Dragon Quest

[Anonymous No.989564]

Old-school Dragon Quest thread? Old-school Dragon Quest thread.

[Anonymous No.989589]

A Metal Babble appears!

Command?
>breathe
Metal Babble runs away!

[megusta No.989614]

i think i have played this game in the far past

>bump

[Anonymous No.989621]

I've played the GBC versions of the first two and the Super Famicom fan translation of DQIII. How are the DS versions of IV-VI? And will they ever release the 3DS version of VII?

[Anonymous No.989629]

>>989621
DS versions of 4-6 are alright/acceptable, though I personally prefer the NES version of 4. And I'm guessing a it'll be a no on DQ7 3DS.

[Anonymous No.989637]

Im loving the shit out of the GBC dragon quest monsters, its everything I ever wanted out of a monster game, I wish more games were like it

[Anonymous No.989641]

>>989589

[Anonymous No.989674]

I love playing the original versions.
At first, after being accustomed to better graphics, the early DQ games look really barebone, but once I'm playing and getting into it, I start seeing it with different eyes. Suddenly all that flat 2D world with repetitive graphics become a full, mysterious world to explore. It's like I start opening my child eyes again, and I can see the games the way I saw them before. I don't think it's nostalgia goggles, it's actually taking off the "modern goggles", so to speak. It's awesome and I love when that happens.

[Anonymous No.989679]

>>989589
>>989641

[Anonymous No.989718]

Man, Dragon Quest would've been a lot more popular in the west if they actually bothered to released V and VI in the west back in the day. I still don't know what they were thinking.

Anyway, which version of III should I play? People often tell me to start at this, but isn't it one of ther harder ones?

[Anonymous No.989736]

>>989718

I'd recommend the GBC or the SNES version.

[Anonymous No.989743]

>>989736
Which one has the most new content?

[Anonymous No.989746]

>>989743
GBC has an exclusive dungeon.

[Anonymous No.989745]

>>989718
DQ5 wasn't released because none of the NES DQ games sold very well. Each game sold less and less copies. Enix concentrated on more actiony games like Act Raiser, Soul Blazer, and Illusion of Gaia instead during the SNES era. DQ6 didn't come over because Enix of America closed before DQ6 was even out in Japan.

[Anonymous No.989749]

>>989743

I'm pretty sure GBC, but SNES has nicer graphics and probably nicer music.

[Anonymous No.989768]

You are now aware that there are scores of senior citizen/retirement homes across the globe, all filled to the brim with aging, crusty people who refuse to die. In each one of these retirement Utopias, the given rate of toothless person-to-mouth full of dentures and Poligrip is probably 1:10.

and yet, somehow, the entire sum of denture-clad wrinkled warriors on the planet cannot hope to best the amount of grinding in Dragon Quest 1-3.

[Anonymous No.989770]

>>989745
I should also add, DQ5 came out in September 1992 in Japan while DW4 came out in October 1992 in North America. We were routinely getting DQ games almost 2 years after the Japanese, and that was a long waiting period even during that era.

[Anonymous No.989772]

>>989674
The artstyle of DW 2-4 is great, I prefer it to the remakes. The sprites are just charming

[Anonymous No.989774]

>>989768

The only thing your post made me aware of is the fact that you're either retarded or haven't played the games.

>he can't finish a 20 hour JRPG!

[Anonymous No.989780]

>>989774
Who said I can't finish them, oh Great One? I've slogged my way through dragon Warrior I-VII. Heaven forbid someone have something they didn't like about your childhood comfort blanket.

[Anonymous No.989793]

>>989780
But DQ3 doesn't have grinding. I'm sorry for your poor party choices.

[Anonymous No.989795]

>>989768
>mon visage quand there's more grinding in Ni no Kuni than in Dragon Warrior 7
It should only take you 5 hours, tops, to beat the NES version of DQ1. I can beat the GBC version in around an hour and a half.

[Anonymous No.989798]

>>989795
>GBC
>NES

ohboy.jpg

[Anonymous No.989803]

>>989793
Why wouldn't I pick a diverse party? Sure, I know the Wizard is garbage, but I like to play the game, not glitch/exploit the fighting engine.

Not saying that's what Anon does, of course.

[Anonymous No.989820]

What do guys prefer? Main series or Monsters?

[Anonymous No.989852]

>>989820
Just bought DQM "Joker" 2 for the ds.
Don't really think I'll be sitting down and playing it for long periods of time,
I'm just a sucker for the DQ titles, DQ 5 is one of my all time favorite games.
Bit I can imagine the DQM titles to be inferiour ( will you hate me now) to pokemon.

[Anonymous No.989856]

>>989852
>DQM "Joker" 2

That's like starting Final Fantasy with FF2.

[Anonymous No.989864]

>>989856
I saw it somewhat cheap, my impulses got the better of me, sorry.

[Anonymous No.989876]

I just got my copy of DQ 1+2 for the GBC. Never played 1 so I thought it would be a nice way to play it. A bit grindy. Not in levels but in money. And I understand they made it "easier" by giving enemies drop better exp and gold. I'm just saying what I'm noticing as I'm playing it now. Going to play 2 soon since I'm nearly at the end since I'm about to get the armor in the deserted town.

[Anonymous No.989884]

>>989876
I think there's some golem or something in the north east that drops a ton of gold, but it's been well over a decade since I last played the game so I don't totally remember.

[Anonymous No.989910]

>>989884
Goldem (or something like that). I know but it's a random enemy and I mostly see werewolves (or their cousins) and metal scorpions. I almost got the flame sword which I think is the last thing to buy since I already got the Magic Armor.

[Anonymous No.989937]

>>989884
The Goldman, he spawns south of Rimuldar or something. Money shouldn't be such a problem if you don't die.

[Anonymous No.990054]

So what are your favorite classes/characters of the series?

Pic related.

[Anonymous No.990076]

>>989910
I usually don't buy all the weapons or armor in the game. My usual pattern is to start with the Bamboo Stick and Clothes and skip completely over the Small Shield and go straight for Large when I get the money. Weapons I usually go Copper Sword, Broad Sword, then Erdrick's/Loto's Sword and armors I go Chain Mail, Full Plate, then Erdrick's/Loto's again and get the Silver Shield at the end. You don't have to grind much for money this way.

>>989937
Goldmen also spawn in an area between the Fighter's/Rocky Cave and Hauksness/Domdora. The other monsters there tend to be a bit weaker than the area south of Rimuldar.

[Anonymous No.990084]

>>990076
Right now I have Steel Sword, Magic Armor, Iron Shield, D-Scale and War (whatever that does). And level 16.

[Anonymous No.990104]

>>990084
I always forget about the item name changes.

Steel Sword = Broad Sword
Iron Shield = Large Shield.

The War Ring/Fighter's Ring increases attack power by a little bit.

I'd save up your money for the Silver Shield instead of the Flame Sword. The Silver Shield is the best shield in the game, but you'll get the best weapon, Loto's Sword, for free eventually.

[Anonymous No.990107]

>>990104
Ok
Just got the Loto Armor. I'm a little stuck on where to go. Remember someone asking for a harp but don't know where that is.

[Anonymous No.990109]

>>990107
And the first time running into a metaly (metal slime) and he ran right away.

[Anonymous No.990110]

>>990107
That's area is west of Kol, the town where you got the Flute at.

>>990109
This >>989641 isn't a joke.

[Anonymous No.990114]

>>990110
I know it just seem like it took so long to appear just to have it run.

[Anonymous No.990119]

>>989589
Beat a King Metal Slime yesterday, got 30000 Exp, everyone leveled up. It was a good day. Also, I'm going to fight Mortamor on DQVI, any tips?

[Anonymous No.990126]

>>990114
IIRC, Metal Slimes only spawn in the very southern areas of Alefgard and rather infrequently compared to later games.

[Anonymous No.990139]

>>990119
Also this guy again, I'm bothered by the fact that DQIV in Europe doesn't have DQIV on the title, could any give me a cheap option to import it from the US of A?

[Anonymous No.990156]

>>989621
>>989629

It's tough to favor the nes version with it's awful forced AI once you get to the final chapter.

The V remake is great

VI is alright. It's a weaker entry and pretty forgetable in all it's forms.

[Anonymous No.990180]

>>990156
While I also prefer manual control of my characters, the NES AI in DW4 isn't that bad or stupid, even with Cristo occasionally casting Beat or Defeat on bosses, and the AI companions get the same cheat the monsters get where they don't actually choose their command until their turn comes up.

If you don't like the AI, you can turn if off with a Game Genie code.

YYEXVTGE

[Anonymous No.990198]

>>989589
>Run into one of those early on in DQII
>Crit
>so many levelups

[Anonymous No.990206]

>>989768
And none of them has lived long enough the finish the first disc of that game.

[Anonymous No.990215]

>>990206
I just beat the game for the second time and my final time was around 80 hours. I spend more time playing Persona 4.

[Anonymous No.990239]

Got the urge to play 5 lately. Anybody got experience with the PS2 remake? I know that there is an English patch for it. From what I understand, its pretty similar to the DS version of 5, except with 3d models.

[Anonymous No.990481]

>>990107
Me
I might ask for help when if I need it. Rather have small tips then read a walkthrough.

