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  • well... i'm neither pissed nor blown away by this review.. i think it's objective.. i just bought dragon quest iv and i'm enjoying it. but i agree with the reviewer: it's not for everyone, and it's a niche that's growing thinner in the west..

  • my only gripe with reviws like this one is this is the reson X is becoming a frekin mmo

  • I keep hoping that someday a Dragon quest game will be released on Wii...Then i glance over at my copy of Dragon quest Swords and die a little inside

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  • it got a 7 aand people are complaining? thats still pretty good.

  • @Badboy19333 a 7 its okay but ... ITS NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!!!!!!

  • good thing ign has the daily fix or i would unsubcribe

  • oh come on guys! Just because it's a DQ doesn't mean it's perfect!

    The badguy is pretty much like this: "muhahahaha I'm a demon and I'm here to kill the good guys muhahaha" ^^

    It's still a great game but there isn't enough musics and the story could have been handled better :)

  • Man, fuck people that hate on JRPGs.

  • You cant spell ignorant without IGn

  • Bad storyline, LOL

  • TAKE THIS OF YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    IGN!"

  • Modern Warfare 3 - 9/10

    Dragon Quest 6 - 7/10

    WTF?

  • god im fricken 15 and i enjoy dragon quest games final fantasy games and jrpgs like this reviewer is a fag ign needs a jrpg reviewer that likes jrpgs!

  • that game is great and you say dq9 is better than dq6 well go f***k urselfs

  • DQ 6 is a great game, but I do have to agree that the story is a little confusing and it seems like it's multiple games in one: like it ends but continues, ends again and continues and so on....but it plays almost exactly like the other DQ's on DS so if you like those you'll like this one as well....Make no mistake, this is a great game and the story imo is interesting..it just doesn't know when to end. The world map of this game is probably my favorite, though.

  • Sorry, but i played alot of dragon quest games and 6 is easily my least favorite. Actually i hated it, i did finish it though. I played the fan-translation and compared to dragon quest 5 it was a HUUUGE step down. It was really bad designed.. it was tedious, grinding took a LONG time, weak story and finding a key item on the bottom of the ocean without any clues actually made me almost quit the game. You'd think i am a hater, but im not. I'm a really really big dragon quest fan. I just hate 6 :(

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  • Still Waiting On the Dragon Quest 8 Review

  • how dare Ign talk about a great series like this

  • GO AND PLAY WITH YOUR KINNETICK ign !!!

  • and Europe don't forget Europe.

  • you can't spell ignorant without ign

  • So basically, IGN reviewers are all noobs?

  • Why do so many fanboys bitch about ign reviews?

  • Only Dragon quest game I liked was DQ VIII. All of the others just suck and they're the same shit.

  • what 7.0? crazy.

  • the worst game ive ever played

  • @Therealcitizenz ..............lol maybe to you, i have found much worse than this, thats for sure.....

  • This man is a tool

  • LA MALA COPIA DE GOLDEN SUN

  • @tenmalostcanvas pinche ignorante chingado!

  • @sirenomany666 que te pasa ordinario

  • His name is Colin Moriarty. Fallout much???

  • @dyldragon1 lmao I'm glad to see I wasn't the first one who had that thought popped up on his mind!

  • IGN, Y U SO STUPID!?

  • why did i even buy this game? im not into rpgs.....damn u gamestop and ur slime plush preorder bonus!

  • If Jrpg is dwindling as he mentions, that's only because white people saw all the money involved in game industries and decided to make 80% of the game to start a American white male as the hero.

  • hahqahahhaha this guy is a straight close minded fool hahaha

  • I have a question I play mostly shooters and American RPGs so what is a good first jrpg

  • @YusukeKuwabaraHiei Try Final Fantasy 6.

  • @YusukeKuwabaraHiei chronno trigger

  • @YusukeKuwabaraHiei Final Fantasy Mystic Quest for the snes :)

  • this fps lovin faggot doest play real games

  • dq is far better than final fantasy

  • DQ VI is one of the best games ever. this guy probably couldnt kill a single slime.

  • I now hate IGN. 

  • WTF IS WRONG WITH IGN

  • @cannanboy1 IGN= IGNorant.

  • Cool story, bro. I lost all respect for this vid. I <3 Dragon Quest.

  • This guy lost all credibility when he cited a Tales game as a superior alternative.

  • Dragon Quest 1-7 are the best of the series. 8, 9, and Monsters Joker were a joke.

  • @JeffPlaysGames You're a joke....All Dragon Quest games rock!

  • @JeffPlaysGames

    8 was jaw dropping, way better than Final Fantasy X or XII.

