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I do like this game a lot but I think it's overrated as far as DQ games go. Admittedly I have only played 6, a bit of 7 (I was playing on my 3DS but my shoulder buttons were pretty much busted so I stopped playing soon after I recruited Ruff), 8 and 9 besides this one so my experience with the series is somewhat limited, however I think it's enough to say that this isn't the magnum opus of the series in my humble. For me, that'd probably be 8.
That being said, the characters are a lot of fun, the animation is beautiful, the voice acting is fantastic and I enjoyed it enough to see it through to the end (with the exception of the third act. I won't give anything away but I feel like just mentioning it is enough to be considered a spoiler, hence the warning. Anyways, third act seemed stupid so I didn't do it and if you've played that far, you know what I'm talking about). Also, the hero's Luminary powers were kind of OP and could do pretty much anything the game wanted him to. There's a lot of that in this game. Hell, there's even a bit where the party escapes certain death with what can only be described as the power of friendship.
I'd recommend this game, but not above 8 (best I've played), 9 (very close second, seriously I had over a thousand hours on that game as a kid... Switch remake when) and 6 (very fond memories of staying up late to play this).
I do like this game a lot but I think it's overrated as far as DQ games go. Admittedly I have only played 6, a bit of 7 (I was playing on my 3DS but my shoulder buttons were pretty much busted so I stopped playing soon after I recruited Ruff), 8 and 9 besides this one so my experience with the series is somewhat limited, however I think it's enough to say that this isn't the magnum opus of the series in my humble. For me, that'd probably be 8.
That being said, the characters are a lot of fun, the animation is beautiful, the voice acting is fantastic and I enjoyed it enough to see it through to the end (with the exception of the third act. I won't give anything away but I feel like just mentioning it is enough to be considered a spoiler, hence the warning. Anyways, third act seemed stupid so I didn't do it and if you've played that far, you know what I'm talking about). Also, the hero's Luminary powers were kind of OP and could do pretty much anything the game wanted him to. There's a lot of that in this game. Hell, there's even a bit where the party escapes certain death with what can only be described as the power of friendship.
I'd recommend this game, but not above 8 (best I've played), 9 (very close second, seriously I had over a thousand hours on that game as a kid... Switch remake when) and 6 (very fond memories of staying up late to play this).