What's So Great About Dragon Quest III? - The Gold Standard of RPGs
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In anticipation of its HD-2D Remake, let's take a look at one of the greatest and most historically significant RPGs of all time.
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Dragon Quest III might just be one of the most influential video games of all time, yet it's under-discussed because it never completely took off in the West. You'll constantly see how the likes to Super Mario Bros., DOOM, Final Fantasy VII, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Grand Theft Auto III completely changed the landscape of gaming, but essays and think pieces on Dragon Quest III are few and far between (though thankfully growing in number). Dragon Quest really did come at an awkward time in North America, whereas the planets basically aligned to ensure it became a success in Japan. You can literally trace the roots of beloved RPGs like Pokemon, EarthBound, Chrono Trigger, and the aforementioned Final Fantasy to the likes of Dragon Quest, and Dragon Quest III specifically. That's why I'm super excited for the HD2D remake of this game that's currently in development, I really hope that makes a big splash when it comes out!
I love how the DQ series still feels like DQ with the new releases unlike the FF series which hardly feels like FF anymore. I'll never get sick of the concept of a true turn based JRPG that rewards you for taking some extra time to grind just to get that next sword or new ability.
I couldn't agree more. The FF7 Remakes are awful. No strategy. Button mash fest. Awful voice acting, and most egregiously, the removal of any turn based battle elements. I REALLY miss the turn based FF games. Thankfully the Indy AA scene is filling in the blanks with games like "Chained Echoes" and the like.
This is one of my most favorite games of all time. I love most of the remakes (and am eagerly awaiting the upcoming HD-2D one), but I absolutely adore the original NES version. I first played it about 5 years ago, and was blown away by just how much it was able to achieve, both graphically and gameplay wise, for an NES game. I'm 37! I grew up in the NES era! How did I not know about this amazing game (and the other NES DQ games) as a kid?!
I'm 34 and didn't start playing RPGs until my teenage years. Fortunately, it's never too late to revisit these classic games!
nintendo of america is to blame.
meanwhile in japan... kids getting arrested for it. lol.
TRADUCTION ?
j'en avait marre des rpgs en général. et La $ suite ?
@ssppeeaarr
Nintendo of America was litterally giving away copies with subscriptions of Nintendo Power.
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
The fact that you can only reach Jipang after getting a ship IN PORTOGA, since Portugal was the first European country to discover Japan, is remarkable.
I love DQ3 so, so SO much. It's probably my favorite RPG on the NES, I still have my original copy which I was able to convince my local rental guy to sell me for $30 in 1994. The game was just so vast - so many cool things to do and see, so many interesting class and party combinations, so many monsters, so much magic. This game rocks.
I loved the old days when we had our rental guys and girls.... So fun. So much joy
That was a great video. I think most people default to the SNES remake when deciding to play this, so it was fascinating to see the original NES version
Maybe I missed it in this review, but this game is also a bit of an open world or at least quite non-linear. Especially after you have the ship.
Even over 30 years this game was release, it still holds up remarkably well. No matter the version, DQ3 is an remarkably quality game for it's time and still is to this day. I'm looking forward to the HD-2D whenever that happens.
I loved how they handled the inclusion of Alefgard in this game. You don't get to go there until well into the game, so you just assume that it isn't part of the setting (especially since you haven't been told that you are the legendary Erdrick/Loto yet) and then you finally find out that not only is it included, but it feels like it's there in all its glory instead of just the scaled-down tribute found in the previous game.
I can't wait to play the HD 2D remake....one day.
Oh, definitely--I played the Dragon Warrior version when it came out in America (or close to it, anyway) and I ADORE this game. It's SO good. It 's huge, colorful, fun, varied, dark, funny, has proper D&D style character class choosing, allows you to name EVERY character _and_ pick their gender, and that ending is just the chef's kiss on top of everything else. And, because of the way you can choose your gender and the fact that "Erdrick"/"Loto" turns out to be a TITLE not a name, that means that the great hero everybody was going on about...might've been a girl this whole time! :D You have no IDEA how revolutionary that was in games of the time!
Would I recommend everybody try out the original NES version? Well TECHNICALLY yes, but that's because I'm hella old so it only looks a _little_ weird to me. You can play a remake if you want, as long as the gameplay and mechanics are still the same. Just. PLAY IT! Somehow. At some point in your life. If you even slightly like JRPGs, you need to get this one under your belt in some way.
