The Dragon Quest/Warrior thread

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Prowler

I've played VIII only so far. Love it. It's also a super long game.

Give XI a try! I spent like 120 hours in it and I still didn't do everything. Fantastic, fantastic game. Maybe my new favorite JRPG of all time. It's a slow-burner but man it's amazing.

I own IX for the DS as well, but am yet to tackle it. I imagine it's a bit long as well, so I'm holding on before playing it.

People swear by IX but it's hard to get into. And unlike VIII on DS, the character models are TINY.

Odds are pretty good we'll see some kind of IX re-release in the foreseeable future. Probably we'll get VIII after VII Reimagined comes out in February, then IX after that. Then X Offline, if we're lucky.

And probably HD-2D remakes of IV-VI simultaneously. Man, it's a great time to be a DQ fan.

VII is the longest of them all, apparently. I'm really curious about it.

Check it out the VII Reimagined version in February. Supposedly it fixes a lot of stuff people didn't like about the original game and gives it a better narrative.

Originally Posted by neatoman

It saddens me to know that XII will be the last game to feature both Toriyama's character design and new compositions by Sugiyama.

If it ever comes out at all. It was announced 5 years ago, announce trailer and all.

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

At least Toriyama left behind a general template they can use if they choose to continue the art style. I mean most of the Dragon Quest characters look like weird variations of Goku, Gohan and Bulma and so forth with different clothes and hairstyles.

Yeah, he has a pretty consistent footprint to follow. Same with the Chrono Trigger character design.