My love for Dragon Quest.

Today I was thinking of revisiting a game and the one game that came up was "Dragon Quest 8". Now I never beat it do to the whole save deletion mishap (rather not talk about it) and waste a good 60 hours on the game. Now I going back to it because it is a series I love to play. Old school style RPG (Role Playing Game for those who do not understand what it stands for, but if you are a gamer reading my blog then something is wrong with you) have never really caught my eye, I do like Final Fantasy but I can't really play it for long without getting bored. Ever since I played "Dragon Warrior:Monsters" for the gameboy color I knew this is a series I was going to grow playing. Then I played the actual DQ series, starting with the 3rd one. It was the port to the GBC (gameboy color), I never beat it though.

       Awesome box art huh?

       The reason I wrote this blog is to share my love for a great RPG series. I always love the monsters in the game and the very beautiful artwork done my Akira Toriyama (creator of the Dragon Ball series, Dr.Slump, and a lot of other animes and mangas). The core mechanics are simple, you go to town to town completing quest and grinding to level up. Not many RPG's focus on grinding heavy anymore and just becomes simplistic. It has been the same formula for the games but each new game always brought something new (the ones I have played). I use to have trouble finding where to go but it become clear if you actually take time talking to the town folks and knowing which direction to go from the town. That what I like about the series, the time you are spending is rewarding. The music to the series is just pure bliss and I enjoy the opening score because it sets the grand scale of the journey your about to take.  Just the overall experience is just awesome. Now the series is continuing with the tenth installment and I really can not wait to play it. I have to play the 9th one before hand though. I really hope this series keeps going strong and I hope this develop a bigger fan base. I enjoy spending hour into this series and I hope I encourage you to find a copy of one the series irritation. If you don't like it then theres plenty of other RPG's to indulge.  So keep questing and be back for more.