Dragon Quest VIII

AlasdairPalemoon · Post by **AlasdairPalemoon** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:29 pm

I actually put something like 120 hours on the game -.- I usually plow through RPGs, but I wanted to take my time with this one, explore every nook and cranny, talk to everyone, buy everything, etc., etc. I enjoyed the game a lot, despite how plain it was in many regards, but by the end I just got sick of playing it.

Double edged sword, I guess.

Dragonlord911 · Post by **Dragonlord911** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:09 pm

Okay... I have another problem. That Black Dog has gotten hold of the staff and just killed Marta the Healer and grew wings and flew to the East. I sailed East and came to the Savella Cathedral where the Lord High Priest lives... Bad part is that nothing is happening. They keep talking about a dark shadow they had seen the night of the New Moon. I don't know what I need to do now. I am sooo confused. Please help if you can. P.S. I got bored of waiting for somthing to happen so I got this Illuminated Sea Chart and went to the Godbird's island.

Werefrog · Post by **Werefrog** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:16 pm

This part had me confused too. Honestly, it doesn't make much sense at all since it's obvious who he going after next. But anyway, you have to fly to some far off town (you can find the exact location from GameFAQs). Next you complete a small segment there which gives you an item you need before you can continue. And don't worry about going to the Godbird Island, you were supposed to do that first.

Dragonlord911 · Post by **Dragonlord911** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:42 pm

Thx alot. I have been pulling out my hair trying to figure this out. I have to go clean up. *Starts to pick up clumps of hair off of the floor.*

NallOne · Post by **NallOne** » Wed May 17, 2006 2:32 pm

I <3 DQVIII. I'm about to go into the final stretch now; Spoiler, Highlight to Read*: I'm hunting for the Orbs. >_> I have to sit and stare at the Zoom list for 5 minutes at a time trying to remember where each of the Sages' heirs died. XD This has to be the most fun I've had with a game in a really long time.

I hate the accents, though. I mean some are okay, but nearly everyone having a british accent is giving me a bit of culture shock. I'm not british, so ALL of it being that way is a bit annoying.

I mean, I still haven't got a clue what Cor Blimey even means. . .

The only VAs I really like are Trode, Marcello and Yangus. (Minus the Cor Blimey, simply 'cause I don't know what he's saying.

) Jessica's voice REALLY annoys me for some reason, and the rest are bareable I guess. Just bad acting in general, I think. Every other line I'm going "Hey, you put the emphases on the wrong part of the sentence, VA! >_<" I wish you could turn the voices off. I don't see why they even went through the trouble for the NA version - Voice Acting in DQ feels so weird. >__>

*Do we have spoiler tags here? Or at least a color that might work better? xP

Dragonlord911 · Post by **Dragonlord911** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:02 am

You have to admit the Cor Blimey pose that Yangus does is really funny. Anyway, he gets tired of it towards the end of the game. I am also trying to find the Orbs for the Staff that I got from the Godbird.

Angelalex242 · Post by **Angelalex242** » Sat May 20, 2006 11:52 am

I finally got in to DQ VIII.

As for how I'm playing...

Well, let's just say article 17 of the Trodian strategy guide says I'm way overleveled. What else is new? Heh heh.

Zophar · Post by **Zophar** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:45 pm

Ah yes Dragon Quest VIII. That was an awesome game. I especially liked how this game had an somewhat alternate ending. Not many RPGs do that. (Minus Star Ocean 3 which had a lot of endings.) And no I am not going to reveal what happens, you will just have to find out for yourself.

Werefrog · Post by **Werefrog** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 4:33 pm

I really wasn't very impressed by the alternate ending. I loved the game, but I think the alternate ending should have been the real ending.[/i]

Angelalex242 · Post by **Angelalex242** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:04 pm

It was. The real ending requires the Argon Ring. It's also kinda nifty if you have the Hero in full Dragovian Gear for the final sequence. Ya know. Just for the whole 'embracing his heritage' thing.

Werefrog · Post by **Werefrog** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:03 am

Angelalex242 wrote:It was. The real ending requires the Argon Ring. It's also kinda nifty if you have the Hero in full Dragovian Gear for the final sequence. Ya know. Just for the whole 'embracing his heritage' thing.

Yeah, my point was that getting the ring should've been required for beating the game. It was stupid to watch one ending and then watch a second that was about 80% the same. It would be different if one ending were radically different from the other.

Texcap · Post by **Texcap** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:46 pm

Glad to see so many DQ fans -- Dragon Quest VIII, specifically, is easily one of my all-time favorite RPG's. 100+ hours in I actually have a boatload of stuff still left to do after beating the game initially. With all the additional content that was offered thereafter I've had to take a break in order to focus on some other games I'd like to complete before delving back into it (DQVIII is entertaining enough that I'd like to be able to take an unusually extended amount of time to experience the game).

On a related note, anyone else excited about the announcement of Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors for the Nintendo Wii, and for Dragon Quest Monsters -- Joker?

And to push my luck a little, Level-5 (the developers of DQVIII) release Rogue Galaxy in October and that looks fantastic, especially if you were impressed with their visuals in DQ...the U.S. even get's additional content to boot!

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