Square-Enix – Dragon Quest and JRPGs

By : Boonichiwa

A quick interview between IGN and Yuji Horii, of Square Enix, talking about Dragon Quest and the difference between Western and Eastern RPGs

Yuji Horii: I wonder sometimes why the US reviewers are more negative towards turn-based battle systems. Real-time play has fun aspects too, but for this type of game there is more strategy that comes with a turn-based system. Also, you can play with other people in this game and decide what actions to take together.

Full interview here