adorable. Am I ever going to find more shade monsters that sound like pot guy's minions? They were so spoopy. The ones in the desert were different.
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I'm in what I guess is the second half of the game, a little bit into it but not that far and just learned that holy poo poo there is another party member. Everyone has done such a good job not talking about what skills to focus on for him that I had no idea.
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uiru posted:I wish I could turn off JUST the overworld theme, it's the worst one by far. I would actually prefer NES era chiptune Dragon Warrior IV soundtrack to this. Sounds like modding the orchestral soundtrack into the PC version is just a matter of time but those of us on PS4 and eventually Switch will be left with fart trumpets forevs. Thing is, it isn't even the fact it's synthetic. It's just a bad track that isn't fit for purpose. It could be the orchestral version and it would still be bad. Mind, the Orchestral version of DQXI's track is actually fine. But a parade march is NOT cool for a track you're going to be hearing for dozens of hours upon end, and its no good for exploration. It's rigid, driving, and overpowering. I still don't personally like the battle tracks (boss theme is especially weak), but encounters are easy to moderate these days, and bosses are rare. Replace or even eliminate the exploration track and this game is solid gold.
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