I've only played 9, but it is definitely one of my favorite rpg's of all time. The DS was a gateway for a lot of the current generation of gamers and I think 9 did an excellent job of introducing us into traditional, turn based rpgs. Besides pokemon, 9 was my first gateway into that genre and it will always be special to me. I really have it to thank for getting me interested in things like Bravely Default, Chrono Trigger, and FF 6.
I’ve been playing a lot of XI and wanted to see a series retrospective. After watching a few duds I found your two videos. This was exactly what I was looking for! Very well put together. Nice job!
Johnny I gotta say, these last two videos have been some of your best ever. The production on them is amazing. Great job man. And very informative, as some one who has never played the series.
Dragon Quest VIII was sooo good but sadly is underrated by many who passed up on the game. It was the DBZ art design that made me purchase the game but it was the continuing enjoyment of the game that kept me coming back to play it year after year.
michael preller The replay value got me hooked. With a lot of the DS re-releases as well as VIII you can replay and have so many different experiences! Do a run through with swords as a main weapon then the next time do boomerangs! If you want some real fun on VIII run with fisticuffs on everyone! So many combinations and so much customization, it brings me back time and time again.
VIII is great. I got this one for my wife to play on her PS2 and watched her play it a lot. The monster arena host guy always made me want to make spaghetti for us at the time and I often did. I'll probably have to pick up VII at some point for her too, and maybe V and VI. I was an NES kid and played all the Dragon Warrior games on it and still have and enjoy them to this day. They are quintessential, genre defining games, in my opinion, and still probably my favorite game series overall. But anyway, yeah, VIII was a lot of fun and the art style of it is perfection.
I need to replay DQ8. I remember getting it after seeing some ads in magazines and being pretty terrible at it, mostly due to my young age. I didn't grind enough and ended up deep in the first dungeon getting knocked around by nearly every encounter. Upon reaching the boss I was immediately destroyed. My absolute destruction turned me off from the game, being the stupid little snot that I was, but I have since heard its praises sung by so many and I really should return to it. Funnily enough similar stories can be told about about a dozen other games that I should also pick up again.
I suggest getting the iPad version and the Game Guide. I have two saved games , one before I had the guide and one when I started over the game from beginning but with guide, my hero and cohorts are stronger.
I could not agree more! I was addicted to that game...maxed out my characters, gave each a tambourine to "Psyche" each other up, and completed the ultra-hard extra dungeon. When I finally decided to finish the main boss...I walked through him as if he were made of yogurt! Mmmmm, delicious!
I love when you review a whole series. The Grandia video is one of my favorites. Please continue with this.
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>sees Dragon Quest in the "Recommended videos" tab I FOUND MY PEOPLE Currently finished DQ IX, almost done with VIII, halfway with IV and the rest are moot. Once I start say...DQ V up, take a break, and then play another DQ game, I fall in love with the series all over again.
Epic two part-er! What initially drew me to the series was the fantastic Akria Toriyama artwork, which was lovingly brought to life on the DS remakes (my first DQ games). I think Nintendo did well to support the series these last few years outside of Japan and I'm hopeful we'll also get the 3DS DQ7 update along with DQ10 at some point.
Love the DQ series reviews, Johnny. Only one thing I wanted to add about Heartbeat is that they made the remake of 3 using 6s engine and the remake of 4 (PS version) using 7s engine :). Some of heartbeats developers later joined Nintendo and renamed themself to Genius Sonority and have made some notable games like Pokemon colosseum and XD on gamecube.
VIII was my first DQ game. I've played a few others since, but that's the one that made me fall in love with the series. It really is quite a masterpiece.
This was a delight to watch, thanks for making this series overview. As a side note, 8 was my introduction to the series. However, it was a translated rom of the SNES Dragon Quest 5 that got me into the series. Since then, I've completed 4, 6, and 9 on DS as well, though 5 is easily my favorite due to the sheer scope of the story. I have never played an RPG so legitimately immersive before or since, let alone with a silent protagonist. Honestly, I thought this was only a feat games like Zelda or Ys were capable of, but I am so glad to be wrong. It was quite a thrill to see the mysterious Celestians from 5 brought to the forefront in 9, as well. I believe it might be my favorite title in the series in terms of gameplay mechanics, though 8 is a huge rival there, as well.
