ap_puff
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Why not just keep monster wrangler in case there's some cool late game abilities?
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Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake |OT| Timeless JRPG that's fun for body types A and B alike
Duellist
Member
Ok Gaf, should I grab this or the new Y’s? Gonna have 6 weeks off work(surgery). Didn’t like Y’s 9 but thought 8 was awesome. Loved Dragon Quest 8 and 11. Was raised on old school rpgs but haven’t been able to get into one lately. Thought sea of stars was good but lost interest. Can you hunt metal slimes in this one?
ap_puff
Member
Yes there are metal slimes and metal babbles but they're fairly rare
Duellist
Member
Actually a better question for you all is should I pick up Dragon Quest 3hd, Octopath Traveller 2 or maybe Unicorn Overlord? lol
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Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Danjin44
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It not helpful but I personally picked up all three......My favourite is Unicorn Overlord but you need ask yourself what you in mood for because all these three games are very different from each other.
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
Oh, great catch! I was about to order the Switch physical. To Play-Asia I go!
Little Mac
Gold Member
All 3 are probably worth picking up. Demos are available for both OT2 and UO on PSN. I bought OT2 on sale, but haven't started it yet, and I have UO wishlisted. There are a few members here at GAF who consider Unicorn Overlord GOTY material.
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
Octopath II was my favorite between that and Unicorn, but both are very good. DQ III is a classic and this will be by far the best version. So it’s very hard to decide.
If you want more strategy go with Unicorn, newer take on classics, Octopath and for that refined classic feel, DQ3.
One consideration is that you can pick up Unicorn and Octopath cheaper vs DQ3 if they matters. Also Star Ocean 2 Remake was very good as well for similar kinds of vibes.
Duellist
Member
Thanks for the info. Ya not big on strategy rpgs anymore. Watched the unicorn overlord trailer and don’t think that one’s for me. Gonna have a go at Octopath 2 demo next.
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
Octopath 2 is pretty great. I also recommend trying Star Ocean 2 and Chained Echoes. The latter is a new release but I enjoyed it a lot more va Sea of Stars.
I also very much recommend Wandering Sword which is a Chinese take on the new 2D-HD pixel art. It’s a Wuxia RPG and it’s great.
Duellist
Member
I will check out the demo of star ocean 2 as well.
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
Duellist
Member
Will do thanks man.
Check out Wandering Sword as well, I think it has a demo as well.
Duellist
Member
Well I tried all demos I could and Star ocean kind of got my attention right away. At first I was WTF with the hd redone backgrounds with the old school 2d sprites but it grew on me and it’s really cool actually. I think I’m going to dive into that one first. Is it a pretty meaty RPG? Lots of armor’s and weapons to try out etc?
StereoVsn
Gold Member
It’s a pretty great JRPG. As far as armor and weapons, it’s going to be fairly standard fare for its time, but combat system and story are very good.
Duellist
Member
Ya that’s fair, guess by meaty I should have said stuff to do, side quests etc. looking online it seems it’s around. Looks like it’s around 60 hrs for 100% completion so for me since I’m slower I should closer to 100 hrs lol
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Oh yeah, there is plenty to do and it’s a good sized RPG. Definitely worth the time investment.
Duellist
Member
Nice, may buy octopath 2 as well seeing as I could buy both for not much more than Dragon Quest 3. lol That should give me plenty of JRPG goodness while I’m laid out for 6 weeks. Thanks for all your help!
StereoVsn
Gold Member
That’s another great game. And good luck!
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
I better not say anything. 
Duellist
Member
If it’s about what I’ve been asking speak your mind. If not never mindI better not say anything.
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phant0m
Member
I’d also recommend Bravely Default II.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Yeah. Gonna grab the physical version for PS5 probably next month when I'm doing my last round of imports from Japan. Btw, here's a closer look at the reversible cover art.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Looks nice! I wonder if Asia version has that as well or only Japanese.Yeah. Gonna grab the physical version for PS5 probably next month when I'm doing my last round of imports from Japan. Btw, here's a closer look at the reversible cover art.
Little Mac
Gold Member
Thinking about picking up either this ot DQXI. The HD2D calls out to me but the characters and mechanics of XI look fun.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Yeah, it really does!
