I agree. For $60 to just have a little 3D thrown in seems silly. If this did something like Secret or Trials Of Mana, I think it would be more enjoyable.
@@XDantevsVergilX I completely agree, I'll be honest I generally find dragonquest combat way too simple in general. I like my turn based rpgs with some kind of twist to keep things interesting. So dull animation and combat, sorry but this year has so many better RPGs.
They probably wanted to but didn't because we all know that todays culture is to complain it's not exactly like the o.g game even if you weren't planning to play it in the first place.
This was a great review. Actually told me what was new about the game and ya didn’t get upset about not being able to purchase a chain sickle at the start. I am just all Dragon Quest 3 outed by now over the years. It does look beautiful maybe on a sale in the distant future I'll try it.
The price of this game is fucking nuts. Should be 40 bucks - at MOST 50 bucks. I swear they're pricing like this to counter sales-prices which is inevitable these days.
That job change feature sounds like a really cool way of handling it. So you’re still powering up but re-speccing too. Sounds like a cool way of modifying the difficulty for yourself if it gets too easy/hard.
Final Fantasy, Mana, Live A Live, SaGa, & Dragon Quest. All the series got a remake in these 4 years alone because of Square Enix. They have my eternal praise for this! A certain other company should learn from them when it comes to pleasing older fans. That aside, another solid remake from Square.
I just hope they don't have exceedingly high sales expectations since they've already stated FFXVI and FFVII Rebirth didn't really sell to expectations.
@@Nergal134 they both still sold really well actually, their expectations were just really high, probably because they didn't really consider that FFVII Remake sold so well because everyone was in covid lockdowns.
@@BigTough i get that, but they've been constantly groaning about lower-than-expected sales for even some of their marquee titles so I just hope they don't expect the world out of, let's say, RS2 remake just so we can keep getting more of these since their latest output for niche titles and series like Romancing Saga have been absolutely outstanding.
So they added character Sprites off your Party into the combat... Without them having an actual function. No battle Animation for it. But no smooth transition to the classic attack screen either. Instead we get a short black screen. Everytime. I personaly find that very offsetting. Very weird Design choice.
Especially that there isn't alot of character classes so designing their combat animation shouldn't be much of a budget or time consuming to being with lol
I couldn't agree more, for a Square Enix title you would have thought they would easily have the budget for that. I honestly couldn't justify buying this at full price. I imagine it'll be on sale early next year.
@@riyuphoenix4533more could have been done to improve the game but nope Square Enix didn't do it. I don't know when Dragon Quest Will become mainstream outside of Japan at this rate(the switch exclusive Spin offs are Also not helping).
as someone who has recently finished DQ7 on my mister this game is absolutely going to be for me. Going to break my heart to see the steam reviews though because i do understand its not going to be for everybody
The old Random Encounter catch-22. If they reduced the encounter rate, you'd be crying about the game being too difficult and about how you were "forced" to grind all the time. If the encounter rate is set where it is, you instead cry about how it's "way too high" a minimum of 8 times in your review.
That depends even the current Switch collection of DQ1 to 3 can still have the 3rd game take 80+ hours despite that version NOT having a IN game timer.
I don't understand the intended audience here. For new players, this game seems archaic. For hardcore fans, it's literally the same game with improved graphics. Who is going to spend $60 for this?
I have decided to put this game down and for some other games as I am currently burnt out on it 😂. The constant battles, the generic party members, and the slim story are not clicking for me. I will come back to it later, but man is it a drag for me right now
Romancing Saga 2 is a great, more modern (QoL specifically) remake. RS2 remake will appeal to many more people than the original does. This sounds like a great remake for existing DQ fans looking for a faithful version with a new coat of paint, poor QoL and all. I for one loved RS2 remake but will also love re-living this game with that orchestral soundtrack :)
I might be crazy here - I'm definitely assuming I'm in the minority - but I just do not like Squeenix's "HD-2D" graphical style. The overabundance of visual effects is so garish to me and the way it just casually throws perspective out of the window with the way it uses some sprites takes me out of the experience way too much. I much prefer the flatter, more cohesive look of actual 2D to this.