140 hours for VII!!!....I'm about to start VI on my play through of the DQ series. VII will be a long haul, for sure! Hopefully it's super enjoyable, like this video! :D
I became a fan of Dragon Quest when I was a kid. It was my birthday present to get a PlayStation 2 and a couple of games. I am so glad I chose Dragon Quest 8. It remains one of my most favorite games of all time. I'm hopeful that 10 will come to the States someday
This was a nice video. I agree about DQVIII. They really did an amazing job with upgrading it, but still keeping that fresh old school RPG feel. It was the first RPG that I took seriously and thanks to it I got hooked not only to other DQ games, but to most other games, RPGs especially. It made me look differently on all the games and appreciate them seperately.
I am 42 and when i was in my 30's I webt to QW VII on PS1 and so on I also picked up the DQ monster games when i used to have a DS but with only a PS2 and PS3 only 2 of the series shows up . I would love to see a PSN upgraded versions like DQ8 at least of the 1-7.
Johnny, I love watching your show (all the way from Liverpool England!), I check TH-cam religiously for any new vids you may have posted. One question for maybe a show further down the line, would you ever consider doing a Q & A show? I - and probably many others - have a lot of questions that as yet are unanswered, either about your gaming history/games room/anything else. Keep up the excellent work :)
I wish I knew about the Game Deals meet! I feel as though I may be one of the only few people in the greater Vancouver area that loves DQ! That hang out session would've been awesome! If only I knew about your channel sooner man!
I think that stems from Johnny mostly just giving overviews of the games rather then him re-telling his experience with the games even though he did do that with a few of them. Still, all in all great work HCG!
I enjoyed your review(s). I would have liked to have a seen some discussion on the Dragon Warrior Monsters Gameboy games, too. Cobi's Journey / Tara's Adventure were very fun to play!
Still one of your best videos I reckon. Would love to see a follow up to this regarding all the spin off games like the Monsters series, Builders and Heroes etc.
Wow what a journey! Thanks Johnny! Being the gamer that I am I am sometimes shocked at myself for not playing any DQ game. At all. I need to rectify this.
awesome Johnny! really enjoyed the coverage of the entire series of DQ! currently i am playing through DQ VI and man is it ever awesome! totally worth every penny!!
I think that you should make another video where you talk about a bunch of your personal experiences with this game. My favorite videos are the ones where you and/or Rob sit there and reminisce about your experiences with each of the games (my favorite video being "Strange Arcade Tales")
Really enjoyed this series review Johnny. Not sure if you guys have been checking out the PC Beta for DQ X, but it's awesome. You should tell your significant other about it ;) Really hoping for a Western release so I might actually understand what the heck is going on. Anyways, really loved this series recap, and can't wait for more DQ-related videos in the future :)
ragnar, alena, taloon, mara, nara, hero (I named my hero "Eden") dragon warrior 4 chapters of the chosen was an awesome game - my all time favorite, in fact.
One of the first few things that made me realize I'd love DQ8 was the music. I've heard the sequenced music that the Japanese version got and it's not bad, but the orchestral music of the NA release is just on another level. On 9, I'm only about 9 hours in but I just found the strategy guide for like 8 bucks so I'll probably explore further with that handy. The save file that was on my cart when I got it had about 110 hrs I think; shame I couldn't have two saves otherwise I'd have kept it too
Don't want to dump on your great vid but @ 1:09 Dragon Quest VI was 32 megabits, not megabytes! But now that I've said that just wanna say I really love your vids and I watch every one of them =D
I only really knew about the Dragonquest series on the NES. And i've loved those. This videos have been very informative, and made me want to play the other versions.
