Dragon Quest X Offline is scheduled to arrive in Japan on 26th February 2022, and in the lead-up to its release, Square Enix has shared some new details about the game.
For those who have played DQX before, there will still be some new content to enjoy and a new character to meet in the offline version. Here's the scoop (via Nintendo Enthusiast) along with some artwork and screenshots via the Dragon Quest Twitter account:
"The original episode, exclusive to the Offline game, takes place in the past of Ogreede continent, which you can visit in Dragon Quest X Online...The main characters of the original episode are Erge and Himea. In addition to scenes not shown in DQX Online, the new story will tell us more about their past...The ogre girl is Garmy, the new character introduced in Dragon Quest X Offline. The story of the original episode revolves around her. Players will fight alongside Himea and Garmy as guest characters in battles."
Of course, as previously noted - this offline version of the MMO is still only a Japan release. Fingers crossed the game is localised at some point. Square Enix also revealed in October that the offline version of Dragon Quest X will allow players to transfer their data across from the online versions.
Square Enix also showed off some new screenshots in November:
Is this a game you're hoping to see released here in the west? Tell us down below.
[source nintendoenthusiast.com]
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Ah yes, Dragon Quest X Offline Version, also known as "Dragon Quest: Never coming out in the west edition™".
I really wish they would release it in the West, and there's no reason for them not to do so, given that this isn't even online.
@VoidofLight They never said this isn't coming to the west. In the event where it was revealed, Enix led with a trailer for DQX Online that had a little note saying "This game won't be released in the west." The DQX Offline trailer had no such note. I'm positive this will come to the west, it'll just take longer because it needs to be translated. The Japanese version can just reuse all the text from the Online release so it gets to save time in that regard. I'll be shocked if any future major DQ games aren't localized given the recent efforts to expand the series' presence outside Japan after XI's success.
I would have been very interested to try this except for the change in graphics to a chibi style.. also assuming it even comes to the west
This is great news! The missing link in the series will finally be ours! Assuming they translate it into English, of course...
This reminds me of DQIX on the DS - the best one.
I'm a DQ series fan but not feeling the chibi character models in this particular game. Maybe because 8 (3DS), XI & X online didn't have them. They're the last 3 games in the DQ series I played so this seems a backward step in presentation (?)
However, I'd still absolutely love it to come to the West. Which I doubt will happen, sadly.
@VoidofLight Hasn't this like, NOT come to the west since it came out for Wii online in Japan? I don't think I'd care about this game even IF it did come to the west at this point... Starting to feel like a lost cause.
There's definitely a part of me lamenting the fact that I can't play any version of DQX while waiting in the queue for the Square Enix MMO they actually let us play.
I can't wait! But I still gotta finish XI.
Considering that it's not online, I hope that this comes to the West, including Xbox.
It's almost the year 2022 and we're still asking the simple question of whether or not a localized version of a game from a major developer and publisher in the video games industry will arrive. Square-Enix has the resources to pull off a simultaneous release in a similar manner to Nintendo. I seriously question why they haven't done so in all of these years.
Nobody cares unless it's coming over here.
The wait continues for a localization announcement...
Relax guys, this is gonna come west as soon as Mother 3 gets its localization…any day now
All I want for Christmas is a Western localization of this
@VIIIAxel it's not coming, bro. I've played a significant amount of X and the amount of content to translate is astounding. Like, think DQ11 times 2 (maybe 3). That's a big investment into something that would surely sell half or less than what XI did. The game's been out for nearly a decade, my dude.
If Trials of Mana is any indication of when we should expect a localized DQX, we really only have to wait another fifteen years.
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Dragon Quest X Online is a MMORPG by SE, released a little later than the failed FFXIV 1.0 launch before FFXIV became the greatest MMORPG in the world For now.
The game has a very generous Free Trial period which lasts forever, giving you access to a level cap of 80 out of the 120+ right now, and all of Base game and the first expansions content. Basically Version 1.0 and Version 2.0 up to the end leading to V3.0.
However keep in mind if you do a Free Trial and opt not to make a full account yet to login, the game will actually save your data locally on your computer, its only when you make a full actual account, that it will start saving everything on the server, so if you somehow lose your save file before then, your character will be gone.
Dragon Quest X Online uses elements from both FFXI and FFXIV, with slower paced gameplay, Vertical and Horizontal Progression systems, the longest storyline ever seen in a mmo Moreso than FFXIV giant lands, many, many quests, tons of mini-games and side content, even epic hidden questlines.
Thanks to a translation-teams efforts, the game is now fully playable and enjoyable by non JP reading/writing audiences.
What my friend has is a new Discord Community, made for DQX, created out of necessity due to the toxic issues the two major DQ communities have, Woodus Dragons Den and Dragon Quest Worldwide, tend to have, often alienating or removing good people, while protecting the bad ones. This discord community is brand new, and as of today just now opened up, and are hoping to find players interested in DQ as a whole or even new DQX players who want to join and, it even has a Team guild for players to join being lead by the Community creator.
The Community will be moderated based on complete fairness and equality. No sudden bans will happen unless someone comes in with the absolute intention of causing trouble. The leader and officers will speak with the troubled member in private to try and settle and resolve things, with Bans as a final measure.
The creator has also made some videos, posted into the proper channels in the discord, showing how certain gameplay systems work and how certain classes work, he is constantly making more for these channels, and has also provided a Channel with Important links that will take you to the translation tools, important websites, the Translation Mods discord, and even a 120+ Page Strategy Guide that he typed himself spending many hours on it, detailing everything he knows of the game so far to help new players out.
Here is a link to the discord for all those interested. https://discord.gg/NtFRctbWfy
We hope to see you Dragon Questers!
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