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Author: zippdementia
Posted: February 12, 2009 (03:11 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You don't mention the grueling hours of leveling using the boring combat system, or the treks through dungeons that take hours due to an almost constant stream of random encounters.
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Author: joseph_valencia
Posted: February 12, 2009 (03:49 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Perhaps he wasn't bothered by that?
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: February 12, 2009 (04:02 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Long-time Dragon Quest fans--such as myself--aren't always bothered by that because it's often one of the things that made the series so endearing to us in the first place. In my opinion, Dragon Quest was and is one of the finest RPG franchises around precisely because it forces the reader to work for the next story sequence (though I do wish they'd tone down the story a bit; I've never been one for extensive plot in my video games).
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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: February 13, 2009 (10:05 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yeah. None of those things have ever bothered me about a Dragon Quest game. There might be a lot of fights, but they're all fast-paced, so it never really has ever felt to me like I'm being drowned in a deluge of combat. If anything, I wish there was a bit more complexity to the average fight. In DQ VIII, you get a ton of abilities, spells, etc., but (with the exception of a couple of bosses), I scarcely used any of them other than the heal spells and the occasional buff/debuff spell.
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Author: True
Posted: February 13, 2009 (11:09 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
To my perspective, it's somewhat confusing as to how people get so enamoured with games like the Metal Gear Solids of the world
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: February 13, 2009 (11:35 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Have you ever read my review of MGS4, True?
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Author: sashanan
Posted: February 13, 2009 (12:35 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
or the treks through dungeons that take hours due to an almost constant stream of random encounters.
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