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Pros and cons?

>> No.7139021 [DELETED] 

>>7138984
pros: art style, music, atmosphere. weapon system. character interactions are really solid. towns are decent, world is varied. villains are well done. story gets good later on.

cons: takes a while to get going, combat is stupid slow on PS2 (get 3DS version or use Cheat_Engine.exe to speedup the Ps2 version). Random encounters are piss easy (but it's jrpg so that's normal), bosses are also piss easy except one or two. running around the world is fun at first but theres not much to do besides grind enemies and pick up loot.

>> No.7139040

>>7139021
Piss easy?
I remember back around 2008-09 /v/ when this game alongside Nocturne were considered to be the hardest video games ever. Pre-Dark Souls /v/.

>> No.7139051 [DELETED] 

>>7139040
Only way it's hard is if you run away from too many fights and are underleveled, which does happen because you can see enemies walking around the world and dungeons and avoid them, no random encounters.

>> No.7139079 [DELETED] 

>>7138984
pros = i dont own that shit

cons = its for homo activist tranny shut ins who get moms pop tart delivery to bedroom whilst saving the princess with FWENDS with gay elf

>> No.7139085 [DELETED] 
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>>7139079
>gay elves
wrong. jrpgs have the best girls, the best!

>> No.7139097 [DELETED] 

>>7139079
t. no imagination, stunted social development, autism spectrum

>> No.7139114 [DELETED] 

>>7139097
the fucking irony

you have no imagination thats why you need it in cliche video games spoonfed, you have social development deficit thats why you need FWENDS in a GAME, you have AUTISM thats why you invest in long pointless vidya expeditions to save princess from wizard and talking mushroom with no skill whatsoever just menuing and selecting potion.

>> No.7139127

>>7139097
this post cut that sad troll deep, must be true.

>>7139021
DQ games are comfort food; you hangout with a cool bunch of characters fighting monsters and doing quests.

>>7138984
Best way to play is at night, after a shower. Get comfy in bed and boot it up for 30 to 45 minutes. Save points aren't too far apart.

>> No.7139151

>>7138984
Pros:
Akira Toriyama
Cons:
Its Dragon Quest

>> No.7139301

Pros:
>Charm out the ass
>Party members are great
>Fusion system is fun
>Music is great

Cons:
>Takes a while for the game to really "start"
>Story is a little generic at points, but it is Dragon Quest
>Grinding for times is a factor

>> No.7139334

>>7138984
Pros:
it's a Dragon Quest game
Cons:
Akira Toriyama and whoever the guy who did the music

>> No.7139337

>>7139334
>>7139151
the duality of /vr/

>> No.7140365

>>7138984
Pros:
>Toriyama artstyle finally realized in game
>character customization

Cons:
>Slow
>Big and emtpy
>Did I mention slow?
>and that everything is so big and empty?

>> No.7140785 [DELETED] 

>which does happen because you can see enemies walking around the world and dungeons and avoid them, no random encounters.
This is only true for the 3DS version. Original PS2 version had standard random encounters

>> No.7140789

>>7139051
>which does happen because you can see enemies walking around the world and dungeons and avoid them, no random encounters.
This is only true for the 3DS version. Original PS2 version had standard random encounters

>> No.7140792

>>7139040
is it actually challenging like nocturne is tho?

>> No.7140802

>>7140792
Hell no. Zero grinding required.

>> No.7140849

You can easily hit 100 hours playing this. It's true that it's not particularly difficult, but the gameplay is very enjoyable. Everything from the music to the expressions on the enemy's faces were joyfully done. This was the best Square Enix game of that generation.

>> No.7141537 [DELETED] 

great game but 3DS quality of life features are really worth it

>> No.7142085

>>7140792
Hell yes, the game is a grindfest

>> No.7142095

>>7139127
>showering before you inevitably have to jerk it to Jessica's knockers
rookie move

>> No.7142106
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>>7139040
Little known fact: Dragon Quest and SMT games strongly encourage grinding, and players these days are impatient and demand instant gratification. When you sit in every new area and actually fight enemies until you level up to the point of diminishing EXP returns, things can't hurt you and die quickly, making the games manageable. When you try to rush story flags like a kid on a sugar high, the bosses of each area lay you out, and you go on imageboards to cry about difficulty and spam pics of Jessica's tits.

>> No.7142124 [DELETED] 

>>7142106
this is true. I rushed to the thief boss in DQIII and he wiped my party 6 times in a row until I went back to level up and get better gear. Actually the big issue was I had no mana on my healer & mage but getting some better gea and a level up didn't hurt.

>> No.7142130

>>7142106
>SMT games strongly encourage grinding
>the game where you can shit on bosses 20 levels ahead of you by easily abusing the extremely broken resistance/weakness system
>the games where your other party members couldn't even gain experience at all untill nocturne came out
>grinding

>> No.7142139 [DELETED] 

>>7142130
even if you couldn't grind levels there were other things you could grind, like grinding magnetite in Soul Hackers

>> No.7142151
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7142151

Pros. It's a Beautiful game that feels like an anime. Music is god tier and the voices are good. Tons of little details makes this a wonderful experience

Cons. Ps2 only has the orchestra OST.

>> No.7142207

You convinced me, I will give it a few hours tonight.

>> No.7142715

it's the best DQ game by a long shot. though i have to agree that it's not that difficult. apart from the dragon graveyard and the post-game, i didn't have a hard time at all, and that's while doing a fisticuffs only run. still, great game. amazing music and sick ass graphics. it oozes SOUL

>> No.7142874

Pros:
>gorgeous graphics
>beautiful misic
>Monster teams
>fun, classic, DQ gameplay
>Jessica's rack

Cons:
>no HD remaster on current/next gen

DQ8 is comfy af, and one of my favorite jrpgs.

>> No.7144162

>>7138984
Pros are the aesthetics, they're 10/10
Character balance is very good, there are lots of roles each one can take on depending on your skill allotment.

Story takes way too long to get going. Game is piss easy until certain bosses that are huge difficulty spikes. I wouldn't say grinding is necessary but most people will. I like the tension system but the endgame becomes too focused on it.

The 3ds remake is excellent. Random encounters being gone was a godsend. Extra superbosses and characters were nice to have.

>> No.7144186

>>7138984
Can verify to speed up the combat to level up. Like all JRPGs the running around a save point for hours is soul crushing.

>> No.7144340

>>7139051
>he played the 3DS version
now that's a con and no pros.