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WOAH??? Is this gonna be separate or are they gonna replace the Hubble scenario with this??? Holy fuck
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Ramblings motivated by seeing people bemoan the word "streamlined", very scattered thoughts, I'm not great at vocalizing my thoughts so my bad if some of it is worded weird lol
So I had only played the 3DS version of the game before, I decided to replay it through the original PS1 release to see how it compared to the 3DS remake and as a refresher for the upcoming one, most of all I wanted to see how the first few hours of it were originally, I knew the puzzles inside the Shrine of Mysteries were cut to introduce battles earlier and that was always a sore point when comparing the two, and I can see why, it's a very well-designed dungeon with a focus on puzzles that isn't common with the series, what I thought was weird though was how short it was. Of the roughly 2-3 hours spent before the first battle screen the dungeon only took me about 30-45 minutes, the rest was spent going back and forth making sure I spoke to the right NPCs in the right order to get the damn thing open and all the shards to go to the first island, and I think this experience is emblematic of what makes Dragon Quest VII such an almost aggravatingly lengthy game: even though its linear, more isolated chapter format is great and allows for each of the individual vignettes to stand out more on their own it; because of how each island in the first half of the game exists in a vacuum and how little there generally is to their setpieces and locations it makes most of the progression within them unfold by going from point A to point B, then back to point A before going to point C to talk to one NPC so another in point A gives you a different dialogue that finally gives you the damn shard for the next island, the amount of backtracking you do in this game is comical almost. Something you'll see brought up a lot by people looking forward to the remake is the fact that the vocation system gets introduced about 40 hours in, and they're right, this is without a doubt the worst aspect of this game and I don't think it's really properly emphasized who bad it is: the character that gets the most amount of spells before reaching that point is Maribel, the last of which comes at level 11, which you're like to reach about 2 or 3 islands prior to Alltrades Abbey. As far as debuffs go (which are more or less the crux to Dragon Quest's combat) you only get Sap, Snooze and Dazzle to lower the defense, put to sleep and reduce the accuracy of enemies respectively; these stop working reliably on bosses at around the time you get them all. What follows after that point is the driest the combat has ever been in this series, where the most reliable strategy to deal with a boss you're stuck on is to grind for money to get better equipment which really, really does not come by cheap, you're likely to go up several levels before you can give your party the best weapons available but it's nowhere near as significant as equipping the Hero with a lance. I've talked about it before but even though the cut content is unfortunate there's ultimately very little of value being lost as most of it is side content; the casino is likely gone to circumvent the age rating and it's being replaced with the arena, the Grading Association is gone along with El Ciclo's scenario which personally I think is fine, that kind of stat minmaxxing contest has always been unfun in this series and it wasn't an exception in this game, Monster Meadows was a neat concept that ultimately offered nothing of value, Immigrant Town is the biggest loss and even then it's very easy to miss, it's never explicitly clear what NPCs can go. I originally didn't fully understand the rationale to cutting some of this stuff but seeing how much they're willing to shake up the structure of the game it starts to makes sense with how much would have to be changed for these things to fit in, I think the changes that have been revealed thus far have all been largely justified. I understand the context in which Dragon Quest VII exists and how unique its structure is compared to other games in the series and how that makes some people apprehensive at the idea of a remake that's willing to shift its foundations to this extent; as annoying as I can find it at times I still hold this game in high regards and it's that reverence that has me optimistic about this remake, I'd like a version of this game I can feasibly replay more often as I do with IV and V, I'd like a version of this game that's more palatable for my friends to try out, all the changes they've mentioned have made sense in my eyes and Horii's involvement is also reassuring, I think this not only has the potential to be great, it's likely to be great, I have yet to see anything that convinces me this isn't in good hands. I know there's a lot of inherent disdain towards remakes, especially at games like this that have something of a cult following, but I earnestly do believe this game could use it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Comm for @sparkbagart.com
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November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Comm for @sinisterstar.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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I think this is what you use to install software on Linux
October 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Comm for @soundsync5000.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy
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October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Comm for @burgurdur.bsky.social
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October 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Comm for Xpod0 on Twitter
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October 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Waow birthday
October 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Some of the people in here
A screenshot of the game "Dragon Warrior VII" for the PS1. The dialogue box says "I sympathize more with the MechSoldiers than anyone else!"
October 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Glimmerous fop
#art #AceAttorney
October 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Can't sleep so I doodled this
#art #SuperMario
September 30, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Digging through old stuff here's a sketch I still half like
#art #GhostsnGoblins
September 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Comm for @celestialdrafts.bsky.social
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September 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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The Dragon Quest brainworms have been working overtime lately. I just did this in 5 minutes with scrambled thoughts before heading off to take a shower, maybe I'll elaborate on some of them later maybe not
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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From what I noticed out of this bit from the second trailer it's quite a bit, there's only 11 pedestals out of the original 18, that's 7 whole islands cut out
September 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Awh man lol. I won't lie this is somewhat disappointing
September 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Rewatched that second trailer for DQVII they have up on the JP channel a couple more times and I'm now just noticing how there's considerably less pedestals in the shrine now. Not really sure what to make of this
September 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Warmup from earlier
#art #DragonQuest
September 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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I might be the GOAT
September 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Comm for @russypt.bsky.social
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September 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Had to spend the money I had on repairs so I'll be taking one or two of these to recover a bit, reposts are greatly appreciated
#commissions #commissionsopen
September 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Comm for @sergeantfrog.bsky.social
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August 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Comm for an anonymous client
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August 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Fridge's getting empty so I'm opening 1 or 2 emergency slots for anyone interested, will be the last time I open them for a while as I still have some work to get done, reposts are all greatly appreciated
August 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM