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[AgeEighty]

Oh my god, I have never been so ready to throw away a year of my life and skip straight ahead in time than this game has made me.

 

[GarciaHotspur]

And i prefered the 3DS version lol...

this day one.

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

Here are some 3DS screens:

Even the 3ds version looks great.
Never played a DQ game but excited by this.

 

[Pachimari]

This and Builders looks fantastic.
Unfortunately the main character's design doesn't resonate with me at all.

 

[jmaine_ph]

Please come to America. That would be so dumb if this stays Japan only.

With the latest news that more Japanese developers want to bring their games west due to poor sales I think it will. I doubt this will sell poor but it's worth brining west for sure.

 

[Zalman]

They nailed the art direction for both versions.

 

[Tanston]

If i were the sort of guy to post memes I think take my money would be appropriate. This looks better then I ever could have imagined.

 

[Vena]

Here are some 3DS screens:

This is going to be rebooting regular 3DSs for sure.

 

[Red Liquorice]

It looks beautiful on both platforms, I'm not generally a double-dipper but this might be an exception.

 

[Ghost Slayer]

Dat UE4, the savior of Japanese developers

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Main character looks better on 3DS for me. Think it's the hair, looks weird on the larger model.

 

[Elios83]

Amazing!
Please 2016 localization =)

 

[Vamp]

Looks great. We need more game with this kind of art style. Is this coming this year?

 

[Zonar]

It gives me blue Dragon vibes and that's a great thing!

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Beautiful

 

[MrV4ltor]

Both versions look fantastic! I'll probably buy both to have one that invokes nostalgia on the go and one with gorgeous graphics for at home.

 

[AgeEighty]

It looks weird to me as well, I think it's because the characters have flat textures and the environments don't.

DQVIII was the same way. It still looks beautiful.

 

[mocolostrocolos]

Something's really off with that combat screenshot.

But whatever, day fucking one.

 

[Calamari41]

Looks great. I actually prefer the style of the 3DS version, but the beauty of the PS4 version can't be denied.

 

[Holmes]

Since you can see Drackies in the background in the battle screen, maybe there are no random encounters, but instead the enemies are all already on the map screen? And maybe there are seamless battle transitions like Star Ocean 5 and Tales of Zestiria.

 

[Ke0]

HD towns.

 

[george_us]

Damn that looks incredible. Can't wait to see more.

 

[Crankshaft]

Wow those look waaayyy better than what I expected them to look like.

 

[Spieler Eins]

Looks really great, although the contrast between the cartoony models and pseudo-realistic environments are a little unusual.

And i prefered the 3DS version lol...

this day one.

The dual screen mechanic would have still made me consider, but interest went out the window as soon as they announced that only the intro is simultaneous.

 

[zenosparadox]

Both versions look better than I expected. My interest is piqued.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Looks great. A bit jarring that the characters and monsters are flat and the environments are realistic and have depth. Probably looks muuuuch better in motion.

Looks fantastic, Unreal is really pulling it off for Japanese devs.

 

[piccio_ssl]

those ps4 screens .... mmmmm so good
both versions are hot as fuck

 

[Omegasquash]

I am disproportionately excited for this game against almost all others, save for Dark Souls 3.

 

[TheSpoiler]

Seamless
Turnbased
Battles

 

[Bots are better than you]

I said it before, and i say it again, the PS4 version needs Cel-Shading. Right now those semi-realistic surroundings don't match the cartoony style of the chars and the monsters.

Other than that, looks awesome.

But some serious wow @ those 3DS screens, incredible ... are we sure this isn't n3DS only? At least it has to be n3DS enhanced.

And another thing i will gladly say again: BRING BOTH VERSIONS TO THE WEST!

 

[MMaRsu]

Damn this looks so damn good. Bring this over to the west Square!?

 

[cyber_ninja]

Gimme now!!!

 

[AzureRonin]

DQVIII was the same way. It still looks beautiful.

yeah I know, it looks good technically but I'm not a fan of the look.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

I want both versions, even if I expect that we might only get the PS4 one ;-;

 

[vagabondarts]

I need both versions in America. Otherwise, SquareEnix can go find a Saddam hole to live in.

 

[Prisoner]

 

[jett]

Looks prettay, prettay good.

 

[mejin]

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Holy crap, it's gorgeous!

 

[Bloodrage]

Main character looks better on 3DS for me. Think it's the hair, looks weird on the larger model.

The hair looks the same on both. The 3DS model has an over-sized head. If you're into chibi art, I could see why you'd prefer that version. It looks good too.

 

[thestopsign]

I want to play this video game.

 

[Brazil]

Holy fucking shit

 

[Hikami]

Gorgeous. Hoping battles are seamless like that last picture seems to imply.

 

[GAMERG0D]

I only played the first two but I'm hyped for this.

 

[artsi]

I've never played Dragon Quest, but I love DBZ and Toriyama's style.

This will be the game to fix that.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

There's something really funky with this and DQ:Builders, the monsters looks like they were superimposed on a background of some other game. Heck, everything looks strangely out of place to me for some reason.

Maybe its the black lines?

That's how DQ games are? Characters flat primary colors.. Terrain Textured .. all cloth primary colored.. And so on.

ALSO I LOVE HOW IT LOOKS.

 

[Mr. Nice_Guy]

Oh shiiiiit, could be turn-based battle be seamless?

That would be incredible. Either way it looks like I've always wanted DQ to look. What a year to be alive.

 

[Elios83]

I said it before, and i say it again, the PS4 version needs Cel-Shading. Right now those semi-realistic surroundings don't match the cartoony style of the chars and the monsters.

Other than that, looks awesome.

But some serious wow @ those 3DS screens, incredible ... are we sure this isn't n3DS only? At least it has to be n3DS enhanced.

And another thing i will gladly say again: BRING BOTH VERSIONS TO THE WEST!

On the contrary I really like the contrast and the black outlines in the current style.

 

[RyoonZ]

誠にありがとう堀井さん!

 

[Vena]

DQVIII was the same way. It still looks beautiful.

Was DQVIII this flat, I'm almost certain it wasn't but memory may be playing tricks on me? The 3DS version looks less flat but that's largely due to the nature of the beast.

That's how DQ games are? Characters flat primary colors.. Terrain Textured .. all cloth primary colored.. And so on.

I think this has more to do with how much the background has "increased" in detail and depth with time and advancements of hardware, while the characters/monsters have retained their stylized flat looks, and now it just looks weird for some reason, lol. I think cel-shading would help a lot to help them not be so contrasted.

 

[Sir Griffith]

I am disproportionately excited for this game against almost all others, save for Dark Souls 3.

Persona 5
Dark Souls 3
Star Ocean 5
Dragon Quest XI
FFXII Remaster (most likely)

What a time to be alive.