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I waffle between liking the battle theme and feeling like I'm listening to a not quite right homage to Dragon Quest music.
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Kiggles posted: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. Yeah, I'll have to agree. After having heard the orchestral version, I didn't think it was great, but it would still be a welcome improvement. My favorite tracks are the renditions of songs that were used in the NES games. Partially for nostalgia, but I think they also fare better with the limited MIDI voices used in making the NA soundtrack.
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Sep 9, 2018 17:16
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Still, as the only complaint is the music could be better I gotta say this is probably in top ten jrpgs
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Sep 9, 2018 17:27
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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. this is what i'm waiting for, partly for more tolerable music and partly to spite the game's geriatric shitlord composer
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Harrow posted: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. Really with no random encounters, campsites everywhere (some dungeons included, even), and HP/MP being restored on level up, MP is almost a complete non-issue in this game. e: Brother Entropy posted:got my full party and man the plot stuff leading up to it hit me more than i was expecting it to Yeah this game has some hard-hitting feels ROFL Octopus fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Sep 9, 2018 |
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Sep 9, 2018 17:34
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Am I good to sell off old equipment or will there be recipes later on that use old weapons and poo poo? I’ve still got stuff hanging around from 10 hours ago and it’s starting to get annoying when I have to change equipment around
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Sep 9, 2018 17:41
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Erg posted:Am I good to sell off old equipment or will there be recipes later on that use old weapons and poo poo? I’ve still got stuff hanging around from 10 hours ago and it’s starting to get annoying when I have to change equipment around Can't give you a solid answer, but a few things to consider 1. Death isn't game over, it just halves your gold; don't sell anything unless you need the money immediately. 2. If you know you can buy something -or better, have a mini-forge recipe for the base- then just sell it. Worst case you can simply reacquire the combine. 3. If you need money, hit your mini-forge first, and start putting your materials to work. Gold Rings are quick easy money. 2 gold ore for 600+ (based on quality), but you can do the same with most of your materials. Just give your recipes a look, and whip up a few pieces of gear specifically for sale. You can easily pull a few grand by just making a circuit over the shinies in a zone or two. This will also give you a few pearls to reforge whatever you're going to buy.
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Sep 9, 2018 17:55
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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 the people in hotto speak entirely in haiku. that must've been a bitch to localize.
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Sep 9, 2018 18:18
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Bruegels Fuckbooks posted:the people in hotto speak entirely in haiku. that must've been a bitch to localize. Yeah I just got there last night and was impressed by that localization.
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Sep 9, 2018 18:21
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Bruegels Fuckbooks posted:the people in hotto speak entirely in haiku. that must've been a bitch to localize. Knowing how it works in the original Japanese versions people of Hotto probably just had an Osakan accent
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Sep 9, 2018 18:22
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I just ran into my first pair of metal slimes and of course they ran away 
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Sep 9, 2018 18:37
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Oh poo poo! (Post Game spoilers!) NG+?! Edit: It seems not quite, but still
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Sep 9, 2018 19:08
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Oxxidation posted:this is what i'm waiting for, partly for more tolerable music and partly to spite the game's geriatric shitlord composer I feel like us dirty foreigners not listening to the game's music at all is what the guy would want
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Bruegels Fuckbooks posted:the people in hotto speak entirely in haiku. that must've been a bitch to localize. It's a riff on the DQ3 remake, where everyone in Jipang speaks in haiku... in fact Hotto uses a rework of Jipang's music. It was a really neat throwback bit.
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Sep 9, 2018 19:28
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goferchan posted:For all the love every minor NPC gets its kind of weird they ignore your horse considering it sticks with you the entire game and comes to your side no matter what. Give that thing a name and let me braid its mane or put armor on it or something! I can pet strangers horses but I cant pet my own? Tough love I've honestly not rode a horse once (not counting forced sequences).
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Sep 9, 2018 19:31
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Also, regarding the Sylvando discussion earlier. He is an incredibly powerful support lategame, especially for bosses.
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Sep 9, 2018 19:33
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Howling with glee after landing 4x free spins in metal mode
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Sep 9, 2018 20:03
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Flavius Aetass posted:Howling with glee after landing 4x free spins in metal mode sometimes the game just takes pity on you. After hours in the casino I suddenly racked up 60 metal spins and got two jackpots within 20 minutes of each other
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Sep 9, 2018 20:06
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Post game spoilers: Before Post Game: Types of Monster defeated: x/395 During Post Game: Types of Monster defeated: x/662  Edit: This is probably one of the best JRPGs I've ever played. Broken Cog fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Sep 9, 2018 |
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Sep 9, 2018 20:16
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I turned off the music once I got the mini medal academy area to hear the rivers and ambient noises and man it's good.
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Sep 9, 2018 20:37
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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. It seems like one of those situations where the developers added a bunch of difficulty options and then didn't bother to balance anything because the player can presumably fine-tune it.
