Jeremy Parish: In the time I've been writing reviews for 1UP -- more than seven years now, he moaned sadly as mortality loomed above him like a grim specter -- I have handed out exactly two scores of A+. Well, one A+, and one 10 out of 10 before we moved to the letter scale. The important thing here is: Dragon Quest V was one of them.
Today Square Enix made two new Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride action figures available for pre-order as part of its Bring Arts brand.
With bold framing and an epic story, Dragon Quest V asserts itself as one of the most impressive RPGs of all time.
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Role-playing games are one of the most flexible genres because unlike shooters or platformers or sports games, they are less identified by what the player does and more by how the player does it.
Turn based holds a special place in my heart. But, when an action RPG is done right, it can be really amazing.
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I used to be all about action RPGs and scoff at turn based ones, but Legend of Dragoon changed my opinion on them. Lost Odyssey and the Mario & Luigi series sealed my love for turn based RPGs.
Really would've been a crime missing out on games like Fire Emblem: Awakening, Persona 5 and Octopath Traveler. Those games are way too damn good!
I'm playing Legend of dragoon now. It's cool, despite some dodgy translation every now and then it holds up well. If you're gonna take inspiration for a JRPG no reason to not take it from Final Fantasy at its prime.
So there is some nuance to this question.
You can have turn based like Dragon Quest or Persona.
You can have active time battle like Final Fantasy 7 or Final Fantasy X-2.
You can have full blown action RPG like Star Ocean, or FF15
You can have even more nuanced systems like the Gambit system in FF12.
But to keep things simple we can say turn turn based vs everything else.
In that case I would have to say everything else, because there are many different sub systems that fit into that.
Fire Emblem Awakening. That game got me thru 2 deployments way back. Kept me sane. 🔥🔥🔥 28293;
Both for me, turnbase well some have flashy awesome attacks and gives you time to think. Action keeps you on your toes and let you actually control if you take damage or not.
I guess I'm somewhat similar though in some sense I tend to prefer Action. Though I couldn't live with one or the other. I need both in my life. Regardless of which, most importantly are to me, character design, combat, AI, and story in no particular order. There are times I don't want to control all party members when the option is present. other times, you can only control one. So good AI and a variety of strategies like DQXI has is a very important and nice feature.
Xenoblade was absolutely phenomenal last year ('17) as was Dragon Quest XI this past year. I also finally wrapped up Ni No kuni 2 and while it wasn't brilliance like the first it was an excellent game. Suikoden 1, 2, and V, SMT Nocture, Lost Odyssey, Tales games, Blue Dragon, Dragon Quest VII and VIII even strategy such as Disgaea 1-3 & Final Fantasy Tactics have all been excellent. And of course Final Fantasy, give or take. As were about 50-200 others. Personally I love both and couldn't live with one over the other.
Yeah, that's the biggest kicker for me. Most Action RPGs allow you to equip stuff, have character customization, have dialogue options, etc . . .
However, when it comes down to it, most action RPGs try to involve strategy by making you change your load-out to better fit different encounters, or by having you use potions that enhance your strength or defenses against certain enemies. Things like that. IMO that's just too much of a hassle and it only breaks up the action gameplay. It's like the two systems of calculated strategy and quick paced action combat are completely at odds with each other. Every once in a while an action RPG that's really good and meshes the two comes along, but largely they're just open world action games with skill trees and customization.
I disagree with you guys. I mean ATB just teaches you to learn the strategy and use it faster. Its the same thing, just faster. Final Fantasy X-2 has a supremely strategic system. You just had to be fast. If it ever got to fast, you could always hit pause.
But on closer inspection, its is the same thing as FFX just presented differently. Seeing whose turn was next was no different than looking at whose bar was about to fill. (with the biggest caveat being that in FFX2, you didn't get a clock for your enemy.)
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I like both as long as the game, mechanics and story is well designed. I liked the last Dragon Quest game turn based system and I think it be better.
Turn based and action both have their places and I enjoy both pretty equally. Depends on my mood and how good the battle system is for both cases. Octopath Traveler and Persona 5 were amazing, but so was Ys VIII and Bloodborne.
So you cannot really go wrong in my book as long as it is a quality game overall.
Definitely turn-based, especially when its a battle system like Trails of Cold Steel, Grandia 2, and Persona 5. These battle systems have so many different aspects, attacks/abilities, and strategies involved.
Ooooh, Grandia 2?!
I haven't heard about that game in a long while, but I once watched a friend play through it and I loved it!
He got mad at me because I rushed him through the story [I couldn't wait to see more and got impatient], and he got stuck under-leveled for a boss and had to stop to grind a lot.XD
I think I also bought it at one point but I seem to have lost it...
If you like Grandia, though, I have a feeling you'll love the Ar Tonelico series.
Spoiler; it has even better music and a deeper plot than Grandia, plus tons of humorous item creation skits to discover.
With all due respect to 1UP, and DQV, which is a great game and a great remake, it just simply is not even in the top 10 DS games. That has nothing to say about the quality of the game but rather the quality of the DS library.
IMO the top 5 DS games:
GTA Chinatown Wars
Mario and Luigi Bowsers Inside Story
Elite Beat Agents
The World Ends With You
Zelda Spirit Tracks
Mario Kart DS, the 3 Casltevania games, Zelda PH, Advance Wars DoR, Might and Magic Clash of Heroes, and DQIX are also > DQV imo.
EDIT: "This isn't a definitive list or anything."
Glad that he made that distinction.