Monday, May 21, 2012
by kiisa
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FAVORITE RPGS - PART 7:

What are your favourite RPGs? (List can be as long as you want.)

- DRAGON QUEST V -  DQ4 was actually my first Dragon Quest game and I still have such fond memories of that one.  You probably never forget your first in a series, especially not when it was a lot of fun and you played it very thoroughly.  But DQ5 just ate me in a way that’s hard to explain.  I have such a difficult time explaining why the DQ franchise is such a classic one, because it’s not like it has amazing graphics or a complex story or even highly engaging characters.  (Well, I will argue about Deborah in DQ5, because she was fucking amazing and actually had a lot more depth than I think a lot of people realized.)  I honestly cannot explain why they’re so addicting or so much fun to play.

But I loved this game.  I loved the implied connections to DQ4, I loved the classic feel of it (this was something I loved about Final Fantasy IV, too), I loved stopping every so often to talk to my party because there was so much extra party chatter that was hilarious, I loved that this story genuinely tugged on my heartstrings!  It’s easy to play, if rather repetitive, bordering on simple at times, there’s not a lot of variety, but it was just… easy to pick up and put down, which is sometimes a really useful thing.

Monday, February 6, 2012