/vr/ - Retro Games

Every DQ game beforehand brought something new or different to the table, something substantial.
6 just feels like a "paint by numbers" title in which they just did a checklist of "what a DQ game should have an be like" with elements taken from all previous games; and ultimately that makes it the most soulless one. The graphics are nice on a technical level indeed, but outside of the monsters, don't have any particular charm to it. The point of interest in DQ graphics never was the technical prowesses but the artstyle.

The biggest issue however is how uninteresting and bland all the characters and the story are.

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>>6315348
Because of small dick.

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>>5685895
>the SNES titles being graphically inferior to a 1987 Master System game is truly embarrassing.
I don't think so.

>>5593308
>What is the best Dragon Warrior game?
With DQ it seems to happen the same phenomenon. There are the games that lie towards the gameplay and the more oriented story games.

1,2,3,6 are the gameplay ones, with 4,5,7 the story ones.

Which are the best? It depends. Newcomers to jrpg prefers the story oriented ones, having characters who talk as often as possible. As this anon says >>5593315 I think that 3 is the best one at what it does. No jrpg can top it. It is a mix of good pacing in how you explore the world and a good amount of freedom where it matters. As the installment evolves and the audience grows, I think the gameplay aspects of the story stops being as relevant as they used to be.

>I'm looking for the best job-class experiences in games
That's probably 7. The game is very long and it will take many hours until you can actually choose a job. 6 has a good job system too, but not many people seems to appreciate the game. Not as long, but characters are not as representative as the ones in 7.

>>5593707
>How badly am I missing out?
Probably not much. If you give that much importance to this detail, I don't think you would enjoy most of these games where party characters barely talk.

>>5594038
>Do you mean is it more like FF1 where you start as a White Mage and become White Wizard or whatever?
Yes, DQ3's class system looks closer to FF1. There are no prestigious classes, but you can change your class in a special location. However there are penalties, so in practice except for a couple of exceptions, nobody does it.