Dragon Quest Megoothread

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

@TacoMeister (I messed up the post and idk how to quote in an edit lol)
Fellow DQ1 enjoyer!!!
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DQ1 has such a unique feel and atmosphere, I love it to bits.

I don't want to post any spoiler but the story is simple but highly enjoyable to me.

I've only played the Switch version of DQ1, but I did really enjoy it. I don't know how different that is to the NES version? It felt like a really solid foundation to build off of. I don't remember it being overly complex, but it was extremely charming

 

[Badseed Badseed]

Shit I keep forgetting 7th game exist lol and if I had to replay it again I would pick the 3DS version despite I liked the theme of the game but PS1 version drags too long and long damn.

I just don't have an emulator or actual hardware to do the 3DS right not. Plus I just love the PS1

 

[TacoMeister]

I've only played the Switch version of DQ1, but I did really enjoy it. I don't know how different that is to the NES version? It felt like a really solid foundation to build off of. I don't remember it being overly complex, but it was extremely charming

It's been a while since I played the switch version but if I remember correctly, it's easier than the other 3 versions. If you enjoyed your time with it, I highly advice the SNES version (translated versions are available here on the repo) and the GBC version (under the name Dragon Warrior).

 

[Yousef Yousef]

This might be surprising a lot of you but I love Dragon Quest!
I only discovered the series with XI then played the rest and I fell in love with the series.
My two favorites are the SNES versions of the first one and III.

The slime avatar likes DQ?! No way!

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

One day I'll do DQ6 on the DS.

It feels weird to know that the remakes are also old...

 

[Yousef Yousef]

One day I'll do DQ6 on the DS.

It feels weird to know that the remakes are also old...

It’s certainly worth a playthrough. 6 is really underrated imo.

 

[Tonberry]

Tierlist fighting is the death of civil discussion, but I think this one is more innocuous than ranking games

Here’s my ranking of the Hero designs:

Feel free to tell me how wrong I am for putting the IV guy so low (it really just boils down to his ugly pajamas and the girl option being like the coolest Toriyama design ever made)!

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

Tierlist fighting is the death of civil discussion, but I think this one is more innocuous than ranking games

Here’s my ranking of the Hero designs:
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Feel free to tell me how wrong I am for putting the IV guy so low (it really just boils down to his ugly pajamas and the girl option being like the coolest Toriyama design ever made)!

My only complaint is that it's just the mainline games Seriously though, I'm not even sure how I'd rank the designs. I'd say 8's protag is my favourite design and probably call it a day

 

[qw90700]

My only complaint is that it's just the mainline games Seriously though, I'm not even sure how I'd rank the designs. I'd say 8's protag is my favourite design and probably call it a day

I would just say the DQ7 main guy has the worst design in the series and call it day lol.

 

[solnK!]

Tierlist fighting is the death of civil discussion, but I think this one is more innocuous than ranking games

Here’s my ranking of the Hero designs:
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Feel free to tell me how wrong I am for putting the IV guy so low (it really just boils down to his ugly pajamas and the girl option being like the coolest Toriyama design ever made)!

Yeah all good but where´s 9´s MC?

 

[Tonberry]

Yeah all good but where´s 9´s MC?

He’s an avatar so I didn’t include him (or X) as the design depends on the player.

 

[solnK!]

He’s an avatar so I didn’t include him (or X) as the design depends on the player.

Oh, that makes sense, thank you for answering the question

 

[Tonberry]

I would just say the DQ7 main guy has the worst design in the series and call it day lol.

I like that he’s a little kid, always liked playing as a kid in these kind of RPGs (and Zelda) and I like his goofy hat. He looks way better in the 3DS artwork than in the original though, not as dingy.

I think 11 is the worst by a pretty wide margin, he is just so uninteresting and nothing with a yee yee ass haircut, and it doesn’t help that his outfit is really bland and has that (forgive me, Father) awful late Toriyama colors.

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Oh, that makes sense, thank you for answering the question

If I recall correctly I think I made mine look like a Super Saiyan lol

 

[030079AR]

DQ is backbone of console RPG IMO, and they inspire lot of cool games after, but before 8 and XI, almost nobody talked here locally. people just flocking to more easy to chew RPG. I only know some small numbers of people who plays DQ locally.

I've playing most of DQ but after these years, I only finished 1 and 9, testing 3HD few weeks ago, and love it. but cannot continue because of works. tried XI but the hair bugs me, and trying bunch of mods, but still cannot find replace that android 17 hair : /

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I like that he’s a little kid, always liked playing as a kid in these kind of RPGs (and Zelda) and I like his goofy hat. He looks way better in the 3DS artwork than in the original though, not as dingy.

I think 11 is the worst by a pretty wide margin, he is just so uninteresting and nothing with a yee yee ass haircut, and it doesn’t help that his outfit is really bland and has that (forgive me, Father) awful late Toriyama colors.

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If I recall correctly I think I made mine look like a Super Saiyan lol

I made my character looks like character in blue dragon, I think it's noi or something : ))
now i want to replay DQ 9 because i read Your post about saiyan : ))

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

I think the snes versions of the first 3 games are the definitive ones

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

I made my character looks like character in blue dragon, I think it's noi or something : ))
now i want to replay DQ 9 because i read Your post about saiyan : ))

Blue Dragon was pretty fun too. I played through that when I got my Xbox a few years ago

 

[Yousef Yousef]

the girl option being like the coolest Toriyama design ever made)!

Objectivd truth.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

By the by the female dq3 hero is also pretty sweet

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

I too like Dairy Queen

 

[Tonberry]

By the by the female dq3 hero is also pretty sweet

I actually just forgot to add her since they're almost identical in DQ3, only noticed afterwards

 

[Yousef Yousef]

I too like Dairy Queen

Favorite flavor?

I actually just forgot to add her since they're almost identical in DQ3, only noticed afterwards

It’s fine LOL. I should also post my dq9 hero haha.

I wish I had a better screenshot but I lost it LOL.

She’s the pink haired one, if that wasn’t obvious.

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

Favorite flavor?

When its avaliable snickerdoodle with the cookie dough substituted with pie crust otherwise butterfinger with carmel added

 

[Yousef Yousef]

When its avaliable snickerdoodle with the cookie dough substituted with pie crust otherwise butterfinger with carmel added

Nice, I grab blueberry if I find it.

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

Nice, I grab blueberry if I find it.

Butterfinger with caramel added was originally with butterscotch instead of caramel and it was what was used for the Harry Potter butterbeer blizzard which was my first ever blizzard I tried. Butterscotch is gone, so I do caramel and its good but not the same.