With Which dragon quest should i start?

With Which dragon quest should i start?

The first one like you would any series.

Either 1-3 or 5

I started with 1 moved to 8 then 2 then 5 then 7 then 3.
Basically I feel like you can start anywhere. See which one calls you to, user.

4 was my first. 8 is a good starting point.

4 for more conventional FF styled
5 for more open endedness
8 for mix of both

I feel others are better if you play these games first, as they go over the basics and core mechanics more consistently.

You can start pretty much anywhere, although I don't recommend 9 to start with because of its focus on multiplayer that is no longer available. 10 is a JP-only MMO.
Start with 1 to go in chronological order.
Start with 3 for a more fulfilling experience than 1.
Start with 4 for game in the series that is more character-driven.
Start with 8 for the first 3D game in the series and a great looking one at that.
Whatever works.

9 is multi?
Explain

I started with VII on 3DS
Pretty good start I'd say, one of the best games I've played

Fuck man, IX was so much fun, but having everything locked behind the streetpass bullshit was terrible.

11 is the best

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I really need to update this image. But it still works.

9 had a huge focus on local multiplayer.

Great user!

2 is the worst one imo and I still think its great, you can't go wrong wherever. I'd argue, I, III, IV, V and VIII are all fine first entries. VII too but its really slow at the start.

But it's still playable?
Don't know why but it's the most attrattive to me

The game is perfectly playable with one person, since you can make custom party members anyways, but personally I didn't find the game to be too special when alone, its at its best when played with a group of friends imo.

You can complete the main story for DQIX solo, just like any DQ game. However, there's 800+ hours of optional stuff to do in the post game. And a lot of it relies on expanding the Inn (which needs 30 friend codes) and grinding grottoes (which getting grottoes is easier by trading with friends).

1. On NES. Be a man.

If you fast forward through battles and walking, the first game only takes a couple of hours. It's cool as booth a history lesson and as a way to understand the basics if the series, which many people misrepresent. Recent mainline games aside, DQ is usually an dog that gives its player all the freedom they need to go out and get fucked. The stories focus on vignettes that tend to play out within each town's scenario, and that makes up the backbone of the narrative

Fuuuuuck that. The original NES/Famicom is grindy as shit. Remake is much better.

> Remake is much better.
For poofters.

The SNES remake doesn't change EXP rates very much. It even keeps the stat generator from names. All the remake improved was movement, graphics and UI.

If you had to grind a lot in DQ1, consider using a different name. Or learning the mechanics of the game better, since the game is like 8-10 hours long. Or maybe you just don't like DQ combat.

It changes gold drops or prices, I think. You don't grind for exp in JRPGs really. You never do. If you ever need to grind you're grinding to afford the next weapon or armour upgrade and the levels just come naturally.

So changing the prices or gold rate, that drastically wussifies the game.

? what? IX had a ton of shit that could only be unlocked by trading maps with other people that played it through streetpass.

The only gold change I know if is the Gold Golem. Which the NES version in the west, they doubled the gold output from Gold Golem. So the Japanese Famicom and Super Famicom remakes actually take more grinding for gold.

>You don't grind for exp in JRPGs really. You never do.
You have to in some. Dragon Quest II is a legit game you have to grind. Mostly whenever you get a new character, since trying to walk out into the field with a level 1 Moonbrooke will get her killed in 1 hit. You need to walk around a while and get her to level 5 or so. You don't have to grind before entering Rhine though, which most people claim is the "grindy" part. There's an item in the game that can negate the sacrifice spell and you can go get the most powerful armor/weapons long before Rhone. Of course, if you're only level 15 or something before walking in there, you probably will need to level some. But that would also mean you've been skipping battles.

>playing IX
>characters constantly refer to your party as you or him instead of them.
Honestly, the journey through IX felt so empty since nobody seems to acknowledge that anybody from your party aside for the main character are exist.

It was because your party was customizable mercenaries that were entirely optional.

The one you posted

Story-wise, your character does everything. Those party members are just mercenaries that represent the Celestrian’s many skills.

Just think of each of your party members as being a turn the Celestrian gets to attack. It also makes them more badass