This game is way darker than I remember. Are all Dragon Quest games like this?
This game is way darker than I remember. Are all Dragon Quest games like this?
Jackson Fisher
Ryan Walker
Yes. Dragon Quest games may look cartoonish, but they can be very dark at times. 4, 5, and 9 are way darker than 8.
Angel Miller
Dragon Quest games are like fairy tails in essence, and the games have never been one to shy away from giving kids the bitter chocolate instead of the sweet one. What generally makes them so appealing is that most of the time, the heavier concepts of the elements presented tend to be somewhat hidden. The games never stop and bash you over the face with how horrible it is, like in FF.
One of my favorite examples of this happens in 3 really early on when you get to the elf town. What happens is you find a cursed town where the humans have all been transformed into other things. The cause of the curse is the nearby Elf queen who is furious that a human kidnapped her daughter. However, after you track down the daughter, you find out that the daughter was in love with one of the humans. Knowing that neither family would approve the marriage and feeling cornered, they both trapped themselves inside a cave and committed a lovers-suicide. When you tell the queen this, she feels distraught and embarrassed over the loss of her daughter and her actions. She then just silently releases the curse on the humans and asks that you speak of this to no one.
And all of this was in an NES game. It's really amazing the amount of weight and character this little dinky sidequest has, especially when looking at it objectively where you realize that it's basically a town and a mini-dungeon.
Blake Rivera
Damn, I gotta play the other ones now.
Cameron Collins
Delusional everyone on this thread
Carter Howard
>Getting the fygg from Marion in IX
;_;
Austin Peterson
honestly, there is some great stuff in just about all of them. 2 is a little shitty, and 1 has almost no story content, but the rest are great
Easton Kelly
>tfw 8 is the only game i've played so far that i'm not enjoying
Christopher Ramirez
Yangus does so much damage. Hero is basically his healing bitch iwhile I stack his tension and oneshot bosses lef and right. kek
Kayden Campbell
does jessica ever do good damage or are whips just bad? she honestly feels like massive dead weight while hero, yangus, and angelo carry the game