I'm sick and tired of ideologues having to stick their hands into everything these days. It's either always an instant skip or a trip on the high seas until the industry finally gets them the fuck out.
I wish square were smarter about their pricing. I really think selling this for even ten dollars cheaper would bring in way more people and result in overall more profit. Full price for this kind of remake is just harsh
Never played a dragon quest game. I think I could get past the 1st person battle animations. But common… it’s 2024 and you are going through the effort to make this remake why not just add battle animations it would have been pretty obvious most modern gamers would appreciate it. Seems lazy for a full price remake. I want to try it but im waiting for sale
My only issue is that Im not very imaginative person 😅, i hate it on earth bound and smt games despite how good those games are i enjoyed played them .still i hate first person pov. Its not 1980s , i can see if its an indie dev but big Boy like square enix don't have any reason not to include the 3rd person pov to me its just lazy.
I was very much looking forward to getting this, but sadly, once word of the censorship got out, and after the interview with Yuji Horii, I can't in good conscious support this. I'm currently playing through Romancing SaGa 2 and the game is fantastic, and the art is completely uncompromised. I don't understand how Square let that game be released with it's art design intact, but DQ needs to be censored.
They/them was a Type A kind of they/them They/they was a Type B kind of they/them Everyone got ugly underwear The work done on this game doesn't quite say 60 bucks for me The end
To me, this game transcends most of the criticisms I have seen levied at it. I don't want more hand holdy quality of life features, I don't want a fleshed out story, I don't want character battle animations, I don't want it to have most of the things that 'modern' gamers want cause modern gamers drive game design into the ground.
@@MahouPointYou have a brainrot if you think people who complain about censorship are the ones who masturbate to it. You are just a sheep if you don't give a flying fuck, but it needs to be mentioned whatever you think.
Pink troll lips now green, Female fighter wearing tan clothes under bikini armor, Female Jester’s cleavage covered up and no alcohol branding on mug, Church’s cross symbol changed to be less Christian looking… with censorship it is NEVER just “one” thing. There could even be more we didn’t notice yet
@@grantlawrence4600 but you dont see it in game, unless you mean the male monster wrangler wearing a black shirt because CERO in japan said No male nips... then yeah that you will immediately see in the sprite work. but hey, the red and black work for me and i'll probably be using the female monster wrangler since she has the look of the ogre race from DQ10.
The turn base starts to drag after a while esp if the game is large. The stop/start nature and switching in/out of battles becomes annoying. They should have made it more real-time like they did in FF7 Remake.
Maybe to you. Turn based can be incredibly fun the entire length of a game. See metaphor refantazio. The issue is when the gameplay is very simple like this game.
The music in Dragon Quest gets on my nerves tbh, too Caviar for me. I couldn't finish DQ11 because of it. Also the story in these games are just way too cookie cutter, they lack depth in a lot of areas. That being said, the random encounters for this was not the best choice since in DQ11 roaming around has no limits and you can fight any monsters at your own will. That should have been added to this game 100%
I'm upset that the west has strong armed their influence to the point where they had to add censorship and changes to the original... especially ones that never actually mattered. I'm especially disturbed that they changed designs that the late legend Akira toriyama designed for "western tastes". I assure you, you'll lose more sales this way than you'll gain.
they've been censoring the female warrior since the late 90s. Other countries like China and Russia influence censorship. Stop falling for youtube and twitter grifters. Also, the female warrior is censored in promo art. art that isnt even on the boxart. You can't even tell she's "censored" on her sprite lol
Dude the changes only apply to to the concept art, the in game changes do not reflect. As for the Type A/B body selection, other games like Elden Ring have included it yet nobody was bothered.
Stopped listening after 30 seconds. "The concept of adventure in video games is pretty flexible, leading to countless variations that have created genre-defining differences." This is a meaningless sentence. It's the start to a C high school essay.
