This game is the ultimate masochist test. It made me hate it so much when playing it but at the end I had a pleasant feeling of accomplishment and now I look back at it very fondly.
Nah. DQ2 is probably the second most masochistic game on CONSOLES. Phantasy Star 2 holds that position rather firmly. You want brutal? The attack equation is wonky to where Rolf, the main character gets a damage modifier less than his companion Nei, and despite having FAR superior attack stats, and having a weapon that only attacks one enemy at a time, he'll deal 1/4, then 1/3, then 1/2, then finally 3/4, then finally on par, and just before Nei leaves the party, just over her damage output. This despite she gets two attacks per round and has such substantially lower weapon attack and strength attack stats. Enemy encounter rate is higher than any rouge-like or their predecessors, the Wizardry series and MUDs. Actually higher than any other game in both the Phantasy Star series, by far, and higher than any other JRPG ever released before or since, by a fairly sizeable margin. The dungeons are designed to be absolutely similar, with a camera zoom that makes it very hard to determine position, with long corridors that often lead to dead ends. Almost every new dungeon is larger than the last...well until the final dungeon and one strange one mid-way that's surprisingly short and sweet, and one of the last, and most significant not only is super large, but has warp tiles that lead to massive rooms and corridors with dead-ends, where only a bare handful have extremely rare one-time uber gear that is absolutely necessary to beat the game (no really, the game is absolutely gear dependent for defense and physical offense...gracefully not for Techs), and several drop down rooms, where multiple tiles and drops go around in circles and it's VERY hard to tell where you are based on both the encounter rate AND the scope of the various rooms and corridors along with their identical tilesets, design, and even direction. You actually require a map to find everything, and even then most people get lost as it makes a comparison to Rhone look like a Chutes and Ladders vs Trivial Pursuit as a social commentary edition from your Grandfather's generation so nothing makes any sense relative to you unless you happened to study that era thoroughly. As painful as DQ2 is, and yes, it is painful, I hate to say it, but it has NOTHING on the shitstorm that PS2 craps on gamers. OH, did I mention that leveling in PS2 is impossibly slow? You need to exploit two respawning monsters. Even then it takes about 1/3rd the time to hit cap exploiting Goopi's as it would to hit half the level cap using a similar monster in Phantasy Star 2. I've hit cap, that took over 200 hours alone. No seriously, 200 hours gametime. Not possible without emulation and thus speedup functions. DQ2's cap takes about 40~80 hours depending on luck and how often the Goopi's respawn, and that's NES edition. It's faster in teh remakes. PS2 remake? HAHAHAHA, no, they made it just as slow and obnoxious.
@@bugsterlincapoop7900 Unless you've replayed it over 200x to completion over the years. Insomnia from 7 to 19, means a lot of excess free time. Of course without music. It also means I've reread quite a few books 5+ times. Until DQ3 came out, it was Zelda 1+2, DQ2 and FF1 that took up my nights when I played games at that particular period of my childhood. I don't know, I rather enjoy it. There's a certain sense of accomplishment getting through that dungeon in one piece.
Same. Hearing it fade in told me that wow, I really was in Moonbrooke. I played Dragon Warrior II when it wad brand new and this brought back so many memories.
@@BTG514 I too love that theme, but it might be because of the feeling I got when the party was finally complete. A great moment when you step out of that town.
Midi aside, the way they used Sugiyama's works in DQB1 and DQB2 was nothing short of genius. Especially this music in Moonbrooke and Homeland in Rimuldar.
dragon quest Buidlers 1 music was done beter and had a way more fiting feelign 2 you could play whitout music and it wouldent affect gameplay and thats the issue whit DQB2 (Coming From Someone Whit 500+ hours)
Masgaz if you’ve played 11 you’d know that it fits really well considering that 11 is a precursor to 3. Also the music just makes it feel like the hero is actually determined to save the world and will continue even when there is no hope left and it’s his “comeback” theme.
I've only been playing DQ for a few years, but this part 4:22-5:44 Has always been effectively nostalgic for me. Almost something reminiscent of playing Pokemon in the early 2000s.