[Anonymous No.990774]

>>989589
I finally killed one of these at the end of Dragon Quest III. Felt so proud of myself. Gonna start on IV once I finish Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger and maybe Final Fantasy Adventure.

I'm playing the games in order along with a bunch of other RPG franchises/games.

Man this guy is an asshole though. He kept un-buffing my party every other turn in the middle of the fight, and near the end of it he killed both of my sages with a un-buff double breath attack combo. I had to just keep attacking and hope. Luckily he was dead enough that I outdamaged him in the race.

[Anonymous No.990801]

>>989768
If you don't know exactly what you're supposed to do there's basically no grinding in the GBC versions of all those games or the SNES version of III.

This is basically true of all RPGs.

>>989803
Like I said above, I just finished a playthrough of DQIII with Hero | Fighter | Pilgrim -> Sage | Wizard -> Sage without any grinding.

[Anonymous No.990808]

>>989852
I don't think that the DQM games are even really comparable to Pokemon outside of the obvious superficial similarity of monster collection. They're very different games.

[Anonymous No.991606]

>>990481
Just got the harp. Guessing I was meant to get it sooner just didn't know where it was. Totally forgot there was a door there last time I was there. I'm guessing I show the guy the harp and he tells me the next part on my quest.

[Anonymous No.991737]

>>991606
I got the rain staff and the sun stone but it's not letting me make the rainbow bridge. Am I missing something?

[Anonymous No.991761]

On a completely unrelated note.
I've recently got the "boat" in DQVI, and I'm completely lost to what I'm supposed to do.
I sailed around for like forever (it felt like it anyway), and then I found A place where I need to raise my devilishy good looks, then I need to find the legendary Zenithian sword or something.
Am I the only one who gets completely lost in these older games when you've been on a month hiatus and then starts to play again?

[Anonymous No.991771]

>>990774

Did you have the Sage's Rock in your hand? Because that's what kept my party alive for the rest of this battle.

Also in what level your party were when you came to beat him.

[Anonymous No.991785]

>>991771
>Did you have the Sage's Rock in your hand?
Yes, It was on my fighter.

>Also in what level your party were when you came to beat him.
Everybody was the equivalent of around level 40.

[Anonymous No.991792]

>>991785

Why didn't you give the rock to your healer?

[Anonymous No.991806]

>>991792
Because that's redundant.

[Anonymous No.991807]

>>991806

Make the healer use the rock every round, and you'll be healthy and sound, whilst still having your fighter free to attack.

[Anonymous No.991809]

>>991807
The healer can already cast HealUs, which is the same thing. There's no benefit to having the healer use it over someone without healing other than mana conservation, which is a nonissue if you have wizard rings, which I did.

This also allowed for the double-casting of support magic like Increase and Bikill. while the Fighter and Hero took a turn healing.

[Anonymous No.991813]

>>991809

... Okej. Sounds good.

[Anonymous No.991825]

>>991737
You need to combine it to become rainbow drops or something.

[Anonymous No.991840]

>>991825
How?
I go to the area where the bridge is (it's where the two land masses nearly meet I'm guessing). But when I use the staff or stone it just says "it does nothing"

[Anonymous No.991845]

>>991840
IIRC it's the guy who ask you to show proof that you are descendant of Loto/Erdrick, which is the emblem. You bring them to him and then he will combine them. But I forgot where he is.

[Anonymous No.991862]

>>991845
OH the guy in the south shrine. It keeps pointing to go to places but you don't really go there until late in the game.

[Anonymous No.991867]

>>991840

Did you save the princess from the swamp cave yet? Once you get Gwaelin's love talk to some guys in Cantlin i think and they will tell you where you can dig up Erdrick's token to give to the guy in the south cave who gives you the rainbow drop.

[Anonymous No.991895]

>>991867
I had the items I just didn't know where to go to combine them. The game told me to go to the south shrine a long time ago which I did. I just went in the castle and got the sword. I never had to run from so many battles in the whole game. Found myself in a room that went up then down stairs just to get back to the bottom steps. I thought it was just a trick and went up 3 more times just to make sure. NOPE. As soon as I grabbed the Loto Sword I cast Outside and Return and saved.

[Anonymous No.992132]

Are there any significant differences in Dragon Warrior II as opposed to to the original that I should know about?
The first one had altered dialogue and quite a few deleted NPCs, I'm wondering if they kept it up here too, and I don't trust other sites telling me it's "basically the same".

[Anonymous No.992340]

>>992132
I don't know if the english GBC version of DQ2 is censored or not, but if you're worried about that, just play the SNES version. The SNES version was never released in the US, so it only has a fan translation. I'm reasonably certain the fan-translators wouldn't have felt the need to censor or remove anything.

[Anonymous No.992569]

>>992340
Uh, I'm playing the NES version, assumed it would be obvious from using the Warrior title.

[Anonymous No.992747]

>>992569
Sorry, the GBC versions were also called Dragon Warrior. For some reason I thought you were asking if the GBC version had the same censorship as the NES version. I know in the NES version they changed some of the tiles and sprites to remove crosses from the temples and priests, and there's always at least some altered dialogue, since Japan is much more liberal with swearing and sex jokes.

I do know they added an extra scene to the english NES version, the opening where you see Moonbrook being attacked wasn't in the Japanese game.

[Anonymous No.992749]

I played DW1+2 on Game Boy Color. Beat the first. Got stuck on the second - was trying to find the WorldLeaf for my useless paladin and I could not figure out where the fuck you had to go, and I was getting my ass stomped without that third guy for support.

[Anonymous No.992756]

[Anonymous No.992762]

>>992747
U.S.A. = Where Puff-Puff jokes are unacceptable for little kids, but a princess watching her father get burned to death by a fire-breathing demon is perfectly fine.

[Anonymous No.992775]

>>992747
also, if I remember right, there were whore houses in the original version as well

[Anonymous No.992785]

>>992762
We could also make jokes about Germany not letting swastikas or blood in games back in the 90's, and they still don't let swastikas IIRC. Culture is just different in different places.

[Anonymous No.992813]

>>992762
>U.S.A.
>implying that this isn't the version all of the english speaking western world got
this a dumb thing to start a europe vs US fight over

[Anonymous No.992828]

>>992762
('~')7 truly the best.

love me some DQ however. 3's the best in the series IMO.

[Anonymous No.992860]

>>992813
I'm the guy who made that joke, and I'm from the U.S. I wasn't trying to start anything, I wasn't even aware if Europe got the games or not. Stop being so fucking defensive and assuming everything is meant as some sort of attempt to start an argument.

[Anonymous No.992986]

>>991895
Me
Just played it and went through the castle. For some reason I was able to get to him with little problem. Maybe I was lucky and didn't go down the wrong stairway. Thanks for the help everyone. I'm going to play 2 tomorrow. Any advice you can give me before hand would be nice.

[Anonymous No.993317]

>>992749
I got stuck on that part too, even after I looked it up to a guide I didn't found it. Turns out that's the additional content for remake on snes and gbc, while my guide was for the NES one.
Here is the map if you still stuck btw. It's on the island to the left of Fire Monolith island.

[Anonymous No.993337]

>>992756

[Anonymous No.993345]

>>993317
Not who you linked. Going to start it soon. I'm going to try to beat it without a map hopefully. Any advice before starting would be nice.

[Anonymous No.993361]

>>991840
You are missing one of the 3 things you need.

[Anonymous No.993367]

>>993317

I think I went to that island before and I couldn't find it. Oh well, ain't gonna bother now.

[Anonymous No.993371]

>>993361
I already did it and beat DracoLord. First Dragon Warrior/Quest I have beaten. Going to play 2 tomorrow. Any advice you can give me would be helpful.

[Anonymous No.993378]

>>993371
The second game is much more open when it comes to exploration. The remakes have a map as an item you can find, so play those if you were playing the NES DW. The game also has some bullshit random encounters toward the end if you play the original.

[Anonymous No.993385]

>>993345
As usual, talk to every npc you met. Also, try to remember town names since return spell doesn't let you choose town, unlike zoom. I got confused since I played both version (got stuck in a glitch in the fan translated one, then I replayed it in the gbc version). And always track back every time you get new key.

[Anonymous No.993384]

>>993378
Alright. Guess I'll jump in blindly you should with any good old JRPG.

[Anonymous No.993393]

>>993385
Thanks. Playing the GBC and since I haven't played the NES nor SNES I should get that confused by the names. Hopefully my copy of Dragon Quest 3 for the GBC should be here by the time I'm done.

[Anonymous No.993395]

>>993371
Play the GBC remake rather than the SNES fan translation. There is a glitch that will force you to unpatch the rom and then patch it again, probably what happened to >>993385.

[Anonymous No.993396]

Around level 18 on the GBC DQ3 right now. This game is the definition of "cozy".

[Anonymous No.993404]

>>993395
I'm playing the GBC version so no problem there.

I never really noticed Dragon Quest until people here started talking about it. I only beat the first one but for the first JRPG it was nice.

[Anonymous No.993409]

One of my favorite series ever.

Doing a hardcore dragon warrior/quest 1 tonight.
One life equals erase game than start over than after that ironman challenge. Finish it in one day.

Love 1 own 2 but always get bored once im in moonbrooke.

Iv on ds is amazing
V on an snes translayed copy was amazing also and i need to play that again.