  • @Volviert Final fantasy XII sucked though. And 10 was the last good game of the series. Im just mad at 8 9 and joker for using a skill point system. They changed too much from the original dq games and it annoyed me. So I guess I am just making a big deal out of it. XD

  • @JeffPlaysGames Skill points were great, they added that little flair of customization to the characters that really made it interesting. Especially in 9, with unlockable abilities along the way, it really made you think about which skill you were investing in.

  • @EpicOdysseus Not when you are someone like me who play JRPG's for storyline and character development. Not customization. If I want to play something with a bunch of customization i would play WRPG's. In JRPG's I want to get through the story without having to worry about how I am going to manage my skills and characters to defeat bosses. That's why I enjoy 1-7 waaaaay more than 8, 9, and dqmj

  • @UltimaCrunk I disagree with a lot of the review, but he was judging the game by how it stands up with newer RPGs that polished what was considered primitive in older RPGs, and like he said: "If you're a Dragon Quest fan, or if you like old school RPGs, you'll love this game; but if you're not a Dragon Quest fan or an RPG fanatic in general, the game will bore you to tears." I agree with that statement, and while I really am enjoying the game, I can see why some people would absolutley hate it.

  • dude this game is really awsome great throwback if you are a die hare rpg gamer

  • this game is so good whether you love rpg or just love the old school ones. its been a while since i've played a game with a good story and concept. i just love the twists in this game. i grew on me til i completed a big portion of the game. this game gets a solid 10 as soon as you beat the game. trust me

  • If u want dragon quest vi english rom go to this link: fileml(dot)com/0KbC2

  • being completely honest, i didnt like this game.

    i went out of my way to get dq9 when it was released, and what i loved about it was the battles, the different armour and weapons and the graphics. in dq6 most of this was taken out.

    i still really liked the story, but most things i liked that were in dq9 were taken out in this game.

  • @gaza1098 even then dq6 was still a part of the zenithia seriers so they made them all alike to keep the trilogy (IV V VI) to be almost the same while Dq9 was a new concept and they needed a new idea

  • @gaza1098 No, A lot of things that were missing in Dragon Quest 6 Was added in The 9th... DQ6 is an old game even though it was just released...

  • @hesteaeble oh well, the first dragon quest game i ever played or even heard of was 9, so i dont know what my brain told me when i saw that the new one was called 6 but i still presumed it was new. either way what i liked about dragon quest 9 was not in dragon quest 6, still i have high hoped for dragon quest 10 and rocket slime

  • @gaza1098 I think X is gonna be awesome! I heard the trailer is going to be released in september :D... Anyway, you should really get DQ8 I liked it more than 9. The story is much more interesting (and longer) than 9 and you are companioned by some nice voiced characters and the soundtrack is awesome :) It should be pretty cheap nowadays :) And the graphics...

  • I presume there weren't enough guns in it for you IGN *rolls eyes*

  • Of course it's you're opinion, but i really have to say that I had almost never played a JRPG before when i got Dragon Quest VI, but I really loved it. Although the plot itself isn't that interesting, the whole story is amazing by it's length, and I got a fantastic adventure-feeling because they had exploited the story so well. I just loved the structure because the game was so big!

  • wow this looks like pokemon combat, and that character with blue hair looks like teen Gohan

  • The hell? This game does not deserve just a 7, at least give it an 8. And the story isn't as black and white as IGN makes it seem, it's much deeper than explained. And would everyone stop whining about how you can't customize your character? Dragon Quest 9 was good and all but that formula doesn't need to be implemented to every game just to make it good. This was a good game and it deserves so much more than it gets

  • I just got this game...i dont like it. I thought it would be like "Dragon Quest 9" and you could make your own character...like your hair, and gender. But NOPE. I have to be a blue headed boy. And im not a boy. So now im sad. :(

  • "...The game's story's poor..." What the hell?

  • 270 people actually enjoy IGN reviews. Never heard a "like" joke before, have you?

  • I hate IGN. So much.

  • This is all IGN is these days. I'm sorry if I want to have fun IGN and play games with"bad stories", but Dragon Quest VI kicks L.A Noir's ass any day.

  • Does this douche still work for IGN? Please tell me no.

  • can you create your own starting character on it just like the fifth one or not.

  • who's got the address of this douche? i want to...bake him a pie. full of shit.

  • THIS IS AN AMAZING GAME!!!

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  • IGN must be seriously anti Japanese....every JRPG gets slated simply for being a JRPG.

  • buying this today :D

  • he says the audience for this type of game is getting smaller lol this guys a real fucking idiot

  • the reviewer is an ignorant twat

  • They need a non-biased reviewer.

  • dude i love this game! come to show people have different taste. well cant win them all. this is the only game I ever maxed every class (yes even the 2 unlockables) and lv 99. i want dragon quest X now

  • I have played dragon quest 9 and it's pretty good an the spotted slime is new to me

  • "if you're not a fan of jrpg's, you won't enjoy this" Well no shit sherlock. Prehaps people who don't like platformers, won't like mario galaxy either.

