I dont even know what to say about Dragon Quest games anymore, every time I finish a new one I start thinking if its my new favourite. I loved absolutely everything about this one. The intro chapters, the story in general was extremely rewarding and captivating, every town is interesting, all the dungeons feel real and never overstay their welcome. This might be the best game of the mainline of all the ones ive played. Half a point (a bit unfairly) deducted because Im not a personal fan of the party AI (big fan of the party members using thwack on the last boss fight)