Never played vi or vii
Viii makes me cry everytime

Iii need to get when i have some dough.

Thanks for this thread op

[Anonymous No.993510]

>>993395
If it's the glitch where the text fucks up when the Prince of Cannok get's cursed, you don't need to unpatch the game. The glitch is caused if his name is too long. The two back up characters get randomly assigned names, one of the names for the prince, "Rolando" triggers the glitch (there might be other names, that's the one I had when I got it). All you need to do to avoid the glitch is change his name to something shorter. There's a secret way in the game to change the name from the save loading screen. I can't remember exactly how, but you should be able to find it with google.

The secret name changing thing (not the glitch) is also in the GBC version.

[Anonymous No.993549]

>>993510
Yeah, that's exactly the glitch that I encountered. So that's a common glitch, eh? I thought it was my emulator acting up since I got 'ROM checksum bad' message when I played on it. Glad to know since I like that emu UI.

[Anonymous No.995350]

Started 2. I love how I'm a prince of the castle but they feel they should charge me to sleep there and buy a shield. Dad basically gave me a copper sword and said "Have fun."

[Anonymous No.995663]

I know it's not retro, but DQ9 just seems a little...churchy...

[Anonymous No.995684]

>>991809

I gave Sage's Rock to my Cleric so I could conserve more MP of her.

[Anonymous No.995716]

Now I'm in search of my cousin (?) while he is looking for me. And I found my way north and after being poisoned three times I ran out of antidote and died. Man this games doesn't fuck around.

[Anonymous No.995852]

>>995716
>cousin (?)

Dragon Quest 2?
The three playable characters are all descendants of the hero from the first game, and they are all cousins...which makes a scene involving the main character and the princess a little creepy, towards the end.

[Anonymous No.995859]

>>993510
I didnt know the name was random. I had that same glitch with the same name.

[Anonymous No.995936]

>>995852
I read it saying the descendants of Loto will save the world. I'm guessing I will have to go into that cave. But I will have to stock up on a few herbs and antidotes since I can't cure myself it seems. Do I ever gain the ability to cast spells? I'm level 8 with no MP gain so I'm guessing I'm just a straight up fighter.

[Anonymous No.995954]

>>995936
Nope, you get no spells until you recruit the other prince.

[Anonymous No.996021]

>>995954
Then I better try my best to find him. Does he have any healing spells or just damaging?

[Anonymous No.996048]

>>996021
He's like a Red Mage. Mediocre-to-good attack magic, healing magic, and physical attack. The typical jack of all trades.

[Anonymous No.996105]

>>996048
So the Hero in the first game?

[Anonymous No.996119]

>>996105
It's you.

[Anonymous No.996910]

Got the prince after the sliver key. Don't know if you could have recruited him before because he would have been useful. And now I'm just backtracking and opening the doors.

[Anonymous No.997258]

Finally beat DQ II last night. Now move on to III. I wonder if I should name my mc Loto or Erdrick.

[Anonymous No.997303]

>>996910
Yes, I think you were meant to get the prince first.

[Anonymous No.997489]

>>997258
In the GBC version, you can't name the hero Loto (or was it Roto?). The game won't let you.

[Anonymous No.997632]

>>997303
Oh well. I just got the princess. But seem I went into a tower first and got the wizard's ring (which no one can equip) and wing cape.

[Anonymous No.997686]

>>997632
I'm pretty sure the Wizard;s ring is the same as a prayer ring, which when used restores mana and as a chance of breaking after every use.

[Anonymous No.997690]

>>997489
The GBC calls him Loto. Personally I find Erdrick sound a bit more epic but that's just a cultural thing. Like how the phantom in Phantom of the Opera is named Erik. It might sound more amazing in French but here it sounds kind of meh.

[Anonymous No.997695]

>>997686
Good thing I didn't try it out. What about the Wing Cape? What does that do?

[Anonymous No.997705]

>>997695
You're going to have to figure that one out by yourself. Though it shouldn't be too hard.

[Anonymous No.997715]

>>997705
Sounds good

[Anonymous No.997752]

>>995350
I swear someone gave me the wrong directions to Moonbroke. Untrustworthy peasants.

[Anonymous No.997778]

>>997752
The opening in Moonbroke said that Lorasia (your castle) is to the north east. They wasn't that far off from what I've seen. Just finding your prince cousin was annoying since it forced you go travel in a circle for no real reason.

[Anonymous No.997795]

>>997489
Looks like it can be done in snes version, though I didn't use it since I already created Erdrick before.

Also, this game seems to be more complex than I expected because of its job and personality system. Is this system balanced? Will I be okay if I just randomized my party's personality?

[Anonymous No.997845]

>>997795
>Is this system balanced?
Not really. Some of them are a lot better than others.
>Will I be okay if I just randomized my party's personality?
Yeah, it's not a huge deal, since you can change their personalities with books or some equipped items.

[Anonymous No.997935]

>>997795
The personalities affect stat growth, but even with bad match-up, you shouldn't have any problems that can't be fixed with a little extra grinding. You can change people's personality temporarily with some accessories, or permanently with books. In general if the personality sounds more physical, it's probably good for melee characters, if it's more mental, it's probably good for magic users.

If you do want to go all min-maxer, there's guides that explain the system in detail. Hero's personality is determined by the test at the beginning, other characters that you create are partially random, but partially determined by how you distribute the seeds you're given when you create them.

[Anonymous No.997942]

[Anonymous No.997991]

>>997935

I wanted to point out that the Sexy personality is the best for the female characters, and it can be simply arranged if you equip them with the Garter.

[Anonymous No.998078]

>>990054
Classes? Got no favorites, really.
Characters? Every single hero from DQ4.
Particulary Alena and Taloon.

And just because they haven't shown up in the thread, yet, Hyadain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VErJMYlmR80

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx2UM6-_iOU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiFcjDgqS4o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez-58hvzAOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YHFp7pXxtQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3KETAaaSCg

[Anonymous No.998119]

Anyone done a single character run in DQ3 on Gameboy? If you refuse to go see the king you get one of two pretty good personalities so I think they might have designed the game so you could do a 1 character challenge easier.

[Anonymous No.998129]

>>997705
Well I found the tower to drop off from. Drew had 2 MP and was near dead and Lynn had near nothing in MP but since she just need to get hit twice and she's near dead it can't be good. But I manage to get to Lianport. As much as I love how the stats spells are useful (I abused the fuck out of sleep) man just one sleep sleep against you can be deadly.

[Anonymous No.998138]

>>998129
Also I haven't done the slot game. Does anyone have any tips on how to win? Also is the Gold Card useful?

[Anonymous No.998142]

>>998119
Doesn't sound too hard, honestly. Especially since your one character is getting the experience meant for four. I think I read somewhere that all you really need is high wisdom growth so you get a lot of mana.

I'd imagine your Hero could get to level 70 easy by Zoma.

>>998138
I never really did the slot game, and the only thing useful you get from it is more Wizard/Prayer Rings which you really don't need if you save the ones you find.

I don't even remember what the Gold Card is in DQII. Which version are you playing?

[Anonymous No.998153]

>>998119
That sounds like fun actually. I've been meaning to replay DQ3 but couldn't decide on a party.

[Anonymous No.998159]

>>998142
GBC. Just asking because I got a bit more from drops and was thinking of just depositing them so they don't take up space.

[Anonymous No.998212]

>>998153
Well I don't remember the specifics, but if you refuse to speak to the king at all, eventually your mom asks you to at least take care of yourself; if you say yes, you get a more physical-oriented personality, and if you say no, you get Twisted, which is more magic-oriented.

[Anonymous No.998354]

I love the NES games. Must have beaten the original about 5 times or more. It just has a certain simple charm that has always appealed to me. I think it has something to do with the simplicity allowing your imagination to enter in a little more.

Anyway, I was hoping one of you fine chaps could answer a question for me that I have been confused about for years. Besides the four games on the NES, what are the other american-produced games? The confusion comes in because of Japanese translations- which I I have never been interested in. I mean, maybe I should be, unless the translations are stupid- then, no. I guess, I am just looking for more Dragon Quest games beyon the NES and Journey of the Cursed King (which I loved and is in my top 10 games of all time).

[Anonymous No.998386]

Your daily reminder that the series didn't start actually being fun until the SNES/PSX remakes of the first four games, which actually fix most of the more obvious problems

[Anonymous No.998389]

>>998119
yes.

you get a free bastard sword from the king of aliahan after baramos dies. other than that, i dont think anything else changes much.

the hardest part of the game was fighting the troll-king in Samano or orochi the second time.

tips:
_DONT_ throw away the NohMask. do not equip it unless you really need to defeat something nasty.

it is nearly impossible to get any divinegon wishes in a solo run. i racked up 117 turns, and he said that was too much time.

cast HealAll ON zoma in the final fight. this is your only attack move other than showing him the light-orb on turn 1.

[Anonymous No.998432]

>>998354
All of the Dragon Quest games came to the US. 1-4 NES 1+2 and 3 for the GBC (which I'm play) and 4 got rereleased for the DS. 5, 6, and 9 for the DS as well. 7 for the PSX but might come to the US on the 3DS. And finally 8 for the PS2.

