I'd recently been looking into Tolkien's work and how he inspired the fantasy genre. I used this as a reason to research early RPGs, how they were inspired by his work, and how they branched off.
I see Dragon Quest as a good starting point for RPGs and the standard when it comes to making the bare minimum. It's not filled with overwhelming lore or a bunch of items to collect. It's just freely exploring and grinding until you can get a good enough level, armor, weapon, and the item necessary to access the final boss.
I made sure to take my time and collect all the most overpowered stuff. The only thing I dislike is the grinding. It wasn't as annoying as I found it to be in other RPGs, due to the game's small number of enemies and how easy it get to 1 shot them after reaching level 20 (the max is 30), the game just becomes easy to zone out to while the gameplay takes the center stage.
Honestly 8.5/10, would play again. And to anyone wanting to make an RPG (like in RPG maker or something), i'd suggest playing this title first.
Anyways, on to Dragon Quest 2
I see Dragon Quest as a good starting point for RPGs and the standard when it comes to making the bare minimum. It's not filled with overwhelming lore or a bunch of items to collect. It's just freely exploring and grinding until you can get a good enough level, armor, weapon, and the item necessary to access the final boss.
I made sure to take my time and collect all the most overpowered stuff. The only thing I dislike is the grinding. It wasn't as annoying as I found it to be in other RPGs, due to the game's small number of enemies and how easy it get to 1 shot them after reaching level 20 (the max is 30), the game just becomes easy to zone out to while the gameplay takes the center stage.
Honestly 8.5/10, would play again. And to anyone wanting to make an RPG (like in RPG maker or something), i'd suggest playing this title first.
Anyways, on to Dragon Quest 2