Dragon Quest IV footage not making the wait any easier
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Dec 3rd 2007 at 5:40PM }
While Japan goes absolutely nuts for Dragon Quest IV, these videos landed on the 'net over the weekend, giving us our longest look yet at some of the meaty gameplay currently being enjoyed by over 600,000 Japanese gamers.
Truth be told, we're still not totally sold on the slightly jarring combination of 2D heroes and 3D environments, especially as the cheaper-than-ever Final Fantasy III and forthcoming Final Fantasy IV are both depicted in full 3D. On the other hand, we'll happily concede the environments do look rather spiffy. We reeeally need that western release date though, Square Enix.
Embark on a quest past the break for the second trailer.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Brello @ Dec 3rd 2007 6:16PM
Overworld looks a polygon-ish, but it's pretty decent. Anyone else miss pre-renders? I loved the pre-renders back on the PlayStation. Highly detailed backgrounds and goofy big polygon characters. Pure awesome.
neutral @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:14PM
Yeah I think pre-rendered background is even better than sometimes-confusing-spinning 3D world which has less details especially on DS. I wonder how come only Ninja Gaiden DS realizes this 'cheating' technique.
RDX @ Dec 3rd 2007 6:35PM
The main character looks like Don Quixote.
RobertHMayfire @ Dec 4th 2007 12:32PM
I so want it.... T_T
Martin @ Dec 4th 2007 12:39PM
Is that pure turn based combat I see? Dear Lord, let it be so! Here's hoping that it has an english option for us importers.
P3T3Y @ Dec 4th 2007 5:37PM
Blech, of all the games in the Dragon Quest series why did they pick IV?