Dragon Quest VIII, Wild Arms: ACF, Final Fantasy XII Demo

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:43 am

Anyone else pick up DQ8? Love the game, the music really takes ya back to the old NES days of gaming. Voice acting is great, graphics are very nice. Haven't had a chance to play more than 30 mins or so.

The game comes with a demo for FFXII. I'm not really sure what to think of it. Combat is MMORPG style but menu driven. Hit attack when in swinging range of an enemy and wait for the character to swing after a delay. The computer controls the other 2 party members. So far I'm not really impressed. I'm all for new ideas and such but it just doesn't feel like FF...

Also picked up WIld Arms: Alter Code F. Haven't opened that one yet.

...Need... more... free time.

http://www.dragonquest8.com/

http://www.ff12.com/top.html

Wild Arms: Alter Code F

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:32 am

dragonquest's new art direction is interesting, i thought it was some DBZ spinoff when i first saw the screens for it.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:16 am

Vertigo 99 wrote:dragonquest's new art direction is interesting, i thought it was some DBZ spinoff when i
first saw the screens for it.

Its always been that way, Akira Toriyama started artwork on DW before Dragonball.

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:53 am

aha. dont know why i never noticed

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:48 pm

I just bought it today... It's alright, seems kinda kiddy though. You're right though, the music screams of nostalgia. Especially the monster-miss tune. I'm only in to it about 45 minutes though... so it's hard to tell how good it is.

It reminds me of Ephemeral Phantasia... A game about 5 people (including myself) in the world knew about... one of the first RPG's for the PS2. Excellent game, just not very easy to figure out.