lunchwithyuzo
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FFVII didn't sell enough I guess, why else would it get ported to PC? I bet Square just wanted to ooen that door to N64/Dreamcast ports...
DQ9's co-op was fully turn-based, not this ATB-style system. Even if they localize this, I'm still going to be salty about that.
Yeah, I don't mean that I won't appreciate a localization! Beggars can't be choosers, after all.I'd just be happy it was localized period. I mean at least with DQVII we can play it in english in some form.
I've got a couple questions....in battles is it worth it to run around enemies evasively, or do they just hit with equal power no matter where you are during the round? I've just been running in wide circles around them waiting for my turn and I'm wondering if I don't really need to.
Plus, if anyone feels like letting me know what those options on the second tab of the graphics options of the configure page are, I'd be very grateful. Just trying to figure out what they all do and looking for vsync...
I've got a couple questions....in battles is it worth it to run around enemies evasively, or do they just hit with equal power no matter where you are during the round? I've just been running in wide circles around them waiting for my turn and I'm wondering if I don't really need to.
Plus, if anyone feels like letting me know what those options on the second tab of the graphics options of the configure page are, I'd be very grateful. Just trying to figure out what they all do and looking for vsync...
Plus, if anyone feels like letting me know what those options on the second tab of the graphics options of the configure page are, I'd be very grateful. Just trying to figure out what they all do and looking for vsync...
The nintendo brand is finally over. Maybe next decade!
It's over, period. nintendo lost their last ace, and that's the end of their wii u hopes and dreams.
It's not hyperbole, it's not fanboy drivel. It is LITERALLY it for wii u. nintendo has nothing left, nothing they have can fix the hole now created. There is no reason left for anyone, hardcore or casual, to substantially invest in a wii u. Except if they want to play bayonetta 2. Which will also come to xbox one at some point.
Microsoft took the last reason away that anyone would NEED to own a wii u over an xbox one (except TVII LOL GAMING), and the cavalcade of tiny titles that will be nice but won't stir up any sales is not going to salvage the bloated, overdesigned behemoth that was wii u.
There may be some hardcore gamers that stick around. Some did it for ps3 too. But the last bell tolled. Maybe next decade.
The age of nintendo is done.
Well, if you aren't a DQ fan, there isn't much for you here. It's not a revolutionary MMO. It's basically a Dragon Quest game that happens to be online. Once you reach the capital of your starting area and do a quest, you can hire AI partners and have a full party of AI dudes following you around if you so choose.Played the online portion for a bit and it just feels like low level WoW in a DQ skin. Lots of grinding, no human interaction, lame quests and story, a world that is way too big for the amount of content in it. May as well just be playing a single player game. The way to chat with people is buried deep in some menu so everyone is just grinding slimes and moumons on their own. Though the grinding is so basic that even with other people I don't see how it could be that interesting.
Not sure if I'll give it another try later on but it just feels like every other MMORPG that's been released in the last 10 years but with DQ graphics and a story that came from the same mad lib that created the rest of the DQ stories in the last 20 years.
The nintendo brand is finally over. Maybe next decade!
It's over, period. nintendo lost their last ace, and that's the end of their wii u hopes and dreams.
It's not hyperbole, it's not fanboy drivel. It is LITERALLY it for wii u. nintendo has nothing left, nothing they have can fix the hole now created. There is no reason left for anyone, hardcore or casual, to substantially invest in a wii u. Except if they want to play bayonetta 2. Which will also come to xbox one at some point.
Microsoft took the last reason away that anyone would NEED to own a wii u over an xbox one (except TVII LOL GAMING), and the cavalcade of tiny titles that will be nice but won't stir up any sales is not going to salvage the bloated, overdesigned behemoth that was wii u.
There may be some hardcore gamers that stick around. Some did it for ps3 too. But the last bell tolled. Maybe next decade.
The age of nintendo is done.
Well, it's what'd you need to do in order to make the game work best as an MMO. I'm more disappointed Squaresoft didn't think to do similar with FFXI in the first place, just making an Everquest knockoff rather than going "ok, so how do we take FFIV-IX gameplay and make it into an online RPG?" PSO had a similar issue but that was smaller in scale, not an MMO, and the series was dormant so long it was basically just a convenient IP to use (unfortunately for the prospects of a closer followup.)DQ9's co-op was fully turn-based, not this ATB-style system. Even if they localize this, I'm still going to be salty about that.
