This week on Dragon Quest FM, Austin is taking a close look at Dragon Warrior VII and its legacy. The PS1 game shattered records in Japan but is heavily criticized for its graphics and pacing. Still, the game holds up fairly well in 2020, and Austin takes a look at...
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Dragon Quest FM S2 E47 – Dragon Quest VII Deep Dive (Episode One): Main Characters
This week, we start our deep dive into Dragon Quest VII. We’re mostly going to be using names from Dragon Quest VII on 3DS, and if you’re confused as to why - check out our Translations episode or just the fact that this is a deep dive into Dragon Quest VII and NOT...
Dragon Quest FM, S2 E38 – All By Myself: The Orphan Hero Archetype in Dragon Quest
This week on Dragon Quest FM, we're continuing our discussion on archetypes within the series. For our final episode on the subject, we're talking about the orphan hero! Hero orphan? Orphaned hero? Whatever. You get it. The hero whose parents are either dead or...
Fragments of a Forgotten Past: Why I Was Wrong About Dragon Quest VII
A little over a year ago, I played Dragon Quest VII for the first time. I found the 3DS version to be slow, so I started up the PS1 version (which was supposedly even slower) just to see if it grabbed me more. It didn't. In fact, I struggled with my entire time with...
Dragon Quest VII Art and Yuji Horii Interview
Recently, I purchased an official Dragon Quest VII guidebook from Viz. It's completely in Japanese (which I can't read), but it did feature an interview with Yuji Horii at the beginning. Unlike a lot of posts, where I talk about my thoughts on the games, this is just...
Dragon Quest FM S2 E43: Dragon Quest And Translation
This week, we’re talking about translation and localization in Dragon Quest games. It’s a bit of a touchy subject with some fans. I compared it to putting my hand in a beartrap a while back. It’s like, you can’t please everyone, and no matter, you’re losing a few...
Dragon Quest FM S2 E33 – No Country For Old Dragons: The Old Man Archetype in Dragon Quest
After our Twitter poll on Old Men in Dragon Quest, we had to do an episode on it. The results were fun to see, and y’all cared A LOT.
Top 10 Human Vocations in Dragon Quest VII
Here, I’ve counted down my personal Top Ten Vocations in Dragon Quest VII, as well as giving short explanations of each one. Also, as a side note, please know I’m referring to the 3DS version of the game.
Top 10 Monster Vocations in Dragon Quest VII
Last week, I counted my Top Ten favorite human Vocations in Dragon Quest VII. As promised, this week I'm counting down the monster vocations that I had the most fun with. Monster vocations work a little differently in Dragon Quest VII than the typical human jobs. In...
Redeeming Qualities of Dragon Quest VII
Last week, I talked about how massively disappointed I was with Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past. If you haven't read it already, you can find it here. I mentioned last week that there was at least one redeeming quality about this game, and today I'd...