| Cactus said: Finally! I'm glad that they decided to use the same graphics engine for the whole trilogy. EDIT: Actually, I can't really tell if it's exactly the same. Dragon Quexst VI has never been remade or ported before, so they're probably making a lot of refinements on the engine. |
Yeah, they announced that all the games were going to use the same graphics engine from the start. Which is good for consistency, but I fear that its going to hurt sales outside of Japan for the same reason most Drago nQuest games lose sales. Because the graphics aren't as impressive as otehr RPGs. Not that sales have been good anyway.
I'm fine with it though. I think the game engine is perfect and truly shows the right combination of keeping the important things practical will lead to quick and solid gameplay. Not every RPG needs to have full 3D animations and repetative character victory/battle animations.
| Cactus said: I have a feeling that the West will get this game shortly after the Japanese release. I wouldn't be suprised if the game is mostly finished at this point, since Square probably didn't want to release info and clash with DQIX's release over the last 6 months or so. |
Yeah, the game has probably been done for a while now, since ArtePiazza was doing it and not Level 5. And they already had the game engine made and a good year and a half up to this point to make DQVI. And it only took them about that time to make DQV. Though DQVI has never been remade so they might be adding a lot to it.
But as for when it'll release, probably not until next year, March at the earliest. I'm thinking more like Summer in Japan. As for America and Europe, well, good ol' Wada and the boys at SE have never cared much about Dragon Quest in America. Wada even said so recently, stating they would 'get around to localizing DQIX sometime next year'. I highly doubt we're going to see DQVI for a LONG time outside of Japan.
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