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Japanese consumers pick their favorite Dragon Quest game
- Thread starter HawthorneKitty
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I think I can explain why. First one I played was IX and that was perfectly fine. Had fun in multiplayer, building a team, etc. Then eventually I tried out IV and thought it was way too archaic. I got to the point where I got the main Hero and started hating it cause I couldn't figure out where to go and what to do, got stuck and just got frustrated.
Years later I decided to download I on my phone while on vacation and enjoyed it. It did feel extremely old(and I highly disliked the battle music) but everything felt small and simple. I was able to handle figuring out what to do. I might enjoy IV a bit more now, but I'm not really looking to play it.
2, imo, shows its age more so than any other DQ game. Still a great game and hugely influential, but a agree it's to cryptic.
They bent over backwards in remakes to address that, though. So far that in the mobile version, it's no longer even possible to enter the final cave without all of the seals.
Specifically I never understand the people who seem to love IV and V but hate VI. Other than maybe being a bit too long I'm not sure what it's crime is to bring on that opinion
The most recent version of 2 I've played is the GB port, which helped with the leveling but not the obscurity. I should probably find a way to play 2 with a controller on android, as I like the version of 1 I got besides the controls, which I can't stand.
I think I still have the location of every major item burned into my brain from playing it on the NES in the early 90's and from reading the issue of Nintendo Power on it a few hundred times.
My issue with IV NES when I gave it a go was that I found the starting hours a bit dull compared to III NES, which gives you a full party and lets you explore the world right from the start. The DS remake didn't suffer as much since it sped things up considerably. I'll probably still give IV NES a proper try though, even if I'm not fond of AI controlled party members, just to experience the game as it was originally envisioned.
But yeah, they do feel more modern than a lot of their contemporaries. DQ IV's narrative would feel right at home in a SNES era JRPG, and I recall saying how much III blew away my expectations back when I played it. It feels like the most adventurous DQ game even today. Hell, most other JRPGs have trouble capturing that same sense of adventure. The jump from II to III is some seriously impressive stuff.
dragonlife
Member
I tried to play IV (DS) again a while back (after dropping it years ago) and I just couldn't do it. Again. I'm still really early, too, but it just feels like a chore to play for me. The game is fine, but I feel like I'm trying to force myself to enjoy it.
I first dipped my toes with VIII and got a decent way in, but eventually I got tired of the game.
I feel like the series isn't for me, but I've only tried two games. I'd love to try the Monster series one day.
Maybe I should stick to odd-numbered titles, ha.
I first dipped my toes with VIII and got a decent way in, but eventually I got tired of the game.
I feel like the series isn't for me, but I've only tried two games. I'd love to try the Monster series one day.
Maybe I should stick to odd-numbered titles, ha.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Is DQ5 proof that Waifu's are the true path to success?
/s
it came relatively early on the Super Famicom life. without checking, I think it came a few months after Street Fighter 2, so it rode on the coattails of that title on a moment the console was getting a bunch of big hits
I think the method of delivery for that survey biases it toward younger people, which explains the outcome you see there.
UncleSporky
Member
4 is the best. On original NES too, the DS localization made some really weird choices, and it just doesn't feel quite the same.
3 was too freewheeling for me. I really disliked the open quest for all the colored orbs for the sake of the egg. I remember at least one or two being kind of inscrutable and annoying as a kid. It was the same problem 2 had with its crests or sigils or whatever they were. Not enough direction and confirmation that you were on the right path, and/or needing to search a specific spot on the ground for one.
4's format was so awesome. The best part of any Dragon Quest is the very start, where you're leveling up and upgrading equipment rapidly, and you can feel the difference, and have the joy of learning new spells you really need. And in DQ4 you get to experience that 5 times! 5 different stories all brought together in the end. Each story very different from the last, in terms of the size of the party and tactics required. Including getting to play merchant! It was so ahead of its time.
3 was too freewheeling for me. I really disliked the open quest for all the colored orbs for the sake of the egg. I remember at least one or two being kind of inscrutable and annoying as a kid. It was the same problem 2 had with its crests or sigils or whatever they were. Not enough direction and confirmation that you were on the right path, and/or needing to search a specific spot on the ground for one.
4's format was so awesome. The best part of any Dragon Quest is the very start, where you're leveling up and upgrading equipment rapidly, and you can feel the difference, and have the joy of learning new spells you really need. And in DQ4 you get to experience that 5 times! 5 different stories all brought together in the end. Each story very different from the last, in terms of the size of the party and tactics required. Including getting to play merchant! It was so ahead of its time.
mobile game of some kind I would guess
Dragon Quest 5 rode on the coattails of Street Fighter 2?
Dark_castle
Junior Member
III is indeed amazing. One of the best SNES JRPG I've played. Excellent fan translation.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Yeah the dynamic fluid combat of sf2 was a hit and people wanted more so they went for DQ5!
DarkestHour
Banned
Everyone knows DQ IV is the best. C'mon bros.
What?
I wish but no there never was in the States. Not sure about Japan, VC maybe?
In fact it's been over a decade the first three had a remaster.
They were bundled on the Wii as the hook game for DQ X, in Japan only.
They've also been redone for mobile in the last decade.
Kind of. The Wii version are pretty much the SNES versions while the smartphone versions are slightly altered from the SNES versions but no enemy animations. I still want a proper remake.
Here's a good video as to way 3 is so renown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbqCsF3hS04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbqCsF3hS04
I think my not liking VI that much despite really liking IV and V is that I didn't get around to playing VI until shortly after I had already played enough of VII to where VI just felt like a slight step back.
A prettier step back, granted.
lol
it certainly got help from the higher sales of the console at that point, and sf2 helped move sfamicoms
compare to FF4 released only a year after release and sold a lot less
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
VIII is still the best, with V not too far behind
III is really good, but I like pre-established characters in my RPGs, so I always give the edge to IV over III.
III is really good, but I like pre-established characters in my RPGs, so I always give the edge to IV over III.
Mattakuevan
Member
Makes sense to me. Im not a huge fan of the series and I still really liked 5.
WaterAstro
Member
Hmm have they done this for Final Fantasy?
bloodyroarxx
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clay_ghost
Member
Click on link. It's one hour, close you tube on mobile.
On topic,
Agree that Dragon Quest 5 is the best.
Wow thanks for the vid link!