EoFF RPG Thunderdome 2020: Round 1 Match 21

[Wolf Kanno]

Match 21 and it's all about that sweet sweet gameplay!

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Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
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[Fynn]

While it’s less varied, I actually prefer the gameplay of DQV. All the elements just come together better imo

[WarZidane]

Where's the "Neither" option? :D

Not a fan of the gameplay in either of these two really, but I suppose Suikoden 2 comes out ahead just a bit.

[Lord Golbez]

Not even close. Suikoden II is one of my favorite games and, while a good part of that is story and characters, a decent part is the great gameplay. I can't imagine any DQ game having as good gameplay, and DQV doesn't particularly stand out in this category either.

[Del Murder]

Sweeeeeet I have actually played both these games! What a category to judge them, though. Neither one had 'gameplay' that really stood out, but at least SII was more varied. Although I love the DQ series, they are pretty simple turn based games.

[Spuuky]

Although I love the DQ series, they are pretty simple turn based games.This represents a gross reduction of the "gameplay" of an RPG to its combat, which is part of but certainly not close to all of the gameplay. Unfortunately, Square-Enix have basically made the same mistake for many years now! Talking to NPCs is gameplay. Exploring caves is gameplay. Traversing a world map is gameplay. Exploration matters and is gameplay functionality.

[Del Murder]

Well in general I always thought separating 'gameplay' out as its own category when talking about a video game was a pretty broad concept to begin with.