I wonder how many reviews you’ve written where you’re forced to be creative in the intro 🙃 we’ve review 100’s of games, get past the intro, nerd. - Azario
@@renren5660 it's a main series dragon quest game from an AAA studio. $60 is a fine price. I pre-ordered, so they'll probably take into account that people are purchasing this stuff.
Not every game needs to cater to everyone, so I'm perfectly fine with some old skool antics.
I wanna get it but for $ 60 the battles needs more animation. You could get the original for cheap......
It's the only reason I'm not purchasing it. Freshen it up.
Its a shame the characters didnt have battles animations at the very least. Hardcore fan may enjoy, but it may struggle to bring in a new audience.
I agree. For $60 to just have a little 3D thrown in seems silly. If this did something like Secret or Trials Of Mana, I think it would be more enjoyable.
Only reason I'm skipping it i like more flashy attacks in my Jrps this is too simplistic and bare bones even octopath traveler stood out more tbh.
I'm sad to say it's why I'm giving it a pass, too :/ I just can't enjoy POV only battles. Maybe I'm stubborn, but it is what it is.
@@XDantevsVergilX I completely agree, I'll be honest I generally find dragonquest combat way too simple in general. I like my turn based rpgs with some kind of twist to keep things interesting. So dull animation and combat, sorry but this year has so many better RPGs.
They probably wanted to but didn't because we all know that todays culture is to complain it's not exactly like the o.g game even if you weren't planning to play it in the first place.
This was a great review. Actually told me what was new about the game and ya didn’t get upset about not being able to purchase a chain sickle at the start.
I am just all Dragon Quest 3 outed by now over the years. It does look beautiful maybe on a sale in the distant future I'll try it.
Looks great. Dragon Quest is the archetypical JRPG. If you want this its going to be great. I do.
It's pure adventure!
The price of this game is fucking nuts. Should be 40 bucks - at MOST 50 bucks. I swear they're pricing like this to counter sales-prices which is inevitable these days.
60$ is insane
That job change feature sounds like a really cool way of handling it. So you’re still powering up but re-speccing too. Sounds like a cool way of modifying the difficulty for yourself if it gets too easy/hard.
Final Fantasy, Mana, Live A Live, SaGa, & Dragon Quest. All the series got a remake in these 4 years alone because of Square Enix. They have my eternal praise for this! A certain other company should learn from them when it comes to pleasing older fans. That aside, another solid remake from Square.
I just hope they don't have exceedingly high sales expectations since they've already stated FFXVI and FFVII Rebirth didn't really sell to expectations.
@@Nergal134 they both still sold really well actually, their expectations were just really high, probably because they didn't really consider that FFVII Remake sold so well because everyone was in covid lockdowns.
And they dropped a banger with octopath 2
@@BigTough No they didnt, they underperformed compared to what past ff games did like 13,15 , and 7 remake
@@BigTough i get that, but they've been constantly groaning about lower-than-expected sales for even some of their marquee titles so I just hope they don't expect the world out of, let's say, RS2 remake just so we can keep getting more of these since their latest output for niche titles and series like Romancing Saga have been absolutely outstanding.
We need a Final Fantasy 6 REMAKE, no pixel remastered but a REAL REMAKE
Heck I’d play all 6 games with the HD-2D style!
Just....no we don't. The pixel remaster is perfect, snes games already looked much better than the nes ones
I like remakes like Star Ocean 2 and DQ3 more than FF7 Remake.. so I disagree :)
@@petrstastny2090 FF7 remake is an absolute abomination. DQ3 is an actual good game.
So they added character Sprites off your Party into the combat... Without them having an actual function. No battle Animation for it. But no smooth transition to the classic attack screen either. Instead we get a short black screen. Everytime.
I personaly find that very offsetting. Very weird Design choice.
Especially that there isn't alot of character classes so designing their combat animation shouldn't be much of a budget or time consuming to being with lol
I couldn't agree more, for a Square Enix title you would have thought they would easily have the budget for that. I honestly couldn't justify buying this at full price.
I imagine it'll be on sale early next year.
