{"id":7030,"date":"2011-10-20T13:27:51","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T21:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=7030"},"modified":"2011-10-20T13:27:51","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T21:27:51","slug":"videogames-dragon-quest-x-looks-like-crap-fans-still-unhappy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/videogames\/videogames-dragon-quest-x-looks-like-crap-fans-still-unhappy\/","title":{"rendered":"Videogames | DRAGON QUEST X looks like crap, fans still unhappy"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 4gamer<\/a>:<\/p>\n\"DRAGON<\/a>\n\"DRAGON<\/a>\n\"DRAGON<\/a>\n

Like, what the fuck, Square Enix?<\/p>\n

This was the best of the bunch:<\/p>\n\"DRAGON<\/a>\n

The best<\/em>. It’s especially egregious when Level 5, the developers responsible for several previous Dragon Quest<\/em> games, is making a game that looks like this:<\/p>\n\"Ni<\/a>\n\"Ni<\/a>\n\"Ni<\/a>\n

I mean, sure, you could use the Wii’s lack of horsepower as an excuse when put next to Ni No Kuni<\/em>, which was developed for the Playstation 3… but even the damn Nintendo DS version of Ni No Kuni<\/em> has more heart and complexity to its environments, despite the low resolution and ancient hardware. See:<\/p>\n\"Ni<\/a>\n

Try harder, Square Enix. It’s early (though the game’s been in development for several years), it’s an MMO (kinda) and Dragon Quest<\/em> has never been graphical powerhouse… but this is just embarrassing. I want to be excited for this game, I’ve been hard at work trying since it was first revealed<\/a>… but I’m finding it exceptionally difficult to imagine this being any less of a trainwreck than Final Fantasy XIV<\/em>, which Square Enix are tearing down and rebuilding from scratch because it was so bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From 4gamer: Like, what the fuck, Square Enix? This was the best of the bunch: The best. It’s especially egregious when Level 5, the developers responsible for several previous Dragon Quest games, is making a game that looks like this: I mean, sure, you could use the Wii’s lack of horsepower as an excuse when… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videogames"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n