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New Dragon Quest X Screenshots, Player Housing Shown
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walking fiend
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which one, will you please post a link?
Dragon Quest 8?
IF servers are shared, then the Wii U version will definately be held back by the Wii version since both versions of the game have to be able to run on the same server. Since the Wii will be very underpowered compared to the Wii U; it means the Wii U version of the game will not be able to use all its power to make the game look better.
Same thing happaned with FFXI with the ps2 vs. PC
walking fiend
Member
in DQVIII, the environment (specially plants, bushes, etc) was less realistic and the characters less cartoony, the gap was lower.
in DQX though, it is just as if the characters are from one game, and environment from another.
I must go to sleep I guess 1:30 AM
TBH, I know about technical details less than a pigeon, but if it had happened with XI before, then...
Ninja Scooter
Member
I think he means the Wii version will be skipped in favor of the Wii U version, which makes sense. I can't imagine a hardcore JRPG that requires monthly fees being successful at all with what remains of the NA Wii audience. Hopefully they really improve the visuals on the U though.
Cygnus X-1
Member
Looks really bad. Tales of Symphonia on GC was famous for its empty overworld. Yet, it looked better than this.
SimpleDesign
Member
Designed for 10 year old hardware with no hard drive. D:
By the time we see a release, if we see a release, the Japanese players will have had a huge head start like FFXI.
Hard drive isn't an issue since the game requires a USB storage device.
thestopsign
Member
The environments just look dull, other than that it looks pretty good.
SecretMoblin
Member
Why does everyone still assume the game will have a subscription fee in NA/PAL regions? It's certainly possible, but I don't think it's necessarily a given.
The screens are a letdown, but I'm still going to have fun playing with friends, I think.
The screens are a letdown, but I'm still going to have fun playing with friends, I think.
Aizu_Itsuko
Member
So uninspired and empty it hurts.
Well, with a properly designed client-server setup, there's not really any reason that this needs to be the case. The client rendering should be pretty much independent of what's actually going on in the server. FFXI has mechanics that are dependent on the timing of what's being rendered. For example, if your framerate increases, you actually run faster. As a result, FFXI on PC is still capped at 30fps.
There's also the issue of general stubbornness -- the whole "everyone should have the same experience" deal. Even taking into account stuff like the framerate cap, there's no reason that the PC version couldn't have much higher resolution textures than the console versions. They have softened on this in the past year or so, and the PC and Xbox 360 versions have indeed gotten improvements in this regard.
Of course, this all hinges on whether or not Square Enix actually learns from the past. Given what happened with FF14, it's easy to be a little skeptical.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
there's something horrendously charming about this. Now I'm kind of hyped
SecretMoblin
Member
Box quote?
Cow Mengde
Banned
Neat, shitty grindfest, now online. I guess misery loves company.
Well if you were grinding in DQ games, it's no wonder you don't like them.
Doing it wrong.
Is that why you rear your dumb ass around here?
The Wii is capable of better graphics, but like many Wii games, it'll probably look better in motion. There seems to be no lighting and shadows at all, except for the horrendous blob shadows. I think the art style is also holding it back.
Sharing the same servers won't be an issue with regards to graphics. Yes, the WiiU version has to share the same collision maps to ensure integrity is preserved, but they could still swap in higher quality models and textures and add extra stuff such as foliage and better lighting. None of that is handled by the server, but the game itself. As long as the game logic is the same, it's perfectly fine.
Though, because they must share the same collision maps, sparse areas will continue to look sparse, no matter how higher quality the models and textures are, since they can't just plop down trees or rocks or other terrain objects that won't be present in the Wii version...
Sharing the same servers won't be an issue with regards to graphics. Yes, the WiiU version has to share the same collision maps to ensure integrity is preserved, but they could still swap in higher quality models and textures and add extra stuff such as foliage and better lighting. None of that is handled by the server, but the game itself. As long as the game logic is the same, it's perfectly fine.
Though, because they must share the same collision maps, sparse areas will continue to look sparse, no matter how higher quality the models and textures are, since they can't just plop down trees or rocks or other terrain objects that won't be present in the Wii version...
The shadows really have me scratching my head. In general the lighting is incredibly bad in everything they've shown so far.
I don't mean to undermine your opinion in any way, but why?
cartman414
Member
What about Pokemon?
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I had no business laughing at this but I did.
perfectnight
Banned
They are about 7 years late on this MMO. This would have been neat and (sorta) interesting on the GC. What the hell does this game even offer that hasn't been done x10 in other MMOs?
Dragon Quest.They are about 7 years late on this MMO. This would have been neat and (sorta) interesting on the GC. What the hell does this game even offer that hasn't been done x10 in other MMOs?
perfectnight
Banned
What incredibly low standards.
PataHikari
Banned
So you've played it?
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
As for me
The good is that there will be a story and end
The bad Square Enix way of handling the games propaganda
The ugly is its an MMO
The good is that there will be a story and end
The bad Square Enix way of handling the games propaganda
The ugly is its an MMO
If you don't know what makes Dragon Quest RPG's different from other RPG's, then you probably won't understand this either.
EDIT: Sorry if that sounds mean, but insinuating that it is low standards for someone to desire a new mainline game in a very solid series is insulting.