Holy moly this has a lot of comments, Johnny, you can't possibly read them all, but I know you say you do! Must be a full-time job! Loved this overview of the series, but what I was really wishing for was for you to talk about your memories with each of the Dragon Quest games. Would love it if you made a video on each! I know you've talked about Dragon Warrior 1 some, and there was a whole video about skipping school to play DW2. :) But I still want more!
VIII was the first DQ game that I completed (very long overdue). I played the first one, then didn't play another until 8. Somehow I missed VII (as I never owned a SNES, but did own a Playstation). I'm glad I got it. It's interesting to note that the title was changed back to "Dragon Quest," from this game onward.
I just got the GB versions of I, II & III and am going to be playing them on my Super GB. Surprisingly I never got to play these when they came out. Phantasy Star was my first JRPG.
I have an unusual copy of DQVIII which isn't the main game, it must be a sort of side story that they brought out. Great review Johnny, got me very interested in tracking these games down.
Excellent job as always. I think the scripting is necessary for a retrospective so large in scope. Looking forward to the review of Dragon Quest Swords, which I thought was actually quite good, despite it somewhat lukewarm reception stateside.
I have nostalgia for all of the early ones. I got the 1st one with the magazine subscription, then rented part 2 from a place called "thrifty video" until I beat it, same with part 3. Part 4 I bought from someone in high school and it was also great.
I played no.7 and Torneko as a kid but never got to finish it (someone accidentally threw away my PS1 uber upset over it- I put it in a box while I was cleaning my room and someone thought it was trash). I LOVED the time travelling aspect of it (and how things got affected by what you did in the past), so unique at the time.
I got Dragon Quest VI for the Super Famicom for Christmas when I was in 4th or 5th grade. I never knew it cost my dad $100; no wonder I only got one present that year, lol.
Also, you should've mentioned the Google April fools from i think last year, where they changed google maps to be in the style of dragon quest, called 8-bit google maps or something like that. It had the music and everything. It was awesome
The Dragon Quest series is what got me into RPGs when I was a kid. 7 was the first I played and I loved it, though I never got around to beating it until a few years ago. I later got 1&2 and 3 on the GBC and loved those, especially 3, which is my favorite in the series, followed by 8 and 5. I so hope that 3 gets a Virtual Console port as it's fairly tough to play my original copy of it on the GBC.
DragonQuest XI will always be my favorite DS game, and I never even got the chance to play with friends xD he didn't mention that if you play solo, you create a team to come with you and I LOVED that feature ^_^ it felt like I was making my own story with a crew of characters I created
+RaybayTheDinosaur I believe you mean DQ IX, but what made it so good? I enjoy having my characters have preset personalities and what not. And feel as if like it would be as if I played FF1 again. (which I did not enjoy ha) If that makes sense. I enjoyed VIII, VII and V very much.
I feel u brother me too, I never had friends who played dragon quest until secondary, and I wrote back story's for each member of my party some were sad and dark, and thier story's effected there looks and btw u wrote XI that's 11 u mean IX that's 9 , happy mistake
Hi HappyConsoleGamer, I found your channel about a week ago and I've spent the last few days constantly watching your videos, I must have watched about 35 so far! Anyway, you and RobMan are awesome, keep doing what you're doing :D
I would recommend Dragon Quest IV on the DS for the first one. I started with Dragon Quest 1 and wasn't that into it but when I played Dragon Quest IV I got hooked and love the series now. IV and V are my favorites in the series as well.
Very informative and thought out review of a very interesting historic series into the RPG genre. Embarrassingly DQ8 is my first instalment into the series, and having read the wiki and watched informative videos like this, i've learnt a lot about the history of the game. I'll definitely venture into the past and play these old gems.
I was expecting to see a platform game i used to play back in the 90's at the arcade...where "Fly" the protagonist, appeared in a flying cloud... We used to call it dragon ball. I cannot find it anywhere... I swear i wasn't dreaming
Dragon Warrior VII was amazing. I also own that Torneko game for the Playstation. It's got a unusual gameplay mechanic, but it's pretty fun though it can be frustrating as well. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 is great. I've been playing through that lately for the first time.
