Dragon Quest VII Remake announced (Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined)

I will give the Dragon Quest series credit on one thing, even though they love remaking their old stuff at the very least they are also making brand new entries into the series. I probably won't be checking this out and will stick to the original, but it looks nice graphically speaking.

@Retro8bit

DQ7 on PS1 made me quit the series O__O. The game felt too repetitive with no progress in the first hours. It must get really good halfway through! A lot of people say this.

I rank the first 6 btw, everyone hails DQ4 DQ5 as the best but I disagree O_O

DQ3 > DQ1 > DQ2 > DQ4 > DQ6 > DQ5

None of them are bad btw, and DQ3 is a 10/10 RPG imo one of my favorites

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While we're here, the 10/10 RPGs :D just my opinion!

Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy 6
Dragon Quest 3 (Super Famicom remake, NES version is 9/10)
Persona 3
Final Fantasy (NES original only)





Secret of Mana would be listed, but it's not a true RPG imo with its action elements.

Many other greats have tiny flaws that don't even matter the first playthrough. Chrono Trigger for example: it doesn't have the lifelong replay-ablity of Tactics imo. Same with Mother 3 and Undertale. Suikoden 2 is near perfect but a bit too easy imo.

I thought 5 was considered the best since it got a movie, though I think it's the worst of Zenithia. I still prefer it over the entire 1st trilogy which aged like trash.


I've only played the PSP version but I agree that it is a top RPG, albeit obscenely easy.

@Lucifrost

Ah you're right it is DQ5 that everyone loves! I had to check the subreddit to make sure. It's good, but I don't get the hype for it. I was never WOWed by any of those post-trilogy DQs even though they are good. Same with the Golden Suns.


The FF1 remakes were far too easy >_< they are only worth looking at the graphical upgrades which are wonderful ;_;



Try the NES DQs on a colorful tablet via emulator, something with a large screen around 8 inches preferably an OLED screen. No guides. I find this makes the graphics more appealing and as they are supposed to be, with the cryptic challenge intact. You will need to make notes and maps for 2 and 3 :D

@Shishio-kun

So considering you felt that way about the original PS1 version, are you planning to pick this one up then?

This year, I'm close to completing all mainline Dragon Quest games except for X. I started with XI, then went all the way back to 1 and 2 and on the NES and just kept marching, I'm fairly deep into 8 now.

It's pretty random right after I finished 1 and 2 on NES the remakes were announced like a week later, and I finished 7 last month and the remake was just announced here, I played it on PS1.

First of all, it seems clear to me not only are none of the DQ games really actually bad, well, that's not totally true, they're definitely on the weaker side of the JRPG spectrum, compared to Final Fantasy and Phantasy star and stuff, but anyway even DQ1 I think is playable and has value on the original NES even today. (Although again, compare like DQ7 to Vagrant Story or other Matsuno games and Matsuno just blows them away)

However, unlike those other franchises each game gets better than the previous one, without fail, which is really unique and why it's so fun to play them.

I'd recommend DQ7 on any platform as long as it has the same core as the PS1 original, specifically I put in 65 hours and NONE of it was filler, I really didn't even grind, you just fight that many battles over that many hours.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for example and other modern JRPGs often have lots of filler XC2 I think only has like 50 solid hours of gameplay, DQ7, 16 year older game, has a solid 15 more hours of content.

With this remake actually being able to see cool characters like Aira and stuff instead of just pixels it's probably a solid buy if you never played DQ7.