Hey peeps - sorry for the confusion. This is a reupload because I tried editing out the ending "blackness" at the end of the old vid. And it turns out what you have selected in the YT editor is what ISN'T cut And I selected all the black so my old video is now just darkness. ): Anyways thanks for dealing with this for me. And I appreciate cha! New vid this Friday. :)
You just got yourself a new subscriber, and Dragon Quest V is my personal favorite. I love your honest review, your charisma, and your respect with the spoiler warning. And I see your Majora's Mask poster and that's my favorite Zelda game. Much respect.
The reason you can't see your party in a fight is a hold over from original computer RPGs. The idea is that you're playing the role of the hero so in combat it switches to a first person perspective.
I love the ludonarrative aspects of this game. That cutscene at the end of part two was so slow and drawn out. I felt really connected to the character in that moment and I don’t have any desire to be a parent. The quiet, dialogue light moments gave me room to think about the story and seeing that other person’s kid grow up for time reference was kinda brutal. (Personally I cried once or twice, hah)
The Dragon Quest games from 8-onward (and the 3DS remake of 7) all show your characters in battle, so that should be a pleasant change for you. My own petty turn-off in games is whenever they prominently features things like hunger and sanity meters. They ultimately make me feel like I'm just managing the meters and doing stressful, often futile busywork just to keep them from getting too low instead of focusing on the game as a whole. Just not my thing.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way about being able to see my characters. That's partially why I could never get into first-person shooters.
YES, that's true about recruiting monster, that's why when i played pokemon in the 1st time directly i remember about DQ5, Pokemon and others game about recruiting monster / enemy is just evolve from this one of the best RPG game
Dragon Quest is a pretty phenomenal series. And while V had a visual and audio glow up, it plays essentially the same as it did back in the Super Famicom. So while a few elements are a little clunky, it's pretty damn impressive for a game released in 1992. Glad you liked it! As far as comparing it to Mother 3... it's hard to expect a game from 1992 to have the same level of script complexity as a game from 2006. Whoever told you that it would be like that just did you a disservice! Heh. I'd really recommend giving the remake of VII a try on the 3DS. It's my absolute favorite and really the only reason I think more people aren't all about it is they haven't played it (or they got scared when they heard it's about 100 hours just for the main game).
Recently picked up a DSi for pocket change and have been looking for another RPG after beating Chrono Trigger. Def gonna give this one a go! Great video!
Foote-Dive here ( you posted this video for me on Twitter so I could watch) and I loved this video. This game gave me huge feelings but I do agree with you that my view of the game has been ..I guess I could say altered by those who played it before me due to their constant worship.. Bianca does seem like the only GOOD choice when it comes to a partner simply because the other two choices are crap but I wish more JRPGS were like this one. I am starting to fall out of love with JRPGS because they do not HIT the way games like DQV hit.
SAME - I never fully got used to not seeing your party. I can't believe they waited until like DQ7 to add that. I played DQ4 & DQ5 (both great games), but I am so happy to have now gotten to the titles that show your party!
I'm the exact same way when it comes to seeing party members in battle, and loved that you referenced Phantasy Star IV afterward. This is my biggest pet pieve in RPGs and would've made Phantasy Star III so much better to me since PSII and PSIV show your party members in battle.
I'm finishing ps2 port and I can boldly say, that is the best DQ I've ever played. Grinding is not as mandotory as in other games and story is just awesome, but a bit boyish :)
Love this game. I only ever played the fan translated SNES version as it was the only option at the time I played it, but the DS version looks amazing. The art style is classic Dragon Quest, and the story is one of the best for the series.
The only Dragon Quest I’ve ever played is DQIX but watching this is so nostalgic because every Dragon Quest is the same, in a good way- the graphics, sounds, tone and gameplay are so familiar. If the DS versions weren’t £80 they would probably be my ‘comfort food JRPG’ like how a lot of people view the Tales series. My pet peeve, for JRPGs, is increasingly becoming equipment management, which is a bit of a problem since most games have this. FFX has a simple one, and FFX2 has pretty much nothing at all which is appreciated, but so many games ask the player to spend their time and money buying and equipping new clothes of like five different types for the entire party, and it’s just not very interesting.
It's a fantastic game, but not even the best Dragon Quest! It was revolutionary when it came out and it still holds up today as amazing. In fact, I just replayed it again a few months ago. (Don't worry, I'm not one of the mindless masses who thinks VIII is the best!)
@@davidraquepas2344 VII is my personal favorite. I just love the story vignettes of the individual islands, the long intro, the characters, the world. And the class system is fun too.
3:39 Yes. The absolute facts shown here makes me feel very satisfied. The first video game ever where you can recruit monsters to fight along with you wasn't Pokémon, it was Dragon Quest 5. Majority of players don't know about this. Just because of this fact alone, DQ5 has a legendary status in RPG genre.
Ive been catching ur jrpg reviews here and there and i must say ur videos are super unique and quirky they are great. And i love ur enthusiasm for jrpgs. Final fantasy and dragon quest are my favorite series.
Right now, I am eagerly pacing, awaiting........ Dragon Quest V. I just bought it for the Super Famicom today, I can't wait for it to arrive. THE MAIL IS TOO SLOW! it hasn't even been shipped! Even though I bought today, IT SHOULD BE HERE NOW! BECAUSE I WANT TO PLAY!!!