I still remember when dragon quest 8 first came out. I was around, 6 or 7 at the time and BEGGED my dad every time we would go somewhere if he would buy it for me (it looked like dbz so I was instantly hooked to the cover) but sadly, I never got my hands on it. One day Im going to buy a newer dragon quest game and try it out. I love jrpg's so hopefully these games will be my new cup of tea
Thanks so much. Great review of the franchise. Like many I was introduced to Dragon Quest with number 8 on the PS2 and was completely blown away. Until today I hadn't realized 9 was on DS. Guess I need to buy a DS now.
I seriously need to stop beating around the bush and get back into DQ 4, 5, 6, 9 on the DS. It's like I play them for a long period of time before I put them down for an extended amount of time and when I try to get back into them I'm completely lost.
Dragon Quest 8 was my first experience with the series. I saw commercials for it and was like meh. . . then i walked into my local gamespot a week later and they had the game running on the ps2 kiosk. i gave it a shot. i got hooked, the next thing i know i look at my watch and realized i had been standing there for over 2 hours playing it. I smiled, turned around and asked for a copy. Still one of my favorite games for the console (really close between DQ8 and Shadow Hearts 2 and Persona 3 FES)
I totally can take criticism! thanks and I agree!, it is scripted and not the norm for me, I had some technical issues and could not re-record new narration, In 3 weeks time watch out! A new show is coming! upgrades :)
I've only played 9, but it is definitely one of my favorite rpg's of all time.
The DS was a gateway for a lot of the current generation of gamers and I think 9 did an excellent job of introducing us into traditional, turn based rpgs. Besides pokemon, 9 was my first gateway into that genre and it will always be special to me. I really have it to thank for getting me interested in things like Bravely Default, Chrono Trigger, and FF 6.
I spend over 800 hours on DQ IX and i totally agree with you.
Dragon quest 9 was my first and will always hold a special place in my heart
I cried when Greanarl battled babarosa and sacrificed himself.
I’ve been playing a lot of XI and wanted to see a series retrospective. After watching a few duds I found your two videos. This was exactly what I was looking for! Very well put together. Nice job!
Dragon quest 9 divided fans but it was still the best selling of the series in both Japan and the west
Johnny I gotta say, these last two videos have been some of your best ever. The production on them is amazing. Great job man. And very informative, as some one who has never played the series.
Dragon Quest VIII was sooo good but sadly is underrated by many who passed up on the game. It was the DBZ art design that made me purchase the game but it was the continuing enjoyment of the game that kept me coming back to play it year after year.
DID YOU KNOW IT WAS DRAWN BY AKIRA TORIYAMA
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yup, and I love its art style. One top of being a great game it is also very beautiful.
Angelo = Trunks !!!!!!!!
michael preller The replay value got me hooked. With a lot of the DS re-releases as well as VIII you can replay and have so many different experiences! Do a run through with swords as a main weapon then the next time do boomerangs! If you want some real fun on VIII run with fisticuffs on everyone! So many combinations and so much customization, it brings me back time and time again.
VIII is great. I got this one for my wife to play on her PS2 and watched her play it a lot. The monster arena host guy always made me want to make spaghetti for us at the time and I often did. I'll probably have to pick up VII at some point for her too, and maybe V and VI. I was an NES kid and played all the Dragon Warrior games on it and still have and enjoy them to this day. They are quintessential, genre defining games, in my opinion, and still probably my favorite game series overall.
But anyway, yeah, VIII was a lot of fun and the art style of it is perfection.
Dragon Quest 9! Yeah! This is my favorite game in the series, and is one of my favorite games of all!
Hells yeah brother!
It's hard as hell, but in a damn good way!
***** I think the story is just okay. It's not the best nor the worst.
That's just me though. XD
***** That is true, but I do like the other characters in it. I do honestly think that Coffinwell had the best type of set up for me. :D
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I need to replay DQ8.
I remember getting it after seeing some ads in magazines and being pretty terrible at it, mostly due to my young age.
