Dragon Quest is the rice.
For the Japanese, eating rice is just a part of everyday life, nothing special about it.
It's not the rice itself that people complain about, it's the way it's cooked, the amount of water used.
It is not a complaint about the rice itself. I think that's what playing DraQue is all about.
You can make one comment about the quality of Koshihikari or Akita Komachi every year - "it's good", "it's very good", "it's not so good this year" - but no Japanese person will go into detail about the quality of the rice.
(Do Americans mention the taste of pizza or Coke in detail every year? The same applies to vodka for Russians. A Frenchman might give a lengthy evaluation of a cheese or a wine. I don't know about the English. Oh, I forgot. There was tea.)
In other words, it has become such a traditional and standard game series that it is difficult to critique and observe.
So it's very difficult, but I wanted to think a little bit deeper about this "11".
I don't like meaningless sentimentality. I don't like to spend a lot of time in nostalgia, I think I should be doing something else.
This 11 is littered with symbols from previous games.
The characters reminded me most of 4.
The events are too many to observe: I was surprised to find a fighting tournament from 3, and a quote from the Gaiden manga (Emblem of Roto, it's a classic manga).
The choice of background music had so many winks to the players of yesteryear that it was even annoying.
But I didn't feel the "sentimentality" that I hate. Strangely enough.
Maybe it's because I felt that Yuji Horii, the creator of this game, wanted to say goodbye and thank you to all the people who have played DraQue so far.
I think it's safe to say that with "11", DraQue has come to an end.
It seems that they are going to make "12", but it will be completely different from the previous games. (I'm predicting that 7 will be the closest).
Koichi Sugiyama san passed away at the end of September. Oh... 11 is truly the last Dragon Quest...
May he rest in peace.
Your music is eternal.
For the Japanese, eating rice is just a part of everyday life, nothing special about it.
It's not the rice itself that people complain about, it's the way it's cooked, the amount of water used.
It is not a complaint about the rice itself. I think that's what playing DraQue is all about.
You can make one comment about the quality of Koshihikari or Akita Komachi every year - "it's good", "it's very good", "it's not so good this year" - but no Japanese person will go into detail about the quality of the rice.
(Do Americans mention the taste of pizza or Coke in detail every year? The same applies to vodka for Russians. A Frenchman might give a lengthy evaluation of a cheese or a wine. I don't know about the English. Oh, I forgot. There was tea.)
In other words, it has become such a traditional and standard game series that it is difficult to critique and observe.
So it's very difficult, but I wanted to think a little bit deeper about this "11".
I don't like meaningless sentimentality. I don't like to spend a lot of time in nostalgia, I think I should be doing something else.
This 11 is littered with symbols from previous games.
The characters reminded me most of 4.
The events are too many to observe: I was surprised to find a fighting tournament from 3, and a quote from the Gaiden manga (Emblem of Roto, it's a classic manga).
The choice of background music had so many winks to the players of yesteryear that it was even annoying.
But I didn't feel the "sentimentality" that I hate. Strangely enough.
Maybe it's because I felt that Yuji Horii, the creator of this game, wanted to say goodbye and thank you to all the people who have played DraQue so far.
I think it's safe to say that with "11", DraQue has come to an end.
It seems that they are going to make "12", but it will be completely different from the previous games. (I'm predicting that 7 will be the closest).
Koichi Sugiyama san passed away at the end of September. Oh... 11 is truly the last Dragon Quest...
May he rest in peace.
Your music is eternal.
Reviewed on Oct 02, 2021