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DQ Builders 2

Jul 22 at 8:30:26 AM
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Didn't play first one, but been playing the new one and I love it. A little simple but very addictive. I love how it wisely removed the tedium of certain things by giving you a crew. Although sometimes it feels the game is playing itself, I personally don't mind it.

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Jul 22 at 11:46:30 AM
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Been opening up some of the explorer islands. Use the flute to find items on the checklists. Complete the checklists and you get infinite items xD

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Jul 22 at 2:59:37 PM
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I did 2 explorer islands, got 5 chickens, 4 dog pals, 2 new villagers, and a crapload of strawberry seeds

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Jul 22 at 3:29:10 PM
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Did you put the chickens somewhere, build them a coup or something? I just let them roam and find eggs all over the place.

Jul 22 at 4:06:20 PM
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Originally posted by: B.A.

Did you put the chickens somewhere, build them a coup or something? I just let them roam and find eggs all over the place.

Just free roam here, at least for now.

I just finished the pyramid building and am over on the island where Moonbrooke is located. This game keeps getting better and better!


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Jul 23 at 7:00:57 AM
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Loving this game but the prison island thing in between the pyramid building is such a chore.

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Jul 23 at 8:34:01 AM
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Originally posted by: alakhira

Loving this game but the prison island thing in between the pyramid building is such a chore.



It's not terribly long, but this is where I noticed things spiking in difficulty. Moonbrooke is tough since your base gets attacked quickly and monsters there are strong enough to do base damage.

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Jul 23 at 10:15:03 AM
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The prison thing was fun, although I really wish my slime pal came back with me. Has anyone made friends with monsters for their island yet? I killed a bunch of stuff but none that wanted to be friends yet

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Jul 23 at 10:56:57 AM
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Originally posted by: empire

The prison thing was fun, although I really wish my slime pal came back with me. Has anyone made friends with monsters for their island yet? I killed a bunch of stuff but none that wanted to be friends yet



Yep! Sabercat, sabercub I think, and a stone Golem.

They also come back to your island (found these on the non-story islands, fwiw)

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Jul 25 at 10:46:46 PM
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Just finished Moonbrooke. Game is still going strong. I will say I'm really getting sick of all the dialog. Absolute worst part of this game. There's just so much that I have zero desire to read any of it at this point.

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Jul 25 at 10:52:15 PM
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Yeah I can believe that. I took a break from the story to just build. I got the stone golem and he's so awesome to take out and smash stuff with.

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Jul 25 at 11:16:52 PM
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You guys are a good deal ahead of me. I just finished up the silver bar, I expect the mine town should be wrapping up soon.

Jul 29 at 4:57:37 PM
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Just beat the main game. The story does seem to drag at times with so much dialogue but I enjoyed the game overall. Will definitely keep playing just to build up the Isle of Awakening.

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Jul 29 at 8:43:35 PM
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I feel like I'm close to the end. I guess there's only 1 way to find out...

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Jul 29 at 9:45:12 PM
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Ive pumped like 75 hours into it in 2 weeks and you guys are still ahead of me. I beat Moonbrooke now im just starting whatever is next

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Jul 29 at 10:10:21 PM
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I just got to Moonbrooke tonight. The jail island was tedious.

Jul 30 at 8:59:30 AM
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Originally posted by: B.A.

I just got to Moonbrooke tonight. The jail island was tedious.

I hear ya. Couldn't get through the jail island fat enough. Fortunately Moonbrooke makes up for it. The rest of the game here on out is pretty satisfying.
 

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Jul 30 at 9:21:50 AM
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So I am surprised none of you have mentioned the oddities of building toilets and people waiting in line to use it -- sounds hilarious.
(read an article last week that focused on that aspect of DQ2)

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Jul 30 at 9:36:12 AM
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^The best is you get to dig the "night soil" out of the toilet after they use it and make stuff with it.

Jul 30 at 9:45:37 AM
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Originally posted by: B.A.

^The best is you get to dig the "night soil" out of the toilet after they use it and make stuff with it.
Yeah, the article claimed it was the most valuable commodity in the game, so it was critical to have a useful toilet arrangement.

 

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Jul 30 at 9:56:55 AM
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It's definitely not the most valuable commodity lol

When I built my first toilet room, the entire town stood in line. That was pretty funny to see.

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Jul 30 at 10:00:28 AM
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Originally posted by: alakhira

Originally posted by: B.A.

I just got to Moonbrooke tonight. The jail island was tedious.

I hear ya. Couldn't get through the jail island fat enough. Fortunately Moonbrooke makes up for it. The rest of the game here on out is pretty satisfying.
 



I just got to what I presume is the final island/land. I actually started paying attention to the story after my banner was built, and it's a nice interesting twist. That feeling lasted like 4 minutes, then I just blasted through the text.

While they greatly improved the mechanics and playability of the game, the ludicrous amounts of text (plus the "head voice" text you can't skip past and it lingers for 30+ seconds) almost ruins the experience. For that fact alone, DQ Builders 1 will be a much better experience and replayability than DQ Builders 2.

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Jul 30 at 10:05:58 AM
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Yes! I couldn't stand the wait time on the "head voice" text.

I also have to say that the story makes me want to replay Dragon Quest II sometime soon. Though I likely won't with DQXI coming to switch soon.

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Jul 30 at 1:49:10 PM
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Such a fun game series! I played the first one, and now I'm playing the 2nd one. The demo for the first game was bad. I almost didn't get it because of it. I ended up taking the chance and ended up loving it.

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Beat it last night, absolutely loved this game. Its a perfect sequel, took out the annoying stuff from 1 and improved pretty much everything else. The story was fun, the characters amazing, just an all around treat to play. Im gonna keep playing until I beat all the objectives, close to 100 hours so far.

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