The Dragon Quest Thread

[KeighnMcDeath]

And a second Builders is on the way or here? Demo available? A DQ Minecraft?

Heroes is from 2015? Shows how much I keep up.



3rd party EULA
ugh! My lord this is a spendy franchise.

 

[Rahdulan]

One day DQH2 will get a good discount and I'll buy it.

 

[Modron]

One day DQH2 will get a good discount and I'll buy it.

It's squeenix they rarely go below 50% on anything these days and when they do it's just to 60%.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Well, if you were to ONLY STEAM library Square Enix games from ground zero and pay the premium price….



Wallet says
Ouch!

 

[Abu Antar]

The first DQ Builders is the one coming to Steam soon.

I'm chugging along in Dragon Quest VII. Finally able to have jobs for my characters. Been doing some of the online stuff, since that will soon be goon forever.

I installed Dragon Quest Heroes II, but it will be some time before I actually get to it. The first one was decent, and fun time waster.

 

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Akira Toriyama has supposedly died. Wonder who is going to do the Dragon Quest designs now.

 

[Shinji]

Koichi Sugiyama, Akira Toriyama...

Now there's only Yuji Horii left

 

[Elttharion]

Akira Toriyama has supposedly died. Wonder who is going to do the Dragon Quest designs now.

Absolute terrible news. He passed away March 1st due to an acute subdural hematoma. Rest in Peace Toriyama.

What a fucking gut punch.

 

[Modron]

What a fucking gut punch.

Fishy. Guy dies from a result of some trauma and this guy dropping hints.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Whoa! Sad news.

 

[Vorark]

Damn, too soon.

 

[HoboForEternity]

Akira Toriyama has supposedly died. Wonder who is going to do the Dragon Quest designs now.

What the fuck.

Oh man you guys aren't fucking with me, RIP.

 

[Abu Antar]

RIP, an absolute legend, and I don't say that often.

I beat DQ7 earlier in the year, snd I resumed my DQ11 playthrough. So this hurts to read.

 

[Mauman]

Well shit....this was out of nowhere.

 

[Viata]

RIP.

 

[Hirato]

Rest in Puff-puff.

 

[Machocruz]

This is the manga/anime/game art industry equivalent of Prince or MJ dying. RIP to a GOAT. What a legacy he's leaving behind though, in multiple media!

 

[TwoEdge]

Akira Toriyama has supposedly died. Wonder who is going to do the Dragon Quest designs now.

I guess they either come up with a new vision, or get someone like Toyotaro, who's the artist behind several Dragonball manga, especially Super, and has a pretty similar style.

 

[Viata]

Toyotaro's art sucks and it's not the style that matters, it's Akira's creativity. Anyone that read his other works knows how interesting his mecha works are, to the point sometimes I wished DB was never big so he could have spent the time drawing more cool mecha stuff.

 

[Machocruz]

Might start playing DQ3 in his honoru. Haven't decided which version yet. SNES looks nicer and I prefer animated to static enemy sprites, but I also like how simple graphics like NES engage my imagination to 'fill in the blanks'.

 

[Sentinel]

Toyotaro's art sucks and it's not the style that matters, it's Akira's creativity. Anyone that read his other works knows how interesting his mecha works are, to the point sometimes I wished DB was never big so he could have spent the time drawing more cool mecha stuff.

Yep. Toriyama's strongest aspect were his character designs. Even when his art took a turn which I dislike I never had the same dislike for the designs themselves. His use of colour was impeccable. So many iconic characters that you can recognize just from the colour combinations alone, the art style almost doesn't matter.

That sort of talent is irreplaceable.

 

[deuxhero]

Might start playing DQ3 in his honoru. Haven't decided which version yet. SNES looks nicer and I prefer animated to static enemy sprites, but I also like how simple graphics like NES engage my imagination to 'fill in the blanks'.

NES version has much, much rougher mechanics (stuff doesn't actually work etc.). Thief is overpowered, but has a lot of quality of life features.

 

[Tehdagah]

Toyotaro's art sucks and it's not the style that matters, it's Akira's creativity. Anyone that read his other works knows how interesting his mecha works are, to the point sometimes I wished DB was never big so he could have spent the time drawing more cool mecha stuff.

Toyotaro is fine.

 

[Viata]

So? That is also something a lot of DB fan artists can do. Copying DB style is very easy, in fact. But to have Toriyama's creativity, however, is something very different.

 

[Machocruz]

NES version has much, much rougher mechanics (stuff doesn't actually work etc.). Thief is overpowered, but has a lot of quality of life features.

Good to know. Was edging towards SNES version anyways since the point is to celebrate Toriyama's contribution and it shows off his designs better.