@@riyuphoenix4533 Let alone Dragonquest of all series either
@@TheSkidify yeah, it like they gave it an indie title budget for the combat lol
@@riyuphoenix4533more could have been done to improve the game but nope Square Enix didn't do it.
I don't know when Dragon Quest Will become mainstream outside of Japan at this rate(the switch exclusive Spin offs are Also not helping).
Really good review.
Thank you!
as someone who has recently finished DQ7 on my mister this game is absolutely going to be for me. Going to break my heart to see the steam reviews though because i do understand its not going to be for everybody
Looks gorgeous, but I’m still playing “Metaphor: Refantazio” and that excellent “Romancing Saga 2” remake!
I purchased all three now.. DQ3 and Metaphor on PS5, RS2 on Steam.. but I started to play DQ3 first
Will be playing, my weekend is sorted!
Cant go back to this after playing XI
Would love a Earthbound remake with this style.
I wish Terranigma could get this HD-2D treatment. Or at least a port to modern consoles.
This comment section is out of control if your into jrpg then this is a definately a buy and all the haters just stfu and let the man do his job
The old Random Encounter catch-22. If they reduced the encounter rate, you'd be crying about the game being too difficult and about how you were "forced" to grind all the time.
If the encounter rate is set where it is, you instead cry about how it's "way too high" a minimum of 8 times in your review.
Random encounters (at high rate)? Never liked them when I was a kid playing snes, imagine in 2024. No thank you, hard pass.
How long was the game for you?
I think Bailey has been playing for about 80 hours...maybe more, but it's like a 40 - 50 hour game - Azario
@NoisyPixelNews Great, thank you
That depends even the current Switch collection of DQ1 to 3 can still have the 3rd game take 80+ hours despite that version NOT having a IN game timer.
May not be for every1 but def for me. The og was tied for my fav rpg witb ff6. My 1st 2 rpgs. None have quite match my enjoyment of those 2 games.
Waiting for pc mods
Yeah, also I'm glad it supports 21:9 natively.
I like the idea that stats carry over between classes. Ill be taking advantage of this
It's a great game I'm loving my playthrough
I don't understand the intended audience here. For new players, this game seems archaic. For hardcore fans, it's literally the same game with improved graphics. Who is going to spend $60 for this?
Would have loved it if this remake was up to the quality SE did for Star Ocean Second Departure
Going to get this on sale for sure. The no battle animations ehh
Good review! What system didntou play it on and any lag/performance issues?
$90 wtf
I want it, but am still playing Metaphor. I also don't wannna pay 60 for it..
I honestly don't think its worth 60. Maybe if it looked like the recent DQ I'd be on board. On sale it is then
9:56 omg lol I've been wondering where that music came from 😂 I've only played dqb2 and they play music from all over the series
DQB2 was such a treat
I have decided to put this game down and for some other games as I am currently burnt out on it 😂. The constant battles, the generic party members, and the slim story are not clicking for me. I will come back to it later, but man is it a drag for me right now
I love DQ! Only reason I dont buy is the price. Will not pay 70 Bucks for a pixel game even when it looks so gorgeous.
Wish they would do this with the old dragon warrior monster games. Dark Prince was a huge letdown
Background music at beginning of video?
Most of the time it’s stock music with the exception of some titles letting us use their music
@ in this case is it stock music or is it from the game?
So ps5 and pc version , which is better
60 is just too much given the lack of certain upgrades.
No animations in battle is just lazy imo.
I hate you Square Enix for making me choose between this and Romancing Saga 2 !
Romancing Saga 2 is a great, more modern (QoL specifically) remake. RS2 remake will appeal to many more people than the original does. This sounds like a great remake for existing DQ fans looking for a faithful version with a new coat of paint, poor QoL and all. I for one loved RS2 remake but will also love re-living this game with that orchestral soundtrack :)
Get both
Jrpgs are not for everyone ,especially till the mid zeroes . That's a good thing
For $60 I expected more from this
like those wii u remastered by nintendo? 😂
That did you expected?
