DS Fanboy poll: Would you buy Puzzle Quest '1.5'?
by Eric Caoili 
{ Mar 17th 2008 at 6:00PM }
The Nintendo DS has a long way to go before it can match the Xbox 360's online features and capabilities, but that doesn't mean we're any less jealous of the XBLA-only Puzzle Quest "1.5" add-on. In addition to a new story and arch-villain (Antharg, Lord of the Plague), the expansion pack will feature new spells, items, and quests. The upgrades we're extra envious about, though, are the new classes -- Bard, Rogue, Ranger, and Warlock.Seeing as the DS edition of Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords doesn't allow for downloadable content, if the expansion pack were to come out for the DS, it would have to be on a new cart. We doubt D3 will bother with porting the game, but we're interested to find out if you'd buy a Puzzle Quest 1.5, provided that the game allowed you to migrate your old character, of course.
See also: GDC08: Hands almost-on with Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ecco6t9 @ Mar 17th 2008 6:13PM
Yes but as a GBA expansion cart like with Band Brothers.
Micah @ Mar 17th 2008 11:52PM
I was going to say the same thing. I don't see why they haven't done more expansion packs in the the style of Daigasso Band Brothers.
bluezy @ Mar 17th 2008 6:28PM
Possibly. It had better be budget priced, and there had better be some good additions.
RupeeClock @ Mar 17th 2008 6:43PM
Puzzle Quest was absolutely amazing in its own right somehow, I would absolutely love to buy and plan an extended version.
tamriel @ Mar 17th 2008 8:40PM
I would buy it whether it comes as a separate cart or whatnot. I would even roll a new character to play the new story, even if it means plowing again through the first story.
I want to play this expansion on my DS very badly.
LeChuck @ Mar 17th 2008 9:11PM
If they added wifi I'd be all over it.
Nigeria: Cody ChesnuTT Defense Force @ Mar 18th 2008 6:47AM
I don't even know what the fourth option means, but I chose it anyway. It seemed so right.
Joey @ Mar 18th 2008 8:07AM
I'd get it if it featured better AI. And by "better AI" I mean "no more comboing with off-screen pieces". The game premise was good, but I never got into it because the opponents always combo'ed to death with things you couldn't see. I know, I know... the CPU "knows" what will fall into the game area, but still, it's not funny when you have full health, only to be killed with a super-combo next turn.
Cameron DS @ Mar 18th 2008 9:18AM
Might as well save it for Puzzle Quest: Warlords 2
Feigr @ Mar 18th 2008 2:14PM
I wonder how much Microsoft pays to get these exclusives.
Just like it would be interesting to know how much they pay to get exclusive jRPGs, they are obviously paying a lot of money to try to get the 360 to sell in Japan.
And yes I'd buy PQ 1.5 on any console except for 360.
Wilerson @ Mar 18th 2008 6:52PM
I'd get it if it had online play and fixed the bugs of the first version.
Synergistic @ Mar 19th 2008 7:32AM
I'm definitely going to buy it for XBLA. Achievement points for the win.
kronik @ Mar 19th 2008 8:49AM
I hate Puzzle Quest. I tried to like it. Everyone was full of praise, but I couldn't even enjoy it a little. The AI cheats you to death so badly. At first I thought I was really missing the obvious, though after some time I started reading similar remarks and I still can't grasp why people enjoy it so much???
I hope this won't be so blatantly obvious in Galactrix, then I might give it another chance...