Alright, time for me to stop fucking around. This is in the upper echelon of Dragon Quests, and it just has the raw deal of having to be the game that follows The One That's The Best. I found the story to be existentially morose and fascinating, a different kind of dark pretext than Dragon Quest usually has, and that lead to me playing this game far more intensely than I played 5 when I played through 5. I loved this game, and it's the DQ I think most about replaying.