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Sep 9, 2018 20:38
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Draconian is a western exclusive. Dashing is also a Western exclusive. Imagine this game without a dash.
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Sep 9, 2018 20:50
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Sep 9, 2018 20:58
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Quest problem. Gotta collect a piece of paper that was lost: "The Agony and Excstasy", newsletter Purscilla wants, blew out the window in the direction of the Eerie Eyrie. Not seeing any trace of it, no signs where it's been posted, unless some monster went down out of zone? Gonna continue trawling the nearby zones, wanna get things done before I hit act2 for real (loaded an old save to complete things even though I didn't really need to)
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Sep 9, 2018 21:18
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Ghosts n Gopniks posted:Quest problem. Gotta collect a piece of paper that was lost: "The Agony and Excstasy", newsletter Purscilla wants, blew out the window in the direction of the Eerie Eyrie. Not seeing any trace of it, no signs where it's been posted, unless some monster went down out of zone? Gonna continue trawling the nearby zones, It's on the backside of one of the signposts, just outside the first cave if I remember correctly.
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Sep 9, 2018 21:25
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Broken Cog posted:It's on the backside of one of the signposts, just outside the first cave if I remember correctly. Aw drat. Thanks!
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Sep 9, 2018 21:29
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I'm kinda hooked on this Slime Quest casino game now. What are the orbs you collect supposed to do?
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Sep 9, 2018 21:39
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ghostinmyshell posted:I'm kinda hooked on this Slime Quest casino game now. What are the orbs you collect supposed to do? From the in-game explanation, they're supposed to "Bring you luck" or something? Only thing I noticed is that they significantly boost the rewards from beating a Gem Slime.
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Sep 9, 2018 21:53
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Broken Cog posted:From the in-game explanation, they're supposed to "Bring you luck" or something? I’ve got 5 orbs and haven’t seen a gem slime since so must be super rare.
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Sep 9, 2018 22:06
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I saw everyone talking about how absurd Slime Quest is and I thought "Surely it can't be that bad?" lol yeah f that noise
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corn in the bible posted:Still, as the only complaint is the music could be better I gotta say this is probably in top ten jrpgs It's not the only one though. I personally have serious problems with the non-existant difficulty (which is admittedly self inflicted to some degree but this was not a problem I had in 8). Also Veronica is easily the worst character I've had to put up with in the last couple of years and she gets a lot of lines. So does Serena, who also sucks but at least sucks because she is boring and not because she is an annoying character archetype combined with one of the worst anime tropes. Not even Sylvando really makes up for it and Sylvando fuckin rules. Game's still good though.
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Sep 9, 2018 22:31
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i like all of my friends
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Failboattootoot posted:It's not the only one though. I personally have serious problems with the non-existant difficulty (which is admittedly self inflicted to some degree but this was not a problem I had in 8). Also Veronica is easily the worst character I've had to put up with in the last couple of years and she gets a lot of lines. So does Serena, who also sucks but at least sucks because she is boring and not because she is an annoying character archetype combined with one of the worst anime tropes. Not even Sylvando really makes up for it and Sylvando fuckin rules. I feel like the game picks up the difficulty a bit later on, even on 'normal'. A particularly nasty pair of back to back bosses even managed to wipe me.
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Sep 9, 2018 22:43
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If the other DQs are supposedly better than this one I need to fuckin play them then
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Sep 9, 2018 23:05
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conserving mp is a lot less necessary in xi than any other dq game, but to balance that out there are no longer any 0 mp skills.
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ghostinmyshell posted:I’ve got 5 orbs and haven’t seen a gem slime since so must be super rare. I got them all, and spent another 45 mins and nothing amazing was happening that I noticed anyway. Slime Quest is good for passive positive token earning if you don't mind re-enabling auto rolling while you are busy for something else. I earned all my real money in slots.
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Sep 9, 2018 23:10
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I made my token fortune in poker once I realized that the double up game cheats in your favor in that it always seems to deal at least one card that will beat the card you're up against. Double up grinding is easy tokens.
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Nep-Nep posted:I made my token fortune in poker once I realized that the double up game cheats in your favor in that it always seems to deal at least one card that will beat the card you're up against. Double up grinding is easy tokens. Yeah with double or nothing you can make a pretty successful profit off just two pairs or three of a kind. It’s p nuts.
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Failboattootoot posted:It's not the only one though. I personally have serious problems with the non-existant difficulty (which is admittedly self inflicted to some degree but this was not a problem I had in 8). Also Veronica is easily the worst character I've had to put up with in the last couple of years and she gets a lot of lines. So does Serena, who also sucks but at least sucks because she is boring and not because she is an annoying character archetype combined with one of the worst anime tropes. Not even Sylvando really makes up for it and Sylvando fuckin rules. Veronica’s dominant personality traits being strong sense of justice and ANGRY, owns actually Like yeah, she’s super blustery but she’s also the moral compass of the party, and balances out the extreme amounts of chill Serena has.
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