Squenix to Hold a Dragon Quest Conference Monday
Squenix is doing a DQ press conference this Monday where they will be making a huge announcement of the series. Most speculation is that they are finally going to reveal DQX since its a Wii exclusive and the consoles days are numbered.
Course I imagine some other announcements as well, like a new Joker Monster title and of course some heavy PR for the DQ Anniversary pack that's slated to come out soon. I imagine a few spinoffs as well.
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I'd rather they announce DQX for the Wii U or whatever it's called. Not that I'll end up getting one, but they really need to stop releasing games at the very end of a console's life, it's not good for sales.
It's happening right now, via live ustream!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/se-event
DQX is an MMORPG you can play offline, Produced by Yosuke Saito (NIER) and directed by Jin Fujisawa (DQ8, DQ9) and first internally developed DQ game at Square Enix.
It's off air.Originally Posted by Bastian
Edit: The heck?
Yeah, that happened to me too. Weird.It's off air.
Edit: The heck?
Anyway, fun facts I learned about Dragon Quest X from the presentation:
-It's for the Wii still, however they will release a Wii U version with better graphics at a later date, and your saved information from the Wii version is transferable to the Wii U version
-It will heavily feature "online gameplay" (they did NOT refer to this as MMORG, but from the video, it sort of looks like straight up MMORG)
-You CAN play it beginning to end without being online, using NPC party members
-The visual style is closest to VIII
-Battles are like DQ IX (non-random)
-Features a "huge story"
-You can cut out clothes and create weapons and such and in online give those to other people which can increase your "fame"
-Character creation is even more detailed than in DQIX
-Your house is completely customize-able inside and outside.
-takes place on five continents with five very different races
-there will even bee streetpass features for those with a 3Ds as well
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkWo2DApLiY
In-game footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK46t9UudZ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bwTp5mnHh8
Last edited by Bastian; 09-05-2011 at 06:02 PM.
Looks pretty cool. What I expected IX to look like after I played VIII. Not really digging the MMO aspect of it. I wish games would either just be full MMO or full single player instead of these hybrids. At least the single player mode looks to be worth it.
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You can play it single player and totally not involve yourself in the mmo aspect.
I was worried when I heard the rumor that X was going to be MMO, but I really like this idea for MMO. I might actually try MMO out for once! (Well, an ex forced me to try WoW for like two hours and I got bored).
Screens and artwork
(SPOILER)
EDIT: Spoilers added to avoid giant wall of images. ~Murder
The MMO portion has me worried because I wonder if it's going to have an impact on the single player.
There is an online connection required to play all of Dragon Quest X therefore it is an MMO game.
I thought one of the earlier posts clarified that you don't need an internet connection, you can play with NPC party members?There is an online connection required to play all of Dragon Quest X therefore it is an MMO game.
I'll admit being a little worried, but I have faith in them. I heard DQIX lost some of the feel of the series with the direction it went but I'll reserve judgment till I play it. Personally, after DQVIII I wish they'd keep going with really deep, huge worlds with sidequests for the single player to uncover. Multiplayer diminishes that feeling and there's a lot of room for road bmps (especially with it being developed internally at Square.)
It's pretty weird this isn't being handed off to Level-5 - they have experience with HD consoles and with creating multiplayer online games a lot like this. I'm just gonna hope WKC2 is good whenever I pick it up.
Overall I'll have Faith in Horii & Co. He knows how to make an accessible, yet deep and overall well designed games. And if it fails, well, there's tons of games for me to play for the first time and revisit.
We don't know that for sure.There is an online connection required to play all of Dragon Quest X therefore it is an MMO game.
At the event they said that you DON'T have to play with others and that you can clear the game 100% on your own using NPCs.
What you're probably referring to is the game's support page which seems to indicate that you can play the game offline for the first few hours, but "to play all elements of the game, an internet connection is required."
I think this is just referencing the fact that if you want to play the MMO elements, you'll (obviously) need to be connected to the internet.
And also new quests and such. Those familiar with DQ9 will know that each week we were offered new quests to download and new items in a special shop and such. DQX is expected to have a similar set up.
so, no. to complete the main story 100% you will not have to venture into MMO land. At least that's what I'm getting from the seemingly contradictory statements.
Unfortunately, I fear this game is going to go the route of IX in that none of the PCs have any personality. I really liked the personalities of the characters in VIII as their interaction moved the story along. It doesn't look like we're going to get that in this game. Which sucks, because I feel in the DQ games we get these great introduced to these great worlds but they feel so static since we don't get to see how our characters react to it.
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So basically, DQX is SE's attempt at making their own version of White Knight Chronicles. The game doesn't look bad, but not as interesting as previous DQ games had been. I'll wait and see. I'll probably have to pick it up simply cause NoA doesn't seem interested in releasing some of their other high profile JRPG Wii titles here.
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