So I just got a boat where someone said the golden key is on an island. But fuck me is the ocean large. Finally found an island with a shrine and all that was in there was a woman asking for an evil statue and that I should go to Tuff to start the quest to get the evil statue. I'm going to keep trying to sail around hopeing to find the island with the golden key.

[Anonymous No.998669]

Are the Dragon Quest 7 games that are on ebay for about $10 that say 'jp' in English then? Watch some YouTube videos on them- the translation looks pretty good.

[Anonymous No.999514]

>>998432
And I seem to have missed stairs where someone say to go east. It's always just one guy.

[Anonymous No.999516]

>>998669
And no. There is a American version. The Japanese version is just in Japanese.

[Anonymous No.999552]

>>999514
Made it "back" to Tantegel castle. Awesome they have the same place in the game. Weird how much has changed it seem.

[Anonymous No.1000218]

Got the Loto sword. I doubt it is the strongest in the game considering where I am in the story. Funny that you are kind of working with the descendent of the first DracoLord.

[Anonymous No.1000254]

How ready does my body need to be to play DQ7? Been considering doing it for a while.

[Anonymous No.1000274]

>>1000218
>I doubt it is the strongest in the game

You're right, it's not the strongest sword.
Now, the Loto equipment...

[Anonymous No.1000282]

>>1000254
If they release it in America (I'm guessing you live in America) I say wait to see if they are going to release it on the 3DS. While I've heard it's a bit slower it's still would be the best way to play I'm guessing.

>>1000274
Right now my levels are 17, 15, 11. I'm guessing since I didn't get the princess until after I got the winged cape she's really behind. But so far she's been awesome with her sleep spells. And surround has been nice too. Nice to see them have small list of spells but they are really useful. Also because they only cost about 2 MP I haven't felt I should hold back on MP use.

[Anonymous No.1000306]

>>1000282
Just tried the tower. Maybe it's be but man that's one confusing maze. Had to get out to save and heal up. Round 2.

[Anonymous No.1000308]

>>989589

[Anonymous No.1000313]

>>1000282
She's not behind. In 2 the characters have different level caps. Green Prince can only get to level 45, Princess can only get to level 35. They make up for this discrepancy by gaining more stats per level.

[Anonymous No.1000317]

>>1000308
I actually beat a Metaly a few hours ago. Lynn gain 2 levels but the last 2 times I fight it he came with 5 other enemies and as soon as I had everyone attack it he ran away and so everyone was attacking randomly. So they are even more of a bitch then I realized.

[Anonymous No.1000327]

>>1000313
Oh thanks. I found that some times the caster prince gain nothing but 2 MP on a level up and thought that was weird so I resetted (it was just after I saved) and tried it again and had the same stat growth. I never really had a problem with money but that's because of me getting lost.

[Anonymous No.1000474]

>>1000327
Sorry if me bumping every so often about my progress. Seem like every time I start a game I play for a few minutes and put it down only to come back to it months later. Doing this have kept me going.

[Anonymous No.1000479]

>>1000327
Sorry if me bumping every so often about my progress is annoying. Seem like every time I start any game I play for a few hours then put it down only to come back to it months later. Doing this have kept me going and I'm highly enjoying doing this.

[Anonymous No.1000483]

>>1000317

But now that you got a taste of that sweet Metaly exp, can you ever go back?

I usually can kill a couple of them just on accident/going about my business in any DQ game; the only games in which I grinded metal slimes were V and VIII, if I recall correctly

[Anonymous No.1000495]

>>1000483
It was really sweet killing it. Are they more common in the later games?

[Anonymous No.1000538]

>>1000495

Yeah, more types of metal slimes are introduced as the games get longer and higher level, and the slimes become more "mascots" of the series; I would say that 3 is the last game where it's actually pretty hard to reliably encounter grind metal slimes. they're all over in the zenithia trilogy and onwards.

[Anonymous No.1000575]

>>1000538
Zenithia trilogy I'm guessing is 4-6. I knew slimes were the mascots like chocobos in Final Fantasy. Well so far I haven't really meet anything really hard. But I haven't meet any bosses. But I'm guessing they haven't really done bosses in 1.

[Anonymous No.1000604]

>>1000575

in 1 there are just a few boss-like encounters like the golem and dragon, yeah. 3 really establishes the formula that the rest of the series takes on with little self-contained adventures focused around individual towns and regions

[Anonymous No.1000640]

>>1000604
DQ3 doesn't really have many bosses either. In the first world there's just Kandar (whom you fight twice), the Orochi, the Boss Troll and Baramos. The second world has a "boss rush" at the very end and that's it. Dungeons like the Pyramid, the Necrogond, and that cave you're forced to solo are brutal enough without a boss at the end.

[Anonymous No.1000685]

>>1000640
So I went in the tower and all that was there was a cauldron and a guy that said that there is a place in the sky. Did I miss anything?

[Anonymous No.1000868]

>>998389
>cast HealAll ON zoma
>mfw it worked and did like 180 damage

[Anonymous No.1000904]

>>1000538
You can grind Metal slimes reliably in 3 in orochi's dungeon, if I remember correctly. You should not even bother in DQ2, however.

[Anonymous No.1000918]

Decided to skip the tower and sail to the south east. Found a island with a castle. The king made me fight a tough tiger but lucky I got him when the Drew (mage prince) had 2 health left and got the Moon Seal. And when I left I fight with 6 metaly. Just attacked hoping to kill one. I was lucky and got 2 of them and Drew leveled up. And someone told me where to get the Gold Key so going there next.

[Anonymous No.1000929]

>>1000918
I remember destroying that tiger in 1 turn because I found the king late. Later on, there is a dungeon where you get those as random encounters in groups of three, and then it becomes pretty tough.

[Anonymous No.1000956]

>>1000929
Got it in 3 rounds. I could have got him in 2 but I had Lynn cast Defense and then Surround. Since I thought it was going to last longer. I hope I meet that encounter much later because I don't think Drew could last another hit. My only real complaint about the battles is how little control I have. I cast sleep on a group of enemies and one stays awake. Somehow my group loves attacking the sleeping one instead of the one hurting me.

[Anonymous No.1001001]

>>1000956
As long as it's not a spoiler can you answer me if I need to hold on to the Loto Sword. Since I got the Dragon Sword from the castle it seem the Loto Sword is weaker and now pointless.

[Anonymous No.1001006]

>>1001001
The game does not even let you drop it. Just bank it.

[Anonymous No.1001016]

>>1001006
I tried to sell it for fun and it said no. Thanks didn't know it was a plot item later. And I barely have enough space as it is.

[Anonymous No.1001034]

>>1001016
Found a shrine with different portals. Went in one and found myself far to the west. And got surprised by some Dragonflys. They all breathed fire and killed Drew and Lynn. Ran away and found a close town to resurrect them. Note to self be careful of portals.

[Anonymous No.1002027]

>>1001034
Finally got the Golden Key. Now I just have to try to remember where all the Golden doors that I missed. Knew I should have written it down but that's what I get for being lazy.

[Anonymous No.1002057]

I know I'm bending the /vr/ rules here, but I was just wondering if you DQ fans think I'd enjoy DQVI on DS if the only other Dragon quest I've played is VIII.

[Anonymous No.1002075]

>>1002057
I'm still enjoying 2 so I can't say for sure. But if you enjoyed DQ8 you might as well try out one of the other ones. From what I've seen 4-6 is a trilogy but a less so then the first 3 (the one I'm playing). So I guess you can play 6 by itself.

[Anonymous No.1002081]

Does anyone here read Gintama? Sorachi loves Dragon Quest. There's a whole arc that parodies this franchise.

[Anonymous No.1002173]

And the Loto Seal was in my castle the whole time. Thanks dad for saving it. It's not like I wouldn't need it.

[Anonymous No.1002174]

And the Loto Seal was in my castle the whole time. Thanks dad for saving it. It's not like I needed it. And the Shield was in my cousin's castle. Man they are so swell holding these things for me and not giving them to me.

[Anonymous No.1002923]

I'm about to start playing the SNES version of 3. Should I read the GBC manual beforehand?

[Anonymous No.1003063]

>>1002923
I'm guessing the manual would just tell you the controls and the spell/items description.

[Anonymous No.1003079]

>>1002027

That's always one of my favorite parts of DQ games, though. I love having that excuse to revisit towns and explore the world once it opens up a bit and I know there's loot out there waiting.

Fuck me, I gotta start DQVII sometime soon. It's the last game in the main series I haven't beaten and I'm pumped as hell to start it. I just have cold feet to start it like I do with a lot of games I'm looking forwards to playing; like I know I'm gonna have a fucking blast so I put it off forever just in anticipation of playing it.

I'm currently doing the same thing with Gothic 2, NOLF 2, Ultima Underworld 2.....

[Anonymous No.1003084]

>>1002057

Yeah, pretty sure you would like it. For the vast majority if you like one DQ game you like 'em all, just leaning towards liking certain games more.

VI plays a lot like VIII but it has a pretty extensive class system that will keep you grinding hours into the mid-late-end-post game. It has a LOT of content. Personally I don't like having to deal with those shenanigans so VI isn't my favorite. If you want something really to the VIII experience, go play V for DS. Memorable characters, no class mechanics, great music and atmosphere, fucking awesome party chat, and arguably the best story in the series.

