Comments on: Square Enix “Considering” Releasing Dragon Quest IX Overseas

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:51:21 +0000

Regardless of the sales figure, I was curious as to why the split opinions on DQ9, so I headed over to Amazon Jpn's user reviews. Just took a quick glance at some of the comments, but it seems that many people do dislike the game (3 out of 5 based on 1000+ reviews). I knew multi-player would just kill this (same for Blood of Bahamut). So is this a game that only kids or casual players can enjoy or what? Funny everybody has beef w/ the tanned ganguro fairy :)

http://www.amazon.co.jp/product-reviews/B000LXD...

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:50:12 +0000

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:51:21 +0000

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:50:12 +0000

By: Joanna

Joanna — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:11:50 +0000

I'm going to have to agree with hsiao, there is a certain charm to games where the characters have no personality. Then I get to use my imagination and make one for them, and this is much better than being forced to have a whiny baby protagonist. (FFX I am glaring at you!) Plus I enjoy turn based RPGs. And as hsiao said exploring is very enjoyable in DQ III. I really liked that game. :D

By: ZefiroTorna

ZefiroTorna — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:25:00 +0000

Not exactly “discontinued” as that's just a label Amazon initially attaches to products sometimes when their print run has dried out. It's very cumbersome and irresponsible of Amazon to jump to labeling products as so, even if briefly as it's still misleading.

The discontinued status has recently been removed from DQV's listing, now they're likely awaiting notice from the publisher on the possibility of more print runs.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:21:22 +0000

Im glad to see I am not the only one who hates Yoichi Wada, I swear he and Bobby Kotick were brothers in another life. This guy is so arrogant and even worse yet Squares games have been degraded almost to the point of no return. Im holding out hope that the FF13 games will restore some credibility to the Square name, though I still wish Nomura, and all the rest of the remaing Squaresoft employees would just leave and form another studio or go join Level 5.

On topic I really could not care less if they bring DQ9 over, I hated this game the second they said how multiplayer heavy it was, because much like Crystal Chronicles I knew this would lead to ZERO story, and RPG's with no story or character development go right to my games to ignore list. My first exposure to the DQ games was technically DQ7 on PSX but the only one I have played from start to finish is DQ8 on the PS2, which I loved. I have 5 sitting in my DS collection but I am having a hard time starting it because I just don't want to play a 40+ hour game on a screen that small, at least my PSP let me hook it up to a TV.

By: lostinblue

lostinblue — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:37:30 +0000

I know, and as you know I respect your opinion, for, since you often import it's a great source of feedback of what to expect. It's great to have people like you around.

I'll be interested in seeing how I'll look at them after playing them, like you do. thing is, I gotta say, I'm stubborn, there's no other way around it :P I'm not doubting you for a second, but I still can't help wanting to try them out. And it was just 10 dolars, I really wouldn't take the risk for $40.

By: John James

John James — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:15:38 +0000

This would be totally silly of Square-Enix if they didn't release this outside of Japan, more-so with them deceiving PS2 owners from ever having this game.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:45:15 +0000

Hey, at least we both like Arc Rise Fantasia right, just a solid RPG all around. I liked Archaic Sealed Heat too even though 7 out of 10 people didn't like the game (could be why it's still not localized, just bad reception in Jpn, shame..). And despite what everyone said, I still want to try “Velvet Assassin” because I like the female spy in WWII setting, but I would wait for price drop as not to regret it later since I've been warned.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:02:39 +0000

I don't deny that Fragile and Sigma Harmonics both had "potential" and are intriguing ideas, but they did a piss poor job on the "gameplay". As you know, I'm not the type that doesn't give any game a chance and dismiss things easily either, otherwise I wouldn't have spent $60 on a DS game. Even I'm saying they're flawed and most importantly "not fun", I didn't come to this conclusion until after spending hours w/ them.

W/ SH, anyone will need to go to a FAQ anyway, since the puzzles are simply ridiculous. You just run around in the mansion fighting monsters etc, it doesn't help the battle system is boring (use the stylus to face right, face left..). Also like Spencer added, it is virtually impossible to pull off the deduction before a boss, hence one is forced to grind. If the integral "clue" part is broken, the game doesn't hold.

Well, Tenchu Wii was regarded by most to have bad and almost impossible control in turn breaking the game. I have even been advised here to get the PSP version instead. Yet I still give it benefit of the doubt, because I want to enjoy the latest Tenchu entry on the big screen. The graphics are good, but I had to give up after the first two stages, the swing and thrust just weren't responsive even when I wanted to do something as simple as rolling from one bush to another, something a button press would suffice, hence extremely frustrating.

I don't know what games you like, I like many games on all 5 systems (3 consoles/2 handhelds) right now.. I appreciate artsy games as much as the next guy, like Shadow of the Colossus, but that game was damn fun. Fragile, I like the art, chars, dialogue, but I cannot say it was fun, more like I needed to drudge thru for the story. If I just want to enjoy a good story, I might as well watch a movie or anime.

By: hsiao

hsiao — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:56:32 +0000

I hate story in videogames, period. But I don't like boring games, obviously.

I don't find personality in dialogue, only in gameplay. DQ V for example is often regarded as the pinnacle of DQ, but I found the storyline to be absolutely worthless. DQIII and IV have an equal worthless story, but better "adventure" elements. In DQ, I just want to travel around the world, looking for hidden treasures, and discovering new places. I could care less about the "hero" and his story..

So in some ways this DQ seems perfect for me, but I still hear people calling it boring, and I don't understand if it's just for the storyline or for the exploration parts.

By: lostinblue

lostinblue — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:38:19 +0000

Hey, why are you whining about not getting a proper Front Mission man? You're getting Front Mission EVOLVED!

yeah, I get your point.

And I dislike Wada a lot too. But nothing can be done.

By: lostinblue

lostinblue — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:32:13 +0000

I dunno about that, it's one of those games, like Fragile, that I am expecting something from. Plus, with US localizations I expect some ironing out to be done if necessary as well.

Regarding the Play-Asia sale... Yeah, I know... I purchased it :D consider me mild hyped about it, even if I don't know how I'll get through it.

And I thought the new Tenchu for the Wii was good? I'll pick it up for ten bucks. (sorry, I seem to go after the games you dislike, it's becoming a trend :P)

By: QBasic

QBasic — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:26:25 +0000

There's also the dialog bubbles; how on earth were they supposed to localize it without cutting off the portraits?