So just me or does this make anyone else cry? This song (or 2 songs really) is so perfectly fitting of Dragon Quest. A mysterious world, a somber moment, and then continuing on with hope
The third theme almost feels like the game is trying to comfort you, telling you that things will be fine now you have a full party. It has got to be the most deceiving theme in the entire series.
This entire song sends me to a different place in my mind, a place filled with nostalgic memories, creative ideas, many adventures and just in general so much fun. It’s honestly my favourite side of me as a person. And this entire soundtrack takes me there every time. Thank you Koichi Sugiyama for all of the amazing songs.
There are always games that I considered an enigma when I was younger, mostly because I'd only heard of them and didn't have the means to play them at the time. DQII was one among them. I'd already played all the way through DQI, touched a little upon III, and played almost the rest of the series, but it wasn't until the Switch got the Erdrick trilogy that I finally played DQII. I fell in love with these overworld themes, and I was astonished at how much larger the world was in comparison to the world in the first game, considering you can visit said world as a single stop on your journey. I fell in love with the game, the characters, and the music, though it didn't take long for me to begin seeing some of its "shortcomings" I'd heard of. It's definitely the toughest DQ game I've played so far, but it's still worth the journey. Listening to this song makes me want to get back into it.
Let me talk a bit about my story. Unlike most people here, I’ve never grown up playing Dragon Quest. I’ve never heard of Dragon Quest until my late teens when I started brushing up on video game history as a whole. Even then, DQ was always just “that classic rpg series that japan was nuts about”. Not of much interest. But recently, DQ has been getting so much buzz on the Switch. DQ Builders released, DQ Builders 2, DQ XI S were shown, and then, finally, DQ got its very own Hero representative in Smash Bros. That did it for me. I pretty much started going deep into the list of released games and the lore, like I had done with Persona before it. I also decided to play Builders 1 at least. And boy, do they choose to use some amazing themes for it! I’m happy to say that I’m probably buying Builders 2 when I finish 1, and likely will get XI S when it comes out. And probably play I - IX someday before the end of my life (not X, I can’t read japanese), but that might take quite a while.
SuperPaperPokemon Dragon Quest 11 is my favorite game of all time, and now that it’s coming to the switch with the option of switching between symphonic (better) and midi music it’ll be 10 times better. I definitely recommend buying it, you will not be disappointed. I never played dq builders 1 but i did play and beat 2 and it was definitely a fun game, i just think that 11 has such a beautiful world, unique characters, and awesome music. My point is: definitely get 11 for the switch when its released; you don’t need to know anything about the game in order to have a really good experience
I'm a bit like you. I first came in contact with the series as an adult, but it's really become my favorite. Many of the things I loved when I was younger don't appeal as much to me (sadly this includes modern Pokemon), but DQ is really different. It's so charming and the music is beautiful. It's unlike anything else I've ever played and now it's dear to my heart. Cheers from a fellow fan, and hope you have a good time!
Me too… me too 🥹🥲 happy tears. I realized I’m all alone and now I’m looking to who will complete my party. For now it’s just me on my journey… wish me luck! 😄
First part makes me feel like Seeing a montage Of A group of adventurers travelling through all times of terrain ,but finnally find there enemy.second part makes me feel like Walking through the fields of Cantlin Finding many friendly people,and sitting by the Sea side,third feels like A nice day,Finding my way to the Kings castle!
This is one of those DQ songs I started to immediately sing along with on my first time hearing it. Like... what the heck, how do I know so much DQ music BEFORE playing??
Is it just me, or is Unknown World a staple in the Erdrick trilogy? There are three Symphonic Suite versions. The standalone one for DQ1, the version with A Lonely Youth, the main overworld of DQ2, and the vastly different version that belongs to DQ3
It's the theme that plays in Alefgard, which is part of all 3 of the games in the Erdrick Trilogy. It is the map of the first game, a location that can be visited in the second, and the underworld (late game map) of the third.
That vastly different version was actually written for the original Dragon Quest and is the only overworld theme in the game. Both Dragon Quest 2 & 3 then used the themes for the land of Alefgard, where the original game entirely took place in. Curiously, while Dragon Quest 2 is chronologically set after the original, Dragon Quest 3 is a prequel to the original.
