Dragon Quest Dilemma

[Mike Kelehan]

With this week's release of Dragon Quest 6, I've now completed the Dragon Quest collection. I had never finished one all the way, but I did enjoy them in my youth, so I got DQ1-3 for the GBC when they came out. After I started playing them about about two years ago, my plan was to go through all of them in order, but of course I took a break for DQ9 after DQ4.

Now, I'm faced with an interesting dilemma. I was just about ready to rip open DQ5 and give it a play, when I found out how much these things are selling for.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001NJMMHG/ref=sr_1_9_olp?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1298007363&sr=1-9&condition=new

...yikes. So, what should I do?

[Gorvi]

That's a bit high, but there's far worse. The DS version is the only way you can play DQV in the US w/o using emulators and spotty fan translations, I say tear into that sucker and enjoy some old school JRPG awesomeness.

[roboninja]

IF it was a lot of money, I would disagree with Gorvi. Since it is not (IMO), I agree with Gorvi.

[frederec]

Amazon can be very unreliable for pricing used games. They seem to be very inflated. However, checking ebay, it seems that if you have a still sealed copy, you can get around $50 for it. That's a bit higher than it was when it was new, but I don't think it's quite high enough to justify selling it for the profit, especially if you are a fan of the series and curious to play it.

[Wilkz07]

play it. i played it and its fun... didn't pay that kind of price and i doubt you'd get it sold for that.

play it.

[Mike Kelehan]

Amazon can be very unreliable for pricing used games. They seem to be very inflated. However, checking ebay, it seems that if you have a still sealed copy, you can get around $50 for it. That's a bit higher than it was when it was new, but I don't think it's quite high enough to justify selling it for the profit, especially if you are a fan of the series and curious to play it.

Yeah, the fact that it's just $50 is pushing me in that direction. And eBay is such a hassle. But then, I just cleaned out the basement, so I'm putting a lot of crap on eBay next week... like this Yoshi's Island DS that I never liked.

But yeah, I have to say I'll probably have $50 worth of fun with it. I don't think I'm curious, so much as I know I'll enjoy it, as I did 1-4 and 9.

[Daytime_Lantern]

If it were me I'd play it. I would say that DQ5 is my favorite DQ game to date and the only RPG that I went out of my way to talk to absolutely every NPC I could find.

[Panthera]

Play it. I really liked that one.

[Mike Kelehan]

Oh, there's never been any question that I'd PLAY it. It's just a question of whether I'd wait until I'm near a Gamestop that stocks a used one. There are a few near a friend of mine's, $33 each. But, when all is said and done, I don't think it'll be worth the hassle to make like $10.

[roboninja]

Oh, there's never been any question that I'd PLAY it. It's just a question of whether I'd wait until I'm near a Gamestop that stocks a used one. There are a few near a friend of mine's, $33 each. But, when all is said and done, I don't think it'll be worth the hassle to make like $10.

Agreed. If it was selling for like $150 or something, it would be worth it, but making $10-15? Not even worth your time, really.

[Mr. Murphy]

Wow, I sold my copy of DQ 5 last year after beating it, on the assumption that it would be around again when I wanted it. Bummer.

It was a good game, I say keep it as part of your collection. I wish I had.

[Camel]

I would (and did) sell it. I got around $60 for my copy about a year ago, which is about what you could get if you sold it on half.com right now. The cheapest price there at the moment is $65.

I like DQ games, but...eh. I would much rather play through DQVIII again rather than start up any of the older games. With all of the RPGs I have in my backlog, the earlier DQ games are a little too old school to justify the time commitment.

[Philonious]

Some quick math: You paid $35 and can 'double' your money for a net gain of $35... Which you'll inevitable pay for the game again in the future, so there is no point in selling.

[J Arcane]

That's a bit high, but there's far worse. The DS version is the only way you can play DQV in the US w/o using emulators and spotty fan translations, I say tear into that sucker and enjoy some old school JRPG awesomeness.
As someone who has actually played the DQ5 translation, I can assure you that the translation is in no way "spotty".

It also has the advantage of remIning visually intact instead of being replaced with DQ7 quality 3D graphics.

[Panthera]

It's not exactly DQ7 quality graphics. The battles are filled with glorious animated sprites instead of 3d models.

Wait, no, I mixed that up with the japanese PS2 versions that the DS games are ports of.