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And Square ARE lazy, they don't make inspired games anymore, where are the days of Xenogears? Chrono Cross? Vagrant Story? The Great Final Fantasies? (6,7,9). |
I'd take Dragon Quest over any of them. Ew Xenogaers. :/
I do miss Matsuno though. At least Kawazu's been (mostly) delivering still.
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DQ is not my cup of tea, I prefer good plot, characters and soundtrack in my RPG, not gameplay (lol :P)
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But DQ is more about a good plot, characters and soundtrack than gameplay. Actually, DQ always have a great plot.
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I was comparing DQ to Xenogears, if you take the entire DQ franchise combind it will never come close to Xenogears' plot, characters and soundtrack.
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lol. Maybe in terms of convolution and cliche.
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Better cliche and convoltuion over nothing amirite? :D
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No, I think I'd honestly take nothing. Dragon Quest became huge in Japan because of the characters and scenario though. And rightly so.
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Nope, they like the gameplay, DQ and FF got big before They had plots of any noteworthy caliber.
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So... you've never actually completed a DQ game, have you?
Scenario/character is one of DQ's main selling points. Hell, that's why Enix got Toriyama to do the designs. DQ's stories tend to revolve more around universal themes too, more about humanity and spirit, less about angst and Neitzsche. DQV has probably the best story in an RPG imo, and was lightyears ahead of it's time.
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I can say the same about you and Xenogears, since there is nothing cliche about Xenogears lol :)
If plots and characters were DQ's main selling points than they would've been considered JRPG classics in the west, like Chrono Trigger, Xenogears and Suikoden 2, pepole whould consider them great games today, and by a concensus, in any internet forum, they are not even talked about as "hidden gems" like terranigma.
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Oh, I played and finished Xenogears years ago. And fuck, it's story was like cliche piled on top of cliche (anmesiac, ancient god, split personality, reincarnation, aliens) each turn making less logical sense than the last... I mean one can only suspend disbelief so far. Of course the awful translation probably didn't help matters. Once was enough for me though, and I've also successfully steered clear of it's unholy pedo-bait offspring (Xenosaga).
If Chrono Trigger, Xenogears and Suikoden 2 had plots and characters as good as DQ, I guess they'd sell multiple millions in Japan too. And wtf @ Terranigma? You think Ark and the game's story is why it's considered a hidden gem? Seriously? Now I'm guessing you haven't played that game either?