This game is great. I just went through the portal and headed east and died. For whatever reason I didn't learn my lesson after a few level ups and got smashed again. Found the tower in the north west to finish but I enjoy how they don't hold back if you feel like exploring.
I honestly love this game so much that I must’ve played this more than 7 times.
The inclusion of the day / night system and also the different classes / hirelings was insane. I HIGHLY recommend picking up the mobile versions. I spend my entire commute on the bus and my lunch hour every day playing those and I am about halfway through part 4 right now
Thank you for informing me about this game. I never looked into the older dragon quests but you made me want to buy this on my phone! Great video and great content!
As good as always!! Keep it up!
You did a great job bringing up so many points on how this game was revolutionary.
Spread the word boys. We're getting this channel to 20K subscribers
This game singlehandedly enacted a law in Japan that prohibits games to be released on weekdays so as to avoid the 300 students arrested incident to happen again.
The Goat, my favorite dragon quest of all time and one of the best games of all time and JRPGs ever made. Also DQ 3 is the most influential RPG ever made, love this game so much. Glad people are finally talking about it here and giving the game it's props like it's legend status in Japan. Forever love Dragon Quest 3.
I've been playing DW 2 for 30 years and never beat it yet
I dunno. I love 11
Keep em coming! And I'll keep on engaging!
LOVE this game. Even named my son Erdrick after the main character :)
Seriously??
@@JiisTube yes. Spoiler alert the MC earns the title of Erdrick. I realize it’s not the hero’s real name but it’s a given name. I’ve played this game as a child and could never pass it but this game made me think and appreciate nostalgic rpg archetypes. It was then that I grew up a little bit and tried to play it again. Still couldn’t pass it… 6 years later a month before my son was born, I finally passed DQ3. And I felt my inner kid self smile and it felt like I finally finished something I started decades ago…
It was then I knew, my son will be Erdrick! My hero, my son. He who brought me the precious light I was missing in my life. I went through a rough period and once my son was born, I learned a new love like never before. I thought loving your wife or girlfriend would be the best and unique! But a child, man… it’s perfect.
@@Boiproduction3 that's so awesome. DQ3 is my fave.
You should definitely play DQ5, the story would mean a lot to you.
damn lucky ass kid
This channel deserves way more attention
When it was revealed that 3 was a prequel and not a sequel, you know it got it's GOAT status just like that.
I never really enjoyed DQ3 until it was on GBC since back on the NES DQ4 was my favorite due to the Chapter system. Really excited for the HD-2D remake though and i hope fans get some news soon about it.
The only thing I hated is that you always start in a NEW job class at job lv 1 even if you were in the same class previously and LVED it up all the way to job class lv 99.
So once you have 3x lv 99 Sages you may as well KEEP them in that job class.
If you have 3 lvl 99 Sages then you don’t need to change jobs. Even 2 lvl 99 Sages + Hero and another character is overkill
Wha? There's no challenge past level 40-50 for any class. Maybe in a solo game, but as a full party you wouldn't have need of such high stats. Not to mention as said in the video you lose only half of your stats when you change jobs, meaning that each job transfer you are gaining something rather than losing everything.
Amazing game, and great video!
Arguably my favorite DQ game. I remember walking three miles to the mall to get it with my brother for gameboy. Got it home played it loved it!
I have the Switch remastered set of Dragon Quest I-III. I beat the first 2 games last year but have yet to have touch III because I've been saving it for a special occasion and I have gotten other games since them that I have really wanted to focus on. I think that I will finally start playing it on my first day off in March.
Loved playing this game on the gbc as a kid
I love this game so much that a couple of months ago, I bought a sealed copy of the original Famicom version for about $30 off eBay.
DQ3 is just one of those games that's so good that people forget that it was even its own experience and such a leap forward in its own right; it's a game I've been enjoying because I like classic JRPGs myself
It looks so awesome. Esp since the direct
DQIII is such a great game !
This game is great, aldo dragon quest 5 is still my personal favourite
Played through this one about two years ago on an emulator and between save states and fast forward to help with grinding this held up extremely well and I had a great time with it. A shame that this came out so late in the NES's life in the US and got passed over by most. Still, upon playing it it was pretty easy to see how influential it is.
Ahhh, Assaram. The most wonderful name for a town ever conceived.
