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But the multiplayer functionality in 9 was largely pointless. The only important function of the online part was the long-since-taken-down DLC that means new players will never 100% the game.

Maybe the critics loved IX, but the general review I hear from someone I know about it is "it's ok". I am fairly sure most players would agree with my 10%/40%/50% statement.

You can burn a whole lot of time on the game -- Easily topping 100 hours (150-200 if you hardcore it: Grotto diving rarely produces good items, so you have to spend 50-100 hours doing it just for a decent set of equipment to fight legacy bosses with, even if you have a good map you can replay hundreds of times). You can have the story, which is bland and barebones, done in just 15-20 of those hours.

To even try to compare IX's story to VIII is a grievous insult to VIII. Admittedly, DQ games have never exactly been story driven, and the game itself certainly is playable. But this is not a 40/40 masterpiece. It's a flawed 25/40 that's ok but not great.

As for VI, it simply did nothing to grip me at all. I dragged myself along for a while, eventually got myself to class changing, then decided I simply didn't want to bother with the grind because the game just was not interesting enough, and have never touched it since.

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