Square-Enix already spectacularly failed at that this year with Mindjack, as did another company with Brink. I'm actually struggling to think of a game (outside DQ IX and Monster Hunter Tri.I guess.I never played those and never want to) where trying to merge single and multiplayer actually turned out to be a good thing. There are plenty of good singleplayer-focused RPGs out there without having to waste time on a game that will try (and likely fail) to straddle the lines between single and multiplayer content. Now, what "everything" entails could be rather damaging depending on the quality of the content, but it's not like the game suddenly throws up a wall after a few hours and says "sorry, but you can't play any more unless you pay a subscription fee." That said, Dragon Quest already had one strike against it with me for being a series that steadfastly refused to evolve past the 1980s, and making such a large part of the game more or less an MMO with a subscription fee (which has yet to be determined) pretty much killed any remaining interest I might have had in the game. I've been looking into the whole MMO thing, and from what I can tell you won't be able to see " everything" in the game if you play offline. I imagine there are FF or DQ fans that feel that way. So if they made it some online game and tried to pass it off like "here's your Zelda game" I would be pissed off. The single player adventure element of Zelda is why I like the series in the first place. They have not released a main series Zelda game with multiplayer focus. Nintendo has made a multiplayer focused Zelda but it was a spinoff. A bad FF spinoff is no big deal but a bad "real" FF game just looks bad. FFXIV for example is largely regarded as a flop. Why not make a spin-off series for these games? I'm thinking SE figures that making these part of the main series will boost sales but I think it just damages the brand. Making it multiplayer focused seems illogical. Maybe I'm out to lunch here but I would assume that fans of a traditionally single player series specifically want to play a single player game. Why does Square Enix insist on these online RPGs being part of the main series? They did that with FFXI and FFXIV and now they're doing that here. While not a firm release date was given, it is expected that the game is released sometime in 2012. Finally, there may be a 3DS feature where players can download their character data onto the handheld, then exchange it with other players with StreetPass.ĭetails of the pay structure have yet to be announced, but players should expect to pay some kind of subscription charge, If players are not able to find partners to play the game with, NPCs with different AI actions will be assigned to them. In terms of control, Dragon Quest X will support the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, as well as the Classic Controller, Classic Controller Pro and USB keyboards. Additionally, if players start their game on the Wii they can move it over to the Wii U version. The Wii U version will be graphically superior, but it will take place in the same universe and online play will be cross-platform. In addition to a Wii release, Dragon Quest X will also have a Wii U version. Despite the game being online, the producers promised that it will have a big narrative behind it all. Dragon Quest X will be the first in the series in years to be developed internally at Square Enix, after companies like Level 5 had worked on the most recent games.ĭragon Quest X will take place in the kingdom of Astoria, and will be the home of five different races and five unique regions. Despite rumors of a platform change, the game will indeed be for the Wii and will be an online RPG where a player's allies will also be other players from around the world. Akira Toriyama is handling the character designs and Koichi Sugiyama is in charge of the title's music. It is being produced by Yosuke Saito (Nier producer) and directed by Jin Fujisawa (who directed the last two games in the series, Dragon Quest VIII and IX). The full name of the game is Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku (Awakening of the Five Tribes). Years after Square Enix announced the tenth iteration of the franchise, Square Enix finally presented solid details regarding the game. Dragon Quest X will be an online RPG for the Wii and Wii U, the Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary press conference revealed today.
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