/vr/ - Retro Games

I'm playing through Dragon Quest 2, just got the boat and judging by the lines of NPCs in the boat town I'm supposed to go to the islands where DQ1 took place, and I did.
Now the main objective seems to be finding the golden key and that's where uncertainty begins. First I thought that it'll be in the same place first magic keys were sold in DQ1, but there's no town there anymore. I moved south and found the asshole from DQ1 that demands proof of my lineage, some portal behind him that leads to more portals (and sun seal, which I picked up), most of them leading into dead ends, but one goes to an island in south-west of the map that I seem to be woefully underleveled for. There's also an NPC in the DQ1 main castle behind a silver key door that says something about some celestial thingy and where I can find it, but I have no idea what I'd need it for yet.
So, from this point on my choices seem to be:
- get on the boat and try to explore other islands
- try to get into the DQ1 boss castle (I think it's related to the celestial thingy mentioned earlier, but I'm not sure)
- try to explore the south-western island I reached through teleporters, the one that kicked my ass first time I came there
- explore the DQ1 islands around the place the signet proving my heroic bloodline was located in DQ1 (there are no towns in that area according to the map, but maybe it's just buried in the ground again or something)
What should I do? I'd appreciate softer tips rather than clear cut spoilers, I'm still harbouring hopes of beating the game without a walkthrough.

>>3108898

Well, in most cases, the sequels improve the old games from the franchise, so it's easy to think "the newest, the best".

But besides all the kind of things that are lost in sequels, in favor of innovations or changes, the things that make one game special when it came out, is lost forever.

In my opinion, it's not fair evaluate a game out of his time. I don't think that you must "play the original" (because the remakes takes the essence of a game, and polish the parts that aged very bad), but some of the good (and new) things of old games, can be "very common" today. So you lost that appreciation.

Some of the things that I love about sequels, are the improvements over the originals. Another good thing that you can lost if play directly a sequel.

Dragon Quest 2 is the worst DQ that I played, but it was amazing how expanded the original concept, and how inspired the evolution of JRPGs in general. So, for me, it's impossible to say "DQ 2 is shit". Even with DQ3, and how improved EVERYTHING.