It was brought up earlier my suspicions this didn't hold AS true for MMOs (which have a niche base by definition), and the fact FFXI seems to have the most activity on PS2 now seems to reinforce that. This can very easily be a future proofing move more than anything to do with future porting plans.I'd say it's at least an indirect indictment of Nintendo. I mean if sales were high enough on Wii/Wii U then they wouldn't need to bother to port to PC. Actually, I still think the main reason they want to port to PC is so they can port to PS4/XB1 later on. I mean the PC is a very niche thing in Japan and while it is bigger overseas, DQ is relatively niche in places where PC gaming is popular.
FFVII didn't sell enough I guess, why else would it get ported to PC? I bet Square just wanted to ooen that door to N64/Dreamcast ports...
Played the online portion for a bit and it just feels like low level WoW in a DQ skin. Lots of grinding, no human interaction, lame quests and story, a world that is way too big for the amount of content in it. May as well just be playing a single player game. The way to chat with people is buried deep in some menu so everyone is just grinding slimes and moumons on their own. Though the grinding is so basic that even with other people I don't see how it could be that interesting.
Why laughing? it shares the servers with the Wii and Wii U SKUs.
I've caught up reading this thread. From what I can gather, the following is true:
1) You can't just load your VPN and then open the launcher and log in. You have to enter your username and password, start the online portion, and immediately load your VPN before the game launches fully.
2) If you at any point try connecting to the game from a non Japanese IP (screw up the VPN timing, forgot to launch VPN) the game locks your account to the non Japanese IP and you're no longer allowed to connect. At this point you have to make a new account.
Is that all correct?
2) If you at any point try connecting to the game from a non Japanese IP (screw up the VPN timing, forgot to launch VPN) the game locks your account to the non Japanese IP and you're no longer allowed to connect. At this point you have to make a new account.
Is that all correct?
Not so sure about this one, I accidentally started the game using my Irish IP address and my account was not suspended. Don't know if it was dumb luck or what, all I know is that my account is still active.
Ah yes, your account isn't locked out but you can only login from there. So if you first logged in from an Irish IP then it won't let you login from a Japanese one but you will still be able to do it for the Irish IP.
I ended up locking my secondary account because I registered it on a VPN that is now down (and I don't remember the info). So I can't even do the first trick.
Great thread, so many peeps falling for Anihawk's post lolololololol.
Will the assets be improved on the pc version or is it just ported?
It's not a real argument, it's just pointing out some ridiculous assumption and rationalization in some arguments.This argument would only be valid if they ported all their FFs from VII and VIII onwards as well.
But they didn't. Wonder why they stopped porting their mainline series after VIII to the PC. Piracy? Abysmal sales of the VIII PC port?
Really blows that the only way to experience any FF post VIII on the PC (up to XII) is via emulation.
i just beat the first boss in Pukuland. Not sure where I should go next
I'm curious; is the client still IP locked to Japan?
Yes. There are free VPN options that work, however.
I haven't touched my JP Wii in about a year. If SE had eased up on the region restriction, I'd have jumped in to see what's new. Do you still play the Wii version, Aeana?
I only lasted about a month before I lost interest, but every several months or so I get the bug to play again, if only for a day/night to see what the developers have added (new jobs would be money).
I beat the boss in the offline demo and triggered the scene at the village, but once it ended I can't play with that character anymore, even though I didn't even make it up to Lv10. Does it not let you mess around after that like it seemed from what someone here said? I had to make a new character to start playing again...
They added a couple of new jobs a couple of patches ago: battle mage, luminary, sage etc. I ended up finishing the main story and seeing the credits, haven't played seriously since March.
Looking forward to getting back into the game with the PC version, fingers crossed for some localization news sooner rather than later!
Your human character dies at the end of the offline portion and you get transported to somewhere else where you have to pick a new body to inhabit. As far as I know you can't be human in the online portion.
I only lasted about a month before I lost interest, but every several months or so I get the bug to play again, if only for a day/night to see what the developers have added (new jobs would be money).
Yes, there is a story quest to get your human form back, because you need it for another certain story quest. Once you have it back you can switch forms at churches.If I remember correctly, once a player's advanced to a certain part of the online portion they're given the option to return to human form. I remember seeing human players running around in the fields last year.