Nice video! Bro you scared me when you said 3DS at first because I have a DS lite and just ordered the game. (I have played it on SNES though) I thought it was only on 3DS for a moment haha.
I AM SO SORRY!!! I HAVE A *TERRIBLE* habit of playing ds/3ds games on my 3ds THUS labeling them all "3ds" games when they're not. Rest assured this game is ds! Again so sorry!!
I use to hate that too 8:23, but I learned over time to focus on other things, and it went from ruining a turn based RPG to being something I see as a charming hold over for RPG series like DQ until we get to the later titles that is!
My gaming pet peeve is not being able to automatically talk to characters or interact with objects. You find this a lot in old snes rpgs, especially the first bunch of dq games. I also hate it went equipped items take up inventory space....animal crossing. >___>
One bajillion percent hard agree on hating not seeing my party on the battlefield. Frankly I'm amazed and disappointed that more people don't complain about this, and it's kept me away from some amazing franchises for far longer than I otherwise would have been.
I can’t wait to jump into this game. We have the same issues with DQ in terms of how some stuff like item management and what not being outdated which I know is a DQ staple so it won’t change I feel but they could make it not so tedious in the next DQ game. Also a shame Debra or whatever her name is is not a good character because she had my favorite design
I just discover your channel and it's amazing, I love the way that you're analyse games, giving a personnal point of vue and an objectiv one, it's so pertinent and interesting. I am about to see all your jrpg reviews. Thank you for doing a such a great job, I'm giving you a lot of support ! :) (I'm sorry if I made mistake in my commentary I'm french)
My petty-problem: When the main character auto-attacks for you. Games like Final Fantasy XII and Xenoblade Chronicles are the first ones to come to mind, but there are lots of MMOs like that where you just select a target and the game sort of plays itself a bit. There's that extra barrier between you and direct control over the character. And I just can't get past it.
SuperDerek RPGs I also had this problem. I just wanted to jump in and grind monsters right at the beginning. About midway through I started really liking the game.
"There is no way to increase this." (In reference to the monster catching system.) This is a major problem I had too, but in the mobile port of the DS version they actually did add an accessory that makes it more likely for monsters to be recruited a few years after its release as an update to coincide with the Your Story movie adaptation coming out. But it's locked behind the Casino and costs 20,000 Tokens, and it only increases the rate by one stage for each monster. (E.g., 1/256 becomes 1/64) Probably too little, too late, though, considering it took them 27 years to have a version of the game with something like this in it, you'd think it'd be kind of a no-brainer but oh well.
I'm gonna give this a shot it looks super fun and unique. This will be my 3rd game in the series. I played dq11 on draconian mode good lord was it hard. And dq 3 which is a lovely game. Thanks for the review.
I agree with you. Not seeing characters isn’t my favorite. My other one is timed actions in battle. Like FF7 stuff. It’s either make it traditional turn based or straight up Hack n slash.
Bianca is one of all-time favorite DQ characters, but I had such a fun time with Debora as my partner on my 2nd playthrough; I'm constantly using party chat in the DQ games that have it and it always felt worth it to check out whatever she had to say about any given situation. And she even turned out to have a good heart buried underneath all of those layers of spoiled jerk.
Dragon Quest V is the one DQ game I thoroughly enjoyed from beginning to end. It may have been a difficult game but it was worth it in the end. Enjoyed this one way more than DQVIII: Journey of the Cursed King. Blasphemy, I know, but it's my opinion. It's one of my better RPG gaming memories. On the top 10 for sure. Top spot going to Golden Sun/Golden Sun: The Lost Age. At any rate, most awesome review, m'lady. Definitely subscribing to your channel.
I personally played a lot of 6 and 9 when I was a wee child and enjoyed them greatly, but also played 11 a bit as I grew up and enjoyed that one as well. Considering getting this one but it's too dat gone expensive, so I'm probably just gonna get 8 and wait for 5 and the others to re-release on Switch or something; here's hoping that happens soon!
My favorite thing about your reviews is the music section, listen to this song and this song, other channels dont really do this. Also your reviews in general are great and well put together.
Sorry about posting twice. My JRPG pet peeve is playable children characters and Lolis. Why do Japanese game developers think we want either of those things?
Never apologize for posting twice. That's more engagement which is good for the vid! I am personally not a Lolli lover myself. Child characters kinda vary. But I certainly don't like the sexualization. That's for damn sure.
Actually I have a bit of some kind of "concern" regarding the Trails series in general. (Mostly the Sky and Zero which are the only ones that my PC supports) as a whole those games have everything that I like in JRPGs. An engaging storyline. Interesting cast of characters + Villains! One of the bests battle systems ever created in an RPG and most important a SUPERB soundtrack!! Serious guys!! It is just amazing how the music in this series goes above and beyond! It is in a league of it's own! ( I find very hard to find a contender for the general quality of the compositions and also the execution in so many different moods!) another one that I could put in the same realm is CrossCode! ( What a stunning ost!!) and we all know how music plays a HUGE part in the aprecciation and also persistence for players to keep on playing until the very end! But sadly NONE of that can keep my attention when I look to those chibi sprites! Do not get me wrong, I like the rair, the size, even that they are the same with slight modifications. But I have A BIG PROBLEMO with the faces!! EVERY character has those BOMBERMAN eyes, that are a bit charming, but NOT FROM THE BAD GUYS!! It does not add up you know? We see the characters portrats and look to this chibi representation and it does not ad up! I think it is by my own limitations, but it requires a level of abstraction almost impossible for me, to endure the blatant difference! When you compare with those sprites on Chrono Trigger, Suikoden II, Tengai Makyou Zero. All of them are cartoony versions of the oringinal concept art, but they were maded with such a good taste, and variation, that do not seems to take us as a child. Suikoden II, Or Breath Of fire III, the bad guys or even the good guys, looks a lot like their original concepts. And in Trails, it is hard to me to take a villain to serious when they have those lego faces. I know that is a nitpick but, it is sadly true. God only knows if some day i will overcome this misconception and finally plays this amazing series!! But for now I will stick with my guts... ( FINAL FANTASY VII, and WILD ARMS did not age all that well either and it is even worse... low polygon Playstation 1996/1997 era is my nemesis kkkkkk. i can't handle that!!)
