Mister Adequate

Sincerely, those two last lines?...

The best thing I read today.

And yes I know it was posted yesterday, I just came back home from overseas. :P

Take care.

Kirth Gersen

Well, there goes the western market, then.

Don't get me wrong, it'll sell well to the FF crowd? but with what they seemed to have going in the action RPG arena looked SWWWWWEEET, and change is nature. Customizable characters/armor/weapons? multiplayer? like an overhead JRPG diablo, but portable? sign on. TBC, same as it ever was? I'll play FFIV, maybe, but more of the same is not what I had in mind in moving consoles. If anyone had listened to "fans" FFXII wouldn't have been the breath of fresh air it was. words. I use 'em.

StratfordX

See, they had all these "loyal" customers who didn't want the styling to change. Granted, all their loyal customers were 60+ years old, so the cars looked.... dated (to be kind).

Meanwhile, the japanese luxury makes (Infiniti, Lexus) were grabbing up all the young customers (in the US... Europe still has a bias against japanese luxury brands... but I digress).

So now all the loyal caddy customers are dead, and all their kids are driving M35s.

This "same ol' same ol'" is going to kill Square Enix.

FlapjacksAreTasty

Do you think you're overreacting just a little?

pastepunkjames

hako_no_oujisama

*take 5-10 steps*
*5-8 seconds of loading while we do a screen spinning thing, show the enemies and you both load, then menus*
*click "attack", hope you hit the enemy before they do so you keep more HP*
*take turns exchanging hits, until the enemeie(s) - there's usually 5 differnet kinds in this dungeon, or just the saem 5 of varying color*
*victory screen, more loading, here's your XP & gold*
*take 5-10 steps, repeat*

im down for any variation of that, at this point. i think id trade a kidney to have Chrono Trigger's engine made popular again.

TheIrishNinja

SpaceWhale

NighTrekr

Now what I'd really love to see on my DS is a game with Seiken Densetsu-styled button-holding charge attacks, Chrono Trigger-esque combination techs that vary by the class-type of other players in an ad-hoc multiplayer mode, and Four Swords inspired cooperative puzzles and antics.

You may have my wallet once you release this game, Square!

Ainai

give em what they want, they bitch "same old, same old". and you cry alla way to the bank.

some of you should be happy - this proves all that whining inevitably = FF VII remake.

TheIrishNinja

I have played Dragon Quest for a long time, and i was pissed when i heard that Dragon Quest IX would be an action RPG. We are not amused. If you do not make it turn based, i will walk right up to your headquarters and set the building on fire. Then i will obtain a firearm and become "an hero".

Sincerely,
Angry Dragon Quest Fan

bigman88zz

g8or8de

after all, squeenix has their own action-rpg franchise for people not into turn-based games. it's called kingdom hearts. i mean, if we were up to the 9th installment of kingdom hearts, i would find it rather weird for them to convert to a turn-based system.

in the end, i think it's more of a fanbase that was created from the franchise rather than the entire population preferring turn-based over real-time. of course, as a population, japan would seem to prefer turn-based because most rpg franchises were turn-based to begin with.

personally i like turn-based rpg since it requires some thinking and strategy. i like action rpg since it requires fast response.

in turn, i don't like turn-based rpg because it can become tedious and boring. like final fantasy and disgaea. i don't like action rpg because then it just becomes button mashing... like dmc or kh.

phrequency

usedtabe

BRASHFEMHY!!

Gamemaster

Do Kesubei

RPGZero

Balance_In_Life (PSN)

slacker164

Inhert

Zim

I'll still get this though. Dragon Quest is Dragon Quest, action, turn-based, or otherwise.

To those complaining about the "poor sales", Dragon Quest 8 sold incredibly well world-wide. Not Final Fantasy numbers, but it sold up to expectations. Square Enix dumped a lot of money into the international release to give it voice acting and orchestral music that even the Japanese didn't get. As a result, it was also the most evolved of any of the games in the series. It was actually well received for doing just the right amount of new stuff for the series while still using just the right amount of traditional gameplay which, to be frank, just doesn't appear anymore and makes it really stand out.

Rebochan

Kinsman

-Geoff
[www.alinktothefuture.com]

BloodyDuck

otimus

This also goes to show what seems as the eventual downfall of the Japanese gaming companies.

Zyzex

Old hat? I haven't seen the old hat since the SNES, and it was beautiful. Not this cyber-punk emo shit they keep pumping out.

MasaMuneCyrus

That said goodness can be found inbetween - just look at the wonderful Knights of hte Old Republic or Jade Empire.

Ninjakoala

Wait a minute, that actually might be kinda cool...

Yukito

I'm with Japan on this one. Any change, no matter how small, makes it less like "proper" Dragon Quest. If Square Enix want to make an action RPG, they can make a Dragon Quest-ish side story, or just use another IP.

mintsauce

haggen

Plus, this is Dragonquest! The biggest RPG franchise in Japan! Maybe the biggest video-game franchise in Japan, period! This is a series that shut down Japan completely when 3 was released. It's always been about tradition. The reaction alone proves it, alot of people still like traditional turn-based battle.

Frankly, i'm happy they decided not to change that much after all. I'm looking forward to this more now than I was before. Despite the switch back, the graphics are still beautiful, and you can still customize your character, and that's something.

I'm gonna pre-order the minute a US release is announced.

Maniaxe

They probably don't feel as special as usual after this "downgraded" E3. :)

Gamemaster

I was fine with it as an action RPG, I'm fine with it being turn-based. It's Dragon Quest! Either way, it will be awesome.

By the way, didn't this get announced months ago? Because I've known about this for a while.

xkc20d

Uh... which version are you talking about? Certainly DQ 1-3 were turn based. They virtually pioneered the system.

BTW, You heard it here first. Terrinigma II and Spike McFang II 2008. Terrinigma is going the Drakkhen route and Spike McFang is going pen and paper only.

Ahh, jokes no-one will get.

ego531

Not that I don't like Turn-Based RPGs. Hell, the majority of my youth was spent on them. But a developer, especially as one as giant as Squeenix, caving into pissy people like this only makes me lose even more respect for them.

And what the hell is up with these so called "fans" ? Aren't we usually the ones who cry at our developers for being too stale in their gameplay to begin with?

As a DS title, I think it should be a spin-off instead of the ninth installment anyway. People would probably bitch quite less, and we'd probably have a very interesting experiment on our hands.

*sigh*

Icepick.Evans

Gamemaster

If you really can't stand turn-based gaming, why are you playing DQ? Try Final Fantasy 11 or 12 (maybe 13), or any of the "Tales of " series. Or Folklore, or Zelda, or one of a billion other action-rpgs.

And while I'm used to sarcasm from Kotaku, it seems like it's been getting laid on a bit thick today. Everyone okay after e3? Pushing buttons is hard, really? Because going real-time increases button pushing that much, even though that usually means the computer takes over for the other party members? Or is taking care of one character that hard for you?

androvsky

RiceBandit

creid - is not New to Kotaku

Benjo

aelfin

roudy000

mustang

Besides, isn't DQIX the one coming to the DS? An action RPG on the DS can mean a lot of different (potentially interesting) things. A turn-based RPG will pretty much always be the same no matter what it's on.

Sawboss

Gamemaster

yashichi8bit

EnigmaNemesis

CZroe

roudy000

...now, to buy a DS. :X

Revolutionary

RealmRPGer

Ghede

Neon

roudy000

But it's great that nobody likes turn based games... Real good.

Gamemaster