REVIEW: Dragon Quest III
1996 Super Famicom
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1996 Super Famicom |
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Yeah yeah, I know, I shouldn't be doing another Dragon Quest III review, but the remake is not as similar, and not as different as you think.
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One day, you are dreaming... You find yourself near a waterfall. You must input a few things, like your birthdate and so forth. Then, you are asked some questions. You answer them correctly, and you're okay. If not, you'll be in a prison or something, and have to start over. Anyway, after answering the correct questions in the beautiful landscape, your mother wakes you up to meet the king. He informs you that the devil Baramos in wrecking things, and will annihilate the world they stand in. Only enlisting some heroes could save them. |
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| So, what is the internal part of the game like?
You shouldn't be asking me. Now you've seen about four pictures so far, and the graphics
look okay, right? Same day and night stuff, the way you're escorted looks the same, right?
No. You are escorted to a wall and a front door, not a box castle like in the first
version. There isn't day and night. It's day, evening, night, dawn. Since there are
backgrounds in this game, the backgrounds change throughout the time of day. When it's
evening, the mountains looks spectacular to show the time. There's actually a sunset in
the background, well, a red sky. So, it sounds like the monsters are still and everything,
but they aren't. When slimes attack, you see the jiggle around (it sounds like someone
brushing their teeth) and the screen shakes. The Big Ravens, or Black Ravens, fly up
holding their skull, and drop it, and the screen shakes. The rabbits with horns spin and
make their horn go towards you. There's so much animation in this game. No one is walking
slow in this remake, either. You actually have them walk at a speed that a character with
the shoes that double your speed in towns in Final Fantasy VI! You have six commands
during battle, and I'll translate them right here. I might add a battle picture translated
later... Attack/Spell/Defend/Tool/Equipment/Run The story is still the same as its previous version, Dragon Quest III, so check that review out for more. This is just to go on about the good stuff of this game. Unlike it's NES predecessors, gold and experience are much easier to get, and you don't need to take forever to get it. It's a nice system. Also, jobs are a bit different. There's an added one, and when you sign them up, you get seeds. They are categorized by powers you see in the status screen, and you get to use five seeds, whether they be the same seeds or not. Choose wisely, it might effect the challenge of the game. Without further ado, Dragon Quest III's jobs. |
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Protagonist
This is you. You are either male or female, and now you have the
choice of Hiragana and Katakana for your name. You are in a dream, and you must input your
name, birthdate, et cetera in your dream. If you mess up, you'll be in a "dream
jail", or something like that, and walk out and answer the questionnaire again.
Nonetheless, your mother will wake up, and you will be in a Kanji world of Dragon Quest
III.
Fighter (Literally "Fighting Person" in
Japanese, but is a martial artist)
Since the only thing I will compare this class to is Dragon Quest
VI, whomever you make or is a fighting person, is usually not intelligent. However, in
DQ6's case, they are, because you have a better ability system. Anyway, they are not very
intelligent, so you should use some seeds that raise intellect in the start, so when you
change her (I'm using "her", so I won't say "it"), she'll have a
decent amount of intellect.
Soldier
Give the soldier some seeds too. In this game, I don't recommend you
using the soldier, because in cases, the remake is changed to where you can make a weak
person stronger with seeds. Anyway, this isn't a "keeper" job, and I would go
against using it.
Monk
Once again this class still manages to be useful. However, they have
a way better look than before. This job naturally heals, and has a decent amount of HP and
MP. Primary job to get in the start. Change this class into a fighter, or soldier, if you
want to see a different strong job for once.
Magician (Magicians, Wizards, Witches, etc.)
Work up the strength seeds on this guy. Although it shouldn't be
used as a whole, you should give him those seeds more then your others.
Playboy
I still think this is a useless job at most times, but now the
playboy doesn't wear purple, he looks like a fat clown (or two striped balls). I didn't
actually get into battle yet with this class, I only played it for a matter of a few
hours.
Merchant (I forgot the real translation)
This job is kind of odd. However, you get good Gold, maybe, and he
has good agility. A female merchant has a sword exclusive to her.
Sage (Wise Man, whatever)
The sage is once again the best class in the game. Wise
men carry many spells, swords, and so on, but in this case, it won't be as
expensive. A fighting class should once again carry this class.
Thief
Well, the thief steals. This is a new class
added in, and I'm not quite sure what he does...
What classes you should have for a start:
Protagonist (when changed) Protagonist
Fighter (when changed) Wise Man
Monk (when changed) (Sexy sexy... Oh, she's not reading this. I
forgot...) Fighter
Magician (when changed) Soldier
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| Dragon Quest III can't be missed. If you do, you'll have a small chance of getting it cheap, and I mean from $15 (for DQ3)-$70 (ending with the remake of DQ3). Dragon Warrior III sets in the middle of those price ranges, but, they all will get expensive if you don't go out and buy that game. - Squire Nomad, playing Star Ocean 99% | |
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