I beat this game a few months ago... Great game but not as good as IV. Also not as good as VIII and XI. No tear jerker here for me either... But obviously it was good enough to finish. Great vid and review!
Gosh I loved this video, it's crazy that I have finished this game the same week this video was posted and it was my first dragon quest as well, it's funny how much I relate to almost everything you said, I absolutely adore dragon quest now and I'm 30h in dq 8. Haven't played Mother yet, never got the chance, but I felt so much for all the bad things that happened to the MC, so for me dqv was a 10/10.
I loved DQVIII and DQIX, so I decided to give DQV a chance now during the quarantine and, damn!, I absolutely love it. Your review is great, I really like seeing old games being reviewed. Maybe you can do a review of Chrono Cross and Vagrant Story as well? I wish people would play older games more often because great games are timeless.
I've said to myself... I must watch all of Lady Pelvic retro reviews!! And I've gladly seen all of them!! Now you're talking about my third favorite game franchise ( Being Tengai Makyou the first one, Ace Attorney Series the second one) And... WHAT A GREAT REVIEW!! You cover everything that has to cover!! Its amazing how you manage to put so much content togheter!! When I was about to think, she is forgeting to talk abou... BANNNNGG!!! Here comes Lady Pelvic covering the most detailed tid bit!! And exploring every suspicious look and cranny!! Great score too!! Well, let me try to make comments about some points!! First, the first person battle view. Well that's a very commom complaint that most of my friends have in some RPGs!! It´s by far a great deal of discussion! For some time that bothered me too.. Until I played Tengai Makyo 4 for Sega Saturn (1997! A great year for RPGs) But I did not played in 1997, If I remember the first time I played the game, was about 2005, if I remember correctly! But the important thing to mention is that it took me by surprise! Seeing those giant animated monsters and charming bosses, attacking with such fluid and vivid animations (especially the bosses!! All of them with special full animation special attacks!! I love me some deal of great and memorable bosses on my RPGs!!) Them I started to enjoy the first person perspective and nowadays it becomes my favorite battle visual (Of course they have to be as you mentioned, well maded and feel lively) I much preffer this style than a half ass chibi cartunish to much super deformed characterer on the screen wich I can not relate very much nowadays.. Of course there are so much exeptions for the rule (Rule? Wich one?? XD) Like FFVI or even Fire Emblem or Bravely Default (Regardles I must say annoys me a bit... ) I'ts a mix of so much things for me... I don't like too realistic tough, I find too reallystic to be a bit embarassing... (What is my problem XD ) But depends on the game! A perfect example is the aforementioned Tengai Makyou Series! The third game (actually a side story) called Tengai Makyou - Kabuki Den (PC Engine CD 1993) goes with the chibi characters in battle in full swing! And I liked!! (But still prefer to see my enemies/bosses looking at me on the screen!) I make a exeption because the game is too good!! But may I say that First view is more for battles! I do not like to play a first view person whatever game. About the music! DQV has a soundtrack that grew on me day by day!! And you are such a smart coockie aren't you? You talked about the soundtrack and I notice that one of the themes that were playing while you were graciously talking about the game is by far my favorite music in the entire game (and probably a top 10 rpg music!!) It was the theme from the ghost haunted house, am I right?! The dark castle that our party first venture after Bianca first enjoys the party!! That song is amazing!!! Climatic, poetic, earie and so much things in one song!! I'm sure is one of your favorites too!! (That's why you use as background music!!) Liking this song so much is a bit outside the curve from me! (I'm much more inclined to like the upbeat and agressive ones!! Like Bloody Battle from Einhander for instance!! Such a pounding electro rock marvel!!) Well I think I may digress a bit! Another thing worth mentioning is how the game offers some quality of life improvements! One of them is the icons of items spred out along the entire game! A herb, a piece of armor, an amulete, an special item! Each one represented by the drowing itself!! Most RPGs dont have that! The maps are handmade too, every village has it's own map showing Inns, armory shops etc. with just a pressing of a button! That helps a lot!!! But let me finish right there to congratulate you, for making one more amazing video!! God bless you sugar!!
I wish you could have played DQVI but everybody will say DQV is the better game. I'm probably one of the few who praises DQVI more so than DQV. All this is making me crave Dairy Queen for some reason.
@@yellowtheyellow There were elements of time travel in the game, but the overall game felt different than the previous games, and had many sad moments as well.
