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Can you guys school me on the DQ series? Obviously the titles that count as retro.

What's the best starting point? How would you rank the series? Which titles are considered to the best, in the way that FF7 is always heralded as the peak of the Final Fantasy series?

Basically interested in learning as much peripheral stuff as I possibly can before I jump in.

>> No.6262403

3. Just do it.

>> No.6262437

>>6262402
You play them in release order like any serious gamer.

>> No.6262438

Just play them in order if you want the full experience.
>Basically interested in learning as much peripheral stuff as I possibly can before I jump in.
Read the Toriyama manga and watch the anime.

>> No.6262502

4 and 5, trust me

>> No.6262517

What are the best versions of DQ 1+2?

>> No.6262526

>>6262517
Unpatched SFC

>> No.6262553

>>6262526
What's wrong with the patched?

>> No.6262558

>>6262553
It makes the game worse.

>> No.6262565

>>6262402
IV, VI and VIII hit the best with me.
People love V, I don't see much talk about VII. Probably best to start with I.

>> No.6262575

>>6262402
>What's the best starting point?
5
>How would you rank the series?
Extremely low.
>Which titles are considered to the best, in the way that FF7 is always heralded as the peak of the Final Fantasy series?
3, 4, 5, 8.

Don't bother with this franchise.

>> No.6262616

>>6262575
Fag.

>> No.6262675
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>>6262402
>Basically interested in learning as much peripheral stuff as I possibly can before I jump in.
If this is true then why even ask what the best starting point is? Play in release order, if you can't stand a specific entry try a newer version of it or just skip it.
GBC for 1-2 are best but if you can deal with it SNES 1-2 have a shitty fan translation. Make sure you get the updated version b/c older ones have terrible bugs in the second game that can softlock you.
3 snes + fan-translation, only has one softlock (lady on 2nd floor of portoga house) but otherwise is masterful.
4 ds makes many people upset b/c of the accents. I liked it tho so see for yourself. If you're willing to go through the trouble 4 mobile is 4 ds but with party chat. 4 nes is fine too but u cant control other party members and I find it too boring (maybe theres a hack for that)
5 snes fan translation is bad and shitty. Ps2 is okay and visually interesting. Ds is fine but some accents/dialogue are legitimately disgusting while others are great. Recommend ps2.
6 snes fan translation BLOWS, Ds looks & sounds worse. No good option here honestly, game isnt the best either, still enjoyed it tho
Never played 3ds 7 but everyone says that its great and that og ps1 7 sucks, but I thought it was great so theyre probably just retarded and underage. Long game, if u have a job u might just want to skip, very unique experience all around.
8's fun. Play og and fiddle with emulator for an hour
9's cool but postgames a meme, i really liked the alchemy even if its kinda mindnumbing. Worst quests in vidya history. Get multiplayer working, its fun with a friend.

>> No.6262689

>>6262675
In short: don't play fan or official translations, stick to Japanese.

>> No.6262703

>>6262402
1, 3 and 5 are great starting points if you like retro games
8 or 11 if you're a zoomer
in japan 4 is a lot better than what we got. the english translations is balls and the ds version even removed content.(party chat), meaning our best version in english is the phone port.

>> No.6262761

>>6262553
Nothing if you can't read Japanese. Ignore posters like him.

>> No.6262762

>>6262761
Except for the game breaking bugs and other crap.
Everybody who isn't extremely retarded can learn Japanese so your argument is invalid.

>> No.6262776

>>6262689
What if he doesn't know Japanese?

>> No.6262783

>>6262776
He learns it. What kind of stupid question is that?

>> No.6262790

>>6262783
Or he can use the translation

>> No.6262793

>>6262790
That's not an actual solution. The translations still suck and he still doesn't know Japanese.

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>>6262402
>Which titles are considered to the best, in the way that FF7 is always heralded as the peak of the Final Fantasy series?

Pic related is babby's first DQ.