#DQ7

[xbuster]

[lubbee]

7 days!

[okaydrawboy]

more dragon quest vii fanart, this time of Sir Merwyn (Melvin)

[goothemighty]

I finally finished my six part tribute to beating all of the odd numbered Dragon Quest games.

When I first decided to dive into the franchise, I was intimidated by the number of games, so playing this specific set felt like a good compromise.

Obviously, l've already started playing the even numbered games too!

I love this franchise, and my absolute favorite is definitely DQ9!!

[whiskiijack]

[thesworddog]

Animal Quest!

[kagooleo]

some dragon quest sketchbook doodles! (2019-2020)

[sparkykitsune]

Buizel Auster, Torracat Kiefer and Vulpix Maribel

Here’s also a one with a white outline as suggested from my bud @navi-squad for better contrast

[cats-in-video-games]

Candy Cat from Dragon Quest VII

[oimodaisuki05]

[xbuster]

Dragon Warrior VII (2001) — PSX

[aze106]

マリベル

[okaydrawboy]

more dragon quest VII dragon warrior 7 fanart this time maeve / matilda from the first island (human form)

[lagolagomorph]

Things DQ characters would get you for your birthday- a thread

Alef: a yellow flower

Gwelyn: a nice tart she baked herself

Middenhall: a nice card

Cannock: a sticky hand

Moonbrooke: a webkinz

Erdrik: exactly what you asked for

Solo: a flower bracelet

Sofia: a flower crown

Alena: weights/protein powder

Borya: a book. (Not a good one)

Kiryl: a locket with Alena's picture in it

Meena: a charm

Maya: a lil kiss

Torneko: he would share his lunch and invite you to his home to meet his family

Ragnar: one of those tin whistles

Psaro: a stone he found

Rose: a braided bracelet

Madason/Five: a hand carved sabrecat

Bianca: a tasty pie

Nera: she would probably write a song for you but be too embarrassed to sing it

Deborah: her presence.

Parry: a cool rock

Madchen: a pretty rock

Sancho: a hearty meal

Reck/Six: a handmade headband

Carver: a well made chair

Milly: a palm reading with tea

Ash: a makeover

Nevan: he doesn't really celebrate but maybe a rosary?

Terry: a small slime Statue (secretly)

Amos: he would take you out for a drink

Arus/Seven: a fish sandwich

Maribelle: a carefully made pastry

Kiefer: he would forget, but Lisette would help him make you a whetstone.

Gabo/Ruff: one of his loose teeth

Aishe: dancing lessons

Mervyn/Melvin: an old sword

Eight: some cheese he made

Yangus: a beer and a pat on the back

Jessica: a embroidered handkerchief

Angelo: himself.

Morrie: also himself (probably in a giant cake)

Red: nothing (but she might give you something for a trade)

Nine: they would just want you to be happy

Eleven: the sword you always wanted

Erik: a trinket he stole

Veronica: a friendship bracelet to match with Serena and you

Serena: again, friendship bracelet

Sylv: they would plan the party and make sure everything in it was your favorite thing

Jade: sparring lessons

Rab: a peek at his *collection*

Hendrik: he would like to spar please

[basedkikuenjoyer]

Dragon Quest VII...this one seems to have the most split opinions. Fragments of a Forgotten Past. A lot of people easily windmill slam it as their favorite. And I can see why. You get the fun class system back from DQ6 with a little more polish. The story is truly epic, taking well over 100 hours to beat. If you like One Piece you'll love the tone here, it's very episodic. Your journey starts out on a small island in a peaceful world with no monsters. But it's just that one lonely island. But as you delve into some ancient ruins you're able to go back to the past. Not to play shitty games that suck ass, but instead you prevent what doomed the rest of the islands. Then when you get back...the present day is a much richer landscape.

Where VII shines is the dungeon design. It has a lot of cool puzzles that are well thought out and is willing to turn off random encounters to let you focus on them. They made excellent use of the PS1 hardware moving away from the old cartridge days. Multiplexus Maximus is such a cool experience, it's a dungeon where your perspective keeps flipping because it's these pearly 3D shapes where you're like...in D&D Manual of the Planes terminology dealing with subjective gravity. If you walk off the edge you're just walking on the side.

That said...I have some big gripes on this one. The length is fine, but the enemies felt phoned in and it's backbreaking. For a 100 hour game I shouldn't be seeing reskins so quickly. There doesn't feel like a lot of though behind how they fit into each region. Not that it matters because for a huge chunk of the game random encounters are just a trivial annoyance. I didn't even plan out my classes too much, but my hero and Ruff were just sweeping everything first turn. Then when there was a difficulty spike it felt as bad as Rhone in II without the buildup and mystique. I also hate them giving you such a small part with such a robust class system you can do so much with...only to yank a character away twice. Keifer was thankfully before you invest all that but Maribel? Bruh you took my Luminary, my precious Hustle Dance.

I like Dragon Quest for tight, polished gameplay. VII has a phenomenal story and I'm glad I crossed it off the list...but I know I'll likely never play it again. Because it's too long to be that sloppy in some core places. That said, I do very much admire the opening and bold choice to not have a single fight until a few hours in. It's all about puzzles until you go to the past the first time. I played this one right as COVID broke out. Was planning on it while I recovered from surgery.