  • I love the story, geeze, you just have no imagination. The story's a classic, you spend ages killing one guy only to find out he's not the main bad guy, so you kill him, and then in post game, guess what... THAT guy wasn't the main bad guy. I love that sort of thing. Plus, How's it monotonous? No-one speaks!

  • I LIKED THIS

  • I don't really see what everyone's so mad about with this review?

  • @beyondthesevoices The review is based solely on conjecture and typical complaints that are only made by people who don't appreciate the genre or style. It's like someone complained that Pokemon has pokemon in it and not human beings to fight against, IGN heard that, and used it as a legitimate complaint. That's essentially was is going on here.

  • @icarus212001 I understand now. Well said. Thanks!

  • Dislike. You're on a very partial opinion. Let a person who's never played a JRPG before review it.

  • Terrible review.

  • ign reviewers either have theyre heads up theyre ass or they just made love to mw 2...

  • There was a time when reviews for nintendo handhelds on IGN were pretty good. How did IGN evolve from Craig's reviews to this garbage?

  • Ign only cares about mainstream games, why cause their idiot sell outs

  • Oh okay, but Call Of Booty: Black Cocks can get a perfect score? I've had enough of IGN.

  • Wild Arms is on DS?

  • LOLOLOLOLOLOL haters gonna hate

  • i really really really wanted to play this game because everyone was talking about it. So i got it on an emulator which ran very well surprisingly, and it is possibly the most boring game i have ever played. This reminds me of a game on the super nintendo back when super nintendo came out. It wasnt called dragon quest though. But i do agree, this game is awesome for some and extremely boring for others

  • I didn't catch what he said. he said: Final fantasy 4 and 6, Wild Arms or ???????

  • @Roar55 tales of destiny

  • @Roar55 Tales of Destiny

  • I don't believe it is possible for dragon quest to have a bad storyline lol

  • The month I spent playing WoW made me understand why turn based crushes action systems every time. My experiences with Final Fantasy made me realize how lame it is having to cast some secret spell to exploit some secret weakness or die in 1 turn (Golbez in FF4 anyone?). Games like 2 Worlds make me realize why Dragon Quest is the finest RPG series.

  • I don't see what the hubbub is about the review. It's accurate; an older DQ game is only going to appeal to die-hard fans of JRPGs that appreciate the charm of simple gameplay. My only gripe about the review was that he docked the music because of the length, but it's a legitimate concern. I'd have to say the same for something like Wild ARMs.

    If you like JRPGs, or you like the DQ formula, you will like this game. Most others will pass, because it's targeted to a very specific audience.

  • i enjoyed the heck out of the game. 90+ hrs cleared everything. i gotta say this one beats ix

  • I liked playing this game in i got to the part where have to go down to the underground Temple i was enjoying mtself intill i got in a battle with a monster That Completely SPAMMED Sizzle 8 times for 30-40 damage and quickly wiped my party. Then the Quest before this a NPC told me go one place to the NE where the Tower was Visable to the NW. Maybe it's asking to much if you do a remake at least they could have cleaned the game up before putting it out there. Dislike

  • The sad thing is that nearly every games reception section on Wikipedia is bassed on what IGN say.

  • can we get DQX

  • Look what graphics did to FFXIII !! Maybe being hypnotized by the graphics makes you forget that there's really nothing behind the game.

  • damn i wanna play this i love dragon quest

  • Is the Jrpg fanbase really dwindling or this guy just a tool?

  • @Lonewolf3000X just a tool bro, i love a good jrpg.

  • dude graphics shouldn't matter with any game, what matters is if the game is good or not. and graphics matter even less when it comes to RPGs. btw this game is old. it should have old graphics.

  • Jesus, it couldn't be anymore obvious that the reviewer doesn't like Dragon Quest or JRPGs. Why was he given it to review in the first place?

  • Bah, the new graphics suck

  • The Gametrailers review is a hell of a lot better than this one. They know their JRPG's well and gave it an 8.5!

  • He is litteraly cracking the game off. All verdicts nowadays on these pure jrpgs are low because it is a dying race. But i think many JRPG fans give these titles much higher ratings. Come one, what do we retro role player gamers prefer over a classic storyline and thought-out turn based tactics?

  • DQIX is the best game in the series

  • @ArmaAugis

    have u played viii

  • @ThEblackXfactor92 yeah 8 was epic but i like it that u can custmize ur own char

  • fuck off IGN Dragon Quest is classic and will forever be one of my favorite RPG series i had 4 on my DS but i sold it and i wanna kill myself for that! and if this game doesnt get out in EU soon i personly will go and kill someone

  • Retarded review, it's definitly on my to buy list.