I've never played much/any Dragon Quest, since I grew up playing Mario RPGs and only discovered JRPGs through Final Fantasy in my college years. That changed somewhat when I got Dragon Quest Builders, and I'm exploring (at least the music of) Dragon Quest now. For some reason I had the notion that it wouldn't be as good as FF? But when I heard this in the 3rd chapter of DQB, I knew I had to look up other versions and possibly sheet music. I really like that major-to-minor shift at the beginning. But aside from a few tracks, I'm really liking DQB's "Survey of Dragon Quest Music."
Sugiyama was composing for anime, tv, and other mediums in the 70s, long before Dragon Quest as well. He even recycled some of his earlier themes for this series. Cyborg 009 is one example.
Okay so for some reason in dqb 2 this song is listed as never ending journey which is completely different dq song from this. Probably just a translation error but though I'd bring it up anyways.
Everyone says this game is super hard, but I didn’t think it was that bad. I actually really enjoyed it, the only part that gave me trouble was the final grind before Hargon’s castls
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6/10/24 3:21pm cst, earth, the milky way galaxy
989 years later & this is still a banger
*sup, future kelan* 😎
I'm sure Kelan will still have good taste in the future! DQ 2-D HD will finally be out then.
@@LordRoto ayyy thanks! ^_^
Still kickin as usual? @@LordRoto
This game is the ultimate masochist test. It made me hate it so much when playing it but at the end I had a pleasant feeling of accomplishment and now I look back at it very fondly.
So many instant death spells.
#NotAllGreenDragons
...Actually, yes, all Green Dragons. And the babboons. And the final boss...
:(
Nah. DQ2 is probably the second most masochistic game on CONSOLES. Phantasy Star 2 holds that position rather firmly. You want brutal?
The attack equation is wonky to where Rolf, the main character gets a damage modifier less than his companion Nei, and despite having FAR superior attack stats, and having a weapon that only attacks one enemy at a time, he'll deal 1/4, then 1/3, then 1/2, then finally 3/4, then finally on par, and just before Nei leaves the party, just over her damage output. This despite she gets two attacks per round and has such substantially lower weapon attack and strength attack stats.
Enemy encounter rate is higher than any rouge-like or their predecessors, the Wizardry series and MUDs. Actually higher than any other game in both the Phantasy Star series, by far, and higher than any other JRPG ever released before or since, by a fairly sizeable margin.
The dungeons are designed to be absolutely similar, with a camera zoom that makes it very hard to determine position, with long corridors that often lead to dead ends. Almost every new dungeon is larger than the last...well until the final dungeon and one strange one mid-way that's surprisingly short and sweet, and one of the last, and most significant not only is super large, but has warp tiles that lead to massive rooms and corridors with dead-ends, where only a bare handful have extremely rare one-time uber gear that is absolutely necessary to beat the game (no really, the game is absolutely gear dependent for defense and physical offense...gracefully not for Techs), and several drop down rooms, where multiple tiles and drops go around in circles and it's VERY hard to tell where you are based on both the encounter rate AND the scope of the various rooms and corridors along with their identical tilesets, design, and even direction. You actually require a map to find everything, and even then most people get lost as it makes a comparison to Rhone look like a Chutes and Ladders vs Trivial Pursuit as a social commentary edition from your Grandfather's generation so nothing makes any sense relative to you unless you happened to study that era thoroughly.
As painful as DQ2 is, and yes, it is painful, I hate to say it, but it has NOTHING on the shitstorm that PS2 craps on gamers.
OH, did I mention that leveling in PS2 is impossibly slow? You need to exploit two respawning monsters. Even then it takes about 1/3rd the time to hit cap exploiting Goopi's as it would to hit half the level cap using a similar monster in Phantasy Star 2. I've hit cap, that took over 200 hours alone. No seriously, 200 hours gametime. Not possible without emulation and thus speedup functions. DQ2's cap takes about 40~80 hours depending on luck and how often the Goopi's respawn, and that's NES edition. It's faster in teh remakes. PS2 remake? HAHAHAHA, no, they made it just as slow and obnoxious.
