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Dragon Quest IX: My Review That Isn’t A Review

It’s been 6 days since I’ve started on DQ IX, and I’ve yet to complete the main story. Currently, I’m stuck at what I think is the last main boss, so I’ll have to go grind on more metal slimes. Meanwhile, I’ve been reading different opinions about how awesome or sucky the game is. Famitsu gave it a 40/40, while Amazon Japan is flooded with 1 and 2 star reviews.

Screw Famitsu, since I don’t believe that there is any game is perfect. Also, screw the 1 and 2 star Amazon Japan reviews, since that’s a concentrated effort by some 2ch trolls. Out of those who bought the game, everyone would be currently busy playing the game, except those trolls. As such, to me, DQ IX’s level of awesomeness will be defined only by myself. No way am I letting some punks sway my opinion of the game.

Here’s my take on it:

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Don’t Play Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Unless you’re a big fan of the DQM series, skip this game totally and play the DQM II on the gameboy colour instead. The graphics may not be as good, but the gameplay is definitely superior as compared to DQM: Joker. Don’t follow what I did, burning a whole 20 hours of in-game time last weekend on the game instead of spending it wisely on soon-to-be due assignments, only to be disappointed tremendously.

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Dragon Quest V

Retaining the name of ドラゴンクエストV 天空の花嫁 (Dragon Quest V Hand of the Heavenly Bride), the platform of this release on 17th July 2008 will be the ever-popular Nintendo DS.

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