Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Comments by Simon Parkin
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spookyzombie
12/05/08 @ 11:12
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A 6 is a bit generous. Too much of a kids RPG with an awful d-pad control system. I loved previous DQ stuff too, but this was just too watered down for me.
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This just seems a little too much on the "lite" side of RPG gaming for me - the controls for moving around the environments in particular sound horribly limiting. And, at the end of the day, I have far too much other stuff still to finish. Maybe one I'll dig out of a bargain bin in about 6-12 months' time.
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redgiemental
12/05/08 @ 12:51
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Well I hadn't high hopes for this game and seems I was right.
Always good to see a game get a poor review even with its ads on the pages. Score may seem a little high but I still think it speaks volumes for the credibility of the site. |
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DQ VIII was my favourite PS2 game ever, and is certainly in my top 10 of best games on any platform. I saw the Japanese version of this when it game out and remember thinking how annoying it would be if:
a) they released it without nunchuk movement support b) they made the sword gestures really artificial So what did they do for the US/EU versions? Absolutely sod all. Who the hell wants to walk around with a D-pad in 2008 when they've got a perfectly good stick on their nunchuk (bundled with every Wii console so it's not as if people don't have them). Why not use nunchuk for shield and wiimote for sword? It's just stupid. I love DQ, but I'd rather play DQ VIII again than play this. The DS remakes of V and VI can't come soon enough, nor can DQ IX. |
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this is what fucks me right off about the Wii and why i will never ever buy one
I loved The Dq series but turning it from great JRPG into this abomination of an arcade game with the Wii'S "innovation in controls " just cause the Wii is selling (god knows how its selling) makes me sick. Really don't like the way the games industry is heading and selling out . Please bring back the series to PS3 or 360. |
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GingerNathan
12/05/08 @ 19:11
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"I loved The Dq series but turning it from great JRPG into this abomination of an arcade game with the Wii'S "innovation in controls " just cause the Wii is selling (god knows how its selling) makes me sick.
" There's dozens of DQ spin offs and without exception they're either mediocre or crap. The DQ series 'proper' has always stayed true to it's JRPG roots, and this half arsed Wii spin off won't change that. Incidentally the next proper DQ, DQ9 is looking rather excellent even if it is on the weaker powered DS. |
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GingerNathan
12/05/08 @ 19:51
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"Err, not quite. The Dragon Quest Monsters series (especially the two GBC games) are excellent. "
I personally think they fit into the mediocre part of my statement! :D |
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The battles are not random.... which is rather the whole point of the game.
The fact that the reviewer says this is extremely worrying since part of the art of the game is learning the monster patterns in order to master the level and earn the higher level items. I figured this out fairly quickly so it does worry me how little this game was played before the review. Personally really enjoyed it. Strangely I'd liken this game much more to a shoot em up where you learn patterns and attack strategies that go with the waves of enemies, if you enjoyed the old school shooters then don't dismiss this out of hand.
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