8:16 Yeah, it took me a while to get over that mentality too. Wasn't until SMTIV when I finally did. Still prefer seeing my characters but I can deal with it now. As for DQ games, I've finished 11's Main Quest, got halfway through 8 a long time ago on PS2 and am waiting for a Switch or PC port with the 3DS content, I finished DQ3 on Switch last year and I messed around a little bit with the first DQ just to know and finally I started DQV right as things went down with the whole pandemic and have been chipping away in spurts. With 5, I'm at what I believe is around halfway through the game (just married Bianca). It's pretty great though for some reason after hearing so much praise for it, I expected things to feel a bit more...grand? At least in the DS remake. Things can be a bit nonchalant in tone with some of the major event like with the whole first time jump/enslavement thing. The way that section felt like an odd side note in the story without as much impact on the characters as I feel there probably should've been. Also, I'm still waiting for a dungeon to top that first major one (The Haunted Mansion) as nothing has even come close to being as cool or atmospheric so far. Either way, DQ5 is still a very solid classic JRPG, maybe a little overrated from what I've played but still awesome regardless.
Things I dislike in a game: The style of 3d models that appear in DS and 3DS games. You know the ones. The Bravely Default, Final fantasy 3 and 4. I feel like they are bland and infant looking. I wish they did more 2D sprites in that era of handheld games. I loved the pixel art in Dragon Quest 4. The end battle was really well animated. They could barely do anything with 3D models so they are just novelty.
The Bravely Default character models look great; the models look [to me] inspired by classical children's book illustrations of the past. I enjoy pixel art as well, however, the models on this type of art came from the limitations of older hardware.
I mean... Record of Agarest War is across 5 generations of the main character(s) and you have to find a wife for each one, and the spouse you choose effects the stats and weapons that the child will have.
My petty/superficial deal breaker in JRPGs is if there is no magic specialist character and/or a prominent, playable female (usually filling both roles). Aside from FF15 not being turn based, the whole playable cast was male and none seem to be exclusively casters. I also agree that I need to see my party in battle.
People after Mark Cerny talked about a new paradigm shift after 20 years: "I wonder how Dragon Quest XII will revolutionize with new game design and gameplay" Also, DQVII in the PS1 era: "Don't expect any major changes, it's DQ, folks"
I just beat the mobile version of this game for the first time & agree with the lack of refinement about monster hunting. I liked catching monsters & had an awesome Slime Knight among others, but I didn't play around with that aspect too much. The mini games, esp. Treasures & Trapdoors, was my favorite aspect.
Hey peeps - sorry for the confusion. This is a reupload because I tried editing out the ending "blackness" at the end of the old vid. And it turns out what you have selected in the YT editor is what ISN'T cut And I selected all the black so my old video is now just darkness. ):
Anyways thanks for dealing with this for me. And I appreciate cha! New vid this Friday. :)
No worries, happens to the best of us! xD
I'll give ya another view. :D
Oh, that YT editor - I avoid it like the plague! I rather re-edit and re-render, however slow that may be!
God, I feel for you with this.
thats why im not a fan of using youtube editor either myself. so its all good pelvic. :)
OML she even has the purple turban on!!
And she's rockin tf out of it haha
real
You just got yourself a new subscriber, and Dragon Quest V is my personal favorite. I love your honest review, your charisma, and your respect with the spoiler warning. And I see your Majora's Mask poster and that's my favorite Zelda game. Much respect.
Came from 7 review. Also you really rock the headdress. Also yeah from what I'm hearing, this is the coolest "intergenerational" rpg story ive seen
Hey thank you so much!
The reason you can't see your party in a fight is a hold over from original computer RPGs. The idea is that you're playing the role of the hero so in combat it switches to a first person perspective.
I love the ludonarrative aspects of this game. That cutscene at the end of part two was so slow and drawn out. I felt really connected to the character in that moment and I don’t have any desire to be a parent. The quiet, dialogue light moments gave me room to think about the story and seeing that other person’s kid grow up for time reference was kinda brutal.
(Personally I cried once or twice, hah)
The Dragon Quest games from 8-onward (and the 3DS remake of 7) all show your characters in battle, so that should be a pleasant change for you.
My own petty turn-off in games is whenever they prominently features things like hunger and sanity meters. They ultimately make me feel like I'm just managing the meters and doing stressful, often futile busywork just to keep them from getting too low instead of focusing on the game as a whole. Just not my thing.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way about being able to see my characters. That's partially why I could never get into first-person shooters.
YES, that's true about recruiting monster, that's why when i played pokemon in the 1st time directly i remember about DQ5, Pokemon and others game about recruiting monster / enemy is just evolve from this one of the best RPG game
I remember goi g around the first town and you see a older looking version of the main character. When that came full circle later it was amazing
Dragon Quest is a pretty phenomenal series. And while V had a visual and audio glow up, it plays essentially the same as it did back in the Super Famicom. So while a few elements are a little clunky, it's pretty damn impressive for a game released in 1992. Glad you liked it! As far as comparing it to Mother 3... it's hard to expect a game from 1992 to have the same level of script complexity as a game from 2006. Whoever told you that it would be like that just did you a disservice! Heh.
I'd really recommend giving the remake of VII a try on the 3DS. It's my absolute favorite and really the only reason I think more people aren't all about it is they haven't played it (or they got scared when they heard it's about 100 hours just for the main game).