[Anonymous No.1003087]

>>1003079
Oh I'm not annoyed at revisiting the town. My annoyance was at myself for not writing any of the golden doors down. Revisiting towns has always made me happy to do. In fact when I finally beat the DracoLord in 1 I went to every town to see if they said anything new. And in fact they did. It was mostly "You did it" but knowing they did change it made me very happy.

[Anonymous No.1003089]

>>1002923
>>1003063

Never read it myself but I'd say yes. I made it most of the way through III SNES without giving a shit about the personality system, so if that's explained even a bit in the GBC version manual then it's definitely worth a read.

Also reading game manuals is fun as fuck anyway, I've been downloading and reading all my /vr/ manuals recently and it's great.

[Anonymous No.1003095]

>>1003087

I guess I should have explained that I, too, started out annoyed when I forgot to write down where the doors were but then ended up having more fun just kinda poking around the game world aimlessly looking for them rather than having my little checklist and gettin' mad when I forgot stuff.

And yeah, little dialogue changes like that are something that makes the series great, and makes me happy to chat with all the NPCs rather than making it feel like a chore.

[Anonymous No.1003118]

Picking up 2 again after a few days, finally got this gal in my party. All that grinding around Hamlin fetched me a good sum of gold, so at least I got dosh to equip her.

A fighter and 2 magicians doesn't sound like the greatest party in my opinion, hope Lars's attack gets better later on.

[Anonymous No.1003147]

>>1003095
Speaking of writing stuff down. I really should map out what portal leads where.

[Anonymous No.1003150]

>>1003118
I don't know the NES names but from what I can tell Hero: pure fighter, Drew (mage prince): Isn't that strong but can use a descent amount of weapons/armor, Lynn (princess): pure mage. I tend to just have her cast sleep on a group and have the 2 take out the other enemies. So far it seem to work well. Both of them get a good amount of MP growth so you are rarely struggling. I only wish the Princess learned Heal since it's a bit of a waste to use Healmore with only 20 points of damage.

[Anonymous No.1003164]

And I finally found a place that sells the light sword. And now I need to grind for money. Is there a good spot for money grinding like with the goldmen in 1?

[Anonymous No.1003167]

>>1003147
yeah. that i would recommend.

[Anonymous No.1003175]

>>1000254
i'd like to know too, i got ordered it a while ago and have yet to even start it. should i just play it?

[Anonymous No.1003190]

>>1003164
I dont think there are any goldmen, but you can get a lot of money clearing the sea random encounters with AOEs.

[Anonymous No.1003187]

>>1003118
When I beat the game, I ended up using both as healers and the prince as the only damage dealer towards the end.

[Anonymous No.1003198]

>>1003175

Yeah. Go play it. Be advised that you'll be playing the game for something like 5 hours before you're rockin' and questin' proper DQ style. I forced myself to do the beginning of the game before I wanted to get into it proper so when I wanted to actually sit down and play some goddamn Dragon Quest I actually could.

[Anonymous No.1003206]

Now Drew is cursed and I need to find the World Tree. I have no clue where it is.

[Anonymous No.1003203]

>>1000254
>>1003175
People make a big deal about DQ7, but it's really not that bad. An average JRPG is about 60-80 hours long, DQ7 is about 100-140 hours long. If you've been able to play more than 2 JRPGs in your life, and you generally like DQ, you can handle DQ7. The plot even has a sort of intermission after you finish disk 1, if you start to feel burnt out you can stop and do something else before picking it back up without losing where you are in the plot.

[Anonymous No.1003204]

>>1003198
yeah i've heard that. is it extremely boring or just not what you would want from dragon quest for that beginning part

[Anonymous No.1003215]

>>1003203
alright cool. i've actually only played dq1 and half of 2, but i'm pretty sure i'll like it once i get into it. the class system looks pretty fun

[Anonymous No.1003226]

>>1003206
Found it. I'm so happy it didn't take the Princess since she has Repeal.

[Anonymous No.1003235]

>>1003204
The game starts out in a "peaceful world with no monsters" so there's literally no fights and no random encounters for about the first 2-3 hours of the game. It's a lot of plot explanation, talking to people, searching for items, and a dungeon that's all about solving puzzles, all before you see your first slimes.

Some people find it boring, I thought it was an interesting idea and did a good job of setting the mood and introducing the mysteries about what's going on in the game's world.

[Anonymous No.1003253]

>>1003235
that honestly sounds fun, i was hoping for the whole peaceful fishing village experience. i guess i'll be starting it

[Anonymous No.1003285]

>Experience gained from successfully killing a metal slime

[Anonymous No.1003324]

>>1003285
Yeah that's kind of how it is.

Now I have to backtrack again because now I have the jail key.

[Anonymous No.1003357]

>>1003324
That is the last key, at least. Or the last one that is used to open doors.

[Anonymous No.1003365]

I am going to start DQ4. Which release should I go for?

[Anonymous No.1003452]

>>1003357
Thought so. Not as many jail doors as the others so that's good. Also got the Loto Helm so all that's left is the armor. Also I need to find the seals which I have no clue were to go. I got the Moon but that's it.

[Anonymous No.1003479]

>>1000282
>slower
>DQ7
I don't understand

[Anonymous No.1003598]

>>1003479
I've heard the battles are a bit longer or maybe it takes a little while longer to do something. But from what I've heard from people it's a bit longer game. So if that scares you play the PSX version I guess.

[Anonymous No.1003669]

>>1003365

DS version is nice, though the cheesy localization gets pretty fucking irritating and some people are mad that the party chat from the Japanese version never got translated. Which does suck. Personally I think it's worth it for the engine and other improvements, if you like the remake/VII mix of 2D and 3D.

So basically the NES version is just a straight-up masterpiece, and the DS remake is a fantastic game but it could have been even better.

[Anonymous No.1003682]

>>1003598

Doesn't it basically use the same engine as IX? If so then I can see why it would be considered slower, in a series where you expect minimally intrusive random encounters that battle system was really frustrating for me.

[Anonymous No.1003854]

>>1003063
>>1003089
Aight, makes sense. Will do

[Anonymous No.1004094]

>>1003079
NOLF 2 is fantastic, have fun with that.

[Anonymous No.1004121]

Is there a way to know which seal I had? I only have moon and just got the water seal so far but would like to have something just in case

[Anonymous No.1004669]

Well I found Tuhn now if only I had the Dew to make my armor.

[Anonymous No.1004969]

>>1004121
Look at your character status screen, you should have those 2 symbols somewhere.

[Anonymous No.1005435]

>>1004969
Ah thanks

[Anonymous No.1006239]

Maybe I'm missing something because I can not find anything. I sailed around and talked to people. One guy said one of the seals is in the fire shrine but didn't say WHERE the shrine was. Maybe it's been way to long since I've played a real old school JRPG (not counting DQ1 since that was bare minimum and didn't really have a big way to get lost). Hell I only found the Water Seal from just opening a random jail cell for no reason but to open it.

[Anonymous No.1006302]

>old-school dragon quest thread

>Not oldschool Dragon warrior thread.

Didn't play the older main series games, But i did play the original monster, 8,9, and the 2 ds monsters.

Loved 8 and the original monster, the other didnt grab my attention as much.

Rainhawk will forever be my favorite monster in DWM.

[Anonymous No.1006441]

>>1006239
Look at your map and go places you haven't been.

[Anonymous No.1006493]

>>1006302
Don't be anal

[Anonymous No.1006729]

>>1006239
I experienced that too, after I got the boat I didn't really know where to go. I even got my first seal before I talked to the npc who told me to collect them. But in my case I got it easy, because I skimmed through the walkthrough when I got the glitch. Now that I play DQ III I found something that maybe can be a help to you. In DQ III there's an item that help you to find seal-like items like in DQ II. If you use that, it will notify you if you're near the seal-like items. I don't know if it could be considered spoiler, but just in case it is, that item is Echo Flute. I remember I got that item back then in DQ II but didn't use that since I still somewhat remember the location when I read the guide.

[Anonymous No.1006739]

>>1006729
I don't have that item. I found the Moon Seal and Water out of luck. It's really mind boggling. I remember someone talking about that item but they didn't say where. Just that there is that item around.

[Anonymous No.1006759]

>>1006302

also IX is shitty as hell. except for the dress-up

[Anonymous No.1006758]

>>1006302

fuckin play dqiv for christ's sake and then come back and chill with us

[Anonymous No.1006837]

>>1003682
It definitely doesn't use DQ9's engine. Having played both 3DS games, my educated guess would be that the DQ7 remake runs on a modified DQMT3D engine. There are no random encounters at all in both, you can always see the monsters walking around the maps and dungeons. The battle system is as it was in the original, this isn't a Level 5 game.

[Anonymous No.1006854]

>>1006739
I admit the game beat me. After hours of search I finally broke down and used a guide. The game love telling you WHERE the seals are kept but I can't for the life of me find out HOW to get there. They say go to the fire shrine but no way of telling me how to get there. I could very well missed something but I went all over the map searching.

[Anonymous No.1006861]

>>1006854
And I just found out that what they mean by shrine is the warm points. Now I feel like an idiot.

