Suikoden V or Dragon Quest VIII:JotCK ?

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I'm frequently hearing a lot of Dragon Quest VIII. I've beaten Dragon Quest 1 for Nes only, played a few minutes of 2-6 though(Nes, Snes ones). How similar is Dragon Quest VIII to something like Blue Dragon or Kingdom Hearts 2? Or is it more similar to something like Final Fantasy X or Lost Odyssey?

Please, please, please do not compare a game as good as FFX with something as dire as the DQ series.

DQVIII is great, chill out.

Not if DQ I-VII are any indication, and seeing as I didn't hear anyone complaining about how the entire DQ system was massively overhauled in VIII, I'm confident in thinking they are an indication.

lol, while they may be indications, basing your entire opinion off previous games, when VIII was a huge leap forward in terms of presentation seems like a pretty unreliable thing to do.

Also, the fact that you need to hear complaining in order to find out about change is pretty weird, too.

So, once again:

DQVIII is great, chill out.

And Raebus, i think your whole judgment of the game is a little inaccurate - have you played all of DQVIII? Or are you just assuming that there aren't any plot twists because you haven't encountered any in the time you've played it?

Plot twists are great but there's no logical reason to assume that something can't be a great story if it doesn't have them. Alot of game scenarios abuse plot twists and end up becoming cheesy, so the exact opposite of your statement is true in certain cases.

To clear up a few things, there are in fact a few plot twists in DQVIII.