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| Topic | What four games are on the NES Mount Rushmore? |
| KamikazePotato 04/05/24 12:59:39 PM #119: | Lopen posted...
Normally I'd just say "well must be a Japan thing"In Japan DQ3 is culturally the most important (or 2nd-most important after FF7) JRPG to ever exist. It influenced LOTS of things. This goes beyond games - lots of other fantasy media, especially manga and anime, take all their cues from Dragon Quest III to this day. Outside of Japan, it's still incredibly important. Even if the game itself didn't sell like gangbusters in the west, it has influenced essentially all JRPGs since it came out, including the ones we did take to. DQ3 laid the groundwork for the genre as a whole. FF7 is probably more influential overall due to how it shifted the genre's focus to cinematic storytelling, but it's a close race. The original Dragon Quest is extremely bare bones by comparison and didn't set nearly as many themes/gameplay mechanics in stone. Leon's FF1/FF4 comparison is a good one. --- It's Reyn Time. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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