Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake - Review After 100%

Talking about my experiences with Dragon Quest 3's HD-2D remake!

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:20 Overview
03:22 Technical State
04:25 Difficulty
08:05 Story Set Up & Thoughts
11:31 Progression Systems
19:51 Gameplay & World
27:05 Combat
29:41 Steam Deck
30:15 Positives/Negatives
31:58 Conclusion
32:22 Wrap Up

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[GreedFeed]

Hey Mort! I actually wrote the mini medal guide on steam, thanks for the shout out to all the guide makers in the beginning of the video, love your reviews!

[SebastianEnger]

I find it refreshing to have a professional YT'er that does reviews after fully playing through a game.

[gergcas]

The "weird phrasing" "localization issue" you mention appears intentional: the characters from different regions have regional "accents" (some people speak like they have a spainish-english or russian-english accent, etc.). I think the strange sentence order you sometimes see are also trying to evoke these regional differences.

[TechnoLawyer]

I love the art style on this. Really excellent update job by them.

[MrTzeentch]

My advice to people is don’t use a guide, play it blind if it’s your first time. You can’t miss anything so it’s ok. I just completed it with all achievements on Steam. The endgame is an absolute chore it stops being fun so if you’re into 100%be prepared. But if it’s your first time just experience the magic of it all. Turn off quest markers and actually listen to NPCs for guidance. It’s worth it

[kingcrimson]

I was wondering if you will review Suikoden 1 &2 remaster?

[johnreeves]

Dragon Warrior 1 (US Dragon Quest) was my introduction to RPGs. It’s wild seeing remasters decades later, but I most certainly will hold off until a sale

[bakuiel]

Interesting to see the updates since I played the NES version, but that price I'm waiting for a good sale

[chriseggroll]

I had a lot of fun with the game! Dragon Warrior III on NES is one of my all time favorites so it was a must buy for me. I skipped the new stuff added after the main storyline so I didn't feel like I needed a specific party. I did use a monster wrangler since they're new and a priest/sage, thief/fighter. Using whips and boomerangs helps clear out enemies pretty quick

[RGARnator]

Wizardry and Ultima were the ultimate inspirations for JRPGs.

[chocopuddingcup]

Absolutely loved this game. I had previously played DQ1, 8, and 11, and this one inspired me to finally finish the whole series.

[jonsible]

"I had some pain points" former business acumen confirmed!

[Duckman]

Good game. I recommend playing Fantasian Neo Dimension. It has the difficulty you like. It’s also by Hironobi Sakaguchi (creator of Final Fantasy) and Nobuo Uematsu (composer, everyone knows who he is). The game feels a lot like the FF7-FF9 era of FF and I absolutely love that about the game.
Also btw Dragon Quest 1/2 HD-2D Remake releases this year in 2025.
One last thing. The team that is remaking this Dragon Quest HD-2D Remake trilogy said that they were very interested in remaking FF6 in the same one if SE will let them.

[FatalKitsune]

As someone who's played most of the DQ games out there, your complaint about how the enemies get in the end game is both on point and more or less how the end game is for every DQ game. This is the way DQ handles difficulty; enemies get a bunch of turns and spam whole party attacks on you or throw instant death your way.

[fattiger]

I'll wait for a sale. I was always sure it would be a good game, but I have a hard time paying a AAA price when I know the game did not have anywhere close to a AAA budget. I felt the same way about the Mario RPG remake. Great game, but did not justify the pricing.

[DragonWolf]

Your tips and tricks in this video is outstanding. Thank you. I’m just waiting for it to go down on sale for $40 or less before I play it.

[sword_of_dusk]

Great video, Mort! Just want to point out that using a Words of Wisdom isn't the only way to get a Sage until the late game. Any Gadabout can go into Sage for free. You didn't mention it while talking about them, so I wanted to make that clear.

[HubertTheMad]

Happy you reviewed this! Once it gets at a respectable price, I will definitely grab it

[shawnsindulfoabellana]

DQIII is the JRPG that shaped the genre in Japan and the game/series that gives the multi class system that many JRPGs used/copied like Final Fantasy. You mentioned the monster arena is like Pokemon, well SMT and DQ(DQV) did it first before Pokemon.

Edit: also you mentioned the word “heaven” for the Citadel. Well if you have played all of the DQ games instead of ignoring them back in the day, that part of DQ lore would become one of the settings in the Zenithia Trilogy(DQIV-VI) and its a setting that will return in DQX(JP exclusive MMO).

[ChrisGroff-zy]

I bought the game on PS5 and got the platinum for it and then asked my sister to give me the Switch version for my birthday and she did. I still did enjoy playing the game again without achievements but it does drop off after a while. Here is hoping that the Dragon Quest 1/2 Remake is better.