Japanese studio HexaDrive has revealed that it'll be co-developing Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate alongside Square Enix. HexaDrive has worked with Square Enix multiple times in the past, the most notable collaboration being Final Fantasy XV.
A bit of background: HexaDrive primarily works with other companies on fairly large projects. For example, it helped develop The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD with Nintendo. As such, it's unlikely that HexaDrive has much creative say over Dragon Quest XII — it's probably been brought on for technical purposes.
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In any case, HexaDrive is currently recruiting for Dragon Quest XII, which suggests that the finished product is still a long, long way off. Square Enix previously said that the story is done — but it sounds like the game itself is only just getting started.
[source twitter.com, via siliconera.com]
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Simply cannot wait. DQ11 is one of the few true 10/10 games.
In the meantime, they should work on porting Dragon Quest IV - IX to modern devices. It's silly how inaccessible some of those games are.
I hope they keep it turn based and stay well away from American accented voice overs.
I just hope the story and characters are as superb as those of DQ11
More Sylvando please!!!
@Ralizah IV, V, VI, and VIII are on mobile. Obviously it’s not the best way to play really any game IMO, but they’re functional. No sign of VII and IX though, sadly
@Mauzuri 7/10!? Jeez, not sure I could put 80 hours into a 7/10 tier game. Lol. DQ11, I almost never wanted it to end.
@pharos_haven - I thought everybody hated Sylvando? Never understood why though, as I found him to be a fun and charismatic character with tons of personality.
@Shstrick Are they portrait mode-only like I - III are? I tried playing those games on mobile, and it's just the most uncomfortable thing in the world.
VII and VIII are on 3DS, at least.
Really, what they need to do is make all nine games available on PC, PS4, and Switch. These ancient games should be available on everything by now.
@Mauzuri spot on,it’s the quintessential 7/10 game. It’s very solid, no surprises, no advancement for its genre.
@Ralizah You would think that these games with a simple increase in resolution maybe some upgraded textures would be easy money with next to no effort put into them.
@Shstrick Yeah i want to play them on a big screen not on a mobile.
@JustPlainLoco DQ XI was my first one and Sylando was the reason I kept playing
Yeah, Dragon Quest seems to have always been a series where they get another developer to work on it alongside the key staff overseeing it all. Chunsoft for the first 5 games, Heart Beat for 6 and 7, Level 5 for 8 and 9 and Arte Piazza for the DS remakes. 10 and 11 seem to have a mixture of Tose, Toylogic and Orca.
Really interesting way to handle production of a franchise, especially the main entries.
@Mauzuri nah 7/10 that would be the witcher 3 and other overrated western rpg with crappy, clunky and junky combat
Sad to hear it looks like the game is many years off from release, makes you wonder why companies announce games so early?
@somnambulance Too long for me, I prefer shorter games, but I agree that it's a 10/10 game.
@HotGoomba Me too. That’s one of the ways I know the game’s a 10/10. I didn’t want the game to end and it’s about 10x longer than I prefer my games to be.
@Ralizah I think they announced a ps4 remake of IV right? Looks like part VII I've think.
@Synthatron_Prime They announced an HD-2D remake of DQIII that'll probably go to Switch, PS4, and PC (maybe Xbox, too, considering they got both Octopath Traveler and Dragon Quest XI S). I've not heard anything about DQIV being remade.
@Ralizah Ah ok cool. I confused 3 with 4. Thanks!
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