Rumor: Dragon Quest X releasing next year

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Kemsus said:

A203D said:

Personally i would say those review scores are about right. i really enjoyed DQ8, it was an excellent game - and the voice acting for a JRPG was exlemplary....

however i think to get better sales DQ10 will have to improve the battle system. frankly, i think the system is okay, but far too repititive and generic for my taste. the only part of the game that didnt deliever imo.

so i think the sales of the next DQ game will depend on how good the battle system is, as well as advertising and things like that. because its likely a lot of the JRPG fans who play FF know about DQ, but decide not to get it because they think its for kids - a better battle system would change that imo.

if they changed anything too major about the battle system, they would just get an outrage from the Japanese Fans.

originally Dragon Quest IX was going to be an Action-Rpg if memory serves me right, but the Japanese fans were furious and demanded it be changed back to traditional.

Also about it being kiddy??? wtf, if anything Final Fantasy has gotten the kiddy battle system now, at least in my opinion.

Dragon Quest has an unforgiving battle system, and many battles are very easy to lose if you are not well prepared, and i don't know about you, but most kids i know don't have the attention span to dedicate to a game like Dragon Quest.

Dragon Quest might have a more child friendly art style because that part of the game is made by Akira Toriyama of Dragon Ball Fame, but the rest of the game is very much aimed at adults or mature people, be it puns or jokes or simply the story.

 

all of the above is my own opinions and should not be regarded as facts.

The numbers show that battles aren't that easy compared to other RPGs. The damage monsters give remains considerable unless you do loads of level grinding.

Sure the games aren't as brutal as the first Dragon Quest, and the first Final Fantasy, and the first two Phantasy Stars, but they seem to have stuck with the same difficulty level since DQ III or IV.