The stupidly high encounter rate is doing a serious number on my sanity.
Not just that, but I’ve been spoiled rotten by excessively linear games likes Hexyz Force and Phantasy Star Portable so I can’t get used to roaming around for hours and talking to every single NPC to get a clue where to go next.
Then when I do find out where I’m supposed to go, I have to find more random battles to get there, then fight even more to get through it. I don’t think I can take much more of this.
I’m 26 hours in, average level 31, just raised Sorceria. The encounter rate is a lost cause, but if the story doesn’t pick up (i.e. start bloody existing) by the time I hit hour 30, I’m quitting.
Yeah, I never finished 6 (or any of the earlier DQ games). The encounter rates were hellish, so I used a cheat to have no encounters, but even with that there were so many times where I didn’t know where to go to move on with the story, so I gave up in the end.. :/
I don’t remember 4 and 5 being anywhere near this bad. Plus there’s also the fact that even if you take away that particular issue, DQ6 just isn’t very good…