DRAGON QUEST: SWORDS

I've just started playing through 'Dragon Quest: Swords' on the Wii, and so far I'm enjoying the light-hearted approach and decent voice-acting quality that you rarely see outside of the DQ games these days. That said the play does sometimes feel slightly repetative and less thought-out than I had hoped (one town, repeating the same dungeons, etc). Still, it's a fine little adventure - what do other people think of this first forray into new RPG territory?

Over here in the UK it's a remarkably cheap purchase for an rpg defficient console, much like VIII before it I am a big fan of the translation and voice teams, who work in so many very English jokes (for example the equipment seller greets you with 'Hello my lover' which is a line of some jest over here after Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, among other things). I'm hoping that the game gets a sequel, as for a first try at a new sub-genre of rpg it shows a lot of promise. It would be cool to see multiplay and perhaps class-based skills spread across the three other controllers. Imagine working with a friend who'se using the wii-mote as a wand to cast spells by drawing runes, etc. It has a lot of potential.

author=myersguy link=topic=3156.msg62050#msg62050 date=1234768603
Where the hell did you come from Enker???

The UK, England, Hertford. I've been a site member for ages and am still working on the mammoth Shadow's Reach.