ap_puff
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Yes they do, you can go to the ability and spells tab and it shows you which skill slots you've yet to learn. Iirc from the original game you keep learning spells on e.g. wizard class well into the 30s and hero had some in the 40s.
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Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake |OT| Timeless JRPG that's fun for body types A and B alike
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Where else would I wear it as a Body Type A?
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.
The item descriptions in this game are a real treat
Where else would I wear it as a Body Type A?
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
After some experimentation I figured out that you keep 100% of the stat boosts from seeds when you change vocations, in case anyone was wondering.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
So, when you select choice A/B it literally tells you A is male and B is female so why make the distinction to begin with and why are people pissed off about it since they still get their male/female hero/heroine distinction in the same single screen?
Also I couldn't tell choice B is meant to be female and didn't know what A and B was until I read the text. I was squinting to see a difference, is it class, nope same exact gear, what the hell, and it was mainly the hair being not so spiky/upright? Lol.
Also I couldn't tell choice B is meant to be female and didn't know what A and B was until I read the text. I was squinting to see a difference, is it class, nope same exact gear, what the hell, and it was mainly the hair being not so spiky/upright? Lol.
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DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Just a bit of pointless virtue signaling. Doesn’t really impact much, however it’s worrisome to see Square Enix going down this path and I’m glad gamers are voicing their opinions and calling them out for it.
Btw they also censored some character and enemy designs.
ap_puff
Member
Let's just be honest, people overreacted like they always do.
Isa
Member
Yeah its why I'm waiting on a deep deep sale if I ever do pick it up.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Where is this damn Slime in Lanson village?
I’ve tried every single time of day and can’t find him in the village. Is he not visible at all unless you walk around the village with fading Jenny?
I’ve tried every single time of day and can’t find him in the village. Is he not visible at all unless you walk around the village with fading Jenny?
DoktorCoktor
Member
The issue is that they are specifically avoiding the use of the biological terms male/female when it shouldn't even be necessary to do so. Why is pretty much the entire industry doing this with character creation all of a sudden in recent years? Some video game writers are even going out of their way to make sure they utilize sex/gender neutral language. Why is this?
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Man, I don’t know how the hell you’d find half the mini medals without the thief’s Snoop spell.
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?
North East in Lanson! During golden hour just before night time
ap_puff
Member
You don't just scour every inch of the map spamming X?
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
That shit was giving me flashbacks to Blue Dragon
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Thanks he was hidden away in a corner there !
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
The warrior has high defence has skill that can protect other party members, so it has its usefulness.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Yeah warrior seems terrible…I have one at lvl 26
Should i change his vocation, and if so, to what class?
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
I find he dies just as quickly in battle, doesn’t have nearly enough hp or defense to be a tank
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
So give him equipments that will increase his defence, you can also give him some defence seed.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
I have every ability but the last 4
Are those worth leveling up for? I can still keep his skills if I re-spec
Jinxed
Member
I'm gonna respec her at level 20, don't know what class though. Barely any abilities to bring over as well
_Idea_of_Evil_
Member
I got my copy yesterday and put in about 4hrs today. It's excellent. It feels so good to hear Dragon Quest music again + all the classic sound effects.
Draconian is definitely the way to play this game. I went with Thief, Martial Artist, and Priest as my starting party members.
Draconian is definitely the way to play this game. I went with Thief, Martial Artist, and Priest as my starting party members.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
I think its good tank class if you invest on his defence and HP. but Mage and MC will do the most DPS....I would say its up to you.
ap_puff
Member
Apparently the warrior has a high level skill that lets him do heavy damage to metal slimes and babbles, so if you plan to do a lot of grinding later then I'd say it's worth keeping one around
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Decided to convert my warrior into a Sage and I’m glad I did
It’s nice to have more healing / revival options along with all the magic spells
Rolling with Hero, Monster Wrangler, Sage, and Mage
Curious what my next Re-Spec will be, probably Mage into a Priest or something….
ap_puff
Member
My current plan is, Thief->Warrior->Fighter,Priest->Merchant->Monster Wrangler, Mage->Gadabout->Sage. Yes I'm going to be grinding tf out of this game
Jinxed
Member
My mage and priest will both become sages.
