Current Events > Are the older dragon quest games any good?

(+) Yeah! (+)

1-6 specifically

The Reader reviews on the individual game pages read like they were written by eight year olds and aren't exactly helpful.

For reference:

7 was pretty boring. Too slow, and permanent loss of trained members plus late adds made it even worse.

8 is 10/10

9 was okay, silent party was stupid (especially after 8) but the gameplay was good enough
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Yes. I prefer 3 and 4 myself.
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I've only ever played Dragon Quest 1 on NES and it is literally Grind: The Game. You spend 80% grinding EXP and gold so you can get better gear and move to another grind spot and 10% of the time actually doing stuff like getting treasure or clearing dungeons.
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5 is probably one of my favorite games of all time.
7 was my first one, and I still love it.
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4,5,6,7,8 and 9 are the best ones.
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Yes.

5 is basically the FF6 of Dragon Quest.

Although 3 and 8 are the biggest sources of the public's perception of DQ.
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1 and 2 are pretty bad, but its a matter of them aging poorly rather than being bad games.

You probably wouldn't like 3, since its similar to 9 with a blank slate party who never speaks. The GBC version was pretty good tho. Its well balanced and ties together the Alfgard trilogy (the first three games) nicely.

4-6 are all VERY good. Probably want to play the DS versions of them for the updated graphics and translations. Also, the NES version of 4 was extremely difficult because you could only directly control your main character. The rest of your party was AI controlled, with you being able to pick a pattern of behavior at best. The DS version removed that, making it much easier.
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The first one was fun but yeah it's pretty grindy
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