Rhombaad said:I beat Dragon Quest II over the weekend and started playing Dragon Quest IV. I'm on a roll!
I have to say, I'm having more fun playing these games than I have in a long time.
And the (most of) part of DQ7 is why they made changes to the temple where you save the past and made fragments easier to find by 1. adding a proximity tracker for fragments, 2. making them in stupidly wide open places sometimes and 3. i think they cut out the stories of some of the towns. like the 1st town where everyone is turned to stone. not to be mistaken with the 1st town.Walter said:DQ4 is my favorite, easily. I'd say it's the only one I've truly enjoyed, and I've played through 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, (most of) 7 and 9.
Walter said:DQ4 is my favorite, easily. I'd say it's the only one I've truly enjoyed, and I've played through 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, (most of) 7 and 9.
Rhombaad said:I'm loving it so far. Right now, I'm trying to build up some cash for Torneko in Chapter 3.
Griffith said:Edit: Yep, nope, just played the final "mission" and Kojima Kojimad it. =)
Griffith said:Edit: Yep, nope, just played the final "mission" and Kojima Kojimad it. =)
Rhombaad said:Was it worse than MGS4? The last great MGS game I played was Snake Eater. After that, the series fell off for me.
Eluvei said:Personally, I subscribe to the baseless theory that the 3 MGS games were good because they were mostly written by this Fukushima guy right here.
Eluvei said:I don't think it's worse than MGS4 because you can actually play it for a few hours with no interruption, but it does have the same commitment to try and explain every little thing in the series while adding insane shit that absolutely wrecks the continuity.
Personally, I subscribe to the baseless theory that the 3 MGS games were good because they were mostly written by this Fukushima guy right here.
Rhombaad said:That sucks. I was considering playing it when I eventually purchased a PS4.
Was it worse than MGS4? The last great MGS game I played was Snake Eater. After that, the series fell off for me.
Eluvei said:Sorry to hear it, I was hoping something would come up and you'd stop playing before that.
Eluvei said:I don't think it's worse than MGS4 because you can actually play it for a few hours with no interruption, but it does have the same commitment to try and explain every little thing in the series while adding insane shit that absolutely wrecks the continuity.
Eluvei said:Personally, I subscribe to the baseless theory that the 3 MGS games were good because they were mostly written by this Fukushima guy right here.
Aazealh said:Metal Gear Solid 2 was not good.
Skeleton said:Admittedly I haven't paid any attention to the nuts and bolts of the MGS series, but wasn't the rumor back in the day that Kojima meant for the series to end after Sons of Liberty but Konami made him make Snake Eater? I could've sworn it seemed like Kojima would go through a cycle of saying he was done before pushing out another game post-2. I always assumed that was the cause of the series' decline.
Griffith said:Well, it didn't decline after 2 though... Snake Eater is the consensus best in the series, Peace Walker is supposed to be a worthy successor, and MGS5 is debatably a masterpiece in its own right. MGS4 is the clear nadir to me; if that's the one he did to satisfy all the fan's demands it's no wonder he thinks we're the villain. Anyway, maybe Kojima DID mean to end it this way with fans and Konami alike, after all, if things don't end poorly maybe they never end (p.s. I don't really believe it was a plan, but maybe ultimately how it was destined to go down). Maybe he'll continue the series without Konani Silent Hills/Death Stranding style.
Aazealh said:Metal Gear Solid 2 was not good.
Skeleton said:I apologize. The way I wrote my post blows. I meant to say the rumor was that Kojima meant for 2 to be the end of the MGS series, and that's why I assumed the later games (specifically post-Snake Eater and even more specifically 4) declined in quality.
To be fair, my view of the series' decline is entirely on me and not the series itself though. I think 4 left such a bad taste in my mouth that I never gave the post-4 games a real chance. It sounds like Peace Walker might be right up my alley though.
Johnstantine said:I'm glad someone else agrees. I played through it when it first came out, but it's still the only MGS game I haven't replayed. I tried to, but I got so ungodly bored within the first few minutes I just gave up.
Aazealh said:What I like about it most to tell you the truth is the world & story. Much like PoE, I find it a refreshingly novel take on the Fantasy genre, which is no easy feat.
Ruhe Strom said:Also, if anyone's interested, my father used to work at Rare before (and after) they activated their Beherit and joined Microsoft, so if there are any Rare fans out there, feel free to enquire about... stuff.
Aazealh said:Does he like GoldenEye or Perfect Dark better? Who's his favorite Battletoad? Did anyone ever actually find Conker funny?
Ruhe Strom said:Also, if anyone's interested, my father used to work at Rare before (and after) they activated their Beherit and joined Microsoft, so if there are any Rare fans out there, feel free to enquire about... stuff.
Ruhe Strom said:Also, if anyone's interested, my father used to work at Rare before (and after) they activated their Beherit and joined Microsoft, so if there are any Rare fans out there, feel free to enquire about... stuff.
Ruhe Strom said:Also, if anyone's interested, my father used to work at Rare before (and after) they activated their Beherit and joined Microsoft, so if there are any Rare fans out there, feel free to enquire about... stuff.
Ruhe Strom said:He dislikes Pierce Brosnan's Bond movies, so prefers Perfect Dark as it was something they'd created themselves rather than an established property. He doesn't have a favourite Battletoad, but does have a soft spot for the Dark Queen (unsurprisingly). Conker appeals to a rather crass and lewd sense of British humour that the developers had (for example, my usually quiet and serious father cracks up at fart jokes), so they certainly found it funny. But it's understandable if the comedy didn't hit for a lot of players.