I didn't grind enough and ended up deep in the first dungeon getting knocked around by nearly every encounter. Upon reaching the boss I was immediately destroyed.
My absolute destruction turned me off from the game, being the stupid little snot that I was, but I have since heard its praises sung by so many and I really should return to it.
Funnily enough similar stories can be told about about a dozen other games that I should also pick up again.
I suggest getting the iPad version and the Game Guide. I have two saved games , one before I had the guide and one when I started over the game from beginning but with guide, my hero and cohorts are stronger.
Dragon Warrior Monsters 1+2 are a staple of my childhood. Absolute must play.
BUT did you also play dragon quest monster joker?
So excited for the DQ VII and DQVIII ports to the 3DS in North America! I too, have been a DW/DQ fan since DW on the NES, Happy Console Gamer!
I could not agree more! I was addicted to that game...maxed out my characters, gave each a tambourine to "Psyche" each other up, and completed the ultra-hard extra dungeon. When I finally decided to finish the main boss...I walked through him as if he were made of yogurt! Mmmmm, delicious!
Great video. Yeah, DQ 9 was my first too and I LOVED it. Trying to get y hands on some of the older ones now to play.
I love when you review a whole series. The Grandia video is one of my favorites. Please continue with this.
>sees Dragon Quest in the "Recommended videos" tab
I FOUND MY PEOPLE
Currently finished DQ IX, almost done with VIII, halfway with IV and the rest are moot.
Once I start say...DQ V up, take a break, and then play another DQ game, I fall in love with the series all over again.
Epic two part-er! What initially drew me to the series was the fantastic Akria Toriyama artwork, which was lovingly brought to life on the DS remakes (my first DQ games). I think Nintendo did well to support the series these last few years outside of Japan and I'm hopeful we'll also get the 3DS DQ7 update along with DQ10 at some point.
Love the DQ series reviews, Johnny.
Only one thing I wanted to add about Heartbeat is that they made the remake of 3 using 6s engine and the remake of 4 (PS version) using 7s engine :). Some of heartbeats developers later joined Nintendo and renamed themself to Genius Sonority and have made some notable games like Pokemon colosseum and XD on gamecube.
VIII was my first DQ game. I've played a few others since, but that's the one that made me fall in love with the series. It really is quite a masterpiece.
This was a delight to watch, thanks for making this series overview. As a side note, 8 was my introduction to the series. However, it was a translated rom of the SNES Dragon Quest 5 that got me into the series. Since then, I've completed 4, 6, and 9 on DS as well, though 5 is easily my favorite due to the sheer scope of the story. I have never played an RPG so legitimately immersive before or since, let alone with a silent protagonist. Honestly, I thought this was only a feat games like Zelda or Ys were capable of, but I am so glad to be wrong. It was quite a thrill to see the mysterious Celestians from 5 brought to the forefront in 9, as well. I believe it might be my favorite title in the series in terms of gameplay mechanics, though 8 is a huge rival there, as well.
140 hours for VII!!!....I'm about to start VI on my play through of the DQ series. VII will be a long haul, for sure! Hopefully it's super enjoyable, like this video! :D
I became a fan of Dragon Quest when I was a kid. It was my birthday present to get a PlayStation 2 and a couple of games. I am so glad I chose Dragon Quest 8. It remains one of my most favorite games of all time. I'm hopeful that 10 will come to the States someday
This was a nice video.
I agree about DQVIII. They really did an amazing job with upgrading it, but still keeping that fresh old school RPG feel. It was the first RPG that I took seriously and thanks to it I got hooked not only to other DQ games, but to most other games, RPGs especially. It made me look differently on all the games and appreciate them seperately.
Great job man, love your vids. I am currently working on the DS games. I finished 9 and I always loved the originals.
I am 42 and when i was in my 30's I webt to QW VII on PS1 and so on I also picked up the DQ monster games when i used to have a DS but with only a PS2 and PS3 only 2 of the series shows up . I would love to see a PSN upgraded versions like DQ8 at least of the 1-7.
