This game did Octopath traveler way before it's biggest fan's parents met. I played both this version and the DS version and I prefer the DS version in some ways, i also prefer the PS1 version in others. That's why the play time is 60 hours and not the average 30 since I've played this game twice. Dragon Quest IV is easily the best NES RPG that came out and while in my opinion still not as good as V, which came out a few years later, It's somehow still just as modern and only slightly harder to go back to because of some weird story instances where the place you're meant to go isn't super clear, but other than that it's such a classic. The music is goated, the characters are super cool and the dungeons are pretty fun too just like in V. I like that this game features more human characters where V has you controlling monsters for a large portion of the game. Though the story is definitely more simplistic than V in certain ways, the way they intertwine is still interesting. Especially since you don't even really play as the hero on the box until the last third and a half or so.