Dragon Quest V

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Eh, I disagree with the Mega Man slide regression argument. Sure, it was a mechanic that was removed, but it’s not needed in 9 since none of the stages or enemies are designed around having it.

Besides, it IS there. You just have to play as Proto Man. It’s useful in one or two cases, but it’s not a game breaker to lose it.

Regression isn’t necessarily a bad thing, either. Besides, the game was still fun to play. That’s all that really matters. The stage design was great, and the special weapons actually mattered, and that was something most of the Mega Man games post-3 were lacking. Considering Mega Man 7 and 8 (and MM&B) were slow and clunky, and full of gimmicks, a regression in the gameplay was actually a step up. Maybe it was too far for you, but the loss of the slide really didn’t bother me.

Back on topic, Dragon Quest V is one of the few RPGs I can think of where you follow a single character through his or her life. You even have kids, and your kids actually turn out to be the prophesied heroes. Not your character, his kids. That was a real nice surprise. The game also introduced a monster-catching element before Pokemon was released. Yeah that’s right. Dragon Quest Monsters didn’t steal it, it was just taking it back.

Also, the final boss is Piccolo. Or rather, since Toriyama does the character designs he just really looks like Piccolo, more than any other Dragon Quest monster has. His first form, anyway.

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Eh I guess. We’ve been through this before. Just because a game doesn’t necessarily require slides, doesn’t mean that you can’t find useful ways of using it. I saw quite a few situations that made me go “hmmm, wish I had a SLIDE right now”. Besides that, I really wish I could play MEGA Man and slide. I’ll admit though, that I’m definitely biased in that I could care less about charge shots. I also don’t think that Post-MM6 games’ gimmicks really fall into the scope of what I’m saying, but I’d rather just stop it here than derail the thread any further… :confused:

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Originally Posted by Skankin’ Garbage
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[QUOTE]As for finishing DQs, I still got II, III, and VII to beat. Though I can’t ever see myself trying to play through VII. Maybe if it gets remade someday. That could be likely, as it could be redone on the DS. But that’s wishful thinking on my part.

Guhhh…I missed ONE freakin’ shard, maybe 3/4ths of the way into the first disc. I even picked up an FAQ that had every possible shard I could have gotten up to the point where I was at, and I had got ALL the ones listed in the FAQ. Fuck that game.

EDIT: The only DQ games I ever finished were the first one, and the fourth one on DS. [/i][/QUOTE]

That’s nothing compared to having your DQ VII endgame file lost because your memory card reformatted before you could beat the final boss (as in you fought and lost to him once, grounded up your levels, and changed your characters back into their most effective classes before your file upchucks it’s bamboo). :scream:

The saddest part is that it was only the first DQ VII file I lost to that shitty memory card (the second time happened due to one of the memory card’s pages coping one page over another (I now have two copies of an endgame Xenogears file among other things), though fortunately, it was only lost in between the first casino and Dharma Temple in the past rather than right before the final boss fight).:fungah:

Now you know why I still have yet to beat VII.

Edit: DQ V = Get!

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IMO it wasn’t the -meh- glyph system, but that you had to change your weapons to suit your adversaries. I found it more interesting than constantly keeping the highest ATK weapon equipped.

The real gem in PoR was the Sisters mode. You control them only with the stylus, it’s fast-paced and mana-management-based. Best part of the game.

edit: My representatives are searching for a copy of DQ V.

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Got DQV, it is very good.

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Yes, I got it also. Pretty good so far. Just finished up the Towers, so I’ve still got a little while to go before I can start recruiting some monsters.

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I got it yesterday, and I was playing intermittently during my 12 hour workday today. Very nice, it cheered me up a lot. :smiley:

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Welp. I’ve gone and decided to be the rebel and picked Nera for my wife. Also leaving easy mode now that I can’t one shot everything with either my Metal King Sword armed MC (I had long since been unable to one shot with my Gringham Whip wielding Hula-Dancer), and my party’s levels have balanced out since scoring three metal slime kills early on (no metal slimes were captured in the process). Current party includes my MC, my Wife, a Slime Knight, and either My Great Sabercat or that Hula-Dancer. So far I’m definitely enjoying the hell out of this game.

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Well, I’m about to head off to another continent. So far, my main party consists of Me, a Slime Knight, a Rotten Apple (red), and a Jailcat. Took me forever to recruit a heal slime though. The apple’s actually rather useful though, shame it caps out at Lv20. Just don’t make the mistake I did and use its Body Slam. (Apparently, it kills your apple.)

Also killed quite a few Metal Slimes, but don’t have any. I hear they’re supposed to rock ass when leveled up. (Somewhere along the lines of 255 Luck.) Similar for LMS where they have like 300 HP at their max level. Too bad both are damn near impossible to get.