Johnny, I love watching your show (all the way from Liverpool England!), I check TH-cam religiously for any new vids you may have posted.
One question for maybe a show further down the line, would you ever consider doing a Q & A show? I - and probably many others - have a lot of questions that as yet are unanswered, either about your gaming history/games room/anything else.
Keep up the excellent work :)
I wish I knew about the Game Deals meet! I feel as though I may be one of the only few people in the greater Vancouver area that loves DQ! That hang out session would've been awesome!
If only I knew about your channel sooner man!
I think that stems from Johnny mostly just giving overviews of the games rather then him re-telling his experience with the games even though he did do that with a few of them. Still, all in all great work HCG!
Wasn't there a DQ Joker game or 2 in the DS life spam time. I believe there were 2 in that series.
Totally awesome! You can never have too much Dragon Quest. I've been playing 5 on the PS2 recently and it really is great.
I enjoyed your review(s). I would have liked to have a seen some discussion on the Dragon Warrior Monsters Gameboy games, too. Cobi's Journey / Tara's Adventure were very fun to play!
Still one of your best videos I reckon. Would love to see a follow up to this regarding all the spin off games like the Monsters series, Builders and Heroes etc.
Wow what a journey! Thanks Johnny! Being the gamer that I am I am sometimes shocked at myself for not playing any DQ game. At all. I need to rectify this.
awesome Johnny! really enjoyed the coverage of the entire series of DQ! currently i am playing through DQ VI and man is it ever awesome! totally worth every penny!!
Finished DQIV on DS yesterday and started on V, clearing out a haunted castle was fun.
I think that you should make another video where you talk about a bunch of your personal experiences with this game. My favorite videos are the ones where you and/or Rob sit there and reminisce about your experiences with each of the games (my favorite video being "Strange Arcade Tales")
I remember my ad and i played Dragon Warrior 7 together when i was younger. That game took FOREVER!
Thanks for the tour throgh the DQ universe, Johnny! It was lotsa fun to watch!
Looking forward to future videos.
Really enjoyed this series review Johnny. Not sure if you guys have been checking out the PC Beta for DQ X, but it's awesome. You should tell your significant other about it ;) Really hoping for a Western release so I might actually understand what the heck is going on. Anyways, really loved this series recap, and can't wait for more DQ-related videos in the future :)
DQ3 is by far the most fun for me. Just have so many great memories of that game.
ragnar, alena, taloon, mara, nara, hero (I named my hero "Eden")
dragon warrior 4 chapters of the chosen was an awesome game - my all time favorite, in fact.
nice review. I started late in the series with DQVIII and was hooked myself and now I want to go through it.
One of the first few things that made me realize I'd love DQ8 was the music. I've heard the sequenced music that the Japanese version got and it's not bad, but the orchestral music of the NA release is just on another level. On 9, I'm only about 9 hours in but I just found the strategy guide for like 8 bucks so I'll probably explore further with that handy. The save file that was on my cart when I got it had about 110 hrs I think; shame I couldn't have two saves otherwise I'd have kept it too
^^ I remember when the Dragon Quest 9 commercials came out, and it was the first time I've ever heard about it. I was so excited to play.
Playing through all of this in order and what a ride currently I'm in 5 and what a emotional coster ride it is
Can't wait. :)
Don't want to dump on your great vid but @ 1:09 Dragon Quest VI was 32 megabits, not megabytes! But now that I've said that just wanna say I really love your vids and I watch every one of them =D
I only really knew about the Dragonquest series on the NES. And i've loved those. This videos have been very informative, and made me want to play the other versions.
i love the alchemy pot in dq8. making strong medicine to make quick gold early on was awesome.
Holy moly this has a lot of comments, Johnny, you can't possibly read them all, but I know you say you do! Must be a full-time job!
Loved this overview of the series, but what I was really wishing for was for you to talk about your memories with each of the Dragon Quest games. Would love it if you made a video on each! I know you've talked about Dragon Warrior 1 some, and there was a whole video about skipping school to play DW2. :) But I still want more!
