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News Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince announced for Nintendo Switch, coming December 1st (UPDATE: launch trailer, see threadmarks)
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It would the first Monsters game to hit a different platform than Nintendo's, so I am not sure this will reach Steam/PC at all.
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No, there was also a PS1 DQM1&2 remake late in it's life. Plus mobile stuff over various feature and smart phones.
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Its not really new, all the monster joker titles had 1 save file. Hilariously I booted DQ9 (DS) recently on my 3ds and that also has 1 save slot.
DQ8 (3ds) had 2 saves and DQ7 had 3. It was really 11 who had 9 and if that's the only one you have played I can see how this might be a bummer.
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Mind, for DQ9, it was more due to space limitations than anything. Monsters, well... Kinda disappointing.
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Welp, at least making account is easy
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Oh really? I thought it was kinda like the pokemon thing since you had online stuff.
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Hoe we got that cover too, cause Psaro is drippin in style there
Ahmed
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This box art is chef's kiss.
demo out now
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Demo is available now
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nice!
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I like they are actually having Characters appear from 4 besides Psaro. I am honestly glad its gonna have a real story the Joker series was very light on its stories Compared to the second DQM game which was really the only one that had something that resembeled the Viginettes of the main games.
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I tried the demo and I'm usually not the one to bitch about graphics/looks, but hello? How is this a $59.99 game? I wish SE would've used the DQ11S engine (Unreal?) to make this game. Not impressed with the presentation at all. Gameplay seems very simple too, which is fine (and I did like it a little), but man, I'm bummed out. I need Toriyama's style to shine every time.\
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Not a fair comparison. DQ9 targeted PS4 hardware and had to have a miracle port to be on Switch. It had a much bigger budget.
This, on the other hand, way smaller budget and targets Switch hardware. Looks on par with similar games, such as Fire Emblem.
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Welcome to SE being cheap with anything that isn’t their flagship franchises. It’s part of the problem for why their lesser games often don’t sell well over the last several years now.
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Fair, but idk, maybe give DQ more love/budget. The franchise deserves it, even with spin-offs.
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That ground texture is N64-tier.
They managed to make an uglier game than Pokemon S/V. Who knew it was even possible.
They managed to make an uglier game than Pokemon S/V. Who knew it was even possible.
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Been playing for an hour and you can see who didn't play treausres because of the reactions. This game is using pretty much and updated version of the treasures engine and has more detailed things. Not that treasure was a looker of course, but they actually put more visual stuff here (which is also reflected on the perfomance)
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it's unity engine btw
this is Unity? because Treasures was Unreal
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yup i checked the copyright info thing on the switch
very weird
Ahmed
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This demo announcement should have been in the Direct imo, DQ could use all the exposure it can get. It's not like they couldn't fit it in the Direct, as they've showed stuff that didn't give us anything new.
It's awesome to see the main party members from DQ4, though I wonder why they appear when this has a younger Psaro.
It's awesome to see the main party members from DQ4, though I wonder why they appear when this has a younger Psaro.
This is a subseries/spin-off, it doesn't have as high of a budget as the mainline series. Also, SE puts all their budget into FF /s (not really /s).
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Completed the demo! The game doesn't look or perform the best, and it's kinda lacking in overall polish, but honestly I found it pretty compelling so far. Haven't played another DQM game but the basic concept of Dragon Quest SMT works pretty damn well. But I'm a sucker for monster catching games so that may well play into it
Warning though that the demo doesn't seem to be save data transfer? You get a save data bonus and are able to transfer monsters (but without their levels or skills or anything, I think) but might not be worth putting in as many hours as I did, despite the demo being fairly meaty (got 4 1/2 hours out of it)
Warning though that the demo doesn't seem to be save data transfer? You get a save data bonus and are able to transfer monsters (but without their levels or skills or anything, I think) but might not be worth putting in as many hours as I did, despite the demo being fairly meaty (got 4 1/2 hours out of it)
I‘ve played the demo for about an hour so far, and I’m enjoying it. Might actually just stop now since I’m already sold pretty much. I’m not too familiar with the series though, so I can’t compare it to previous games. Visuals and performance are a little rough I guess, but that doesn’t bother me.
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Ok I've been playing the demo for quite a while now aaaand... My first impression is that it's rather shit. Sorry :/ that was just my first thought.
To me it looks like yet another 3ds game with exactly the same mechanics as the last ones. I played Dragon Quest Monsters 2 to death because I fell in love with the simple graphics and clear environments and after that Joker 3 was a great step forwards.
... Playing DQM3 feels like the game fell back to DQM2 times but they forgot to grow along with the times, I would probably have loved this game 10 years ago if I wouldn't have played DQM2. It looks the same, plays the same and even looks worse on a few occasions because of the stark difference in color contrast at certain places.
The positive so far are the monster designs though.
I'll play some more and see if I am just having a bad day, I also played Treasures and while I initially liked the game I dropped it rather fast because the gameplay loop got repetitive rather quickly for me.
I am afraid that I became old... Either that or the games are just stuck in the past, maybe both.
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Took some more time and it is now clicking a bit more. Finding monsters, making a better team, synthesising is all superb. But oh the horror that is the map design, completely random and very ugly.
To me it looks like yet another 3ds game with exactly the same mechanics as the last ones. I played Dragon Quest Monsters 2 to death because I fell in love with the simple graphics and clear environments and after that Joker 3 was a great step forwards.
