Recordkeeping: Dragon Quest 1 COMPLETE
Feb. 19th, 2018 01:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xyzzysqrlSo I had never actually finished this one.
I know I've played it. I have fuzzy memories of playing it. Maybe as a rental? But the first Dragon Warrior I remember with any clarity of detail is IV. I completely skipped the first trilogy that I am aware of, and I became aware that I have been doing a lot of retrogaming recently, and HEY the entire first two trilogies of Dragon Quest are on the app store...
So, long story short (too late), I grabbed Dragon Quest.
To enjoy Dragon Quest 1, you have to really love to grind. You have to be okay with the knowledge that a good 55% or more of the game you're playing will be spent camped up just outside a town's walls, pulling in monsters one at a time, killing them, and moving to the next. Not exploration, dialogue, any of the stuff we take for granted as a foundation of RPGs today. There's plenty of that and you can enjoy it.
But you WILL need to grind.
Happily, grinding is one of my favorite parts of RPGs, so I got on well with DQ1. I do plan to play the entire rest of the series, and I plan to enjoy them.
As thou must.
I know I've played it. I have fuzzy memories of playing it. Maybe as a rental? But the first Dragon Warrior I remember with any clarity of detail is IV. I completely skipped the first trilogy that I am aware of, and I became aware that I have been doing a lot of retrogaming recently, and HEY the entire first two trilogies of Dragon Quest are on the app store...
So, long story short (too late), I grabbed Dragon Quest.
To enjoy Dragon Quest 1, you have to really love to grind. You have to be okay with the knowledge that a good 55% or more of the game you're playing will be spent camped up just outside a town's walls, pulling in monsters one at a time, killing them, and moving to the next. Not exploration, dialogue, any of the stuff we take for granted as a foundation of RPGs today. There's plenty of that and you can enjoy it.
But you WILL need to grind.
Happily, grinding is one of my favorite parts of RPGs, so I got on well with DQ1. I do plan to play the entire rest of the series, and I plan to enjoy them.
As thou must.
