LogFAQs > #947119198

I say to myself as I realize I've been playing this title on-and-off for the past year now. It probably doesn't help that the game is a total grindfest for boss battles. Getting lost is also part of the fun, right? Thank God for guides.

IMO no Dragon Quest will ever top XI. VIII was also great especially the 3DS version. But going back to play the older ones is like...you gotta give them credit for existing and building the bridge to the better titles. But trying to get into them today is a struggle to say the least. Note that I'm playing the Mobile version, itself a port of the DS version which in turn is a port of the PS1 remake.

Despite everything else, it's a solid JRPG title but definitely more for the challenge enthusiast crowd who doesn't mind getting lost and grinding.

I've pretty much built my party around Solo (Hero), Alena, Kiryl, and Borya. Alena for crits, Kiryl for Multiheal (which I still don't even have), and Borya for ice magic to compliment Solo's fire magic. I don't have any reason to use Ragnar or Torneko. It's not DQ11 where your all-melee tank has incredibly useful abilities for defense. Meena doesn't even get Multiheal and, outside of Boom, I don't see myself using Maya over Borya.

I finally beat Estark and plan to eventually beat this game. Though I'm not sure if I want to play V, VI, and VII or skip right to IX which I heard good things about. But out of all my games on my current backlog, this one has been here the longest. Guess I'll finish it sometime.

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