I agree but suddenly once your done don't you feel like tackling it again but just to apreciate it now that you know the ins and outs
@@bugsterlincapoop7900 Unless you've replayed it over 200x to completion over the years. Insomnia from 7 to 19, means a lot of excess free time. Of course without music. It also means I've reread quite a few books 5+ times. Until DQ3 came out, it was Zelda 1+2, DQ2 and FF1 that took up my nights when I played games at that particular period of my childhood.
I don't know, I rather enjoy it. There's a certain sense of accomplishment getting through that dungeon in one piece.
I just heard this for the first time in DQ Builders, what a great map theme, my new favorite in the series in fact.
Same here, my favorite of the entire serie thanks to Builder
Its a really haunting tune almost... But so triumph as well... Koichi Sugiyama writes the best music.
Same. Hearing it fade in told me that wow, I really was in Moonbrooke. I played Dragon Warrior II when it wad brand new and this brought back so many memories.
Expa0 since that Malroth is a player 2 and sorta the boss you got just extra 2 characters in one game
100% the best in the series.
After beating dragon quest I, i played II and the world felt like it was absolutely massive.
lol i just beat dq 1 yesterday with only 14 hp, and 2 mp to spare. First time seeing the map of dragon quest 2 frightened me
When I saw the DQII map I pogged really hard
Yeah it feels so much more expansive after playing 1
We can only imagine what DQ Builders 3 will bring.
@@SephirothRyu I think they meant the og DQ2, not builders
First part of this song is one of the best overworld themes ever
Really? I adore the part that starts at 4:18
@@BTG514 doesn't the song start there if you have a full party?
@@seppemestdagh6341 Yes, and I love when it returns to the first part when your party isn't fully alive anymore. Et vice versa.
@@BTG514 I too love that theme, but it might be because of the feeling I got when the party was finally complete. A great moment when you step out of that town.
I was first exposed to Sugiyama's work because of Dragon Quest Builders 2, I fell in love with this music
Midi aside, the way they used Sugiyama's works in DQB1 and DQB2 was nothing short of genius. Especially this music in Moonbrooke and Homeland in Rimuldar.
dragon quest Buidlers 1 music was done beter and had a way more fiting feelign 2 you could play whitout music and it wouldent affect gameplay and thats the issue whit DQB2 (Coming From Someone Whit 500+ hours)
Mr. Sugiyama, you are a genius.
If I forget the fact the orchestrated soundtrack is neither in Spotify nor in Smash, I would agree with you.
This really should have played in act 2 of DQXI. Imagine how epic that would have been...
Oh yeah, when you are alone again but the world change when the World Tree fell and demons ravage the world.
@El Sonrisitas No, you got Adventure from Dragon Quest III at that point.
uhh what it really doesn't fit the whole situation considering how fucked everything was at that point
Masgaz if you’ve played 11 you’d know that it fits really well considering that 11 is a precursor to 3. Also the music just makes it feel like the hero is actually determined to save the world and will continue even when there is no hope left and it’s his “comeback” theme.
maxis2k you get dq3's music in the post game
Cannot wait to hear this once again in the HD-2D remake.
4:23 Gotta love the Walk of Glory back to the Castle after killing Malroth.
I had a huge feeling of acomplishment!! Definitely one of the best moments
Too Bad I zoom back to the Castle after beating him,the God of Demon. XD
I really love listening to Dragon Quest suites early in the morning. Gets my day started properly
R.I.P. Sugiyama
Your music will live on forever.
5:15 tears of happiness start flowing down my face
Me too
Thank you, Sugiyama.
I've only been playing DQ for a few years, but this part
4:22-5:44
Has always been effectively nostalgic for me. Almost something reminiscent of playing Pokemon in the early 2000s.
Best Overworld map Theme of the series
Yeah but I like Homeland too
5 is better
Haha
No
Wich one
Maaaaaaaan, I remember when this game first came out for the NES. Goddamn I'm old >.
+James Thurmond Right there with ya, brother.
If only the music were this epic on the NES...
Remember, today is the youngest you'll ever be. So embrace it lovingly
It made me gasp in Dragon Quest Builders.
