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[Begleiter]

"If only you knew how bad things really are"

 

[cash_longfellow]

Fucking Skylar Buschemi

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

I'm hoping it means we get to create our own hero and choose their gender.

Based on these screens, you'll likely have 5-6 to choose from

 

[Hyet]

I'll quote myself from the other thread:

• THANK GOD they dropped the edgy theme. This does look like DQ after all
• The protag is ugly as fuck, looks like the adult Macaulay Culkin version of the Blue Dragon protagonist
• The other party members also have some Blue Dragon aura but the lizard in armor is fucking genious
• The zones look much bigger than XI and seem that traversal is much more fluid
• The enemies position looks kinda weird for a tunr based RPG... I fear we're gonna get some real time element for combat in the field to say the least
• Graphics looks like a Switch 2 game a mile away (nice for portability but horrible since SE is going to put it on a fucking GKC unless Nintendo distributes it)

Also it seems they rebooted it some time ago since the showing was pretty substantial

 

[falling into hell]

I told ya Square Enix is cocked. The protagonist looks like he was designed by the DEI departement.

 

[kruis]

Is Kristen Stewart still so popular that SE wanted to use her likeness??

??

 

[Gonzito]

Why is the Saints Row 2022 main character in this game?

 

[Hyet]

I told ya Square Enix is cocked. The protagonist looks like he was designed by the DEI departement.

They confirmed it was designed by Akira Toriyama before he passed but I won't keep you for seying funny stuff

 

[Madonis]

People are taking the use of "they" as a gender thing, but I am getting a slight sense of the MC and the lizard dude either sharing a body or something else.

In any case, folks should remember DQ stories can still deal with mature subjects even without a darker color palette. Way too early to comment on where this game will end up.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

The MC looks like a stoner.

Ehh more like some euro trash pill popper at a discoteca

 

[Exentryk]

 

[tusharngf]

Looks badass to me.. that's a normal hairstyle for a jrpg character

 

[DarkShadowXI]

The footage looks great. There are probably good reasons why the original was scrapped.

I'm in on day one and will go in media blackout from here on out.

 

[Odinnii]

Scrap it again.

 

[SantaC]

Brother from Final Fantasy X and X-2 just got his own game

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

The protagnist and the green lizard are 100% the same person. Green lizard is him in the Dream World most likely. Same haircut, sword, and undershit ripped on the right sleeve and long on the left.

CALLING IT NOW. Plot twist will be is the lizard form is the canonical real version. The human form looks sleepy because that is him in the dream world.

The use of "their" does not imply what you think it implies. You guys are literally looking for this shit now.



I don't know. I'm a DQ fan but I'm tired of the same formula over and over. I was looking forward to a bit of a different vibe.

DQ isn't about "different vibes."

Dragon Quest is about DQ vibes. A mainline game trying to go against those vibes will just kill it.

 

[Gambit2483]

 

[Exentryk]

 

[rkofan87]

 

[Judge Magister]

Looks trash, especially the characters.
So much wait for this.

 

[LordCBH]

I'm hoping it means we get to create our own hero and choose their gender.

Would be ok with this. And gender? You mean Body Type A and Body Type B?

 

[rkofan87]

They confirmed it was designed by Akira Toriyama before he passed but I won't keep you for seying funny stuff

he made that Abomination was he on his deathbed or something

 

[StereoVsn]

The environments look fine. MC looks like he is a teenage meth enjoyer.

And WTF was SE doing to botch this so badly?

 

[lughnasadh123]

Protagonist looks like Kristen Stewart after an all night bender. Maybe we get to store extra loot under those eye bags.

Hopefully the world is a little more exciting to explore this time then the dull PS2 one we got with the last game.

 

[March Climber]

I don't know. I'm a DQ fan but I'm tired of the same formula over and over. I was looking forward to a bit of a different vibe.

Let's hope we get a hybrid combat system at this point: selectable between turn-based or action like a couple of other modern JRPG.

 

[Exentryk]

 

[ReyBrujo]

He looks retarded, I imagine you fight at 1FPS.

 

[Generic]

I bet this was going to be fully action RPG and that's why they decided to scrap it, because they realized the flack they were going to catch. That plus seeing the success of turn based games again, including the remasters. I'll gladly take an ugly ass haircut over what this was probably going to be

I recall the game was supposed to be 'darker'.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Are the buildings nom binary?

 

[rkofan87]

I'm kind of pissed I got rid of the Dark theme

 

[NormalGamer]

They saw the reception to FFXVI and smashed the reset button.

 

[rkofan87]

They saw the reception to FFXVI and smashed the reset button.

 

[GateofD]

The effects of Toriyama passing away is so evident. They don't look like DQ character designs at all.
I probably day 1 but just hope it isn't the baby mode mindset the most recent DQ remake was.

 

[Fake]

Not really interess in this game to be honest.

Those protagonists designs really looks a step down from DQ11. Some strange art decisions going on.

Thank God DQ Monster will also release.

 

[cabbage5k2]

I actually really like how this game looks, I just hope we don't have to wait another 5 years for the game to release.

 

[calico]

Sonic the Retard

 

[Exentryk]

 

[amigastar]

If It's not broken, don't fix it.
I'm glad they are going with this new DQ with old artstyle and feeling.

 

[SHAKEZ]

They need to start from scratch again.

 

[March Climber]

I recall the game was supposed to be 'darker'.

I'm kind of pissed I got rid of the Dark theme

There's still a chance it could get dark over the course of the game. I hope.

 

[Roman Empire]

Holy cursed development Batman!

And now we have a stoner protag lol

 

[Germuso]

So no dark plot, again plot for kids.

Japan has fallen, korea save us.

Who lgtbi pedo has design this thing.

We need a woke slop thread

 

[Exentryk]

 

[rkofan87]

There's still a chance it could get dark over the course of the game. I hope.

what do you think of the heroes look?

 

[Hyet]

So no dark plot, again plot for kids.

I suggest you play any Dragon Quest game before embarassing yourself any further lol

 

[March Climber]

what do you think of the heroes look?

The fact that he looks unconventional is what makes me think there's a chance for things to get dark.

The reason people think his haircut is too modern is because his sides are semi-faded. Remove those and it's a basic 80s mohawk with a touch of anime flair in the front.

 

[John Bilbo]

The tone seems to be much closer to the other Dragon Quest games in comparison to the scrapped version.

That pineapple hair looks funny though

 

[Hudo]

I know people are low on the MC design, but in my opinion, he looks like he could have come from that scrapped dark DQ XII version. He has sort of a rugged/brute look to him other than being a bit trim.

The irony is that people also hated the design of the DQ11 protagonist when they unveiled him (I vividly remember people saying Toriyama is lazy because the protagonist looks like Trunks. The protagonist looks like a girl, etc.). And it turned out to be okay.

People love to hate things, especially on GAF. I don't see anything woke here. And I understand (if I interpret Horii's hint correctly) that this design was what Toriyama delivered before he died (RIP). I have yet to play a mainline DQ game that wasn't good. And I trust Horii enough to do a good job with his supposedly last DQ game as well.

 

[PSFan]

The protag and logo look more like Final Fantasy than Dragon Quest. Hate it.

 

[German Shocks]

Posting in what should be an epic thread.