  • the games okay

  • Fuck IGN! In an issue of nintendo power they made dragonquest 9 a ds must have, and I read their review for DQ6 and they said its twice as big and has a shit load more classes in it, so it has to b worth buying. Point is:DragonQuest is the shit!

  • 1. Im gonna buy the game cuz this is my kinda game

    2. next time, can IGN get a DragonQuest fan to do the review so we're not hating on a first time player?

  • jrpg's are a dying crowd.

  • Classic JRPGs > Bioware

  • By the way,please, badmouthing a soundtrack of Koichi Sugiyama it's just like signing a contract of newbie gamer.

  • I liked VI story.The concept of Real world and Dream world is not used so much in games,so it's not really cliché.

  • read full review at Tech Zeta. techzeta.com

  • Man IGN Sucks. They don't know how to review games at all

  • This review was pathetic yo! I can't believe he declares doom for "jrpgs", a non-existant genre, at the end of it. To top it all off he spends the review saying "why this is crap fresh off from poopville that seems to have spent some time skipping through feces fields, I shall give it a 7 out of 10".

  • Since when has aDragon Quest game had a "bad story"? The worst story a Dragon Quest game has ever had was Dragon Quest I but to be fair gamers where a lot easier to please back then. Oh well, can't spell ignorance without IGN.

  • Holy shit, was that a flying bed? Screw flying carpets when you got that.

  • I like the story.

  • I think that games journalists often miss the point. Video games do not have good stories. All we need is enough plot to make the world fun and enough story to get me from point A to point B.

  • Hey look, another IGN review where half the comments are FUCK YOU IGN YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT GO BACK TO YOUR HALOZ

    Get the fuck over yourselves. Not everyone shares your opinion. All game reviews are inherently biased. Jesus fuck.

  • @Blaze4LifeProduction call of duty much?

  • @Blaze4LifeProduction so your like a person who sits in a room lives with your mom and sits in one spot

  • @Blaze4LifeProduction

    u one of those fraghead gamers right

  • @Blaze4LifeProduction RPG's aren't for everyone! As for myself, I love these types of games, whereas I say the same thing you just said about Call of Duty.

  • This review sucks ass. Dragon Quest 6 is an awesome game, plus the story is actually pretty cool.

  • GOD DAMN YOU GUYS ARE FUCKING RETARDED IGN

  • Personally, I thought the Dragon Quest/Warrior series are well designed. To not follow along with the previous games in the series would invite even more criticism from avid fans. The music and graphics are not amazing, but that is also not meant to be a draw to the game. Yes, the game is monotonous, aren't all video games? Dragon Quest has always provided games with reliable similarity, yet are still enjoyable to play. This latest installment stays true to this and I for one enjoyed playing it.

  • Crap you IGN! how dare you rate this and Petz Dogz 2 low scores! GO DIE IN A HOLE AND GO FART IN A JAR!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mandm124 crap you? wtf

  • the reason there no real jrpg in the U.S now in days is because of stupid revierer like ign given jrpg low score just because

  • And this game doesn't even look that cool what the fuck.

  • @Reperkussion Anyone can playing against scrubs when your on a good connection. Try going 60 and 5 against my friends and not randoms and see what happens.

  • My new windows phone can do anything!

    Except for stop stopping stupid shitty google owned youtube from putting ads on every one of their fucking videos.

  • ....some flag this shitty video....

  • This review bored the life out of me.

    He rips on the graphics, even though they're well animated in battle and quite competent for a DS game. He rips on the music for no other reason than the game being long. He rips on the gameplay, really only citing the game is turned based, "super traditional" and a JRPG to prove himself.

    I'm not saying the game appeals to everyone, but this review seems to be from someone who decided to dislike the game before even starting to play it. Dislike.

  • @Daedrakhan many times they dont seem to explain themselves, I sympathise but for some reason nobody reviews RPG's well in my opinion

  • @Daedrakhan

    i'm sorry, but it's true. so many DS games look like this. NO ONE is pushing the system's graphics limits, it doesn't make sense why soooooo many square enix games looking like this! COME ON!

  • @younguy1979 HERP DERP DERP DERP I NEED GRAPHICS BECAUSE MY SMALL MIND CAN'T COMPREHEND IMAGINATION

  • @younguy1979 @younguy1979 It's on a damn DS dude get the stick out of your ass and enjoy the game It's not all about the graphics Dragon Quest Fans know this the most

  • @jumbabrother

    no, sorry, just should have made everything 2d and just less pixalled but whatever. i just don't buy square enix games from DS, if i do, i don't even play it and just download it since they're not worth paying.

  • @younguy1979 Your very apologetic whatever your sorry for don't mention it and if you have to download a Square Enix game by all means do it just enjoy the game while your at it because if you don't enjoy it what is the point...

  • ok for once im going with the 89 people that didn't like this. not for the game........just the review

  • Good job, Colin!!