Still thinking about warrior. Might keep her since my mage/sage will get bikill/twinhits/oomph
GateofD
Member
gonna have to wait for a sale. I know its a total remaster. But $60 is a hefty price to me when I remember paying $30 for the GBC as a kid.
does this also have the monster medal collecting where each monster can drop bronze/silver/gold coins with their picture on it, and you could collect everyone.
does this also have the monster medal collecting where each monster can drop bronze/silver/gold coins with their picture on it, and you could collect everyone.
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.
Inflation is such a bitch sometimes
(GBC version came out in 2001)
And, sadly, this version doesn't have the monster coin mini game, it's been replaced with the monster arena / monster collecting mini game that's new.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
I had this concern at first too, but this feels very modernized
Amazing soundtrack and art, the gameplay compared to dq11 isn’t that much different tbh.
Well worth the cost if you enjoy a great JRPG
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Stuff like this proves that HD-2D could be worthwhile for main entries into the series of games like DQ and FF
I’ve been saying that for ages that they should have new entries using this format inbetween the major AAAA release cycle so we get a new FF or DQ like every year
I’ve been saying that for ages that they should have new entries using this format inbetween the major AAAA release cycle so we get a new FF or DQ like every year
Interfectum
Member
If done right, FF6 and CT HD-2D could easily outsell the last few modern Final Fantasy games. Imagine them taking it another step further and doing sequels to those games after releasing the remake. Literal money on the table.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Yeah it’s similar to the approach Nintendo takes
BOTW type games or Mario Odyssey are lengthy developments and they add 2D Zelda’s and Mario’s in between to fill the gaps
I think it’s still important to have the ambitious AAAA releases to the generate brand excitement, while keeping fans satiated with smaller releases
The quality of a good JRPG is easily down to story, characters, and art/music with a good battle system and you don’t need insane production values to achieve it
Jinxed
Member
Impossible to change it unfortunately, that's my only gripe with the game so I'll just live with it. Well this and the menus but it's so minor, I love this game.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I wish they would’ve kept this perspective for battles and animated your party members sprites. Make it optional if you want to use first person view for battles.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Started this today.
Not sure why there even is a Quality / Performance toggle, the Quality mode looks sharper and seems to run silky smooth 60fps.
Not sure why there even is a Quality / Performance toggle, the Quality mode looks sharper and seems to run silky smooth 60fps.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Yep, fully agree. Seeing your party attack and animation would have been more fun.
I wish they would’ve kept this perspective for battles and animated your party members sprites. Make it optional if you want to use first person view for battles.
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.
The game will default to 1080p (it's max resolution) in both fullscreen and borderless mode. It can do higher (stretched) resolutions in windowed mode.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
You know what, the ultra fast battles could have been a bit more faster. The attack connecting animation takes half a second too long, especially considering the high frequency of random battles.
Other than that, absolutely gorgeous, the HD 2D style is beautiful.
Other than that, absolutely gorgeous, the HD 2D style is beautiful.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Too much clicking after fights too
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yep, I think the last few Persona and SMT games did it great where the entire post battle stuff can be skipped with a single button press.
DeVeAn
Member
Is this on Series X?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yeah, SX here. Been running the game on Quality mode. I don't even think this is the kind of game that needs to even stress VRR.
DeVeAn
Member
Interesting, I had read some where X didn't hit 60 in Quality mode. I'm deciding if I want this on Series X or PS5 Pro.
Astray
Member
That's honestly weird considering it's a UE4 game and those can just render fine at 4k?
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.
Yes, the rendering engine here is pretty barebones. Very strange.
I was able to find an ultrawide patch, which I linked to on the last page:
|OT| - Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake |OT| Timeless JRPG that's fun for body types A and B alike
Quick question for those who have a Monster Wrangler class at 20... Hero Thief > Martial Artist Priest > Sage Monster Wrangler > ????? What is a recommended vocation to transition to with the Monster Wrangler? Why not just keep monster wrangler in case there's some cool late game abilities?
since it allows me to run the game at arbitrary resolutions, it might also work for 4K (though I haven't tried it). I'm running it at 5120x1440 now and it looks incredible. Literally just a drag/drop into the binary folder.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
The highest battle speed is what the default should’ve been. Anything slower than that is just painful. And the worst part is the length of time between each attack where it prints the message. I know it’s old school DQ tradition and all but it’s kinda redundant to show an action happen, and then print a message that tells you the same information you just saw.