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#1  Edited By takeshikitano3

I'm still pretty early in the game (7 hours) but I can answer to a degree.  It's very similar to VIII in visual style and sense of humor (both of which I loved).  Combat is pretty traditional, but you can see all enemies on the screen first like in Chrono Trigger, so you can avoid encounters when you want to.  Doesn't seem slow to me, and it's easy early on, if you're willing to grind just a bit, but ultimately if DQVIII left a bad impression on you, I'd say avoid DQIX.  Hard to type that in though, since I'll probably be playing this for months.
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#2  Edited By takeshikitano3

Hilarious, I love this.

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#3  Edited By takeshikitano3

LOL yeah they sort of ignore the story of the films just as often as they try to remain faithful to it.

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#4  Edited By takeshikitano3

When you play nothing but rpgs and it takes months to beat some of them, well... I haven't been so good about finishing games lately.  Or at least it takes me forever.  I finally bought The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age on a whim a few weeks ago and got so swept up in my love for LOTR that I finished it off in just 2 weeks.  The mechanics are ok, the story is weak (the story they give you on top of the film story I mean).  But I love the environments and enemies, and kicking ass on Middle Earth was a lot of fun.  35 hours for me.  Highlights were fighting the Balrog and Mumakils (those giant elephants, and fighting 2 at one point was maybe the toughest fight of the game).  Time to go back to Final Fantasy XII, so I don't repeat what happened to me 4 years ago:  getting really far then not finishing.  I'm further now than I was back then after restarting in October, and though I fell victim to this pleasant orc slaughtering distraction, I'm lucky it didn't derail me too much.  I was in the thick of some rare monster and esper hunting.

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#5  Edited By takeshikitano3

Yeah Amazon preorders have worked well for me too, though I have Prime.  Also gotta love getting sent refunds for their price guarantees and not having to monitor that myself.
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#6  Edited By takeshikitano3

I didn't play FFIV until it was on PS1, and though I liked it, I think I would have had to get caught up in the original lovefest to truly appreciate it as much as many do now.  Though I love the series overall, I'd probably give my top pick to Tactics, if it counts.
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#7  Edited By takeshikitano3

Never had an N64 or played Ocarina of Time, so finally having a chance to check it out on a spiffy new handheld from Nintendo... I'm probably a bit more excited about that rerelease than most hehe.
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#8  Edited By takeshikitano3

Greetings all, I work/live in/near Chicago, and have been gaming since the days of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out.  Mostly rpgs, and not always the newest ones.  Most anticipated event of 2011 though:  Uncharted 3, woo-hoo!