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Topic	The Board 8 Discord Sports Chat Rank Their Top 100 Respective Video Games part 3
TheKnightOfNee 02/09/21 10:39:38 PM #56:	#31. Dragon Quest V (SNES, 1992) (image from DS remake) I've played most of the mainline Dragon Quest games. It hasn't been in order at all, but I think I still got to DQV as my fifth game. It wasn't until this game that I realized why Dragon Quest is as big a deal as it is. The battle system, as always in these games, seems simple on the surface. But really, it just doesn't dive in to unnecessary flash and convoluted mechanics like some RPGs may. It just keeps clear what it's trying to do, but with a greater level of depth than expected. Monster designs are always a high point too, with goofy, creative, and iconic creatures roaming the lands. You can also recruit monsters to your party, and have them fight alongside you. It adds a little fun to the random battles, and probably helped pave the way for the Dragon Quest Monsters games that would come later. The story in DQV revolves around family, different generations, the passage of time. The scope of the story is an epic tale, but places it all on a more relatable, individual level, covering the ups and downs of life, happiness and tragedies. There are multiple scenes where the emotion is captured perfectly, and I could feel the same feelings that were unfolding on the screen. It's remarkable that a game as old as this was able to capture that so well. There is also an aspect of the story where the main character can fall in love and select a bride. Some things branch off from there, depending on the choice. Being an all-encompassing tale about life, having a major choice in the matter makes it feel more like your story, giving more emotional involvement to the player. An anime adaptation based on Dragon Quest V (aptly titled, Dragon Quest: Your Story) came out a year or two ago. I don't think it fully measured up to this game, trying to condense the whole story into a movie length, and make things new and interesting in some ways. But it did remind me of how great DQV was, and seeing some more memorable scenes from this game play out in movie form, it just hit the emotions so hard. --- ONLY FIVE CAN LADDER. Sushi, kamikaze, fujiyama, nippon-ichi... <cite>TheKnightOfNee posted [p:950472566] in The Board ... [t:79281225]...</cite> <quote>#31. Dragon Quest V (SNES, 1992) (image from DS remake) I've played most of the mainline Dragon Quest games. It hasn't been in order at all, but I think I still got to DQV as my fifth game. It wasn't until this game that I realized why Dragon Quest is as big a deal as it is. The battle system, as always in these games, seems simple on the surface. But really, it just doesn't dive in to unnecessary flash and convoluted mechanics like some RPGs may. It just keeps clear what it's trying to do, but with a greater level of depth than expected. Monster designs are always a high point too, with goofy, creative, and iconic creatures roaming the lands. You can also recruit monsters to your party, and have them fight alongside you. It adds a little fun to the random battles, and probably helped pave the way for the Dragon Quest Monsters games that would come later. The story in DQV revolves around family, different generations, the passage of time. The scope of the story is an epic tale, but places it all on a more relatable, individual level, covering the ups and downs of life, happiness and tragedies. There are multiple scenes where the emotion is captured perfectly, and I could feel the same feelings that were unfolding on the screen. It's remarkable that a game as old as this was able to capture that so well. There is also an aspect of the story where the main character can fall in love and select a bride. Some things branch off from there, depending on the choice. Being an all-encompassing tale about life, having a major choice in the matter makes it feel more like your story, giving more emotional involvement to the player. An anime adaptation based on Dragon Quest V (aptly titled, Dragon Quest: Your Story) came out a year or two ago. I don't think it fully measured up to this game, trying to condense the whole story into a movie length, and make things new and interesting in some ways. But it did remind me of how great DQV was, and seeing some more memorable scenes from this game play out in movie form, it just hit the emotions so hard. --- ONLY FIVE CAN LADDER. Sushi, kamikaze, fujiyama, nippon-ichi...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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