Dragon Quest IX DS

[abigsmurf]

"Hi we're Jedward, we're big fans of Quest of the nine Dragons! Any tabloids here to take our picture? Please take our picture! There's no limit to how low we'll stoop to get our pictures in the paper!"

[Tig]

That link should be marked NSFW due to the two massive nobs on the page

[fuse]

I shall await the wrath of the banhammer

On a more serious note, how does the download business work in this? I am only about 6 hours in and probably not up to scratch to fight a big boss thing, am I right in thinking I could download it and fight it later when I meet the grade? Is there any (real) benefit to the tag mode stuff too?

[RobRoy]

Hi all

My 6 year old son really wants this game after seeing the jedtwat advert. His reading isn't the best at the moment but he picks games up pretty quickly. i.e. can play wow better than a lot of adults I know lol

How much would he be able to play this without being able to read properly?

Thanks in advance

[abigsmurf]

if he can play WoW (although the latest patches for WoW do heavily lead you around visually), he can play this.

It's worth mentioning that there are sections of the game where lots of characters speak with accents that may be confusing to someone barely able to read.

It is a very text heavy game though

[RobRoy]

thanks for the info mate think i may give it a pass at the moment.

[Golgo]

I traded my copy of this after seeing the Jedward thing. I just couldn't look at it anymore without an image of those 'tards popping into my head. Got ?12 for it in HMV. Not bad.

[importaku]

Been playing this over the weekend, rather late to the party. 7 hours in & it's pretty fun, ye oldy traditional jrpg but still very fun. Just reached the point where the wifi shop & dlc quests are available so now have 184 of the buggers to do lol, still for ?3.80 im not complaining already had my enjoyments worth & im hardly in it so far.

[jedward]Just looking for the cape of good karma now & bunny ears as they help make me feel safe [/jedward]

[JSR]

Got this today for about 15 quids. My first Dragon Quest game ever, and so far I'm liking it tons. Only a couple of hours in, but the freedom and lack of hand-holding in this game is really refreshing. Near the very start of the game I'm simply placed in a village without instructions. I'm just leisurely wandering about, talking to NPCs, grabbing stuff of the ground, doing whatever I want, loving it! The premise is also very cool, being a angel-like guardian for a village where the belief in me is dwindling.

[importaku]

Wait till you start finding the awesome weapons & armor, i found it rather compelling as you can see each one you put on you so you can end up looking rather unique, i love it when rpgs actually let you see the items your wearing.

[Asura]

Just started playing this today after having it on "the pile" for a year or two; initial half-hour impression... It's very "by the numbers", isn't it? JRPG-wise I mean.

Toriyama art style, weird pseudo-viking mythology storyline, standard turn-based battling, top-down view...

EDIT: I see people in the thread praising the co-op play. Maybe I should track down a second copy to play it with my lass? Is it entirely co-op, start-to-finish, no compromises?