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Well I’ve just been crowned king of my father’s kingdom and had my wife kidnapped. So far, I’m really enjoying this game. Only one question, though: In Dominicus’ Dominion, if I bought one of those Miracle Swords for 23 medals, will I still be able to buy a liquid metal shield later on, or is there not enough medals in this game for that?

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I’m not aware that the tiny medals are currency in DQs. Typically you get rewards after passing a certain threshold.

I just got to the Casino in Fortuna. ;_;

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In this oe, you have to pay for items via medals. it’s like your regular shop menu. You can buy as many of an item as you want, provided you have the medals. A Liquid metal shield costs about 50, a miracle sword 23.

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I was hoping that part would have changed, but when I got there it was still the same. :frowning:

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Actually, you don’t really need to do that since you can get a Miracle Sword at the end of the third T’n’T board along with a Happy Hat (my second).

Best part of T’n’T boards is the fact that you can both make and save a ton of money (I broke the bank buying a Power Shield for my main since he really needed to upgrade from the Magic Shield, recuited Dwight ‘The White Dwarf’, then proceeded to the board where I earned over 7700 G, which I spent for a ‘Farie Rapier’ at the board’s shop, then proceed to earn an addtional 11000 G while picking up a Flame Shield (one step weaker than Power Shield) and a Dragon Shield (two steps weaker than Power Shield) along with a few boosts (and losses) to my MC’s stats and a mini medal.

As for progress I’ve [SPOILER]married the Blue-haired chick, abused the casino for an extra Metal King Sword, got kids, and just got a special cloak for my MC (also cleared the third T’n’T board and such.

Also, my current party includes the MC, his kids, a Lv 30 SlimeKnight, a Lv 20 Chimarea, a Lv 19 Hulagan (almost max level), a Lv 26 Prestidigitator, and a Lv 26 Great Sabercat.

As for my other monsters I have a Lv 22 Slime, a Lv 1 Draky, a Lv 21 Brownie, a Lv 1 Small fry, a Lv 2 Goodybag, a Lv 4 Orc King, a Lv 5 Golem, a Lv 1 Conker, a Lv 1 Mudraker, a Lv 1 Bad apple, a Lv 4 Man o’ war, a Lv 15(Maxed) Funghoul, a Lv 1 Restless armour, and a Lv 1 Son of a Dwarf.[/SPOILER]

Also also, I can’t figure out the custom Knick-Knack trading thing.

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I got it the day after it came out, but I’m still yet to play it :frowning: damn architecture studio

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Now I remember the real reason I never buy games as soona s they come out - if I get stuck, I’m screwed.

I just got to Lofty Peak, and I found a Magic Carpet that I THINK is supposed to be my method of transportation, but it doesn’t seem to work no matter what I try. And I can;t figure out where the hell to go from here. There’s a cave protected by mountains, and I recall something like that in DQIV and a magma staff. I’m guessing that’s still going on here? help, please?

Edit: Okay, how the HELL was I supposed to know I use the carpet to ford rivers? Seriously!

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… because you can’t fly over anything else with it? :smiley:

I am SO freakin’ happy they added T’n’T/Pachisi to this game. I loved it in DW3 GBC, but it made me sad when the Pachisi bug kicked in and screwed up my hero’s strength stat.

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I’m currently near the end of the 2nd Gen where the Hero and his wife gets turned to stone. Was a bit pissed about the Mini Medal situation, since apparently they are currency now. If I remember right, only a few monsters even drop Mini Medals, and they don’t drop often. On the plus side, super-equips for everybody!

I’m liking the Pachisi/T’n’T so far. Brings back memories of DQ3 GBC. Also, is it just me, or is trying to recruit monsters a complete pain the ass? I don’t think I ever had it that rough getting monsters in the SNES version.

As for the wife, married Debora and I’m having fun with it, despite almost everyone in the game telling you not to marry her. She’s always got something interesting to say…lol (Yay for Party Talk!)

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Got the wife back, now I’m ready to decend into the Underworld and I added a Lv 3 Old man of the sea to my monster collection. Aside from a few level ups I haven’t done very much since my last post.

Originally Posted by Ultratech87
I’m liking the Pachisi/T’n’T so far. Brings back memories of DQ3 GBC. Also, is it just me, or is trying to recruit monsters a complete pain the ass? I don’t think I ever had it that rough getting monsters in the SNES version.

If I saw correctly you can win an item from Tombola lottey that has something to do with monster hunting (I haven’t acquired it yet however since I can’t ever seem to win anything higher than rank 1 prizes i.e. Prayer Rings).

After I beat this game I may try my luck at Wikifying it (this may take awhile since I don’t have a lot of time to grind monsters to find out what they learn or what level they cap out at).

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I love Pachisi!

Question: I completed the Pachisi board in Fortuna right after the first time I grew. Are there other boards / does the board change over time? If so, where are the other boards? The one in Fortuna gave me an edged boomerang.