Once you’ve cleared a DQ game, you’ll never forget it.Īnd it’s my pleasure to rank through all of the Dragon Quest roster to reminisce with longtime fans and help newcomers dip into the iconic series. All by slowly crafting its rough, somewhat goofy but profoundly memorable personality. Of course, Akira Toriyama’s art direction and involvement with the games have been key to the franchise’s success. It’s always relatively the same game, but telling new stories, introducing new characters, and taking advantage of new possibilities in a way that only serves to polish an already solid formula.
It has a lot to do with staying true to their core concept instead of rebooting the series every couple of releases the way franchises like Digimon or even Final Fantasy tend to do. It’s one of the very few long-running series with virtually no bad games, staying on an upward climb ever since 1989. As one of the most influential franchises in the history of RPGs, Square-Enix’s Dragon Quest never ceases to amaze.
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