Pretty much the only bad thing you can say about this game is that I wish you had a bigger party to have even more fun with the class system.
the overworld star wars theme is fun
How did we get from Lodo to Erdrick? I like the name Erdrick, it's rather memorable, but it's nothing like Lodo.
Thank goodness these games are available on mobile now. It's awesome to have them on NES, but all of the cartridges other than Dragon Warrior I are crazy expensive now.
This video really explains things well. Very well done.
Erdrick is a title that Loto recieves...:)
@@johnnyscifi I thought it was vice-versa. Loto is a title that Erdrick receives. (At least in DW3-GBC when you beat the game the title of "Loto" is shown next to your name)
My Party would be Ofc me a Fighter and cleric or i could Go solo For extra spice
Just beat it right now. Loved it, not as much as DQ5 or DQ11 but still amazing nonetheless
So the original Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior here in the US as you know) is quite literally the game that formed my entire gaming ethos when i was a young young little wee little man. Unfortunately as you know the dragon quest games weren't US releases for the most part. Thankfully Final Fantasy filled that void amongst many others.
However because of that, i didnt rediscover the greatness of DQ until DQ11. After that i went back and played most of DQ8 on an emu (still working on it).
I DESPERATELY want to play DQ3, however, i want to "save myself" for the HD-2D. I'm not a huge "you have to experience it the way it was" sort of person, so that draw isnt there for me to go emulate DQ3 and i'd rather just play a "modernized" version with good menus and runs well without emulation, etc etc.
It just feels like its going to be years before we see this.
Now, i'm going to go back to praying for an HD-2D remake of FF6
I was enjoying this game on the Switch then I found it’s not the best version and on top of that an HD2D remake is coming. So I stopped. I may get back to it though.
SFC/SNES remake's the best version so far. Still we're all waiting for that HD2D hopefully definitive gorgeous version tho.
I'm playing the Switch version right now. It's so hard to build up cash and power in this game, heh. x3
DQ3 is indeed, imo, the pinnacle of the series.
I wonder what the shrine of dhama looks like in the Japanese version.
Good video b
The NES version so reminded me of the old Ultima games, one of the series next to Wizardry that started the Japanese RPG craze. Sadly many JRPGs (and modern RPGs in general, incl. games like Witcher 3) are far to simple, were following quest markers is good enough or being so linear that they don't even need any. Quite different from old RPGs, especially CRPGs.
I actually played through quite a few JRPGs in Japanese without having to be able to understand anything written as they were so simple. Once you know the drill, as most JRPGs are very similar in how they are played, you knew that you just had to talk to the right NPC (maybe a couple of times) to trigger the flag to progress.
We didn't get the remake yet! 😭
Mi RPG favorito y despues el Dragon Warrior 4⚔️
Just beat this guy today
Can you review Dragon Quest for the Nintendo 64?
the greatest 8-bit RPG ever made
The best dragon quest game by far for me
Look up: How Wizardry influenced your favorite games.
Really one of my favorite games ever, I hope the remake is treated like it should. If you are ever bored play it on gbc hero only, such a fun run. The board game is great. I hope sqeenix doesnt f this up...
They made a pretty good job with Live a Live, and they probably realize how important this game is.
So, I'm pretty confident.
@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 i hope so, along time ago I got art of the game in nintendo power, so its one of favorite games of all time.
I find it funny you’re named Jackson. That’s my name also!
its kind of half joke that when i new dragon quest comes out, half of japan salary men take a day off to buy and play it
Man what a way to spoil the huge twist! Literally spoiling the ending in the first lines of explaining the game :(
That is a good point... the way DQIII starts there is no sense that this will be the story of Erdrick (or Loto), its the story of a kid trying to find their lost father. It may not be much, but that's a pretty powerful pull on the player and the way it plays out must have been very surprising for the time. (In fact, one could argue that Fallout 3 takes this same plot thread as its base).
Yo comencé recién jugando la 9 de ds y es genial me engancho, luego jugué la 5 que decían era el mejor y para mi fue un juego muy bueno pero lejos de ser el mejor. Luego probé la 3 en GBC y entendí rápidamente porque es el verdadero clásico, me encantó muchísimo.
Best jrpg ever made imho
Dragon Quest 11 is also a prequel that takes place a long time before the original trilogy.
The “ job system " on offer here is not much more sophisticated than 1985's Bards Tales system of magic caster advancement, and all the talking and questing are overshadowed by 1987's Ultima 4.
Console only gamers miss soon much of game history.