So just me or does this make anyone else cry? This song (or 2 songs really) is so perfectly fitting of Dragon Quest. A mysterious world, a somber moment, and then continuing on with hope
Yes!!!
It's 3 songs.
what are the songs?? And yes, absolutely
You know, I wouldn't oppose a DQ8-style remake of this game, complete with the symphonic orchestra.
Remakes en 3d de los 6 primeros juegos estilo dq8, los compraba sin pestañear.
Prince of Cannock in HD!
The game would be huge.
I'd be happy even with a dq6 ds zenithian style. Actually no, I'd be happier
The third theme almost feels like the game is trying to comfort you, telling you that things will be fine now you have a full party. It has got to be the most deceiving theme in the entire series.
Well this piece does not play in the the Road to Rhone so you can disassociate it with that at least.
@@veteran0121 I'd argue that Rhone itself (a place where the song plays) is still quite painful.
This entire song sends me to a different place in my mind, a place filled with nostalgic memories, creative ideas, many adventures and just in general so much fun. It’s honestly my favourite side of me as a person. And this entire soundtrack takes me there every time.
Thank you Koichi Sugiyama for all of the amazing songs.
Crazy how it makes many people feel the exact same way
Wish I was that simple.
@@Fusion991 maybe you're just not as idealistic or prone to nostalgia
the biggest game of my life . all dragon quests
There are always games that I considered an enigma when I was younger, mostly because I'd only heard of them and didn't have the means to play them at the time. DQII was one among them. I'd already played all the way through DQI, touched a little upon III, and played almost the rest of the series, but it wasn't until the Switch got the Erdrick trilogy that I finally played DQII. I fell in love with these overworld themes, and I was astonished at how much larger the world was in comparison to the world in the first game, considering you can visit said world as a single stop on your journey. I fell in love with the game, the characters, and the music, though it didn't take long for me to begin seeing some of its "shortcomings" I'd heard of. It's definitely the toughest DQ game I've played so far, but it's still worth the journey. Listening to this song makes me want to get back into it.
Let me talk a bit about my story.
Unlike most people here, I’ve never grown up playing Dragon Quest. I’ve never heard of Dragon Quest until my late teens when I started brushing up on video game history as a whole.
Even then, DQ was always just “that classic rpg series that japan was nuts about”. Not of much interest.
But recently, DQ has been getting so much buzz on the Switch. DQ Builders released, DQ Builders 2, DQ XI S were shown, and then, finally, DQ got its very own Hero representative in Smash Bros.
That did it for me. I pretty much started going deep into the list of released games and the lore, like I had done with Persona before it. I also decided to play Builders 1 at least. And boy, do they choose to use some amazing themes for it! I’m happy to say that I’m probably buying Builders 2 when I finish 1, and likely will get XI S when it comes out.
And probably play I - IX someday before the end of my life (not X, I can’t read japanese), but that might take quite a while.
SuperPaperPokemon Dragon Quest 11 is my favorite game of all time, and now that it’s coming to the switch with the option of switching between symphonic (better) and midi music it’ll be 10 times better. I definitely recommend buying it, you will not be disappointed. I never played dq builders 1 but i did play and beat 2 and it was definitely a fun game, i just think that 11 has such a beautiful world, unique characters, and awesome music. My point is: definitely get 11 for the switch when its released; you don’t need to know anything about the game in order to have a really good experience
And 2 days after I post this the deno for DQXI S goes up on the eshop. I'm definitely having fun!
SuperPaperPokemon oh shit its out? Lol I didn’t even realize, i know what im doing this weekend
I'm a bit like you. I first came in contact with the series as an adult, but it's really become my favorite. Many of the things I loved when I was younger don't appeal as much to me (sadly this includes modern Pokemon), but DQ is really different. It's so charming and the music is beautiful. It's unlike anything else I've ever played and now it's dear to my heart. Cheers from a fellow fan, and hope you have a good time!
I also got into DQ when I was 17. Started with Dq9 but dropped it multiple times. Then I played DQ6 and just... fell in love.
4:19 All together now... and I'm in tears ;-(
Me too
This is my favorite dq field theme and probably the main reason I bought dq2
rest in peace sugiyama
A legend forever more. May your songs carry you to the Endless World, Koichi Sugiyama.