Great review!! I am thinking to buy the PS4 games but I was wondering if I should play the previous games before.
Hey was it a good idea to start with DQ9 or not? I was originally thinking of starting with 8 but I was able to pickup 9 for $10 so yeah
DQ9 on DS is perfect for me, as I made the transition to being dedicated to handhelds quite a while ago. It's just handy to play a handheld :D
VIII was the first DQ game that I completed (very long overdue). I played the first one, then didn't play another until 8. Somehow I missed VII (as I never owned a SNES, but did own a Playstation). I'm glad I got it. It's interesting to note that the title was changed back to "Dragon Quest," from this game onward.
I just got the GB versions of I, II & III and am going to be playing them on my Super GB. Surprisingly I never got to play these when they came out. Phantasy Star was my first JRPG.
I think IX on the Nintendo DS might be the best to start with. It was my first Dragon Quest game and now I'm hooked on the series.
Great retrospective HCG, I've never played a DQ game but thanks to this video, I'll give them a try!
What happened to Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road, Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road II Legends and Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory
I have an unusual copy of DQVIII which isn't the main game, it must be a sort of side story that they brought out.
Great review Johnny, got me very interested in tracking these games down.
Excellent job as always. I think the scripting is necessary for a retrospective so large in scope. Looking forward to the review of Dragon Quest Swords, which I thought was actually quite good, despite it somewhat lukewarm reception stateside.
DQ8 was also the first released in the UK and (if i'm correct) Europe.
Ya
Hey HappyConsoleGamer, are you hyped about Dragon Quest 7 remake on the 3DS?
Absolutely, both are great. It would make the experience better if you had a friend playing too
I have nostalgia for all of the early ones. I got the 1st one with the magazine subscription, then rented part 2 from a place called "thrifty video" until I beat it, same with part 3. Part 4 I bought from someone in high school and it was also great.
I played no.7 and Torneko as a kid but never got to finish it (someone accidentally threw away my PS1 uber upset over it- I put it in a box while I was cleaning my room and someone thought it was trash).
I LOVED the time travelling aspect of it (and how things got affected by what you did in the past), so unique at the time.
I got Dragon Quest VI for the Super Famicom for Christmas when I was in 4th or 5th grade. I never knew it cost my dad $100; no wonder I only got one present that year, lol.
awesome i love these series vids cannot wait for more what series have you got in mind for the future ?
which one you prefer the most, Phantasy Star or Dragon Quest?
Great video as always! I just bought DQ VI, IX and VIII so I´m looking forward to start playing.
Also, you should've mentioned the Google April fools from i think last year, where they changed google maps to be in the style of dragon quest, called 8-bit google maps or something like that. It had the music and everything. It was awesome
So I'm in the 30's, but never got into Dragon Warrior/Quest. Which DQ should I start out with?
I'd like to point out that Yangus from DQVIII also received his own game which was only released in Japan.
dragon quest 8 was so good. one of my favorites. such an overhaul in the series.
this review was awesome. makes me wanna pick up the ds titles.
The Dragon Quest series is what got me into RPGs when I was a kid. 7 was the first I played and I loved it, though I never got around to beating it until a few years ago. I later got 1&2 and 3 on the GBC and loved those, especially 3, which is my favorite in the series, followed by 8 and 5. I so hope that 3 gets a Virtual Console port as it's fairly tough to play my original copy of it on the GBC.
Awesome video, Johnny. I'm hoping DQX will come to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Since Square Einx just announce a windows version.
DragonQuest XI will always be my favorite DS game, and I never even got the chance to play with friends xD he didn't mention that if you play solo, you create a team to come with you and I LOVED that feature ^_^ it felt like I was making my own story with a crew of characters I created
+RaybayTheDinosaur I believe you mean DQ IX, but what made it so good? I enjoy having my characters have preset personalities and what not. And feel as if like it would be as if I played FF1 again. (which I did not enjoy ha) If that makes sense. I enjoyed VIII, VII and V very much.
