| I enjoyed DQI, but it is true I played it on emulator with 600% speed (300% when shopping or doing boss fights).
That said, I can't recomend enough the DQV remake that was made for PS2. I played it from start to finish which is something I have not done in a RPG since.... probably Legend of Dragoon on Playstation...
I started playing DQVIII, but I did not insist much (mostly because there was no story faq on gamefaqs at the time). It's very polished and the scale of the environement (smae scale for indoor outdoor and villages, hills that mask the visibility etc) makes it sound like a single player MMORPG (or a rpg version of Ocarina of Time or something). It's still random battles from nowhere, but it seems there are "named" mobs that roams around, are visible, a little tougher and drop loot...
For the little I played one thing is sure though, it still gives this adventurous feeling of exploring the world with a bunch of friends and a wagon. That will prolly remain cool forever. |