Recently picked up a DSi for pocket change and have been looking for another RPG after beating Chrono Trigger. Def gonna give this one a go! Great video!
my petty problem is when u have to pick all the partys attacks in a row and then they all attack. i like one at a time
Foote-Dive here ( you posted this video for me on Twitter so I could watch) and I loved this video. This game gave me huge feelings but I do agree with you that my view of the game has been ..I guess I could say altered by those who played it before me due to their constant worship.. Bianca does seem like the only GOOD choice when it comes to a partner simply because the other two choices are crap but I wish more JRPGS were like this one. I am starting to fall out of love with JRPGS because they do not HIT the way games like DQV hit.
SAME - I never fully got used to not seeing your party. I can't believe they waited until like DQ7 to add that. I played DQ4 & DQ5 (both great games), but I am so happy to have now gotten to the titles that show your party!
I'm the exact same way when it comes to seeing party members in battle, and loved that you referenced Phantasy Star IV afterward. This is my biggest pet pieve in RPGs and would've made Phantasy Star III so much better to me since PSII and PSIV show your party members in battle.
8:19 you're not petty, I'm seriously thinking about making a whole video about this. I'm not a huge fan of games that hide my monsters either haha.
I'm finishing ps2 port and I can boldly say, that is the best DQ I've ever played. Grinding is not as mandotory as in other games and story is just awesome, but a bit boyish :)
Love this game. I only ever played the fan translated SNES version as it was the only option at the time I played it, but the DS version looks amazing. The art style is classic Dragon Quest, and the story is one of the best for the series.
The only Dragon Quest I’ve ever played is DQIX but watching this is so nostalgic because every Dragon Quest is the same, in a good way- the graphics, sounds, tone and gameplay are so familiar. If the DS versions weren’t £80 they would probably be my ‘comfort food JRPG’ like how a lot of people view the Tales series.
My pet peeve, for JRPGs, is increasingly becoming equipment management, which is a bit of a problem since most games have this. FFX has a simple one, and FFX2 has pretty much nothing at all which is appreciated, but so many games ask the player to spend their time and money buying and equipping new clothes of like five different types for the entire party, and it’s just not very interesting.
Hands down best JRPG of all time AND the game that made me want to be a father.
It's a fantastic game, but not even the best Dragon Quest! It was revolutionary when it came out and it still holds up today as amazing. In fact, I just replayed it again a few months ago. (Don't worry, I'm not one of the mindless masses who thinks VIII is the best!)
One of the best for sure. My favorite is still the VI (6) because I love the class system
@@davidraquepas2344 VII is my personal favorite. I just love the story vignettes of the individual islands, the long intro, the characters, the world. And the class system is fun too.
@@DeltathRiylaan I thought I was the only one who's favorite is part 7. Plus 7 is so mysterious
@@bioboost12 Agreed. The mysterious element is awesome. Everything is so shrouded in intrigue.
dont forget DQ4 on the DS. it's one of the best games I have ever played.
I hear Breath of Fire 4, and I know this girl knows her shit.
Ayeee thank you
3:39
Yes. The absolute facts shown here makes me feel very satisfied.
The first video game ever where you can recruit monsters to fight along with you wasn't Pokémon, it was Dragon Quest 5.
Majority of players don't know about this. Just because of this fact alone, DQ5 has a legendary status in RPG genre.
Dragon Quest V is a 10/10 in my books, amazing gameplay, story and world. It hooks you and never let go.
My favorite game of all the times 💛
Ive been catching ur jrpg reviews here and there and i must say ur videos are super unique and quirky they are great. And i love ur enthusiasm for jrpgs. Final fantasy and dragon quest are my favorite series.
Thank you very much. :-) you're in for a treat because I plan on reviewing a lot of dragonquest goodness!
Right now, I am eagerly pacing, awaiting........ Dragon Quest V. I just bought it for the Super Famicom today, I can't wait for it to arrive. THE MAIL IS TOO SLOW! it hasn't even been shipped! Even though I bought today, IT SHOULD BE HERE NOW! BECAUSE I WANT TO PLAY!!!
have you played it yet
@@MayahiimeI tested it as soon as it arrived. It's now part of my backlog. But I might bump it up to my next played game. That or Chrono Trigger.
Nice video! Bro you scared me when you said 3DS at first because I have a DS lite and just ordered the game. (I have played it on SNES though) I thought it was only on 3DS for a moment haha.
I AM SO SORRY!!! I HAVE A *TERRIBLE* habit of playing ds/3ds games on my 3ds THUS labeling them all "3ds" games when they're not. Rest assured this game is ds!
Again so sorry!!
@@PelvicGaming No it's good haha. I'm really enjoying your channel right now btw, it's great.
Thank you so much!! I appreciate the kind words!
I use to hate that too 8:23, but I learned over time to focus on other things, and it went from ruining a turn based RPG to being something I see as a charming hold over for RPG series like DQ until we get to the later titles that is!
Just clicked on your vid, and I've got to say, lady-that's a cool look! Purple and gold. Dig it.
Thank you! :)
My gaming pet peeve is not being able to automatically talk to characters or interact with objects. You find this a lot in old snes rpgs, especially the first bunch of dq games. I also hate it went equipped items take up inventory space....animal crossing. >___>
One bajillion percent hard agree on hating not seeing my party on the battlefield. Frankly I'm amazed and disappointed that more people don't complain about this, and it's kept me away from some amazing franchises for far longer than I otherwise would have been.
