This game impressed me so much that it got me to start writing reviews for the games I've played and enjoyed, so I decided to look for and find the review I made for this game in high school which was my first ever game review. I refined it a little bit as I typed this up, but it is mostly the same as what I wrote back when I made it.
Back in Fall 2012, Square Enix announced Dragon Quest VII for the Nintendo 3ds. As someone who has wanted to play the series, I was hoping and waiting for this game to get released outside of Japan. I could have just undusted my old Ps1 and got a copy of the game on that, but I was more interested in playing this remake because of its beautiful 3d graphics. Then in November 2015, Dragon Quest VII and VIII were announced to be localized in 2016 and I was ecstatic when I heard this news while watching the Nintendo Direct they were announced in. When the game came out, I picked up a copy of the game at Walmart and began my playthrough of this masterpiece.
One of the pros that stuck out to me was that the places you visit in the game all have a distinct, different feeling that almost feels like you're playing a different game and makes it feel like a real adventure. This sense of immersion made me enjoy the game more than I thought I would and kept me coming back.
The soundtrack is also pretty good. There may not be a ton of songs and you'll probably hear some quite a bit but they are catchy and fit well in the game.
The gameplay can actually get pretty deep. Like other turn-based RPGs, you have the options to attack, defend, use abilities or magic, or flee from a battle. While that sounds simplistic, this game can get deep with the numerous amounts of classes you can unlock such as the fighter, sailor, wizard, dancer, and plenty more. You can even learn some monster classes like slime and healslime if you're lucky enough for them to drop. Once you level up some of the regular classes to the max, you can unlock even stronger ones like the pirate and paladin classes that take even longer to level up. They all unlock useful spells and abilities that will greatly benefit you.
One small con that sort of broke the immersion was that some of the NPC and monster models are reused quite a bit. The grinding is another one since I remember it taking up a good majority of my playthrough but that partly my fault since I leveled everything up a bit later than I should have. The last and most annoying flaw was the backtracking. There were a handful of times where I got lost and had to pull up a guide on YouTube to figure out where to go next.
It's a wonderful classic remade with beautiful 3d graphics. The three year wait it took for me to play this game was definitely worth it.
Back in Fall 2012, Square Enix announced Dragon Quest VII for the Nintendo 3ds. As someone who has wanted to play the series, I was hoping and waiting for this game to get released outside of Japan. I could have just undusted my old Ps1 and got a copy of the game on that, but I was more interested in playing this remake because of its beautiful 3d graphics. Then in November 2015, Dragon Quest VII and VIII were announced to be localized in 2016 and I was ecstatic when I heard this news while watching the Nintendo Direct they were announced in. When the game came out, I picked up a copy of the game at Walmart and began my playthrough of this masterpiece.
One of the pros that stuck out to me was that the places you visit in the game all have a distinct, different feeling that almost feels like you're playing a different game and makes it feel like a real adventure. This sense of immersion made me enjoy the game more than I thought I would and kept me coming back.
The soundtrack is also pretty good. There may not be a ton of songs and you'll probably hear some quite a bit but they are catchy and fit well in the game.
The gameplay can actually get pretty deep. Like other turn-based RPGs, you have the options to attack, defend, use abilities or magic, or flee from a battle. While that sounds simplistic, this game can get deep with the numerous amounts of classes you can unlock such as the fighter, sailor, wizard, dancer, and plenty more. You can even learn some monster classes like slime and healslime if you're lucky enough for them to drop. Once you level up some of the regular classes to the max, you can unlock even stronger ones like the pirate and paladin classes that take even longer to level up. They all unlock useful spells and abilities that will greatly benefit you.
One small con that sort of broke the immersion was that some of the NPC and monster models are reused quite a bit. The grinding is another one since I remember it taking up a good majority of my playthrough but that partly my fault since I leveled everything up a bit later than I should have. The last and most annoying flaw was the backtracking. There were a handful of times where I got lost and had to pull up a guide on YouTube to figure out where to go next.
It's a wonderful classic remade with beautiful 3d graphics. The three year wait it took for me to play this game was definitely worth it.