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Isn't Blue Dragon a HD Dragon Quest?

Dante wrote:
suzzopher wrote:I'm just gutted I won't be getting an HD Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest VIII was so beautiful and looked glorious upscaled on PS3

Shame it just wasn't as good as the early DQ games, good looking graphics or not.

VIII is easily the second best game in the series(behind VI). The game wasn't just it's looks it also had a fantastic battle system and brilliant story. The Pal voice acting was strawberry floating brilliant and the first truly great localised JRPG.

Oxx wrote:Isn't Blue Dragon a HD Dragon Quest?

Pretty much (Helped along by the same artist); not brilliant but a solid playable game - Took helluva long time to really get going mind you.

I thought Dragon Quest IV was amazing. I can't wait to get around to V.

I'm still not sold on DQIX's 3D-ness. Did anybody buy DQ Monsters for the DS? How was the 3D in that?

suzzopher wrote:
Dante wrote:
suzzopher wrote:I'm just gutted I won't be getting an HD Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest VIII was so beautiful and looked glorious upscaled on PS3

Shame it just wasn't as good as the early DQ games, good looking graphics or not.

VIII is easily the second best game in the series(behind VI). The game wasn't just it's looks it also had a fantastic battle system and brilliant story. The Pal voice acting was strawberry floating brilliant and the first truly great localised JRPG.

I can agree with it looking splendid and the voice acting was second to none - but the story was nothing out of this world and easily bettered (IV in the way it does things is better) and the battle system was nothing different to nearly every RPG previously (which isn't a negative thing, I would go for standard turn based battle system or anything)

I rank VIII higher then any FF since XII, but it's not the best DQ game, and the reasons you use don't really give much of a case to why it's nothing more then a graphically produced masterpiece then more then a better game; which is fine for you complaining about no HD DQ game

But the scale and production for VIII is what made it so great. Sure it was very traditional but that is why I like it so much. If a game series can retain all that it made so great but ups the graphical impact and brings the characters to life like never before, then for me it's a win.

The reason I would want an HD Dragon Quest is to see the series looking as gorgeous as possible whilst again retaining the brilliance of before then that would win me over more than a 3D DS game.

Don't get me wrong if they had made IX in the style of IV, V and VI on DS then I would be more excited. But seeing it on DS in 3D isn't what I would want. I'll still buy it and love it no doubt. It's not wrong for me to want to be wowed by high productions values.

suzzopher wrote:
Dante wrote:
suzzopher wrote:I'm just gutted I won't be getting an HD Dragon Quest. Dragon Quest VIII was so beautiful and looked glorious upscaled on PS3

Shame it just wasn't as good as the early DQ games, good looking graphics or not.

VIII is easily the second best game in the series(behind VI). The game wasn't just it's looks it also had a fantastic battle system and brilliant story. The Pal voice acting was strawberry floating brilliant and the first truly great localised JRPG.

Yangus, Trode and Dhoulmagus. :wub:

Banjo, steps up and joins the Dragon Quest VIII defence force 8-)

COR BLIMEY!

If Square Enix are serious about putting the DQ series on the Wii they're going to have to remake VII in order to start attracting the audience to the platform.

If the shift to PS3 continues over there, I would imagine Square-Enix would re-think Dragon Quest X and move development to PS3. But Square don't seem to like Sony this gen :lol:

There isn't really much of a shift. Wii and PS3 are pretty even for the year (PS3 leads by 20k). Obviously a big improvement from previous years, but the Wii still has a lead of over 4.5m in terms of userbase.

It would seem that the PS3 and Wii are heading in opposite directions, but I think it will be pretty even week-to-week from this point forward. Barring the odd mega-hit (FFXIII, Wii Sports Resort, Monster Hunter 3) the release schedules are pretty barren. If any console wants to stake a claim and push forward, they'll need a consistent parade of heavy-hitters. Shockingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, Japanese publishers still haven't put their houses in order this generation.

suzzopher wrote:If the shift to PS3 continues over there, I would imagine Square-Enix would re-think Dragon Quest X and move development to PS3. But Square don't seem to like Sony this gen

A shift of 5k a week? So even if Wii had no softare release, 19 years it will take? I think thats outside sonys 10 year plan.

The interesting games this year obviously before we hear whats coming from E3 will define how the Wii will do:

Monster Hunter 3
Wii Sports Resort

Anyway if Wii comes out with a Wii HD you might get an HD DQ Suzz

Raide wrote:
Harry Bizzle wrote:What's driving this sudden interest in PS3? Surely not that FFXIII demo?

Who the hell buys a console for a bloody demo?

Its Final Fantasy. At least Sony can be guaranteed that FFXIII will push loads of PS3's. Its almost a shame that the currently 360 numbers in Japan are not enough for Square to release the game in Japan for the 360 at the same time. It would have been interesting to see the 360 sales numbers if the demo had launched at the same time as the PS3 demo.

But wouldn't the people that were waiting to buy a PS3 for FFXIII be the same ones that got one now for the demo? Will FFXIII push that much more PS3's if the demo is already doing that job?

The impact of Wii Sports Resort and Monster Hunter 3 will be short-lived unless Nintendo manages to put together a consistent slate of releases for the rest of the year. If the drought continues they will continue to struggle.

The Wii's success in 2007 - early 2008 was as much due to the likes of Dragon Quest Swords, Fire Emblem, Super Paper Mario, Mario Party, and Mario Strikers keeping momentum going as it was a result of Wii Sports etc.

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