I think I’ll pass. I prefer the newer DQs with party members being able to speak and have backstories.
Noice. 😎
random encounters, the bane of my existence!
The battle doesn’t work for me. Now I switch to easy mode just to enjoy the story
I might be crazy here - I'm definitely assuming I'm in the minority - but I just do not like Squeenix's "HD-2D" graphical style.
The overabundance of visual effects is so garish to me and the way it just casually throws perspective out of the window with the way it uses some sprites takes me out of the experience way too much. I much prefer the flatter, more cohesive look of actual 2D to this.
RUclips comment section is such a plague on every channel these days. Great video/channel but the audience sucks.
awh, they're just passionate :P
It’s not the audience that sucks. The comment section is a fraction of the views.
I was lookin forward to this and might get it on a sale, but I dunno... maybe it's the fonts. It seems kinda mobile gamey.
It amazes me people are compaining about nothing-burger censorship when the originals were far more censored here in the west.
I'm sick and tired of ideologues having to stick their hands into everything these days. It's either always an instant skip or a trip on the high seas until the industry finally gets them the fuck out.
Feel the same way about your comment, funny how everything you’ve said applies perfectly
I wish square were smarter about their pricing. I really think selling this for even ten dollars cheaper would bring in way more people and result in overall more profit. Full price for this kind of remake is just harsh
Yea I love DQ but I can't see myself spending 60 for this. Will get it eventually when it's almost half off..
No Ice Cave, no buy
What was the ice cave?
60 dollar for no animation at fight scene not worth it. like u playing on old version
Never played a dragon quest game. I think I could get past the 1st person battle animations. But common… it’s 2024 and you are going through the effort to make this remake why not just add battle animations it would have been pretty obvious most modern gamers would appreciate it. Seems lazy for a full price remake. I want to try it but im waiting for sale
My only issue is that Im not very imaginative person 😅, i hate it on earth bound and smt games despite how good those games are i enjoyed played them .still i hate first person pov. Its not 1980s , i can see if its an indie dev but big Boy like square enix don't have any reason not to include the 3rd person pov to me its just lazy.
The price is disgusting
For one of the greatest games ever made? You want it for $20? Man you people are ignorant. 🤦♂️
Lol aw somebody whining about the price. Go wait for a sale
@@ryandavis8658 one of the greatest?lol
@@michaelmacorso4479 thank you for your good advice
@@michaelmacorso4479 thanks for the good advice
I was very much looking forward to getting this, but sadly, once word of the censorship got out, and after the interview with Yuji Horii, I can't in good conscious support this. I'm currently playing through Romancing SaGa 2 and the game is fantastic, and the art is completely uncompromised. I don't understand how Square let that game be released with it's art design intact, but DQ needs to be censored.
I see what you did there 😏
Who cares.
They/them was a Type A kind of they/them
They/they was a Type B kind of they/them
Everyone got ugly underwear
The work done on this game doesn't quite say 60 bucks for me
The end
To me, this game transcends most of the criticisms I have seen levied at it. I don't want more hand holdy quality of life features, I don't want a fleshed out story, I don't want character battle animations, I don't want it to have most of the things that 'modern' gamers want cause modern gamers drive game design into the ground.
I'll wait till it's 25-30 bucks. They really need to improve dragon quest gameplay. Whether in remakes or new games. It's just to damn simple
Talking about being faithful to the original but zero mention of censorship, weird.
Because there is only one instance of censorship and that’s barely worth mentioning unless you’re a gooner
@@MahouPointYou have a brainrot if you think people who complain about censorship are the ones who masturbate to it. You are just a sheep if you don't give a flying fuck, but it needs to be mentioned whatever you think.
@@MahouPointThe new clothing looks absurd. It's pretty bad.
