Yaaaaaay
wasn't the whole point of DQ (and part of it's success) that the basic gameplay never changes?
Yeah, not gonna lie I'm a little leery myself. The lightheartedness was what I found the most refreshing about Dragon Quest, and saying the next one's gonna be dark has me a little nervous. But I'm gonna hold off on any judgements until we see something like an actual trailer or gameplay.
They threw served dog parts at Square Enix HQ over DQ 9.
Yes but 12 is supposed to appeal more towards western fans. They already modernized the DQ style for the movie they made. So I don't think we're going to get as drastic a departure as many are expecting.
It's less final Fantasy and more Persona/SMT with some Game of Thrones.
Probably Square-Enix believe that the mainline Dragon Quest after DQ11 can meet better success in the west by changing the formula, even if it means alienating the japanese audience in return. In any case, SE needs to get over the fact Dragon Quest is NEVER going to take off in the west like it did in Japan
Dragon Quest does take dark turns in spite of the overall lightheartedness, it's just that the localization cranks up the comedy up to eleven.
Square Enix has become poisoned by all the lefty westerners they let in.
People said the same thing about Monster Hunter when they saw the first trailer of World, that didn't turn out to be the case and after 3 installments the series is doing better than it ever was.
That doesn't matter to me. They unleashed the Handler upon the world. The crack addicted assistant that steals shit from your chest while you're out hunting and constantly does the complete opposite of what an experienced handler would do. She was played cutesy funny and it didn't work because her face can only haunt dreams. At least there are mods.
Some of her costumes remove her baggy eyes. With everyone else looking normal with the other guild girls, I just suspect they over textured her.
to be fair squeenix has been retarded for a long while.
Oh, no, I'm saying lefty westerners are poisoning them with a focus on western mindsets. The chasing of shekels however is universal.
You can't really claim that with Dragon Quest though, it was birthed from the loins of Ultima itself. It's very origins are western.
This is true. I can, however, claim that they're taking a progressive stance towards it by changing it instead of the general conservative stance Japan usually has where "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Nah it's coming from internally at Square itself, they've had a ton of success perfecting Action RPGs even marrying them with traditional turn based mechanics. The games also did well in all territories.
Hm... I dunno, they haven't really made anything grab my attention. I don't think I've bought anything of theirs since Sleeping Dogs and FFXIV.
Even though Final Fantasy 7 Remake was just part of the story, it's still a full game and they did it justice. The side quests are more interesting than what was there in the original game, you'll fight stuff like Behemoths which didn't appear until the last few areas in the original.
Eh, none of that really intrigued me. I guess I'm just not their customer anymore.