"He tries to picture his dad's face by looking at his own reflection."

After finishing my 2nd playthrough of DQV there's no way it'll ever leave my top 5 games. This is the perfect Dragon Quest game because of the way it encapsulates exactly what the series is all about: bigass adventures, heartfelt stories, and funny characters. It's such an emotional journey the entire way through it's really hard not to resonate with the story. I was getting choked up AGAIN during this playthrough which I guess goes to show how good the story beats are much of a pussy I am. It's a struggle at some points seeing the most punished fucking protagonist of all time just have to keep going through it. This playthrough didn't take me very long either clocking in at about ~25 hours with very little grinding. I'd easily recommend this game to anyone interested in a 2D Dragon Quest game because it does more than just hold up today.

"You'll always be my lackey... Ha ha ha! No, you'll always be my dear friend."