Pink troll lips now green, Female fighter wearing tan clothes under bikini armor, Female Jester’s cleavage covered up and no alcohol branding on mug, Church’s cross symbol changed to be less Christian looking… with censorship it is NEVER just “one” thing. There could even be more we didn’t notice yet
@@grantlawrence4600 but you dont see it in game, unless you mean the male monster wrangler wearing a black shirt because CERO in japan said No male nips... then yeah that you will immediately see in the sprite work. but hey, the red and black work for me and i'll probably be using the female monster wrangler since she has the look of the ogre race from DQ10.
The turn base starts to drag after a while esp if the game is large. The stop/start nature and switching in/out of battles becomes annoying. They should have made it more real-time like they did in FF7 Remake.
Maybe to you. Turn based can be incredibly fun the entire length of a game. See metaphor refantazio. The issue is when the gameplay is very simple like this game.
A lazy remake for £60 with no options for third-person combat. Yeah, this is a "wait until it's on sale" game for me.
The music in Dragon Quest gets on my nerves tbh, too Caviar for me. I couldn't finish DQ11 because of it. Also
the story in these games are just way too cookie cutter, they lack depth in a lot of areas. That being said, the random encounters for this
was not the best choice since in DQ11 roaming around has no limits and you can fight any monsters at your own will. That should have been added to this game 100%
So it’s fish eggs?
3d environments, even the sprites, look surprisingly cheap. Almost looks like a really good upscaling of the DS titles. Disappointing.
Over priced.
Meh. Once they censored the art and removed male and female I knew this was a skip. DEI Dragon Quest is not something anyone asked for.
Ok ill buy 2 copies
What a pointless title, dq has never been for evryone, its for turn based jrpg fans that like to grind
I'm upset that the west has strong armed their influence to the point where they had to add censorship and changes to the original... especially ones that never actually mattered. I'm especially disturbed that they changed designs that the late legend Akira toriyama designed for "western tastes". I assure you, you'll lose more sales this way than you'll gain.
Yet it's been a thing twenty years ago even when Akira was alive. Cringe take, that. 🥱
Same, it’s getting out of hand in these games anymore. At least this isn’t as bad as others.
they've been censoring the female warrior since the late 90s. Other countries like China and Russia influence censorship. Stop falling for youtube and twitter grifters.
Also, the female warrior is censored in promo art. art that isnt even on the boxart. You can't even tell she's "censored" on her sprite lol
Dude the changes only apply to to the concept art, the in game changes do not reflect.
As for the Type A/B body selection, other games like Elden Ring have included it yet nobody was bothered.
Nine comments in before finding a whiner
This is nothing compared to dragon quest 8. Looks like a snooze and grind fest
omg what?
Sad it got censored/DEI all over it.....oh well at least i still got my original uncensored physical dragon quest trilogy on switch its way cheaper
womp womp
@cmcsdf "Oh nooo, inclusive game design is threatening my SWM existence, my world is ending!"
Who cares
dont buy censorship games
Ok i will buy them
A real remake without changing the meat and potatoes
*censored*
Stopped listening after 30 seconds. "The concept of adventure in video games is pretty flexible, leading to countless variations that have created genre-defining differences." This is a meaningless sentence. It's the start to a C high school essay.
I wonder how many reviews you’ve written where you’re forced to be creative in the intro 🙃 we’ve review 100’s of games, get past the intro, nerd. - Azario
@@NoisyPixelNews I wonder how many reviews you've written where you're forced to write well in the intro.
@Ringthane_Unbeliever I wonder how many friends you have.
@@xMissMaveNx0
Bad review. You’re bad at the game. Run from every battle, what did you expect, it’s a classic jrpg 😂
How does that make it a bad review?
No BIPOC, no buy.
B-Bu-BUT... iT's updated for a mODern audiENce
This is a joke, right? The obsession witg race is insane.
8 is a very low number
Lazy remake with censorship. Nope, for now.
For now? What's going to magically change? The game or your core values?
Another one of these, get a life dude.
@@eonisoneprice lol. Like who in the right mindset will buy this game for $60. This game only worth for $40
@@renren5660 it's a main series dragon quest game from an AAA studio. $60 is a fine price. I pre-ordered, so they'll probably take into account that people are purchasing this stuff.
@renren5660 poor guys