An enjoyable dragon quest experience with some stumbles along the way.
I really enjoyed the integration of multiple JRPG elements from the dragon quest games into a hack n slash format . The enemies, abilities, equipment, classes, exploration, etc, all blended and translated well as a hack n slash game. Can't also forget to mention the character designs and banging soundtrack. It was super easy for me to be immersed into another dragon quest adventure.
However, it does have its shortcomings compared to the best of the best DQ has to offer. While the "stages" in this game tended to offer a good amount of excitement, it had some weird balancing issues. The stages would be either very fun and well paced, to having maps far too big that made traversing all around tedious or having super spongy bosses. Sometimes the stages were too easy to be entertaining, others it would be just right, and other times punishing. Having to do an stage entirely over because you couldn't rescue someone because it took forever to traverse from the other side of the map wasn't a good feeling. The story was also nothing noteworthy either.
This was still a fun good time. I'm definitely thinking about visiting some other DQ entries because I've found it very easy to get immersed in this franchise.
I really enjoyed the integration of multiple JRPG elements from the dragon quest games into a hack n slash format . The enemies, abilities, equipment, classes, exploration, etc, all blended and translated well as a hack n slash game. Can't also forget to mention the character designs and banging soundtrack. It was super easy for me to be immersed into another dragon quest adventure.
However, it does have its shortcomings compared to the best of the best DQ has to offer. While the "stages" in this game tended to offer a good amount of excitement, it had some weird balancing issues. The stages would be either very fun and well paced, to having maps far too big that made traversing all around tedious or having super spongy bosses. Sometimes the stages were too easy to be entertaining, others it would be just right, and other times punishing. Having to do an stage entirely over because you couldn't rescue someone because it took forever to traverse from the other side of the map wasn't a good feeling. The story was also nothing noteworthy either.
This was still a fun good time. I'm definitely thinking about visiting some other DQ entries because I've found it very easy to get immersed in this franchise.