I'm not sure, tbh. Best to ask PlayAsia support before ordering it from them I guess. Personally I'll go with the CERO release and plan on grabbing it from Amazon JP.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Good point, I will shoot them an email. I got a bunch of games in my cart and going to order some stuff.
Btw, they got 3 games for $70 deal going on right now for whole bunch of stuff. It’s really not bad at all.
I now have $200 or so worth of games with DQ in my cart, lol.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Well shit. You shouldn't have told me that. Now I'll have to order some of the stuff I held off on getting from them (mostly Switch VNs). I see that they also have free shipping until November 18. Oh boy...
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Love:
Terrain is varied and not flat like the original
Multiple appearance options for each of the classes, makes them feel more unique
The pre-order DLC thing having the shoes that give you EXP for just walking around, fun way to cheese the beginning of the game
Terrain is varied and not flat like the original
Multiple appearance options for each of the classes, makes them feel more unique
The pre-order DLC thing having the shoes that give you EXP for just walking around, fun way to cheese the beginning of the game
ShadyAcshuns
Member
Just got the game, thanks to the USPS sending it across the state then back ffs... anyways wow! The game is so beautiful!
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
I want to wait but you all with your great impressions arent helping lol
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I found an ultrawide mod that works on PC, game is looking wonderful in 32:9 but has some weird text positioning issues that can hopefully be ironed out. Beautiful though.
EDIT: this is the mod, if anyone is curious. Was originally made for Persona 3 Reloaded, but works for this game too.
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EDIT: this is the mod, if anyone is curious. Was originally made for Persona 3 Reloaded, but works for this game too.
Release v1.2.4 · Lyall/P3RFix
What's Changed Updated intro skip to work on MS Store version. (#47) Remove customisable console hotkey as setting this without a pre-initialised array would cause crashing. (#49) Installation D...
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
My copy's probably gonna arrive some time next week, can't wait to dive into this.
Considering the easy difficulty has invulnerability might as well pick classes with the strongest damage output and low defense
Considering the easy difficulty has invulnerability might as well pick classes with the strongest damage output and low defense
ShadyAcshuns
Member
If you're doing Draconian, you'll have your hands full later on.
Madflavor
Member
I’m curious, at what point does it get harder?
ShadyAcshuns
Member
Can't say specifically about this game, but in general it should get tougher around the 2/3 mark.
Madflavor
Member
Oh wow you’re that far already?
ShadyAcshuns
Member
No, I was speaking in general about the main entries. Don't want to spoil anything, but usually the alleged baddie isn't the real threat, and after they are exposed the difficulty tends to ramp up.
Madflavor
Member
Yeah I’ve played about 5 DQ games, that seems to be the tradition. I’ve never played III though.
Rran
Member
Fan of the original DQ3, playing on Draconian, I found it too easy until the pyramid (~6 to 8 hours in), then it felt great.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
This game has been great. Classic Dragon Quest and classic JRPG mechanics.
Thief has been a good class. It can blind a group of enemies and they can steal from a monster after battle. I’d say mix it up.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Do characters gain new skills after lvl 20?
I just got the ability to change vocations and I’m wondering if there’s any reason to wait….presumably a mage that changes to a priest won’t gain anymore mage skills
I see that the stat gains seem to slow down massively at lvl 20, so good to reset one character at a time?
I just got the ability to change vocations and I’m wondering if there’s any reason to wait….presumably a mage that changes to a priest won’t gain anymore mage skills
I see that the stat gains seem to slow down massively at lvl 20, so good to reset one character at a time?
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Dirk Benedict
Gold Member
Playing it on Draconian and i'm getting my ass handed to me constantly... that said... I grinded like 5 hours clean. Now I'm dominating and issuing Big Dick Orders.
I'm also drunk, rn... forgive my wording...
I'm also drunk, rn... forgive my wording...
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ap_puff
Member
I'm at level 24 on my hero and the rest of my party is 20-22, I've been rotating members in and out. So far I feel like my martial artist is the weakest of the group (could be due to not having as many seeds invested as the rest of the group). Thief and monster wrangler both feel very useful, thief I would say is probably the most essential role you can have just for padfoot and treasure detection, I'm getting to the point where monster defense is out scaling the boomerang class weapons damage so i might class swap them soon. The second strongest combatant I have after the hero is my wizard/mage. Priest I can take or leave, it actually feels like they're learning spells at a different pace than I remember because I'm starting to need full party healing and my priest doesn't have it yet.