Is battle in... first person?

[MahouKurein]

I understand the OG were in first person during the battle per se, but this is a Remake... feels very cheap and takes a bit out of the fantasy of the party.

Is it only for receiving damage or is the damage output from the party within a first person view as well?

Gorgeous pixellated art, I love to see our party members actually doing the action, but does this mean we'll only see them standing while selecting the actions?

Thank you to whoever will shed a light on this! :)

[logicality77]

There are several YouTubers who have gotten to play close to an hour of this, and one (I can't remember which one) said that the camera switches to 3rd person while you're inputting commands, but then to 1st person in classic Dragon Quest style to play out the turn.

[MahouKurein]

Originally posted by logicality77:

There are several YouTubers who have gotten to play close to an hour of this, and one (I can't remember which one) said that the camera switches to 3rd person while you're inputting commands, but then to 1st person in classic Dragon Quest style to play out the turn.

So basically the only time we see our heroes is when inputting commands in their idle animation? Feels a bit like a waste of Pixel Art :(

[Casual Hero]

I'm sorry you feel that way, but I'm very glad they didn't change this aspect. I don't want DQ to try to be anything else. It isn't Final Fantasy or Octopath. I'm sorry that you're disappointed by this, but know that your opinion isn't the objective truth.

Thank goodness they're keeping it first-person for the actual action sequences. I don't want a bunch of flashy animations slowing down my DQ experience. DQ 3 is about speed. Random encounters aren't super long affairs; you should be able to get in and out of a battle in around 20 seconds on average.

Sorry that you're disappointed, but I'm super excited!

[PURPLE TRAIN]

Yeah what Casual said above, it's a good thing. Sorry lil zoomie OP but this game is clearly made for actual fans of the series.

[MahouKurein]

Not the bashing in the comment section lol. I've played most of the first Dragon Quests and I know they are in first person during the battle sequence, I'm a HUGE fan, still think It's a shame from a REMAKE to not use the gorgeous pixellated art the game is offering. If you would actually observe the game you would understand that it's definitely more budget friendly to do so, and it's possibly why DQI-II are also getting remade, as they will share most of the assets and don't even have to work on the party pixel art.

BUT I noticed looking at the trailers that characters seem to use different weapons and they are shown within their pixellated model, so PERHAPS that's how they want to make the pixel art shine more while still keeping the first person feature of the original game. If so, I'll be happy, because I really think the game looks beautiful but it kinda pushes itself off.

Let's not gatekeep the game from newcomers with this elitist attitude, it was never fun it's not fun in 2024. Thanks.

[Koby]

I hope there is a fan mod at some point to make battles remain in 3rd person.

[REhorror]

I am OK with this.

Nostalgia is huge for DQ and you don't mess with DQ fans!

[Joerpg84]

Originally posted by MahouKurein:

Originally posted by logicality77:

There are several YouTubers who have gotten to play close to an hour of this, and one (I can't remember which one) said that the camera switches to 3rd person while you're inputting commands, but then to 1st person in classic Dragon Quest style to play out the turn.

So basically the only time we see our heroes is when inputting commands in their idle animation? Feels a bit like a waste of Pixel Art :(

I was hoping it was like Dragon Quest IX which I recently played again. I do prefer to see my characters animation…or like DQ XI where you had the option of 2D Classic as well.

Either way I’m still excited to explore this games world and who knows, maybe there is an option or toggle for classic on/off.

I’m gonna love it regardless. It’s still keeping true to its original roots which will hit nostalgia for many. Although I do agree with you that you want this to encourage new comers into the series.

[MahouKurein]

Originally posted by Joerpg84:

Originally posted by MahouKurein:

So basically the only time we see our heroes is when inputting commands in their idle animation? Feels a bit like a waste of Pixel Art :(

I was hoping it was like Dragon Quest IX which I recently played again. I do prefer to see my characters animation…or like DQ XI where you had the option of 2D Classic as well.

Either way I’m still excited to explore this games world and who knows, maybe there is an option or toggle for classic on/off.

I’m gonna love it regardless. It’s still keeping true to its original roots which will hit nostalgia for many. Although I do agree with you that you want this to encourage new comers into the series.

If they do a good job with the models and changing weapons we may enjoy the pixel art as well. Hopefully animations are up a notch to enhance the first person!

[Tim Allahn SnAckbarr]

Originally posted by Koby:

I hope there is a fan mod at some point to make battles remain in 3rd person.

Same ;)

I can only imagine the reason they didn't make it stay in 3rd person is because they didn't add any animations for the player character sprites (attacking, getting hurt, etc). Ofc there's the whole "faithfulness" argument (the original game didn't have this), but that goes against the whole point of a remake imo.

If such a mod were made, I suspect that it would look a bit funky with the characters not reacting to attacks/etc.

[Evangela]

It's one of the reasons why Dragon Quest was never popular worldwide.

Not only Dragon Quest, but earlier RPG Maker games and the whole dungeon crawling RPG games were never popular because of this cheap battle system.

[Owly of the Owls' Castle]

They should've added different options so newcomers and old school players alike could enjoy it. Well, good luck selling that at the price of a big AAA title. I won't touch that even at a discount.

[Cairn.L]

Originally posted by MahouKurein:

Originally posted by logicality77:

There are several YouTubers who have gotten to play close to an hour of this, and one (I can't remember which one) said that the camera switches to 3rd person while you're inputting commands, but then to 1st person in classic Dragon Quest style to play out the turn.

So basically the only time we see our heroes is when inputting commands in their idle animation? Feels a bit like a waste of Pixel Art :(

Like how the battle is shown in the early reveal trailer, it actually looks pretty good to me.
00:53
https://youtu.be/oFkbeCsEDrk?t=53
I hope/expect to see changes in their looks., but not just always wearing the same default class outfits.

[Melodia]

Originally posted by Owly of the Owls' Castle:

They should've added different options so newcomers and old school players alike could enjoy it. Well, good luck selling that at the price of a big AAA title. I won't touch that even at a discount.

What are you even talking about? What 'options'?

[GespenstKAF]

Originally posted by Cairn.L:

Originally posted by MahouKurein:

So basically the only time we see our heroes is when inputting commands in their idle animation? Feels a bit like a waste of Pixel Art :(

Like how the battle is shown in the early reveal trailer, it actually looks pretty good to me.
00:53
https://youtu.be/oFkbeCsEDrk?t=53
I hope/expect to see changes in their looks., but not just always wearing the same default class outfits. :OrangeSurprise:

Oh, you know there's going to be a sprite change when the bikini armor is equipped, lol