We will miss you Akira
1955~infinity 🕊️
Masterpiece song! 💯
This is beautiful. Sugiyama at his best.
Wow... That was surprising to hear the DQI world map theme after the II'nd one...
+Belias Alefgard is in this game. It plays when you are there
You can also meet the Dragonlord's grandson, too.
I just started playing this game, and holy crap the music is so good.
感動して涙がでました。有難うございました(*^ ^*)
Me too… me too 🥹🥲 happy tears. I realized I’m all alone and now I’m looking to who will complete my party. For now it’s just me on my journey… wish me luck! 😄
God bless this music, rip
Rip?
@@littlemoth4956 The composer died.
RIP & long live the living legend: Koichi Sugiyama.
They should include this in a major section of DQ XII
Awesome Dragon Quest II Symphonic Suite Endless World Video.
I Just Heard playing dq builders 2 and damn this OST is awesome
It really fits moonbrooke
one of my favs too man!!
RIP, you legend T_T
I love the buildup in this orchestrated version.
First part makes me feel like Seeing a montage Of A group of adventurers travelling through all times of terrain ,but finnally find there enemy.second part makes me feel like Walking through the fields of Cantlin Finding many friendly people,and sitting by the Sea side,third feels like A nice day,Finding my way to the Kings castle!
Speak English you crackhead
Playing through act 2 of dq11 while listening to this just feels so right.
That shit had to be added to my Minecraft playlist. Travelling to your friend's base with this is just perfect.
Beautiful
2:20 is so awesome!
3:55 makes me wanna wake up on a beautiful day and smile while waling through the fields
After 3 years of searchjng finally found it
お疲れ様😅
The best one of them all.
Never played any dragon quest games, this is fantastic!
I really want this in smash
I still think this should have been in smash
1:25 is perfection
legend
4:19 that's what I came for!
So soothing
This is one of those DQ songs I started to immediately sing along with on my first time hearing it. Like... what the heck, how do I know so much DQ music BEFORE playing??
I think it's the genius of Sugiyama. The song follows a very natural melody. it just flows perfectly
This also happens to me WTF?!
Kinda sad that this song stops playing once you get the princess of moonbrooke
Not really if one of your party members dies and you’re left with 2, the song plays immediately.
@@nolbertos I ended up realizing that once mookbrooke had gotten folded
I first heard part 1 in Moonbrooke DQB2,
The second part in Cantlin in DQB1
I have not heard part 3 in any DQB games
man i had so many memories with my brother on dragon quest builders the game and the demo
I hope to hear this un Dai no Daibouken series coming this year.
Dragon Quest 2, mudou minha percepção, gostaria que fosse mais popular no Brasil, 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Essas OSTs são lindas
@@sagapoggers Os jogos também são
@@atrioberlyn9151 curto muito o IV,III,VI,VIII e XI
@@sagapoggers eu recomendo a saga completa, o 1 e 2 no Nes são ótimos, o 2 é difícil, porém ótimo.
O 5 nem se fale, ótimo também.
@@atrioberlyn9151 O 5 é muito bom,a saga do 1 e 2 são boas também, muito difíceis mas boas,zerei as versões do Snes
For some really strange reason at 0:49 or anytime those notes repeat I hear "Strawberry fields go on forever" I honestly don't know why
Certainly the best music to hear during the sunset at the top of any tall building or during the roadtrip of any farming field
Is it just me, or is Unknown World a staple in the Erdrick trilogy?
There are three Symphonic Suite versions. The standalone one for DQ1, the version with A Lonely Youth, the main overworld of DQ2, and the vastly different version that belongs to DQ3
It's the theme that plays in Alefgard, which is part of all 3 of the games in the Erdrick Trilogy. It is the map of the first game, a location that can be visited in the second, and the underworld (late game map) of the third.
@@naquris4241 and I hear it's also in 11. Anything spoiler related?
@@ejelecflametails6657 I have yet to finish 11. I'm waiting for the switch release, so I can't say anything.