... Playing DQM3 feels like the game fell back to DQM2 times but they forgot to grow along with the times, I would probably have loved this game 10 years ago if I wouldn't have played DQM2. It looks the same, plays the same and even looks worse on a few occasions because of the stark difference in color contrast at certain places.
The positive so far are the monster designs though.
I'll play some more and see if I am just having a bad day, I also played Treasures and while I initially liked the game I dropped it rather fast because the gameplay loop got repetitive rather quickly for me.
I am afraid that I became old... Either that or the games are just stuck in the past, maybe both.
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Took some more time and it is now clicking a bit more. Finding monsters, making a better team, synthesising is all superb. But oh the horror that is the map design, completely random and very ugly.
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They put a little story related to DQ 4 in the japanese channel ( has English subs). The slime 
Also this doesnt seems to happen that earlier based on the events of DQ4, based on the previous ads and the story it seems to me they decides to update the character design ( since You can see Rose talking with the party in her new outfit). So makes sense you meet the adult hero
Also this doesnt seems to happen that earlier based on the events of DQ4, based on the previous ads and the story it seems to me they decides to update the character design ( since You can see Rose talking with the party in her new outfit). So makes sense you meet the adult hero
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It absolutely is.
But thanks to that, we get to play DQ games annually. Honestly, I wouldn't mind a little graphical sacrifice if that means more games. Previous generation did not have "unplayable" visuals and neither does DQ Monsters Dark Prince.
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Funny thing is that this is why this version catched my attention. I lost interest in the series after the first Joker Game and 2 was My favorite and playing the demo was like "this is like dqm 2 but in 3d!"
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Ah yeah, small correction: with DQM2 I mean the 3DS game that was only released in Japan. Which is the DQWM2 game from the gbc but in 3D, it even boosted over a 1000 monsters. If you haven't played it I can really recommend it if the wait for DQM3 is too long... Although you could kinda get burned out on the franchise for a while after you are done with that game
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The graphics aren't amazing but they're not really a dealbreaker for me either. I haven't gotten very far into the demo yet and I'm not sure how much further I want to go since I'll be getting the full game anyway, but it seems like a pretty chill game so far and I'm interested to see what more they do with the seasons mechanic.
remember playing monsters back on the ds a while back and it was ok otherwise glad to see this spin off series is coming back.
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Took a look at the demo and this game feels very cosy. Hope they'll be able to polish the performance a bit.
Ideal December game imo, looking forward to this!
Ideal December game imo, looking forward to this!
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Gameplay overview trailer just dropped.
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The game is low poly af, the lighting is terrible and textures are poor, but honestly, with the environment variety and artstyle pushing it, I think it looks quite nice and whimsical.
I'm sure it will be a blast to play either way, can't believes DQ Monsters is back. This seems to have a lot of party customization which is right up my alley.
I'm sure it will be a blast to play either way, can't believes DQ Monsters is back. This seems to have a lot of party customization which is right up my alley.
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So I never played a Dragon Quest Monsters game before. I was aware that these existed but never looked into them. I discovered a year back that I LOVE Dragon Quest after playing Dragon Quest XI: S. The first Dragon Quest game I ever played two January's back.
So this gets announced for the Switch, I wasn't sure how I would feel about it but I just watched someone play a big chunk of the demo and this game while unfortunately very ugly in visuals, looks like a ton of fun gameplay wise. I immediately preodered the game and I can say that I am actually really excited to play this. The gameplay loop looks absolutely addicting and I feel like I'm going to spend a LOT of time in this game. Sure the production values could most certainly been better but I'm still glad this game exists.
Not sure if anyone here can answer this but I see the Japanese market is getting a Master Edition which comes with all the DLC. The question is, is that DLC on cartridge or is it a download? Doing an English translation of the Square Enix page would suggest that the content is digital downloads:
That being said I'm not 100% sure.
So this gets announced for the Switch, I wasn't sure how I would feel about it but I just watched someone play a big chunk of the demo and this game while unfortunately very ugly in visuals, looks like a ton of fun gameplay wise. I immediately preodered the game and I can say that I am actually really excited to play this. The gameplay loop looks absolutely addicting and I feel like I'm going to spend a LOT of time in this game. Sure the production values could most certainly been better but I'm still glad this game exists.
Not sure if anyone here can answer this but I see the Japanese market is getting a Master Edition which comes with all the DLC. The question is, is that DLC on cartridge or is it a download? Doing an English translation of the Square Enix page would suggest that the content is digital downloads:
That being said I'm not 100% sure.
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Based on previous experience it usually includes a code for the DLC in the caseSo I never played a Dragon Quest Monsters game before. I was aware that these existed but never looked into them. I discovered a year back that I LOVE Dragon Quest after playing Dragon Quest XI: S. The first Dragon Quest game I ever played two January's back.
So this gets announced for the Switch, I wasn't sure how I would feel about it but I just watched someone play a big chunk of the demo and this game while unfortunately very ugly in visuals, looks like a ton of fun gameplay wise. I immediately preodered the game and I can say that I am actually really excited to play this. The gameplay loop looks absolutely addicting and I feel like I'm going to spend a LOT of time in this game. Sure the production values could most certainly been better but I'm still glad this game exists.
Not sure if anyone here can answer this but I see the Japanese market is getting a Master Edition which comes with all the DLC. The question is, is that DLC on cartridge or is it a download? Doing an English translation of the Square Enix page would suggest that the content is digital downloads:
That being said I'm not 100% sure.
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