dragon quest thread

[Anonymous No.8559641]

just finishing up playing the Dragon Quest 1-3 and I want to continue the franchise in order. I played the snes remakes of 1-3 since they were recommended to be the best way to play those games. (they definitely are after having played them, especially 3)

What is the best way to experience DQ 4-6? Should I play the originals, the PS1/2 remakes, or the remakes on the DS?

[Anonymous No.8559684]

IV on mobile includes the cut party talk content but it's not exactly a deal-breaker. Play them all on DS.

[Anonymous No.8559696]

>>8559641
the switch remakes are fucking ugly go play the ds ones

[Anonymous No.8559709]

>>8559684
I heard about that. Is there a patch that fixes it or a fan translation of the japanese version? if so I might just use that and play the DS versions of the games via melonDS

[Anonymous No.8559919]

>>8559696
>the switch remakes are fucking ugly go play the ds ones
what
4-6 haven't come out on Switch, what are you on about?

[Anonymous No.8560019]

>>8559919
he got confused by the OP image. probably refering to the switch ports of 1-3 which are just the crappy mobile ports ported to the switch.

They are indeed very ugly. They have mixels and pixel art combined with raster images all topped with a gross UI font.

[Anonymous No.8560020]

I really liked the PS2 version of V.

[Anonymous No.8560069]

>>8559641
>>8559684
Ai, pla'in on da DS tho' is ve'y annoyin'.

[Anonymous No.8560070]

>>8559641
4 = phone version.
5 = I dunno, I only played SNES version. I hear DS version is better but there's also a nice looking PS2 version.
6 = DS version.

With DQ, there's literally never a reason to play the originals. But it's also not always a good idea to play the most current release either.

[Anonymous No.8560078]

>>8560070
6 is probably the most beautiful of all the retro DQ original releases

[Anonymous No.8560079]

>>8560019
The hell is a mixel?

I think the port of DQ3 looks alright since it's more zoomed out. Still not good. But not as bad as DQI+II The main issue I think is the super chunky environment pixels and the really small and fine pixels on the character art. It clashes terribly. I think the battles look fine, personally speaking.

[Anonymous No.8560081]

>>8560070
I don't know. The 7 remake, while objectively better, took away some of the tedious charm of the OG. Though I will say if forced to replay either of them, I'd choose 7DS

[Anonymous No.8560083]

>>8560079
>hell is a mixel?
Its a term to describe when the sizes of pixels is inconsistent.

>The main issue I think is the super chunky environment pixels and the really small and fine pixels on the character art. It clashes terribly
this is exactly what Mixels is

[Anonymous No.8560098]

>>8560020
My version when I feel like replaying Dragon Quest V.

[Anonymous No.8560108]

>>8560098
what are the differences between the PS2 and DS versions? is there a specific reason why you prefer the PS2?

[Anonymous No.8560132]

>>8560019
Ohh. I personally don't mind the looks as much but I fully get the distaste for it. I like stuff like the monster and battle background though, the backgrounds specially look very nice. I do wish they had a toggle for at least the mobile sprites though, specially for 1 and 2. I'm not the biggest fan of how SNES 1, 2, and 5 look, so I do appreciate that the mobile versions make them more like SNES 3 and 6.

[Anonymous No.8560219]

>>8559641
The only way these games should ever be played is the originals. No discussion.

[Anonymous No.8561201]

>>8560219
the originals lack QOL features though

[Anonymous No.8561350]

>>8560108
The DS version has the most content and a new wife to choose to have your destined hero children, who also happens to be be far the best girl.

PS2 has full 3D and some of the extra content

[Anonymous No.8561361]

>>8560069
Ai, ye babblin' like a we lil barin.

[Anonymous No.8561391]

I fucking hate the new "localisations"

[Anonymous No.8561404]

>>8560069
>>8561361
The fake britfaggotry is tolerable but the fake russian and fake french (?) accents in 4 were just unreadable.

[Anonymous No.8561440]

4-6 DS and 7-8 3DS, I'm a major SNESfag but I must admit 4-6 is far better on the DS and they came out before the SNES DQ3 remake and have a pretty basic presentation compared to it and the comfy level kinda suffers for it.

DQ 7-8 on the 3DS is also improved over it's PS1 and PS2 releases, and the fact you now actually can see the enemies in the game-world works when it's 3D for the best since I thought roaming around in 8 on the PS2 always felt so barren, empty and dull somehow the visible enemies in the 3DS version made it feel more lively and comfy.

A note though, if you are doing a in-universe chronological run then drop everything and start playing DQ11, it's the first game in the "timeline". It's not a big deal, but if that's important to you that's how it is.

[Anonymous No.8561446]

>>8559709
Learn Japanese. No point in playing these games if you don't know it.

[Anonymous No.8561475]

>>8561440
>it's the first game in the "timeline"
And III is a prequel to I & II, but is meant to played after them. Same with XI

[Anonymous No.8561858]

>>8561404
Developer: "Hmm, the game is half reading and half battles. The battles are challenging enough, now how can we make the reading challenging too..."

[Anonymous No.8561939]

>>8560108
The only addition the NDS has is a new wife, besides that the PS2 version is the same as the NDS with better graphics and better music.

[Anonymous No.8561954]

>>8561939
And some new monsters.

[Anonymous No.8562169]

>>8561446
Yes, that's the numerical chronology and how most people play them, but some like to have have experienced the world's backdrop to help fill in the story immersion and I kinda get that it would help carry DQ 1&2 with how basic they today and how DQ11 can help zoomers not be bored with the comfy and pretty SNES DQ3 remake due to it being rather straight forward.

It's to late for me anyways lol but I think people asking advice for how to get into the series need to first be asked if they want to just play the highlights, experience the series evolution or do a chronological timeline and feel like epic legends and get that extra connection to the game world.

[Anonymous No.8562427]

>>8561939
Looking at some gameplay on yourube. It appears that there is a fan translation available for the PS2 version of the game and it does look better. I might try PS2 emulation even though I've heard it can be spotty at times

[Anonymous No.8563070]

>>8559684
https://github.com/concreted/dqiv-nds-en-script-patcher

found this but it requires files from the android version to work. does anyone know where I can get these files?

[Anonymous No.8563080]

>>8562427
I beat it and only part I had problems was with the museum items gallery where there's a small description of each item and said description is fucked up but still readable.

[Anonymous No.8563087]

>>8563070
the DQ general has a prepatched rom in its pastebin

You also need to run an "english mode" action replay code for proper formatting

[Anonymous No.8563098]

>>8563087
oh nice thanks for the info

[Anonymous No.8563120]

>>8562427
The only problem I had was at one point late game when the camera got wonky and I couldn't really see where the party was.
Didn't use the translation patch so I can't tell if that causes extra trouble.

[Anonymous No.8563250]

>>8563087
>ou also need to run an "english mode" action replay code for proper formatting
where can I find this?

[Anonymous No.8564515]

>>8563250
02106404 00000001

Your hero's name will be stuck at Solo/Sophia. Something about the coding does this.

[Anonymous No.8564606]

>>8563250
Ah never mind. Im actually blind. It's right there in the github

there is some text that is untranslated, but the important things are all fine.

>>8564515
Too late I already entered random japanese characters so my character is now ああああ