I can’t wait to jump into this game. We have the same issues with DQ in terms of how some stuff like item management and what not being outdated which I know is a DQ staple so it won’t change I feel but they could make it not so tedious in the next DQ game. Also a shame Debra or whatever her name is is not a good character because she had my favorite design
Black is beautiful, that's for sure! I am playing Dragon Quest 5 right now on my tablet. A great game! I ❤TB. Next rpg: DQ8. Grind on, girl!
I just discover your channel and it's amazing, I love the way that you're analyse games, giving a personnal point of vue and an objectiv one, it's so pertinent and interesting. I am about to see all your jrpg reviews. Thank you for doing a such a great job, I'm giving you a lot of support ! :) (I'm sorry if I made mistake in my commentary I'm french)
My petty-problem: When the main character auto-attacks for you. Games like Final Fantasy XII and Xenoblade Chronicles are the first ones to come to mind, but there are lots of MMOs like that where you just select a target and the game sort of plays itself a bit. There's that extra barrier between you and direct control over the character. And I just can't get past it.
SuperDerek RPGs in the house! 😆
Games where you manage 4 characters in real time for instance, kind of need that.
SuperDerek RPGs I also had this problem. I just wanted to jump in and grind monsters right at the beginning. About midway through I started really liking the game.
DQ 9 and 11 are fucking fantastic!!!!!
That apple bit made me laugh lol thank you
"There is no way to increase this." (In reference to the monster catching system.)
This is a major problem I had too, but in the mobile port of the DS version they actually did add an accessory that makes it more likely for monsters to be recruited a few years after its release as an update to coincide with the Your Story movie adaptation coming out. But it's locked behind the Casino and costs 20,000 Tokens, and it only increases the rate by one stage for each monster. (E.g., 1/256 becomes 1/64)
Probably too little, too late, though, considering it took them 27 years to have a version of the game with something like this in it, you'd think it'd be kind of a no-brainer but oh well.
I'm gonna give this a shot it looks super fun and unique. This will be my 3rd game in the series. I played dq11 on draconian mode good lord was it hard. And dq 3 which is a lovely game. Thanks for the review.
I love your hair wrap! You look stunning and stylish. 🤘
I agree with you. Not seeing characters isn’t my favorite. My other one is timed actions in battle. Like FF7 stuff. It’s either make it traditional turn based or straight up Hack n slash.
And even before Dragon Quest V was the original Megami Tensei in 1987... and only in Japan...
This was my favorite dragon quest game. At least of the old ones
Bianca is one of all-time favorite DQ characters, but I had such a fun time with Debora as my partner on my 2nd playthrough; I'm constantly using party chat in the DQ games that have it and it always felt worth it to check out whatever she had to say about any given situation. And she even turned out to have a good heart buried underneath all of those layers of spoiled jerk.
Dragon Quest V is the one DQ game I thoroughly enjoyed from beginning to end. It may have been a difficult game but it was worth it in the end. Enjoyed this one way more than DQVIII: Journey of the Cursed King. Blasphemy, I know, but it's my opinion. It's one of my better RPG gaming memories. On the top 10 for sure. Top spot going to Golden Sun/Golden Sun: The Lost Age. At any rate, most awesome review, m'lady. Definitely subscribing to your channel.
Not really blasphemy lmao, just preference. DQV is widely regarded as the best in the series
this was a game released for the original DS not the 3DS guys... she keeps mentioning the 3DS.
That's true. My original pin comment corrected this but I had to re-upload it and yada yada but you are correct.
I personally played a lot of 6 and 9 when I was a wee child and enjoyed them greatly, but also played 11 a bit as I grew up and enjoyed that one as well. Considering getting this one but it's too dat gone expensive, so I'm probably just gonna get 8 and wait for 5 and the others to re-release on Switch or something; here's hoping that happens soon!
I just played this one for the first time! I really liked it. I think DQ4 is still my favorite though.
My favorite thing about your reviews is the music section, listen to this song and this song, other channels dont really do this. Also your reviews in general are great and well put together.
Hey Pelvic, what’s more likely for us to get, a classic Final Fantasy 7 review or a FF7 Remake review?
Sorry about posting twice. My JRPG pet peeve is playable children characters and Lolis. Why do Japanese game developers think we want either of those things?
Never apologize for posting twice. That's more engagement which is good for the vid!
I am personally not a Lolli lover myself. Child characters kinda vary. But I certainly don't like the sexualization. That's for damn sure.
Actually I have a bit of some kind of "concern" regarding the Trails series in general. (Mostly the Sky and Zero which are the only ones that my PC supports) as a whole those games have everything that I like in JRPGs. An engaging storyline. Interesting cast of characters + Villains! One of the bests battle systems ever created in an RPG and most important a SUPERB soundtrack!! Serious guys!! It is just amazing how the music in this series goes above and beyond! It is in a league of it's own! ( I find very hard to find a contender for the general quality of the compositions and also the execution in so many different moods!) another one that I could put in the same realm is CrossCode! ( What a stunning ost!!) and we all know how music plays a HUGE part in the aprecciation and also persistence for players to keep on playing until the very end!