I feel u brother me too, I never had friends who played dragon quest until secondary, and I wrote back story's for each member of my party some were sad and dark, and thier story's effected there looks and btw u wrote XI that's 11 u mean IX that's 9 , happy mistake
yea XI is my favorite (: ur comment is right now after a few years
These vids are awesome. Keep up the good work and we'll keep watching!!
Hey Johnny do you like the Megami Tensei series? It's gonna be awesome if you review this one after done with Dragon Quest!
Hi HappyConsoleGamer, I found your channel about a week ago and I've spent the last few days constantly watching your videos, I must have watched about 35 so far! Anyway, you and RobMan are awesome, keep doing what you're doing :D
I would recommend Dragon Quest IV on the DS for the first one. I started with Dragon Quest 1 and wasn't that into it but when I played Dragon Quest IV I got hooked and love the series now. IV and V are my favorites in the series as well.
I really enjoyed this look back at DQ :) are you going to do a Street Fighter retrospective Johnny?
Very informative and thought out review of a very interesting historic series into the RPG genre. Embarrassingly DQ8 is my first instalment into the series, and having read the wiki and watched informative videos like this, i've learnt a lot about the history of the game. I'll definitely venture into the past and play these old gems.
I was expecting to see a platform game i used to play back in the 90's at the arcade...where "Fly" the protagonist, appeared in a flying cloud... We used to call it dragon ball. I cannot find it anywhere... I swear i wasn't dreaming
for dragon quest 8 japanese version the music is not synthesized its still orchestrated
Dragon Warrior VII was amazing. I also own that Torneko game for the Playstation. It's got a unusual gameplay mechanic, but it's pretty fun though it can be frustrating as well.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 is great. I've been playing through that lately for the first time.
I still remember when dragon quest 8 first came out. I was around, 6 or 7 at the time and BEGGED my dad every time we would go somewhere if he would buy it for me (it looked like dbz so I was instantly hooked to the cover) but sadly, I never got my hands on it. One day Im going to buy a newer dragon quest game and try it out. I love jrpg's so hopefully these games will be my new cup of tea
I'd like to hear Kim's thoughts on the series also since I heard she's beaten a few of them.
You've got a new subscriber! You MUST be a great man if you're covering this subject to this extent =)
We never got (here in europe) several DQ games until the DS games and DQ 8, i really hope DQ VII will come out on the 3DS over here as well!
Thanks so much. Great review of the franchise. Like many I was introduced to Dragon Quest with number 8 on the PS2 and was completely blown away. Until today I hadn't realized 9 was on DS. Guess I need to buy a DS now.
Dragon quest and Fire Emblem are the only series out there where I really look forward to alot.
Awww man play it! You will not be disappointed, it really is a modern classic!
I seriously need to stop beating around the bush and get back into DQ 4, 5, 6, 9 on the DS. It's like I play them for a long period of time before I put them down for an extended amount of time and when I try to get back into them I'm completely lost.
I loved Dragon Warrior so much that I took the tv cart into the bathroom so that I could level up while I crapped.
There was Dragon Quest game on PSP that was a prequel to VIII
The Super Famicom Torneko Dungeon game didn't make it to the USA. :(
what about dragon quest monsters on the gbc?! that was my favorite.
Dragon Quest 8 was my first experience with the series. I saw commercials for it and was like meh. . . then i walked into my local gamespot a week later and they had the game running on the ps2 kiosk. i gave it a shot. i got hooked, the next thing i know i look at my watch and realized i had been standing there for over 2 hours playing it. I smiled, turned around and asked for a copy. Still one of my favorite games for the console (really close between DQ8 and Shadow Hearts 2 and Persona 3 FES)
I totally can take criticism! thanks and I agree!, it is scripted and not the norm for me, I had some technical issues and could not re-record new narration, In 3 weeks time watch out! A new show is coming! upgrades :)
You make me want to go find some folks to play IX with again. Great videos!!!
With all the recent releases, perhaps you can make a Part 3?