Just finished the Japanese version of Dragon Quest Swords tonight and overall I’m pleased. What is a shame, though, is that DQ Swords won’t get a US release until next year. I think by that time it has a greater chance of getting lost in the shuffle. It’s an early Wii game, and in ways that shows. It’s not the most complex game by any standards, and it’s not all that long. But it offers enough to be a thoroughly enjoyable product. And I’d be hard pressed to call it a cash in. This game is Dragon Quest through and through. While it would have been really easy for this game to be incredibly gimmicky, I can’t really label it as such. The developers had a simple, yet solid goal when making this game and that shines through the whole experience.
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Nov 122007
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest was made with love. Not the “I want you to be happy” kind but the “Aw shit, I’m not sure if the kids still believes in Santa Clause, so on Christmas Eve let’s play recordings of some fat man saying ‘Ho, ho, ho’ so they will believe” kind. The end result isn’t as shitty as people may have led you to believe.