But sadly NONE of that can keep my attention when I look to those chibi sprites! Do not get me wrong, I like the rair, the size, even that they are the same with slight modifications. But I have A BIG PROBLEMO with the faces!! EVERY character has those BOMBERMAN eyes, that are a bit charming, but NOT FROM THE BAD GUYS!! It does not add up you know? We see the characters portrats and look to this chibi representation and it does not ad up! I think it is by my own limitations, but it requires a level of abstraction almost impossible for me, to endure the blatant difference! When you compare with those sprites on Chrono Trigger, Suikoden II, Tengai Makyou Zero. All of them are cartoony versions of the oringinal concept art, but they were maded with such a good taste, and variation, that do not seems to take us as a child. Suikoden II, Or Breath Of fire III, the bad guys or even the good guys, looks a lot like their original concepts. And in Trails, it is hard to me to take a villain to serious when they have those lego faces. I know that is a nitpick but, it is sadly true. God only knows if some day i will overcome this misconception and finally plays this amazing series!! But for now I will stick with my guts... ( FINAL FANTASY VII, and WILD ARMS did not age all that well either and it is even worse... low polygon Playstation 1996/1997 era is my nemesis kkkkkk. i can't handle that!!)
Bro chill.
This is next game to play as just finished chrono trigger
as 100 percent awesome as earthbound is, being able to see the character animations would have been cool.
I own it in my 3ds and played a lot but the battle animations ui put me off so much I can’t play it now.
I beat this game a few months ago... Great game but not as good as IV. Also not as good as VIII and XI. No tear jerker here for me either... But obviously it was good enough to finish. Great vid and review!
DQ 7 on the 3DS is the best graphical Dragon Quest, personally, and there’s 3rd person in the battle system.
Just pulled the trigger on a cartrige only copy of this bad boy :)
Gosh I loved this video, it's crazy that I have finished this game the same week this video was posted and it was my first dragon quest as well, it's funny how much I relate to almost everything you said, I absolutely adore dragon quest now and I'm 30h in dq 8. Haven't played Mother yet, never got the chance, but I felt so much for all the bad things that happened to the MC, so for me dqv was a 10/10.
I agree about battle screen set up
I loved DQVIII and DQIX, so I decided to give DQV a chance now during the quarantine and, damn!, I absolutely love it. Your review is great, I really like seeing old games being reviewed. Maybe you can do a review of Chrono Cross and Vagrant Story as well? I wish people would play older games more often because great games are timeless.
They're on the list baby. :-)
I ain't got nothing else better to...might as well watch it again lol
I agree. I usually pass on first person games.
You ate'em! He was there for you!
DQV is the best Dragon Quest game 💙
I've said to myself... I must watch all of Lady Pelvic retro reviews!! And I've gladly seen all of them!! Now you're talking about my third favorite game franchise ( Being Tengai Makyou the first one, Ace Attorney Series the second one) And... WHAT A GREAT REVIEW!! You cover everything that has to cover!! Its amazing how you manage to put so much content togheter!! When I was about to think, she is forgeting to talk abou... BANNNNGG!!! Here comes Lady Pelvic covering the most detailed tid bit!! And exploring every suspicious look and cranny!! Great score too!! Well, let me try to make comments about some points!!
First, the first person battle view. Well that's a very commom complaint that most of my friends have in some RPGs!! It´s by far a great deal of discussion! For some time that bothered me too.. Until I played Tengai Makyo 4 for Sega Saturn (1997! A great year for RPGs) But I did not played in 1997, If I remember the first time I played the game, was about 2005, if I remember correctly! But the important thing to mention is that it took me by surprise! Seeing those giant animated monsters and charming bosses, attacking with such fluid and vivid animations (especially the bosses!! All of them with special full animation special attacks!! I love me some deal of great and memorable bosses on my RPGs!!) Them I started to enjoy the first person perspective and nowadays it becomes my favorite battle visual (Of course they have to be as you mentioned, well maded and feel lively) I much preffer this style than a half ass chibi cartunish to much super deformed characterer on the screen wich I can not relate very much nowadays.. Of course there are so much exeptions for the rule (Rule? Wich one?? XD) Like FFVI or even Fire Emblem or Bravely Default (Regardles I must say annoys me a bit... ) I'ts a mix of so much things for me... I don't like too realistic tough, I find too reallystic to be a bit embarassing... (What is my problem XD ) But depends on the game! A perfect example is the aforementioned Tengai Makyou Series! The third game (actually a side story) called Tengai Makyou - Kabuki Den (PC Engine CD 1993) goes with the chibi characters in battle in full swing! And I liked!! (But still prefer to see my enemies/bosses looking at me on the screen!) I make a exeption because the game is too good!! But may I say that First view is more for battles! I do not like to play a first view person whatever game.
About the music! DQV has a soundtrack that grew on me day by day!! And you are such a smart coockie aren't you? You talked about the soundtrack and I notice that one of the themes that were playing while you were graciously talking about the game is by far my favorite music in the entire game (and probably a top 10 rpg music!!) It was the theme from the ghost haunted house, am I right?! The dark castle that our party first venture after Bianca first enjoys the party!! That song is amazing!!! Climatic, poetic, earie and so much things in one song!! I'm sure is one of your favorites too!! (That's why you use as background music!!) Liking this song so much is a bit outside the curve from me! (I'm much more inclined to like the upbeat and agressive ones!! Like Bloody Battle from Einhander for instance!! Such a pounding electro rock marvel!!) Well I think I may digress a bit! Another thing worth mentioning is how the game offers some quality of life improvements! One of them is the icons of items spred out along the entire game! A herb, a piece of armor, an amulete, an special item! Each one represented by the drowing itself!! Most RPGs dont have that! The maps are handmade too, every village has it's own map showing Inns, armory shops etc. with just a pressing of a button! That helps a lot!!! But let me finish right there to congratulate you, for making one more amazing video!! God bless you sugar!!