[Anonymous No.1006872]

Managed to beat the final boss in DQIX last night. Was intense, only the hero left alive, but finally I can play the other half of the game

[Anonymous No.1007437]

I'm actually playing the 16-bit port of Dragon Quest 1 right now. I remember getting Dragon Warrior from that Nintendo Power subscription promotion way back when... my first real jRPG. I was fucking HOOKED. But the game was a bit brutal near the end... I never got around to storming Castle Charlock. Fast-foward a few years, and I beat the game on the GBC version. Felt good.

Now I'm playing the fan-translated Super Fami version on an emulator. Feels better, the score sounds amazing. They really made the game newb-friendly, didn't they? Far less grinding than I remember (a good thing, I guess) but they went and removed my favorite grinding spot south of the castle (that little strip of mountain where I can fight Scorpions and Magidrakees). Oh well.

I want to start DQII next.

[Anonymous No.1007453]

Hey, guys. I've been playing DQ3 on snes, and made it to the sleeping village and the elves. That's when I realized, that I don't have any party members and finally felt that I can't go on playing solo. Where are the recruitable characters and how do I get them?

[Anonymous No.1007465]

>>1007453
There's a tavern in the very first town where you where you were supposed to recruit your teammates. I think the King told you to go there when you talked to him.

[Anonymous No.1007472]

>>1007453
haha oh wow

[Anonymous No.1007489]

>>1007465
>>1007472
I'm pretty edgy, so I never talked to the king, promissed mom to not be reckless and set out on my own. I know now where the tavern is. Is there any kind of reward for trying to beat the game solo?

[Anonymous No.1007516]

>>1007489
There's not really any major reward, someone was talking about it earlier in this thread, but their post also has a big spoiler about the game if this is your first time playing, so I wouldn't recommend looking for it.

[Anonymous No.1007527]

>>1007489
Then I guess I'll just get my party, finish the game, and move on to DQ4.

[Anonymous No.1007552]

>>1007437

I decided to start playing the DQ series so picked up the first 3 on NES. After getting about half way through 1 I decided to try the SNES remake for the hell of it.
I started playing a fan translation patched version of 1+2 for SNES but realized literally every facet of the game was nerfed from the NES version. Everything is cheaper, practically zero grinding, and there's even a fucking bank to store items. It was such a joke of a game I went back to the NES ones.

Does anyone know if there exists non EZ mode remakes of the NES games? I enjoyed the audio and graphics of the SNES version but its just too fucking easy to be fun.

[Anonymous No.1007625]

>>1007552
It's supposedly to remove frustration, but if you still wanna go the hard way, just keep playing on the NES.

[Anonymous No.1007651]

>>1007489
There's a bunch of unique NPC talks if you play the game solo, and I think the King gives you something after defeating the "final" boss.

[Anonymous No.1007671]

>>1006239
The game starts to get kinda cryptic from now on. I could never get the sun one by myself.

[Anonymous No.1008270]

>>1007671
I felt kind of mad at myself. I was doing so well until the seals. Does 3 have a lot of super cryptic stuff like the seals in 2?

[Anonymous No.1008340]

[Anonymous No.1008502]

I owned all 4 dw NES carts. Right now they're at the guy's parents' house who I lent them to 20 years ago. He still lives with his parents, and I never talk to the guy... But I want those carts back for my collection. Fucking Lester!

[Anonymous No.1008826]

>>1008340
Isn't dragon quest sword the rail slasher (like rail shooter but with slashing). What did you enjoy about it?

[Anonymous No.1008832]

>>1008340
Dooin wut yuu lik'd boot 4 un DS. Wus frakin unnoyin ta read.

[Anonymous No.1008848]

>>1008832
Outside a line here and there I had to reread the lines I didn't really have a problem with the accents. It would have been nice without it but it didn't take anything away from it.

[Anonymous No.1012703]

>>1008848
>It would be nice without it

It WOULD be nice, wouldn't it?

http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,14879.0.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQJS696t6nM

>soon

[Anonymous No.1012714]

>>1007437
On to DQII!

>pic related after 10 minutes of save state abuse

Finally. I wonder what I'll--

>Medicinal Herb

why.jpg

[Anonymous No.1012760]

>>1007453
lol. This guy.

[Anonymous No.1012919]

One thing I like about the DQ games is that, despite having a Child-friendly outward apperance, all the little vingettes that the games concists of, are really heartbreaking.
Playing through DQIX now, and all the little episodes breaks my heart a little. I have like no connection to the main character ( one of the game many flaws ) but the episodes are all still great.

[Anonymous No.1015569]

I played DQ3 solo hero up to Dharma, but by then status effects like sleep were starting to be a huge pain.
So now I recruited three sexy jesters, and I'll play through the rest of the game normally, and turn them into sages when they get to a higher level.

[Anonymous No.1015621]

>>1015569
>I recruited three sexy jesters
Damn straight.

[Anonymous No.1015651]

>>1008270
I remember one thing in particular that pissed me off in 3, but it may had been a problem with translation.

[Anonymous No.1017112]

>>989641
I killed one of them in Dragon quest VIII and got ove 1000 exp

[Anonymous No.1017137]

>>1015651
I'm mostly likely going to be playing 3 tomorrow since I'm just at the boss area now. What do people give advice for classes in 3? Playing the GBC version

[Anonymous No.1018889]

>>1017137
The hero has a little healing, but a cleric makes it a ton easier.
A soldier makes a great meat shield along with your hero. Fighters are a lot faster but they don't have as much armor.
Mages are very powerful and useful, but they're the squishiest and have to rely on their mana.
Thieves and dealers have some utility, but I'm not really impressed with them.

I recommend the hero and a cleric for sure, then some combination of soldier/fighter/mage.

[Anonymous No.1018914]

>>1018889
Guess I'll go with Hero, Cleric, Soldier, and Mage. Was thinking of doing it like that anyways just making sure that was the most balance party. What are Sages anyways or should I find out myself?

[Anonymous No.1018953]

>>1018914
Sages get both the mage and the cleric magic. Jesters can change to them after level 20, or you can use an item to change anyone to a sage. It's not a bad idea to turn your mage into a sage so you get an extra healer. The game explains it all once you get to the place that lets you change classes.

[Anonymous No.1019717]

>>1008826
It is a rail shooter with a sword. I thought it had the charm and was fun to play once you got used to it. It wasn't really deep, but decent.

[Anonymous No.1020313]

>>1018953
What are Jesters anyways? I heard about them but don't really know what they do. Are they only for turning them into Sages at level 20 or do they serve another role?

[Anonymous No.1020321]

>>1018914
I found wizards pretty useless, you'll get their spells anyways when you turn your cleric into a sage, and clerics are also decent at combat. Fighters are your typical glass cannons, they get a lot of combos and damage, and another bonus is not having to cash out on their equipment.

[Anonymous No.1020329]

Only DQ related game I played was Rocket Slime for DS and it's fucking grate game too.
Never bothered with older DQ games since they look like your typical average jrpg

[Anonymous No.1020332]

>>1020329
I was thinking of trying out Rocket Slime since I've heard so many amazing things about it. Also "Never bothered with older DQ games since they look like your typical average jrpg" I'm guessing you mean by the NES and really that's a bit unfair since those games basically invented the whole JRPG.
>>1020321
I do like the idea of having 2 casters but are you saying it's better to have more melee and only one caster?

[Anonymous No.1020336]

>>1020332
I had a Pilgrim, Fighter and Soldier, myself. But if I had 2 casters, it would be 2 pilgrims definitely.

[Anonymous No.1020342]

>>1020336
What are Pilgrims?

[Anonymous No.1020476]

>>1020342
Clerics, Pilgrims, it's the same thing. English version and all that.

[Anonymous No.1020526]

>>1020476
Oh alright. Sorry thought Pilgrims and Clerics were different from the way people said it.

[Anonymous No.1022159]

>>1020313
Jesters have terrible stats, except for ridiculously good luck. Half of the time instead of following orders they'll just screw around. Sometimes they'll damage themselves, put themselves to sleep, or paralyze themselves even. The only good parts are that they can turn into sages without the zen book, and you don't care if monsters attack them because they're not useful in combat anyways.

[Anonymous No.1022165]

>>1022159
Ah well I guess I'll just do the Hero, 2 Pilgrims and soldier.

[Anonymous No.1022169]

>>1022165
No. You'll recruit three sexy jesters and you'll like it.

[Anonymous No.1022171]

>>993317
Wow. Alefgard looks so out of place on that map.

[Anonymous No.1022172]

>>995852
What scene?

[Anonymous No.1022178]

>>997942
Dragon Quest 3.
Telling it like it is.

[Anonymous No.1022186]

>Play Dragon Quest IX
>Start getting classic heroes in the inn
>Prince Princeton
>Princess Princessa
>mfw

[Anonymous No.1022202]

>>1022169
Sexy hero / sexy jesters is a kind of hilarious run. The first chunk of the game involves the hero doing all the work, while the jesters throw herbs at each other (when they feel like cooperating) trying to keep the party alive. And then it turns into ezmode once you make them sages.

[Anonymous No.1022206]

>>1022202
Boomerangs and Whips.
Boomerangs and Whips EVERYWHERE.

[Anonymous No.1022209]

>>1022165
Make sure to put your hero and soldier in the first two spots in the party, since monsters are more likely to attack people towards the front. Also don't forget that your hero has attack magic and clerics have inferno for when you run into those assholes that keep buffing their defense.

