Current Events > Are the Dragon Quest games really grindfests?

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Or is it just the lack of save points so people go for that safety net?

The first 3 are. 4 kinda for a few bosses. 5 onward is better paced; the random battles aren't too frequent and they provide enough gold/exp that you rarely if ever need to seek out extra randoms.
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The early games are super grindfests. Grinding is still a part of later games, but is scaled back in need to finish the story. Grinding is a must to finish 100% though.
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Lunar_Savage posted...

The early games are super grindfests.

I heard that's only the case on the NES.

Remakes and ports usually up the exp gain and lower the exp requirement.

Cotton_Eye_Joe posted...

Lunar_Savage posted...

The early games are super grindfests.

I heard that's only the case on the NES.

Remakes and ports usually up the exp gain and lower the exp requirement.

That's good to know. I haven't played the first three since the GBC ports.
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I only really played 1 on the NES and 8 on the PS2.

1 was definitely grind-heavy, barely had a story, and iirc only had one party member, but I really liked it for those reasons.

8 gave you plenty of opportunities to grind, but it wasn't super necessary. Seemed more focus on moving the story along and exploring.

Cotton_Eye_Joe posted...

Lunar_Savage posted...

The early games are super grindfests.

I heard that's only the case on the NES.

Remakes and ports usually up the exp gain and lower the exp requirement.

Dragon Quest 7 took me 237 hours to complete. My characters were about level 57.
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