Official I'm hooked on Dragon Warrior 7 topic.

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:30 pm

If I haven't been posting much lately, that's because I have an obligation to a certain RPG: Dragon Quest/Warrior 7.

For those of you that don't know, this game literally requires you to sacrifice your friends, your free time, your social-life, your grades, your sleep, and your physical well-being. In exchange, it offers one of the most complete and fulfulling RPG experiences humanly possible.

DQ7 is the best selling PSOne game of Japan (and probably the world) for a good reason.

I'd like to start off by saying that this is the type of game that you'll either completely love or completely hate. You'd either want to give it a 10/10 or a 0/10. The people who are going to appreciate this game are the ones that grew up playing older RPGs (FF1-6, Phantasy Star, Poke'mon, DQ1-4, etc.) If you find straight-up oldschool turn-based bland, don't even think about touching this game. Just like 8, 7 represents the unique bland of old and new RPG elements.

7 has a LOT in common with 8. You explore vast, unlimitedly large continents with about a shitload squared (30 probably?) cities to liberate, raid, and chill in. I'd have to say 7 is even larger than 8 so far. I'm around halfway through and I can't tell you how much I get lost.

The storyline is actually better than 8, I'd have to say. You and your friends are screwing around in ancient ruins and find out that you can go back into time to visit continents that no longer exist in the future. When you save these continents in the past, they appear in the future. Basically every city you visit has a present and past form, making this game ridiculously big. Every new continent you must save give you at least 5 hours more play time to tack on.

The battle system is almost exactly like 8. 7 is way more oldschool though. Battles are completely 2D. You don't even see your characters fight. Enemies attack with great animations, and you see your weapons striking without actually seeing your character. The battle system in 7 certainly doesn't have the newer, polished look that level 5 gave the series, but there's a major addition that 8 sadly left out. Dragon Quest 7 gives you the ability to master "classes." There's like 20 or something. Fighter, Mage, Cleric, Theif, Warrior, Jester, etc. Once you start mastering one, you level up your class as you kill monsters. When you level up, you start learning class-specific moves to make your character even 1337er.

Then lets say that my Hero (the Guv) masters "fighter" class. If I master "warrior," I can combine the two classes to become a "dragoon." If you master cleric and figher, you become a paladin. If you combine mariner with theif, you become a pirate. There's a whole bunch of combinations to master. This is the reason that I find the battle system in 7 to be a whole lot better than 8. I hope to god DQ9 returns to the class system.

As with 8, there's a whole slew of sidequests to do while you play. I think 7 actually has more, ranging from casinos and "style contests" to monster breeding and building your own immigrant town and swapping immigrants through your memory card.

To conclude, Dragon Quest 7 is only for the most avid of RPG players. The battle system is completely oldschool. The game also requires a heavy amount of grinding (I'm finding it to be about as much or maybe a tiny bit more than 8 needed). You also must dedicate lots of time to this game, as you need to slowly master your classes. If you've never known what it's like to be completely broke in an RPG, you will now. You'll learn the value of money and how to spend efficiently.

While 7 requires alot of input from the player, I find it to be one of the best RPGs I've ever played. If you are looking for a hardcore RPG that'll fulfill every last one of your RPG needs, look no farther. You'll be spending hours rummaging through people's houses in towns, fighting all sorts of monsters, leveling your characters levels and classes, and buying them all of the 1337est gear to traverse one of the biggest RPGs ever. There's just a certain charm that comes with the Dragon Quest series that no other RPG can offer.

I'll keep you up to date with the latest. This is my party:

Guv
Warrior ********
Fighter ********

Dragoon ***

Gabo
Fighter: ********
Cleric: ********

Paladin: *

Maribel
Mage: ********
Cleric: ********

Sage: *

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:17 pm

Holy shit guys, I just got the magic carpet!

For those of you who have played 8, it's the equivalent of the God Bird Stone.

The GAME · Post by **The GAME** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:55 pm

My DQ 8 File is 98 Hours.

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:54 pm

You beat that bad boy? DQ8 is the best game I've ever played in my life.

The GAME · Post by **The GAME** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:57 pm

I spent more time on that game than any other,it's rare when a game can give you 100 Hours.

DJ Yoshi · Post by **DJ Yoshi** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:20 pm

I'll stick to Chrono Trigger hacks.

Oh god my life is in shambles :psyduck:

Orgodemirk · Post by **Orgodemirk** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:42 pm

I would have posted something here earlier, but I've been playing this game too.
I was sick today, so I added about 12 hours to my playtime instead of going to school.

My classes

Peter
Warrior ********
Fighter *

Gabo
Cleric: ********
Fighter: *

Maribel
Mage: ********
Cleric: *

My characters are all about level 20.
I'm just finishing up this place where time kept repeating.

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:27 pm

Holy shit, you're getting so much closer to where I am.

I'm finished my dual classes though. I'm doing intermediate classes. We need a friggen fourth character. I want a pirate.

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:58 pm

Ooooh shit, son!

Playtime: 70 hours.

Guv
Warrior: ********
Fighter: ********

Dragoon: *****

Gabo
Cleric: ********
Fighter: ********

Paladin: **

Maribel
Mage: ********
Cleric: ********

Sage: ***

Melvin
Thief: **

(^ Pirate in training)

Post by **Falco Girgis** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:37 pm

I quit goddamnit. I'm serious this time. I've vowed to not pick DQ7 up again like 3 times now. I keep breaking the vow.

After you beat it, there's the bonus dungeon and RIDICULOUSLY hard hidden boss (God, literally). I've grinded at least an extra 15-20 hours after I've beaten it. I've almost done every single thing that DQ7 has to offer.

After hitting level 60 (and beating the game at ~38), I'm ready to call it quits. I love the game, and this just shows how dedicated I was to it. Sadly, I'm not some crazy Asian who has time to sit and grind to level hundred on an already laborious RPG such as DQ7. Here's my final stats.

Guv
Fighter: ********
Warrior: ********
Cleric: ********
Mage: ********
Shepherd: *****

Dragoon: ********
Paladin: ********
Sage: ********
Hero: ********

Godhand: ********

Aira
Warrior: ********
Mage: ********
Cleric: ********
Jester: ********
Dancer: ********
Bard: ********

TeenIdol: ********
Sage: ********
Ranger: ********

Summoner: **

Gabo
Fighter: ********
Warrior: ********
Cleric: ********
Mariner: ********
Thief: ********

Dragoon: ********
Paladin: ********
Pirate: ******
Hero: ********

Godhand: ********

Maribel
Mage: ********
Cleric: ********
Jester: ********
Dancer: ********
Bard: ********

Sage: ********
TeenIdol: ********
Hero: ***

Summoner: ********

Mevlin
...I hate Melvin. The minute I got Maribel back, I never used him again. I'm not even going to bother posting his shit-for-stats.

~120 hours of playtime

Okami, here I come.