@@naquris4241 After going through the game, it's part of the credits medley Echoes of an Elusive Age
That vastly different version was actually written for the original Dragon Quest and is the only overworld theme in the game. Both Dragon Quest 2 & 3 then used the themes for the land of Alefgard, where the original game entirely took place in. Curiously, while Dragon Quest 2 is chronologically set after the original, Dragon Quest 3 is a prequel to the original.
I've never played much/any Dragon Quest, since I grew up playing Mario RPGs and only discovered JRPGs through Final Fantasy in my college years. That changed somewhat when I got Dragon Quest Builders, and I'm exploring (at least the music of) Dragon Quest now. For some reason I had the notion that it wouldn't be as good as FF? But when I heard this in the 3rd chapter of DQB, I knew I had to look up other versions and possibly sheet music. I really like that major-to-minor shift at the beginning. But aside from a few tracks, I'm really liking DQB's "Survey of Dragon Quest Music."
That's what I thought it was.
Simplemente increíble.
perfect
Beautiful!
0:50 to 1:15 is godlike.
I was thinking of doing a vocal cover of this at some point. :)
do it!
Did you ever do it??
I wonder what it's like to dislike this kind of music
Very sad
Filthy casuals
It’s like being someone who dislikes a Mozart piano concerto...
Hermosa banda sonora...
I used to think these had Uematsu vibes until I looked up it was actually the composer was the one influenced Uematsu. Man, that realization though.
Actually, both started composing for games around the same time in 1985, neither really inspired the other, they are both RPG music legends though!
@@plebgar2582 not really, at least according to Uematsu himself, since he has gone on record that Sugiyama was his greatest influence.
Sugiyama was composing for anime, tv, and other mediums in the 70s, long before Dragon Quest as well. He even recycled some of his earlier themes for this series. Cyborg 009 is one example.
4:18 is it me or does it sound a bit like Super Mario Galaxy? It´s probably due to playing the game first, but I get those vibes.
Yes it sounds like the star festival at the beginning.
Reminds me of Little Nemo the Dream Master more than anything and it's only a passing resemblance.
@@BTG514 are you talking about the fisrt level of the little nemo videogame for Ness? The one with giant mushrooms?
Thought the exact same thing
DAIIIIII !!!!
haha yeah it would be awesome
Masterpiece
Okay so for some reason in dqb 2 this song is listed as never ending journey which is completely different dq song from this. Probably just a translation error but though I'd bring it up anyways.
I had the song stuck in my head today and I couldn't figure it out.
Let it be known that these releases are why the composer only let midi versions of the music into Smash
... What?
*_That's not at all how Sugiyama works._*
Don't cry, it's just music.
rest in peace
under rated song
4:18 for Traveling With Friends
Bruhhhhhhh nostalgia lol
Reminds me Of Pokemon Prism Hack dont remember where this was used un Pokemon Prism
Please be in Smash...
Giga oof
This stings... Goddamnit Sugiyama.
Moonbroke Island....
Moonbrooke Kingdom*
Moonbrooke isle
Kol and Galenholm
dai no daiboken man
Everyone says this game is super hard, but I didn’t think it was that bad. I actually really enjoyed it, the only part that gave me trouble was the final grind before Hargon’s castls
Which version did you play?
@@b_Wtv14 the Switch version. Yeah it’s easier than the original but I just wanted to have a good time and not get frustrated with the game
@@BetaXeeta ah ok, when people refer to its difficulty it’s usually referencing the original NES version
ah yes
the theme of Kol and Moonbrooke
4:23 super mario 3d world anyone?? About 30 seconds into switch scramble circus
I feel like I just heard this in Dragon Quest Builders on Switch. Did that game just straight-up use this arrangement?
I don't think it's the same arrangement, but yeah, basically every song in the game is from an older one.
This is 3 separate songs right?
Yes. Each a theme of the three party members. First is Hero's, second is Princessa's and last in Canrok's.
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What is the last theme from ?
Belias It's still DQ2, it's the overworld music once you have companions.
Came here from Dragon Quest Builders 2
Same
I’m playing the switch version of 2 right now. Wow, it has aged like milk though, especially after finishing 11, but it’s alright. Very hard though.
It aged beautifully.