[Anonymous No.1022219]

>>1022169
But I'm gay and the male Jesters aren't what I call sexy
>>1022202
Maybe I'll try that out on my next run.

[Anonymous No.1022223]

>>1022219
Male characters can't get the sexy personality. If you try to make a sexy male hero or use the sexy book on a male character, you end up with the lewd personality instead.

[Anonymous No.1022251]

>>1022223
People keep talking about personality. I'm guessing it effects stats or something like that.

[Anonymous No.1022284]

>>1022251
Right, the personality will change stats slightly. But it's not a big problem since you can add some stats to the guys you recruit when you get them, and that will decide their personality. So if you put a lot of int on a magic character, they'll get a personality with a bonus to int.

[Anonymous No.1022292]

>>1022284
Alright. I'll just not look it up and have fun just making random personality for fun.

[Anonymous No.1022520]

So, guys. What's Dragon Quest got what other RPGs haven't? For instance, grinding doesn't seem too repetitive. What else?

[Anonymous No.1022524]

>>1022520
Monster battles you can bet on

[Anonymous No.1022543]

>>1022520

[MishaLover !!l14ghIzAV4y No.1022789]

>>1012703

I didn't really mind the accents. What I'd really like to see is party chat getting put back in.

https://sites.google.com/site/dq4opentrans/

>>1012919

The part that gave me the most feels was the Doctor's waifu dying. I'm sure some people saw it coming, but after seeing everyone else in town barely being able to get out of bed, and then seeing her just having a little cough, I thought she was only beginning to come down with something, not in an advanced state of illness.

>>1018889

You'll want a thief at some point for hunting tinymedals, which can be traded for prizes. You can start out with one and change as soon as you get to the temple, since they get all their skills before level 20.

Jesters can be turned into sages, but I think they can make good fighters. I heard Fighters crit more when they have high luck, and jesters can often max out their luck before hitting level 20.

So maybe...Hero, thief, cleric, jester.

thief -> jester -> fighter
cleric -> sage
jester -> sage

Just be prepared to hate running into the crab enemies until you get to the job change temple.

[Anonymous No.1022793]

>>1022520
There's no huge penalty on dieing, going into a dungeon is meant to be a gamble.

[Anonymous No.1022796]

[Anonymous No.1023129]

>>1022789

It's like everyone is dying.

And if you think about the end of DQIX, it's just plain distrought for your character

[Anonymous No.1023258]

>>995852
>>1022172
I think I found it. Just beat it and got to the castle. You can talk to the Princess and she says "It's not like for you to be embarrass. Now go see you father you hansom prince *giggle*"
Not big but there you go.

[Anonymous No.1023447]

Started 3. Seem I have a Solitary personality which I have to say they got me on that. Nice to start it off with a personality test.

[Anonymous No.1023482]

>>1022543
I couldnt stop laughing when I first played DQ3 and I saw the slime's attack animation. It looks cartoony as shit.

[Anonymous No.1023726]

>>1023482
>Dragon Quest
>Akira Toriyama
>Cartoony
Were you expecting anything else?

[Anonymous No.1023729]

>>1022186
Would you prefer Prince Cookie and Princess Pudding? Because that's their names in the JP version (and in Itadaki Street).

[Anonymous No.1023776]

>>1023729
Would that make the Hero "Cake"?

[Anonymous No.1023837]

Deborah is best wife.

[Anonymous No.1023862]

>>1023729
What is up with Toriyama and food? Dragon Ball was almost nothing but food and underwear jokes (Bulma, and Trunks). Chrono Trigger's Ozzy, Slash, and Flea were Vinegar, Soysauce, and Mayonnaise. Is he just hungry all the time so he can't get his mind off food?

[Anonymous No.1024023]

>>1023837
That's not how you spell Bianca.

[Anonymous No.1024069]

>>1024023
I played the DS version and would've totally gone for her if it wasn't for the redneck they gave her in the translation.

[Anonymous No.1024076]

>>1024069
>redneck

Wait, is it regional? Because I'm a Britfag and she had a cockney accent for me. But I regret choosing her since she turned into such a wet blanket when she got preggers (which happened suspiciously fast...) which made me wish I picked Debs.

[Anonymous No.1024094]

>>1024076
I might be remembering incorrectly, it's been quite a long time since I played. I just distinctly remember the accent was super annoying.

[Anonymous No.1024151]

>>1024076
Seem they almost all have cockney accents. That or French in some towns. But I could be wrong since I'm not really known for knowing accents by text.

[Anonymous No.1024165]

>>1024069
>>1024076
>>1024151
Wait, does DQV have retarded written accents like the DS DQIV?

[Anonymous No.1024239]

>>1024023
It was actually really hard for me to choose between them. But I went with Deborah cause I figured it would be interesting to she her grow as character.

[Anonymous No.1024246]

Imagine Deborah was voiced by Azula.

Now realise how she is the only one to pick.

[Anonymous No.1024434]

>>1024165
Not nearly as much if I remember right. A few people here and there and even then they are not nearly as heavy as IV was.

[MishaLover !!l14ghIzAV4y No.1024651]

>>1024023
>>1023837

Can't we all just get along? Dragon Quest IV had superior waifus anyways.

[Anonymous No.1024674]

>>997942
That fucking personality test, man. It's brutally honest, for a waterfall.

>>1015651
If it's what I'm thinking about, then that really pissed me off as well and I'd definitely say it's an issue with the translation. It pissed me off enough that I've never once for a moment forgotten that word and burned its every meaning into my brain.
Search for the shoal in the Western sea? When I played the GBC version of DQ3 as a kid, I had no fucking idea what a shoal even was. And I couldn't find a damn thing in the sea area on the west of the world map, so it led to me sailing in circles grinding to a ridiculous level until I finally just gave up and started using the fucking vase in front of absolutely anything that looked even remotely out-of-place. Not gonna lie, it ended up taking me over a month to finally find where it actually was. I wasn't exactly the brightest kid.

[Anonymous No.1024697]

>>1024674
Yep, thats it. even if you knew what a shoal is, the place where you had to use the vase was not a shoal. I think it was a reef or something. A shoal is a sandbank. I looked it up then started to waste time trying to use it all over the coast.

[Anonymous No.1024716]

OP here, surprised this thread is still running, after almost 2 weeks

anyways, I got Dragon Quest VI DS. I really love this game

I was at the second Murdaw fight, but I died. What level should I be for Murdaw-2, /vr/?

[Anonymous No.1024719]

>>1024697
Yup, that is exactly what happened to me. Which is why I ended up sailing in circles so much that I over-leveled to the point that most of the rest of the game from there was a complete breeze... [/spoiler]until Zoma showed up and all hell started breaking loose.[/spoiler] It was around this point that I learned that having a party of 3 Sages was neat and all, but turning a single Sage back into a Fighter just broke the game completely.
High Speed for casting spells before anything can even flinch + Beast Claws + higher natural crit rate than other classes, it just turned him into a walking rape machine of absolute death.

[MishaLover !!l14ghIzAV4y No.1024720]

>>1024674
>>1024697

Luckily, I was knowledgeable enough to know that a shoal had something to do with the ocean, but ignorant enough to not actually know what it was and I found the place (relatively) quickly.

>>1024716

Man, Murdaw was a bitch to fight. even when savescumming.

Carver is a really underrated Dragon Quest character. I kept him on my team always because he was just so badass.

[Anonymous No.1024725]

>>1024697
Yup, that is exactly what happened to me. Which is why I ended up sailing in circles so much that I over-leveled to the point that most of the rest of the game from there was a complete breeze... until Zoma showed up and all hell started breaking loose. It was around this point that I learned that having a party of 3 Sages was neat and all, but turning a single Sage back into a Fighter just broke the game completely.
High Speed for casting spells before anything can even flinch + Beast Claws + higher natural crit rate than other classes, it just turned him into a walking rape machine of absolute death.

[Anonymous No.1025629]

>>1024651
You got that right.

[Anonymous No.1025798]

>>1024716

Dragon Quest is an amazing game series, it deserves to live on in forum-form.

Am currently playing DQ6 too, but am stuck. Need to fix a sword or something.

[Anonymous No.1026085]

So got a warrior and 2 clerics. Funny how much of the personality changes the Heath and mana growth. But I'm guessing it isn't that big near the end.

[Anonymous No.1026114]

>>1003118
The little green fucker never gets any good. If I remember correctly though, he's a little better if you give him a falcon sword later on.

[Anonymous No.1026156]

>>1026114
Maybe he's better in the GBC version because I thought he was awesome. While not that strong he was able to dish out nice damage with the falcon sword. Plus he had an all target spell that did about 60-70 damage. His defense was the worst however and even with seeds the princess was always ahead of him in MP.

[Anonymous No.1026416]

>>1026085
>But I'm guessing it isn't that big near the end.

You'd think that.

[Anonymous No.1026549]

>>1026114
Mine never got enough strength to use the Falcon Sword. He'd always do more damage with a real one.

[Anonymous No.1026625]

So, what do you usually name your hero in Dragon Quest games?

[Anonymous No.1026630]

Currently playing DQ III, after defeating Baramos, I realized that this series don't have much love for magic user, do they? All they do when facing bosses were just healing and buff/debuffing. I've played I-VI, and IX and as I recalled, the most damage I've ever dished to enemy was by buffing your main attacker (usually warrior) and debuffing the enemy. I haven't met any magic that can catch up to that.

