A really great game but it had a lot of things working against it, but it was still an enjoyable experience.
The story was nothing new, but well executed, although I didn't feel the need for the secret Jessica ending as I found the Hero and Medea had a really nice friends-to-lover romance which had been introduced to the players from basically the start of the game. I found the other playable characters especially stale, Yangus was really the only one I cared about.
The overall gameplay was basically as Dragon Quest as can be. Although I was quite suprised how easy it was to level up, as someone who is used to grinding for a while before taking on a new boss, I kinda overleveled myself and it was fairly easy to beat the entire game at around level 40.
I absolutely HATE the way you equip items, why the hell is there even a an equipment window when you have to manually transfer all items from your bag??? Wish it looked more like the equipment screen from DQ9.
I liked the addition of Red and Morrie as playable characters, but they are way too busted. which isn't bad but it turned every fight into: get as much tension as possible (hope the enemy doesn't use disruptive wave), do your best attacks, profit. EXCEPT FOR...
Memories Lane, holy hell, I am glad the other bosses in this game weren't as difficult as these. Dhoulmagus was like the biggest, pray to Jesus fight ever. Literally made Estark, the actual final boss, look like childsplay. Talking about Estark, I'm glad he made a return. Apparently bonked his head or something. (fyi kasnooze, setup, attack...)
Enough whining, I still really enjoyed playing this game, it still is probably in my top 3 DQ games, there are a lot of QoL changes they could've made, Zoom costing 1MP? Equipment Screen functionality,... but it is definitely worth a playthrough, maybe even two!
The story was nothing new, but well executed, although I didn't feel the need for the secret Jessica ending as I found the Hero and Medea had a really nice friends-to-lover romance which had been introduced to the players from basically the start of the game. I found the other playable characters especially stale, Yangus was really the only one I cared about.
The overall gameplay was basically as Dragon Quest as can be. Although I was quite suprised how easy it was to level up, as someone who is used to grinding for a while before taking on a new boss, I kinda overleveled myself and it was fairly easy to beat the entire game at around level 40.
I absolutely HATE the way you equip items, why the hell is there even a an equipment window when you have to manually transfer all items from your bag??? Wish it looked more like the equipment screen from DQ9.
I liked the addition of Red and Morrie as playable characters, but they are way too busted. which isn't bad but it turned every fight into: get as much tension as possible (hope the enemy doesn't use disruptive wave), do your best attacks, profit. EXCEPT FOR...
Memories Lane, holy hell, I am glad the other bosses in this game weren't as difficult as these. Dhoulmagus was like the biggest, pray to Jesus fight ever. Literally made Estark, the actual final boss, look like childsplay. Talking about Estark, I'm glad he made a return. Apparently bonked his head or something. (fyi kasnooze, setup, attack...)
Enough whining, I still really enjoyed playing this game, it still is probably in my top 3 DQ games, there are a lot of QoL changes they could've made, Zoom costing 1MP? Equipment Screen functionality,... but it is definitely worth a playthrough, maybe even two!