I wish you could have played DQVI but everybody will say DQV is the better game. I'm probably one of the few who praises DQVI more so than DQV. All this is making me crave Dairy Queen for some reason.
Such a fun title!
I think this game got me more emotional than Mother 3 honestly
Whaaaa???
Have you reviewed Dragon Quest VII for 3DS? It’s like the “Majora’s Mask” of the franchise.
What do you mean
@@yellowtheyellow There were elements of time travel in the game, but the overall game felt different than the previous games, and had many sad moments as well.
DEFINITELY need to see my characters on screen during RPG battles. Don't know if it's a "playing with my action figures" thing or what, but... yeah.
8:16 Yeah, it took me a while to get over that mentality too. Wasn't until SMTIV when I finally did. Still prefer seeing my characters but I can deal with it now.
As for DQ games, I've finished 11's Main Quest, got halfway through 8 a long time ago on PS2 and am waiting for a Switch or PC port with the 3DS content, I finished DQ3 on Switch last year and I messed around a little bit with the first DQ just to know and finally I started DQV right as things went down with the whole pandemic and have been chipping away in spurts. With 5, I'm at what I believe is around halfway through the game (just married Bianca).
It's pretty great though for some reason after hearing so much praise for it, I expected things to feel a bit more...grand? At least in the DS remake. Things can be a bit nonchalant in tone with some of the major event like with the whole first time jump/enslavement thing. The way that section felt like an odd side note in the story without as much impact on the characters as I feel there probably should've been. Also, I'm still waiting for a dungeon to top that first major one (The Haunted Mansion) as nothing has even come close to being as cool or atmospheric so far. Either way, DQ5 is still a very solid classic JRPG, maybe a little overrated from what I've played but still awesome regardless.
Just a thing, this is a DS game, not a 3DS one...
Granted, you can play it on a 3DS, which is good, but still...
Dude how do you even get this game
I found it on an emulation site nvm
Oh my you keep reviewing my favorite games. Your content and style is gold ;)
Aw shucks thanks!! Glad to not disappoint!
I love when people call DQ games classic or traditional, because DQ games actually define what a clasic/traditional jRPG is :)
Things I dislike in a game:
The style of 3d models that appear in DS and 3DS games. You know the ones. The Bravely Default, Final fantasy 3 and 4. I feel like they are bland and infant looking. I wish they did more 2D sprites in that era of handheld games. I loved the pixel art in Dragon Quest 4. The end battle was really well animated. They could barely do anything with 3D models so they are just novelty.
The Bravely Default character models look great; the models look [to me] inspired by classical children's book illustrations of the past. I enjoy pixel art as well, however, the models on this type of art came from the limitations of older hardware.
I wasn't keen on 3d models in the ace attorney games. I prefer the 2d sprites.
Yet I like the Ff4 ds graphics as much as the spirte graphics
U should play dq8 then dq11, those are the best in my opinion
oooh, a blackfu who likes DQ, neat
I hate it when an rpg doesn’t change the weapon sprite or model regardless of improvements done to them.
nice choice for your first DQ game, it was my first mainline game as well, very special game
I can’t think of any game that allows you to marry mid-game, let alone allow you to procreate. If you know of any, feel free to enlighten me.
Fire Emblem Awakening requires one of the main characters to marry for plot progression fairly early into the game.
I mean... Record of Agarest War is across 5 generations of the main character(s) and you have to find a wife for each one, and the spouse you choose effects the stats and weapons that the child will have.
Phantasy Star III
Fable
Great review! Really love your content.
fire emblem lets you marry some of the charakters
Even though I know you'll hate it you should play VII
Every Japanese male aged 7 to 60 knows the DQ theme by heart.
All of them are good...
dragon quest bagas are always a bit of a pain
ohhhhhhh take your time for all of them
(DQ8 is one of my fav rpgs ever, Suikoden 2 being my number 1)
My petty/superficial deal breaker in JRPGs is if there is no magic specialist character and/or a prominent, playable female (usually filling both roles). Aside from FF15 not being turn based, the whole playable cast was male and none seem to be exclusively casters. I also agree that I need to see my party in battle.
I'm in love
People after Mark Cerny talked about a new paradigm shift after 20 years:
"I wonder how Dragon Quest XII will revolutionize with new game design and gameplay"
Also,
DQVII in the PS1 era: "Don't expect any major changes, it's DQ, folks"
I looove Dragon Quest. Super fun to see your opinions! Love the outfit based on the hero's too haha
A game with soul.
To see a woman as attractive as you playing dragon quest. I know what I'm looking for.
Right? Gives me hope to one day run into my own Dragon Quest wifey.
I just beat the mobile version of this game for the first time & agree with the lack of refinement about monster hunting. I liked catching monsters & had an awesome Slime Knight among others, but I didn't play around with that aspect too much. The mini games, esp. Treasures & Trapdoors, was my favorite aspect.
are you Brazilian?
The most useful info for these reviews are which version of the game should be played on
Never really played a DQ game outside of 8. I should really go back and try one.
What was your favorite characters from the game