[Anonymous No.1026824]

>>1026625
I name him Ned.

[Anonymous No.1026825]

>>1026630
Still, it's a team effort. Your attacker guys do more damage, but you can't win with a party entirely of them. Magic guys are still needed for their healing and utility spells.

>>1026085
As long as you have somewhat appropriate personalities (attacker guys have strong sounding personalities and caster guys have smart sounding personalities) you'll be alright.

[Anonymous No.1026838]

>>1026630
The first spell you get that deals damage to mulitiple enemies (generally fireball or some variation) seems to come in a lot of handy...then the ones that up your attack or lower the enemy defense...but yeah there really aren't any powerful, wipe everybody out in one round spells in dq

[Anonymous No.1026865]

>>1026625
Hero.

[Anonymous No.1027290]

>>1026625
Funny is that I normally make my character a girl so while my name is Jonathan I named her Jona (character limitation).

[Anonymous No.1027318]

>tfw have played DQ1 to completion several times but can't get more than 2 hours into any other DQ games without getting bored
What the fuck is wrong with me?

[Anonymous No.1027331]

>>1027318
Even II and III? I can't get into the later, linear Dragon Quests either but the first three games have a lot in common.

[Anonymous No.1027339]

>>1027331
Yeah, even II and III.

I don't know why I can't enjoy them, they seem like games I should like.

[Anonymous No.1028062]

>>1027339
I found 2 to be much easier to get through then 1. Even after I got frustrated and finally used a guide to get the rest of the seals I still wanted to beat the game. 3 so far didn't really got me going yet but I'm going to keep pushing to find out what's going to happen next.

[Anonymous No.1028186]

Have solo challenges been done with say DQ3 or 4 or 9? Something like solo soldier or sage or something. I know solo hero has been done, wondering if its possible considering the last bosses usually have some gimmick to them? Either you need to use an item against them or they just have cheese attacks.

[Anonymous No.1028193]

>>1028186
So... recruit one adventurer and have them lug the hero's coffin around for the rest of the game?

[Anonymous No.1028209]

>>1028193
I have to say the though of "the hero" being tugged around. And after all said and done the king congratulate you for defeating the all powerful evil just sounds funny to me. Even more so if they all happen to be jesters :p

[Anonymous No.1028734]

>>1028193
Pretty much, yeah
I just wonder if its possible to beat the game with a non-hero solo character

[Anonymous No.1028770]

>>1028186
Oh, I've done a solo Sage challenge in both DQ3 and DQ9.
Not sure if I should call it legit, since I used a code to unlock the job right at the start. But yeah, I completed both games as a single Sage.

[Anonymous No.1028872]

>>1028770
I think he's talking about a legit run. And I guess you can with a solider and 2 pilgrims. Since you will have the healing and they have pretty good defense. And since they have Sap they can make it so you can actually damage high defense enemies. It will be hard I'm sure but I'm guessing it could be done.

[Anonymous No.1028912]

>Oh hey cool there's DS remakes of some of the DQ games maybe I'll ge-
>Half a gorillion dollaridoos
Such a shame.

[Anonymous No.1028930]

>>1028912
They seem to be $20 each. Not the greatest prince but you might be able to get it cheaper on eBay.

[Anonymous No.1029437]

>>1015651
>>1024674
>>1024697
So I just made it to this part on the Japanese SNES version of DQ3. Apparently it's actually not a fault with the translation after all and instead just Mister Ed the Talking Horse being a bit of a dick, since the word used here, 浅瀬, literally means "shoal" or "sand bar".
At least now I've learned never to trust anything that a horse has to say about the sea.

[Anonymous No.1029609]

>>1029437
it's the goddamn graveyard duck all over again

[Anonymous No.1029647]

>>1029609
i'd hit hit my head on deborah cliff to make a hole if you know what i'm sayin'

[Anonymous No.1029676]

>>1029647
god damn that hair

[Anonymous No.1029697]

I have unlocked the mystery of the crazy uncontrolled hairstyle

I discovered it on my own after many years of careful filthiness

This is what your hair looks like when you don't wash your head for over a month

Its an accumulation of bed head

And yes, it looks that awesome in real life, especially if your hair is long

[Anonymous No.1030412]

>>1029676
>Deborah confirmed for Skullgirls

[Anonymous No.1030510]

>>1030412
Toriyama characters drawn in a bishounen style just seems wrong to me.

[Anonymous No.1030519]

>>1030510
At least, even in a different style, the artist managed to capture the true spirit of Toriyama by giving every character the same head/face.

[Anonymous No.1030521]

>>1030412
That is so off putting and I can't explain why

[Anonymous No.1031323]

>>1030521
>>1030519
>>1030510
It's fanart that apes Nomura's DISSIDIA artstyle. And yes Square-Enix, I would play a DISSIDIA Dragon Quest if it meant I can main my petite berserker waifu.

>>1023776

[Anonymous No.1031854]

[Anonymous No.1032253]

Any tips on where to find the yellow orb in GBC DQ3? Someone told me something about it traveling from person to person around the world, and I think someone else said something about checking the town that my dealer built (which has now been named after my dealer, and where people are getting upset about his behavior), but I looked around the town and didn't see anything...

[Anonymous No.1032262]

>>1032253
Go there at night. There will be some people hanging outside the jail saying not very nice things about your dealer. Then when you come back your dealer will be in jail, and somebody should give you the hint of where to find it.

[Anonymous No.1032268]

>>1032262
Thanks! I'll try it.

[Anonymous No.1032363]

>>1031854
Thanks for my new wallpaper

[Anonymous No.1034296]

bump

Should I get Dragon Quest VIII?

[Anonymous No.1034307]

>>1034296
I FORGOT I WAS ON /VR/ FOR A BIT

WHOOPS

ON-TOPIC: should I get Dragon Quest IV DS or V DS?

[Anonymous No.1034405]

>>1034307
I personally liked IV. But if you a type of guy that really hates accents in gaming then look at the NES version. While it does use a Elizabethan English it's more readable then some of the NPCs in the DS version. They toned down the accents in V for the DS. There's still some NPC accents but nearly as much. I've heard the PS2 version of V and heard there's a fan translation of it so if you can play PS2 emulators go for that.

[Anonymous No.1034426]

>>1034296

Yes. Yes you should fucking get VIII.

[Anonymous No.1034803]

>>1032262
Got the yellow orb, and after what I thought would be a quick 10-minute session turned into a 2-hour nightmare, got the silver orb too. Now I'm assuming I'll be able to fly and check out some new places.

Whew, my maps from that dungeon before the silver orb... what a mess.

[Anonymous No.1035165]

>>1034803
Well you can only go to three more places. One of them is a castle and another is a place you literally can't enter until you finish the third new place.

[Anonymous No.1038806]

Got attacked by 8 of these bastards, killed 3. Bunch of exp and an Iron Helmet, cool.

[Anonymous No.1038849]

So, my cleric had finally learned revive, and i'm thinking of reclassing him. Do you guys have any advice what class should he rolls? I'm thinking of fighter, but I already have another fighter, and its mana growth not really good, isn't it? For reference, my party now consist of Hero, fighter (was thief), sage (was mage), and cleric.

[Anonymous No.1038872]

>>1034296
You should get them all, they are all exellent.

[Anonymous No.1039131]

>>1038849
If you're not gonna turn him into a sage then I say just keep him as cleric.

[Anonymous No.1039920]

>>1032363
No prob, have this as well

[Anonymous No.1040282]

>>1031854
Nice. Needs to be updated one monster...or two?

[Anonymous No.1040376]

>>1040282

except, the boss for dq9 was corvus, an angel

look at those demonic motherfuckers

they're pure evil, and they're not playing either. you are lunch

do you really want some sparkly faggot gaying up the picture?

if thats what you want just use this
>>1030412

[Anonymous No.1041040]

>>1040376
He fits right in that form. But I guess you are right.

[MishaLover !!l14ghIzAV4y No.1042637]

>>1038849

I'd say thief. They have decent MP growth, so you'll still be able to use him for healing. And sometimes the treasures can be nice.

I might be mixing them up with another game, but I think the metal babbles in DQ3 drop happyshoes

[Anonymous No.1042662]

>>1038849
Sage.

[Anonymous No.1042838]

>>1042637
And that's something you want as you can just level up your heroes by equipping the shoes and walking around town.

[Anonymous No.1043232]

>>1039131
>>1042637
>>1042662
Thanks for the responses, I tried changing him to sage yesterday, but since he must went through jester first (I used my zen book on my mage), his mp starts kinda low at level 1. Tonight I'll try to reset and changing him to thief. I assume the best personality for him is sharp right? Since it has bonuses on agility and int.

[Anonymous No.1044326]

>>1043232
If you feel like holding it off for a little bit to switch straight to Sage, I'm pretty sure you can find another zen book in the game. Otherwise yeah, I'd say go with Thief and try to get the shoes from metal babbles since that's a handy item if you already run around a lot.

[Anonymous No.1045165]

Not really retro but...
How's Caravan Heart, guys?
Thought I'd play this before starting DQ7, since it has Keifer and stuff.