DragonQuest2IsGood

TBH, I would do this just for the sake of itself.

I am supporting the franchise. I just bought DQVIII digitally on Nintendo.com which costs way more than DQIV mobile does.

So I've basically given up on trying to find a physical copy of VIII for 3DS. Less than an hour ago I happened upon this amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017WJYX3Q/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A3ODHND3J0WMC8&psc=1 Is this a good alternative to buying a physical copy? How do I use this after purchasing? Has anyone here bought this?

But phone games suck!

I'm definitely the one being targeted here tho. All this time I haven't gotten around to playing DQIV because the best version of it was for phones. I use party chat a lot because it helps me figure out what to do when I'm confused. I'll definitely play this one when it starts to get updates.

I saw on another site that someone had made a romhack of the DS version of DQ4 that restores party chat. I was excited. But it seems that it has a 1.00 version so far so bugs need to patched out. What do you guys think?

From the title I thought this was gonna be a joke about Pokemon Sword and Shield.

This isn't an RPG, but in one of the endings of the game Princess Maker 2, the protagonist can become a hero and dresses up like Erdrick. https://princessmaker.fandom.com/wiki/Hero_Warrior_Ending_(PM2)

Uh, guys, I really don't want to sound like a condescending jerk, but this isn't exactly a new observation. This discussion has been had for years and years and tons of memes have been made about this topic.

Man, I love Jack Frost.

Dude, calm down. You are making tons of assumptions about a game we know almost nothing about. While it's not unlikely that DQXII might "double down" on QoL, but not because people outside of Japan like it. The games have always had accessibility in mind since the very beginning. https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/125100/Horii_Accessibility_Is_A_Cornerstone_of_Dragon_Quests_Success.php It seems that Shin Megami Tensei V would be more of your speed at this rate, judging by some of your suggestions.

What do you guys think the combat will be like? I heard it will have changes.

I can't believe this exists...

I watched @Sackchief's stream last night and I remember they were discussing about what Horii could have meant when he said there would be a lot of choices in DQXII. In my mind there is five possibilities: A return to open world design like in the Erdrick trilogy. Choices that can make the story branch to multiple possible endings. The presence of a custom party like in DQIII and DQIX. Deep skill trees and whatnot like the ones in XI and IX. A combination of possibilities 3 and 4

Yeah! This game seems very different. I heard Horii talk about changing the gameplay.